Chapter 22: The Princess's Ceremony
There is a very peculiar fragrance in the early morning air, and a girl in the bronze mirror has a golden beaded curtain crown on her head, and the turquoise pendant is made of no stone, but it feels very heavy and a little eye-catching.
Early on, there was a large wave of people in Defeng Palace, and I could only be at their mercy.
"Twilight, can I not wear this phoenix crown? It's too heavy. "I asked her for help.
Without even thinking about it, she said, "No." After saying that, he continued to put something on my head, and when I saw that it was a pink peony flower!
No matter how you look at it, you think this peony is too dazzling, just like a house that is already magnificent, and you still have to put a golden table on the roof. Then he reached out and touched the big flower, trying to pluck it.
"The princess can't pick this flower, this is the sign of the princess ceremony every year, and you can't pick it." Twilight said to me very seriously, and then nodded heavily as if she was afraid that I wouldn't believe me.
I'm defeated, dejected, does a princess ceremony need to be so grand? It's not a marriage.
"Princess, this princess ceremony is not a trivial matter, and it will be over." She first glanced at me sympathetically, then suddenly remembered something, and smiled slyly, "It is said that many people will come to the ceremony, and the sons and young masters of each family will come." With an expectant expression on her face, I could only shake my head helplessly, not knowing which son she remembered again.
At dusk, the sky is full of light. With a "Princess Oude has arrived", I slowly walked into the round pool.
Be calm, you must be calm, you must be relaxed, otherwise Su Han's teaching will be in vain. But the more this happens, the easier it is to make mistakes. At the moment when the emperor stretched out his hand to help me up the steps, I stumbled on my feet, and then I didn't know what was happening, but I felt a burning pain in my knee.
There was a gasping sound from the audience, and the emperor was stunned, his hands frozen in the air.
"Oude see the emperor, long live the emperor!" I said aloud, trying not to let my voice tremble.
The emperor rolled his eyes, and then reached out to pull me up, "No courtesy." But when I looked up, I saw a smile flashing in his eyes. The emperor reacted very quickly.
That's right, I'm just making amends, and I don't know how many people have found out, but the only thing that is certain is that the main master in front of me has already seen through it.
"Yue'er, you are really impressing me more and more." A low voice came from my ears.
Is this a compliment to me?
He took my hand and slowly led me to the seat to his left, where his hands were a little cool. I suddenly thought, if he is really my brother, if he is not the emperor, I really want to hold on to these hands and warm them.
After taking a seat, the black crowd below all knelt down, and then after words such as "Long live the emperor" and "Chong Aiqing get up", the princess ceremony really began.
The feeling of sitting on top of everyone and looking down made me feel a little weird, but the heaviness of my head reminded me that I had to sit upright.
"Your Majesty, the lower officials have prepared a gift for the princess, I hope the princess likes it." Someone below said loudly, dressed in an official robe.
"Okay." Voices of interest.
I also came to be interested, and straightened my neck to look at it, but it was a painting: butterflies flying under peony flowers, clear water and clear sand stream. The beauty sits alone on the bluestone, and the water surface is shocking.
Poetry is picturesque, and there is poetry in the painting.
"Good painting!"
"Good poetry!"
"Isn't this the "Huanxi Sand Beauty" that many talented people want to get!"
“……”
As you can see, this painting is quite valuable. Although after Su Han's teaching, he knows nothing about these noble and elegant things, but after all, it is not what I like, and it is better to send silver.
Next, a large number of people came forward one after another, either to send some precious calligraphy and paintings, or some singing and dancing performances, and I was not very interested in these, and the color sky was getting stronger and stronger at this time......
I couldn't care about sitting upright, leaning back in my chair and dozing off, I really wanted to lie in bed and get some sleep. In the haze, a crisp and familiar voice broke the sleep.
"Your Majesty, the folk girl heard that the princess is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I don't know if she can take this opportunity to open our eyes." The light was too dim to make out her expression, but I knew she must have done it on purpose.
Master Su over there was a little overwhelmed and motioned for her to sit down, but at this time, Su Yuyue would listen, staring at me with straight eyes, as if she had a deep hatred with me. But in the end, he was pulled down by Su Han next to him, and Master Su, who hadn't seen him for a long time, seemed to be much older.
"Your Majesty, don't blame my little sister for being reckless, she has always been straightforward and fast-talking, I hope the emperor will forgive me." A soft voice came, tepid.
I turned my head to look in surprise, only to notice that there was a woman sitting to the right of the emperor, although she was not gorgeous among the concubines, but the more she looked at it, the more she couldn't take her eyes off it. Younger sister? She is Concubine Su!
I took a look at the palace ladies below, and the queen mother, who was the emperor's mother, didn't come! It's so abnormal on such an important day, doesn't anyone find it strange? Or is it a well-known thing that the emperor has placed the queen mother under house arrest?
It's so chaotic, I retracted my thoughts, and my eyes moved to Concubine Su again, her face was extremely calm, even if the emperor didn't speak, she didn't have the slightest panic and fear. I admire her, because when the emperor is silent, very few people are not afraid.
"What Concubine Su said is very true, how can I blame her." After speaking, the emperor turned his head and smiled at me. Immediately, I felt a chill and a sense of foreboding.
"Then Yue'er will perform a show to open everyone's eyes."
Really!
I'm two big, and I'm proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but I don't know anything. It's all Su Yuyue's fault, why does she always like to pick on my thorns? I hesitated for a long time, I didn't stand or sit, I really didn't know anything.
Finally, I finally heard a sigh, "Alas, I won't force you." ”
I couldn't believe it and went to see the emperor, was he talking just now?
"But my sister has just returned to the palace recently, and she is not used to eating and drinking, and her body is relatively weak, so let her go back to the palace to rest for the time being." After the emperor finished speaking, he waved his hand to the uncommanded leader behind him.
On the way back, the moonlight was faint, and with the expressionless face of the lantern palace maid, I only felt that this night was pitiful. Wuyu, who followed behind me, didn't speak, and I suddenly didn't know how to speak, so I silently walked to Defeng Palace before I turned my head.
"Wuyu-" It's just that there is still half a figure somewhere, and I don't say a word when I leave, and I sigh to myself.
After soothing Twilight to sleep, I also turned off the lights and prepared to go to sleep. This time the ceremony didn't let her go with her, and she was a little sulky.
Twilight was happily preparing to go, but a look at Wuyu stopped her because she was too big and might cause me trouble.
Looking at Twilight's protesting but helpless expression, I secretly laughed a little, who made her usually open-mouthed. Because of this, she blamed me for not interceding for her in front of the leaderless, so that she couldn't see those handsome boys. I couldn't help but laugh at the thought of this, she was only a few years old, and she began to have a spring in her heart.
"Hmm!" His mouth was suddenly covered by a pair of powerful hands, and he didn't have time to close his mouth before he could crack his smile. When I reacted and was about to call for help, my mouth couldn't make a sound.
I struggled and bit hard at the big hand that was holding me, obviously feeling the body behind me tremble instinctively, but I still didn't let go, only heard an urgent voice coming, "It's me, Ran'er." ”
This voice, Chen Er? I stopped struggling and turned my head away in surprise. Dressed in light blue eunuch clothes, his eyebrows are shallow, and his thin eyes are a little tired, but more joyful.
Sure enough, it was him!
At this moment, the familiar young man was frowning and rubbing his hands. I hurriedly took his hand, a row of blood-red marks, biting so hard?
"I'm sorry Xiao Er." I kept my head down, blaming myself. Suddenly, my forehead was flicked, and it hurt!
"Why, I'm not happy to see me? Sad. ”
"Your hand...... It's all my fault, I shouldn't have used that much force, no, I shouldn't have bitten you. ”
He put his hands behind his back, "How can I blame you, I'm glad that I can be so powerful, so that if any thief dares to bully you, then you will use ten times as much strength to bite him." After Zhen Zhen finished speaking, he didn't forget to make a fighting posture, as if the thief was in front of him.
I was amused by his words. Haha laughed, but after laughing, tears came out for some reason. I hugged him and wiped it with the hem of his coat. I don't know why this happened, but I just know that it's good to see him again.
"Silly, if you hadn't shown up at the princess ceremony, I would have thought you would be dead." He said jokingly, hugging me tightly.
I left his embrace, wiped my tears, and sneered, "You're dead." Then he saw his eunuch outfit, and his heart couldn't bear it for a while, "You won't come to the palace to see me, right?" ”
It was just a joke, but I didn't expect him to nod.
"What!" Now it's my turn to be dumbfounded.
"Haha, almost." He smiled slyly, changing the loneliness he had just had.
I gave him a scornful look, and I was still laughing at this time.
"Okay, Ran'er, time is pressing, I'll come back later. However, if I hadn't seen you at the ceremony, I'm afraid I'd have been looking for you for a while. After that, he touched my head again.
It's a bit too many times to touch today......
Just as he was about to pass through the window, I asked, "Didn't you really come to the palace to be a eunuch?" He stumbled on his feet and nearly fell to the ground. In the dark, he made a "shhh
I was stunned for a moment, this has to be kept secret...... Is he underwhelmed? But the mood suddenly got better, and now I still have a second child, which is really good.
Regardless of whether he is called "Yelujing" or not, and whether he is the prince of the Eastern Wu Dynasty or not, as far as I am concerned, he is Chen Er.