Chapter 146: Nine Dragons Palace

The eyes of the golden dragon surrounding the golden pillar are inlaid with the night pearl, echoing the golden dragon on the roof, on the left and right sides of the main hall under the golden dragon, there is a black and red lacquered table in each two steps, there is an alpaca blanket on the table, and there are wine jugs, wine cups, teacups, dishes and chopsticks on it, and there are two wooden stools next to the table, it can be seen that this table should be a table for two people, it seems that it should be impossible to rub a full meal here in the emperor.

Behind each table stood a palace maid dressed in a silver thread embroidered plum blossom pink palace dress, and at the end of the red carpet at the front of the main hall, there was a large furnace that was curling smoke, although the Nine Dragons Hall was large, but it was very warm, warmer than Ning Zhiyuan's Huaiyu Residence.

Under the leadership of the emperor and queen, everyone sat in the order of their status, and the husband and wife sat together, King Xi and the national teacher had a table, King Xian and Ning Xiao had a table, King Kang and King Xiang had a table, King Chao and King Su had a table, Ning Zhiyuan Du Yiyi had a table, Xin Tonghou and his wife had a table, Dening County Lord and his wife had a table, Qingzhen County Lord and Ansu County Lord mother and daughter had a table, and it was exactly eight tables.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair, and the queen sat at a small table set up on the side, and Concubine Chang, the mother of King Su, did not attend.

Then the emperor ordered, the court musicians who had been waiting behind the curtains began to play music, and the dancing queen of Si Leju in Hu costume came out and stepped on the red carpet and danced with the music, it is not difficult to recall that a hundred years ago, the emperor of this Nine Dragons Hall was how luxurious and drunk with gold, the wine cup made of gold was finely made, the chopsticks made of ivory were smooth and white, the butterfly bowl was the pastel from the official kiln in Jingdezhen, and the wine pot was also the blue and white porcelain from the official kiln. Singing and dancing are leveling and the warm breeze is blowing, and the extravagance of the royal family is far from being imagined by the people outside.

Among the four princes, King Xi has been talking about Buddhism with the national teacher from beginning to end, looking at his simple clothes and only drinking tea and not drinking, he should be a believer in Buddhism, and he has been trying to amuse Ning Xiao's dedication to the king, but it is very suitable for his strange name, and he can still make faces from time to time, and King Kang, who ranks fifth among the emperor's brothers, has always been flattering the emperor, looking at the oily powder, you can know the general temperament of this person, King Xiang is the youngest of the emperor's brothers, this so-called youngest, but he is ten years younger, but King Xiang does not have a good foundation like Xintonghou, but he is in his thirties, and he looks at the age difference with King Kang, most of the spirit of King Xiang is focused on these beautiful and delicious dancing girls, and he will only toast and flatter the emperor with King Kang from time to time.

And King Chao, Du Yiyi still noticed King Chao Ning Chaoge for the first time, in her memory, if it weren't for Ning Zhiyuan's horizontal knife insertion, she might have been sitting next to Ning Chaoge at the moment, Ning Chaoge She had only met at the blind date banquet carefully prepared for her by Shen Ke Lu Xiangxue that day, gentle and elegant, calm and modest, but later I understood that the image of the gentleman who was as gentle as jade had long been destroyed, and he seemed to be a harmless person, but in fact, he was scheming and unscrupulous.

As if sensing this exploratory gaze, Ning Chaoge, who was pouring wine with his head down, slowly raised his head, and as soon as he met Du Yiyi's panicked gaze, he sneered in a low voice and drank all the wine in his cup in one gulp.

King Su, King Su is a strong rival whether it is from the prince or from himself and Ning Chaoge, although neither of them dares to be presumptuous in front of the emperor, but now the emperor's eyes have long been attracted by the four princes, and the resentment that has accumulated in the hearts of the two of them naturally broke out on the wine table, the two sat side by side, but they were silent, and King Su's blackened face was even blacker like the black hair of the county lord of Qingzhen on the side.

The county lord of Qingzhen and the county lord of Ansu sat side by side, because Xiong Huaiyuan was now dealing with affairs in the governor's mansion and could not get out of the situation and did not come today, the county lord of Ansu was very considerate of his mother, and now he was helping her stir the hot rock sugar bird's nest soup.

Sitting under the head of the county lord of Ansu is the county lord of Dening and the official tower of the county horse, the two have always been husband and wife friendship, at this moment it is you and I Nong nong's affection for each other's toast and wine alone for fun, sitting next to their hands, is Xin Tonghou and his wife, although Xin Tonghou does not like to talk, but it can be seen that he is an easy-going person, Xin Tonghou is a person who does not pay attention to the rules and is not keen on fame and fortune, when King Kang and King Xiang are flattering, he is also eating almonds and drinking water and wine alone.

In this banquet, when everyone was talking about it, it had already begun to be popular, and Du Yiyi was the first.

After drinking two glasses of water and wine, she was a little dizzy by the warm wind of the hall, and she went out when Mrs. Xintonghou left the table, anyway, today's protagonists are not in them, and the emperor will not notice if there are two less people.

Two hundred meters further forward from the Nine Dragons Palace, there is the gate of the Inner Court, which is a place where the palace guards are more tightly guarded, and the two people who come out to blow the wind have no intention of stepping on.

However, behind a rockery, the two found a gazebo, but there was no one, so the two walked in.

She didn't know anything about Mrs. Xintonghou's family background, and she didn't even know her name, but this time the contact between the two of them was obviously a little more, maybe because of these wines.

"Why didn't I see the Marquis of Zhenguo and the Marquis of Chang Sheng at the banquet today, they were all guests at the banquet in previous years!" Madame sat down with her hot cheeks covered, took out a handkerchief in her arms, and wiped her sticky fingers.

"Mrs. Hou still doesn't know?" As soon as the words came out, Du Yiyi thought that this was also what it should be, so he told her about the current situation of the Marquis of Zhenguo and the Marquis of Chang Sheng, who was sick when the emperor was in danger, and the two favored princes in the past were scolded and demoted by the emperor, where is there still the face to come here, today even Concubine Chang did not appear, it seems that the emperor is still angry about this matter.

"I rarely go out of the house on weekdays, I don't know these at all, Hou Ye is also an idle personality and don't pay attention to these, I also heard some gossip earlier and thought that this famous Princess Rui would be such a difficult person, and I saw it today to know that Princess Rui is such an approachable character." Madame smiled, her crimson cheeks bulging high like smooth apples.

After walking around the pavilion twice, Du Yiyi also felt that her dizzy brain was a little clearer. "My wife and I also hit it off at first sight, if we have time in the future, Madame must go to the Rui Wang's Mansion to walk around more!"

"I must visit next time, Hou Ye also said that in this capital, the only one who has a temper with him is Lord Rui, and the lady and lady who have a temper with me in the prince and grandson are not enough, but Princess Rui is one, it is strange to say, I, a person who is twenty-two years old, would actually fall in love with you who is only seventeen."

The lady with a little blurred eyes supported her head with her hands, looked at Du Yiyi stupidly and smiled, she was already beautiful and incomprehensible, this smile, Feixia's face was full of fog, her eyes were blurred, and she was even more charming and seductive.

Seeing that she was a little drunk, Du Yiyi hurriedly held her arm and supported her. "I don't think I can wake up while sitting, so why don't we get up and take a walk!"

Madame covered her red lips full of wine with her white fingers, and stood up with a smile along Du Yiyi's hand, "It's okay, take advantage of the cleanliness to move around more, I also want to hear you tell more stories about General Shenke!" I have listened to the stories of the servant generals a few times, and I admire the bravery of General Shen very much! ”

"Shen Ke?" Du Yiyi's brain suddenly disappeared, Shen Ke is really Lu Yi'an's good son-in-law, more than ten years ago, Lu Yi'an became famous in the world as a talented man and became the best spouse standard in the hearts of girls, but today, more than ten years later, Shen Ke has refreshed this record.

"General Shen is a hero of the country, Princess Rui can have such a brother, I don't know how many people envy her!" Madame smiled and followed Du Yiyi out of the pavilion, and Fang Cai's wine seemed to have disappeared a lot.

"He is indeed a hero of the country, don't envy me, I, the sister of General Shen, don't know how much infamy I have endured, Mrs. and Hou Ye are made in heaven to envy others, I don't know how Mrs. and Hou Ye are strong?"

"My marriage contract with Master Hou was made by my parents." Seeing that Du Yiyi had a disappointed look, Mrs. pursed her lips and smiled lightly: "What, feel disappointed?" In fact, there is nothing bad about it, the days are still the same, but it is moving from one home to another, Hou Ye is pure and has little desire to idle Yunye Crane, but there are similarities with my temperament, you and Rui Wang Ye are newly married, it should be the time of strong affection, look at the expressions of the two of you! ”

Mrs. glanced at Du Yiyi playfully, lowered her head and pursed her lips and smiled.

Xin Tonghou and his wife don't go out, maybe they don't know about Qinglan, Du Yiyi watched it for a long time, and then he eliminated the doubts in his heart, "That's it, where can I compare to Mrs. and Hou Ye and his wife for many years and still be the same as at the beginning!" ”

Mrs. shook her head and smiled: "Lord Hou doesn't like to deal with Wang Sun Guixuan, mostly because they are too utilitarian, he didn't go in and out of the official career is not as good as the military department, that is, he wants to get out of this circle, but he is free, that is, there are more unsatisfactory things on weekdays, everything can not look at the surface, I understand the temperament of Lord Hou best, never say half a good word about others, but it is a praise for Lord Rui, you can't be disappointed, if the relationship between husband and wife is not well managed, no matter how happy the relationship will be broken." You're still young, and you're a long way off! ”

Turns out she knew! But it's normal for her to know this, and it's already a well-known thing.

"Madame is right! If you can be like Mrs. and Hou Ye, it will be worth it for this life! ”

The lady who was praised smiled again before continuing: "Tell me the story of the battle of Yuting River back then, I have never heard that story!" ”

Seeing that Mrs. Lady's eyes were blazing and energetic, although Du Yiyi couldn't bear to refuse, she still had to refuse, not many people knew the story of the Battle of Yutinghe, although she collected many stories about Shen Ke later in order to make herself a real Du Yiyi, but she did not collect the Battle of Yutinghe, and no one knew the details of the sensational battle.

"Women are not allowed to accompany the army, and I only know a rough idea of the battle of Yuting River!"

"That's a pity, I heard that General Shen can single-handedly break through thousands of troops and horses, and he is invincible brave, I thought he should be a burly strong man, who knew that the last time I saw him, but he was well-proportioned and beautiful, not to mention that no one would think that he would be a general galloping on the battlefield, and he would think he would be a scholar!"

Madame's eyes glanced at Du Yiyi's cheeks that did not change, and her bright eyes lowered for a moment and then raised them and said: "There are some words, I don't know whether to say them or not, Princess Rui and I are just the first acquaintance, and it is really frivolous and rude to say it." ”

"Madame, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

Without thinking about it, Du Yiyi can also know what this inappropriate thing is.

"Princess Rui and General Shen's brother and sister relationship is deeply moving, those unpleasant things have always passed, with Princess Rui's cleverness, she should be able to get rid of those past as soon as possible, I won't say more superfluous words, it is indeed a bit rude to say these things when we meet for the first time, Princess Rui forgives my sins!"

"Madame can treat each other with the sincerity of a friend, I am grateful, how can I be rude, sure enough, my intuition at first sight is not wrong, Lord Hou and Mrs. are both kind and free people."

Du Yiyi took a step back and thanked her.

"Where is Princess Rui talking about this, I also think that I will talk to you about this when I fall in love with Princess Rui, if I change to someone else, I won't say anything, my wine is almost gone, let's go back first." The corners of Madame's lips were raised, and she was very happy with Du Yiyi's act of not being angry and thanking her.

Du Yiyi nodded and said, "It's really not good to leave the table halfway, let's go back!" ”

Mrs. kindly shook Du Yiyi's hand and walked hand in hand with her.

Because her husband's mud is not turbid, their husband and wife have always been not very popular in the circle of high society, and the letter is only the only one whose husband and wife do not have a huge family support, in addition to the beautiful duke and marquis and those manors, the family background can only be similar to those wealthy families in the capital, the family background is not rich, but the belief in the same marquis is a noble person, the two husbands and wives can be regarded as outliers among the nobles, it is precisely because of this heterogeneous relationship, She has a very close affection for Du Yiyi, who is also rejected by this circle.

Two people with very different personalities in the upper class circle, when they see each other today, they are not talking endlessly but they are very close to the taste, Mrs. Xintonghou's outspokenness gave Du Yiyi a great favor, and Du Yiyi's free and easy also made Mrs. Xintonghou feel that she did not see the wrong person, on the way back, the two had more topics, Mrs. Xintonghou did not go out, she knew very little about the interesting things in Beijing, although Du Yiyi did not go out much, but she knew a lot of new things, she was silent on weekdays because she was too lazy to talk to people, today she talked endlessly, It's because I've been in this world for so long that I've finally found someone with the right taste.