Chapter 49: The Palace Banquet
The day of the palace banquet is coming soon, Helian Chen has been cultivating well in the palace in the past few days, and he didn't even go to the early dynasty, although Helian Rongxu sent people to the palace, but they were all rejected by Chu Xiaoxiang.
Helian Rongxu just wanted to know if Helian Chen was seriously injured, so serious that he couldn't even come to the early dynasty, in fact, Helian Chen had already recovered from his injuries on the fifth day after returning to the palace, Chu Xiaoxiang had to admit that this monster's self-healing ability really made her envious.
"Today, you will wear the blue lotus skirt I gave you to the palace banquet, you must look good in that one." Helian Chen said to Chu Xiaoxiang with a smile.
Chu Xiaoxiang rolled her eyes helplessly, the skirt was really good-looking, but she was really not good-looking, she was suitable for wearing that kind of brightly colored skirt.
As a result, before Chu Xiaoxiang and He Lianchen went out, Helian Chen saw Chu Xiaoxiang walking out in a red dress, and almost didn't him off.
The two came to the palace banquet hall hand in hand, and heard that this palace banquet was personally taken care of by Chu Zhiyun, Chu Xiaoxiang looked at it for a long time, and admitted that this palace banquet was indeed very good.
Not long after, some ministers of the court and the central government came to the palace, and when they saw Helianchen coming to the palace banquet this time, they all came to say hello, Chu Xiaoxiang didn't like this kind of flattering scene, and came out after saying a word to Helianchen.
"It's really hard to be a prince, watching these people flatter all day long, if it were me, I would definitely not be able to stand it, it would be good if I didn't slap it." Chu Xiaoxiang muttered in a low voice.
She glanced at a few horses outside the hall, and she couldn't understand Chu Zhiyun's arrangement, isn't this palace banquet a little wine, clichés, and what other programs can't be done?
Chu Xiaoxiang shrugged her shoulders, whatever, she just needs to take care of eating and drinking, don't say much, don't do much, anyway, everything is Helian Chen, she doesn't need to think too much, but after all, she has to keep an eye on it.
"The emperor has arrived! The concubine has arrived! The father-in-law who came in a hurry opened his throat and said loudly, yes, this time the protagonist is finally there.
Chu Xiaoxiang returned to Helian Chen's side, only to hear Helian Chen whispering beside her: "You have to be careful, this palace banquet is not so simple, everything depends on the situation." ”
Chu Xiaoxiang nodded, Helian Rongxu and Chu Zhiyun walked in hand in hand, and the people in the audience were all talking, talking about how good the relationship between the emperor and the concubine was, but in Chu Xiaoxiang's opinion, everything was just a scene.
"See the Emperor! See the chaiseli! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! And they all knelt down, and they all cried out for peace.
Helian Rongxu raised his hand and said in an emotionless tone: "All Aiqing is flat, there is no need to be polite, today is a palace banquet and a family banquet, so you don't need to be too restrained, put official affairs aside, what should you do tonight." ”
"Emperor Xie!" Everyone got up and returned to their positions, and Helian Chen found that although Helian Rongxu was in love with Chu Zhiyun and Concubine Chu on the surface, his eyes kept looking at Chu Xiaoxiang beside him.
Of course, it was discovered that Helian Chen was out of Helian Chen, as well as the parties Chu Xiaoxiang and Chu Zhiyun sitting next to Helian Rongxu, Chu Zhiyun clenched his fists, and secretly thought with hatred in his heart: Chu Xiaoxiang, you slut, you will be good-looking in a while.
In Chu Zhiyun's opinion, Chu Xiaoxiang not only took away Helian Rongxu's attention, but also caused her mother to enter Dali Temple, which made those concubines who watched her jokes proud.
"Your Majesty, the regent and the princess are working hard for the affairs of Chuzhou, and the concubines are very impressed when they hear it, and the concubines are here to give the princess a cup." Chu Zhiyun stood up and said to Helian Chen and Chu Xiaoxiang under the seat.
Helian Chen and Chu Xiaoxiang looked at Chu Zhiyun one after another, sneered, picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it, Helian Rongxu nodded, and said: "That's right, thanks to the regent and the princess this time, I was able to get rid of a piece of my heart." ”
Chu Xiaoxiang secretly rolled his eyes, this Helian Rongxu not only borrowed Helian Chen's hand to go out of Chuzhou for corruption, but also sent people to chase and kill them, thinking that he wanted to kill two birds with one stone, but he didn't succeed.
"Emperor Xie praises, this is what ministers should do." Helian Chen sat under his seat and said lightly.
Chu Xiaoxiang didn't speak, just drank the wine in her hand, she suddenly had an ominous premonition, Chu Zhiyun had been looking at her since Helian Rongxu was talking just now, and felt like she was going to eat her.
"I heard that this time I mainly relied on the princess, so I was able to successfully solve the corruption case this time, and I also heard that the princess stopped all the people who returned to the provincial prefect's mansion alone, it seems that the princess's martial arts are very high, but the concubine has not heard that the princess knows martial arts before." Sure enough, not long after this palace banquet started, Chu Zhiyun began to make things difficult for Chu Xiaoxiang.
Chu Xiaoxiang had a calm face, and said with a not very good face: "In the past, the noble concubine was afraid that the nobles would forget things, but the courtiers grew up in the nunnery when they were young, and the mother of the noble concubine Niangniang, the second lady of the Tai'an Palace, was afraid that she knew best. ”
Chu Zhiyun didn't expect Chu Xiaoxiang to talk about her mother's affairs, her face turned white in an instant, and she looked at Chu Xiaoxiang fiercely without saying a word.
Helian Rong narrowed his eyes and didn't say anything, and then the minister's daughter came up to perform programs, these programs were nothing more than some playing the piano and composing poems, and Chu Xiaoxiang dozed off when he watched it.
Helian Chen shook his head helplessly, touched Chu Xiaoxiang's head dotingly, and sandwiched some delicious food in front of him into Chu Xiaoxiang's bowl, and this scene all fell into Helian Rongxu's eyes.
Chu Zhiyun, who was angry but Helian Rongxu had been staring at Chu Xiaoxiang, had been thinking of a way, no matter what, he had to make Chu Xiaoxiang ugly today! She found the personal servant girl beside her, whispered a few words in her ear, and the servant girl received the master's will and left, and no one saw this scene.
"Since the princess's martial arts are good, then the riding skills are naturally not a problem, it just so happens that our first military general here is also present today, why don't you try to compete? I'm afraid that the emperor is tired of reading these piano, chess, calligraphy and paintings. Chu Zhiyun smiled and said.
Helian Rong nodded expressionlessly, acquiesced to Chu Zhiyun's vexatious trouble, waved his hand to let the woman who was performing go down, the woman returned to her position in disappointment, and the first general stood up and hugged Chu Xiaoxiang generously.
"In fact, the minister has long heard of the princess's martial arts, and he has always hoped to have a competition with the princess, no matter whether he wins or loses, when the point is in place." This military general doesn't look like a bad guy, generous, neither humble nor arrogant, but like a righteous general.
Chu Xiaoxiang admired the general's spirit very much, and Helian Chen also said a few words in her ear, briefly introducing the general.
"This is Song Lin, our first general, he led his troops to win more battles and lose less, and he is also very good at studying the art of war, and he is an admirable general." Helian Chen said lightly.
Chu Xiaoxiang nodded, to be able to get such an evaluation from Helian Chen, this general can be regarded as a good man, Chu Xiaoxiang patted the pastry crumbs on his hand and walked out.
"In that case, it's not easy for the county lord to sweep everyone's interest, just point to the end." Chu Xiaoxiang said with a smile.
At this time, Chu Zhiyun suddenly shouted to stop, and said with interest: "It's just a simple competition, I'm afraid it's not interesting, otherwise you can play something else." ”
Chu Xiaoxiang knew that Chu Zhiyun didn't let her go so easily, and sure enough, she began to make things difficult for her again, she looked at Chu Zhiyun coldly and asked, "Then may I ask the concubine Niangniang, what do you want to see?" ”
Chu Zhiyun pointed to a few horses outside the hall and said: "There are two horses outside, one for each of you, one for each of you, one for each of you, one hundred arrows for each person, and then I will order someone to release a group of birds, whoever shoots more will win, but the premise is that you must ride the horse in a circle, and you can't stop." ”
The people in the audience were talking a lot, they were all discussing that this game was very fresh, everyone had never seen it, Chu Xiaoxiang didn't know what Chu Zhiyun was doing, but since she had agreed to this competition, then she had no way back.
"Good!" The general and Chu Xiaoxiang said in unison, and the two walked towards the outside of the hall together, and the servants led a horse to each of them in front of the two, and there were two quivers on the ground, which contained a hundred arrows.
The two looked at each other and got on their horses, and while spinning in a circle, they took out arrows from behind them and shot them into the sky, and the birds fell one after another, and everyone admired the superb archery skills of these two.
Chu Xiaoxiang glanced at the general, and suddenly took out three arrows from behind his back and shot them into the sky at the same time, and those three arrows all hit different birds.
Helian Chen smiled with relief, Helian Rongxu had a gloomy face, he didn't expect that Chu Xiaoxiang was not only outstanding in martial arts, but also in appearance, and even his archery skills were so superb, and suddenly his desire to get her was even stronger.
Chu Zhiyun didn't show a decadent look at all, but hooked the corners of his mouth, Chu Xiaoxiang, you should be in the limelight, the bigger your limelight, the worse you will fall after a while.
The shadow of the arrow gradually disappeared in Chu Xiaoxiang's quiver, and at this time, the horse suddenly went crazy, Chu Xiaoxiang grabbed the rope on the saddle and tried to appease the horse, but he didn't expect that someone directly fell off the horse's back with the saddle, and the horse's hooves were about to step on Chu Xiaoxiang's body.
Helian Chen's heart hung up, he ignored everyone's prevention, flew in front of Chu Xiaoxiang with light skills, pulled her into his arms, and the two rolled to the side like this.
Chu Xiaoxiang's eyes widened, looking at the handsome face in front of her, as well as the softness of her mouth, she only felt incredible, she and Helian Chen actually ······ Kissed!