Chapter 103 Dedication
The palace maids lit the delicate palace lanterns before nightfall, and most of the palace lanterns were red, setting off a strong festive atmosphere.
On the way to the banquet, Shen Xizhi and Bai Ruixin fell behind a large group of nobles, and behind them, Yan Yuyu and her worried little maid fell.
The chatter of the nobles was sprinkled all over the stone road, the wind was a little cool, and Shen Xizhi was not surprised to hear the suppressed coughing sound behind him.
Bai Ruixin couldn't help but look back, but she saw that Shen Xizhi was indifferent, out of intuition, she didn't look at it indiscriminately.
It's just that how did she look at it, how did she feel that Yan Yuyu's gaze at Shen Xizhi was a little wrong...... He seemed to be very annoyed, but he had to suppress it.
The moonlight was bright tonight, and it coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I didn't set up a banquet in the hall, but moved to a big flower garden. Surrounded by flowers carefully cultivated and arranged by florists, there are a few osmanthus trees in the distance, and the sparse golden flowers seem to be the stars falling from the sky, faintly fragrant.
Shen Xizhi sat down next to Jiang Jingyu and unexpectedly received a lot of attention, among which Jiang Zhen's gaze was the most proud.
"It seems that the fifth princess is fully prepared today. Her unintentional words made Jiang Jingyu frown slightly.
The cold eyes glanced over, and Jiang Zhen was scared away.
Jiang Jingyu thought for a moment and asked her, "What are your plans?"
What does this mean? Shen Xi's eyes flashed slightly, and he wanted to get the news out of her mouth, or did he really not plan to be a backer for Jiang Zhen?
She wasn't sure for a while, so she had to smile and say, "What can I do? Presumably, in order to understand Jiang Zhen's hostility towards me, do I have to endure it all the time?"
"No, I don't. Jiang Jingyu's eyebrows and eyes were very cold, his index finger curled, and he tapped it on the table, "She did something wrong, and she is not the same as Yu Wangfu." ”
Suppressing a slight surprise, Shen Xi subconsciously glanced at Jiang Zhen, but was blocked by the endless stream of palace maids, "It seems that the prince knows a lot." ”
Could it be that he also knew Jiang Zhen's plans today?
But in front of everyone's eyes, it's not easy to ask.
After a while, the moon was bright, and the emperor and Concubine Rong came surrounded by a group of palace people, and Shen Xizhi also shouted a few "long live" with everyone.
"Everyone, love Qing Ping. The emperor was kind-eyed, because the scale of the Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet was not too large, so he only wore regular clothes, and he said a few words of harmony between the monarch and the ministers, and the people below were more or less happy.
After the scene was finished, someone jumped out to offer gifts.
Although it is a Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet, it is not as good as a major festival such as the New Year's Festival, but after all, this is an opportunity to show his face and win the emperor's favor.
It stands to reason that the crown prince should offer the gift first.
"Father, the sons think that the father is rich in the world, and the sons and daughters are looking all over the world, but they can't find anything that does not belong to the father. Therefore, the retainers had the courage to order someone to move the Moon Palace to the ground. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the music at the banquet changed suddenly, and the sounds of silk and bamboo were far away, and everyone listened attentively, but those voices seemed to come from heaven.
Suddenly, many lanterns suddenly lit up on the dark lake, and before everyone was amazed, there was a light in the center of the lake, which looked like a bright moon from afar.
As the music grew higher, the maiko in front of the bright moon also shook her body, holding a rabbit in her arms, her face was cold, and there was no doubt that she was Chang'e in the Moon Palace.
Indeed, the people in heaven are not mundane things.
Shen Xizhi saw the amazed expressions of everyone at the banquet, she moved her gaze back with interest and took a piece of moon cake from the plate in front of her to eat.
She was halfway through her meal, and the movement over there stopped.
First, the fake moon darkened, and the maiko disappeared with it, but Fang Cai's graceful posture and cold appearance fell on the hearts of many people.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in front of him, and he can make his ministers fearful. Prime Minister Yan said and laughed, making those ministers show helpless expressions, but the atmosphere was no longer stagnant.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a whimsy, and of course they are incomparable.
Yan Xiang laughed. Jiang Zerui laughed at him this time, "It's just opportunistic, you should just help the fun." ”
He saved enough face for the people behind him, and the people who praised him were naturally willing to listen to such words.
"Okay, hahaha, Prince Guo is very human. "The emperor was very happy, and he immediately rewarded a lot of things.
Jiang Zhen, who witnessed all this, breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to himself: "It's okay, it's okay, it's a dancer, Zhang Lianyi plays the piano, there is no point in comparison." ”
Next, it should be Jiang Jingyu's turn to give a gift, but the emperor's gaze only stopped at him for a moment, and then swept over and asked the six princes to come forward to offer a gift.
Such a move is undoubtedly thought-provoking.
Previously, the prince was dismissed because of the Shantang matter, but King Yu took the opportunity to seize power, and at that time, the people in the capital were panicked, thinking that the emperor was trying to suppress the prince.
But now that the prince has carefully arranged to be rewarded by the emperor, King Yu, who is in the middle of the day, has been directly ignored by the emperor, and it seems that he is ...... It's going to change again.
Jiang Jingyu, who was on the cusp of the storm, calmly raised his hand and took a sip of wine. He didn't seem to be moved, and didn't even care.
They were talking about the calm and composure of King Yu in private, and they were also laughing at him as just a pawn of the emperor to train the crown prince.
When you run out, you throw it away.
Shen Xizhi sat beside him, those eyes more or less stayed on her, she frowned, looked at Jiang Jingyu's unfazed appearance, and did not move.
But she looked at the appearance of the ninety-five supreme being in harmony with the monarch and the minister, and the harmony between father and son after the gift of the sixth prince, and suddenly felt a little resentful. I don't know if it's because of myself or because of Jiang Jingyu.
But when Jiang Tianbao was borne, his "Picture of the Reunion of the Rivers and Mountains" was really praised, but he had heard too many of those words.
"Father, son......" Jiang Tianbao is just a teenager in the end, and he still has a desire in his heart......
The emperor looked at him and suddenly frowned, "Stand down." ”
"Father, I ......"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Concubine Rong hurriedly spoke: "Okay Tian'er, Your Majesty knows your filial piety, go back first." ”
Jiang Tianbao opened his mouth in panic, but he had nothing to say. In the end, he could only grit his teeth, suppress the sourness that suddenly surged up, and retreated to his position.
This little episode did not affect the lively atmosphere, a palace banquet could not be just a gift, so after a while, the emperor's interest faded.
But he seemed to think of Jiang Jingyu at this time.
Jiang Jingyu looked at him coldly, and then looked at the ministers who were waiting to see the excitement, he slowly got up and said, "The son is not feeling well, so I implore my father to let the princess give a gift." ”
Everyone was shocked.
Who doesn't know that Shen Xizhi is the daughter of a criminal minister, and it is very gracious to let her be the side concubine of King Yu, and today she is asked to represent King Yu's mansion......
"King Yu, what are your grievances against me?" the emperor sank his face, not angry.
He had the intention of beating King Yu, but it didn't mean that King Yu could complain about him, and even used the orphan daughter of the Shen family to block him.