Chapter 73: Qixi Palace Banquet (3)
Because of today's special day, the two of them have been carefully dressed up. Princess Yaohua is dressed in a pink palace dress, with a pink face and spring, looking delicate and lovely, while Princess Qionghua is wearing a lilac gauze skirt, looking demure and dignified, with a dusty temperament. The jewellery worn by the duo is luxurious and unassuming, showing the low-key luxury of the royal family.
Compared with the two of her, her dress can indeed be described as "shabby". Of course, she is also measured, and she has not lost her manners.
Hearing Princess Yaohua's unkind tone, Meng Yuanheng's face changed obviously, and he was about to go crazy on the spot, but was stopped by Shen Qianmo's eyes.
It's just a rude and willful little girl who doesn't know the height of the sky, why bother with her.
She saluted the two of them, and said in a flat tone: "I've seen Princess Yaohua, Princess Qionghua." The two princesses are naturally beautiful and beautiful, and the courtiers are ordinary, so it is naturally difficult to look at them. If there is any offense, please forgive the two princesses. β
When Princess Yaohua heard Shen Qianmo's compliments, she was heartbroken, and snorted coldly with her nostrils facing the sky, showing a little smugness. For Shen Qianmo's trick of four or two thousand catties, he was helpless for a while.
"Miss Shen is too modest, Miss Shen is wise and brave, she has repeatedly solved strange cases, and now she is famous in the capital, how can she be an ordinary woman?" Princess Qionghua on the side said loudly.
This was the first time Shen Qianmo had heard Princess Qionghua speak in her memory. Different from Princess Yaohua's arrogance, Princess Qionghua looks more pleasant, with a faint and friendly smile on her face, but this smile does not reach the depths of her eyes, and she looks like a scheming person.
After Princess Qionghua said this, she turned to say hello to Meng Yuanheng. "I've seen King Xuan."
Meng Yuanheng grabbed Shen Qianmo's hand and snorted with an unkind face, obviously still angry. What annoys him the most is these arrogant and willful women, whether you are a princess or not, he doesn't look at them all.
Princess Qionghua didn't care either, she still maintained a light smile on her dignified face, showing elegance, and nodded to Feng Ze who was standing next to Shen Qianmo. "General Wind."
"Feng Ze has seen two princesses." Feng Ze also didn't like to deal with these royal princesses, but the etiquette could not be abolished, and he had to return the salute politely.
Shen Qianmo's sharp eyes caught Princess Qionghua when she looked at Feng Ze, there was a strange light in her eyes, which was clearly a faint love.
Her heart moved. Could it be that this Princess Qionghua is interested in Fengze?
At this moment, Wei Fang came out of the inner hall to greet the guests. Seeing that the two princesses Yaohua and Qionghua, King Xuan, and General Wuwei were all there, and the beautiful woman who was being grabbed by King Xuan must be the future Princess Xuan, the eldest lady of the Shen Guogong Mansion.
He hurriedly greeted him, bowed and saluted: "The slave has seen Princess Yaohua, Princess Qionghua, Prince Xuan, General Wuwei, and Miss Shen. A few people, this side please. β
Inviting these gods into the inner hall, Wei Fang's heart was full of anxiety.
Since this Xuan Wang Ye was suddenly disabled in an accident 7 years ago, he has rarely appeared in front of everyone, let alone participated in such a large-scale banquet. But why did he come to the banquet unexpectedly when he was organizing the banquet this year?
Alas, I really don't know if this is my own luck or my own misfortune? For some reason, Wei Fang suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart.
After several of them entered the inner hall, a woman appeared in the dark corner of the hall, looking at the direction of Shen Qianmo's disappearance with a pair of resentful eyes, shooting out a vicious light.
The sky gradually darkened, and the lights in the canopy hall were on, and the voices of people were boiling. When Emperor Mingde and Empress Duanjing were both seated, everyone finished saluting, and this year's Qixi Palace Banquet was officially announced by Emperor Mingde in a song and dance.
Shen Qianmo has really served the old people's red tape, and she has nothing to blame. Knowing this, even if you lie on the recliner in the Wind Lotus Courtyard and count the stars, it is much better than coming here to worship and worship.
She couldn't help but look at Meng Yuanheng, who had regained her cold and arrogant appearance at the first end on the opposite side, and pursed her lips. Only Meng Yuanheng doesn't have to kneel and bow here, no way, who made him a cripple who is not good at walking, so he just sat in a wheelchair and watched coldly.
But this guy now has a stinky face, surrounded by low air pressure, probably angry that he can't sit with her.
That's right, the seats at this banquet are not as you can sit as you like, but are arranged in detail according to your status, age and gender, whether you are married, etc.
It seems that this Father-in-law Wei has really put a lot of effort into this banquet.
The row where Shen Qianmo was sitting was naturally full of unmarried women. Sitting on her left hand side is the daughter of Ning Hou, named Ning Yue, and sitting on her right hand is the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, named Fu Yuechan, all of whom are women with beautiful faces and outstanding appearances.
Ning Yue is one year older than Shen Qianmo, and is 19 years old this year, while Fu Yuechan is two years younger than Shen Qianmo, at the age of 16. Therefore, Ning Yue looks more stable and dignified than Fu Yuechan, and she is a little more heroic between her eyebrows and eyes.
In terms of personality, Fu Yuechan is obviously more lively, her big watery eyes look Shen Qianmo up and down, and she makes no secret of her curiosity.
"Are you the rumored intelligent and omnipotent Miss Shen family, the future Princess Xuan?" After some scrutiny, she asked bluntly.
This little girl is simple and cute. Shen Qianmo smiled at her, and said in a slightly joking tone: "That's right, my name is Shen Qianmo, but unfortunately I'm not omnipotent." As you know, rumors are always exaggerated and sometimes not fully believed. β
"Miss Shen has a point." Ning Wu on the other side also answered with a light smile, "Sister Yuechan also saw it just now, and it is rumored in the world that King Xuan is cold-hearted and unkind to women, and he still cares for Miss Shen to the extreme?" β
Although Ning Wu was teasing in her words, Shen Qianmo saw that her face was kind and her eyes were clear, and she expected that this sentence was just a playful joke between the girls' families, and there was no malice, so she smiled at her friendly and did not deny it.
Meng Yuanheng's kindness to herself is already well known, and she is happy to admit it generously.
Ning Hou was born in military service, Ning Wu is the daughter of a military general, her personality is naturally bold and direct, and Fu Yuechan is also enthusiastic and cheerful, the two of them saw Shen Qianmo's sincere attitude, calm eyes, and generous, without a trace of pretentiousness and pretense of being high, and they immediately had a good impression of her. So the three of them hit it off at first sight, and soon became acquainted, and not long after the feast began, the three of them became sisters.
"Sister Qianmo, isn't it your sister Shen Qianxue sitting over there? Why did she come too? Fu Yuechan pointed to the corner of the back row on the opposite side and said to Shen Qianmo.
Shen Qianxue is also here? Shen Qianmo didn't notice. Looking in the direction pointed by Fu Yuechan, sure enough, in the corner of the back row where Meng Yuanheng was sitting, she saw Shen Qianxue's figure. The light-colored blouse with the lake-blue Luo skirt set off a small face as white as snow, I felt pity, but the gaze projected towards Shen Qianmo's place from a distance was obviously vicious.
Shen Qianxue's appearance is not bad, after marrying a woman, she has removed the arrogance of being a girl, but has added a little forbearance, presumably because her life in Rongwangfu after marriage is not satisfactory.
Sitting next to her was naturally Meng Yunce, the son of King Rong. Meng Yunce's face also looked very gloomy, and the eyes that occasionally cast on Shen Qianmo also had a thick yin and ruthless color.
The husband and wife seemed to have reached a consensus, and they both regarded Shen Qianmo as a common thorn in their eyes, with an expression of eagerness to get rid of it.
Didn't this Meng Yunce have mildew, how could he still be in the mood to attend the banquet, and he also brought Shen Qianxue, a concubine, to participate in it?
In the Dasheng Dynasty, the status of the concubine was not high, and generally speaking, as a concubine, she was not qualified to participate in such a banquet.
"Hmph." Ning Wu snorted disdainfully, "Robbed my sister's fiancΓ©, exhausted the organs, but in the end I was reduced to being someone else's concubine, and now I dare to come to this kind of occasion, and my face is really thick enough." I thought she was a smart and beautiful person, but she was so shameless. β
At the beginning, Shen Qianxue often attended the gatherings of the nobles' daughters, and Ning Wu naturally recognized her. Later, Meng Yunce withdrew from the marriage contract with Shen Qianmo and asked to marry Shen Qianxue in the capital. She is a person with a temperament, and she can't rub a little sand in her eyes, so she can't look down on a shameless person like Shen Qianxue.
The circle of nobles in the capital is so big, Fu Yuechan naturally knows about it, and her face also shows a look of disdain, and at the same time she is indignant for Shen Qianmo.
"That's it, this Meng Shizi is also blind, don't let Sister Qianmo be such an outstanding beauty, and insist on marrying someone like Shen Qianxue, I really don't know what he thinks!"
Seeing that the two of them were wholeheartedly fighting for themselves, Shen Qianmo was moved and a little funny. It seems that the phrase "where there are women, there is gossip" is an unbreakable truth in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
Ning Wu looked at Shen Qianmo's smiling expression, afraid that she would be sad and sad, so she couldn't help but persuade: "Qianmo, you must not care about this kind of person, according to me, although King Xuan's legs are disabled, he is also excellent in demeanor, rich and handsome, and what is even more commendable is that he has a soft spot for you, and he is many times better than that Meng Shizi." β
Shen Qianmo smiled indifferently and said, "Of course I won't care, thank you two for your concern." β
In fact, she also has to thank Meng Yunce for her divorce at that time, so that she and Meng Yuanheng will later give marriage. It is precisely because of this paper marriage that she and Meng Yuanheng will come to the present step by step.
If it weren't for Meng Yunce's divorce, how would she have the opportunity to meet Meng Yuanheng, a man who is always arrogant and cold in front of others, but only takes gentle care of himself, which makes people feel distressed and worried?
Thinking of this, Shen Qianmo felt a warm heart, and couldn't help but look in the direction where Meng Yuanheng was, and Meng Yuanheng was also looking at her at this time. The two looked at each other, and although they did not speak, their affection was self-evident.