Chapter 432: Palace Banquet (II)
But it turned out that Wu Meiniang and Li Zhi had already become familiar with each other so early.
Maybe Li Zhi ignored the condemnation of the world and insisted on making his father's 'female' as the queen, not only because of her beauty.
The playmate of his childhood, the throbbing of his youth, the 'infatuation' of his youth, and Wu Meiniang's means, how can Li Zhi resist it?
Ran Yan listened to their conversation in the noise, as if she had seen the vague outline of the future 'female' emperor.
The singing and dancing were temporarily suspended, and Wei Guifei asked Ran Yan to hug the three children closer. There has always been no shortage of children in the palace, the palace concubines have only never seen triplets, it is just a strange sight, if the child meets the eye, it will be a little closer, if it is not the eye, just look at it.
Wei Guifei looked at the three children gently, and Zhu's lips opened slightly, and said, "Reward." ”
With her at the beginning, the other three concubines also ordered people to send gifts.
Concubine Xian got up with a smile on her face, took three pieces of 'jade' engraved with auspicious 'flower' patterns, and personally put them on for the three children, "It is really gratifying that the Xiao family has such a blessing."
Yan's virtuous concubine, her grandmother is from the Dugu family, and she has some kinship with Ran Yan's A family, while she strives to promote the Yan family, she does not forget to use this little relationship to win over the lonely family and the Xiao family, this petite and seemingly weak 'woman' is not as simple as it seems on the surface.
Which of Li Shimin's concubines is simple?
Ran Yan smiled slightly and thanked him. couldn't help but glance at Concubine Shu, this elegant 'female' person, sitting there without any sense of existence, it was hard to imagine that this was Emperor Yang of Sui's 'daughter' and Li Ke's biological mother.
As soon as Ran Yan returned to his seat, an inner 'attendant' walked in quickly, stood in front of the main seat, and said, "Niangniang, the Holy Divine Command Slave Maid has sent a message, please invite the ladies and ladies to enjoy the fireworks in the 'flower' garden." ”
"Okay." Wei Guifei looked around and said, "Presumably everyone is bored in the house, go out to see the fireworks, maybe you will be lucky enough to hear the poems of the hundred officials." ”
Ran Yan looked around, everyone had happy expressions, but she was closest to Du Shi, and she could see that the smile had not reached the bottom of her eyes.
I have to say that the so-called palace banquet is actually a very boring activity, different from the banquet initiated by the 'private' person, this kind of palace banquet because of the norms of the etiquette system, most of the songs and dances performed are Yale and the words are high-sounding, and the person who presides over the banquet does not need to arrange the performance how 'fine' color, everything must be in accordance with the etiquette.
However, the 'women' of the Tang Dynasty can always find fun in the boring banquet, for example, they are enthusiastic about you, as if they like it very much, but they may not really like it and may not have any malicious intentions, maybe they listened to your gossip in the market, and ran over to see the protagonist of the gossip plus knocking on the side to get new gossip content.
Therefore, if they attract too much attention for no reason at the banquet, they will inevitably reflect on what inappropriate things they have done recently after returning home.
And Ran Yan has never been so troubled, she has always been what others say about others and live her own life.
The 'women' were ordered to get up and stand quietly, waiting for Wei Guifei and the others to go first, and then went out of the 'door' in turn.
Because of the implementation of the curfew, there were not many dinners in the Tang Dynasty, only on special festivals, the 'door' of the Fang City would be postponed and closed, and when encountering big celebrations, it would occasionally be open all night to see the moon and stars, and the rows of lanterns were bright, and everyone's interest was very high, whispering and laughing all the way, and not walking in strict accordance with the grade.
A 'girl' in a light crimson 'color' skirt walked to Ran Yan's side and said with a smile, "Madame, do you remember me?" ”
The 'female' is about seventeen or eighteen years old, but she still wears a young 'female' bun, lively and beautiful.
"Lonely lady." Ran Yan bowed slightly.
Ran Yan had only seen Dugu Yanyan twice, and she didn't have a deep impression of herself, she only remembered that she had a good relationship with Princess Baling, so she didn't have a good sense of her.
Dugu Yanyan didn't seem to see Ran Yan's coldness, and continued, "Madame's sons and daughters are really beautiful, and I saw Xiao Langjun dancing at the banquet just now, which is really likable." ”
Every mother likes not to boast about her children, just like every 'woman' likes to be praised by others for her taste or beauty, but Ran Yan obviously doesn't eat this, "Yes, thank you." ”
Dugu Yanyan knew that Ran Yan didn't like her, but she thought that no matter what, Ran Yan would always do a good job on the surface, as long as she was willing to talk, things would take a turn for the better, but now the situation is quite embarrassing, "I think." Ran Yan thought about it slightly, and felt that there was really no need to be too stiff with the Dugu clan, so he lowered his voice and said, "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, since some bad things have already come to an end, it is best to accept them with peace of mind, otherwise it may be exchanged for an even more tragic result." Dugu Niangzi is a loving and righteous person, but sometimes you have to see if it's worth it, Dugu Niangzi said yes? ”
Dugu Yanyan was silent, since her father passed away, Dugu's family has been far worse than before, this world is full of people, she has long lost hope. Princess Baling treats her like a sister, but now she is confined to her home, most likely for life, she just doesn't want to be as ruthless as the world, and she has never thought about whether it is worth it.
"Yan Yan is taught." Dugu Yanyan bowed slightly, but she didn't know whether to listen or not, so she turned sideways to the side of the road and retreated to the back.
The place to watch the fireworks is a large open space in the 'Flower' Garden, with screens on all sides, lanterns raised high, and swaying with the slight night breeze, but it is also a beautiful view.
Before Ran Yan went in, he recruited an inner 'waiter', rewarded some objects, and asked him to go to the official to pass on a few words to Xiao 'waiter'.
Entering the open space surrounded by screens, everyone found their own seats and chatted with each other.
"The two little Langjun and the little lady are really good." Ran Yan suddenly had a 'woman' beside him laughing and praised.
This 'woman' is about 30 years old, and her dress is a little old-fashioned, but her facial features are upright, her eyebrows and eyes are crooked, and she looks very kind.
Ran Yan gave a salute, but before he could ask about his identity, the 'woman' said, "The concubine is the Xie family, and the husband's family is the Li family." ”
The only officials surnamed Li that Ran Yan knew were Li Jing, who was idle at home, and Li Ji, the secretary of the Ministry of War. Ran Yan saw that her Zhai Yi's grade was not too high, but she didn't flinch at all when she talked to her, and Li Jing's family didn't have a daughter-in-law of her age, so she guessed, "Could it be that you are the family member of the military department?" ”
"That's me." Xie Shi said.
Xie Shi saw that Ran Yan was not good at chatting, so he took the initiative to find a topic, and occasionally asked about Ran's poor treatment of the Zheng family's 'daughter', and Ran Yan also gave some distress to his face.
The noble 'women' next to them seemed to be busy with their own things, but in fact, they all pricked up their ears to listen to the conversation here, this is first-hand news, how can you miss it!
After a short time, the inner 'attendant' returned. As soon as Xie saw that the inner 'waiter' was looking for Ran Yan, he left with great interest.
The inner 'attendant' said softly, "Madam, hundreds of officials gather in the main hall to discuss matters, and slaves and maids can't enter." ”
Ran Meng's heart tightened, didn't he say to watch the fireworks 'flowers'? Why are you suddenly talking about politics again? In this case, it is clear that something is wrong!
"What have you heard? Why is this time to be discussed? Ran Yan asked.
The inner 'servant' lowered his head uneasily and said, "The slave doesn't know. ”
As he spoke, he heard a "bang", and a fireworks 'flower' bloomed in the night sky.
Immediately after, two, three, the deep night sky was full of 'flowers' in an instant. Ran Yan's heart was beating a little panicked with the sound of "bang" and "bang".
Ran Yan's thoughts turned and he muttered, "Prince...... Can it be in the temple? ”
The inner 'servant' hesitated for a moment, feeling that he had taken the reward but did not reveal the slightest information, he was afraid that he would offend this noble 'woman', and then he thought that the news he was about to say was not a secret, but as a slave and maid talking about this matter, there would be some overstepping, so he lowered his voice very low, "Mrs. Hui's words, since An Jin's death, the prince has never been to the court, and he refuses to see the saint." ”
There was a blank in Ran Yan's mind for a moment, could it be that history was going to be rewritten?
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