Chapter XXVIII: The Banquet of the Royal Mansion 2
After Princess Pengcheng walked away, I was still by the pond, afraid that I would be rude before I arrived at the beginning of the banquet, so I thought about going back.
As soon as I turned around to leave, I saw Bai Rui, dressed in white, standing there under the willow tree by the pond, looking at me with deep eyes.
I don't know if he heard the conversation with Princess Pengcheng just now.
If you hear it, it will be very bad.
But even if I hear it, I don't care what he does, but I'm still afraid that others will involve me and Ji Yu, and I'm afraid that people will say gossip that I don't know my face.
My mind rippled and I was nervous.
He's walking towards me.
When he came to me, I greeted him first, "Bai Gongzi is also coming to the banquet." ”
Bai Rui nodded slightly, "Hmm." ”
I smiled, "It seems that Bai Gongzi is not only a man in the rivers and lakes, but also has an unusual relationship with the nobles of the imperial court, and the interpersonal relationship is very good." ”
Bai Rui pursed his lips and smiled, "Isn't the relationship between Zai Xia and Rong'er also very good, everyone is friends." ”
Yes, Bai Rui himself has an unusual bearing, and it is not impossible to make friends with these powerful people.
I smiled at him, because I responded to his words that they were all friends.
He didn't call me "Miss Gao" anymore, but Rong'er, and he was deliberately closing the distance between me and him.
I didn't say no, the name was originally called by people, and it was too rusty to call Miss Gao all the time.
"Does your head still hurt?" He asked gently.
I shook my head with a smile, "I've gotten better after taking Childe's medicine, and I haven't had any pain in the past few days." ”
Bai Rui took another step closer to me and said with a slow smile, "I have to take it for a month, Rong'er's headache will not be there again in the future, I still have the medicine in the bottle after I finish eating, and I will send it to the house in a few days." ”
Instead of refusing, I quickly replied, "Okay." ”
I don't know why, he said that he would come back to the house, and I was looking forward to it.
Thinking that in my dream, I had intimate contact with this man, my heart beat rapidly.
Luckily, it's just a dream.
I was a little scared to be alone with him, to look him in the eyes.
The way he looked at me was no different from what I had dreamed of, and I was a little overwhelmed.
That day, I didn't talk to him about too many topics, and I was completely ignorant that day, and I was shocked by his appearance.
It is a person who does not believe that the person in the dream will be exactly the same in reality.
If a person in reality appears in a dream, he must have known him before, but that day he did say that he might have seen it or not, and I couldn't guess whether he had seen it or not.
I also wonder if it was because I had a secret crush on him that I would have his memory in my mind.
But I really can't ask that.
Thinking of those dreams, my heart beat rapidly, and my face began to crimson, and I was afraid that he would find out, so I hurried to leave first.
Back in their seats, they all started to take their seats. I looked up for Gao Li and walked towards her location.
I sat down quietly under Gao Li's contempt, and she lowered her voice and mocked, "This is the palace, don't go around making trouble, if something happens, it will affect the Gao family." ”
I swallowed my anger and didn't take her words to heart.
The servants and maidservants of the palace poured wine for each table one by one.
I picked up my glass and drank it down, moistening my mouth.
Gao Li looked at me with a look of surprise.
She began to taunt again, "I can't imagine that you can even drink alcohol, and I really don't know what you have done in the past two years in the old mansion without your father's supervision!" ”
I replied to her in a low voice and indifferently, "Even if you do anything, it doesn't matter to you." ”
"You-"
Gao Li's face turned green with anger, you haven't come out for a long time, there are too many people, and they are all nobles, she didn't dare to be angry, so she had to hold her anger back.
At this time, the guests stood up one after another, and it was the king of Rencheng and the princess who arrived.
The audience saluted King Ren Cheng and the princess, and King Ren Cheng said, "Sit down." I sat down again.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ji Yu, the king of the North Sea, and Princess Pengcheng sitting together.
Yingyu was whispering something to him, and he pursed his lips and smiled from time to time.
Bai Rui came leisurely and sat opposite me across the large field in the middle, and when he sat down, he smiled faintly and warmly at me.
I hurriedly withdrew my gaze, but saw that Li Minxin was watching Ji Yu from afar.
I propped my chin in one hand, no one wanted to look at them, looked at the refreshments on the table, picked up the glass and took another sip.
Gao Li's murmur came from his ears, "Miss Feng is also here." ”
Hearing this, I raised my eyes and saw two women walking from the seat, Miss Feng in front of her, and the maid behind her followed.
The woman was smiling, dressed beautifully, dragging a long dress, the tassels on her head swaying, and her temperament was simply overpowering any woman here.
I followed her and watched her until she approached the king and princess of Rencheng and bowed down.
"It's too late to say that the princess is still asking for forgiveness."
She speaks softly and breathtakingly.
I stroked my forehead, and was surprised by the major women in the capital.
One is more elegant and luxurious than the other.
Gao Lizi smiled, "I don't know, this Feng Yueyan, the daughter of Master Feng, is about to become the emperor's queen." ”
I didn't want to say anything, but I still responded to Gao Li's words, "She is so beautiful and elegant that she should become a queen." ”
In my indifferent tone, Gao Li didn't bother to pay attention to me, and sneered at me, "You, I don't know who will want it!" ”
She rolled her eyes at me.
I'm really irritable sometimes, how can there be such a sister, how can she be targeted at me everywhere, where did I provoke her.
The banquet has begun, and a group of women are dancing in the middle of the red-carpeted venue.
Accompanied by the music, the palace was full of singing and dancing.
From time to time, some people toast to the prince of Rencheng, although there are many people, but they all have rules.
I casually watched the dancing of those women, but as long as I was too wide-eyed, I saw Bai Rui's gaze.
His burning gaze made me feel a little awkward, and I couldn't sit still.
In such a large public, he is not afraid of others seeing something and misunderstanding.
What he meant to me, I couldn't think about it, and I didn't dare to think about it.
Suddenly, a scream came from outside the field, "The emperor has arrived!" ”
The feast fell silent, and the dancing queen retreated.
The prince and princess of Rencheng walked down to greet them.
I was busy prostrating myself with the people.
"Long live the emperor!" The whole palace resounded.
I looked down and didn't dare to look at the comer, and there was silence in the room.
The footsteps walked from far and near, across the red carpet in front of me.
"Let's all be flat." A loud voice came from above.
I suddenly felt that the sound was so familiar.
I waited until I slowly retreated to my seat before I dared to raise my head slightly.
The emperor is here, it's rare to see him, but I still don't dare to take a look.
I took a sip of tea, thinking that I could end the banquet as soon as possible.
I just looked at the dim sum on the table in front of me, just eat the dim sum, and no longer pay attention to what everyone here is like, and casually forget Ji Yu in the back of my mind.
I'm afraid to look at him, I'm afraid there are too many other relationships here, and I don't want to see them.
Nangong Ni came to the venue and happily played her beautiful tune in front of the set guqin.
Her beautiful melody made me have to listen to it seriously.
But in a trance, a scene appeared in my mind.
Nangong Ni's song shook me, I remember as if I had heard it, and the melody of this song was somewhat familiar to me.
I closed my eyes lightly, and a lot of images appeared in my head.
In the courtyard of my Qiushui Residence, there was a woman playing the piano in front of me, and she called me softly, "Rong'er, listen carefully, this is this piece specially composed for you by the master." ”
I remember that the woman who taught me to play the piano was my musician Shaoling.
Nangong Ni played a tune on the stage that was very similar to what she had taught me, but it was not different, with the style of Master Shaoling.
I opened my eyes and looked at Nangong Ni who was playing music alone on the field.
I wondered, could she also be Master Shaoling's apprentice?
Nangong Ni's song lagged behind, and I hadn't reacted yet.
But I heard a slave maid standing in the audience say, "The princess heard that Miss Gao Zhaorong's piano skills are also first-class, and I want to ask Miss Gao Zhaorong to come up and play a song for the princess." ”
Suddenly hearing my name, I looked at the princess in a panic.
The princess looked at me peacefully, as if waiting for me to go up.
Eyes moved to her side, and when I saw the emperor sitting, Yuan Gongzi looked at me with a smile.
I froze.
Yuan Gongzi turned out to be the emperor, I only found out at this time.
In Yangcheng, he and Ji Yu knew each other, so I should know that he must be a noble child, but I don't want to be the emperor of the dynasty.
I looked around, and everyone looked at me, and maybe some people didn't know me at all, but just followed the princess's eyes.
The King of the North Sea also cast his gaze with a gloomy expression.
I was flustered, and I wondered if I could play the song well.
This is not the day in Youyuzhuang, only in front of Bai Rui and a few of them.
This is most of the famous and powerful people in most of the capital are watching me, as long as I have a little accident, the palace may spread throughout the whole Pingcheng.
I was overwhelmed and dumbfounded.
In a panic, I couldn't help but look at Bai Rui, who was looking at me and gave me a signal to go with confidence.
There was trust in his eyes.
The slave had already walked up to me and bowed to me slightly, "Miss Senior High, please." ”
I turned my head slightly to look at the emperor, who was drinking a glass of wine, as if he was not afraid of my mistake at all.
I took a deep breath, got up, straightened up, and walked up slowly.