Chapter 6: The Feast of Flowers
Royal Palace, Imperial Garden. Flowers are in full bloom, flowers are clustered, and the breeze blows, sending bursts of refreshing fragrance, and the fragrance of flowers is elegant and pleasant.
Located in the first pavilion in the Imperial Garden, the Imperial Moon Pavilion, the scenery is beautiful and pleasant, and people can take in the scenery of the entire Imperial Garden when they sit inside. The Queen's Hundred Flowers Banquet was held in the Imperial Garden, which was crowded with people and lively at this time.
The princes and ministers came one after another with their daughters and children, everyone greeted each other, the first came in groups of three or five, walking together, taking a walk to enjoy the flowers, writing poems out of pairs, talking and laughing, they were happy, and when they were tired of walking, they walked into the Yunyue Pavilion on the east side of the imperial garden to rest and chat.
By the koi pond, the ladies and ladies who were dressed up beautifully and showed off their flowers gathered together in twos and threes, and each took out their housekeeping skills, which was nothing more than a comparison to show off how their husbands were, how expensive and beautiful their clothes and hand ornaments were.
In the Yunxiang Pavilion, the ladies of the palaces with exquisite makeup and delicate costumes sat on white jade stools and sat around the jade table. Eating the seasonal fresh fruits sent by the palace maid, laughing and talking in a low voice, smiling like a bell, stopping from time to time to look forward to the white jade moon gate on the other side of the imperial garden.
"Your Majesty, the queen has arrived-" With the chanting of the chief manager Su Gonggong, the emperor wearing a bright yellow dragon robe was majestic and dignified, and the queen was dressed in a red phoenix robe with a beautiful grace and luxury.
I saw that everyone knelt on the spot and saluted, shouting long live the emperor, long live, long live, long live,
With a wave of the emperor's bright yellow dragon sleeves, everyone stood up in thanks, and stood there one by one, not daring to act arbitrarily.
The queen's phoenix eyes were slightly raised, and she glanced at the crowd, as if she was looking for someone, and after a glance, she was a little unhappy in her heart, and she still smiled on her face: "Zhongqing doesn't have to be restrained, don't be restrained and uncomfortable because the emperor and the palace are here, everyone let go of their hands and feet and continue to enjoy the flowers, and hold a banquet in the Diyue Pavilion an hour later!" ”
After listening to the queen's words, the royal garden resumed its previous liveliness, and after everyone greeted the emperor and the queen, they left in twos and threes.
The Hundred Flowers Banquet, the Hundred Flowers Banquet, said to be flower appreciation, is actually a disguised high-level blind date banquet provided by the queen for the ladies and young masters of the princes and nobles.
When everyone dispersed, the queen's well-maintained beautiful face, the smile on her face sank, and she looked at the emperor and said, "Why didn't you see General Zhenwei and his wife!" ”
The emperor suddenly chuckled in his heart, and laughed and said, "Yes! Isn't General Zhenwei here? Ha...... If it hadn't been for the Queen's reminder, I wouldn't have found out. The emperor was laughing, and in his heart, he had already counted General Zhenwei a hundred times, if not a thousand times.
In the past two days, the queen has not been kind to him, and he was harmed by General Zhenwei. Damn, I married Liu Cheng's beloved daughter but didn't cherish it. Liu Xiang has complained to him in the past two days......
"Humph!" The queen flicked her phoenix sleeves and walked towards the Emperor Moon Pavilion in the east. "It's all a good thing you did, and you promised him what marriage he would."
"Uh......" The emperor had some unnatural embarrassment on his face, chased after him, grabbed the queen's jade hand and held it tightly in his palm, and said, "Don't be angry, the queen is also forced to do so!" ”
"As a last resort? Did someone put a knife on your neck? General Zhenwei...... Hum! It's not that you've connived at it......" The queen glared at the emperor angrily and said, "You are the emperor, you reject him, this palace believes that no one in the court will be suspicious!" Look at what he has been indulged in by you, and he doesn't even dare to participate in the Hundred Flowers Banquet in the palace, bold, it's really getting more and more presumptuous......"
"The ministers are absolutely dusty to see the emperor, the queen!" A low, magnetic and cold voice came in, interrupting the queen's complaints!
Hearing this, the emperor and the queen both turned around, and saw Mu Jiechen, who was dressed in a Xuanqing robe, cold and handsome, walking towards them with a woman in red. But seeing that the woman's face was charming, with spring water in her eyes, and she followed Mu Jiechen with a smile, and gradually got closer, she faintly found that although her charming face was coated with thick rouge, her face was still faintly sickly pale.
"The concubines see the emperor, the queen! Long live the emperor, long live, long live the mother! Walking in front of the emperor and queen, Ye Wanwan hurriedly bowed down and saluted the emperor and queen.
The queen's beautiful and noble face couldn't see any emotion, and the emperor was a little embarrassed, looking at them and reluctantly smiled: "General Zhenwei is here, why don't you see your wife?" This is ......" pretending not to know, and asked with a question.
Ye Wanwan's face turned pale, she bit her lip in embarrassment, and moved behind Mu Juechen.
Mu Jiechen held her hand and said, "Chen's newly married wife Ye Wanwan!" Directly ignore the answer to the emperor's other question.
Queen Feng's eyes flashed, she glanced at Ye Wanwan, and her beautiful face flashed with a faint smile, and said, "Oh! General Mu has just been newly married, so he took a concubine ......? Hehe, General Mu seems to have forgotten that there is no provision for bringing the side room into the palace in the Hundred Flowers Banquet in this palace. Speaking of this, the smile on his face deepened a little, "This Mrs. Ye should be a concubine!" This palace can remember that General Mu's main wife seems to be Feng Xi, the daughter of Liu Xiang! ”
The queen didn't let go of Ye Wanwan's embarrassed paleness, turned her head to look at the emperor, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, General Zhenwei is the marriage of the master you gave him, and his wife is the daughter of Liu Xiang, this palace should not be wrong!" ”
Belch......
"The queen is absolutely right, it is the daughter of Liu Xiang!"
Mu Jiechen's cold and bewitching face was a little ugly, his cold eyes flashed, and he was about to say something, when suddenly, a crystal-like and pleasant voice cut in, "Son, see father, mother!" ”
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Mu Juechen and Ye Wanwan standing in front of the emperor and queen, Nangong Yueyao's crystal eyes dimmed by three points, but the smile on her handsome face was still charming, and she said, "It turns out that General Mu is also here!" It seems that the arrival of the retainer disturbed the father...... The queen mother, the sons and daughters retired first! ”
With that, he turned around and left, leaving only the remaining four people with a long and handsome back.
"Hongu suddenly felt a pain in his head!" The slender jade fingers stroked the temples on the forehead, and said apologetically: "Today's Hundred Flowers Banquet is bothering the emperor to host it for the concubines." After speaking, he was helped back to Weiyang Palace by two clever palace maids!
Looking at the prince and queen who had left one after another, the emperor looked helpless. He has always favored the queen, and even set up a false harem for the queen. How can you bear to blame the queen for the little sex girl and little temper that the queen occasionally plays!
"The queen and the crown prince seem to have a lot of criticism for the minister!" After the queen left, Mu Jiechen's cold voice said sarcastically.
The emperor hurriedly put away the helplessness in his heart and said with a smile: "Where is it, Aiqing is too worried." Come, Mu Aiqing, let's go over there for a walk......"
Mu Jiechen nodded, held Ye Wanwan's hand tightly, and followed behind the emperor, the light in the obsidian eyes flashed, and the corners of his sexy lips hooked up the arc of mockery and ridicule.