Chapter 70: Entering the Palace
In the blink of an eye, June is coming, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. The phoenix flowers are blooming more and more gorgeously, the pink petals are gradually turning bright red, and the large patches are connected together like a blood-stained sunset, so that people dare not look directly.
In mid-June, it rained for many days, and the imperial city, which had been sweltering for many days, finally cooled down.
On this day, Yun Ruoyan was enjoying the cool air at her grandmother Liu's place, and Yun Lan came in and told Yun Ruoyan that the queen's flower-viewing banquet was going to be held the next night.
He handed a golden invitation with a floral pattern to Yun Ruoyan, Yun Ruoyan took the invitation and opened it, and the seven words "Yun Ruoyan, the daughter of the Yun family", jumped into her eyes.
Yun Ruoyan's eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of doubt, she thought that that night, when she was frightened by her, she should not invite her to the flower viewing banquet again, but unexpectedly, this invitation still came.
Just after noon on the second day, Peony began to be busy dressing up Yun Ruoyan, still wearing the formal clothes that Liu had prepared for her.
A silk dress with an open collar and a tender cyan silk dress, interspersed with gold and silver threads embroidered with colorful cloud butterflies and colorful petals. Worn on Yun Ruoyan's body, it is not only dignified and graceful, but also beautiful and lovely.
Because there is no tie, the bun is still loose at the back. Only wear a small gold filigree on the right, and insert an emerald green glaze inlaid gold step on the left. The glass shook between Gu Pan, and a ray of brilliant light would be reflected on her creamy left cheek.
"Miss, what kind of veil do you wear today?" asked Peony.
Although Xilan looks clumsy, she is a clever person. She gave full play to her expertise and made a lot of veils with different shapes and colors for Yun Ruoyan, each of which was not inferior to Lin Qingchen's craftsmanship.
Yun Ruoyan glanced at the veils spread out on the table, and suddenly remembered the scene of the prince being scared that night. She couldn't help but smile slightly, reached out and pinched the veil in the shape of phoenix petals, and put it on.
In the evening, Yun Ruoyan and Yun Ruoyao rode in the same carriage towards the palace.
When the two only met in Xianglan Garden, they were polite on the surface, and then they didn't say a word.
Although Yun Ruoyao was looking out the window, the corner of her eyes couldn't help but glance at Yun Ruoyan, to be precise, it should be the glass-inlaid gold on Yun Ruoyan's head.
At this time last year, she had seen this step shake from her grandmother, and begged her mother to ask for it.
An said that it was Liu's dowry to be passed on to the Yun family's daughter, and when she got the position of the Yun family's daughter, it would naturally be hers, so where could she ask for it.
At that time, both mother and daughter felt that the position of the concubine would be in hand soon. But today, a year later, the glazed golden step shook brightly, and it was firmly inserted into Yun Ruoyan's head.
"If my sister is tired, you can close your eyes and recuperate for a while. Yun Ruoyan suddenly spoke.
"My sister took a nap and didn't feel tired. Yun Ruoyao smiled awkwardly, but she was a little stunned in her heart, and she turned her eyes away and hid her hatred deeper.
At dusk, the carriage finally stopped at the east gate of the palace.
There are four gates from the Imperial Palace, and the north gate is the main gate, which is the passage for the children of the royal family and ministers to enter the palace.
The west gate and the south gate are the passages for the palace to buy and the palace maids and eunuchs, and the east gate is the passage for the ladies inside and outside the palace to enter and exit.
At this time, there were already a lot of carriages and horses in front of the east gate, and they were all waiting for the time to enter the palace to go to the flower feast.
Yun Ruoyao informed Yun Ruoyan, and then got out of the car and went to catch up with other children of the big clan.
Yun Ruoyan sat in the carriage for a while, and as soon as she got out of the carriage, she saw Pei Ziao walking towards her wearing a moon-white robe, wearing a white jade crown on her head, and her handsome face was full of smiles.
"Sister Ruoyan, you are here, let me find it. ”
He arrived here early in the morning, and had already searched this place, only to see the Yun family's carriage from a distance, and hurriedly walked over. happened to see Yun Ruoyan open the curtain and prepare to get out of the car, but just this time, he couldn't take his eyes off.
"Oh?" Yun Ruoyan raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked, "Pei Gongzi asked me to give me a high-grade elixir, or did the tiger tooth arrow be forged?"
Pei Ziao was stunned for a moment, his face was a little sneering, "Sister Ruoyan, you also know that the elixir is very precious, I told my father, but he disagreed." As for the tiger tooth arrow, it is already being forged. ”
Yun Ruoyan sneered, "Oh, it turns out that your Pei family's young master's words don't count, so why did you respond so cheerfully and tease me in the first place?"
"I ......" Pei Ziao's face began to turn red, and he said hurriedly: "Except for the elixir, as long as I can do it, I am willing to do it for you." ”
"Really?" Yun Ruoyan still had a smile on her face that was obviously playful but unpleasantly annoying.
"Well, really!"
"Okay!" Yun Ruoyan looked at Pei Ziao and said word by word: "From now on, in addition to giving me the elixir and the tiger tooth arrow, please give me how far you can go, I don't want to see you!"
Pei Ziao's hot heart seemed to be thrown into an ice cellar, and it kept sinking.
He really couldn't figure it out, why did Yun Ruoyan hate him so much?!
In terms of status, although the Pei family is not as big as the Yun family, but in the past few years, under Pei Yingxiong's operation, the status of the Pei family has become higher and higher.
Yun Ruoyan is a noble daughter-in-law, and he is not only a son-in-law but also an only son, as long as he marries him, it means that he can inherit the entire Pei family, and he doesn't have to worry about the brotherly disputes that often occur in the family.
In terms of appearance, he prides himself on being superior, and no matter how beautiful Yun Ruoyan looks, he can't erase the mark under the gorgeous veil.
Why didn't she take him seriously, why did she trample his joy and his hospitality under her feet!?
Thinking of this, Pei Ziao couldn't help but clench his hands tightly into fists, and his heart also rose with a mixture of love and hate for Yun Ruoyan.
Regarding Pei Ziao's emotional changes, Yun Ruoyan was too lazy to care about it and didn't pay attention to it at all. For a person who will die at his own hands sooner or later, it is a waste to ignore any excess emotion.
"Brother Ziao, you are here, I have been looking for you for a long time. ”
At this moment, a female voice suddenly sounded that had not sounded in Yun Ruoyan's ears for a long time, and she couldn't help but look towards the sound.
Yi Qianying, dressed in a gorgeous formal suit, was walking towards her side gracefully, looking straight at Pei Ziao beside her with a pair of spring eyes.
"Pei Gongzi, your good sister is here, so I won't bother you two to catch up. Yun Ruoyan smiled lightly, then raised her feet and walked towards the door of the east gate.
"Sister Ruoyan!" Yi Qianying quickly stopped in front of Yun Ruoyan, "Why did you leave when you saw me, and you didn't even say hello, are you still angry with your sister about what happened last time?"
With her arrival, Yun Ruoyan smelled a faint floral fragrance, which had a hint of sweetness in it, which was a little tempting. I don't know how many bees and butterflies will be attracted tonight.
The annual flower-viewing banquet may not be able to match the princes and princesses, but there are many boys and girls in the family who look at each other. Although Yi Qianying cares about Pei Ziao, how can she let go of such an opportunity to show herself?
Yun Ruoyan saw Yi Qianying looking at her with big watery eyes, so she said lightly: "What do I blame you, didn't you also be kept in the dark by Hexiang last time?
"What my sister said is that Hexiang has been disposed of, and my sister must have lost her anger. Yi Qianying said without changing his face.
"Sister Qianying, why are you here?" Pei Ziao walked over and asked with some confusion. He hadn't seen Yi Qianying for a long time, and as far as he knew, Yi Qianying should not be qualified to go to the banquet.
Yi Qianying smiled brightly, she looked at Pei Ziao, and said, "It's my second uncle who gave me an invitation." ”
Although Yi Qianying is the daughter of the Yi family, her father and mother died early, and the Liu family was afraid that she would be an orphan girl and be excluded from the Yi family, so she was raised by her side since she was a child, and the Yi family almost forgot the existence of this former concubine.
However, the two daughters of the current head of the Yi family, one is ugly and the other is useless, so this quota for the banquet has to fall on Yi Qianying's head.
At this time, a eunuch came out of the east gate and announced that the flower-viewing banquet was about to begin, and asked the sons and ladies of each family to hurry up and enter the palace.
Yun Ruoyan followed a group of more than 30 people, led by palace maids and eunuchs, through the tall east gate, all the way to the palace of the country that had never been to the country in the previous life.
At this time, the night has fallen, and the tall and majestic palace looks more majestic and solemn in the misty night.
Some of the more than 30 children came to the flower viewing banquet last year, and they seemed more relaxed, and those who did not come couldn't help whispering and whispering praise.
In front of a stone statue that was ten feet high, Yun Ruoyan couldn't help but stop.
It was a unicorn statue wrapped in flames, with its hind feet on the ground and its forepaws raised high, as if it was about to fly.
Yun Ruoyan raised his head, his eyes fell on the huge head of the Qilin God Statue, and saw that its fangs were bulging, and the two copper bells looked at the sky with big eyes, as if they would really jump into the sky at any time.
Just looking at Yun Ruoyan like this, she felt her heart stirred, and she couldn't help but go out of her mind.
"This is a fireworks unicorn!" the chirping voice sounded in Yun Ruoyan's mind, and the tone was full of yearning.
"Fireworks Qilin!This is the legendary saint-level divine beast that can swallow the sun and the moon, the Fireworks Qilin?!" Yun Ruoyan asked.
"Which lady is that, do you know the rules, don't you keep up. A shrill voice suddenly rang out.
Yun Ruoyan came back to her senses, and turned her face to see a white-faced middle-aged man in a eunuch uniform standing not far away and reprimanding herself, and the team of more than thirty people had already gone far.
"Grandpa Hao, she is my friend. At this moment, a familiar man's voice sounded behind Yun Ruoyan.
Before Yun Ruoyan could turn around, a familiar figure in ink clothes flashed in front of her.
"Wow!" Li Qianhan stood in front of Yun Ruoyan, his eyes widened exaggeratedly, and his mouth was wide open.
"I didn't expect to see you for a few days, the ugly girl has become a phoenix!"
"Huh. Yun Ruoyan was amused by his appearance, and sneered: "Third prince, you still haven't changed, in your own home, you are still sneaky." ”
Gonggong Hao stood behind the two of them, and when he saw that the two of them had reminisced about the old days, he couldn't help but feel anxious, so he bowed down and said, "Third prince, this young lady, if you don't leave, it will be past the time for the flower-viewing banquet." ”
Li Qianhan suddenly took Yun Ruoyan's hand and said to the white-faced eunuch: "Father-in-law Hao, you slow down, I'll take my friend first." ”
Yun Ruoyan only felt a gust of wind under his feet, and then the whole person rose into the air, the sound of whirring wind sounded in his ears, and the pavilions and buildings on both sides retreated rapidly.
"Miss Yun Family. Li Qianhan turned around and said, "My little imperial uncle is also here tonight, he will be happy to see you." ”
"What did you say?" Yun Ruoyan was dazed, but she didn't hear clearly.