Chapter 2: The Family Feast
Now there are a total of five concubines in the East Palace.
According to their ranks, they are Ruan Concubine, Tang Concubine, Xue Liangdi, Gu Meiren, and Jiang Shishi, who are Jiang Meiren.
There is no concubine in the East Palace, and the two side concubines are co-ordinating on weekdays.
At a family banquet like this, the concubines all appear in order of rank.
Jiang Shishi, as the last concubine, has always been the first to arrive, and today she also went to the front yard a quarter of an hour early.
As a result, when they got there, the concubines had already arrived.
Jiang Shishi entered the front courtyard and saluted the two side concubines and Xue Liangdi.
Xue Liangdi: "Sister Jiang is here." ”
"Get up." Concubine Ruan had a gentle smile on her face, "Sit down." ”
Concubine Tang complained a lot, "Jiang Meiren, you came the earliest on weekdays, how did you come to this hour today?" Actually asked me and Concubine Ruan to wait for you, you have such a big face! ”
"I came a quarter of an hour early, as I did in the past." Jiang Shishi found a place to sit down.
When the concubines in the house heard this, their faces were dumbfounded.
Jiang Meiren's honest words seemed to have come too early, and they were a little anxious to see His Royal Highness the Prince.
Concubine Tang coughed awkwardly, and her flying eyebrows glanced at Jiang Meiren obliquely.
Seeing that Jiang Meiren didn't deliberately dress up, she didn't apply any powder on her face, and her figure was the most rounded in the East Palace, she really didn't have anything to fear, so she didn't say anything more.
lest His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hear it badly.
Next, everyone chatted from rouge gouache to court food.
In the past, the scene of verbal warfare is harmonious today.
After about a stick of incense, the sound of the eunuch singing was heard outside.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"
The concubines immediately got up, lowered their eyes in unison, and saluted: "His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”
When Jiang Shishi lowered her eyes, she caught a glimpse of an ink-colored figure.
And when the prince walked, the hem embroidered with python patterns in gold thread kept swinging.
After a while, a man's clear voice came from inside the room, "Let's go!" ”
The concubines: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie." ”
After Jiang Shishi sat down, she secretly glanced at the prince sitting on the main seat, and saw that it was no different from the description in the book.
She remembered that the book described the prince as follows:
"The prince is gentle and handsome, with dark and deep eyes and a straight nose. The body is long, the whole person is indifferent, ascetic, handsome, and unparalleled, and there is a faint aura of non-anger and self-authority all over the body. ”
Just like at this moment, the prince is only sitting on the top, and Jiang Shishi has already felt the aura of the man's non-anger and self-authority.
The book also said that the crown prince was proficient in Wentao and martial arts, and followed Emperor Jianyuan to fight many times, and his martial arts were extraordinary.
And he has been in charge of the country several times, and his governance performance is good, and he is quite famous inside and outside the government and the opposition!
None of this is important, the important thing is that the prince in the book will eventually die of illness.
But Jiang Shishi looked left and right, up and down, and saw that the prince was in strong physique, and he could feel his tight muscles even through his clothes.
Even the face is a very healthy wheat color, how is this like a man who died young because of illness?
Now that everyone has arrived, the palace maids and eunuchs began to serve food.
The crown prince sat at the top, the two side concubines sat on the lower sides, and the rest of the concubines were in the back row in turn.
Everyone was seated, and there was a rectangular desk in front of everyone.
During the meal, in order to maintain their slender and slender figures, the concubines put down their chopsticks one by one, only eating a few bites at will.
came out to eat, paying attention to manners and rules, Jiang Shishi was not half full, and when she saw that all the concubines were not eating, she put down the dishes and chopsticks.
Immediately afterwards, the concubines began to give gifts to the prince, and Jiang Shishi also had to give them.
First, it is to celebrate the victory of the prince.
Second, you can invite pets by giving gifts to shorten the distance between you and the prince.