Chapter 35: Mid-Autumn Banquet (Before the Banquet)
Su Qingwan lay on the bed to study the Hundred Butterfly Dance, and the dance movements were not difficult for her, but that feeling, she only hated Chu Heng, how could she dance the Hundred Butterfly Dance for him.
And it is said that in order to attract a hundred butterflies, a magical condition needs to be met.
That condition, it was impossible for her and Chu Heng in this life.
Tossing and turning in bed until there was a light outside the window, before he fell asleep, he was a little more tired than in the previous days, grabbed his hair, and turned over again depressedly.
When Fluttershy and the others come to wake her up, she looks sleep-deprived and waves her hand, "I'll sleep a little longer, I lost sleep last night." ”
Luoluo probed her body temperature, thought she was sick, and found that the temperature on her forehead was normal, so she was relieved: "The slave will come to call the master later." ”
Anyway, there is nothing important to do during the day, and sleeping more will not get in the way.
However, she didn't squint for long, Xiao Yunhan and Yun Caiqing came to her at the same time, saying that the queen had summoned them to Chaofeng Palace.
"Sister Su, why are you still sleeping, it's too hot to sleep?" Xiao Yunhan entered the house and looked at the listless Su Qingwan and said with concern.
In the past month, under the guidance of Su Qingwan, she has made a lot of progress in dancing, and her temperament has improved a lot, not like before, and she is really grateful to Su Qingwan.
Yun Caiqing urged: "Hurry up and dress up, we have lived far enough, and it is nothing to go in the end, if you make those people wait for a long time, those cold words will be uncomfortable." ”
Su Qingwan immediately cheered up, dressed and washed as fast as possible, simply put on makeup, and went out like this.
Yun Caiqing looked at someone who was almost plain-faced, and couldn't help but say, "You have been with me for a long time, and you have saved the amount of grease and powder." ”
Su Qingwan: "It's to see the queen, not to see the emperor, what to do with that effort." ”
Xiao Yunhan: "Maybe the emperor is also here, in the past month, the emperor has been resting in Chaofeng Palace, and now that the queen is pregnant, it should be our turn." ”
Yun Caiqing: "Knock me out." ”
Her words made both of them laugh, and they both knew that Yun Caiqing was not interested in the emperor, and only liked to dance with swords.
"The queen summoned us for the dinner." Xiao Yunhan guessed.
I thought to myself, the emperor feasted the ministers, if she could offer a dance at this time, the queen was pregnant, and the emperor would definitely favor her, and then at that time, she would not have to look up to others.
There are many people like her who are cautious, and in the Chaofeng Palace, the house is full of beauties.
It's strange to say, these stunning beauties are still virgins, and the only one who has been favored is still in the cold palace and doesn't know whether to live or die.
This also caused their concubines to still be newly canonized, except for Su Qingwan.
There are only twenty-seven concubines in this hall, which is too small compared to the previous imperial harem concubines.
When they respectfully saluted and sat down, the queen who sat on the upper seat spoke: "This time I called your sisters here for the dinner, there are not only courtiers, but also the children of ministers, this palace is to make a good marriage tonight, when the time comes, you need to pay more attention to the younger sisters, to see which family is more compatible with the young lady, there may be your clansmen here." ”
The queen's words caused a lot of turmoil, it turned out that the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet still has this purpose, and the interests of marriage here are often the most important.
Not only must you be the right person, but you also need the emperor's approval.
Everyone responded: "Don't worry, the queen mother, we will pay more attention." ”
The queen said: "When the time comes, the palace will propose to let them show their talents, and you, as the emperor's concubines, should also take the initiative to entertain the emperor, and you must not slack off." ”
Everyone was even more excited: "The concubine will not disappoint the emperor and queen." ”
The queen bowed slightly, waved her hand and said, "Let's all go down." ”
When she is pregnant with a child, she seems to be very different from before, and her whole person is full of maternal brilliance, and she is not as jealous of the concubine as before.
Mother is more expensive than son, and no one can shake her status.
"The queen is different, just two sentences, just find someone to pass the word, you have to call us all in a hurry."
Su Qingwan is not what it used to be now, her ears are sensitive, and she listened to the words of a concubine not far away word for word, and Yun Caiqing beside her also heard it, and the two showed similar smiles at the same time, Xiao Yunhan just looked at them, not understanding what they were laughing at.
Back in the Yunling Palace, Xiao Yunhan couldn't wait to pull Su Qingwan to practice dancing, Su Qingwan just wanted to familiarize herself with the Hundred Butterfly Dance in advance, and she didn't refuse, Yun Caiqing still practiced swords as before.
After lunch, the three of them took a nap and repeated the morning's work.
It wasn't until the three of them sweated that they stopped to rest and prepare to bathe and change clothes.
By this time, the sun had already set.
Xiao Yunhan went to bathe in advance, and after Su Qingwan and Yun Caiqing glanced at each other, they secretly changed their clothes and went to the cold palace and gave Shi Xuanyu the things they had prepared.
When he returned to the hall, Xiao Yunhan was almost ready.
By the time they had finished freshening up and dressing up, it was already early, and the night had covered the heavens and the earth.
Guangping Hall is an open-air hall, it is said to be a palace, but it is more suitable to say that it is a square, but it is carved beams and painted buildings all around, and there are many exquisite buildings.
Every time only the weather is good, a banquet will be held here, the stars in the sky are set against the lights on the ground, the golden jade steps, the precious jade plate, the palace is shuttled, and the chips are staggered, so that this place looks like a fairyland.
The ladies of the West Palace all sit at the back of the queen's position.
At this time, all the ministers had arrived, and the emperor and queen had not yet appeared.
In the main hall, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras is endless, the palace ladies wearing peach-pink light skirts are shuttling unhurriedly with delicacies, the ministers who are familiar with each other talk to each other, and the young boys and girls also call friends, and laughter comes and goes.
There is only one person who is unusually quiet, sitting alone in the first seat on the left and silent, this person is Ji Xuanyuan, the newly appointed prime minister of Dakang.
He has no acquaintances in the court, and others don't dare to come forward to disturb him because he has been closing his eyes and rejecting people thousands of miles away.
Su Qingwan's gaze swept over him from time to time, and for fear of being discovered for her small movements, she gave her eyes to everyone in the hall every time.
Xiao Yunhan pulled the corner of her clothes: "Sister Su, look at that person, he looks even more beautiful than a woman, he is Mr. Lingyun of Tianji Valley, and now Prime Minister Ji." ”
Su Qingwan stroked the hair on her sideburns and coughed, "I haven't seen it again, and I'm not sure, but looking at where he sits, it should be him." ”
Zhao Xinran, who had already learned the rules and was released, laughed happily and said sarcastically: "I really haven't seen the world, Prime Minister Ji was recommended by my father." ”
Her triumphant appearance was still the same as before, but Su Qingwan heard a different flavor from her tone.
She is interesting to Ji Xuanyuan.
I have to say that women's feelings are always so accurate in some aspects, and Zhao Xinran obsessively admired Ji Xuanyuan's face that was not stained with the fireworks of the world.