Chapter 192: Tangshan Palace
In the blink of an eye, it was the Pangu Festival.
Xie Yan lived in the palace when he was a child, and would follow Wei Zhao to the palace for banquets every year.
On this day, the Yudai River is decorated, the palace is full of lights, the warbler sings and dances, the sound of silk and bamboo, the dragon boat race on the lake, and the vigorous men in the Praetorian Guard personally go down to Bo a colorful head.
It's also a great opportunity to show your face in front of Your Majesty, so the competition is especially fierce every year.
Xie Yanhe has been in the Pangu Festival for so many years, and no matter how grand the scene is, he has long lost his interest.
But since Chen Rong has tried her best to dig a hole for herself...... Xie Yanhe bent his lips, if he wasn't there, wouldn't Chen Rong's play be unable to sing. How could he not let Chen Rong get her wish!
Although Mama Gong didn't know why Xie Yanhe changed her mind, on the day of the Pangu Festival, she still found a begonia red Yunjin palace skirt just sent by the embroidery room in the house.
But the most amazing thing is the hem of this palace skirt, which is made of gold wire to form a large begonia flower, which is inlaid with fire oil diamonds and rubies, even in the dimly lit room, the fire of the gems is still dazzling, and people can't help but squint.
When Xie Yanhe's father Xie Yu was still alive, he was jokingly called the contemporary Tao Zhugong, all because Xie Yu had the ability to make money and turn stone into gold.
A gem of such color as Xie Yanhe's skirt can be kept as an heirloom in other mansions, but Xie Yanhe sewed it on the skirt lightly, which shows the strong financial resources of the former Jingping Marquis Mansion (now Xie Guogong's Mansion).
"Mama, this palace skirt is so bright, I'm afraid that ordinary jewelry can't be suppressed."
Xie Yanhe likes this begonia red palace skirt very much, but such a valuable skirt will inevitably have a reputation of "extravagance" when worn out.
"The slave maid cleaned up the warehouse a month ago, and inadvertently turned out a box of fine red jade, each of which was polished into egg noodles, transparent and flawless, and the red seemed to be dripping blood. The slave maid took charge and sent it to the silver building, and together with another box of diamonds, gave you a set of Luan Feng and Ming's heads. It's just right to be able to use it today. ”
After Mama Gong finished speaking, she clapped her hands.
The four maids rushed in with the brocade box and carefully placed it on Xie Yanhe's dressing table.
The jewels came to his face, Xie Yanhe's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the phoenix in the jewelry box that seemed to be born out of fire, and a feeling of love arose in his heart.
Xie Yanhe's jewelry, in addition to the carefully prepared by his parents, is made inside, and everything can be said to be history. But this beautiful phoenix hairpin was not inferior to her other jewelry, and Xie Yanhe immediately couldn't put it down.
She tilted her head slightly and said with a look of surprise: "Mama, I like it very much." ”
"It's good if the county lord likes it." A comfortable smile appeared on Mama Gong's face, she picked up the rhino horn comb on the dressing table, and personally gave Xie Yan and the hair curling.
When the person in the mirror was dressed properly, Mama Gong put on flowers and faces for Xie Yanhe, and looked at the beautiful and glamorous beauty in front of her, Mama Gong's breath stagnated.
"The county lord is really good-looking, and the fairy is nothing more than that." Mama Gong sighed.
Xie Yanhe pursed his lips and smiled.
Such beautiful words are what Xie Yanhe has been accustomed to since he was a child, but when they are said by people close to him, they are different, and they always sound more sincere than others.
"County Lord, the palace car sent by His Majesty has arrived, and Gonggong Feng is waiting outside in person." Pearl trotted all the way over, sweating on a hot day.
"It's Feng Ying?" Xie Yanhe got up, his expression not showing much surprise.
Pearl added softly: "Not only Feng Ying and Feng Gonggong are here, but also Shen Faxing and General Shen are also here. ”
Xie Yanhe's tone raised slightly: "He ......"
The ruddy cherry lips bent, and Xie Yanhe said lightly: "Let's go, it's not good to make Lord Shen wait for a long time." ”
Walking out of the gate of the Hou Mansion, Shen Faxing immediately stepped forward, bowed to the end, and said in a loud voice: "The last general will see the county lord of Yonghe." ”
The gesture of humility is much more respectful than ever.
Like Shen Faxing, Xie Yanhe has seen a lot of things, but he didn't make it difficult for him.
Xie Yanhe smiled slightly, his delicate and beautiful eyebrows revealed a bit of alienation and indifference: "Lord Shen is exempt from courtesy." ”
Shen Faxing was depressed.
The county lord of Yonghe was first divorced by His Royal Highness the Prince, and her eldest uncle Xie Jin was involved in the rebellion case, which is already a certain death.
Who would have thought that the county lord of Yonghe would be transformed and hired by His Majesty as the queen of the middle palace, and it was embarrassing to have such ups and downs in her life.
Shen Faxing thought that he had completely offended the county lord of Yonghe, and now he could only try his best to make up for it.
Shen Faxing seemed to not see the indifference of the county lord of Yonghe, and said with a smile on his face: "The two unscrupulous women in the last general's family are very concerned about the county lord, and they dare not visit rashly, disturbing your purity. ”
Shen Faxing is a rough person, and such a crepe speech caused Xie Yanhe to feel a strong sense of discomfort.
When he was under his father's command, he was lonely, brave, hot-blooded, chivalrous and righteous, and his father had always been blue-eyed towards him.
Unexpectedly, after a few years in the capital, he became sophisticated and hateful. Officialdom is really a terrible big dye vat.
Xie Yanhe was stunned.
Ignoring the look of expectation implied in Shen Faxing's eyes, Xie Yanhe smiled faintly and refused directly: "The two young ladies of Lord Shen's family have lively temperaments, but I am very boring, so don't detain the two young ladies." ”
Shen Faxing felt a disappointment in his heart.
Xie Yanhe glanced at Feng Ying.
Seeing this, Feng Ying immediately stepped forward and set up the footstool himself, he bowed down and said, "County Lord, if you miss the auspicious time, the slave is bold, please board the car immediately." ”
Xie Yanhe nodded kindly, and with the support of the maid, he stepped into the palace car.
The carriages and horses were sparkling, and they rushed in the direction of the palace.
In the palace car, the mandarin duck took out the lychee in the ice book, she cleaned her hands, peeled off the bright red shell, placed it on the crystal plate, peeled it for a whole plate, and then stopped.
"This lychee is cold and cold, and it is the best way to relieve the heat, so the county lord may wish to use some."
If it was usual, the mandarin duck would not dare to give Xie Yan and eat these cold things. But although there are icebergs on the palace car, it is still a little depressed.
Mandarin Duck was worried about Xie Yanhe's frailty and accidentally caught the heat, so she could only use some things to relieve the heat.
Xie Yanhe picked up a lychee and slowly put it into his lips. With the snow-white flesh and red cherry lips, the picture in front of you is so beautiful that it is pleasing to the eye.
Xie Yanhe ate four lychees in a row, she cleaned her hands in the basin of water, and chatted with a few maids.
"Have Cherry and Basho ever been to the Imperial Palace?"
"Although the slaves and maids have been to the palace, they have not encountered the excitement of the Pangu Festival once, and this time they have been stained with the light of the county lord."
After following Xie Yanhe for so long, the two of them can now easily say a bunch of funny things.
"It's interesting to watch this Pangu Festival once or twice, but if you watch it three times, you will feel bored."
Mandarin duck and pearl followed Xie Yanhe and experienced countless palace banquets, large and small, and the deepest impression was the intrigue between the officials and their families, and the imperial meal without a trace of heat made people listen to the song and dance that they wanted to sleep.
The dragon boat races on the Dragon Boat Festival and the Pangu Festival are a bit of a sight to behold, but the sergeants on the dragon boats are all wearing short beats, revealing muscular knotted arms when paddling, where do the ladies dare to open their eyes.
"The two sisters are well-informed, and the slave maid has been with the sisters today." Basho said sweetly.
Although she and Cherry are older than Mandarin Duck and Pearl, when it comes to qualifications, they have to call these two sisters sister.
"Today you will not only be able to gain knowledge, but you will also be able to watch a good show." Xie Yanhe hooked his lips, and the dark light in Peach Blossom's eyes flashed.
Since Chen Rong wants to harm herself, she is still courteous, and she has to give her a big gift.
This has just lifted the grounding, but she fell into the water in front of everyone, and was seen in the spring, and I don't know if she, the crown princess, will be able to straighten up in the future.
Talking and laughing along the way, I didn't think it was too difficult.
When I arrived at the Tangshan Palace, the golden wuxi was sinking, and it was already sunset.
Wei Zhao stayed in the palace three days in advance.
Xie Yanhe was a little lazy because of an illness, and he didn't leave until the first day of the Pangu Festival.
The carriages and horses were parked under Tangshan, and the previously cold and empty palace instantly became lively.
Xie Yanhe got out of the palace car, changed to a soft sedan car, was carried by the guards, and went all the way to the halfway up the mountain.
Wei Zhao arranged for Xie Yanhe to have a large hall in the palace, Wutong Palace, which was quite a distance away from his dormitory, but very close to Princess Fuqing's Qingluan Palace.
As for the concubine Chu Yan, he lived in Beizhuang, where the Duke of Chu Mansion was located in Tangshan.
As soon as Xie Yan and the others got off the sedan chair, Princess Fuqing, who had received a letter early in the morning, came from behind, followed by two rows of palace ladies in colorful clothes.
"Yonghe, why did you delay until today?" Princess Fuqing grabbed Xie Yanhe's arm and complained dissatisfiedly: "The concubine was sent by my father to the Chu family's other village, and I am alone in this palace, which is really boring." ”
Xie Yanhe pursed his lips and smiled: "Your house has always been full of cars and horses, and countless ladies are waiting for you to be blue-eyed, but now they come to complain to me about loneliness." This boring is fake, but missing the colt is real. ”
Princess Fuqing was dumbfounded, she looked Xie Yanhe up and down, left and right, and smiled maliciously: "In the past, you had the thinnest skin, and you would never put such words on your lips." Now...... I wonder who you learned from badly? ”
Xie Yanhe raised his eyebrows, and sneered: "Why don't you say such things in front of your father?" Maybe Your Majesty is in a good mood and will tell you that the answer is not for sure. ”
Princess Fuqing snorted lightly, making a strange expression with bared teeth on her face, and she said sourly: "Father is only different from you. Don't talk about me, even the crown prince, you are not as decent as you in front of your father. ”
Xie Yanhe fanned the fan in his hand and said with a smile: "It's so sour." ”
Princess Fuqing smiled and wrinkled her nose slightly: "Is it sour?" Why didn't I smell it? Husband and wife are one, what do I have to be sour! ”
"I'll let you!" Xie Yanhe was defeated in an instant, and he was about to twist Princess Fuqing's mouth with a smile.
The two of them suddenly made a mess.
Suddenly, there was a soft cough.
Xie Yanhe and Princess Fuqing's bodies stiffened, one casually cut his hair and sideburns, and the other stroked his clothes lightly, looking sideways at the comer.