Chapter 16: Banquet Storm 1
On the second day, a banquet was prepared in the prince's mansion.
Early in the morning, Zhezhe was pulled out of the quilt, dressed up, changed clothes and incense, the red and bright clothes, and the clusters of velvet flowers on the bun, Zhezhe looked at himself in the mirror, almost not frightened.
This is the costume of the Qing Dynasty, right? With such a big flower, if the clothes were looser, with a flower pot bottom, and a silk scarf handkerchief in her hand, she could think that she had traveled to Gege in the Qing Dynasty.
"Isn't that too bells and whistles?" Zhezhe looked at the person in the mirror, shook his head incessantly, and wanted to refuse, such a red dress, with such a pink big velvet flower on her head, although she looked like Zhou Zheng and suppressed such a strange shape, but the aesthetics of the 21st century really couldn't accept herself dressed like this.
Zhezhe shook his head, no, no, no, this hair and clothes must be replaced by one, how can this match like this? is capricious, and it's not such a willful method!
She is now in this Shizi's mansion, she is a guest, and today's plum blossom banquet is held for her, but the host is still Ye Qiongwen and Xin Xin, the master does not wear red flowers, she is dressed up in such a bright appearance, is she going to dominate the guests? It's not appropriate, it's not proper, besides, she is not good at chanting poetry, appreciating flowers and appreciating calligraphy and painting, this banquet, she just wants to be a little transparent, a red dress, it's embarrassing enough, and she has to wear a flower, is this going to become the focus of attention at this banquet?
It's not proper, it's very inappropriate, it can't be like this, Zhezhe only shook his head in the room, didn't go to breakfast, lay on the dresser and didn't move, as long as she didn't follow her wishes, she wouldn't go out of this room today.
Ah Wan persuaded Ah Ru for a long time, but in the end, there was really no way, so she had to invite Xin Xin and Wang over, and the two of them had a lot of talk, and the ears of Zhezhe who only said it were calloused. The result is still the same, Zhezhe is iron-hearted, and he doesn't want to show his face to others.
In the end, she could only ask Ah Wan and Ah Ru to take off the velvet flowers for her and replace them with two simple hairpins.
After the costume was changed, Zhezhe went to the living room to eat with Wang and Xinxin.
It's still very cold today, the wind is blowing outside, and the sky is gray and overhead.
After eating, after a while, snowflakes floated in the sky, first dotted with stars, and after a quarter of an hour, there were large snowflakes that fluttered one after another, like broken catkins, and the whole world was a white color.
The dome was gray, dyeing the whole sky as if it were night, and the ground was covered with snow, but it was white and bright, reflecting the best side of the whole world.
Zhezhe sat next to the window in the house with a charcoal fire and secretly lifted a small corner to see that the white and flawless world outside was beautiful and cold, which made people fall in love, but they did not dare to approach.
"It's snowing so hard outside, I'm afraid someone who invited me today won't come, right?" Wang sat by the charcoal fire, looking at the snow outside the door worried.
The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the banquet that was originally going to be held in the courtyard could only be moved to the living room, and Xin Xin had already asked people to light a charcoal fire in the living room, prepare tea and pastries, and wait for the people invited to the banquet. Although the snow outside is heavy, the people who can be invited are all living in this capital, not far away, so they shouldn't not come!
"No," Xin Xin comforted Wang, "Originally, I thought that the plum blossoms were not enough to appreciate, but the snow fell, so it can be seen that I want to make our banquet more lively!" ”
Enjoying the snow in winter is also an elegant and funny thing! Xin Xin is not worried, even if there are really people who will not come, there is a young lady who will definitely come.
Sure enough, within a moment, the subordinates came to report that the guests of the Xiangguo Mansion had arrived.
Zhezhe listened on the side, knowing that it was Xiao Zhezhe who came over, and he was a little happy in his heart, fortunately, there were people she was familiar with in the female dependents invited today, and I originally thought that Xin Xin was just according to the preferences of the original body, and invited some ladies who were beautiful, famous families, and young ladies who read poetry and books!
With Xiao Zhezhe here, Zhezhe can at least be more relaxed, and he will no longer write poems for the sake of writing, and he is depressed and doesn't know what to do! If she can't make a single poem at the banquet later, I don't know if she will be ridiculed! With Xiao Zhezhe, even if he can't make poems, he has someone to accompany him.
As long as someone can't do it with her, then Zhezhe has nothing to fear!
Xiao Zhezhe really appeared in the snow, but there were a lot of people around her, right? Zhezhe counted them, and there were five or six!
"The princess, the princess, the princess, Miss Zhezhe," when they arrived at the person in front of them, they saluted the people in the room first, and the Wang family and Xin Xin were stunned, what is going on, why did there be three guests in this Xiangguo Mansion?
"Second son, third son, I should have mentioned it in the invitation letter for this banquet, but I only invited women, not men, right?" It is natural for Liang Zhezhe to come over, why did Liang Zhesi and Liang Zhecheng also come over? Xin Xin didn't understand, could it be that Liang Zhezhe himself brought her two elder brothers over, or did these two come here to find Ye Qiongwen to do something, but it just happened that the three of them came together?
"Didn't the prince tell the princess?" Liang Zhecheng looked puzzled, no, he had already informed Ye Shizi yesterday, it was impossible, it was all here, and the princess didn't know anything, right?
"Tell me what?" Xin Xin really didn't receive any information.
"This-" Liang Zhesi looked embarrassed, not knowing how to reply, this explanation, should he talk about it himself.
"What the hell is going on, I hope Liang Gongzi will tell the truth," Wang was busy supporting Xin Xin, for fear that she would start a fire, she is now two people, and her emotions can't be so up and down.
"My two brothers invited by the prince," Liang Zhezhe saw that Liang Zhesi wanted to speak and stopped, Liang Zhecheng has been staring at Da Zhezhe since he entered the door, Gongbo Xinxin and Wang, and Zhezhe all looked at Liang Zhesi, waiting for his explanation, but he didn't say it for a long time, so he had to speak for them.
"Shizi?" Wang was a little stunned, didn't Ye Qiongwen let Xin Xin watch this matter by himself? Why did he invite someone to come, and he didn't know about it?
"Where is the son?" Xin Xin turned her face to ask the maid next to her.
"Back to the princess, in the study," the maid stepped back and lowered her head, reporting truthfully.
"Three, since you're here, let's rest here for a while, and I'll go back!" Saying that, Xin Xin was about to go out to find Ye Qiongwen and find an explanation with him.
"Xin Xin, don't walk around, this snowy day, the road is slippery," Wang hurriedly followed to stop, it was still snowing outside, the road was slippery in the snow, Xin Xin's stomach has been more than three months, at this time, it is the time to be cautious, the ice and snow outside, the temperature is also low, how to say, she should also stay in the house.
"Please, please, what's this, the two young masters of Xiangguo Mansion are upright and upright, and they are not bad people," Wang pulled Xin Xin and comforted her while walking towards the inner hall. Zhezhe's marriage, now, she also has an idea in her heart, this Liang Zhecheng, although his body is not good, people are stunned, but he is sincere to Zhezhe, he was assassinated last time, and blocked a sword for Zhezhe, this time Zhezhe was kidnapped, and he has been running out of his strength, and now, Zhezhe was framed by Zhao Rui like this, he did not dislike it, but widely announced that he did not mind Zhezhe's past.
If you really want to choose someone between Zhao Rui and Liang Zhecheng to be Zhezhe's husband, then Liang Zhecheng, who is kneeling in the ancestral hall and insisting on marrying Zhezhe, is much better than Zhao Rui who spends time drinking and looking for flowers and asking willows, the two of them are simply one heaven and one underground.
In the past few days in the Shizi Mansion, although the Wang family has not returned, Gongbo Shengde has always exchanged letters with her, and the opinions of the adults in the court and the emperor's attitude, the Wang family is also clear. She was also panicked in her heart, for fear that the emperor would give Zhezhe to Zhao Rui, if this is the case, then what should it be?
Today, Liang Zhecheng's arrival here is also an opportunity, and it is Zhezhe and his fate that should be like this.
Since we have seen it today, then Zhezhe and his affairs should have an explanation, determine it, and get things done quickly, so as not to have many dreams at night and be remembered by others.
Wang thought so, so when she saw Liang Zhecheng and Liang Zhesi coming over, she didn't have any objections, on the contrary, she also felt that it was an excellent thing that they could come. Ye Qiongwen, invited the two brothers, I'm afraid they want to match Zhezhe and Liang Zhecheng!
Ye Shizi still understands that in this way, Zhezhe's lifelong event can be regarded as decided.
Wang pulled Xin Xin aside, told Xin Xin the truth, and praised Ye Qiongwen for being thoughtful, so that Zhezhe must not be angry with Ye Qiongwen for this, Ye Qiongwen did this for the sake of Zhezhe's good!
"Mother-" Xin Xin was very helpless, she was his concubine, even if he spoiled her, when he made a decision, what he did, she had always only accepted it, where would she be angry with him, but she just wanted to calm down for a day or two! He is her husband, her heaven, her earth, what he says and does, naturally he has his reasons, all she can do is unconditional support.
"Zhao Rui, the prince of Qi State, has arrived!" Xin Xin was about to explain to the Wang family that he had never exceeded the duty of doing * when he heard a subordinate outside to report, and he was stunned.
Not only her, but Wang was also stunned.
Gongbo Zhezhe, Liang Zhezhe, and Liang Zhecheng, who were sitting outside, were also stunned, except for Liang Zhecheng, who was in the know, holding the tea calmly and tasting it silently on the side.
This Zhao Rui, it's really not too early to catch up with the excitement, it's here so soon!
"This-" Wang was speechless, Ye Qiongwen, why did you invite him over?
"No, I'd better go and ask him," Xin Xin felt that it was pointless to stand here, Ye Qiongwen invited a few male guests to a banquet, what the identity of these guests was, she didn't know, this banquet was what she was going to do, even if it was to increase the number of guests, she should be informed, so that she could be prepared!
Just came directly, although she couldn't say anything, she was still not happy in her heart!
"Li Chenliang, the prince of Wei, and Li Chenru, the king of stability, have arrived!" A wave was not settled, and another wave rose, and before Xin Xin had taken two steps, he heard the names of two more people from Jiading.
"Why are these two here?" The Wang family, who was about to stop Xin Xin, was completely stunned, how could the few people who were involved with Zhezhe get all together?
"Qi Guoguo Gongyan has arrived!"
Is there any?
Zhezhe sat on the chair, and in less than a cup of tea, he heard the four guests, and the whole person was in a circle in a daze.
What the hell is going on?
Of the six male guests invited by Ye Qiongwen, four of them were involved with her, is this to get everyone together and play mahjong?
"Why are they here?" Xiao Zhezhe is also ignorant, and pulled Ning Ke, who turned into a maid behind her, under normal circumstances, she doesn't take a maid, but Ning Ke is different, Ning Ke is a friend in the eyes of Xiao Zhezhe!
"Miss, don't be impatient, let's take a look first," Ning Ke didn't figure out how this banquet could have become the current situation. Originally, when I received Xin Xin's invitation letter, I did make it clear that only female dependents were invited, but last night Liang Zhesi said that Liang Zhecheng and him were also invited, and on the way here, Xiao Zhezhe never believed it, and asked them all the way, if they wanted to borrow his post to come to the banquet.
Just now, Xin Xin's reaction, she and Xiao Zhezhe still thought that the two brothers were lying, but now, there are 4 of them, it seems that Ye Qiongwen really invited them, not only them, but also people who are somewhat involved with Zhezhe are here.