Chapter 233: Night Encounter

The announcement sounded three times, and Huizhu had to get off Zhai Yu and abandon it to the main hall at the beginning of the lanterns. As soon as she entered the main hall, dozens β€”β€”β€”β€”or hundreds of eyes fell on her without hesitation; She could feel that this eye-catching gaze was different from the jealousy, disdain, and comparison in the past...... It was a kind of inquiring gaze, and even the burning heat of curiosity, which made her, who was used to getting along with women in the house, inevitably feel a little uncomfortable.

Hongli, who was helped by the first emperor, noticed Huizhu's nervousness, looked up and looked around, lifted his mouth, and comforted in a very low voice: "Eniang, Huang Ama did not go to burn incense with the queen mother today, so there are more men in the hall, but fortunately, almost all of them are from the royal family." ”

Huizhu didn't listen to it, as soon as he heard this, the original ostrich mentality could not continue, barely suppressed the flushing of his cheeks, and with the support of the two emperors on the left and right, he walked generously to the throne, and was about to bow down, when he heard a low voice above and said coldly: "Concubine Xi, your foot injury is inconvenient, don't salute." Listening to Yinzhen's cold tone, Huizhu couldn't help but feel numb for a while, drooped her eyelids, thanked Wei Yifu, turned around in a hurry, ignored the hot pain on the wound on the soles of her feet, and sat down on the east seat of Yinzhen in three steps and two, and lowered her head low, as if she could block everyone's gaze.

As Huizhu sat down, if the big hall resumed the enthusiasm of the first meeting, all the imperial ministers looked away, three or three two together, you talk freely, from time to time there are a few words of response from Yinzhen, the scene is not because the female family did not sit in the seat, and it seems cold.

There was laughter in the silent hall for a while, Huizhu felt a little relieved in her heart, and then she still felt funny, thinking about the life of the Qing Dynasty in the past few decades, she has subtly changed her, and the feudal etiquette has unconsciously poured into her bones, she will actually feel embarrassed for the eyes of the opposite sex to explore, thinking that it is abrupt for her to appear on the table with only men.

Thinking about it for a while, he didn't feel calm, raised slightly, looked at the clan seat in the middle of the west, glanced at Hongli who was frequently and significantly worried, and looked at his feet again, and lightly opened his lips and said "nothing" in a silent voice, Fang Cai looked back with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but suddenly felt that his body was very cold, like an ice knife scraping, cold and cautious, subconsciously met his gaze, and immediately bumped into the yin owl eyes that seemed to be dazzling.

Huizhu was stunned in her heart, secretly said that it was not good, and hurriedly raised her eyebrows and smiled, but the person in the upper position seemed to have never seen it, put aside his eyes, held the wine glass, and drank it with his neck up. The smile on Huizhu's face couldn't help but freeze, a little sneering, and she sat on the seat with a dignified smile and decent demeanor, quietly playing the role of her imperial concubine.

After another conversation, the Wulanala clan led a group of female dependents back to the banquet, and brought the large moon cakes weighing about ten catties prepared for the moon worship and cut them into several pieces, together with small moon cakes, "lotus reunion melons" (watermelons), fresh fruits, etc., and gave them to the concubines and concubines, the royal family of the clan, the civil and military courtiers, etc.; For a time, the palace banquet entered the Gao Yu Dynasty.

Huizhu looked at the dazzling variety of food in front of the table, especially all kinds of moon cakes, Rao is that she has seen a lot in her previous life, and the types of moon cakes presented in front of her now are not far behind. There are sesame oil puff pastry mooncakes made with sesame oil and flour, there are also custard mooncakes made with refined cream and flour, and mooncakes made with lard and noodles. The fillings are also very rich, including sugar filling, fruit filling (candied fruit and preserved fruit), chengsha, jujube filling, and sesame, pepper, salt and salt filling.

However, although it is a single seat, you can also enjoy a variety of moon cakes and pastries gathered from all over the world; If it were normal, Huizhu would definitely taste them one by one and taste the food customs of the north and south of the country.

However, tonight with the stars, the wine and food are on the table, and the words and laughter are heard during the banquet, and she has no interest at all. After all, there is an eagle law that sweeps from time to time, revealing this person's displeasure; There are still jealous and defensive eyes around, and it seems that no matter how good the attitude is, it is also disturbed by the eyes of the slaughter.

Huizhu was a little embarrassed, she couldn't drink alcohol with a foot injury, not to mention this osmanthus brew with the effect of invigorating blood and invigorating qi, unless she wanted her foot injury to heal for a long time, she could drink a cup. Thinking like this, Huizhu made up her mind and said with a smile: "Concubine Ning's kindness, this palace understands it, but it's just ......"

The words were exhausted, and they were interrupted by a just right light cough, everyone heard the sound and looked sideways, and saw that the Nian of the west seat covered his mouth with a brocade and coughed a few times, picked up the wine glass, shook it lightly in his hand, and said with a light expression: "This wine is the season of fragrant osmanthus in August, select the flowers to be released, make wine, enter the altar and seal it for three years, and it is completed." The smell is fragrant, and the entrance is mellow. Sister Xi Concubine can eat a few cups, which is also an elegant thing. With that, he drank the wine in his hand. Xu was in a hurry, and as soon as he entered his mouth, there was a burst of coughing, which made his long-term sick sallow face flushed, adding a bit of delicate demeanor.

Nian's drinking with illness, she couldn't shirk anymore, she said "very good" lightly, and simply raised her glass and drank. The pale yellow osmanthus brewed into the heart and spleen, and a cool and fragrant feeling came, and I couldn't help but take a few more glances at Nian's. sighed in his heart, even if Nian's illness eliminated a lot of grace, the elegance of talent and elegance in his body is difficult to fade.

Wu Yashi, who was resentful on the side, saw that Huizhu would first drive Zhai Dian, which would be respectful to everyone, and his heart was sour, thinking of her desolate situation since the death of Concubine De in the past three months, the original reason was suddenly dissipated by strong jealousy. He stood up suddenly, raised his wine glass, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "Array, you suddenly injured your foot last night, and the emperor even rushed there, and today you used Zhai Dian to travel, how cheap are these." Therefore, the concubine also toasts you with a cup, and wishes you a speedy recovery of your foot injury. ”

Huizhu frowned, and before she could answer, the Li family, who was sitting in the second seat in the west, also raised her glass and said: "The concubine is also curious that Concubine Xi is injured strangely and is sick suddenly, but this does not affect the concubine's heart for Niangniang. Therefore, on the day of the festival, I wish my mother Kang Tai Jin'an. Li's words fell sonorously, and in an instant, they reached the ears of the noble lady who listened attentively, and everyone thought of Zhai Dian from the foot injury, and they were all clear in each other's eyes.

The sudden change in the atmosphere, Huizhu saw it in her eyes, and it was not surprising that she was on the opposite side of the Li family, and the Nian family and Geng family stayed out of the matter, but their eyes were smiling; took a deep breath and thought: This Zhai Dian really hindered the eyes of too many people, and it was rare for them to target her with a tacit understanding regardless of their previous suspicions. However, I wanted to think about it with irony in my heart, but I still couldn't fall down in front of everyone, so I took the glass of wine and wanted to drink it.

The Wulanala clan sat on the top seat, and took the rivalry between the people into their eyes, but it was not like usual, and he spoke early as Huizhu's help, and when everyone glanced at Huizhu with puzzled eyes, Fang put down the wine cup, wiped the corners of his mouth, and wanted to say something, but was preempted by Yinzhen on the side, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Yinzhen's eyes swept towards Huizhu lightly, and her thin lips spit out slightly reprimanding words: "Concubine Xi, stop in moderation, don't be greedy for a cup." Come on, replace it. After hearing this, everyone's eyes flashed, and their eyes at Huizhu were also a little deeper. The palace maid who was waiting behind her saw everyone's eyes at first glance, and shrank back to the back.

Huizhu was stunned, and then reflected, put down the wine glass that had been placed on her lips, held the new clear water, smiled at the Li family and Wu Ya family, and drank it with water instead of wine. Then he put aside the wine glass, faced the upper position, got up and thanked him: "The concubine Xie Emperor reminds you that you must remember it in your heart."

Yinzhen was stunned, dried by Huizhu, turned his head, raised his glass to worship the eunuch's intentions, and immediately rang the bell, everyone in the hall heard the sound, held the cup with both hands, and toasted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Yin Zhen nodded, and after everyone drank, they also drank it all, and then moved to leave first.

Because of Yinzhen's retreat, the courtiers and princes in the palace ordered the women to be less restrained, and everyone talked about sex and alcohol, and Xi Yang set off another high dynasty. The harem concubines were not very happy with Yinzhen leaving in advance, and they were already excited, but seeing that the Wulanala clan was still smiling and chatting with the wives, it was not easy to say goodbye and leave.

Huizhu is the same, he could have left with a foot injury, but the foot injury has attracted everyone's suspicion, and today's limelight is too much, which has attracted too much attention, and it is not easy to specialize, so he retired and left before the Ulanara clan; If so, she had to endure the pain in her feet and continue to stay on the mat patiently.

I didn't want to do it at this time, just when Huizhu cheered up and was about to deal with everyone with a smile, but she heard the Wulanala clan say with concern: "Sister Xifei, the wine has passed thirty years, and you hurt your foot again, I'm afraid I'm tired today, sister should go back to Jingren Palace to rest earlier." After saying this, everyone responded, and most of the women wanted to curry favor with Huizhu, so they expressed their concern and agreed.

Huizhu didn't want to talk too much about her foot injury, and she didn't want to brush off the kindness of the Ulanala clan, so she happily agreed, got up from her position, tried to avoid everyone's sight, and quietly left.

Sitting on Zhai Yu, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and the next moment he was replaced with a tired application. Xiao Ranzi on the side saw it in his eyes, thinking that Huizhu's feet hurt badly, so he said: "The princess has already retired and gone back, and the master has fallen asleep when he returns to the palace, anyway, there is no one on the road, so it is better to replace the bottom of the flower pot, thinking that it will be better to reduce fatigue." ”

Following Xiao Ranzi's words, she looked down at her feet, the fatigue and pain caused by this foot injury were temporary, but everyone's thoughts were the real source of her fatigue, but fortunately, there was no palace banquet in the past month, otherwise she would have collapsed if she came a few more times. Thinking about it in my heart, I couldn't help but feel relieved, and when I saw that there was no one around, I agreed to Xiao Ranzi's suggestion, changed my shoes, and lay crookedly on the public floor without an image, feeling the gentle night breeze slowly coming, and closed my eyes.

Xiao Ranzi saw it clearly by the palace lamps on both sides of the palace corridor, and exclaimed: "Oh, master, why don't you say a word." No, no, when you go back to Jingren Palace, you have to announce that the imperial doctor will come over, but there is blood on the soles of your feet...... You don't feel like it's a pain...... Huizhu listened to Xiao Ranzi's nagging, turned over impatiently, muttered a few words of "numbness" and "bleeding a long time ago", and then hummed and chirped no longer to open her mouth, and Xiao Ranzi said to herself.

Xu is that the night is too charming tonight, the evening breeze is too soft, and she is too tired. Unconsciously, his consciousness gradually blurred, and he dimly felt that Zhai Yu had landed on the ground, and he heard a very cold voice say: "What a self-satisfied Concubine Xi." ”

In an instant, Hui Zhu was poured down by the cold water, and her mind was suddenly clear, and the habit she had developed over the years made her instinctively white, and she was busy getting up and saluting.

"Ah" oozing bloodied feet, touching the uneven pebble paved ground, immediately hurt the soles of her feet trembling, and her bare feet also crooked, falling straight to the ground.

Yin Zhen moved faster, and then his arms circled, wrapped around Huizhu's waist, and with a little bit, the person also fell into his arms; Sharp eyes narrowed, and when he caught a glimpse of the white silk stockings,

The thin lips drooped down slightly angrily, but the other hand wrapped around Huizhu's knees at the same time, and hugged the person horizontally.

"Ah" her feet suddenly left the ground, and the weightlessness was so shocked that Huizhu hurriedly wrapped it around Yinzhen's neck, panting slightly in fear. In the blink of an eye, I didn't know what to think of, so I hurriedly looked up and saw that this was a water pavilion passing through Jingren Palace, with many rockeries, surrounded by green and green, and Xiao Ranzi and other eunuchs and palace maids were also beaten far behind, and my heart was very peaceful. Only then did I realize that now she was being hugged by Yinzhen

In his arms, the bits and pieces of last night suddenly appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but feel a faint pleasure, and the corners of his mouth were bent unconsciously, and a red tide also appeared on his pale cheeks.

"In order to dress up a little bit to show off at the palace banquet, even if the foot injury is aggravated, I will see you willingly." With Yinzhen's cold accusation, it was Huizhu who was thrown heavily on Zhai Xing.

(I really couldn't update it yesterday, so I wrote 4ooo words to update it today...... Time is in a hurry, and I write in a panic...... Ask for a ticket

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