Chapter 6, Section 18 Yang's Birthday Banquet (1)
The day when the Yang Mansion celebrated the 80th birthday of Mrs. Zhao soon came. This is the first time I have entered the Yang Mansion, that is, the palace of Cao Zhang, the former king of Rencheng of Cao Wei.
It is said that this is the largest mansion in the whole of Luoyang.
Mrs. Zhao is really a very kind old man, and unlike the Yang family's indifference to me, she gave me the same enthusiasm and kindness.
When she saw the emperor, she cried. The old tearful said, "When Yan'er was carried to me by her father, she was only so big", she gestured with her hand to the length of a small baby, "The scene of that day, now I look back on it like yesterday, I can't imagine that she has been gone for several years, and my old bones are still alive." β
To my surprise, the emperor, who has always been very shy and recognizable, actually took the initiative to walk over and say, "Today is my surrogate mother, who later congratulated you on your 80th birthday." The queen mother can't come, so I kowtow for her. As he spoke, he knelt down.
Mrs. Zhao hurriedly stood up. When everyone saw the emperor kneeling, they also quickly knelt down. Suddenly, inside and outside the house, people knelt on the ground in unison.
The old lady was happy and sad at the same time, and the emperor persuaded her, "Today is a happy day." Life is rare for seventy years, and you are eighty years old this year, and you are already a human being. I specially give you a golden jade dragon head crutch, and I wish you a long and healthy life. When you are ten years old, I will come to you again to pay your birthday greetings. β
The emperor's words touched me a lot. Unexpectedly, he was so afraid of the living, but he was so affectionate and so kind to the old man. My husband is really a very affectionate person., and the computer station is updated the fastest.
After the birthday, the guests of the Yang family came to meet the emperor. After the ceremony, the Yang family ushered us into a single-door courtyard and sat down.
When I was still in the courtyard, I saw a charming beauty kneeling at the door of the hall. Go without saying. This must be the "Little Pink Butterfly".
After the emperor sat down, she led the servants over to offer tea. After just a few polite words, I could almost conclude that what Yunluo said was true. I'm afraid this woman is really from a Qinglou.
Although she dresses better than everyone else. A whole set of tea offerings was made, and the movements were also cautious. Nothing went wrong. Aside from the etiquette clichΓ©s of response, he didn't say anything superfluous.
But there is still one thing that leaks her origins, and that is her eyes.
She had a pair of extremely restless, drizzling eyes. When she looks at people, she doesn't look at them squarely, but glances out of the corners of her eyes.
Throughout the tea ceremony, she kept glancing at the emperor with her big eyes. Of course. He glanced at me, too, but only for a very short time. Maybe in her opinion, I am not her opponent at all, and it is not worth studying.
Then, when pouring tea for the emperor for the third time, a dramatic scene occurred, her hand pouring tea shook somehow, and the tea splashed on the emperor's clothes.
She screamed and knelt down, while hurriedly holding a handkerchief to help the emperor dry it.
I didn't move, watching her move amusefully. Look at the place where she was about to wipe the ground. I almost burst out laughing.
Sure enough, her hand had just been touched, and the emperor felt as if he had been stung by a wasp. He jumped up from his chair and shouted, "What are you doing?" β
If Yun Luo hadn't told the emperor last night that this woman was a prostitute. The emperor may not have made such an exaggeration. It's like her hands are poisonous, and if you get her hands dirty, you will get sores.
The emperor cleans himself up. He was like that as a man and as a king. So, he couldn't accept a woman who had been a prostitute touching him.
Fluttershy is stunned, her face red and green. She probably never dreamed it would be like this. Thinking that she was invincible when she was in Yangzhou, she conquered thousands of ghosts, and now the emperor actually thinks she is a plague god, and he can't avoid it.
At this moment, Yunluo suddenly appeared at the door and shouted, "Fluttershy, you can't even pour a cup of tea, and you want to enter the palace to wait for the emperor, don't lose the face of our Yang family." β
The emperor and I were stunned, because we had never seen Yun Luo so aggressive. Thinking about it, it was rare for her to find such an opportunity, so she tried her best to be sarcastic.
The emperor is scared enough to see this Fluttershy, not to mention that Yunluo rushes to fight for the wind and be jealous. Seeing that he looked depressed, I accompanied him into the inner room and whispered to him, "Otherwise, let's change our clothes and go out for a walk." Let's go to a quiet place with few people, and try to avoid acquaintances. β
The emperor nodded in surprise. Zhang Hong hurriedly sent two sets of clean civilian clothes to change into for us.
Fortunately, there is a side door in the inner room, so we don't have to go around to the front hall and get entangled with the two women.
When I went out, fortunately, the rest room prepared by the Yang family for us was originally a single-door courtyard, and there were no "idle people" outside except for the guards and eunuchs we brought from the palace.
So Zhang Hong took a few people to explore the road in front, and we avoided all the noisy places, and only went to visit the places where there were no people, but they were also leisurely.
At this time, a few people sitting in a gazebo in front of us attracted our attention, and the person facing us turned out to be Liang Jingren!
We hurried over. When those people found us, they naturally bowed down again. After the politeness was finally completed, the emperor and I also sat down in the gazebo.
Speaking of which, everyone is an old acquaintance. Because everyone here seems to have visited my house before, including Shi Chong, Pan Yue, Zuo Si, and a few people who can't be named, but are familiar with each other. I didn't expect to meet Liang Jingren here. It makes sense that Shi Chong will come.
Because Liang Jingren once told me that Shi Chong is now very close to the Yang family. Mrs. Zhao held a birthday banquet, and Shi Chong would definitely come to congratulate him.
It's just that Shi Chong has always loved to join in the fun, and he is the most willing to make friends with powerful people, why did he choose such a remote place today and a few people sat and chatted?