Chapter 27: The Palace Banquet
At night, Kyoto does not stop its hustle and bustle, but shows a completely different bustle from the daytime, with bright lights and the beauty of a thousand trees blooming on a night with an east wind. The night market began to set up, but the noise was not as intense as during the day, and the ambiguous voice of Yingying Yanyan Qiao smiled came, but it was a little more mysterious and lingering.
At this time, the three of them were sitting in the carriage heading to the palace banquet, and outside the window of the car were warblers and swallows, and the lights were bright. The three people in the car window were all dressed in brocade clothes. Su Xing was wearing an ice-blue ice silk dress with a graceful posture. He has fair skin, picturesque eyebrows, only two hairpins on his head, and long hair like a waterfall that spreads to his waist. She is full of aura herself, and she looks out of the world, but the heroic spirit between her eyebrows makes her not look weak. Su Fenglian was dressed in a black robe at this time, with distinct facial features, his knife-like face looked extremely handsome, and under his sword eyebrows was a pair of deep eyes, so deep that he wanted to take two mouthfuls of Gutan to make people fall into it at a glance. The thin lips are pursed lightly, and the face is calm and waveless, giving people a mature and steady beyond their age. Chen Xihe has changed into the crown prince's outfit, the bright yellow robe looks full of Chen Xihe's luxury, he still has a smile on his face, but he lacks a trace of ordinary jokes and adds a bit of dignity. He smiled beautifully, and even his two thick eyebrows rippled softly, looking both noble and sunny and handsome.
The carriage stopped, and the palace arrived. It is a tall and gorgeous palace with glazed tiles on the roof and white jade bricks on the ground, which is full of luxury. The lights are colorful, and the gold and blue are shining. As soon as they arrived at the door, there were two rows of palace maids to lead them to the palace banquet, and the three of them were peerless, walking on the way to the palace banquet, which attracted the frequent sideways glances of a group of young ladies and gentlemen.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived." The father-in-law of the leader roared in his shrill voice, and the guests immediately got up to bow down, and then greeted him flatteringly.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's appearance is really extraordinary." A middle-aged minister said with a sincere look of praise.
"Li Shangshu, I've won the award." Chen Xihe said politely, not at all like him on weekdays.
Now he put away his playful and uninhibited laughter, became very cautious in his words and deeds, said polite words skillfully one by one, and behaved like a textbook.
"Brother Huang, you're here." There was unconcealed joy in his voice. The young man is about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a gorgeous costume and showing the royal extravagance, his eyebrows and eyes are six points similar to Chen Xihe, and his starry eyes and sword eyebrows are innocent, but his face is innocent, which adds a bit of childishness to the handsome him.
"Mu Yan, you're here." Chen Xihe still smiled decently. Chen Muyan and Chen Xihe are both from the queen, so it stands to reason that they should be closer than others, but at this time, Chen Xihe still has a decent face, as if he is seeing a guest. Even Su Xing and Su Fenglian are compared to Chen Muyan.
"I wonder who these two are?" Chen Muyan asked.
"These two are my friends." Chen Xihe said with a smile.
"What a girl." Chen Muyan looked at Su Xing and praised, even though he had seen thousands of beauties, none of them were as aura and out of the world as Su Xing.
"The Six Princes have won the prize." Su Xing smiled politely.
"You...... Hello. Seeing Su Xing smiling, Chen Muyan said with a red face. This innocence doesn't look like a prince living in the palace, but like an innocent ordinary teenager.
"The emperor and queen have arrived~~" There was a sharp and thin voice, and as soon as the words fell, all the guests consciously returned to their seats.
"See the Emperor, the Empress." There were hundreds of guests in the banquet, and they saluted, and they were very neat.
"The prince also brought a friend this time?" The emperor wore a dragon robe and showed the spirit of a king, his face was full of vicissitudes, as if he had experienced countless ups and downs, and he was full of domineering.
"Exactly." Chen Xihe saluted respectfully and said.
"I don't know what their names are?" The queen has a phoenix crown and a beautiful face, and her eyes are full of compassion for the world, and she has the demeanor of a mother.
"Under Su Fenglian (Su Xing)." Su Fenglian and Su Xing saluted respectfully and replied.
"Okay, stand down." A hint of calculation flashed in the emperor's eyes.
"Yes." The three of them spoke in unison.
When he returned to the table, Su Xing found a familiar figure, it was Steward Lin! Although Qingbomen is a Jianghu sect, it has also had a lot of dealings with the forces of the DPRK and China over the years, and it is not surprising that Steward Lin has taken over the affairs in Su Xing's hands, so it is not surprising that he came to attend the banquet. Steward Lin also saw Su Xing and cast a meaningful gaze at Chen Xihe.
At the beginning of the banquet, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras sounded, and the beautiful dancing girls danced on the stage. There are polite words between the staggered and the staggered.
"Xing'er. Can I call you that? At the banquet, Chen Muyan walked up to Su Xing with a red face and said.
"When we meet for the first time, please pay attention to the six princes." Before Su Xing could answer, Su Fenglian opened his mouth with a dark face.
"That'...... That ......" Chen Muyan was so blocked by Su Fenglian that he couldn't speak, and his face was even more red. could only stare at the clear eyes of morning dew and ask Chen Xihe for help.
"Mu Yan, don't mess around, go back to your own seat." Chen Xihe said.
Chen Muyan was obedient, but he just let out an oh and went back to his seat.
"See Miss, His Royal Highness the Prince, Young Master Su." Steward Lin on the side walked over.
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, can you take a step to speak?" Steward Lin said to Chen Xihe.
The two of them walked away under Su Xing's suspicious gaze.
"What are they doing?" Su Xing said suspiciously.
"Steward Lin is afraid that he already knows Xihe's identity." Su Fenglian looked at the backs of the two and said. From the moment he saw Steward Lin at the banquet, Su Fenglian guessed that Steward Lin often walked around the palace, and it was impossible that he hadn't seen Chen Xihe.
Outside the crowd.
"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince forgot, what did you say to me in the Lin Mansion?" Steward Lin said.
"I didn't mean to bring her here, but this time it was purely a last resort." Chen Xihe said.
"Please also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to remember that my young lady is not a tool for you to use the power of the Lin family, and my Qingbo Gate will definitely not be called a vassal of the royal family." Steward Lin said.
"Please also believe in me, Steward Lin, I treat Xing'er with sincerity and have never regarded her as a tool!" Listening to Steward Lin's words, Chen Xihe was a little angry. I can't help but feel that Steward Lin spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
"Please also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to remember what he said today." Steward Lin said that he brushed his sleeves and left.
on the table.
Su Xing was a little helpless, Chen Muyan had been secretly looking at himself with a red face since he returned to his seat. Su Xing was stared at by him and felt uncomfortable, but he couldn't say anything.
All this was seen by the girl sitting at the table, she had known the Six Princes for so many years, but he had never looked at her squarely, why did this woman attract the attention of the Six Princes since then.