Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Princess of a Kingdom with Both Talent and Beauty
Concerto?
What song to play? She only beats people!
After the five princes' voice, everyone's eyes were on Begonia. Haitang looked at Xiahou Guan Jing, who was only staring at Yin Ze, and suddenly got up. She walked to the desk and deliberately blocked Yin Ze with her body. Xiahou Guan Jing was blocked from sight, and her face was even more ugly.
"Princess Cheng, are you going to play a piece at the invitation of the princess of Yiguo?"
The words of the five princes were lively, and the old prince and Yin Ze at the table all changed their faces, and even Qian Guifei, who was sitting next to the emperor in a high position, was also a little annoyed by her son's actions.
"I can't play music." Begonia's cold voice spread throughout the hall.
Everyone was stunned. The fifth prince sighed twice, "You can't play music, so why do you have to walk out of your seat?" ”
"My husband is being stared at by other women, and I can't stand in the way?"
Yin Ze's hand holding the wine glass suddenly tightened, and he slowly raised his head, staring at the back blocking the desk with burning eyes.
The hall was so quiet that they could only hear their own breathing and heartbeats.
The emperor, who had been in a high position with a slightly calm face, suddenly laughed. The Son of Heaven smiled, and the atmosphere in the hall was eased again, although they were all laughing, but they all had different expressions, waiting for Xiahou Guan Jing's next trouble.
"Nonsense, go back and sit down."
Xiahou Guan Jing didn't speak, and Yin Ze didn't speak, but the old prince Cheng, who had been silent, opened his mouth. Haitang smiled defiantly at Xiahou Guan Jing, and then obediently went back to sit down. It's just that as soon as she sat down, Yin Ze leaned over to her side and whispered in her ear: "You will really cause trouble for me." ”
Haitang raised her eyebrows and looked at Xiahou Guan Jing, seeing that her face was so angry, she only felt happy in her heart. She also leaned over to Yin Ze, and put her hand under his other palm, and he held herself.
Outsiders look at you and me, and the plaice is deeply affectionate, but in fact, Begonia's hand was almost crushed by Yin Ze.
"Brother Huang, my daughter-in-law here is indeed incomplete in five tones, and it is difficult for her to play music. The younger brother remembered that the five princes knew a lot about music, so why don't you let the five princes play a song? ”
Qian Guifei's expression suddenly turned cold. In the matter of marrying with one country, although it is said that there is no prince of appropriate age, in fact, the emperor has already said earlier that all princes are not allowed to marry with foreign clans. I was afraid that Yiguo would say that Dongyuan was arrogant and perfunctory, so I had to push out my favorite nephew, Cheng Xiao Wangye, out of the way.
Originally, the matter was settled, but I didn't expect the five princes to be so uninteresting, and they wanted to inherit the excitement of the Wangfu family. Qian Guifei was very angry in her heart, didn't her uncompetitive son know that the people in the Chengwang Mansion had always been protective of her shortcomings!
The fifth prince was eager to try, and when he was about to play, he happened to see Qian Guifei's warning, so he had to suppress the excitement in his heart and drink the wine.
The emperor glanced at the five princes, "There will be a palace banquet tomorrow, didn't the princess say that she only prepared a dance, then I will wait until tomorrow to open your eyes." ”
Xiahou Guan Jing looked around, snorted lightly, and then said loudly: "There is no need for tomorrow." When Guan Jing first came to TECO, he couldn't sweep away everyone's interest. As for the music, let me, the maid, come. ”
Han Cui bowed and retreated, and when he entered the hall again a moment later, he already had an extra pipa in his hand. When waiting, Xiahou Guan Jing didn't look at anyone, together with the music, Xiahou Guan Jing danced in the complicated costumes on her body, and the dance posture changed with the change of music, sometimes soft and sometimes fast, the enchanting and enchanting, the graceful and graceful, enough to make people feel wonderful.
After the dance, several princes and princes at the banquet looked at him differently. Haitang poked Yin Ze, "What do you think of this dance?" ”
Yin Ze pursed the corners of his lips tightly and did not answer.
Xiahou Guan Jing was praised by the Eastern Yuan Emperor and looked at Yin Ze as soon as possible. Who would have thought that when she saw Haitang and Yin Ze talking, the moment she retracted her gaze, she felt jealous again.
After this dance, the singing and dancing arranged at the palace banquet seemed much more boring, and Begonia lost interest after watching it for a while. Nearly half an hour later, the emperor left first, and then the queen and Qian Guifei also left, and only then did someone let go of their temperament to speak loudly and drink heavily. Yin Ze saw that Haitang was not interested, so he took her out of the palace banquet and went out of the palace along the royal road.
Xiahou Guan Jing chased after him and stopped Yin Ze. "You are the one who should have married me."
Yin Ze pulled back the begonia who wanted to go first, "Xiao Wang has already married the woman he likes, and the emperor has already withdrawn his will, maybe the princess chooses her own husband in Dongyuan, so why should the princess be entangled." ”
Xiahou Guan Jing opened his mouth and asked: "I picked you, are you willing?" ”
Yin Ze chuckled, "Xiao Wang doesn't want to." ”
After that, he took the begonia and walked straight away, without saying anything about it. Haitang curiously wanted to turn her head to take a look, but before she could make a move, she heard Yin Zeliangliang say: "If you dare to turn back, I will break your neck." ”
After leaving the palace gate and getting into the carriage, Haitang took off the silver hairpin and gold hairpin on his head and the gold bracelet on his hand. Catching a glimpse of the gold bracelet, Yin Ze asked again, "Why did Concubine Qian want to reward you with something?" ”
Begonia held the gold bracelet and shook it in front of his eyes. "This? She said that I was cheerful, not as pretentious as ordinary young ladies, and rewarded me with happiness. ”
Yin Ze frowned again, "In the future, when you see Qian Guifei, stay away." ”
"Why?"
Yin Ze looked at her and said, "Do you think this bracelet was rewarded to you when she was in a good mood?" Do you think she was kind enough to help you speak at the palace banquet today? She just wants to convince me to inherit the palace. My father and the emperor are brothers of the same mother, and she wants the five princes to be the princes, and if my father speaks, the five princes will become half of the princes. He snatched the gold bracelet back, looked at it twice, and threw it in the carriage at will. She's rewarded you with this thing, and I'll have to send her a fresh one back when I go back, trouble. ”
Begonia was silent for a while before speaking. "You can say the position of the prince in a casual sentence, then your request for the prince is too imprudent."
Yin Ze glared at her coldly, really lazy to pay attention to her.
Back to the palace, Yin Ze took the first step to occupy the bed. Haitang stood on the side of the bed and rubbed for a long time, but he didn't get up and give way, so he could only rest on the soft collapse. The lights had already been turned off, and Begonia was already sleepy, Yin Ze still bent up and shouted to her: "Will you go to the palace banquet tomorrow?" ”
"No, no."
"Then you will stay in the palace tomorrow, I will go out early, and I will not come back until the palace banquet is over."
Haitang rolled over, "You don't have to tell me if you don't come back." ”
The next day, Yin Ze really went out early. Begonia got up and had breakfast, and stayed up until noon with nothing to do. Fennel saw that she was really bored, so she persuaded: "Why doesn't the princess go to the palace banquet, there are songs and dances at the banquet, and there are other people's ladies and misses, the princess should make two more friends." ”
Haitang thought about the group of official ladies she saw at Mrs. Hu's house, and shook her head in disgust. She suddenly remembered what Yin Ze mentioned when she was about to go out yesterday, and ordered Fennel again. "You go and arrange the carriage, I'm going to the Jade Buddha Nunnery. By the way, let the kitchen get some of the old princess's favorite pastries, and I'll bring them. ”
Fennel looked subtle and tugged at the sleeve of the begonia. "Princess, this is not easy to do."
"Why?"
Fennel looked around, and then whispered, "Didn't you notice that no one in the palace had ever talked about the old princess?" The old prince ordered, and no one in the Chengwang Mansion could mention the matter of the old princess. You ask the slave to explain the pastry, but the slave and the maid dare not say it, and the cooks dare not do it. ”
Begonia's eyes lit up, "Why can't you mention it?" ”
Fennel lowered her head, "When the slave maid came, Manager He told me so, as for why, the slave maid didn't know." ”
Haitang looked at her twice more and didn't ask any more. "Then make a copy of everything, and I'll bring it all."
She only walked out of the Chengwang Mansion for a while, and Ming Feng sent the news to Yin Ze. Yin Ze frowned when he heard that she had gone to the Jade Buddha Nunnery. "You go and follow, don't go wrong."
Begonia arrived at the bottom of the mountain before remembering that Fennel couldn't climb the mountain, and the coachman had some foot strength, but Begonia didn't worry about letting Fennel stay at the bottom of the mountain alone, so she went back and forth three times by herself, and finally the six three-layer food boxes were all lifted up the mountain.
She knocked on the door of the Jade Buddha Nunnery, and waited from panting until her breath was stable before someone came and opened the door. The sister-in-law who opened the door remembered her and called her to inherit the princess.
"The master can call me Begonia."
The sister-in-law nodded and let her in. Seeing that she was carrying two food boxes in her hands and four more on the ground, she looked at her in surprise.
"It's all vegetarian pastries, for the old princess."
The sister-in-law was pleased, called someone to come over and help Haitang bring the food box to Princess Lao Cheng's room, and helped her call the door, and then left.
Aunt Li was a little surprised to see her coming alone. "Why don't you see the little prince?"
"Yesterday, the princess of Yiguo has arrived, and there is a banquet in the palace today, and he and the old prince can't leave." Haitang picked up the food box and handed it to Aunt Li. "I heard the little princess say that yesterday was the old princess's birthday, and today I won't go to the palace banquet, come over to make up for the old princess's birthday."
Aunt Li took the two food boxes in her hand, "Is this the little prince or the old prince asking you to send it?" ”
She told the truth, "I came on my own." She gently put the food box at her feet, "If it disturbs the princess, then I will ...... first."
"Is Begonia coming? Let her in. ”
The moment Begonia entered the house, she smelled a smell of medicine. "Are you sick?"
Princess Lao Cheng's face was paler than before, and she raised her hand weakly, "It's sick." ”
Aunt Li had already brought a stack of saucers and pastries, and Princess Lao Cheng took a look at it, it was her favorite hibiscus osmanthus cake. She looked at this osmanthus cake in a trance, and wanted to reach out for it several times, but took her hand back. Aunt Li couldn't look at it, so she took a piece and stuffed it into her hand. "Just one piece, it's not in the way, and I won't give it to you if there's more."
Princess Lao Cheng took a bite lightly, and her face showed satisfaction. "How many years have I thought that I can still take another bite of this taste, and I think about ...... in the first place"
She stopped talking, and ate very slowly, and only after eating this piece did she wave her hand to let Aunt Li retreat and leave the begonia in the house.