Chapter 221 Fifteen Nights Banquet
This year's fifteenth palace banquet of the first lunar month, because the princes' relatives have been given different meanings, so the posts in the palace are not only sent to officials, but also some family heads or famous nobles have been invited, and its liveliness is no less than that of the New Year palace banquet. At dawn on this day, many ladies and their daughters came very early, and after visiting the queen in batches, they were all taken to the imperial garden to play. This year, the lanterns in the palace are specially made by the skilled craftsmen found by the Ministry of Industry, each ingenious, beautiful, the queen made people hang these lamps in the imperial garden, and also put some lantern riddles for everyone to guess and play. Although the time has not yet come, the lights have not yet turned on, but it is rare for the garden to be lively early.
It's just that the lively scene in this garden doesn't seem to affect the peaceful and pleasant atmosphere in the eldest princess's former residence at all. Yun Yuhong had a big belly, these banquets could not have come, but the distress letters of the imperial brothers made her have to come forward to suppress the four concubines who were restless, or the forces behind the four concubines. When she came to the palace, the queen was busy receiving the wives, and Yun Yuhong didn't want to entertain with her, so she took the second princess to hide where she lived before.
The second princess made some pastries herself, which were not too sweet and greasy, and very soft and delicious, and Yun Yuhong was hungry and could eat, this plate of dim sum made her feel good to eat, and the second princess on the side was also very happy to see that the imperial sister loved to eat what she made.
After a while, the unlucky ghost walked in. Although there was the queen's enlightenment during this time, the emotional wounds in her heart were not able to recover so quickly, although she did not wash her face with tears every day, but it was difficult to see her smiling, and she was also very thin. Seeing that there were tears on the unlucky ghost's face, Yun Yuhong was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?" Did someone say something? "I was serving by the queen mother's side just now, why is it like this in a blink of an eye, no one should be bold enough to talk nonsense in the palace.
The unlucky ghost shook his head and said in a low voice: "The Qin family came to greet the queen, so I avoided it." ”
Yun Yuhong sighed and persuaded: "The matter is over, don't think about it." ”
The unlucky ghost said quietly: "Master, I don't want to think about it anymore, but I can't control myself." I often think that there is a bad relationship between me and him, or that I owe him in my previous life, and I will repay it in this life. In fact, when I was in the Qin family, I always had a dream, and this dream seemed to be true, especially after I met my cousin, I had it almost every day. In my dreams, there was a very steep mountain, no matter how I climbed up the steps, there was no end, and there was no way out, and the end always ended in falling off the cliff and waking up. I often think that Qin Yang and I have come to this point, maybe it was arranged by God a long time ago, maybe all this is my life. ”
Yun Yuhong looked at the unlucky ghost with a somewhat complicated expression. She never believed in fate, the unlucky ghost is just thinking about it day and night, and if a marriage is unhappy, then separate and start over, which is a natural thing in modern times, but in the eyes of the ancients like the unlucky ghost, it is a hurdle that cannot be overcome. It's just that she has never been able to persuade people, so I really don't know what to do!
The second princess saw that Yun Yuhong showed a disapproving look but did not speak, so she took over the topic and said: "Sister Calyx, don't be too sad, it is not easy for people to live, and it is even more difficult for women." But you have the imperial sister, General Qian and others who think about you, you have the stepmother who really loves you, you have so many people who care about you, a man who is destined not to belong to you, why should you take it to heart, no matter how hard you try, you can't change your fate. We are not greedy, as long as we are good to those who care for us, and the rest depends on the will of God. ”
There was a faint melancholy in the voice of the second princess, and she didn't know whether she remembered her struggles in the harem or her unknown fate in the future, but her words seemed to speak to the heart of the unlucky ghost, and the unlucky ghost nodded, put away the tears in her eyes, and talked about other things.
At night, a delicate and exquisite, different shape of the lanterns lit up, the palace illuminated as bright as day, the careful Ministry of Industry adults in order to prevent the smell of oil smoke in the lamp to the nobles, but also specially added spices made of refreshing herbs, the emperor and the queen took people to see these lanterns, then put on the banquet, and then it was the highlight of the night - the talent show of the young ladies.
What the ladies will know is nothing more than poetry and songs, singing and dancing performances, all kinds of musical instruments, or writing and painting, Yun Yuhong looked drowsy, and couldn't raise any interest. Several princes sat opposite, occasionally gathered together to whisper, secretly picking on the young lady performing in the field, and putting on a disgusted expression, which made Yun Yuhong feel more interesting than acting.
The princes pick and choose from the young ladies, all kinds of dislikes, but the concubines sitting on the upper seat like it very much, after every performance, there is a concubine there to applaud, and then praise people to the sky, and finally must let Qianzong say a good word, Qianzong looked at Yun Yuhong helplessly, when are you going to make trouble, your father can't stand these women.
Yun Yuhong didn't wait for the concubine to speak, so she smiled and said to Qianzong: "Father, I really didn't know that there were such gentle, beautiful, and versatile famous ladies in the ministers' families. I don't know if they have allowed others, the group of kings in our army have been shouting for me to help them marry their daughters-in-law every day, today is a good day, my father and the emperor will be an old man again today, and then give a few pairs of good fate. ”
Everyone was silent for a while, frightened by Yun Yuhong's words. Today, I am choosing a concubine for the princes, and the concubines sent by each family are all golden and noble, and your eldest princess is a little too deceitful, and it is absolutely impossible to use these concubines who have spent countless painstaking efforts to cultivate them as cabbage, and want to send them to those inferior generals in the army to win people's hearts for you.
Many young ladies who are still proud after the performance are also scared, they are destined to marry into the palace or a big family to be the housewife, but not to marry into a martial arts family to be a yellow-faced woman, how can the eldest princess see everyone who wants to be a matchmaker, how to perform next, the performance is too good, once the eldest princess is concerned, then this life will be ruined, but if you don't perform well, the position of the princess is hopeless, it is really tangled.
Several princes were happy in their hearts, or the royal sister was powerful, and the situation was turned around in a few words. Hmph, these people all look down on the soldiers in the army, but don't forget, we are not only princes, but also one of the soldiers in the army, and the women who look down on the soldiers in the army, we still don't look down on you.
Qianzong smiled, Hong'er is really tall, the faces of these people below are so good-looking, one sentence can cause such a good effect, wonderful, too exciting. Qianzong was happy in his heart, but he still had to say what he had to say. He said in a straight voice: "Hong'er, you should also pay attention to the right person when you give marriage, these young ladies are too far away from your disciples, and they may not be suitable." ”
Yun Yuhong smiled faintly: "It's not difficult to get the right door, father, you can wait." ”
The faces of many ministers have changed, what does the eldest princess mean by this? I still want to take down a group of officials with a stack of incriminating evidence like last time, and just cause that kind of door-to-door, right, this is too bullying. We don't want to marry our daughter to someone in the military, it's despicable. Some people were indignant and wanted to reason with Yun Yuhong, but Yun Yuhong smiled as if inadvertently, the truth of the words was very unpredictable, and Yun Yuhong did not specifically point out who it was, but at this time there was a suspicion of weakness, so only one minister said "The eldest princess is really joking", and expressed his unwillingness to Yun Yuhong, and the others did not dare to say more.
Qianzong didn't seem to hear what Yun Yuhong was saying, and didn't seem to care, but waved his hand to let the performance continue. It's just that everyone is still in the mood now, the performers are worried about frequent mistakes, and most of the people watching are absent-minded, and they have lost the atmosphere just now. This kind of performance is really not good for a few concubines, and the abacus can't be played, so angry that they scolded Yun Yuhong in their hearts, of course, they don't dare to show it on the surface, Yun Yuhong has repaired them miserably in the past few years, whoever dares to find trouble will wait for at least a year without stopping.
Bai Ziyu laughed secretly in her heart, leaned her head close to Yun Yuhong, and whispered to Yun Yuhong: "Hong'er is too naughty, look at you scaring these people." ”
Yun Yuhong also whispered: "Which one is me scaring them, it is obvious that they have ghosts in their hearts." I didn't do anything wrong, and I didn't feel shocked when I knocked on the door in the middle of the night. ”
Qubbling, after Bai Ziyu spit out these two words with his mouth, Xiaoxiao stopped talking.
The two only said two words, and the time was short, and no one else noticed this intimate move, but the county lord Yun Dieyi on the opposite side had been staring at Bai Ziyu since he entered the door, and now seeing that the two of them interacted so intimately, they only gritted their teeth and let you be affectionate, I see how long you can be proud, and you will suffer it in a while.
Qianzong's ears were quiet, and he was in a good mood, so he took a sip of wine and filled it to himself, and the wine tasted very sweet today, but the stamina was too great, and it soon made people dizzy and dizzy, and they had no strength in their bodies. Qianzong couldn't sit still a little, his body fell to the side, and he just wanted to call someone to help him go back to rest, but he saw the people around him lying down one after another. Qianzong was shocked that something was wrong, and shouted: "Someone! It's just that none of the secret guards or Praetorian Guards who were originally guarding him appeared, looking at Yun Yuhong, but seeing Yun Yuhong holding on to the table and trying to stand up in vain, the people in the hall lay down, the screams kept ringing, and Qianzong's head "buzzed", something happened, something was going to happen.