Chapter 143: The Court Banquet
Outside the gate of the forbidden palace, chariots and horses are in line.
The carriage of King Jin's mansion was blocked in the middle of the road and did not advance or retreat, and many carriages and horses were forced to stop behind, and many came to serve, and half of the street was full of people.
Seeing that it was getting dark, I don't know who whispered, "King Jin is here!" ”
The carriage of Shuiyue Villa was jammed relatively back, and he couldn't see what was going on in front of him, so he only listened to the oral rumors of the people who followed outside, saying that Chu Jin had a big temper, which cleared the road.
got off the car at the gate of the palace, there were already eunuchs waiting in the door, which person was in charge of which house was arranged, and as soon as the master of the palace arrived, he would lead him into the palace.
Yu Ranqing was pregnant, Mu Qinghan didn't want her to work hard, but her aunt said that it was okay to be more active, just don't be tired. He entered the palace early in the morning to discuss matters, and in the evening he sent Tingfeng back to the house to pick him up.
The night banquet is set up in the most gorgeous splendid hall in the palace, the huge palace is neatly placed with tables and chairs and several beds, a seat set up by the door in the north is covered with yellow silk tablecloths, and all the other tablecloths are red and yellow, which is very gorgeous.
Led by the little eunuch to the seat that had already been fixed and sat down, the little eunuch did not leave, only took a few steps back and stood sideways, very well-behaved.
Mu Qingyan looked around casually, and the seat of the Mu family was located on the east side of the main seat, which was the second to hang down. The first seat was the family of Chu Jin of King Jin's Mansion, and Xiao Qingqing was speechless angrily; There is another woman who Mu Qingyan doesn't recognize, sweet and cute. The third seat is the people of Kirin Villa.
I went to look at the chief on the west side, and suddenly saw an acquaintance.
Wei Wanwan.
That should be the seat of the Nanzhao Tiger King, Mu Qingyan glanced sideways and did not see the seventh princess, and was curious, only to hear a tight and busy sound outside the door.
A woman in an embroidered dress with a red background entered the temple gate with anger all the way, surrounded by everyone.
"Father-in-law Xu, where is the location of our Horse Mansion?" A richly dressed woman opened her voice and asked loudly.
The eunuch who was asked didn't dare to raise his head, he only leaned down and kept bowing, "Hui, back to the Seventh Princess, and, there is no seat in the Horse Mansion, there is a ......" He glanced sideways at the first seat of Xi Hang's hand, "There is a Tiger King seat, over there, ......" He pointed to the seat that was occupied by Wei Wanwan in half, and he didn't dare to speak.
The seventh princess suddenly had another seizure, and the woman in beautiful clothes beside her whispered in her ear: "Princess, now that she is crowned king, she is extremely noble, not as good as in the past." ”
The seventh princess endured the anger in her heart, since Chu Jue sat on the throne, she repeatedly begged but did not see, and she didn't take her father's grace seriously at all, and she held it in her heart for a long time, but she couldn't attack. Now that Qin Yan has returned to the dynasty, he was personally married by his father, and he is more noble than anyone else, but he can't look at himself, and he really can't swallow this breath.
took two steps forward and glared at Wei Wanwan, just in time to be angry.
"Please get out of here, don't get in the way of Princess Ben's eyes." The Seventh Princess, with the support of everyone, sat on the throne and gave orders.
Wei Wanwan is naturally not the master of bullying, she didn't put the Seventh Princess in her eyes at all, all she thought about was the friendship of living and dying together with Qin Yan on the battlefield back then, she believed that no one could compare to her position in Qin Yan's heart.
Laughing softly, she just sat still, smiling like a flower.
The seventh princess has a cannon temper, and the fire is her own light, how can she allow others to be presumptuous in front of her. "I can't say it, then I can only ask her out!"
A few maids and grandmothers who followed the same people around him were used to being unscrupulous by the cronies of the Seventh Princess on weekdays, and they only listened to the Seventh Princess's command to roll up their arms and sleeves.
The little eunuch couldn't see it, and stopped it sharply, "Don't look at what kind of place this is, are you waiting for the wilderness?" ”
As soon as he said this, everyone came to their senses and looked at the seventh princess hesitantly.
When the trouble was raging, the little eunuch said loudly: "The emperor has arrived!" King Jin is here, King Wing is here, King Tiger is here, King Yan is here! ”
Mu Qingyan's eyes were cold, and he quietly lowered his eyebrows and started to be stunned.
After Chu Jue sat down, he glanced around, lowered his eyebrows and picked up the tea handed by his father-in-law, ignoring the chaos in the hall.
Under the Tiger King's seat is the Yan King's Mansion, Jing Liang raised half of his eyebrows, and walked towards his seat with an evil smile.
Then go down to Princess Ning'an's Mansion, only the foolish jade raised a glass and drank alone, and the people around her seemed to be unable to arouse her interest at all, and her mind was ethereal, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Mu Qinghan calmly walked to his own seat, sat on the main seat, held Yu Ranqing's shoulder with one hand, and whispered in a low voice, but his eyes were looking at Mu Qingyan in a daze.
Chu Jin returned to his banquet with a dark face, and shook off Xiao Qingqing's arm that was wrapped around the beauty at the same time, with an impatient expression.
Everyone's eyes were on Qin Yan.
Over the years, the reputation of the Seventh Princess in the capital is well known. There are soft-hearted people who feel sorry for him to fight for the country but can't have a good wife, and there are also those who just want to see the excitement, and they can't add a fire in person.
Yu Ranqing has always been gentle in Mu Qinghan's arms, and she has been used to seeing many disdainful eyes over the years, and she can be accompanied by a man like Mu Qinghan in this life, and she is not afraid of letting the sky fall.
Qin Yan was cold, his steps were steady, and he was about to go out of the hall with a look of no one in his eyes.
For some reason, there seemed to be a familiar aura in this hall that caused him to be in a trance. He had tried his best not to go to the table of the Wing King's Mansion to find the woman in purple, but he couldn't control his eyes. If he didn't leave, he was afraid that he would rob her.
In the past five years of Nanzhao's bitter sea, all he thinks about day and night is that person, although there are countless news that have been sent back to Nanzhao, saying that she has been raised in the deep palace by King Li, but the kind of aura on her body is too similar to Weiyang.
Wei Wanwan immediately got up and wanted to leave with Qin Yan.
The people of the Seventh Princess received her eyes, and immediately someone jumped out and stopped Qin Yan without fear of death.
"Princess, please!"
Qin Yan turned around and glared at the man coldly.
The man immediately felt a gust of cold wind hit, and he couldn't help but tremble and immediately changed his words, "Tiger, Tiger King, please come to the table!" ”
"The Tiger King is seated, most of the people who can be in this hall today are warriors who returned from the battlefield back then, and you are the only one who has been missing in the past five years." Chu Jue raised his lamp across the hall to pay respect.
Qin Yan raised his head and was silent.
Crazy Yu put the wine cup on the table with a 'bang', her face full of pride, "Qin Yan, how about this princess let you have a table?" ”
"That's very good, Qin Yan thanked the princess!" The wind was blowing under his feet, drifting towards the jade seat, and he sat down with his head drooping.
"You!" The seventh princess got up angrily, "You just saved the emperor's brother once, and if you are a princess, you really think you are a princess?" ”
Crazy Yu giggled, a few years older, she became more and more uninhibited, more than Mu Qingyan before.
"Don't look in the mirror, you smell of wind and dust, no wonder no one dares to ask you." The Seventh Princess muttered softly.
In the world of Eastern Chu, if you want to talk about the best junior characters in martial arts, I am afraid that the people in this hall will have to start from the front. She thought that no one could hear herself, but all the people in this temple heard it.
"The most important thing I lack is a mirror, Seventh Princess, do you want to take a picture?" Crazy Yu picked up the cup with two fingers and drank it all, then threw the cup to the middle of the hall, and said to Chu Jue, "Your Majesty, are you embarrassed to take out this kind of wine?" ”
Chu Jue coaxed lightly with a smile, "If my sister thinks this wine is not good, I still have a jar of excellent products, so let Father-in-law De move it for you?" ”
Crazy Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, she missed the taste of parting, if Yan'er sent him a jar, it should be. "Father-in-law, you went to move here for this princess, and this princess has a lot of rewards!"
Father-in-law De smiled and saluted, "Don't dare, don't dare, the slave will go!" ”
The seventh princess watched the foolish jade flirting with the emperor, completely ignoring her existence, which had never happened in the palace banquet before. Now she stood there awkwardly, letting everyone see her as a joke.
Anger rises from the heart.
At first, Wei Wanwan may have secretly annoyed that Qin Yan refused to sit at his own table, but at this time, he was very happy in his heart. It seems that the seventh princess is not favored, and this is the result she wants to see the most.
In the harem, except for the queen mother and several concubines and palace maids who should be used, Chu Jue did not even have a woman to sleep. In the past five years, he has devoted himself to state affairs, day and night.
Everyone who came back from Nanzhao knew that he cared about the woman who jumped off the cliff for him, and he didn't see the idea of the big wedding in every possible way, until the queen mother and several concubines couldn't look at it, so they forced him to set a candidate for the queen on the grounds that there was no successor to the East Chu Jiangshan.
These five years are also the simplest and quietest five years in the court, there are no chaotic ministers and thieves in the court, and there are no women in the harem to compete for favor; Wen has Mu Qinghan, Qi Yan'an and the country, and Wu has Qin Yan and Jing Liang to quell the chaos. In just five years, Dongchu has changed its appearance, and it is not the same day.
Mu Qingyan returned safely and dropped the heaviest lock in Chu Jue's heart. Even if she doesn't belong to her, if she's well, he won't want anything more. He didn't dare to look at her, for fear that he wouldn't be able to take his eyes off again.
After a while, Father-in-law De came back first, followed by a Praetorian Guard with a knife, holding a jar of wine in his arms.
Crazy Jade got up with a smile, "Just leave it here." She moved the dishes in front of him and Qin Yan one by one, and pointed to the empty tabletop.
Qin Yan's eyebrows locked a dead knot, he missed the peach blossom drunk at sunset.
Crazy Jade couldn't wait to smash the wax seal at the mouth of the altar, and was unhappy before he could get close and smell it. Annoyed and angry, "Why are you drunk with peach blossoms?" Deflated, he sat down and looked at Qin Yan with his eyes, "It's yours, this princess will never rob you!" ”
In the laughter of Chu Jue and Mu Qinghan, he was bored and played with chopsticks on the table, and his sitting appearance was gone.
"Listen to the wind!" Mu Qinghan shouted to the wind outside the door to come in, "Go to Qingqi Winery to buy a jar for the princess and come back, as long as you don't leave!" Tell the shopkeeper that this king is willing to give ten thousand gold! ”
"Lord Wang, please forgive your subordinates for their incompetence!" Listening to the wind, he tugged at his ears and peeked at the crazy jade, "My subordinates heard a few days ago that the princess asked people to bring thousands of gold to Qingqi Winery to buy that jar of wine, it seems, it seems to be ......."
Before he finished speaking, one of Crazy Jade's plates had already been thrown over.
Everyone burst into laughter.
Crazy Jade had a dark face and looked angrily at Tingfeng.
Frightened, he trotted out of the temple to the wind.
Qin Yan's heart suddenly stirred.
There is no doubt that Qingjing Winery is Weiyang, and since there are still new wines on the market, is the person he is thinking about okay? There seemed to be a fire burning in his chest. He poured three glasses of wine, but he couldn't suppress the agitation, but instead attracted the curious eyes of Yuyu.
The coldness on his face suddenly became three points colder, and he couldn't bear to look at the other side.
Mu Qingyan has nothing to do with it, and he doesn't know what he's thinking with one hand, and he is extremely lazy. After a while, several people asked Chu Jin from afar, "Little Wangye, is Ling'er back?" ”
Chu Jin shook his head, "Ling'er has a new son, and she hasn't been out of confinement yet, but she should come back in ten days at most." He looked at Mu Qingyan with a smile, "Why did you only think of looking for her now, she cried to death on the day she got married." ”
Mu Qingyan still dispersed slowly, "It's not too late to see you when you come back." ”
With family members present, it was rare for several people who had been discussing state affairs all day to relax.
The Jinghong Teaching Workshop is a place dedicated to drum music and dance skills, and before the Qinglou of the crazy jade could open its doors to welcome guests, it was given a gold plaque by Chu Jue, and she was so angry that she stomped her feet for several days, and finally had to give up.
Yesterday, she asked the female official to choose some dramas and send them to the palace.
After making a fuss for most of the night, Crazy Jade drank too much.
"Princess Wing, are you interested in a one-song song?" Crazy Yu took his own flute from the palace attendant and asked Xiang Yu Ranqing.
Yu Ranqing glanced at Mu Qingyan, who was about to fall asleep, and then looked at Mu Qinghan, who was frowning, and patted his hand comfortingly, "It's okay, I'm singing with my senior sister, you just listen." ”
ordered someone to bring the piano, and Mu Qinghan personally moved a stool for her to sit down.
"I heard that you played a song 'farewell' in Nanzhao back then, but I don't know if there is a score?" Crazy jade's eyes showed some fierce color, I don't know why.
Yu Ranqing shook her head, "Senior sister, although I have been accompanied by Tianyin Qin since I was a child, I sigh that I don't have her skills, how about we sing out of the plug together?" ”
Crazy Yu lifted the flute and tried two notes, and then slowly blew out the front song out of the plug.
Yu Ranqing waited a little, and Chi Banyin interjected, and suddenly the two tones coincided, followed each other, and complemented each other. The sound of the flute led into a vast expanse, the sound of the piano followed by the wind and sand, and several people in the hall, regardless of whether they were able to understand the rhythm or not, were brought into the bitter cold outside the plug, sad and sad.
At the end of the song, it took half a day for everyone to come back to their senses, and they all had relatives.
Only one person was undisturbed by the rhythm and slept on the table with his arms on his pillow.
Those who have good deeds have already seen Mu Qingyan's behavior, and pouted her lips with disdain and ridiculed, it is nothing more than that she relies on the power of the Wing King and the Water Moon Villa, and she can still run rampant among the nobles even though she has served the bed of the Li King; There are also those who looked down on her in the past, and they really despised her in their hearts.
Maybe this is the big rebellion in the eyes of the world, but Mu Qingyan doesn't care at all. Even if everyone spits on her, she is still her, so what's the difference?
It was under her influence that Yu Ranqing had the courage to face the criticism of the world and dare to stand side by side with Mu Qinghan.