Chapter 54: Fighting Openly and Secretly
With Long Yucang's usual performance, Feng Huanling originally thought that this time he would still turn a deaf ear and ignore Feng Qingyuan, who would have thought that he would actually open the golden mouth and say: "This king only has the princess in his eyes, and he has not noticed the others, which has disappointed Miss Feng San." ”
Seeing that Feng Qingyuan's face couldn't help but change ugly for a while, Feng Huanling almost couldn't hold back her laughter, and glared at Long Yucang with a coquettish look, blaming him for almost causing her to break her skills and not be able to pretend.
"What? Does the lady want her husband to pay more attention to other women? ”
Although he had long known that Long Yucang was different from facing others in private, when he ignored Feng Qingyuan's approach, and there were countless eyes in the distance, he took her into his arms as he spoke, it still made Feng Huanling stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, and then two red clouds appeared on his cheeks.
Feng Huanling was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say for a while, and all the female relatives who were headed by Feng Qing's wife were jealous and hateful, thinking about what means the fourth lady had used to make King Cheyue, who had always been estranged and unkind, so intimate in public.
Just when Feng Qingyuan barely suppressed the boiling jealousy, slightly loosened the nails sunk in the palm, and was about to step forward to talk to King Cheyue for a few more words, he heard the shrill voice of the inner eunuch chanting "The Holy Lord has arrived", which sounded from far and near to the Taihe Palace.
So, even though she was unwilling, Feng Qingyuan had to hurriedly bless them and return to her father and uncle to prepare to take over.
Although the identity of the female dependents brought by the ministers is not clearly specified, the invitees are all important ministers of at least three grades or above, how can they not understand the real intention of allowing the female dependents to attend this kind of palace banquet?
Therefore, regardless of the age, all the officials brought their unmarried daughters or sisters.
Several daughters in the Prime Minister's Mansion have been married and injured, and only the third and fifth ladies have not been married since Feng Huanbing entered the palace, Feng Yulan is now a living dead, so Feng Wanquan and Feng Wanli brothers can only bring Feng Qingyuan to attend.
In normal times, Feng Wanquan would still be happy to show up with his third daughter, after all, after the eldest daughter got married, the youngest daughter became the first beauty in Kyoto for the princes inside and outside Dragon City, and she naturally felt honored when she brought it out.
But this time, Feng Wanquan felt a little helpless, although the third daughter still had a graceful posture and outstanding temperament when she covered her appearance, but after all, everyone was known to be disfigured. So much so that he felt that several colleagues and old friends who used to show envy when they saw his daughter now had a hint of sympathy and even pity in their eyes.
Because he was already extremely disgusted with Mo's, Feng Wanquan couldn't help but think that the reason why she was injured in the first place was because she wanted to kill Huan Ling, and his disgust couldn't help but be even worse.
In addition, listening to his younger brother Wan Lisan from time to time complaining and mourning Yulan's half-death, Yurun was far away from home and country with injuries, and he didn't know when he could return, and even if he could come back, Feng Wanquan even transferred all these grievances to the two daughters who could be said to be the culprits.
It's just that now Feng Huanling is already the princess of Cheyue, and it seems that he is very favored by King Cheyue, he is not good at resenting others and is the wife of the prince. In this way, Feng Wanquan can only hate Feng Qingwei even more, and begins to think that it is better to use her residual value to consolidate his career.
Even if his appearance is ruined, in the name of Feng Qingmei's talent and appearance in Kyoto, the former prime minister's daughter, the most unfortunate can be a flat wife, right?
Of course, this candidate can't be too casual, he has to think carefully about the trade-offs.
Since he specially ordered all the ministers to bring their daughters to the banquet, in addition to the Empress Dowager Mo, Emperor Xuan also brought several harem concubines to attend, and in addition to the concubines with higher ranks, those who can enjoy this honor are naturally the most honored recently.
Therefore, although everyone knelt down to greet the car, their eyes secretly looked at the beauties who followed Long Jingming.
Almost side by side with Emperor Xuan, it is the Guan Guifei who has the highest position in the harem today, followed by Concubine Mo Shu, who is charming and moving, and the last one is the newly promoted Feng Zhaorong.
Emperor Xuan only brought these three concubines to the banquet, and two of them were from the prosperous Feng family, which immediately made the ministers have a plan in their hearts, and most of them looked at Prime Minister Feng more eagerly and flatteringly.
As for the other half, it is a different faction from the Feng Clan, so naturally he can't be happy when he sees this scene.
"Zhong Aiqing is flat, let's take a seat."
Long Jingming is still the hypocritical face that makes Feng Huanling feel disgusted the more he looks at it, and his warm smile makes people mistakenly think that he must be a warm and benevolent Ming Jun like the blazing sun, but in fact, he can destroy the whole family of heroes who did their best to win the throne for him with a snap of his fingers!
"The main purpose of today's palace banquet is to celebrate the cessation of the city by the Flower God Kingdom, and the biggest contributor to this matter is my imperial uncle King Cheyue, and I will give the imperial uncle a cup before this banquet."
Seeing Emperor Xuan raise his glass, everyone at the banquet naturally raised their glasses to King Cheyue, and the momentum was quite intimidating, but Long Yucang was still indifferent and calm, as if he had long been accustomed to this battle, calmly accepted everyone's toast, raised the glass cup that had already been poured by the palace maid in front of him, and raised his glass to Long Jingming and His Royal Highness as a return salute, and then raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp.
"Good! I didn't expect Uncle Huang's alcohol to be so good. ”
There was silence for a moment, until Long Jingming was elected and clapped his palm, and the echoes of the ministers surged like a tide.
This is the power of the emperor, no matter how many people below are sincerely surrendering to him, at least they must act with the emperor's face at the moment.
After Emperor Xuan also drank all the wine in the cup, the palace banquet officially began, and the fruits and snacks that had been prepared on the table were removed, and all kinds of exquisite dishes were sent up like water.
The wine banquet is naturally inevitably accompanied by singing and dancing, when the monarch and the ministers are playing the same music and pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the musicians in the palace have already played a cheerful and melodious tune, fluttering like butterflies wearing flowers, and the dancing queens like the wind of the swallow yesterday are in the empty space reserved in the center of the hall, dancing like clouds and long sleeves flowing like water.
However, there are naturally very few people who really have the heart to appreciate singing and dancing, especially those who have brought their unmarried daughters and younger sisters here, and they are all planning how to let them attract the attention of Emperor Xuan, King Cheyue or other important ministers. never thought about it, but it seemed that the concubine of Guan on a whim fulfilled their wish for them.
"Holy Lord, it's rare that there are so many beautiful flowers going to the banquet today, so it's better to let them show their strengths, and they will definitely be able to entertain the Holy Lord, the Imperial Uncle and all the adults."
If it weren't for Emperor Xuan's prior instructions, Feng Qingwan would not have taken the initiative to give other women the opportunity to show their talents and beauty, after all, if she didn't keep it, she would be favored by the saint and then recruited into the palace, so wouldn't she have more rivals for favor?
Thinking of this, Feng Qingwan couldn't help but glance sideways at Concubine Mo Shu, who was sitting on the other side of Emperor Xuan, and then looked back at Feng Zhaorong beside her, "Second sister, why don't you take the lead first?" ”
Although most of the daughters of famous families have been taught to learn various talents since childhood, after all, there is a difference, especially in the Prime Minister's Mansion, which has always been dominated by the eldest lady Mo's family, don't look at the two young ladies who have been trained to be fairy-like perfect characters, but the two daughters of the concubines have not learned anything that can really show their skills in front of people except for learning some basic literacy and hyphenation.
As early as when Feng Huanbing first entered the palace, Feng Qingwan was very unhappy, and secretly took the word out to test the intention of her father and mother to arrange this, and when she knew that it was the second lady who insisted on entering the palace with the support of King Cheyue, she was even more depressed and annoyed. Although the two of them are sisters in the palace, she has secretly stumbled on this half-sister no less than she has done to others.
However, since he was able to fight with his sisters all the way to the palace from the Prime Minister's Mansion as a concubine, and he had to protect his unspeakable sister and take care of his cowardly biological mother before, now that he is already a nobleman, there is Feng Huanbing supported by King Cheyue behind Zhaorong, so he will naturally be more comfortable.
"The third sister doesn't want to make fun of me, today is obviously the Holy Lord wants to give your sisters in the boudoir a chance to perform, why should I join in this excitement and steal the limelight?"
Feng Huanbing really has no talent to get his hands on, but the kung fu of intrigue will never be worse than Feng Qingwan, this remark not only shows his generosity and high moderation, but also satirizes the improper intentions of Concubine Guan's suggestion, and even the way back for him to "instigate" Princess Cheyue to show her talent has been cut off.
Although the two sisters they have married each other, their hearts are still connected and even snuggled together, not to mention that protecting Feng Huanling has long become a habit of Feng Huanbing.
"Feng Zhaorong is really good at knowing how to be considerate of others, but Concubine Guan should have been well-intentioned, it is rare that Sister Zhaorong can attend such a palace banquet as soon as she enters the palace, and she wants to fight for her sister more."
These open guns and secret arrows between the women of the harem are really common, and Concubine Mo Shufei first learned that Miss Feng Er also entered the palace, and she was promoted to Zhaorong at the beginning of the emperor's grace, and she was quite jealous, thinking that the two people of the Feng family were afraid that they would join forces to suppress her. I don't want to see each other for a long time, but this sister has a lot of fun fighting, so that she can watch the excitement.
Concubine Mo Shufei was already coquettish and smart, which was very eye-catching, and her smile became more and more touching, but this and the muddy kung fu were unambiguous, and it seemed to be comforting each other, but in fact, they were openly and secretly provoking, and by the way, they also hinted that Emperor Xuan, the two sisters, "supported each other", but they were afraid that their ambitions were not small.
Although Mo Jiaorao only entered the palace after Emperor Xuan ascended the throne, she was able to become one of the four concubines in just a few years, in addition to her strong family background, it was inseparable from her own scheming methods.
"My sister said very much, this palace and Feng Zhaorong are sisters after all, and it is inevitable that they will be more selfish."
Whether it is because Emperor Xuan is by her side, or in front of everyone, Feng Qingwan must put on the demeanor of the eldest sister, not to mention that she is still the master of the harem, even if she is resentful of Concubine Mo Shu's trouble, she can't show the slightest thing, and accompany her to pretend to be confused.
"The two concubines are so sisterly and very comforting."
Long Jingming's eyes were gloomy and unfathomable, and he looked deeply at Feng Qingwan, and then turned his eyes to look at Feng Wanquan's seat, "Feng Aiqing has come with a daughter?" Oh, then let's ask Miss Feng San to show off her talents first. ”
Different from the two sisters, Feng Qingyuan has been carefully taught since she was a child, and she has been prepared early when she learned that she can enter the palace for the banquet, so not only will she not be afraid of being pushed out to perform, but she has always been faintly looking forward to the opportunity to show her strengths, so that everyone knows that she has a brilliant talent in addition to her beauty comparable to that of a fairy.