Chapter 111: Halfway through the banquet
Your Majesty has arrived! The Queen Mother has arrived! With Li Tan's shout, Emperor Xuan and the Empress were opened in the middle of the yellow carved screen, and slowly entered the banquet hall.
"Your Majesty! Queen Niang Ann! "Bow down to all of you!
After Emperor Xuan walked to his table and stood up, he looked at the kneeling courtiers below:
"Get Up"
"Your Majesty"
Emperor Xuan sat down, and the people below began to get up and sit one after another......
"Let's start," Emperor Xuan whispered to Li Tan beside him.
"Yes" Li Tan bowed his head and answered, got up and shouted again:
"The Holy Feast Begins~~"
The dishes may have been placed in the Qinghua Pavilion, and in an instant, I saw the palace maids coming out one after another from both sides of the screen behind the main table.....
First put Emperor Xuan and the queen on the table, and at the moment of putting it, the master of the imperial dining room next to him began to report the name of the dish:
"The first course is: Nine phoenixes to the sky"
The palace maids walked to the rest of the tables one after another and began to put the dishes, all of which were quickly put away in an instant, retreated to both sides, and then hurried back to the long screen with passages on both sides.
"Second course: Snow Jade Red Cup"
"The third course: Huanglong Tucui, the fourth course: Bilian Red Dress The fifth course: Phoenix Nirvana The sixth course: Longmen water play, lotus seed crispy duck, osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root, ....."
It didn't take long for the dishes to fill the small table in front of her, and Wen Ying looked at these delicacies, and her appetite really increased! I feel like I haven't eaten so much delicious food in a long time! Although the Wen family is a third-grade courtier, their meals are never extravagant, so they sometimes feel a little empty in their stomachs! Fortunately, Lanxiang is still clever, and from time to time she goes out to buy some dessert buns to pad the lack of stomach in her stomach!
"Let's start eating~~"
"Your Majesty, please" Li Tan approached the table, sandwiched the dishes for Emperor Xuan, and put them on the plate in front of him.
"Well, this tofu is tender and delicious, not bad!" After Emperor Xuan swallowed the first bite, he raised his head and looked at the front and said: "Today is the royal holy banquet and the family banquet, everyone doesn't have to be restrained, let's start."
"Yes"
The courtiers below gradually picked up the chopsticks and ate them.
"Let's be on the show"
"Yes" Li Tan shouted again: "Singing and dancing~~"
This will be the person who came in from the gate closest to Wen Ying.
All of them walked from the middle corridor to the best position from Emperor Xuan's sight, and began...
The music starts and the dance begins......
wen ying, eating and drinking, it feels really beautiful, and then look at this dance, although most of them are looking at their backs, it is not very fashionable, but it looks. Such an elegant dance will not affect the appetite.
"Li Tan, the program prepared by the children of the courtiers will be arranged at the end, and when the time comes, they will be full of wine and food, so they can watch it carefully."
"Yes"
Li Tan answered and went out from the side of the screen.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the apricot blossoms in the imperial garden are still blooming, but the peach blossoms have bloomed, and this year's spring is warm, and the flowers are blooming earlier."
"Well, this year is indeed a good sign, another day, I and the queen will go to the imperial garden to have a look, I haven't been together for a long time!"
"It's all concubines, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"
"Hey~~ You and I husband and wife, there is no need to be like this, watching Qi'er wake up, this body is recovering quickly, I am very happy" Emperor Xuan said, looking to the side with the queen, and saw that the third prince was talking happily with the fourth prince while eating, and from time to time, he asked the fifth prince which dish was delicious and asked him to eat more.
The two looked at each other and smiled, their faces full of happiness!
"Qi'er deserves to be my sister-in-law! Forgiving, merciful, courageous, and heroic! "Emperor Xuan naturally admires his three princes the most!
The queen replied with a smile: "It's all up to Your Majesty!" It's all taught by His Majesty! ”
"It's your credit!" Emperor Xuan smiled and patted the queen's hand...
Zhang Guifei, who has been staring at Emperor Xuan while eating, the more she looks at it, the more she frowns, and her face is full of displeasure! Suddenly, he stood up and looked at Emperor Xuan, squeezed out a smile and said:
"Your Majesty, now that the third prince has recovered from his illness and the border is safe and sound, can the concubines give His Majesty a cup, and wish Daxuan more prosperity!"
Emperor Xuan looked at her, and sighed, Zhang Guifei suddenly felt a little polite, and seemed a little flustered, Emperor Xuan was quiet for a few minutes, and was about to say something, the queen whispered:
"Concubine Zhang is also happy!"
"Okay then, sit down" Emperor Xuan picked up his wine glass and drank it all! Turning his gaze to the dancer in front of him.
Zhang Guifei looked at Emperor Xuan and slowly drank the glass of wine.
Then Emperor Xuan's only younger brother, Prince Gong, raised his glass to Emperor Xuan's wine, and the eldest scholar Chen led the courtiers to salute Emperor Xuan, and then he ate quietly and watched the show.
After a few dances, the talent show of the minister's children began!
Women are basically dancing, playing the guzheng, the guqin... Men are guqin, flute,, etc...
Wen Ying suddenly felt a little stretched, wanted to go to the bathroom, secretly looked around, didn't find anywhere, looked at the women who had two empty seats away from her, and didn't know who to ask, Miss Qin was even farther away, so she quietly got up and slipped out of the door...
At this time, outside the compound, it seemed quiet, except for a few palace guards standing at the door, it was quiet elsewhere.
Wen Ying wanted to ask where the toilet was, but she felt that they were men, and this was an ancient time, so it must be indecent, so she endured it and went along the road to find it...
After turning a doorway, walking through a promenade, and entering a round gate made of stone, Wen Ying found that this place was actually a park with green flowers and rockery, pine and bamboo. At this time. It's quiet inside. Wen Ying looked around and really didn't find the toilet!
"In this day and age, are there no public toilets? There should be a convenient place in such a large garden? What if you're in a hurry? ”
Wen Ying whispered, looking around where to solve the problem.
Suddenly, I saw the rockery, there was a bamboo forest on the rockery, and it should be possible to go to the bamboo forest, so I quietly thought about it, ran to the back of the rockery, and looked around, but there was still no one, so I squatted down.
Fortunately, no one noticed that Wen Ying tidied up her clothes and just came out of the rockery, her eyes were shocked:
"You, why are you here?"
"I, why can't I be here?" The third prince smiled and deliberately squinted at her back.
"Do you see anything?" Wen Ying hugged her hands to her chest and glared at him and asked.
"I just came in and wanted to see the flowers and plants, and you ran out from behind the rockery, which scared me, what do you think I can see?"
"That's good, you're not in it as a prince, what are you doing here?"
"That's what I'm going to ask you, what do you want to do when you sit there honestly and come to this garden? Could it be that you did something bad behind the rockery? The three princes said that they were going to go behind the rockery, but Wen Ying naturally refused to let him, and hurriedly grabbed his clothes:
"You, come back, I didn't"
"And what are you doing here?" The third prince retreated, stared at Wen Ying, blinked and asked deliberately.
"I'm just a little anxious, just... Just.."
"Haha, you stupid girl, there is one in Tsinghua Pavilion, you come here"
"How do I know, and no one has told me"
"Then you won't ask?"
"Who can I ask? Just one familiar one who doesn't want to be next to me, and the rest are men, how can I ask about such a thing? ”
"Silly girl, okay, go back, you go out of this door, I'll go out through the side door, so as not to let others see it and make trouble for you"
"I don't know who to cause trouble!"
"You little girl, this mouth is really unforgiving," the third prince gently twisted Wen Ying's cheeks with his hand.
"Let go, how can you, as a prince, always be so manipulative! Isn't this afraid that people will see it? ”
"So, I think it's weird too! Why do I want to fix you when I see you? There's definitely something wrong with you."
"You're wrong!"
"Oh! Come to think of it! You've got thorns in you! Is it any wonder that this prince always wants to do it? It turned out that I wanted to pull out the thorn! Haha"
"You! You're covered in thorns! Wen Ying's face turned red again!
"Okay, joking and angry? You're not drinking, are you? ”
"I didn't drink in the first place"
"Why is your face so red?"
"Makes you angry!"
"Haha, the red ones are so beautiful"
"You..."
"Okay, let's go, pay more attention to yourself, if you are stunned, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction with others, so be more vigilant"
Wen Ying suddenly felt that the three princes would be smooth and calm for a while, but her heart was a little warm.
"Well, you too"
"Thank you! Come back."
Wen Ying hurriedly ran towards the round door...
The third prince looked at Wen Ying's back, chuckled comfortably, and turned to leave.
Strange to say, Wen Ying had just walked out of the round door and into the corridor, and was greeted by a well-dressed person who looked a little unrighteous, followed by an entourage.
Wen Ying wanted to hide and slip past the side, but the guy actually stood in front of her, looked at Wen Ying with his hands behind his back and said:
"Yo~~ There's a little beauty here! Where are you going in a hurry? ”
Wen Ying really wanted to beat him up when she heard this, but at this time, she knew that she was not an opponent, so she nodded and said:
"Hello! I came out for a walk."
"Oh~ You're also here for the banquet?" The man bowed his head and stared at Wen Ying. Wen Ying hurriedly raised her arm to block her face and said:
"Yes"
"Then which minister's daughter are you? What are you trying to do here? You don't want to see me, do you? ”
Wen Ying pursed her lips, swallowed her saliva a little disgustingly, so as not to regurgitate, and said after a while:
"My father is ....."
"Your Highness, Your Majesty asked everyone who came to find out of the small ones, I hope you will all be seated as soon as possible, and there will be important things to announce later" Fortunately, Li Zhong arrived in time from behind.
"Oh, what's the matter?" His Royal Highness looked back a little disappointed, staring at Li Zhong, who was giving a salute, and asked.
"Little I don't know"
"Little beauty, let's go back together, shall we?" His Highness wanted to come up to Lawenying.
"Your Highness, please," Li Zhong hurriedly said.
His Royal Highness glanced at Li Zhong a little dissatisfied, and walked forward helplessly.
"Ying'er, are you alright?" Li Zhong hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
"It's okay"
"That's good, let's go back"
"Hmm"
At this time, the three princes were watching from the edge of the corridor, and after he saw Li Zhong coming to relieve Wen Ying's siege, he hid behind the thick pillar and waited for them to leave before coming out.