Chapter 22: The Dinner Party (Part II)
Between the staggered discussions, the interest of everyone at the banquet gradually increased, constantly pushing the cup and changing the lamp, and the key was hidden between the conversation and laughter, and the key was just hidden.
The slave wrung the handkerchief in his hand in boredom. Today's banquet allowed her to meet the rumored prince living in Shengjing, Dongli Yi. Unlike other princes and princes, he wears a bright yellow python robe, a crown of white jade hair on his head, and always has a faint smile on his face, giving people a feeling as gentle as jade.
The slave looked at him carefully for a long time, and always felt that this face was familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember anything. Xu is her gaze was too obvious, and the prince seemed to feel it, and turned his head to look at her.
The slave was startled, retracted his gaze abruptly, and buried his head deeply.
Suddenly, the surrounding music stopped. The candles outside were also extinguished in twos and threes. Just as everyone was in an uproar, a group of women in white dance costumes rushed in through the door. Behind them was a woman in red, wearing a pearl mask, revealing only half of her face. Holding a bouquet of brilliantly bloomed red plums in his hand.
The sound of the pipa gradually rises, from slow to fast, and the sound grows from small to large. The woman in red raised her hand to the music, sometimes turning around and smiling, sometimes half-hiding her face. The woman's shyness is vividly interpreted, and people can't help but want to explore the stunning appearance under the mask.
Nu'er looked at Lu Yinhua, who was sitting above, and saw her eating tea gracefully, and from time to time she commented on the dancer's dance posture with the ladies beside her. She smiled lightly, as if she didn't care at all, but her casual glances towards the hall betrayed her.
Nu'er knew that Lu Yinhua had carefully prepared a drum dance for Qiongguangyan, but now looking at her appearance, she didn't look like she was ready to go on stage, and Nu'er thought that she might have to be crowned the county lord, which would change Li Yuzhi's plan.
At the moment, his gaze swept down, and only Li Danchen and Lu Yuebai's seats were empty.
The music suddenly rose and became rapid, like jade beads of different sizes falling to the ground, and like a silver bottle bursting, as if there were thousands of troops. Just when everyone's hearts reached the highest point with the music, the music suddenly slowed down. The movements of the woman in red also became soft, and the red dress rose with her steps, and she was like a red plum in the snow in the white-clothed dancing queen.
She threw away the plum blossoms in her hand, and held out a huge night pearl from nowhere, she stepped forward, the music stopped, the footsteps stopped, she knelt under the palace, and sent the night pearl to Emperor Yuan'an.
"May the Great Xia country be peaceful and peaceful, the world will be peaceful, and the battle will be won!"
A crisp female voice sounded in the hall, and the voice fell to the ground, and the hall burst into warm applause. Everyone was amazed by the woman's dancing.
"Good! A good one wins! Emperor Yuan An was no exception, and Daxi asked, "Who is dancing?" ”
The woman took off her mask and glanced at Emperor Yuan An shyly, "The courtier is the daughter of Li Yong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, named Danchen, to meet Your Majesty and the Queen Mother!" ”
"Well, what you're dancing today is very good. What reward do you say you want? Emperor Yuan An waved his hand, very domineering.
"Your Majesty!" Li Yuzhi walked to the main hall and knelt down, "The courtiers have the courage to ask for a reward for my niece." ”
"Oh?"
Seeing that Emperor Yuan An did not refute, Li Yuzhi continued, "The niece of the courtiers has reached Jing, and now this palace is full of young talents, Your Majesty might as well give her a good marriage." ”
"Do you have a good match? If you speak up, I will make decisions for you today. Emperor Yuan An was interested, he looked at Li Danchen and asked.
Li Danchen lowered his head shyly, "The courtiers are in charge of Your Majesty." ”
The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and said without being salty or light, "The mourning family remembers that the eighth child has not yet married, and there is a lack of loveliness around him." What does the emperor think? ”
Dongli Yuyang ...... The slave's heart tightened, and her eyes involuntarily fell on that person. His brows furrowed slightly, and he was about to say something, but he was preempted by Emperor Rong's concubine, "Your Majesty, Yuyang is still young, let him concentrate on his studies now, why don't you think about his marriage in another two years?" The concubine felt that His Royal Highness was not young now, and it was time to start a family, and Miss Li was also a good match. ”
How shrewd is Emperor Rong's concubine, Li Danchen is only Li Yuzhi's niece in the end, her father's official position is not too high, if she marries her own son, then she will not climb the Fuyuan general Lu family, but Li Yuzhi will climb up to her, the imperial concubine. What's more, after all, it is not the biological daughter of the Li family, and the husband of the Lu Yinhua sisters will definitely be the one she wants to support in the future.
is as shrewd as her, how could she willingly eat this dumb loss given by the Queen Mother. So she deliberately mentioned this not very favored fifth child, anyway, no one cared about him, and whether to marry or not would have no loss of interest for everyone, isn't it just right?
"Good!" Emperor Yuan An made a decision, and without waiting for Li Yuzhi to speak, he directly ordered, "Fifth brother, I will give Miss Li to you as a concubine today, and let the Internal Affairs Office get married on a certain date, okay?" ”
Dongliyun's status is low, how can he be qualified to say no. He smiled and arched his hand, "My son thanks my father for the marriage!" ”
Somehow, Emperor Yuan An looked at the slave who was sitting down, and he suddenly smiled and asked, "Can the slave reach the age of Jing?" ”
The slave looked at Emperor Yuan An, who had a smile on his face, and his eyes were soft and loving. Her heart touched slightly, her father had never looked at her with such eyes. She replied, "Back to Your Majesty, the courtiers will be Jing in three years." ”
"When you reach Jing, I will definitely marry you." As he was talking, the smile on Emperor Yuan An's face suddenly faded and became a little melancholy, as if he had thought of something unhappy. After a while, he retracted his gloomy sadness, and suddenly smiled at the slave, "Smart as you, beautiful as you, and beautiful as the bright moon." Look at Mingjia, you are a phoenix, a statue of wealth! ”
As soon as these words came out, the hall was instantly silent.
The princes put down the wine cups in their hands and thought thoughtfully.
There is a phoenix to come. The so-called phoenix is the mother of the country and the life of the queen. The meaning of Emperor Yuan'an's words is to set the next queen, in other words, whoever marries a slave is the prince.
Everyone was shocked. Everyone knows that Wei Nu'er is a concubine, how can she be qualified to sit on the throne of the queen? The same is true of the Queen Mother, she didn't expect that Emperor Yuan An would treat her daughter so favorably in order to make up for her regret and guilt towards Wei Fuliu back then. Knowing this, she shouldn't have been merciful back then......
The seemingly calm banquet was not peaceful, and until the banquet was over, everyone had their own thoughts. After the banquet, Lu Zhi met Nu'er alone.
He was very calm, and he didn't seem to be too surprised by the emperor's approach. He stood in front of the slave and looked at her quietly for a long time.
"Father." The slave couldn't help but call him.
Lu Zhi sighed slightly, then he squatted down and took out an emerald plate finger and handed it to the slave, he touched the slave's head, "I know you hate me." I'm about to go on a journey, and my sword has no eyes, and I don't know if I'll be able to return victorious. It's important for you to remember this wrench and use it to protect yourself in the future. Just remember, don't be greedy, be content and happy. ”
"You...... What do you want to do? ”
"I know you've been in the study."
Nu'er's eyebrows jumped, "Then why do you still keep me by your side." ”
"You are my daughter Lu Zhi, you should be ambitious. With his words, I am relieved to live well. Lu Zhi lowered his head and sighed, "After all, I owe you everything in this life." ”
Night, quietly.
No one knows whether every goodbye is a farewell, or whether the mountains and rivers have a period and can meet again.