Chapter 301: Penglai Night Banquet
Rong Yunxi was completely speechless, just hold it like this, as long as he doesn't move.
After a short time, King Chen fell asleep. This time, he was really asleep, and Rong Yunxi could hear the sound of his breathing while he was asleep. And, a dream saying: "Morning and evening sleep you ......"
Hearing this, Rong Yunxi really wanted to call him up and beat him up......
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During the banquet in the Penglai Palace of Weiyang Palace, the prince's illness was indeed cured as scheduled. With his beloved concubine, he got out of the carriage in high spirits.
It happened that King Chen's carriage stopped behind the carriage of the Prince's Mansion, and the prince stopped and waited for King Chen.
As soon as he saw the prince, King Chen smiled and said, "My eldest brother has been sick for the past two days, but he missed a great thing!" ”
"Oh? What's the good thing? ”
"Yesterday, I was the east, and I invited the fourth child to go to the Red Sleeve Workshop! Don't look at the small place, but the girls there really live up to their reputation, one by one beautiful! ”
"The third child, you're not kind, so wait for the palace, let's go together! You only invite the fourth child and don't invite the palace, isn't it favoritism? The prince laughed.
"Isn't that a wait-in-waiting! It's a big deal to invite the eldest brother to go another day to make amends to the eldest brother. King Chen said.
The two brothers laughed and entered the Weiyang Palace affectionately.
Rong Yunxi and Qin Yingyue followed behind, just looked at each other lightly and nodded, but didn't say anything.
Rong Yunxi knew that King Chen must be calculating the prince again. That dancing Ji Linlang has been brought back by Zhuojiu, but I don't know where to take it. Seeing that it was about to reach the end of the year, Rong Yunxi felt that King Chen would definitely make a move, no, it had already begun.
Originally, the trivial matter of the singer and dancer being expelled in King Chen's mansion was just passed on by the big guy for a while. But after such a long time, there are still rumors in Kyoto City that King Chen fell in love with a dancing girl in the palace, and he couldn't love it, so he dismissed everyone in anger. Although it was not as popular as when it first happened, it was spread sporadically, and the prince must have known about it.
If there are still many people preaching about it, then there is a problem. It's just spread so sporadically, and occasionally someone mentions it, so the prince naturally doesn't think much about it.
If you guess correctly, Linlang must have been brought to the Red Sleeves by King Chen. Otherwise, there would be no better opportunity to give people to the crown prince.
Penglai Hall is in the southeast of the Imperial Garden, because it is not a family banquet, today to the banquet, not only several princes and princesses of the royal family, but also many ministers in the court.
Because it is close to winter, and the Penglai Palace is much more spacious than the Yuhua Pavilion, all the seats are located in the Penglai Palace. It is also set up separately and sitting, starting from the main position in the middle, and lined up on the left and right in turn. There is a large open space in the middle for singing and dancing.
The dignitaries of the court and the princess, as well as the concubines and envoys of the Lei Kingdom who were invited to come, sat in the front rows on the left and right, and the rest of the ministers lined up on both sides of the hall along with the official positions. There were fifty or sixty people at the banquet, but fortunately, the Penglai Hall was very large, and it didn't seem to be crowded, and even when you looked at it, it still made people feel empty.
In addition to the queen who sat in the middle with the emperor at the banquet, there were also imperial concubines, concubines, and the newly promoted Zhao Zhaoyi.
King Ling is not in Kyoto City, so it is naturally inconvenient for King Ling to come to the palace. Only the people from the Prince's Mansion, the Chenwang Mansion and the Jingwang Mansion came, and they still didn't see King Yu.
The five princes of this wind country, whether in the people, in the court, or in the royal family, seem to be an invisible existence, and they are deliberately ignored in all occasions and all their words.
Under the throne where the emperor and the queen sit, the first one on the left is the imperial concubine, the first one on the right is the prince, the prince is Lei Qianliu, the prince of Lei Kingdom, and King Chen sits under the imperial concubine, followed by the third from the right King Jing, the third from the left is Concubine Hui, the fourth from the right is the two princesses, the fourth from the left is the prince of Zhenguo, and the fifth from the right is the new Zhao Zhaoyi.
Under the prince of Zhenguo are Song Sheng, the Taifu of the Lei Kingdom, and an envoy, Qin Yu, the prime minister of the Feng Kingdom, and Zhao Hongru, the Taishi.
It is really inappropriate to set the position of the prince of Lei Guo in the second position from the right. On this occasion, the practice is to respect the guest. But the emperor also had an explanation for this, so that the crown prince of Lei Guo would not be able to hang on his face, and Lei Qianliu would have nothing to say.
By the time everyone was seated, the dishes were ready. The emperor and the queen came in from the apse, and as soon as they sat down, they smiled at Lei Qianliu and said, "The palace people led the prince to sit in this position, but they really wronged the prince." But because my concubine was also present, it was not good for the prince and my concubine to sit opposite each other, nor for the prince and my concubine to sit next to each other, and considering that the two sons of the prince and my were of the same age, they would be able to talk happily when they sat together. The queen made such an arrangement, and I also agreed. I hope the prince won't be too careful. ”
"How dare you? Xiao Wang just wanted to get acquainted with a few brothers in the Wind Country. Lei Qianliu said with a smile.
The words were very respectful, but he did not salute the emperor, and he was also arrogant.
The emperor naturally couldn't have anything to do with him, raised his glass, and said with a smile: "In this way, the distant guests and ministers of the Lei Kingdom don't have to be restrained......
Everyone also raised their glasses with the emperor, and when the emperor took a sip, he raised his head and drank all the wine in the cup, which was regarded as a feast.
The wine glass was put down, and Song Taifu of the Lei Kingdom stepped forward and bowed to the Emperor of the Wind Country, not kneeling, and said some words of dedication. got the emperor's permission, so he asked the two attendants waiting outside the Penglai Hall to send the meeting gift to the wind country.
There aren't many things, but they can barely get on the table. It is a thousand-year-old ginseng plant on the mountain of Lei Guo, and a purple gold ornament of a flying dragon.
When the prince saw it, although this purple gold ornament looked not small, it occupied twice as much area as his purple gold bodhisattva, but because it was a flying dragon and a slender sculpture, it might not be as heavy as his purple gold bodhisattva.
Fortunately, he sent the purple gold Bodhisattva to his father in advance, otherwise if he left it at home without authorization, it would be a big crime to be found and reported to his father one day.
But even so, the purple gold bodhisattva at home can only be received in the treasury, and it must not be placed on the surface.
The emperor smiled at Lei Guo's gift, and without looking at it carefully, he asked Li Zhonggui to send two little eunuchs to take down this gift and put it in the warehouse.
is not just a polite greeting, Lei Qianliu still behaves decently, and the legendary temper is rude and irritable, which is not shown at all today.
And because he had a bad idea in his heart, he didn't directly ask the emperor for marriage at this palace banquet, and he didn't even show courtesy to the two princesses, and he didn't even look at it twice.
At the night banquet, Lei Qianliu and the crown prince didn't talk much, but talked more with King Jing next to him, and they didn't bother to dance, as if they could talk quite well. As for the prince, it's just a normal conversation, polite and decent. Because of the singing and dancing in the middle of King Chen, it was inconvenient to come over, but he also raised a glass to King Chen a few times.
A lively but extremely boring night dinner, Rong Yunxi felt a little sleepy when it ended. Later, when he talked to King Chen about the Yuhuatai Palace banquet, Rong Yunxi really sweated. With the lesson of last time, this time, I didn't dare to bring Chu Xia into the palace again, but brought Yunshang and Zhiqiu.
The palace banquet was dispersed, and after responding to the greetings of the ministers, he walked in Yongxiang, and King Jing chased after him in three steps and two steps. directly ignored his third brother, and asked Rong Yunxi in a low voice across his third brother: "Third sister-in-law, why didn't you come in early summer?" Is it sick? ”
After speaking, he also muttered: "The weather has not been very good recently, it has been hot and cold." ”
"It's not that she's sick, it's just that Zhiqiu hasn't seen the palace banquet yet, so take her to see it." Rong Yunxi said lightly.
"Oh...... I just care, after all, everyone is a friend. King Jing explained.
Since the last incident, I haven't seen King Jing running to King Chen's mansion. It's been almost half a month, and Rong Yunxi still thinks that King Jing's thoughts about early summer have faded. But looking at the situation today, this is not the case. It is estimated that King Jing will not come for a while, just because they have been doing a lot of things in King Chen's Mansion recently, and they are just thinking of staying away from trouble.
Now it seems that King Jing is more sincere in early summer.
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There was nothing to say for a few days, and the palace was still quiet, whether it was Lu Caixi's side or Bo Xinlan's side, there was no trouble. Lei Qianliu handed over the post and invited King Chen, King Jing and the crown prince to go to the Lady's Workshop together, saying that he was a treat. Since it was the same invitation to several princes in Beijing, King Chen naturally had no need to shy away from it, and went out with him for a long time. On Lei Qianliu's side, there was no movement anymore.
After the banquet in Weiyang Palace, I waited for six days before waiting for a post in the prince's mansion, saying that I was inviting King Chen, King Jing and the two princesses to go to the prince's mansion the day after tomorrow to make Qin Yingyue's birthday.
Rong Yunxi looked down at the post in King Chen's hand, and said with a smile: "The prince is really good at finding the leader." ”
"This is not looking for the leader, but the birthday of the crown princess, which is the day after tomorrow. Winter Moon Thirteen. ”
Seeing King Chen's thoughtful look, Rong Yunxi smiled: "What's wrong?" Feeling sick? Otherwise...... You privately prepare a small gift for your Yue'er, and I will send it to you? It has to be the kind of thing that the crown princess knows at first sight that you gave it, but the prince can't find anything wrong. Think about it, think about it and tell me, I will definitely help. ”
King Chen slapped Rong Yunxi's mouth with the post in his hand: "If you don't taunt this king, can you die?" ”
"You can go crazy." Rong Yunxi said with a smile.
I thought to myself, I can't blame me, who made you make that affectionate expression? I'm kind enough to help you, but I can't get a good deal out of it?
King Chen weighed the post in his hand and sighed with feeling: "Now someone has made a birthday for her." ”
Rong Yunxi was a little curious and asked, "When you were good with her before, how did you make her birthday?" ”
"What do you mean when I'm on good time with her?" Speaking of this, King Chen was still a little depressed, "I haven't been there." At that time, I was stupid, just like a friend. She didn't say her birthday, and this king forgot to ask and didn't give it to her. ”
"Oh......" Rong Yunxi replied, a smile unconsciously on her face.