Chapter 33: The Banquet
That's pretty much how the rest of the days followed. The prince and the princess lived in this idle courtyard together, but it was one person and one room, with a courtyard in between. Xuanyuan Yichen seems to be very busy, often disappearing early in the morning during the day. was not at home all day, Liu Qingyan heard a little, in the general words of "resentful women", she just spent all day drinking. However, Liu Qingyan doesn't think that she is a "resentful woman", although she knows that it is nothing, it is just a play played by Xianwang for people outside, but she is still faintly uncomfortable in her heart.
As for Liu Qingyan's life, it is too simple. Get up early in the morning and go to the bamboo forest to run for an hour, if Xuanyuan Yichen is also there, the two of them will make a few moves. Come back in the morning, take a shower, change clothes, and then exercise, to see when her cultivation can go to the next level.
In the evening, Xuanyuan Yichen will definitely rush back and have dinner with Liu Qingyan. Only at this time will the courtyard be lively for a while. After dinner, the time is still early, and if the moonlight is good, the two of them will also play chess and talk about the day.
Xiao Yue, the first and fifteenth years of junior high school were standing on the side, watching. These two people, as long as they are together, always have an ambiguous atmosphere. It's just that these two people don't know it yet, but the three of them are about to get goosebumps.
Time passes unhurriedly, and feelings are quietly changing. In the blink of an eye, today is the day when the Mongolian envoys visit. Xuanyuan Yixing and Concubine Gao seemed to be afraid that Xuanyuan Yichen and Liu Qingyan would not dare to come, so they sent Gonggong Li to urge them early in the morning.
After the housekeeper came to report, Xuanyuan Yichen was not in a hurry, just in the idle courtyard, drinking tea, yo-yo birds, obviously having nothing to do, but he was busy with nothing to do. Liu Qingyan waited to see what kind of drama he was going to put on. The housekeeper had already seen the power of his own prince, and knew that he would never be able to convince the prince, so he could only say a few more good words in front of Gonggong Li and put on a little more money.
Waiting any longer, it is not enough for the housekeeper to steal more gold, silver and jewelry, seeing that the time is approaching, the banquet prepared for the Mongolian envoys in the palace is about to start, and he has wasted almost a morning here and still has achieved nothing, Gonggong Li himself is in a hurry. Three times and twice, he couldn't wait to push the housekeeper aside and break into the inner courtyard by himself, even if he dragged the prince and the princess out. If it weren't for the fact that I heard that this prince was violent and wanton, and it would be okay to kill people, I would still want to live for a few more years, and I couldn't bear it, but I still had to endure it.
The butler, the unlucky man, had to suffer again. In fact, compared to Gonggong Li, he also hopes that the prince can appear soon, and he can also be less quiet and worried. It's a pity that the prince doesn't listen to anyone, let alone him, the housekeeper!
In the middle of the day, Xuanyuan Yichen finally wore a mask and a fan in one hand and walked out of the idle court. Beside him, Liu Qingyan, who deliberately wore a white veil, only revealed a pair of slightly indifferent but smart eyes. Behind him, he was still followed by Xiao Yue, Chu Yi and Fifteen.
When the group appeared outside the hall, the housekeeper seemed to see Guanyin Bodhisattva who was saving suffering, and he couldn't wait to fall into Xuanyuan Yichen's arms, and wailed again: "Lord Wang, you are finally here!" ”
Father-in-law Li finally swallowed the anger in his stomach and wanted to laugh, but in the end, he couldn't get home, so he could only stop laughing. "Lord, princess, it's not too early, let's go." It's not early, it's late!
Xuanyuan Yichen shook the fan in his hand and said, "It's still early, why are you in such a hurry?" I was thinking of having lunch before I went. ”
Gonggong Li's feet were weak, and he was about to kneel down for him, he couldn't help but look at the princess, and immediately thought that she was a big straw bag, and it was useless to look at her. looked at Xiao Yue and the three of them again, as if they had discussed it, they looked around, but they refused to look at Gonggong Li. In the end, Gonggong Li had no choice but to continue to glare at the housekeeper angrily.
The housekeeper himself also hoped that the prince and the princess would leave quickly, and he hurriedly said: "Lord, princess, it seems that the envoys of Mongolia have arrived, and the banquet is about to begin." ”
"Oh, in that case, let's go to the banquet in the palace to fill my stomach. What do you think, Princess? Xuanyuan Yichen nodded, he still wanted to give his housekeeper in the palace a little face.
Liu Qingyan lowered his head slightly, and his voice was also low, "Everything is up to the prince." ”
Gonggong Li is such a shrewd person, just hearing Liu Qingyan who spoke like this, he felt that something was wrong with him. When Liu Qingyan was still the queen, there was not much contact with Gonggong Li, and Gonggong Li had never seen Liu Qingyan have such a demeanor and such a tone. He stared at the princess and looked twice.
Xuanyuan Yichen immediately noticed it, and changed to holding a fan next to Liu Qingyan, fanning it slightly, as if intentionally or unintentionally covering the sight of Gonggong Li looking like Liu Qingyan, he coughed even more, and said, "Gonggong Li, why are you so fascinated?" In the seemingly calm tone, it is clear that there is already anger that may erupt at any time.
Gonggong Li hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Lord, princess, please set off!" ”
Xuanyuan Yichen snorted coldly, and together with Liu Qingyan, he took the lead out of the hall.
Outside the gate of the palace, the butler had already prepared several carriages.
When I got out of the carriage and arrived at the palace, I could already hear the sound of drums coming from the banquet hall. Apparently, the banquet has already begun.
Gonggong Li was anxious and worried, and had to urge Xuanyuan Yichen and Liu Qingyan to hurry up, it would be better if they could run.
The more anxious Gonggong Li was, the more unhurried Xuanyuan Yichen became. He took the fan, fanned it for a while, and walked in the direction from which the voice came. Father-in-law Li could only be in a hurry.
After a while, a eunuch got the news and reported it to Xuanyuan Yixing, and the noble concubine greeted her in person, as long as she could seize any opportunity to attack or make fun of Liu Qingyan, she was happy and positive. Gonggong Li finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the rest was handed over to the noble concubine, but it was none of his business.
The noble concubine shook her step by step and came to Xuanyuan Yichen and Liu Qingyan in a graceful manner, and said softly: "Lord Xian, cousin, you are here." The emperor and I have been waiting for you for a while. ”
Xuanyuan Yichen put away the folding fan in his hand and bowed slightly: "Meet the concubine." Liu Qingyan also squatted down: "Cousin." "Since the queen can call her cousin, she can naturally call the queen cousin.
Concubine Gao didn't look at Xuanyuan Yichen's masked face, and stared at Liu Qingyan, as if she wanted to see some secret behind the veil from her face. However, this veil is made of a special material, which seems to be light and transparent, and it is not easy to see through it. Concubine Gao frowned, and continued in a soft voice: "Cousin, why didn't you dress up to attend such a banquet today?" Such a simple dress, a face with no fat powder. In this way, my cousin will hurry up and go with the main palace, and the main palace will dress up my cousin well! ”
"No need." Liu Qingyan tugged at the corners of her mouth and let out a sneer, this noble concubine, did she still think that she was the Liu Qingyan of the day, and she was always played by her as a monkey? "No need, at such a banquet, my cousin is the protagonist, and I'm just a penniless little character, so that's fine." What she meant by this sounded like saying it again, if she Liu Qingyan dressed up well, she would steal all the limelight from the noble concubine. It's really not good to be so noisy!
Xuanyuan Yichen understood as soon as he heard it, and quickly opened the folding fan again, covering the corners of his mouth with an uncontrollable smile.
Concubine Gao thought that Liu Qingyan was the straw bag Liu Qingyan that day, how could she have thought that she also had something to say in the conversation, and she also praised and belittled herself. However, she is still worried that Liu Qingyan has not been deliberately dressed up by herself, and if something goes wrong, it will not be good if someone really sees her true face.
Xuanyuan Yichen came out at the right time to relieve the siege: "Guifei Niangniang, the banquet has already begun, right?" ”
Concubine Gao was stunned for a moment, almost forgetting the true purpose of her trip. She doesn't have time for Liu Qingyan to do her makeup now, and there is still a lot of time at the banquet, anyway, she must let Xuanyuan Yichen and Liu Qingyan make a fool of themselves at the banquet! Who let the two of them, one is a thorn in their own side, and the other is a thorn in the emperor's flesh!
The closer I got to the banquet hall, the more I noticed that the atmosphere inside was extremely strange and oppressive. The singing and dancing are leveling, the sound of drums is endless, and the smell of wine is overflowing, but other than that, there is no human voice. This is a banquet that catches the wind and washes the dust, shouldn't it be staggered and lively?
The banquet hall was in front, and before the noble concubine arrived, she had already rushed to take the lead, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, everyone, let's see who is here?" ”
As Concubine Gao's words fell, the group happened to come to the door of the banquet hall, and easily focused on everyone, including the emperor and the envoys of Mongolia.
Xuanyuan Yichen and Liu Qingyan saw Xuanyuan Yixing high above at a glance, and even from such a distance, both of them still felt the strong disgust or hatred in Xuanyuan Yixing's eyes! Liu Qingyan couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, since he hated seeing us so much, why did he take the initiative to find us? Aren't you unhappy for yourself?
Xuanyuan Yichen turned a blind eye, pulled Liu Qingyan together, came to the center of the banquet, and stopped at a suitable distance, and the beauties who were originally singing and dancing automatically got out of the way.