Chapter 14: The Feast
Wen Tanrong, as the prime minister's grandson', is a good one.' In addition to the other little ladies of the Wen family, there is also a Gao Sixteen Lang Gao Yin, who is the youngest son of Gao Xianling, although he is the same age as Zhuo Zhaojie, but from the fifth lady's side, he is a generation older than Zhuo Zhaojie, another Mu San Niangzi who was born in Shao Guo's mansion, has a bright name and phoenix eyes, and has bright teeth and Zhu 'lips', she is also the niece of the current crown princess - when Wen Tanrong introduced the last little lady, But seeing that this little lady got up first and saluted Ning Shaobi, she said, "Brother Jiu, are you here too?" ”
This little lady is about fifteen or sixteen years old, with pink face and red 'lips', willow eyebrows and almond eyes, wearing ginger 'color' upper widow and purple Qiluo skirt, tied to the bean green palace silk, wearing a flying fairy bun, and the hairpin ring is made of jasper 'jade', beautiful and pleasant, her eyes are soft, and her view is amiable. ”
The scene was suddenly suffocated, this little lady was also choked, Zhuo Zhaojie was surprised, but looking at Wen Tanrong and the others as a matter of course, Wen Tanrong smiled and said: "Sister Zhuo, this is the sister of the Ning family, ranked tenth." ”
Ning Qiniang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and took advantage of her topic to say: "My name is Xian Rong, and the words are slow. ”
"My name is Zhaojie, and I am the first year old." Zhuo Zhaojie suddenly realized why Ning Shaobi had a bad attitude towards this Ning Xianrong - Ning Shaobi said more than once that the contradiction between the Ning family's big house and the second room, although she was biased towards Ning Shaobi in her heart, but now she is not too rude in front of people, nodded politely, and greeted Ning Shi Niang.
After knowing each other in this way, Ruan Yunshu also happened to turn back with a purple-clothed young man with long eyebrows, and when he saw Ning Shaobi at a glance, they were all 'revealed' and surprised, and both stepped forward to salute Ning Shaobi, Ning Yaobi looked at them carefully, and then said slowly that there was no need to be polite - but his eyes were shining, and he couldn't stop looking at them, Ruan Yunshu and the purple-clothed young man were both inexplicable, and they both knew that Ning Shaobi was famous all over Chang'an and had nothing to do, and they both thought: How could this gentleman find this place today? Instead of being in the seat near Princess Yikang with Shi Wu and Chun Yu Thirteen?
While thinking about it, I couldn't help but look around, and I felt that the three tyrants in Beijing had changed their minds, did they want to take advantage of their own group of people at this 'spring' banquet? Are the other two ambushed somewhere?
Ruan Yunshu was suspicious, and was reminded by Wen Tanrong to find Zhuo Zhaojie, hurriedly greeted her, and introduced the purple-clothed young man as the Wen family's Xiaoshiro, that is, Wen Tanrong's brother Wen Bai. ”
Wen Tanrong smiled and said, "Which other Zhuo lady can it be?" ”
Seeing that Zhuo Zhaojie seemed puzzled, Wen Bai explained: "In the past two days, the sixth sister has been saying that she has met a Zhuo lady who returned to Chang'an from Jiangnan at Uncle Ruan's house, which can be called the country's 'color' Tianxiang, so our family is worried about wanting to see the beauty." He smiled again, "Although I know that the sixth sister never lies, I feel that it is worth the trip when I see it now." ”
Zhuo Zhaojie couldn't help but hide his sleeves and said, "Sister Wen loves to laugh!" ”
- She complained with a smile here, Ning Shaobi's face had already sunk down, and her eyes stared at Wen Bai very unkindly, Wen Bai was startled, and suddenly couldn't laugh, and said, "Is the son of the world also sitting here today?" ”
Ning Shaobi said coldly: "Why don't you really want this son to be here?" ”
Wen Bai couldn't help choking, Wen Tanrong hurriedly said: "Look at the copper leak over there, the 'spring' banquet is about to start, let's all sit down first." ”
Zhuo Zhaojie also secretly tugged Ning Shaobi's sleeve, which made Ning Shaobi's face 'pale' slow down a little, and sat next to her. Although Wen Tan Banyan is a round field, but it is also the truth, a moment later, sure enough, a team of Cai'e holding a golden basin, wearing a 'flower' butterfly also came up to serve the guests, and then there were "waiters" to present each table four "color" cold dishes, and the Fufang drink was removed, replaced with a number of wines, and those who could not drink were replaced with cheese drinks.
Then a team of musicians entered the forest, found a place to sit down in twos and threes, tuned the strings and auditioned, and prepared for the banquet.
For a banquet of this scale, Zhuo Zhaojie participated for the first time, and the princess was the master, and there were all officials and nobles, and there was no shortage of people in the clan, and they were also very curious.
But after seeing that the musician was in place, a clear bell sounded from the entrance of the forest garden in the distance, startling countless birds and birds in the forest.
Ning Shaobi saw that Zhuo Zhaojie's face was surprised, and he turned his head and explained softly: "This is the closing garden bell, the bell rings, and the garden 'door' is closed, which also means that the banquet is open." ”
Before he could finish speaking, the music paused.
The musicians scattered all over the Nu 'Spring' Garden are scattered, playing the welcome song together but it is harmonious, the music gradually converges in the whole garden, lining the forest birds that can't help but be frightened, and the team of Cai'e 'waiting' shuttles, which naturally makes people think of words like "prosperous peace, singing and dancing".
It was a pity for Zhuo Zhaojie that Princess Yikang and others did not pass by the place chosen by Wen Tanrong and others, and only saw the cui cover of the princess's honor guard from a distance from a distance.
Ning Shaobi saw Zhuo Zhaojie's regret, and laughed in a low voice: "Do you want to see Princess Yikang?" It's not difficult. ”
Zhuo Zhaojie smiled and said, "It's not ...... I thought the princess would go from here. ”
"You just arrived in Chang'an, and now you are still curious, after some time, the palace will give a banquet, the queen will summon you, and there will be more opportunities to see the prince and grandson, and I am afraid that you will only be troublesome when the time comes." Ning Yaobi tried to tease, but seeing that Zhuo Zhaojie only pursed his lips and smiled, he made up his mind, and secretly said that Zhuo Zhaojie's inexplicable turn of face this time should be in the past...... It was only at this moment that the mind really relaxed.
The princess's banquet, naturally inseparable from the word luxury, with the sound of music, a "refined" delicacies and flowing water also seem to come up, bear's paw deer tail, hump whale belly, these dishes are rare for ordinary people, but for most of the people who go to the banquet today, it is not surprising, Zhuo Zhaojie fosters a foreign family, affected by You Ruoheng, Ban's old age and light, although she is not picky, but Guanzhong dishes, compared to Jiangnan, are really greasy, a little moved and lost interest.
Ning Shaobi immediately noticed it, turned his head and commanded Luan Nu a few times, and soon after, Luan Nu quietly brought a food box over, and Ning Shaobi said softly: "You can taste it here...... Tell them to withdraw for you. ”
The food box brought by Luan Nu was filled with several plates of light Jiangnan-style side dishes, all of which were full of 'color' and fragrance, and the bottom was full of washed cherries - Zhuo Zhaojie had already smiled slightly when he saw the side dishes, and he was even more surprised when he saw the cherries: "Are there cherries now?" "The cherry tastes good, the color is beautiful, few people don't like it, and the bright red crystal fruit sets off the green stalk in this "spring" day of the forest is really more "tempting" and "confused" than the red agate, how to look at how to have an appetite, at the moment on the case of those humps, bears and deer are precious, but compared with it is to make people have enough appetite.
Before Ning Shaobi could answer, Zhuo Zhaojie had happily picked up a cherry, watching her slender and tender fingers gently pick up the cherry, the beautiful 'jade' brilliance was incomparable to the bright white lined with the bright 'bright' fruit like blood, in the shade of the green 'spring' forest, there was no more gorgeous existence than this scene, he couldn't help but see God.
"The lady doesn't know, this is produced in Cuiwei Mountain, they used a special method, and there are more than a dozen cherry trees that have always ripen much earlier." Luan Nu suddenly opened his mouth and replied, "So it's not much, the princess only plans to give a few seats today, and this is what the prince specially asked the little one to get for the lady." ”
Zhuo Zhaojie glanced at Ning Shaobi with shame and disgust, and blamed: "Why bother? It's not much, and it's going to be like this......" said so, but the sweetness in the tone can be heard even by nerds.
Ning Shaobi smiled and said, "What is this?" No matter how little there is, others can't use it, so it can't be without you. ”
After Zhuo Zhaojie happily began to taste the side dishes, Ning Shaobi turned his head and asked Luan Nu in a low voice: "Didn't this Shizi ask you to get the side dishes that had been prepared a long time ago?" What's going on with this cherry? ”
Luan Nu whispered: "When the little one went to get the food box according to the appointment with Shichen before, Shichen said that after Shigoro woke up just now, he remembered to make up for it...... Today, only the princess and the king of Jin, the king of light, and more than a dozen seats can get cherries, so that a special copy is reserved for Zhuo Niangzi, which is also the icing on the cake. ”
Ning Shaobi nodded with satisfaction: "This kid has a heart...... However, it is very suspicious that he suddenly took the initiative to get drunk today! Don't think that you can 'mix' the past in this way, and you still want him to give a reasonable explanation when you look back! ”
Then he asked, "Did Shi Wu say anything else?" ”
Luan Nu coughed lightly and whispered: "Shi Wulang said, since the cook has made Zhuo Qi Niangzi's dish greasy today, so that the Jiangnan side dishes prepared by the prince can come in handy, this thoughtfulness has been shown, and the next step is to let the cook restore his original skills...... After all, Zhuo Qi Niangzi came to the banquet, but she couldn't eat it every time, and the princess couldn't afford to lose this face, not to mention that a meal was considerate, and Zhuo Qi Niangzi would inevitably be suspicious or in a bad mood...... After all, isn't Zhuo Qi Niangzi going to stay for a few days this time? ”
Ning Shaobi glanced at Zhuo Zhaojie and whispered, "Then what's next?" ”
"Don't worry." Luan Nu lowered his voice and said, "Shi Wulang said that he has already told the 'waiter' and 'girl' who served the food, and the next time the dish is served, he will tell Zhuo Niangzi that it is the prince who is going to tell the cook to make it especially according to Zhuo Niangzi's taste." ”
"Not bad, not bad!" Ning Shaobi smiled, "But there are other things?" ”
This time, Luan Nu's voice was lower: "Fang Cai Zhuo Ba wanted to come over to find Zhuo Niangzi, and Shi Wulang personally managed to drag him down...... The two little ladies of the Chun Yu family were asking the few Zhuo Niangzi who stayed over there, what is the relationship between the prince and Zhuo Qi Niangzi......
Ning Shaobi frowned and let go, and said: "It's nothing, anyway, this son is going to ask his grandmother to propose ......marriage recently," he groaned for a while, and said, "But these people are too talkative, I'm afraid that Zhaojie will be blamed by Minping Hou when he goes back, you go and tell Sister Chunyu not to talk more, otherwise this Shizi will make people spread rumors, saying that they have admired Shi Wu for many years, but they are chasing Shi Da Niang by being interested in Wu Luo - the purpose is actually to be able to marry Shi Wu together!" Oh, I also told the little ladies of the Zhuo family! ”
“…… Be! Luan Nu silently swallowed a mouthful of blood for Chun Yu Sang Ruo and the others.
He was about to leave, but Ning Shaobi said again, "Wait! There are also the two Lang Jun of the Zhuo family, tell them - go back and dare to talk 'nonsense', and take a step out of the Minping Marquis Mansion in the future, and this prince will guarantee that they will go back sideways! ”
Luan Nu weakly reminded: "But Shi Wulang said that in front of Zhuo Qi Niangzi, the prince must remain elegant, calm, gentle, and pay attention to manners......"
"Isn't that what this son did?" Ning Shaobi asked rhetorically, "In front of Zhaojie, where is this son not elegant and calm?" When is it not graceful? ”
“…… But if Zhuo Qi Niangzi knows the son, you are to her cousins! Luan Nu's words were interrupted by Ning Shaobi - the Hou Shizi of Yongcheng said contemptuously and categorically: "Then hit them until they dare not tell Zhaojie!" ”
Seeing that Luan Nu seemed to have a 'color' that he didn't like, Ning Shaobi added another sentence, "As long as Zhaojie doesn't see it and doesn't know, this son will always be elegant, calm, and gentle, as long as Zhaojie sees it, as for others, does this son need them to like it?" Don't be wordy, how did it before, now, hurry up and arrange it! Don't let this son '' my heart! ”
…… Well, the determination of the prince of the world has always been undoubted, Shijia Golangjun, the one hundred taels of snow 'flower' silver you promised the small one is not a small one who does not do his best, but the prince of the world is too strong, and the small persuasion is in vain!
…… Since the prince thinks that all the ungraceful, uncalm, and ungentlemanly things that Zhuo Qi Niangzi didn't see can't be counted, and insists on the consistent way of solving, that ...... Shigoro, it seems that you hope that Yu Shizi will choose not to retaliate against you, at least not by force, because he wants to maintain the image of the so-called Zhuo Qi Niangzi's favorite elegance, calmness, and Sven that you have repeatedly emphasized...... Seem...... There is little hope......
Shigoro, you ...... Seek more blessings......
Luannu, who silently mourned for the one hundred taels of silver he had lost, sighed deeply......