Chapter 367: Pretending to be stupid
Li Tai returned to the front hall, the sound of singing and dancing was still the same, as soon as he entered the hall, his eyes fell on the main banquet due north from the bodies of several dancing girls, where the single seat was occupied by a prince leaning on the desk, dressed in a blue and brown crown.
"Haha, fourth brother, come quickly, I've been waiting for you for my brother for a long time!"
Li Tai walked unhurriedly to the main banquet under the secret scrutiny of the guests, made a shallow bow to Li Chengqian according to the rules, and sat down in the vacant seat beside him.
"Fortunately, the palace came early, before your crown ceremony," the corners of Li Chengqian's lips were raised, if he didn't know, he should have a good relationship with Li Tai, "Today is the big day of your birthday, and the palace is also here with gifts, although it is not as heavy as the garden of my father, but it is also difficult to find." ”
In a word, the people below heard a little jealousy, but at the same time, they were also curious about the gifts he brought.
"The prince is polite." Ah Sheng knelt beside Li Tai, and listening to his tone, he knew that his master was not in a good mood at this time.
Li Chengqian laughed again, then turned his head to the dancing girl in the field, waved his hand impatiently, and said, "Go back, what is dancing, I look at it with annoyance." ”
The dancers stopped dancing and knelt on the ground one after another, but they didn't leave, until Li Tai raised his hand and signaled Ah Sheng to let them retreat, they all left in a hurry, and the embarrassment on Li Chengqian's face flashed, and then he coughed twice, slapped his face three times, and said:
"Someone!"
I saw a group of men rushing into the field, looking at the clothes and appearances, they were all literati and ink writers, and the guests wondered, I don't know what the prince is making trouble about, how can these old men be given as gifts?
Their doubts were quickly answered, and after the group of men had visited Li Tai from afar, Li Chengqian said:
"These 17 people are famous and talented people recruited by the palace from all over the world for the fourth brother, and tonight I will borrow your birthday to give you a gift, hoping to help you write the "Kun Yuan Lu", so that your father will entrust this errand to you."
Co-author, this is sending someone to rob the author of the book! It's really timely, it's called a birthday gift, that is, many people know the meaning of the prince, but how can Li Tai refuse, a refusal is rude, and a refusal is a fall, I really don't know who gave this idea to the prince.
"Thank you, Prince." Li Tai's reaction was extremely flat, and as soon as he raised his hand to show Ah Sheng, he raised his voice and said:
"Come on, add a banquet, and lead the seat!"
Hearing this, the prince's eyes flashed a touch of pride, and he picked up the wine glass to salute Li Tai, and the palace changed a group of dancing girls on the stage.
After a dance, watching midnight approach, only to stop singing and dancing, the special official of the Ministry of Rites held the crown dress, under the attention of the public, the emperor's cousin, Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, personally took off the golden top for Li Tai, added the bright moon five-bead crown, wore the golden purple clothes, and another speech, Fang Cheng crown ceremony.
"I wish His Royal Highness the King of Wei a long and blessed life."
Three hundred guests in a hall, except for some special status, have left the table, towards the palace of the golden wisps of purple clothes of the figure bowed, this young King Wei at the moment heroic, canopy everyone, the girl in the banquet or peek or peep, few do not show admiration.
"No courtesy." Li Tai crossed his hands in his sleeves, and was alone, scanning the worshippers, leaners, silent people, and admirers in the hall, and there was a trace of imperceptible look in his eyes, as if he was shallow and lonely, but soon, he returned to the ancient well.
All the guests returned to the table, but Du Chuke, who was the governor of the Wei Palace, stood up and said:
"Your Highness, the hibiscus flowers in Beiyuan are in full bloom, and the day after tomorrow is a good day, why not invite a few young ladies to enjoy the flowers?"
Here it comes! The main event is finally here! is called flower appreciation, but in fact, it is to circle the candidates for the concubine of King Wei, saying that there are several young ladies, then one or two of them must have Li Taiqing's eyes, and the others are to accompany them.
Hearing Du Chuke's words, most of the girls who had been waiting in the hall all night had their eyes lit up, and they turned their heads to look at Li Tai, who had already returned to their seats. Isn't it just such an opportunity for them to sit on the right seat that night?
was stared at by a pair of secretly eager eyes, but Li Tai didn't answer, and Ah Sheng, who was on the side, saw this, for fear that he would regret it temporarily, so he took a step forward, raised his voice, and said:
"Please, Miss Shangxixiu of the Young Mansion Supervisor Liu's Mansion, Miss Mingzhu of the Guozi Priest's Mansion of Lord Dongfang, and Miss An Ran of the Mansion of Lord Yin Deng of Jingzhao Mansion...... and Miss Ruonan, the palace of the Chinese scholar Lang Wang, was in Nanyuan to enjoy the flowers on the 11th. ”
Eight people in a row, who were named all got up one after another, and bowed to the main banquet in a look of envy or loss.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for the invitation."
The eldest grandson sisters at the banquet, one frowned, and the other looked gloomy. Changsun Xi held the wine glass in both hands, his eyes swept over the beautiful shadows standing in the banquet one by one, and he bit his red lips secretly, when he knew that this time the lord was mainly a marriageable woman, and it was said that he only chose a side concubine, she was only thirteen years old, and she was not yet a long time, and it was normal for the person who admired the flowers to have her in the name, but he still couldn't help but feel lost.
Li Tai tapped his index finger lightly on the wine glass, his eyes flashed slightly, he didn't know what he was thinking, he didn't call those young ladies, and only then did he raise his head and say:
"Please."
Almost at the same time, Du Chuke and Ah Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but the reasons for their relief were different.
A wine banquet, straight into the dawn, the guests of the Imperial Banquet Palace were drunk, poured down, some were helped to the apse to rest, some were still in the front hall to talk, when a white line rose in the east, the Furong Garden lit a night of blessing lanterns, and it was dark all the way.
In the apse, outside the door of a special room in the corner, there are two palace ladies who are leaning against the door frame and hanging their heads to sleep, on the oblique back soft couch in the room, the brocade quilt is curled up in a ball, with a low groan, there is gradually movement, after squirming, Fang poked out a messy head.
Yi Yu opened her eyes in a daze, sat up on her stomach with the quilt, looked at the fish white on the window paper, and after a while, she stretched out a hand from the quilt, slowly covered her mouth, and made a series of strange sounds in her throat, her two hazy eyes gradually brightened, and she leaned back on her slanted back, with her movements, the pouch around her waist loosened, and a blue porcelain vial fell out of it and fell on the couch, which was the half bottle of soul-calming pills that were shared with Lu Zhi yesterday.
The memories of last night's drunkenness rush into my mind one by one, and look at what stupid things she has done! didn't say anything about the coquettish with the strength of the wine, and hugged the man crying, not letting him marry a concubine!
No, no, that's not the point, the point is, it's the kiss!
Thinking of this, the palm of the hand that was covering Yuyu's mouth suddenly burned a little, causing her to quickly let go of her hand, but the heat still spread from her neck to her cheeks, obviously drunk, but the cold kiss was clearly scary in the memory.
Under what circumstances would a man kiss a woman - lust? Yi Yu lifted the quilt, looked at her slightly floating chest, the corners of her mouth twitched, and quickly shook her head to shake off this stupid thought, and the next moment another answer that came to mind made her brain, which was a little dull when she got up in the morning, explode!
Since it's not desire, then, that's like?
This realization made her heartbeat intensify indisputably, and the "pounding" was like tapping an ear drum, and the things that she couldn't understand before were somewhat obvious when she thought about it now...... Didn't he find out a long time ago that he treated her specially?
It's not like she's in unrequited love, is she?
In the two lives combined, there was no such experience, and he immediately covered his head and shrank himself back into the quilt, and did not hear the opening and closing of the door outside.
After Li Tai bypassed the screen, he saw a bulging mass on the couch, and his slightly tired face eased a lot, and he sat on the chair opposite the soft couch nearby, looking at the couch quietly, and did not make a sound.
About half a cup of tea later, the suffocated Yu Yu poked his head out of the quilt again, wrapped in the quilt and sat up, because of the direction, facing the window, it was his back to him, and he didn't find that there was another person in the room, looking at the sky outside the window, and muttered to himself:
"Hey... What to do, what to do? ”
Li Tai didn't rush to remind, his eyes were stained with a layer of pleasure, and he supported the side of his head with one hand and looked at her back.
Yi Yu's mind was completely sober at this time, and she was distressed again, between her and Li Tai, it was not a simple two likes to be able to finish things, there were too many messy things in between, not to mention far away, it was close, Li Tai planned to marry a side concubine, it was a taboo for her, Fang Qiao and Lu's marriage buried a shadow in her heart, she didn't want to be deeply involved in the inevitable struggle in the back house, a minister's family is still like this, a prince's mansion, how can it be peaceful?
Thinking of this, she felt a pang of annoyance in her heart, stretched out her two little hands to the top of her head, rubbed them indiscriminately, and howled in a low voice:
"Annoying, annoying!"
"What's annoying?" A familiar bass came from behind, and Yu Yu's complaints and movements stopped abruptly, and she turned her head suddenly, and saw the man sitting less than half a foot in front of the couch, with a pair of blue eyes, which made her heart calm down, and throbbed again.
Li Tai looked at her red fluttering little face and the black hair on the top of her head that was messed up like a bird's nest, and her mood suddenly improved, but there was still no special expression on her face, and she asked in a light tone:
"Why are you here?"
Yiyu was still a girl's heart "pounding", which showed his attitude and tone, and suddenly had doubts and dissatisfaction in his heart, how could he look at him like this, it seemed that he was drunk in this room last night, and it was not him who kissed her!
As everyone knows, it was she who was drunk and forgot things a few days ago.
"Naturally, I'm resting here, so why is Your Highness here?" Yi Yu neatly wrapped himself in the quilt again, and simply accompanied him to pretend to be stupid.
"This is my room."
Well, this is Lu Yao's fault, last night he resisted the drunken Yu out of the guest room, and only chose the most comfortable room for her to stay, but he didn't know that it happened to be Li Tai's special room in the Imperial Banquet Palace. (! )