Chapter 30: The Daughters Compete for the Limelight
The topics they talked about were clothes and jewelry, poems and songs, etc., but today she saw that this group of noble ladies seemed to have restrained a lot, sitting in the banquet one by one, smiling without showing teeth, and doing a good job of rules, maybe they all wanted to give Princess Rui a good impression!
At this time, a graceful and luxurious woman in her early thirties followed by a group of slaves and maids, who walked in like stars holding the moon and sat directly on the main seat.
"I've seen Princess Rui!" The ladies immediately rose from the banquet and made a standard blessing ceremony.
Although Princess Rui is over thirty years old, she is well maintained, and there are no wrinkles on her face, she smiled and said to the nobles: "Sit down!" Today is just an ordinary banquet, don't be too restrained. I heard that a Yunxia County Lord came today, I don't know who it is?"
The county lord of Yunxia replied in surprise: "The princess still remembers Yunxia?"
Princess Rui just chuckled and nodded, without any smile in her eyes, it seemed that she just wanted to recognize which Yunxia County Lord was the county lord of Yunxia who had made trouble before, and remove her from the list of daughters-in-law.
"Princess, Yunxia has prepared a small gift for you, I hope you will accept it." The county lord took the opportunity to give the gift she had prepared, but she spent a lot of money to buy it back, and this time she must fight for the position of princess.
Who knew that Princess Rui just smiled and let people put it away, and she didn't even open the gift. But Yunxia took the lead in giving gifts, and the other nobles spontaneously combusted and refused to admit defeat, and they all came out to give gifts one by one.
"Zirui, the concubine of the Marquis of Guangbai, has seen the princess, this is the ink treasure of the Southern Ming National Teacher, the princess is a person who loves poetry, I hope the princess will like this thing."
"The Mobao of the national teacher is naturally good." The princess nodded, very satisfied.
"Peiyun, the concubine of Pingqing Bofu, has seen the princess, and specially sent thousands of years of ginseng to congratulate the princess on her eternal health."
The princess directly asked people to accept this box of gifts.
Mo Yan saw that everyone was giving gifts, and she also had a gift in her hand, which was prepared by her grandmother, she also stepped forward and saluted: "I have seen the princess, this is the night pearl of the Western Regions, give it to the princess, I hope the princess will smile."
As soon as the box was opened, everyone looked at the night pearl in shock, the fist-sized night pearl was really rare.
The princess is also a person who has seen the world, she doesn't care about the gifts sent by everyone, but she is curious why this woman doesn't report her name, "Who are you?" Who is my father?"
Mo Yan sighed lightly in her heart, it seemed that she still couldn't hide, "My father is the Marquis of Jingwen, my name is Jing Moyan, and I am the only concubine of the Marquis of Jingwen." “
"It turns out that the young lady of Jingwenhou's mansion, Jingwenhou and his wife have a deep affection, and it is already a good story in the capital. I don't know why the concubine of the Marquis Jingwen Mansion wore a veil to the banquet?" The princess stared at Mo Yan with some dissatisfaction.
"Mo Yan had a cold a few days ago, and she was worried about infecting others, so she went out wearing a veil." She had already thought of the wording before she came, after all, it was normal to be reluctant to infect people if she caused a cold.
"Miss Jing should have a good rest, why did she come to the banquet?"
"Grandmother said that the princess behaved decently and outstandingly, and asked Mo Yan to come and learn. Who knew that after receiving the invitation, Mo Yan suffered from the cold. “
The woman was naturally happy when she heard someone compliment, no, Princess Rui's tone became much gentler, "Really?" Miss Najing is so resting, you don't have to participate in the song and dance performance later. “
Mo Yan smiled softly and nodded, she didn't plan to participate, but fortunately she passed in the end, if Princess Rui repeatedly pursued this issue, she would definitely be asked to remove the veil on the spot.
As the singing and dancing leveled off, the musicians began to play music, the well-trained singers twisted their waists and danced, and the ladies chatted with each other in their circles.
Most of the people here today are concubines, and their fathers have their own factions in the court.
Prince Rui is the eldest prince of today's saint, and he is the eldest son of the emperor, so he is naturally supported by many Qingliu factions.
And the prince of Qin is the third prince of the saint, who is ambitious, has made a lot of military exploits in the frontier, and has many followers.
As for the remaining Xuan Wangye, who is not famous, and has no intention of entering the struggle for succession, he lives in the Xuan Palace, and usually does not go out of the palace to meet people except for the emperor's birthday banquet. But he is the emperor's favorite youngest son.
His two elder brothers saw that he really had no intention of competing for the throne, so they naturally treated him politely, hoping to gain his support.
But it also happened that the youngest prince of the Holy Lord was born on the same day, the same month, and the same year. She really wants to see his true face, I wonder what it will look like?
And the noble lady at the banquet chatted very happily in her own circle, and the Rui Wang faction naturally did not chat with the Qin Wang faction.
"Princess, since it is so lively today, Peiyun wants to dance a dance to cheer you up."
This group of noble ladies is really trying their best to perform in front of Princess Rui! However, they missed a point, and Princess Rui chose her daughter-in-law naturally to help King Rui.
The father's low official position is naturally not in the ranks, at least he has to hold heavy troops, or the daughter of Shangshu, the daughter of Xiangguo, or the marquis with a high status in front of the saint.
Some marquis are just the first emperor canonized, not the current sacred heart, and Mo Yan's father Jingwen Hou happened to be a good brother born and died in the saint, when they were young, the two were called brothers and sisters in the academy, even after the saint ascended the throne now, he handed over the 100,000 military power to Jingwen Hou to manage.
However, his father only helped the saint to fight the country, and he never participated in the battle between the princes, which made the saint more at ease with him.
The saint once wanted to crown his father as the king of the opposite sex, but his father also knew that high power would only attract people's handles, and it was easy to attract the suspicion of the saint, so he refused the saint's canonization, but continued to govern the 100,000 soldiers to maintain the stability of the frontier.
Therefore, Jingwenhou has a special status in the court, and he can speak in front of the saint.
From time to time, those noble ladies would look at Mo Yan, who was quietly tasting the fruit, trying to deal with her and pull her into one of the factions.
At this time, Miss Peiwen got the permission of the princess and changed into a dance dress, trying to overpower the demeanor of the concubines.
She was dressed in red, turned around charmingly, and her steps were brisk, she should have been practicing dance for a long time, and there was no mistake, but Mo Yan always felt that something was missing when she looked at this dance, but the dances of the nobles in the capital were just those few dances, and there was nothing new.
She didn't pay attention to the dance, but concentrated on eating the fruit, this banquet was really boring, more painting than dancing than poetry, she almost dozed off somewhere.
The setting sun turned the sky orange-red, and the ladies thanked the princess and went back to their mansion.
After everyone left, a grandmother walked up to the princess and whispered, "Princess, something happened to the princess."
"What?!" A crack appeared on the princess's unfazed face, "What the hell is going on, tell me clearly!"
"King Qin visited the prince in front of the saint today, saying that there was a problem with the household under the jurisdiction of the prince. This year's tax revenue was not collected in time, resulting in the Minister not being able to receive the money in time. “
The princess clutched the handle of the chair, "How come?" The tax is such a big thing, and it actually puts all the responsibility on the prince. “