Chapter 13: The Palace Banquet
The carriage slowly moved towards the palace, and after nearly half an hour, it had already arrived in front of the palace gate. As soon as Li Yiyan got out of the car, he saw Cheng Mengxi waiting outside the car door, and the disgust in his eyes flashed.
Originally, Cheng Mengxi was also outstanding, and today Cheng Mengxi deliberately dressed up in order to attend the dinner in the palace, which made her even more radiant. It's just that after Li Yiyan saw Ning Yunxuan's appearance like a peony fairy descending to earth today, and then looked at Cheng Mengxi, he felt vulgar.
As soon as I got out of the car, two maids in green clothes came over with a tray, put the national peony skirt on the plate, and walked towards the palace.
Li Yiyan and Cheng Mengxi followed the father-in-law and walked towards the side hall where the palace banquet was held.
When I walked to the front of the palace, I heard my father-in-law's shrill summons: "King Rui has arrived, Princess Rui has arrived." Offering a national peony skirt, I wish the queen mother a long time, and she will always be as beautiful as a flower. ”
Li Yiyan took Cheng Mengxi into the main hall, and saw that on the main seat of the hall, Li Hanyu was sitting in bright yellow clothes, with a smile on his face.
On Li Hanyu's side, it is naturally the queen of the world, Zhang.
Li Yiyan took Cheng Mengxi to take a step forward and saluted Li Hanyu and said: "Brother see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the queen's mother, long live the queen." ”
Li Hanyu's gaze stopped on Li Yiyan, who was saluting, his eyes flashed slightly, but he still had a warm smile on his face: "Yiyan is flat." “
Li Yiyan got up, but the queen Zhang on the side opened her mouth and smiled: "This national peony skirt sounds good, King Rui has a heart." I just don't know what allusion there is to this dress? “
His eyes fell on the inconspicuous skirt under his eyes, and the lack in Li Yiyan's eyes was another face, the light in those eyes was shining, and the whole person was full of indescribable confidence.
Li Yiyan replied: "Back to the emperor's sister-in-law, this national peony skirt is based on a poem. Famous flowers love each other, and the king looks at it with a smile. Explain that the spring breeze is infinitely hateful, and the Xingyue Pavilion is leaning on the north of the Gangan. And this peony skirt looks unremarkable, but when worn on the body, it looks like a peony in full bloom, and it is beautiful. ”
Hearing what Li Yiyan said, Li Hanyu had already laughed aloud and said, "Such a rare national peony skirt in the world is worthy of the queen of Shangme." As he spoke, the emperor turned his face and looked at the queen with tenderness in his eyes and said, "Does the queen like it?" “
Hearing the beautiful words in Li Yiyan's poem, the queen's face was already smiling, and now it doesn't matter whether this dress is really as captivating as Li Yiyan said, the important thing is that in front of the emperor, she is already a peony and a mother in the world.
Seeing that the queen nodded, the smile on Li Hanyu's face became a little thicker: "Such a good gift, then it is a heavy reward for the Rui Wang and his wife, by the way, I have to reward the exquisite heart of this cloth-maker." “
Li Yiyan thanked him and began to sit aside to drink the feast.
The dinner in the palace is naturally an indispensable silk and bamboo song and dance, Li Yiyan quietly held the wine glass, but his eyes did not stay on the singing and dancing beauties in the hall.
Sitting opposite Li Yiyan was the prime minister of the dynasty and Ning Yunyu's father, Ning Zhengyuan, and beside Ning Zhengyuan, there was a woman in purple, with a delicate face, which was somewhat similar to Ning Yunyu.
This kind of dinner, from time to time, there will be officials to bring their daughters into the palace gate, and their intentions are naturally Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows about it, but I didn't expect that Ning Zhengyuan would be so impatient, and soon after the eldest daughter failed to enter the palace, she immediately began to be busy sending her second daughter?
With just a faint glance, Li Yiyan's gaze fell back on the wine glass in his hand, his sword eyebrows wrinkled without a trace, and there was a light of disgust in his eyes.
The purple-clothed woman's gaze had been on him for a long time. The daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion openly looked at the man like this at the dinner in the palace, could it be that the upbringing of the Prime Minister's Mansion was like this?
After three rounds of drinking, the emperor seemed to be a little drunk, said hello to the ministers slightly, and walked out of the hall in the name of sobering up.
Li Yiyan raised his eyebrows slightly, and sure enough, not long after, Ning Zhengyuan also walked out with the woman in purple.
"Hehe, this Ning Zhengyuan is really in a hurry to send his daughter to the palace, I'm afraid that this Ning Shishi's heart is not in the emperor, do you say yes, King Rui?" A slightly ridiculous voice sounded, Li Yiyan raised his eyes, his eyes were cold: "General Mo is so elegant, he actually likes to study this?" ”
Hearing the ridicule between Li Yiyan's words, Mo Li was not angry at all, but sat down directly at Li Yiyan's table, and the teasing smile on his face was even deeper: "King Fei Rui can't see it, so Ning Shishi has a crush on you?"
Hearing this, Li Yiyan raised his eyebrows slightly, took a sip of the wine glass in his hand, and spit out four words: "What do you have to do with me." ”
Li Yiyan's cold demeanor was also expected by Mo Li, so Mo Li just smiled and didn't say anything more.
Not long after, Li Hanyu and Ning Shishi walked in front and back, and Li Hanyu had an unexplained smile on his face.
Mo Li raised her eyes slightly, met Li Yiyan's eyes, and showed a regretful expression, but there was a joke in her expression that could not be hidden.
Seeing that Li Hanyu was back, the ministers naturally complimented him again, and after some staggering, the dinner party finally ended.
Cheng Mengxue was left in the palace by the queen because of her meritorious service in offering a national peony skirt. In this regard, Li Yiyan naturally has no opinion.
Walking out of the main hall, Li Yiyan saw that Mo Li was still following him calmly, and couldn't help frowning: "You don't go back to your general's mansion?" ”
Mo Li raised her face with a look of pity: "There is no woman in the General's Mansion, where is the Rui Wangfu lively, I haven't seen your princess fight for a long time." After speaking, Mo Li saw that Li Yiyan's face instantly darkened, and hurriedly turned his head and continued: "I don't have something to discuss with you." ”
Li Yiyan's gaze paused on Moli's hippie smiling face, but he still didn't have a seizure after all.
When I walked to the east gate, I saw two people standing at the east gate, it was Ning Zhengyuan and Ning Shishi.
Seeing Li Yiyan and Mo Li approaching, Ning Zhengyuan hurriedly arched his hand and said, "King Rui, General Mo." ”
Li Yiyan bowed slightly, which can be regarded as a return gift.
Mo Li smiled and said, "Prime Minister Ning, don't come unharmed." As he spoke, his eyes fell on Ning Shishi, "This is the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion?" “
Ning Zhengyuan heard Mo Li's words, and the smile on his face was meaningless: "General Mo, although the little girl is only the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion now, it may not be necessary in a few days." “
"Oh. Then congratulations to Prime Minister Ning and Miss Ning. Mo Li's face showed a look of understanding and smiled.
Hearing Mo Li's blessing, Ning Zhengyuan's smile became a little thicker. But it seemed that something suddenly came to mind, Ning Zhengyuan raised his face to look at Li Yiyan and said: "King Rui, since Ning Yunyu has already entered King Rui's mansion, there is King Rui's people over there, if she does something to hinder the eyes of the princess and princess, but it doesn't hurt to deal with it, the prince doesn't have to save face for the old man." “
Li Yiyan heard Ning Zhengyuan's words, but suddenly the proud look in Ning Yunyu's eyes sounded, since she was just an abandoned concubine, why did she still have such a proud look that others could not match. Moreover, seeing Ning Zhengyuan's attitude, Ning Yunxuan was probably just an abandoned chess piece, not placed in the Rui Wangfu by the emperor.
Li Yiyan said with a rare smile on his face: "Since you have entered my Rui Wang's Mansion, this king will naturally not be treated badly." “
Ning Zhengyuan chatted with Mo Li a few more words before leaving with Ning Shishi.
The two got into the carriage and sat down, Mo Li rarely lost the laughing look he had before, and looked at Li Yiyan, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, and said, "The one above may be going to do something to me." “
Li Yiyan didn't open his eyes, but just opened his lips and said indifferently: "A young general with heavy troops is invincible, so it is naturally extremely normal to do something to you." “
Seeing Li Yiyan like this, Mo Li's face showed a desolate look: "Although I have long been ready to give up the right to send troops, but at the moment, except for you, no one in the court has the ability to lead troops to fight." If you let it go, you will be disregarding the lives of so many soldiers. “
Hearing the desolation in Mo Li's semantics, Li Yiyan finally opened his eyes: "If you don't worry that the lives of the soldiers are in the hands of others, then take back the military power as soon as possible." “
Mo Li looked at the resolute look in Li Yiyan's eyes, and finally didn't say anything more.
As the carriage approached the downtown area, there was a sudden commotion.
This kind of excitement attracted Mo Li's attention, Mo Li opened the curtain of the carriage and asked the driver who was driving the carriage: "Why is it so lively outside?" “
When the coachman heard that it was the general who inquired, he was naturally more attentive, and hurriedly replied: "Three days ago, I came here to give the girl a stone and sell it." ”
"Stones? Is that stone anything special? Mo Li couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and asked.
When the coachman heard this, he smiled: "General Mo asked that the stone is not only nothing special, but even similar to an ordinary stone. But you said that this was also a coincidence, on the first day everyone said that the girl was stupid, but the girl came for three days in a row, and not only did some people start bidding to buy it, but even one higher than the other. Now some people even pay a tael of gold to buy a stone. “
Listening to the incomprehension in the coachman's words, Mo Li raised his eyebrows and smiled, then turned his face to Li Yiyan in the carriage and asked, "Why don't we get out of the car and take a look?" “
Yang Mei sat on the street, with the stone from three days ago still in front of her, but to her surprise, this stone was really bought by someone, not only the price was getting higher and higher, but there were even people willing to spend a tael of gold to buy it. These two pieces of gold are enough for ordinary people for a year.
Although she was moved, Yang Mei still shook her head, because Ning Yunyu said that she could only sell it for one or two silver in the end.
Stepping out of the carriage, Li Yiyan saw Yangmei in the center of the crowd through the crowd from a distance, Yangmei squatted in the middle with a timid face, and there was the sky-high stone in front of her.
This matter turned out to be designed by Ning Yunxuan! Li Yiyan's eyebrows were slightly raised, and a trace of anger suddenly surged in his heart, not only because of her misdeeds, but also because now, he felt that he couldn't control her.
Li Yiyan was about to step forward, but seeing that Mo Li had already walked out one step ahead of him, Li Yiyan's steps forward paused, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.
Because of Mo Li's entry, the crowd that was originally gathered separated by a gap.
The people in the capital are naturally eye-catching, and the young man in front of him, the white brocade robe embroidered with dark lines, although the style is simple, but the materials are really good. What's more, Mo Li herself has an extraordinary bearing, sword eyebrows, and a loose body. This kind of bearing is not something that can be born from any small family.
Mo Li slowly walked in front of Yangmei, with a charming smile on her handsome face: "How about buying this stone for fifty taels of gold for this son?" ”