Chapter 184: Drumming and Passing Flowers
Shi Jing's hearing is naturally excellent, she heard Shangguan Ying's muttering beside her, and couldn't help frowning, a good golden chrysanthemum feast, enjoy the flowers, why do you have to perform talents.
But she didn't care much about it, the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting were all trivial to her, and she didn't have to worry about making a fool of herself at all.
Chubai followed Shi Jing into the carriage and told the coachman to go, along the way, the carriage galloped towards the palace, and Shi Jing closed his eyes and rested.
Shangguan Qingchen didn't come with her, and after treatment, his body was much better, and he no longer lived on the sickbed for a long time, and gradually began to cultivate.
It didn't take long for Shi Jing to feel the carriage walking through the streets and alleys, and the sound of the vendors was heard in his ears, and gradually the noisy sound disappeared, and the carriage stopped.
"Which lady is this, she looks so good." There were already a number of carriages parked outside the gate of the splendid palace, and someone saw Shi Jing and couldn't help but say in admiration.
"I haven't seen this girl before, and she looks very raw."
Today, Shijing is still wearing a white dress, the soft smoke is very comfortable, different from the past, the crescent white skirt is embroidered with a little red plum, which makes her temperament even more refined.
The delicate little face is already aura without powder, and the cold temperament gives people a sense of cold arrogance that rejects people thousands of miles away.
After Shi Jing handed over the invitation, he walked into the palace gate by himself, and did not follow Guan Ying and them.
As soon as he walked in, a palace maid who led the way stepped forward to greet her, "This young lady, please go this way." β
Shi Jing nodded and followed the palace maid, and Chu Bai followed closely, for fear that something would happen to her in the palace, after all, the young lady was entering the palace for the first time.
The golden chrysanthemum banquet was held in the imperial garden, and the palace maid took her to retreat, and the ladies of the family got together in twos and threes, discussing only the topics of some boudoir women.
It is worthy of the imperial palace, all kinds of strange flowers and plants are scattered, pavilions and pavilions, streamers and shadows, and the luxury is abnormal.
Shi Jing has already become a queen, so she is not surprised by this, plus she doesn't know anyone, and the only few acquaintances still have a grudge against her, so she simply found a secluded place to sit down, poured a glass of fruit wine, and drank it herself.
The emperor and queen have not yet come, and the flower banquet will not start for a while, Shi Jing feels that this fruit wine is quite delicious, sweet in the mouth, mellow and delicious.
The wine was poured into the stomach one by one, but Shi Jing did not have a trace of drunkenness, this fruit wine was originally prepared for the female dependents, the wine was not strong, and her alcohol was getting better and better, it would not be an exaggeration to say that a thousand cups were not drunk, and it was no problem to drink more.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived, and Princess Anping has arrived."
With the announcement of the eunuch's shrill voice, two people slowly walked into the field, it was His Royal Highness Leng Yiyan, the crown prince of Beimo Kingdom, and An Xiao'er, Princess Anping of Xiling Kingdom.
Leng Yiyan saw the white-clothed girl sitting alone in the corner drinking at a glance, "Why didn't you find out before, she is so beautiful and fresh." β
Leng Yiyan looked at her and was amazed for a moment, and walked towards her unconsciously with his feet.
"Brother Prince, why are you going?" An Xiao'er lifted the hem of her skirt and followed closely.
Shi Jing was drinking refreshingly here, when he felt a figure in front of him blocking the light, and looked up, yo, this is not his fiancΓ©.
Speaking of which, this Leng Yiyan is also very handsome, he belongs to the kind of cold type, he is very strong and has sharp eyebrows, and his facial features are angular, but Shi Jing doesn't have a good impression of him, plus the incident in the medicine hall last time, he is not angry when he sees him.
"What are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doing here, blocking my sunshine, please stand aside." Shi Jing opened his mouth lightly, and drank another glass of wine as he spoke.
Leng Yiyan looked at the girl in front of him who was so cold to herself, and her heart was a little empty for some reason, but the words that came out of her mouth were not forgiving at all, "You came here today to be embarrassed, why did the girl's family drink so much wine?" β
"You have to take care of it." Shi Jing glared at the prince fiercely, not wanting to say more to him.
Leng Yiyan wanted to say something, but he heard the eunuch's report, "The emperor has arrived, the queen has arrived, and Concubine Wan has arrived." β
Shi Jing smiled lightly, the main master is here, and the show begins!
The noisy crowd fell silent, and everyone stood up and saluted, watching the emperor and queen walk up to the high platform.
Leng Yan, the emperor of the Northern Mo Kingdom, wore a bright yellow dragon robe, and when he entered middle age, he could vaguely see the handsomeness of his youth from his eyebrows, and the queen was wearing a red palace dress, graceful and luxurious.
"Recently, the golden chrysanthemum in the palace is blooming, I and the queen have discussed and held this flower banquet, you don't have to be restrained, just have fun!" The emperor announced loudly.
As soon as the words fell, the dancers began their performance, and for a while the singing and dancing were leveled and lively.
Shi Jing was thinking about finding a suitable opportunity to propose to the emperor to cancel the marriage contract, and just as he wanted to speak, he saw Shangguan Ying leave the seat and walk to the front.
"The courtier Yan Ruoying sees the emperor, the queen's mother, and the concubine." Shangguan Ying saluted, and stood up when he heard the emperor shouting flat.
"Shangguan Ying, I know you, the granddaughter of the old general Shangguan, the first talented daughter of our Beimo, but what's the matter?" The emperor asked with a smile.
"Back to the emperor, the courtiers think that all the sisters are here, why don't you play a game together, beat the drum and pass the flowers, and whoever draws lots to show everyone will have a talent show, what do you think?"
"What do you mean?" The emperor did not answer, but asked the opinion of the queen and Concubine Wan.
"The concubines are only the emperor's decision."
"That's good, it's up to the girl."
Hearing the emperor's permission, Shangguan Ying looked proudly in the direction where Shi Jing was sitting, Shi Jing felt her gaze and looked at her calmly.
The sound of the drum, with the beating of the drum one by one, a colorful flower in the hands of the young ladies of the family passed around, Shi Jing sat more partial, I thought that she could not reach here, who knew that the moment the drum fell, the colorful flower flew straight into her arms.
Shi Jing looked in the direction where the colorful flowers flew over, and it was really Shangguan Ying's ghost.
"Second sister, I didn't expect this colorful flower to fall into your hands, you are meeting everyone for the first time, why don't you hurry up and show your talent by lottery." Shangguan Ying was laughing there unexpectedly, and Shangguan Ning was also singing and harmonizing with her on the side.
"Eldest sister, who doesn't know that this waste doesn't know a single word, let her perform her talents, isn't it a shame for our general's mansion." Shangguan Ning's words were slowly full of disgust and ridicule.
When everyone heard their conversation, they talked about it.
"It turns out that this girl is the waste lady in the general's mansion, why is it not like the rumors?"
"It's just that she's good-looking, it depends on whether she can perform her talent later, what's the use of looking good without talent."
Do you want to see her jokes, heh, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint them.
Shi Jing slowly put down the wine glass, stood up and saluted without being humble or arrogant, then walked to the lottery and calmly took out a note, and handed it to the palace maid on the side without even looking at it.