Chapter 142: Palace Banquet (2)
Zheng Taiwei was very cold to Bai Mingzhu and just responded, but Zheng Taiwei was also not very enthusiastic about Bai Zhengzhong, and just greeted "virtuous son-in-law".
Bai Shuangshuang also bowed his knees and said, "Taiwei Zheng, Mrs. Zheng." β
After so many years, in the past and present life, Bai Shuangshuang saw Zheng Taiwei for the first time, and from the outside, Zheng Taiwei was a very orthodox and majestic person, similar to the current fashionable style, and also had a finger-long beard, which was a little gray like his hair color.
In the face of the white frost, Taiwei Zheng didn't bother to take a look, and walked over the white frost as if he hadn't heard it. White Frost didn't mind this, but Bai Zhengzhong was a little displeased.
Bai Shuangshuang is his biological daughter of Bai Zhengzhong, or the eldest daughter in the family, such a respectful greeting was ignored. But Bai Zhengzhong is not all about the white frost, but more because he feels that his face is damaged.
After entering the Qinglong Gate, Bai Shuangshuang and a group of female dependents went to the right side for inspection, and heard someone around them greeting Mrs. Zhang.
"Yo, Mrs. Zheng is here with Mrs. Bai today?" As he spoke, he pointed to the white frost and asked, "This is your granddaughter, right?" It's so good-looking. β
A trace of embarrassment flashed across the faces of Zhang and Zheng. Zhang pointed to Bai Mingzhu and explained, "This is my granddaughter, Bai Mingzhu. β
Bai Mingzhu also smiled and said, "Mingzhu has seen Madame." β
The lady, who was originally just a casual greeting, was also a little uncomfortable, and felt that she seemed to poke at a point that should not be poked in someone else's house, so she had to nod again and again: "Okay, good, it's really good to look and sound like this." β
Bai Shuangshuang kept her head down from beginning to end, she knew very well that as long as she went in and out with the people of the Bai family, all she could do was not to speak without talking.
Although the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is placed in the Guangyang Palace, it is actually placed in the square outside the Guangyang Palace, with a total of forty tables, and there are already many people seated, but most of them are sitting and chatting, and no one dares to get up and move around at will. The moonlight tonight is just right, and the palace is also full of lights, and it is not lively between the hustle and bustle.
As for Bai Shuangshuang, she has been looking for Li Ran's trace, looking left and right for a long time, and finally found Admiral Li and Mrs. Li in the seat in front of her, but she didn't see Li Ran there.
Bai Shuangshuang sighed secretly in her heart, it seems that this grounding is really not a joke to scare Li Ran, and Li Ran was not even allowed to participate in the palace banquet.
"Sister, who are you looking for?" Bai Mingzhu sat beside Bai Shuangshuang, holding her cheeks and asking with an innocent and lovely face: "Are you looking for Sister Li Ran?" β
Bai Shuangshuang retracted her gaze, looked at Bai Mingzhu and said lightly: "Is my sister boring?" β
Bai Mingzhu tilted his head and said with a smile as if showing off: "Then Xue Fang's father is not qualified to come to the palace banquet, I can't even find a bickering person, naturally I'm very bored, does my sister want to talk to me for a while?" β
My sister laughed. Bai Shuangshuang turned her eyes away and said indifferently: "Where does my sister have anything to say to me?" β
"Didn't you?" Bai Mingzhu shook her head delicately, and the steps on her head flickered under the refraction of the candle flame, reflecting Bai Mingzhu's face more brightly: "I am still a sister and want to tell me about Li Ran's sister." β
"......" Bai Shuangshuang's eyes instantly darkened a little, she turned her head to stare at Bai Mingzhu's face and said, "What does my sister mean?" β
Seeing this, Bai Mingzhu suddenly smiled even more happily: "It's nothing, my sister just knows it." β
Bai Shuangshuang also sneered when she heard this, hooked her lips and said: "Sister, my sister reminds you that you can't eat things indiscriminately, and you can't talk nonsense." β
Bai Mingzhu snorted disdainfully, and said very disapprovingly about Bai Shuangshuang's words: "That sister also reminded my sister that some people look at Qinggao, but in fact, they are ruined by Jin Yuqi, and they can do any obscene thing behind their backs." β
What else did Bai Shuangshuang not understand when he heard this, obviously Bai Mingzhu knew about Li Ran's running away from home, thinking that Li Ran was getting close to Bai Shuangshuang, and wanted to use this matter to ridicule Bai Shuangshuang.
Just as Bai Shuangshuang wanted to warn Bai Mingzhu again, Bai Mingzhu turned his head and shouted to Zheng: "Mother, my sister is so fierce!" β
The ladies who were talking to the Zheng family turned their heads one after another, and saw Bai Mingzhu looking aggrieved, but Bai Shuangshuang was indifferent.
Zheng glared at Bai Shuangshuang dissatisfied, and then Bai Mingzhu, who was half-joking, comforted: "Okay, okay, you know that your sister has a bad temper, so don't mess with her, it's really ignorant." β
"But people are a little bored, and they want to talk to my sister for a while."
Bai Mingzhu is indeed very cute and cute, and everyone can understand that she is a little girl and there is no one of her age by her side. In addition, he also wanted to sell a face to the Zheng family, so someone said: "Ouch, little pitiful, boring?" Come, come, come to me, let my daughter play with you. β
"Thank you, ma'am!"
Adults want to save face, even if those young ladies are no longer disdainful of Bai Mingzhu, they can only smile at Bai Mingzhu, and the people at both tables are lively for a while, but Bai Shuangshuang can only sit in his seat alone.
At that time, a eunuch from the top of the front came and shouted in that thin voiceβ
"The emperor has arrived! The Queen Mother has arrived! The concubine has arrived! β
For a while, all the people present stood up and knelt down to salute and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose! The noble concubine Niang Chitose Chitose Chitose! ββ¦β¦ Layers of echoes echoed in the palace.
With the emperor's entry, all the concubines and princes also sat down behind the emperor.
Bai Shuangshuang had already learned from the fact that the eighth prince, the son of Hua Guifei, could sit on the throne in the previous life, and Hua Guifei was deeply favored by the current saints, but now she came out with the emperor and queen to accept the kneeling of the ministers, which still made Bai Shuangshuang a little unexpected.
In fact, the seats of the emperor and the harem concubines are a little far away, as if the people sitting at the last few tables like Bai Zhengzhong basically can't even see what the emperor looks like, but because the audience was silent, the emperor's "flat body" can be heard by everyone as soon as he exits.
"Emperor Xie!" β¦β¦
After the emperor sat down on the upper seat, he raised his hand to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, please take a seat." β
After the emperor gave an order, everyone really sat down.
"Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, you Aiqing should come to have a casual meal, just accompany me to take a look at the moonlight, don't be too restrained."
Bai Shuangshuang had to be very serious and focused to hear the voice of the emperor from afar, and after finally hearing these words clearly, he looked at the people around him who were all sitting upright, where did he dare to really let go of the fun.