Section 5 Go Left and Go Right (1)
When I arrived at the door, my parents had already led a group of relatives to stand in front of the door and wait. When they saw us getting down, they knelt in the doorway.
I quickly took two steps forward and hugged my mother. Although I have only been married to the palace for two days, for some reason it seems like a century has passed, and I can't help but fall on my mother's shoulder and cry like rain.
Entering the main hall and ascending to a seat, relatives and friends came to meet them one by one. Many of them were seeing the prince for the first time, and their eyes were always on him.
I held the prince's trembling hand tightly and whispered to him to the relatives below. Hoping to ease his tension by speaking. But I didn't recognize most of them, so I had to laugh at them.
My family should have very few relatives, my father is a single seedling, and my mother only has two sisters, but so many relatives have appeared out of nowhere. Just like today, I look at a large area of the black crow kneeling at the door, at least hundreds of people.
On the way, I kept telling the prince that when he came to my house, he should laugh more and talk less, and it was better not to talk at all. Anyway, the etiquette of advance and retreat, including shouting flat, has eunuchs on duty. The prince and I just need to sit on it and make two laughing puppets.
Ever since I promised the prince all sorts of fun things to buy him and stamped with him, he has become obedient to me. In his heart, I am finally no longer a stranger for him to hide, but a person for him to trust and rely on.
Especially on an occasion like today, he was very uncomfortable and nervous to see so many strangers in a completely unfamiliar environment, and to receive the scrutinizing and inquiring glances projected from all directions. He held my hand all the time, looking back at me from time to time, giving him comforting, encouraging glances and a gentle smile each time.
It was easy to survive until everyone had finished the audience, and the prince and I retreated to the inner hall. As soon as he changed his dress, before he had time to go to his parents' dormitory to perform the ceremony, the eunuch in charge from the palace, Qin Gonggong, came over and whispered: "Crown princess, what should I do?" When we came, we gave only three hundred rewards. But I just counted it, and there were more than 400 people in the main hall and the two side halls alone. I can't count how many of the rest of the places there are, but I guess there are at least a few dozen. ”
I nodded and smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, you don't have to worry about the reward, I will take care of it." You just need to help me figure out the number of people who haven't been counted, and don't pull down a few without a reward at that time, it won't sound good. ”
Father-in-law Qin nodded and left, and I hurriedly asked Xiaocui to inform my father and ask him to fill the gap as soon as possible.
During this whole process, my newlywed husband, the crown prince, just kept asking me: "Nanfeng, where are the crickets you are talking about?" And what about the cricket masters? When are they going to teach me? ”
I sighed, "I'll take you to see the crickets and the cricket masters, but you must come with me to my parents' side to meet my father-in-law and mother-in-law first." ”
He nodded happily and said again and again, "Then let's go right away." ”
Along the way, I taught him the etiquette of meeting my parents over and over again. He was very humble and tried very hard to parrot his tongue, for fear of upsetting me, so he would not give him crickets to play with.
When I got to my parents, my father was not there, so I was probably busy making some gifts. The prince bowed to my mother very obediently at my signal, and his words and movements were very in accordance with the norms. The relatives who were sitting with them were all full of surprise, and I knew what they were thinking, which was nothing more than this: Don't you say that you are a fool? Why does it look normal?
In all fairness, the crown prince has always behaved very appropriately in front of outsiders today.
He can't be considered a real idiot, just like a child who never grows up. His situation is like that of a person who has grown up to the age of four or five, and suddenly, the chain of intellectual growth is broken, but the physical growth continues. In this way, although his body gradually grows into an adult, his intelligence will always stay at the age of four or five.
Judging from his appearance alone, he is a talent, looking like his beautiful mother, and tall like his tall father. As long as he doesn't speak, he is a very handsome and charming young prince.
His father was willing to make him the crown prince back then, and now he has been supporting him despite many discussions inside and outside the court, in addition to the fact that he is the eldest son, his appearance should also add a lot of points to him.
There is another, more subtle reason.
It is said that he was originally a beautiful and intelligent child when he was a child. When he was four or five years old, his father Sima Yan forced Cao Huan, the last monarch of Cao Wei, to take the throne and became emperor himself. Since then, his brain has stopped growing.
Therefore, there has always been a saying among the people: the reason why he is like this is the retribution of his father for his rebellion and usurpation.
If a person does something wrong, no matter how much he pretends to be indifferent on the surface, his heart is still empty, and he is more likely to be suspicious. This is probably the case with his father. Even if this son was stupid, because of guilt, he still gritted his teeth and made him the prince.
In the future, as long as I can maintain his image in public, not make a big mess, and keep his crown prince, it shouldn't be very difficult.
My mother was also very satisfied with the prince's performance today, and her face bloomed with a smile. She is the strongest person, and she is probably sweating for the prince's visit today. Of course, those relatives and friends came to the door to appease the prime minister and the crown princess, and it was also a secret desire in their hearts to take the opportunity to see the prince come out of the country.
I was rejoicing and proud, when someone pulled my clothes from behind, and when I turned around, I saw the prince asking impatiently, "How long will it take to play with crickets?" ”
Okay. Dear prince, congratulations, your words will be at the top of the list of amazing sentences in Luoyang and even the entire Jin Kingdom tomorrow.
A prince actually shouted in front of a full house of guests to play with crickets, doesn't this confirm that he is a fool? No amount of cover up was useless, and my heart suddenly sank.
At this moment, my father happened to walk in from outside, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are in a hurry. Now that the venue and personnel are ready, we just need to wait for you to start the game as soon as you arrive. Today, I have a lot of chips, of course, I bet on the prince team to win, don't lose all the old father-in-law's old capital. ”
Seeing that everyone was confused, my father explained with a smile: "Before the prince came, I told him that there was a Keju competition today, he was young and fun-loving, but he was controlled by his father in the palace, and it was rare to play once, so now it's a little itchy and unbearable." ”
Only then did everyone suddenly say: "It turned out to be Keju, and I thought it was playing with crickets." ”
I looked at my father gratefully, thinking that the prime minister is the prime minister, this eagerness, this calmness, is not something ordinary people can do.
In this Keju game, with the help of everyone on the field, the prince team naturally won a big victory. The prince also had so much fun that he even forgot about the crickets.
Throughout the course of the Kemari competition, there was a group of people who were busier than the Kemari players. They were the pen stickers and painters that my father had arranged at the front desk.
As soon as the Kemari contest was over, these people stood up. Some of them write poems, in four, five, and seven words; Some are written. Even my father wrote a poem himself. They chanted one by one, praising the prince's heroic posture, extraordinary appearance, magnificent bearing, in short, he is a genius and a future hero. Having such a person as a prince is really the blessing of the gods and the blessing of the community.
The painters displayed their paintings in public, and the prince in the painting was heroic and extraordinary, and at first glance there was a portrait of a human master.
While they were shouting, the servants hurriedly ran over to report that the King of Qi and the princess had arrived at the gate.
My heart was racing. I also thought they might come back, but I didn't think it was likely. There is only one day in total, shouldn't Jia Quan accompany her mother well? Now that she is a princess, it will be difficult to come out casually in the future.
But she should have come, after all, this is her father, and this is also her home.
In addition, she probably wanted to perform her and King Qi's affection in front of me. My pain is her joy, how could she let go of this rare opportunity?
I just don't know, if I show my affection with the crown prince in front of King Qi, will King Qi react?