Chapter 4 Flower Viewing Feast
The bitter winter is passing away, and the days are getting longer and longer. Zhaoyun Palace seemed to be forgotten by the entire imperial palace.
Zhaoyun burns incense and cooks tea every day, and Linxuan is not leisurely when he reads.
In the blink of an eye, March has arrived, and the few cherry blossom trees transplanted in the Zhaoyun Courtyard the year before have been flourishing, and one after another flower bones have sprung up on the layers of branches.
Zhaoyun was beside the tree, and he wanted to count how many buds could be produced on a tree.
As he was counting, he was suddenly interrupted by a familiar voice.
"My sister is really interested, she actually appreciated the unbloomed flowers" An Zhi reached out and stroked a flower bone that was about to bloom, and pinched it off with all her strength.
Zhaoyun saw her small movements and ignored them.
"I didn't expect my sister to have a habit of destroying flowers with spicy hands, but in my opinion, it's still such a budding flower that is more flattering to you."
"You!" An Zhi pointed her finger at Zhaoyun's face and said, angrily.
Then he gritted his teeth and said: "My sister is really getting more and more sharp, do you think you are still the princess Zhaoyun who is favored by your father?" It's just an empty shell with no name. ”
Zhaoyun used his hand to pick up the fingers that were about to poke his face, and said with a smile: "I naturally know my own identity, and I don't need your sister to remind me repeatedly." May I also ask my sister to drive my Zhaoyun Palace, what are you doing? ”
"Hmph, it's good to know who you are. You think I want to come to your broken palace, but the queen mother asked me to inform you, and you must be present at the flower-viewing banquet the day after tomorrow. ”
After An Zhi finished speaking, she threw the bud she had just picked at Zhaoyun's feet and left in a hurry.
Zhaoyun bent down to pick up the bud, looked at it for a moment, and put it back on the tree. It's as if no one has ever taken it off.
Ming Cui, who was hanging her hands on the side, saw An Zhi and her party leaving, and stepped forward to pat her chest and said, "I was really scared to death just now, for fear that she would do something to the princess." ”
"She still doesn't dare, so she only dares to show off her power in front of me, and besides, Princess Ben didn't grow up as a vegetarian."
Zhaoyun paused, glanced at the place where Ming Cui had just photographed, and teased: "It's not big in itself, and if you shoot it again, it will be gone." “
Ming Cui was stunned for a moment, and instantly blushed. She feigned raising her little fist.
"Now, the princess has really changed."
"Where have I changed?" Zhaoyun was full of curiosity.
"It's getting worse and worse." Mingcui snorted and tilted her head to the side, muttering, "But I like the princess more and more now." ”
Is it? Zhaoyun asked himself silently in his heart, not knowing when he had changed. However, she also likes herself more and more.
Relive a life, naturally how to be happy and how to live.
As for the flower-viewing banquet the day after tomorrow, she naturally knew very well what those people wanted to do.
And those people finally made a move.
In her previous life, when she was admiring the flowers, she was summoned by a small maid to the queen and introduced her into an apricot forest alone.
There, she met Mu Xici.
In her previous life, she blamed her for being young and ignorant, and was blinded by his gentleness, thinking that this was her beloved.
Later, I learned that he turned out to be the crown prince of the Western Wu Kingdom. Later, Emperor Luo Ye proposed to let her and her relatives go to Xiwu, and after hesitating for a few days, she agreed.
Yunqiguo is located in the plain and has open terrain. The pass is narrow and the terrain is high, which forms a natural protective barrier, so Yun Qiguo has always been easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The former emperor Chongwen and the previous emperors both valued agriculture and commerce, so they have always been economically strong. However, the troops have not been strong, and there are only a handful of generals who can lead troops to fight.
And the Western Wu Kingdom has a vast territory and a strong army, so they have always been eyeing the Yunqi Kingdom.
Zhaoyun agreed to go to make peace, firstly, she wanted to solve the urgent need of Yun Qiguo, because this was a country that her father had worked hard to govern, and she did not want to see two warring people displaced.
She believes that as a princess, she should take on this responsibility.
The second is that she was fascinated at the time, and she really thought that Mu Xici was her beloved, and she didn't even listen to Mama Chang's bitter advice at all.
In this life, she will not follow the old path of her previous life. Your destiny should be held tightly in your own hands.
Hearing the rumors of the palace maid, the envoys of the Western Wu Kingdom arrived in Yunqi Kingdom two days ago. But Zhaoyun knew that Mu Xi's resignation to Yun Qiguo was earlier than rumored, because his trip was not so simple.
A day flies by. After breakfast, Mingcui prepared the Luo skirt of the flower-viewing banquet early and wanted to wait for Zhaoyun to change into it. Zhaoyun looked at the crimson cloisonné skirt placed at the head of the bed, and had a headache.
"Such a swaggering color, you are your princess and I am going to the draft today."
Zhaoyun stretched out his fingers and scratched Mingcui's nose, opened the wardrobe and randomly picked out a azure placket waist and sleeved long skirt, the style was simple, and only a few elegant orchids were embroidered on the cuffs and skirts.
Mingcui muttered: "Today's flower viewing banquet princess should overwhelm the crowd and extinguish the prestige of those people." How beautiful the red is, where is the swagger. ”
Although she said so, she still waited for Zhaoyun to change into the clothes she disliked repeatedly.
"It's not just the glamorous appearance of the dress that can destroy the prestige of others. Mingcui, you are still too young to understand the twists and turns. Besides, how elegant and generous this dress is, where is it not good-looking. ”
Zhaoyun was afraid that Mingcui would be unhappy, so he turned around in place and explained again.
"Our princess is the best-looking." The depression in Mingcui's heart instantly dissipated, and she thought that since the princess was not wearing the clothes she had prepared, she should comb her hair in a bun with her.
So he immediately pushed Zhaoyun to sit in front of the mirror, eager to try to put on a beautiful makeup for her.
Zhaoyun casually picked out a white magnolia hairpin from the makeup and motioned for Mingcui to help her pull a simple bun. Mingcui was helpless and puzzled. I thought to myself, didn't the princess like to dress up beautifully in front of people in the past?
Although she thought so in her heart, she still helped her pull a beautiful hanging bun. Hou Zhaoyun only used Luo Zidai to add eyebrows slightly, and then put some lipgrease on his lips.
Zhaoyun saw that the little girl was unhappy, and patiently comforted: "Really good, when I come back from the banquet, I will make peach blossom cake for you to eat." ”
Ming Cui immediately stopped being angry.
The flower-viewing banquet is hosted by the queen and is located in Lingxuan Pavilion. And Lingxuan Pavilion is surrounded by water on three sides, and the willows are still around, and the scenery is beautiful.
When Zhaoyun walked across the Jade Belt Bridge with Ming Cui and Taohong without reaching Lingxuan Pavilion, he saw a familiar back from a distance.
It's him. Zhaoyun unconsciously tightened his sleeves, and all kinds of things from his previous life appeared in front of him like a horse. After a moment's pause, he turned around and left.
Mu Xici was looking at the scenery in the distance, and heard movement behind him, but when he turned around, he only saw a slender back who left in a hurry.
"Princess, why are you going so fast?"
Ming Cui and the others saw that they couldn't catch up, so they shouted out of breath.
Zhaoyun gradually came to his senses. The Jade Belt Bridge is the only way to get to Lingxuan Pavilion, and there is no other path to take.
Zhaoyun repeatedly told himself in his heart that he had to calm down, and Mu Xi in this life didn't know her yet. To him, she was just someone he had never met.
So he stopped and walked back slowly, leaving only the two little maids looking at each other.
When the three of them walked to the head of the jade belt bridge, Mu Xi was still on the bridge, and there was a woman with a red face and a bowed head standing next to him.
He is still gentle and elegant when she first met in her memory, and he is a beautiful son who walked out of the script.
Tied his hair with a jade turtle and dressed in a moon-white brocade robe. The eyebrows are affectionate, and the face is like a crown of jade. Be gentle and courteous. Perhaps, in her previous life, she was deceived by his appearance.
However, his appearance is indeed very attractive to women. And in her previous life, she was no exception.
Looking at the shy woman, she seemed to see another version of herself.
met him in the apricot forest, and Zhaoyun felt at first glance that he was like a fairy, untouched by the world. It wasn't until much later that she learned that he had desires, calculations, and ambitions.
In this life, she didn't want to have any more entanglements with him.
lifted the corner of the skirt, walked across the jade belt bridge, and never looked at him again. It's as if he's just a background.
Mu Xi looked at the woman who passed him in front of him, and a sense of déjà vu suddenly crossed his mind. The feeling was fleeting, and without thinking about it, she walked away.
Looking at the slender back from afar, he realized that the woman who had just turned around and left turned around turned out to be her. Wanyan declined the words of admiration of the woman in front of her, and slowly left.
When Zhaoyun arrived at Lingxuan Pavilion, he heard bursts of laughter from inside.
Climb the stairs and each staircase is flanked by carefully cultivated orchids. As far as the eye can see, red, yellow, blue, purple.
The flowers are tightly packed together, small and fragrant. The color is elegant, the flowers are dignified, and the leaves are slender and chic. It seems that this flower-viewing banquet, the queen has wasted some thoughts.
Asking the Empress Dowager for peace, Zhaoyun automatically ignored An Zhi's provocative eyes, and after scanning around and not finding the figure of Praruo, he found a clean place in Linxuan and sat down.
In this flower-viewing banquet, the queen invited the famous ladies and nobles who were still waiting to come. The queen's meaning is obvious, and those noble ladies also understand it, they are all dressed brightly and brightly, and they want to come forward to show their faces in order to please the queen mother and An Zhi.
Zhao Yun held his hand and looked at the sparkling water outside the pavilion, and his thoughts gradually drifted. The emperor's harem has been vacant for a long time, and this time the flower viewing banquet is nothing more than to see the candidates for the emperor's harem.
In fact, she knew very well in her heart that another purpose of calling her to participate in the flower viewing banquet was related to Mu Xi.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and Zhaoyun gradually retracted his thoughts. I saw the young emperor dressed in a bright yellow embroidered dragon robe, striding in. followed by Mu Xici, who was wearing a moon-white brocade suit.
Most of the nobles present blushed, Zhaoyun secretly looked at An Zhi, who was sitting not far away, and saw that her eyes were staring directly at Mu Xi who came in behind, and she quietly helped the hairpin on her head, and immediately had a plan in her heart.
After everyone got up and saluted, the moment he sat down, Zhaoyun found that an inquiring gaze stopped at him.
Looking up, she collided with Mu Xici's gaze. There was a hint of panic in his heart for an instant, Zhaoyun clenched the silk handkerchief in his hand, and naturally looked away. Pretending she was just looking up casually.
But in his heart, he was very puzzled, he didn't know himself in this life, how could he cast such a deep gaze on him.
Out of politeness, Zhaoyun still nodded slightly to him. Then he picked up the teacup on the table, and used the tea to hide a trace of panic in his heart.
Yu Guang saw Mu Xici talking to Emperor Luo Ye beside him, and he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about why Praruo didn't come today.
According to today's occasion, the Queen Mother should have handed over a post to the General's Mansion, and if there should be no reason not to come, she must have encountered some trouble and was trapped in the mansion.
After the banquet, she must go out of the palace to see her in the Yu Mansion.