Chapter Twenty-Four: The Prime Minister's Mansion and the Banquet Overwhelm the Crowd
Bai Yuanxiu came back to his senses and shook his head abruptly.
Shang Qi saw Bai Yuanxiu's cramped expression, and habitually knocked on the table, staring at him tightly with sharp eyes.
Yun Jiuzhe heard the knocking sound, raised his head and put down the bowl, looking at his sister and cousin strangely, scratching his head and looking weird, and pulled Yun Jiuji's clothes puzzled.
Yun Jiuji glanced at Shang Qi, secretly scolded him for not having peace when eating, disturbed his younger brother's meal, patted Yun Jiuzhe's hand comfortingly, and put a chicken leg into his mouth, and then he obediently gnawed the chicken leg again.
"Bai Gongzi, wouldn't you not know that the Prime Minister's Mansion intended to marry your daughter to you?" Seeing that Bai Yuanxiu's expression was complicated and speechless, Shang Qi asked.
Li Shishi of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yun Jiuji has heard of it, Li Shishi and Bai Yuanxiu are both studying at Zhongzong Academy, she is a gentle and elegant talented woman, and she is a well-known lady in the emperor's capital, if she can really get engaged to her cousin, it will be a great joy!
Bai Yuanxiu suddenly realized when he heard the Prime Minister's Mansion, no wonder the Prime Minister's Mansion was close to him, and the son of the Prime Minister's Mansion walked around with him several times, and it turned out that there was still this layer.
"Cousin, congratulations."
Yun Jiuji was really happy for her cousin, and Chun Tao, Xiao Man, and Xi Bao also said hello when they served on the side.
Bai Yuanxiu was full of thoughts, looking at Yun Jiuji's happy face, he couldn't be happy.
Shang Qi saw that he was unhappy and said, "What? Bai Gongzi is not satisfied with Miss Prime Minister's Mansion? ”
"I don't know if this matter is true or not, Your Highness don't make fun of the villain." Shang Qi smiled lightly, but his heart was like numbness.
Shang Qi nodded as if he was nothing, Bai Yuanxiu was no longer in the mood to continue staying, reluctantly ate a few bites, and hurriedly left Yunze Mansion under the pretext of something.
On this day, Yun Jiuji received an invitation, Miss Li from the Prime Minister's Mansion invited her to attend the banquet.
Yun Jiuji has been sick for more than ten years before, and has been recuperating in the mansion, and she is really not good at the banquet committee of officialdom, and she wants to refuse and is afraid of losing the face of the Prime Minister's Mansion, after all, people can only afford you to invite, Li Shishi may become her future cousin-in-law, so she has to go to participate anyway.
On the tenth day of October, early in the morning, Chun Tao prepared jewelry early, today is the first time for Miss to participate in such a grand banquet, how can she not prepare?
Early in the morning, Yun Jiuji was picked up from the warm quilt by Chun Tao. When he opened his eyes and saw that the genius was bright, Yun Jiuji yawned groggily, and hugged Tang Pozi tightly with a sleepy face.
Spring peach chattered, chattered endlessly early in the morning, and asked her to cooperate, saying that she would dress her up as a fairy for nine days......
Yun Jiuji nodded in confusion, it was really because she was in poor spirits and sleepy because she was suffering from the wind and cold the day before yesterday, and she didn't care about how Chun Tao dressed up, so she let it be picked up throughout the whole process, and she closed her eyes and continued to doze off.
After dressing up, Chun Tao and a few people helped her to get into the carriage in a daze, and Yun Jiuji lay on Chun Tao's shoulder all the way to the Prime Minister's Mansion, until Chun Tao woke her up, and then opened her eyes.
Finally slept enough, Yun Jiuji felt much better, Chun Tao took away Qiu Shu, Yun Jiuji saw that she was wearing a flowing firefly red flame peony phoenix tail skirt, covered with a white gauze dress as thin as cicada wings, she felt very inappropriate, she had always been plainly dressed, why did she wear it so swaggering today?
"Chun Tao, why am I dressed like this?" Yun Jiuji sighed, this outfit is really too glamorous.
Chun Tao looked at her young lady from top to bottom, very satisfied, and sneered: "Don't be ostentatious, it's too late for Miss to go back and change." ”
Yunze Mansion is far away from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it's really too late to turn back and change it. The hour was not early, and it was guessed that the Prime Minister's Mansion was already full of guests, so Yun Jiuji could only get out of the carriage in this gorgeous dress.
When Yun Jiuji got out of the carriage, everyone felt that their eyes lit up, and they couldn't take their eyes off it.
The beauty wears a flowing firefly red flame peony phoenix tail skirt, covered with a white yarn as thin as cicada wings, walking between the lights, a green silk into a flying fairy bun, obliquely inserted a begonia pendant gold step shake, with the walk shining, the forehead dotted with plum blossoms, delicate, the beautiful Danfeng eyes are slightly raised, both heroic and charming, the flaming red lips smile slightly, intimidating, a good bewitching beauty painting!
Yun Jiuji couldn't help but feel a little shy when she saw everyone looking at her in unison, and turned her head and glanced at Chun Tao with disgust.
Chun Tao sneered and silently followed her.
The beauties are coquettish and amorous, and the sons are even more enthusiastic, and the eyes of the ladies flashed with jealousy.
Bai Yuanxiu had already arrived, and he was shocked to see his cousin's dress, but he didn't expect his cousin to be so bright, looking at the coveted eyes of the sons, he couldn't help but step forward and pull her behind him.
Yun Jiuji didn't know how she had caused such a commotion? "Cousin, why are so many people looking at me?" ”
Bai Yuanxiu heard the faint Su Hexiang on Yun Jiuji's body, his heart beat rapidly, and when he saw that her skin was like congealed fat and her face was charming, he couldn't help but be intoxicated!
Yun Jiuji tugged at his sleeve and asked again, Bai Yuanxiu secretly scolded himself for being cheesy, and said with a straight look: "Cousin's makeup is very gorgeous today!" ”
Gorgeous? Yun Jiuji smiled bitterly, and secretly scolded Chun Tao, this girl has nothing to do, why is she so swaggering?
At this time, there was a commotion outside the hall, and a person was heard shouting, "Pray for the king, salute!" ”
Everyone took their eyes off Yun Jiuji's body and hurriedly greeted him with a big salute, "See His Royal Highness King Qi!" The prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old! ”
Thinking that King Qi rarely attends banquets, everyone can't help but wonder in their hearts, is the sun coming out of the west today? Didn't Wang Mo attach great importance to Miss Li, or did he ......
Yun Jiuji lamented, what kind of excitement did Shang Qi come to join in? Hulun Zheyu and Lu Suyan looked at Yun Jiuji resentfully throughout the whole process, until they heard that King Qi was coming, the two frowned slightly and glanced at each other, and bowed to King Qi with a heavy heart.
Shang Qi was dressed in a Xuan robe, the white jade crown on his head was low-key and luxurious, the jade buckle agate belt was tied around his waist, the elegant and atmospheric posture was magnificent, and the temperament of the prince of the noble royal family was brought into full play by him.
The nobles couldn't help but feel their hearts rippling, looking at such an excellent prince of prayer and admiration, wishing that the king could look at himself more, even if it was enough.
Shang Qi saw the stunning shadow in the crowd, glanced at her indifferently, and raised his hand elegantly and said coldly: "No courtesy!"
Yun Jiuji saw Shang Qi's gaze sweeping over, and moved behind Bai Yuanxiu without a trace, hoping that Shang Qi could stay away from her, the farther away the better.
"Unexpectedly, my neighbor Miss Yun is also here today." Shang Qi passed by Bai Yuanxiu's side and glanced at Yun Jiuji, who was hiding behind Bai Yuanxiu, with a teasing expression.
Afraid of something, Yun Jiuji lamented that she was unlucky, and was targeted by Shang Qi again, so she tried her best to smile perfunctorily and said: "Your Royal Highness, I am glad to meet." ”
Shang Qi nodded as if he was nothing, and walked in the direction of the prime minister's son with an indifferent face, Yun Jiuji finally breathed a sigh of relief, and found a place to sit down with Bai Yuanxiu to drink tea.
Pray for the king here, everyone dare not let off the hustle, can't help but lower their voices, the young ladies are well-behaved whispers, gestures are elegant, want to win the king of prayer to look at each other.
The sons present all knew that the beauty in red was Yun Jiuji, and several bold sons ran up to greet them, and Yun Jiuji had just finished politely sending them away, and the little grandfather who wanted to kiss Yun Fu ran over to entangle again.
The little grandfather unfolded what he thought was the most graceful and graceful posture, and walked forward with his fat legs, "Miss Yun is really famous, it is better to see Miss Yun for a long time, and I am really fortunate to see her today." ”
'Little grandfather? Yun Jiuji was surprised, didn't she care about the little grandfather who was engaged to her! Yun Jiuji is really a headache, today Miss Li and Lu, the guests who came are all famous sons and ladies who have not married in the imperial capital, and they can't protect Wu Gongzi, Ouyang Gongzi is also here......
Seeing Yun Jiuji's contemplative face, the little grandfather called: "Miss Yun, I am the little grandfather of the Yongning Mansion. ”
Yun Jiu Ji gave a salute, lamenting that it was really the little grandfather of the Yongning Mansion, seeing that he was about twenty-five, his body was fat, his round face and small eyes were shining, and the thief stared at herself, staring at her in a daze.
Shang Qi sat in the hall playing chess with the prince of Shouwang's Mansion, his eyes swept in the direction of Yun Jiuji, and his face was gloating.
Yun Jiuji perfunctorily exchanged a few polite words with the little grandfather, Bai Yuanxiu sat on the side and looked at the little grandfather's perverted appearance indifferently, eager to fan him out of the prime minister's mansion with one palm.
Seeing that the little grandfather was sitting next to him with a dead face and not leaving, Yun Jiuji picked up the tea cup and sipped absentmindedly, moved the chair away from him, and the little grandfather shamelessly rubbed closer to her.
Yun Jiuji couldn't see this kind of shameless person the most, drank all the tea in one gulp, raised the empty tea cup with her slender jade hand, and deliberately signaled Chun Tao to add tea in the direction of the little grandfather, and Chun Tao poured a full cup of tea, Yun Jiuji pretended to be good at it, and all the tea was poured on the little grandfather.
The hot tea was poured on the little grandfather's lap, and the little grandfather jumped up with an 'ah', and the fat hand lifted his clothes with an embarrassed face.
"Ah, what a faux pas, forgive me, little grandfather!" Yun Jiuji pretended to be surprised, and looked at the little grandfather with a guilty face.
The little grandfather complained bitterly, and couldn't help but sigh unlucky, not to mention being scalded by the tea, and couldn't appreciate the beauty anymore, seeing the beauty's delicate apology and couldn't bear to blame, he said embarrassedly: "It's nothing, it's okay, I'll go and change my clothes." ”
Seeing the annoying little grandfather carrying his clothes away, Yun Jiuji breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slyly at Chun Tao next to him.
Yun Jiuji thought it had stopped, but how did she know that another old person who gave her a headache appeared, and this person's words could be called shocking and endless!
"Miss Yun, do you still know me? I'm Wu Xi, and I went to Yunfu last time to propose marriage. The pretentious, greasy and crooked male voice came, and Yun Jiuji only felt that her heart trembled.
'Wu Di? Yun Jiuji raised her head and couldn't help but get goosebumps when she saw the sissy in her memory.
I still remember that his father was in a high position, and his uncle's younger brother Wu Jiang was a lowly official at that time, in order to survive in the imperial capital, he would always bring his family to Yunfu to visit him several times a year, begging his father to take care of one or two, so Wu Yi she naturally saw it a few times.
As for the origin of calling Wu Yi a sissy, it can be said that there is a origin, this Wu Yi is a dignified man, he does not like horseback archery since he was a child, nor does he love poetry and learning, but only loves to learn dance and embroidery with women. His father found that it didn't work to beat him once, and then he couldn't be imprisoned, so he almost died in search of death, so he had a big brother in the family to fight for anger, and the family could only let him be willing to be cheap.