Chapter 148: Palace Banquet (1)
There was an exclamation from Wei Shi behind him, Xia Chuanyuan hurriedly turned around, and saw Wei Shi wearing a crimson short jacket, with a light-colored pleated flower skirt underneath, full of green silk and a fallen horse bun combed on the back of his head, and a jade-colored transparent glass droplet hairpin obliquely inserted, Xia Chuanyuan felt more and more familiar that this scene was so familiar.
Yes, when I first met Wei in the Wei Mansion that day, she was also like this, safe and independent, without a trace of the arrogance of the ladies and the power of the businessman, some, just An Ran's temperament and gentle face.
Xia Chuanyuan remembered the gold, silver and jewelry he had given to the Wei family a few days ago, and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed in his heart.
Such a lovely person, I don't know, she was born in a businessman, but she loves books, and when she was young, she loved her grinding and writing, but now......
Thinking like this, Xia Chuanyuan's eyes became a little more gentle, and he walked over to help Wei Shi, "No need to be polite." ”
Wei Shi gently turned his face sideways, but Xia Chuanyuan still saw the cyan color of her eyes and the tears on her face, thinking of what she heard in the shop today, Xia Chuanyuan couldn't help but feel a throbbing pain in her heart, and felt very sorry for Wei.
Wei Shi nodded and said to the girl behind him, "Caiyue, go make tea." ”
Cai Yue walked down in response, and Wei said, "The master came to find the concubine, but is there something?" ”
Xia Chuanyuan was stunned in his heart, and he didn't know what to say, so he clenched his fist and coughed lightly on his lips, and said, "Nothing else, just to see you." ”
Wei's eyes were supple, he took the handkerchief and tapped it a few times on his lips, motioning for Xia Chuanyuan to sit down, at this moment, Caiyue also made tea and came in, Wei reached out and took it, gently brushed away the tea foam, and took an empty bowl, and poured the tea gently along the edge of the bowl, the whole process was without saying a word, but skillful and fast, Xia Chuanyuan looked at it, and only felt pleasing to the eye.
"Master, the tea is ready."
Xia Chuanyuan was still in a daze, he smelled a refreshing aroma, and saw Wei's hand stretched out, the cuffs embroidered with magnolia branches reflected a snow-white wrist, and the slender jade fingers were holding the cup of tea, Xia Chuanyuan unexpectedly saw the cyan glass bracelet on Wei's wrist, and his heart was stunned, and asked: "This bracelet, you are still wearing it?" ”
Hearing this, Wei leaned slightly and said softly: "This is the most cherished thing in the concubine's life, and it is naturally to be carried with her every day." ”
Xia Chuanyuan took a sip of tea, and couldn't help but feel fragrant, he suddenly remembered that when Wei first entered the door, every time he came here, she would carefully cook a pot of tea for herself.
At that time, she was cooking tea, and she sat by the window and copied poems, thinking of these, Xia Chuanyuan couldn't help sighing, put down the teacup in his hand and said: "Yuan Ying, your tea doesn't seem to have the fragrance before." ”
Wei Shi didn't know why, he snorted slightly, but he didn't raise his head, Xia Chuanyuan stood up, walked to her side and held her hand, and said angrily: "Why are your hands so cold?" ”
Wei shook his head, "The concubine is not cold. ”
Xia Chuanyuan took her hand, "Then would you like to cook a pot of tea for me again like before?" ”
Wei raised his head and saw that Xia Chuanyuan was looking at him with burning eyes, and he couldn't help but feel two blush on his cheeks, which spread all the way to the back of his ears.
Xia Mengning sat on the mahogany chair of the Eight Immortals, lifted the tea lid with her bare hands, gently brushed off the foam on her face, and after listening to Xiao Liuzi's words, she chuckled and said, "Cooking tea?" Thanks to Wei's ability to remember it so clearly. ”
As he spoke, he took a sip of the blue soup in his hand and said, "Wei's is not a fuel-efficient lamp, I knew she wouldn't give up." ”
Xiao Liuzi listened, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he said cautiously: "Then the third miss, you ......"
Xia Mengning smiled, her eyebrows raised slightly, "It's okay, and let her be proud for a few days, the most unacceptable thing is the feeling of falling from heaven to hell." ”
Xiao Liuzi blinked, knowing that Xia Mengning had a back hand, so he didn't say much and said goodbye.
Xia Chuanyuan rested in the Wei family's room for three days in a row, and for a while, the limelight in the house changed, and the Fang family and the Ning family fell one after another.
Xia Mengning was active, every day he went to Yong'an Hall to ask for peace, went to Mei Fangyuan to accompany Ge's family to tease Xia Zhikang, and the rest of the time was to concentrate on studying the Gu poison on the eldest grandson Yun in the house.
On this day, Xia Mengning only got up in the morning, and she heard Xiao Liuzi's voice outside, and after a while, Jiu'er ran in and said, "Miss, it's someone from the palace." ”
Xia Mengning frowned, and said to Zhu Lian behind her: "Just comb your hair in a simple bun." ”
Zhu Lian quickly pulled Xia Mengning's half-hanging hair in a bun, and after a simple tidying up, she hurriedly went to the front hall.
As soon as he entered the front hall, he saw Xia Chuanyuan sitting on the top, and it was Su Pu and Changsun Yun sitting next to him.
Seeing that the eldest Sun Yun was also there, Xia Mengning was a little surprised, but she still stepped forward and saluted respectfully.
Xia Mengran came to the front hall early, sitting on the side and peeking at the eldest grandson, after all, there are very few opportunities to get close to the prince of the world, and for a while, Xia Mengran was so nervous that he didn't even know where to put his hand.
But for so long, Changsun Yun just smiled and listened to Xia Chuanyuan and Su Pu talking, interjecting two sentences from time to time, his eyes didn't look at him at all, Xia Mengran felt a little gray in his heart, and unnaturally tidied up his hair bun, hoping to show his best side in front of Changsun Yun.
But who would have thought that Xia Mengning would also come, and Xia Mengran carefully observed that as soon as Xia Mengning came in, the eyes of the prince looked directly at Xia Mengning, and he was full of affection.
Xia Mengran couldn't help but grit her teeth, and clenched her hands tightly under her sleeves.
Xia Mengning came in a hurry, only casually wore an ivory white breast-length Confucian skirt, the water-red ribbon hung down gently, covered with a silk dress embroidered with iris and yellow gold edges, the girl's face was like jade, and the ink-colored green silk like a cloud pile was simply bent around the back of her head, and she had a white magnolia agate droplet hairpin, and the tassel hung down on the side of her ear, which made her face even better.
"I've seen Daddy, Shiziye, Grandpa Su."
Xia Mengning lightly opened her lips, and her voice like a jade bead slowly came out, Xia Chuanyuan looked at it, and his heart was also very satisfied, and Su Pu on the side also squinted his eyes and smiled: "Prime Minister, our family looks at you, the third young lady is really worthy of the reputation of heaven and man." ”
As a parent, he was very happy to hear others praising his children, Xia Chuanyuan reached out and stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "Don't dare, don't dare." ”
looked at Xia Mengning and said, "Sit down." ”
Xia Mengning bowed, walked to the side and sat down, her movements were elegant, and the skirt like a cloud pattern kept circulating, Changsun Yun looked at it, the smile on her face slowly expanded, and her eyes were also staring at Xia Mengning tightly.
Unexpectedly, his future concubine wore home clothes, and the eldest grandson Yun touched his chin with his fingers, thinking that when Xia Mengning and Lu arrived, he could stay with her every day, so it felt so good.
Xia Mengran secretly hated in her heart, watching her eldest grandson Yun's gaze follow Xia Mengning closely, and couldn't help glaring at Xia Mengning fiercely.
"The third sister must have overslept, but there are guests here today, and the third sister is really not as lazy as before, and it will lose the face of our Prime Minister's Mansion if it spreads like this."
Xia Mengran pinched the handkerchief, turned sideways and bit the root of Xia Mengning's ear, others seemed to think it was a joke between sisters, but Xia Mengran said that Xia Mengning was lazy in and out of the sentence, but Xia Mengning couldn't refute it on the line, if it was refuted, I was afraid that Xia Mengran would look like he had done something wrong, saying that he was just unintentional.
Xia Mengning smiled secretly, as soon as she entered the door, she saw Xia Mengran's stupid gaze on the eldest grandson Yun, this Xia Mengran, this time she has some brains.
Thinking of this, Xia Mengning reached out and took a handkerchief to cover her mouth, "Fifth sister, don't talk about it, my mother has to play with Kang'er every day until late at night these days, I read that my mother is not in good health, so I often go to Mei Fangyuan to replace my mother. ”
said with a smile on his face, as if he was complaining to Xia Mengran.
Xia Mengran's face immediately became a little unbearable, this Ge family raised his wife, Xia Mengning's identity became a concubine, although it is not a serious concubine, but it is also given by the emperor, it stands to reason that a flat wife is equivalent to the main room, Xia Mengran also has to go to Ge's garden every day to ask for help, but where could Xia Mengran think that this time Xia Mengning was so mercilessly pointed out, Xia Mengran's face was not very good-looking.
Xia Chuanyuan listened, and also frowned, Ge Shi raised his wife, but he didn't take Qiao more, but he was as gentle as before, Xia Chuanyuan knew that Ge's temperament was like this, and he was not shocked, thinking of this, Xia Chuanyuan felt a little shackled in his heart, he hadn't gone to see Ge Shi for a few days, if he had changed to someone else, he would have taken the child as an excuse to pull himself away, but Ge Shi didn't.
Xia Chuanyuan sighed, he had snubbed Mei'er in the past few days, and when he was free for a while, he still had to accompany Mei'er more.
Thinking of this, Xia Chuanyuan coughed lightly and said, "Ning'er, Ran'er, three days later, the emperor held a palace banquet and invited you, today Gonggong Su is here to talk about this matter, you all go back and prepare well." ”
Xia Mengran and Xia Mengning both stood up, "My daughter wrote it down." ”
Su Pu saw it and said, "The two young ladies are both dragons and phoenixes, so they don't have to worry too much." ”
said, and said to Xia Chuanyuan: "Prime Minister, our family has also drunk this tea, and it will be left for a short time, there are still many things in the palace, so our family will go first." ”
Xia Chuanyuan hurriedly ordered someone to send Su Pu, and Su Pu said: "The prince doesn't go back with the old slave?" ”
The eldest grandson Yun nodded, stood up and said: "I went to Jiangnan a few days ago, and I got a fresh fruit, which I gave to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother tasted very good, and I also brought some to the Prime Minister today." ”
As he spoke, a servant behind him carried two bamboo baskets, which were full of fist-sized red fruits, which looked very good.
Xia Chuanyuan hurriedly bowed his hand, "Master Xie." ”
The eldest grandson Yun shook his hand, "Excuse me, this son also brought some gifts to the two young ladies, come on, take them." ”