Chapter 19: The Banquet
The next day, the county lord of Heyi came to Yan Hagi with a newly acquired pure white kitten, "Xiaoxiao, this is a meat ball." Meat ball, this is Xiaoxiao. The county lord grabbed the kitten's left front paw and shook it at Yan Hagi.
The corners of Yan Hao's mouth twitched, worthy of the name taken by foodies, "Why did you come here today?" ”
"Grandmother Huang asked me to study in the palace, let me choose a waiter to read, I want to pick you." The county lord of Heyi took out a piece of jerky from his purse, took a bite, and stuffed the rest into the mouth of the meat ball.
"Heyi, are we still friends?" Yan Hagi asked angrily.
Lord Heyi's eyes widened, "Of course, we are good friends, good friends who love each other's hearts. ”
"Then you're still hurting me like that!" Yan Hagi didn't want to go to the palace to study at all.
"Hey, hey, hey, we're good friends, of course we have to share weal and worn, I want to learn this and that, how can you be happy alone?" The county lord of Heyi smiled slyly.
"Is it too late to break off diplomatic relations?" Yan Hagi asked with a sad face.
"You're going to break off my relationship? You're a bad dash. The county lord of Heyi threw away the meat ball and pounced, crushing Yan Hao so much that he almost missed it.
Yan Hagi said with difficulty: "You go down for me." ”
"Don't go down, say, are you still breaking off relations with me?" Lord Heyi asked.
Yan Hagi pulled out his hand and pinched her neck, the two little girls rolled into a ball on the couch with a grin, and the little white cat was under the couch, meowing, as if cheering for the two.
After the county lord of Heyi left, Yan Hao went to the county lord of Nanping and told the county lord of Heyi that he wanted to choose her as a waiter, "Mother, can I not go?" "If she wants to get up at the beginning of the day and enter the palace, her weak body can't bear it, even if she can eat it, she doesn't want to, she gets up earlier than the chicken in the third year of high school, and sleeps later than the dog's tragic days, she doesn't want to live it at all.
"Of course." The county lord of Nanping touched her head with a smile, "Heyi is a child's temperament, and he still wants to play, the queen mother and Princess Qin will not agree." "The Yan family already has Yan Tongzhu by the side of the grandson, and there will be no Yan Hagi's name in the list of the lord of Heyi County.
Yan Hagi was relieved.
Three days later, Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Yan took Yan Qin and Yan Qian to Princess Ruining's Mansion for a banquet. Princess Ruining's identity is there, even if she knows her intentions, the person who receives the invitation still has to go to the party, and even the crown princess gave the eldest princess face and went to the banquet.
"Sixth sister, what are you thinking?" Yan Qin saw that Yan Qian had been looking thoughtful.
Yan Qian shook his head with a smile and lied casually: "I didn't think about anything, I was just a little nervous." "In the previous life, Zhao Jinyue, the eldest daughter of Chengguo Gong, fell into the water at this banquet and was rescued by Tang Qingshui, the third son of the King of Jiujiang, will it happen in this life? Is she going to stop it?
"Don't be nervous, I'll be with you." Yan Qin said with a smile.
Yan Qian smiled, the marriage between the Chengguo Mansion and the Jiujiang Royal Mansion is also a good match, not to mention that she doesn't know how to stop it, so just like in her previous life, let this happen.
When he arrived at the princess's mansion, Yan Qian opened the curtain and looked out, on the vermilion gate, the copper nail was the size of a bowl, and there was a big stone lion standing on each side, and the dragon flying and phoenix dancing on the plaque read: "Create the princess's mansion" five big characters. The little guy stepped forward, led the carriage, entered from the corner gate, walked about a dozen zhang, arrived at the weeping flower gate, got off the carriage, and changed to the soft sedan chair of the princess's mansion.
Looking at the flowery and magnificent princess mansion, Yan Qian clenched her fists, marrying the grandson, she must marry the grandson, today she will behave well and leave a good impression on the princess. Princess Duanning said with a smile: "A few days ago, the palace got a four-season map, so I invited all the ladies to enjoy the paintings and make poems to help Yaxing. ”
Sure enough, just like in the previous life, appreciate the painting and poetry. A bright light flashed in Yan Qian's eyes, and the corners of his lips curved slightly.
The girls admired the paintings and thought about how to write poems.
The time for a stick of incense passed quickly, let everyone chant poetry, the ladies hesitated, Yan Qian got up and said: "The little girl is not talented, I am willing to throw bricks and lead jade!" ”
Princess Duanning smiled: "Miss Yan Liu's courage is commendable, so let's start with you." ”
"Princess Xie." Yan Qian bowed, and then chanted the poem she had prepared a long time ago, "The spring breeze first sends the plum in the garden, and the cherry blossoms and peach pears bloom first." The camellia elm pod is deep in the village, and the spring breeze comes for me. ”
This poem is written very smartly and lively, with a touch of ambition, not only Princess Duanning praised her, but the crown princess also glanced at her, Yan Qian was secretly happy, and turned her eyes to look at the eldest lady of Xiangzhong Hou's Mansion Ding Xiang and the fourth lady Sun Dongmei of Qiaojun Bo's Mansion; In the previous life, Lilac was the side concubine of the grandson, and Sun Dongmei was the concubine of the grandson, but they were not favored, after the grandson ascended the throne, Lilac only got a concubine, and Sun Dongmei was only a noble concubine, and there were no heirs, and there was no threat to Yan Hao, who had two sons and a daughter. Yan Hao can suppress them, she can do it, Yan Qian curled the corners of her lips.
The appreciation of paintings and poems soon came to an end, and everyone moved to the flower hall. After the banquet, the ladies went to listen to the play, the ladies wandered around the garden, just like in the previous life, Zhao Jinyue fell into the pond and was rescued by Tang Qingshui, as for who calculated whom? Everyone has their own ideas, but Yan Qian is more inclined to the Chengguo Mansion and calculates the Jiujiang Palace. The current stepwife of Cheng Guogong, Zhou, is the sister of Concubine Zhou Xian, the king of Chu has the ambition to seize the throne, and Zhao Zhou also wants his own son to snatch the position of the original concubine; Moreover, winning over the Jiujiang Royal Mansion will be of great help to the King of Chu to seize the throne. If the king of Chu can ascend to the throne, then Zhao Zhou's plan will naturally succeed.
"You need to take this as a warning, if you dare to do something degrading to the lintel, don't blame the old woman for being ruthless, I would rather let you die than let you be embarrassed." Mrs. Yan solemnly admonished her granddaughters. The matter of Princess Chu has only faded down in recent years, and Mrs. Yan doesn't want to cause any more turmoil. The reputation of the daughter of the Yan family can't withstand the corruption again and again, "If you use this kind of dishonorable means to get married, you can't live a good life, and when the time comes, you will suffer hardships, and others will only say that you deserve it." Did you hear me clearly? "The King of Chu has so many concubines, so it can be seen that the life of the princess of Chu is how, if she hadn't given birth to the only son of the King of Chu, I am afraid that she will have to die.
"Hear me." Several granddaughters responded honestly, even if they had some thoughts and reveries, they were also frightened by Mrs. Yan's words. Marrying someone is important, but you have to have a life to get married!
Mrs. Yan saw that several girls were frightened, and hurriedly changed the topic: "It will be Qixi Festival in a few days, such an important day, two girls and three girls, do people owe it to think about what kind of flowers and melons to carve?" ”
"Two girls, three girls, in the first year, you must not be sloppy, you must carve well." Old Madam Yan said solemnly.
Qixi Festival is also known as the Qiqiao Festival, the Daughter's Day, the Qiaoqiao Festival, Qiaoxi, Shuangqi, etc., the women will worship the moon on this day, pray for blessings and make wishes, make a promise to other people's women, but also carve melons to send to the in-law's house, in order to show ingenuity.
Yan Qi and Yan Zhi want to carve melons, and Yan Qin, Yan Qian, Yan Miao and Yan Ying are learning to fry Qiaoguo, and a few small ones don't have to do anything for the time being. The emperor issued an edict that on the day of the beginning of autumn, a competition will be held in the western suburbs.
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Note: Yan Qianyin's poem is "Spring Breeze" written by Bai Juyi. This shows Yan Qian's ambition, and the spring breeze also comes for her.