43: Honored guest
In the autumn of the third year of Xia'an, Princess Qingqiu of Lanling Kingdom only brought ten guards and two personal palace maids to the Xia'an Dynasty for annual friendly relations.
In the final analysis, it is actually the same as going to the neighbor's house, just to find an excuse to come over and have fun for a few days to maintain friendly exchanges between the royal families of the two countries.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Princess Qingqiu and Ye Zhizhang, the commander of the accompanying guards, went to the imperial study to meet the saint.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the emperor took Princess Qingqiu to Zhaoyang Palace, where a family banquet was set up to entertain Princess Qingqiu today.
Yin Xiaoxi had already gone to the Zhaoyang Palace early to wait, and the position in the middle was naturally the queen mother and the emperor, and on both sides were the princes first, and then they were seated according to their positions.
Yin Xiaoxi is ranked fourth-grade Wanyi, and it stands to reason that Xu Yourong should not be able to stand her, but everyone in the palace knows the emperor's preference for this Wanyi, so they responded to her request and changed Xu Yourong's position to next to her, and the two of them were next to each other.
Lin Er, who was sitting diagonally opposite her, was still thinking before leaving Wangchun Pavilion, and if he met him, he would try to keep his distance, so as not to be looked at and gossip.
But at this moment, Lin Er was unexpectedly peaceful, let alone provoking her, he didn't even glance at her, although he was a little surprised and curious in his heart, but he was more fortunate than curious, so he sat down with peace of mind.
Everyone waited for a long time before the emperor walked into the Zhaoyang Hall with Princess Qingqiu, and everyone got up and saluted.
"See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live."
"Let's all be flat."
The emperor arranged Princess Qingqiu on the empty seat between Yin Xiaoxi and Concubine Liu.
When the father-in-law introduced the seat before, he was still curious, who was the vacant position between her and Concubine Liu, Concubine Liu in the palace ranked third, she was fourth, and there was no one in the middle.
Now it seems that the emperor wants to deliberately close the relationship between her and Princess Qingqiu, but he can't put her at the end, which seems too disrespectful.
Thinking about it, this Qingqiu princess should be on par with her age in appearance, and she is more compatible with the older concubines in the palace.
Princess Qingqiu sat down, smiled slightly at the two ladies beside her and nodded hello, and Yin Xiaoxi also turned her head sideways and bowed her head to show friendship.
After being polite and polite, he looked up and down at the young woman in front of him.
The hair is not tied into a bun like the women in the palace, and with some cumbersome vows, but tied into a high ponytail, and there are not too many hair accessories on the hair, just a simple jade pendant hairpin.
The slender neck looks white and slender against the backdrop of a lady's riding costume, and the whole person exudes a sassy and heroic posture.
Yin Xiaoxi saw that she had been staring at the prince in front of her since she sat down, and deliberately leaned over and asked, "What is the princess looking at?" ”
Princess Qingqiu hurriedly retracted her gaze and hurriedly replied, "No, the palace is too luxurious, I'm a little dazzled." ”
"Wait until you're done eating, I'll take you around the palace, there are a lot of beautiful places."
Ruan Qingqiu agreed, "Okay, before I came, I heard that the emperor recently promoted a new lady, which is very interesting, and now it seems that it is not only interesting, but also captivating the country and the city." ”
"Cut~" Concubine Liu on the side listened to Ruan Qingqiu's praise and let out a disdainful sound.
Ruan Qingqiu glanced back, smiled embarrassedly, and then turned back and raised his thin eyebrows towards Yin Xiaoxi.
Yin Xiaoxi stuck out his tongue at her, looking like he didn't care at all.
Since the age of ten, Nguyen Thanh Thu began to come to the Cheyenne Dynasty once a year on behalf of his father, staying in the palace for ten days each time before leaving for their Lanling Kingdom.
This time, I thought it would be as boring as in previous years, but when I saw Yin Xiaoxi today, I vaguely felt that this time it was finally a little interesting.
The lunch went quite smoothly, nothing more than all kinds of politeness, greetings and flattery.
Yin Xiaoxi was too lazy to participate in these, just concentrated on eating the food in front of his table, most of the meat on the table was almost sandwiched on Xu Yourong's table, and he simply ate some green vegetables.
It may be that autumn is dry, and the weather is getting cooler from the previous heat, and it is normal to have a poor appetite at the turn of the season.
Of course, Xu Yourong can't use the season to find the reason for her greed, after all, she is a person who can't eat enough in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
After lunch, Concubine Hui accompanied the Queen Mother back to Yikun Palace for a nap, and Concubine Xian also had to take a nap every day, so she also went back to her Hall of Virtue. With her, there were also the Jade King and the Jade Princess.
Thinking about it, the two sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, and today is just taking this opportunity to get together, the Jade King accompanied the Jade Princess to the Xiande Palace, and the emperor didn't say anything.
Concubine Liu had already been disgusted when she saw Ruan Qingqiu praising Yin Xiaoxi before, and she even disdained to entertain with such a princess who had no power and no status in Lanling Kingdom, so she also returned to her Fangfei Palace.
The emperor and the prince accompanied Ruan Qingqiu and Yin Xiaoxi around the back garden, and the palace people behind him kept an appropriate distance to follow and wait.
The emperor and the prince walked in the forefront, and Yin Xiaoxi and Ruan Qingqiu walked behind the two and followed closely.
Suddenly, Yin Xiaoxi looked at the swing hanging on a big old tree in front of him, so he took Ruan Qingqiu's hand and ran towards the swing past the emperor and the prince.
Pulled her on the swing, and didn't look back, "Xiaocui, come and push us." ”
As soon as the words fell, the swing was pushed high from behind.
Yin Xiaoxi grabbed Ruan Qingqiu's hand tightly, sat on the swing and shouted excitedly, laughing, and swinging for a while Ruan Qingqiu turned his head before he caught a glimpse of the person pushing the swing behind him, and consciously came down.
"Hey, why don't you sit down?"
Ruan Qingqiu smiled mysteriously and stood again, "I'm a little tired, you can play." ”
Yin Xiaoxi's heartless temperament, where did he notice something, so he moved his body and sat in the middle of the swing, "Xiaocui, keep pushing." ”
The emperor behind him smiled dotingly and pushed the swing back up.
Ruan Qingqiu stood beside the prince and sighed, "The emperor really favors Jing Wanyi. ”
Lin Er's eyes were cold and looking at the scene of He Harmony's affection in front of him, his heart was full of mixed feelings, and a trace of sour taste leached out of his mouth, but his face was still calm and calm.
After playing for a while, Yin Xiaoxi got off the swing to his heart's content, and saw that it was the emperor who pushed him behind him, and he didn't seem to be surprised at all, but he was so sweet that he stepped forward and hugged the emperor's arm, "Your Majesty, it turns out that you are pushing the concubine." ”
Ruan Qingqiu's eyes widened when she heard this, and she asked the prince beside her in a low voice, "Jing Wanyi actually called the emperor you, why isn't the emperor angry?" ”
I only heard Lin Yi say lightly, "Jing Wanyi can't be judged as an ordinary woman. ”
Ruan Qingqiu was puzzled, "What do you mean?" ”
She has seen a lot of good-looking women in the harem, although the emperor is favored, but probably will not be so indulgent, but Jing Wanyi's appearance is not like the first time, it seems that she and the emperor get along like this on weekdays.
Lin Yi didn't answer, but looked directly at his imperial brother and gently stroked Yin Xiaoxi's side face.
I couldn't help but think that if the person she met first was me......