Chapter 52: The Emperor's Great Birthday
An evil smile appeared on Mu Yuchen's lips, and he seemed to ask unintentionally.
Time seemed to stop at this moment, Long Ling'er's hand holding the hairpin trembled slightly, and her eyes were a little dazed and flustered when she looked at Mu Yuchen.
All of this was seen by Mo Yun.
"Hehehe...... Brother Mu was joking with you, when I didn't say it! Mu Yuchen pulled half of the corners of his mouth, and comforted with a wry smile.
I may be too anxious, they have only met a few times, but this daughter-in-law is married. The reason why he is so confident is that he did not show reluctance in her eyes just now, some are just flustered and dazed, he believes that as long as he is sincere, he will be able to chase his daughter-in-law.
Hearing Mu Yuchen's words, Long Ling'er suddenly felt a little depressed in her heart, as if she was blocked by something, and a strong sense of loss also ran out.
"Sister Ran, I'll go buy food!" Throwing such a sentence at Mo Yunran, he ran out in a panic.
When the protagonist left, Mo Yunran also left, and he didn't forget to leave a meaningful look when he was leaving.
Sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, about half an hour after tea, he felt someone lift the curtain and get on the carriage.
Long Ling'er saw that Mo Yunran had her eyes closed, thinking that she was asleep, and she didn't dare to alarm, so she sat down against the wall of the car, still holding the hairpin in her little hand under her sleeve.
"After eating, don't bring me some to eat, I'll wait for you to wait for your stomach to be deflated!"
As soon as I sat down, I heard Mo Yunran say with some complaints, and saw her jade hand touching her belly, playful with some love.
"I ...... I forgot...... Otherwise, I'll buy it again, Sister Ran, you want to ...... What to eat? ”
"Silly girl!" Mo Yunran pinched her nose and shouted dotingly.
I don't know why, listening to Mo Yunran's voice, Long Ling'er's somewhat flustered heart suddenly settled down.
"Okay, let's stop bothering you, let's go back!"
Over there, after Mu Yuchen saw the two of them go away, he turned around and followed the shopkeeper to the second floor.
As soon as I arrived on the second floor, I heard bursts of admiration from Yi Mei Xuan.
"Sister, your arms are white and delicate, you must be very beautiful wearing this jade mutton fat bracelet!"
"Sister Ziruo must look good with this silver-gilded beaded emerald hairpin, you look so captivating!"
"Of course, our Murong family is all beautiful women!"
Every word, every word, praised the unborn to the sky.
A sneer appeared at the corner of Mu Yuchen's mouth, although he didn't explicitly name the woman, but he also guessed a few points.
"Mu Gongzi, please here, the things will be delivered later." The shopkeeper welcomed Mu Yuchen into Yupinxuan before slowly withdrawing.
As soon as the door of Yupinxuan closed, Jing Yuan suddenly appeared out of nowhere and brought the brewed tea to him.
Mu Yuchen sat at the table, holding the tea handed over by Jing Yuan, tasting it carefully, but he couldn't calm down in his heart, and lightly glanced at Jing Yuan, who was standing on the side, and said, "What about her?" ”
"The princess said she'd be there soon!"
As soon as the words fell, a polite knock sounded outside the door, and Jing Yuan opened the wooden door only after asking.
I saw the shopkeeper walk in with four servants, each of whom was holding a tray in her hand, and on the tray were placed four boxes of the same size, and the four of them were lined up.
The shopkeeper walked up to Mu Yuchen and said with a smile, "Mu Gongzi, these are new jewelry, they are absolutely unique!" ”
Mu Yuchen put down the tea cup in his hand, narrowed his eyes, and did not look in the direction of those jewelry, but looked at the door with a faint smile on the corner of his lips, as if waiting for someone.
"Is Mu Gongzi ......" The shopkeeper seemed to be about to say something, but he was frightened back by Jing Yuan's fierce eyes.
"Brother!"
There was a sweet voice outside the door, and I saw that the door of Yu Pinxuan was pushed open, and a petite woman walked in, only to see her moon-white dress, a few chic hollow purple jade butterfly hairpins between her jet-black hair, and a wide pearl-white ribbon tied up a bow on the remaining flowing hair hanging down her waist, and a white and pink intarsia hanging bead hair chain on her forehead and ears, and occasionally one or two disobedient beads hung down.
Elder brother! ”
Seeing that the person she called should not be, the woman shouted again.
"Weiwei, your brother and I don't have my ears behind it, you don't need to shout so much, come back after eating, gluttonous cat!" Mu Yuchen's thin lips were slightly raised, and there was a little ridicule in his voice.
"Brother, you are bullying me again, be careful when I go back and tell Grandpa Huang!"
This woman is not someone else, but Mu Yuchen's sister, Mu Weiwei, the most favored princess of Mu Country.
"I'm not afraid, as long as someone dares to go back, but I remember someone sneaking out!" Mu Yuchen picked up the tea cup, twisted the tea lid, gently blew the tea foam floating on it, took a sip, and said lightly, as if talking about the weather, he didn't care.
"Jing Yuan, you'll help me, right?" On Mu Weiwei's melon-seed-shaped white and tender jade-like face, a pair of pear vortices appeared slightly between the cheeks, lightly dyed red, like a newly opened Qiong flower, white and red.
The seductive black and white eyes stared at Jing Yuan tightly, and after not hearing the answer he wanted for a long time, he turned his gaze to the four boxes lined up next to him in a little frustration.
"Let's see if you like it or not, the jewelry in Xuanyu Pavilion is first-class, no worse than ours!" Mu Yuchen's eyes gestured to the shopkeeper.
After speaking, he saw the shopkeeper walk in front of the first maidservant, opened the box made of high-quality rosewood, and said to Mu Weiwei with a smile, "Miss, this is a bracelet made of fine mutton fat jade, and there is only one in the world." ”
I saw a crystal warm light in the box slowly emanating, Mu Weiwei approached the box, Mu Yuchen also put down the tea cup in his hand at this time, got up without hurry, and followed behind Mu Weiwei without hurry, with a touch of curiosity on the corner of his mouth.
"Take it with you!" After seeing the real thing, Mu Yuchen gently held Mu Weiwei's plain hand, and his warm voice slowly flowed out.
I have to say that this bracelet was born for Mu Weiwei, the milky white jade bracelet, the warm mutton fat white jade exudes an unspoken brilliance, which complements her in a shallow dress, like a fairy.
"Miss, this bracelet is really made for you, I'm afraid others will not be able to bring this temperament!" The shopkeeper took the opportunity to say it trickily, but it was also true, the two young ladies of the Murong family had also tried it on just now, although it was beautiful, it was not as dusty as this.
"Do you like it, if you don't like it, let's take a look at the other three?" As he spoke, he had already taken Mu Weiwei to the second agarwood box, this time there was a complete set of earrings, gold hairpins and pendants on his body, but the dazzling golden light made Mu frown slightly.
"Brother, don't look at it, I want this bracelet!" The eyes were full of gloom, and there was a hint of displeasure.
She knew that the imperial grandfather deliberately let her out of the palace this time, just because she carried the hopes of the whole Mu people, and the imperial grandfather also knew that he would definitely find his brother, so he had to go to that banquet.
Although the imperial grandfather would not force her to marry someone she didn't like, this feeling of being calculated was still very unpleasant, so when she thought of this, she felt a little angry in her heart, and even the sense of loss just now came out.
Mu Yuchen stood quietly to the side, taking her dissatisfaction in her eyes, rubbing her hair with her big hand, and said casually, "I forgot to tell Grandpa Huang that you came to me." ”
Hearing this, Mu Weiwei's originally dim eyes instantly lit up.
Big eyes blinked at Mu Yuchen, as if to say really, really?
It's just that these bright eyes only lasted for a few seconds, and then he saw Mu lowering his eyes slightly, and said, "It's just to participate in a banquet, and besides, the imperial grandfather promised me that I won't force me to marry, and if I don't go to this banquet, how rude it will be!" ”
"It seems that my family has grown up slightly!" Mu Yuchen smiled with relief, and there was a feeling in his tone that the little girl of my family had just grown up.
"People have already been in time, brother, don't keep scooping me as a child!" Mu raised his head slightly to look at him, the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were full of sweet smiles, and he was so smart that he could pinch out the water.
"Shopkeeper, settle the bill, just this bracelet!" The warm voice had already been replaced by a cold voice, and he glanced at the shopkeeper standing beside him.
"Altogether...... When Prince Mu arrived in the Fengyi Dynasty, he was the guest of honor of our country, how could there be a reason to let the guests pay! ”
As he spoke, the door was opened again, and with it came an ice-purple figure.
"Xuan Yu, take the shopkeeper down to settle the bill, this thing should be regarded as a gift from Fengyi Kingdom to Princess Weiwei." The sound is lazy, yet like an old wine, mellow and tempting. Read the book
"Lord Han's news is really fast, less than two days after we arrived, Lord Han has already found us, it's really amazing!"
Mu Yuchen seemed to have known that he would appear, and he was not displeased, but said very indifferently.
While the two were talking, the idle people in the house had already been taken away by Xuan Yu.
"It's not that I'm amazing, but Prince Mu is too ostentatious, ask me if I have seen a man in red on the street, and everyone will point to Xuanyu Pavilion." Su Hanxi sat down, poured a cup of tea, and tasted it carefully.
Mu Yuchen looked down at his red clothes, touched the tip of his nose, and turned to sit opposite Su Hanxi.
The two sat facing each other, but neither of them spoke first, just quietly sipping the fragrance of tea.
Time passed quietly through the fingernails, but the two people facing each other didn't seem to have any intention of speaking, which suffocated Mu Weiwei, who was usually chattering.
"Are you two playing one, two, three, wooden man? It's boring not to talk! ”
"You've lost." Su Hanxi threw out a sentence that was not clear, salty or light.
Mu Yuchen on the other side just shook his head with a smile and spit lightly, "From the moment you enter the door, so you lose!" ”
Shu Hanxi's purple eyes turned, and he nodded thoughtfully, "Let you once, something will be sent to you." ”
And Jing Yuan, who had been looking at the side, couldn't hold back a smile, which can also make it.
Others may not know, but he has been following Mu Yuchen since he was a child, but he understands what it means, everyone thinks they are not familiar, but in fact, they are more familiar than anyone else, and every time they meet, they bet with Mu Weiwei and never get tired of gambling.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Mu Weiwei, who didn't understand what they were talking to, shouted angrily.
However, no one paid attention to her.
"Let's go!"
The majestic and atmospheric palace is resplendent with golden splendor, red walls, and solemn palaces are lined up one after another.
Mu Yuchen was unhurried, his expression was idle, and he walked side by side with Shu Hanxi, enjoying the beautiful scenery around him leisurely.
After a while, the four of them stopped at the door of the imperial study, and Su Hanxi waved his hand to the eunuch guarding the door, and heard a sharp and slender voice, "Your Majesty, King Han asks to see." ”
"Xuan." A majestic and magnetic middle-aged man's voice came from the imperial study.
The eunuch gently pushed the door open, and the two walked in.
I saw that in the huge imperial study, the best Yunding sandalwood was used as a beam, and a huge night pearl was hanging high above, shining brightly.
In the middle is a vermilion lacquer square platform about two meters high, covered with a layer of bright yellow tablecloth, the table is full of stacks of stacked chapters and the four treasures of the study, and a few chairs are placed in an open space in front of the table.
The emperor sat on the throne of the carved dragon in gold lacquer in a bright yellow dragon robe, and he did not raise his head to approve the music.
"Son-in-law, see father!"
"Mu Yuchen has seen Emperor Shuye!"
Two voices with different voices rang out at the same time.
"Calm down, I didn't expect Prince Mu to arrive so early, I'm afraid the other three kingdoms will have a few more days, if you don't mind, you can stay in the palace for a few days!"
Hearing this, Su Aotian unhurriedly put down the music in his hand and said with a smile.
"Thank you for the emperor's kindness, but the little sister also came with her today, she likes to be lively, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to live in the palace, so thank you for the emperor's kindness." The magnetic and rich voice is like a gentle spring breeze, blowing through the heart, gentle and strong, making it impossible to refuse.
"Father, since Prince Mu said so, then let's fulfill his wish!"
Shu Hanxi, who was standing aside, suddenly spoke to help.
Su Aotian was stunned for a moment, a trace of surprise crossed his eyes, and then he eased his mind, "Since Princess Weiwei likes to be lively, then it will be as Prince Mu wishes!"
Thank you, Your Majesty! Mu Yuchen bowed his head, and in a place where people couldn't see, the corners of his mouth crossed a little smugness.
"Since there is nothing to do, the minister will retire!"
"Retire."
When the two of them stepped out of the door, a voice from the sky sounded in their ears again, "Han'er, you have to entertain Prince Mu well, don't lose the face of Fengyi Kingdom!" ”
Three days later
On the emperor's 50th birthday, the whole court greeted this festive day with lights, and even the air was filled with laughter.
On such a festive day, everyone should be very happy, in fact, except for one person, everyone else is very happy.
Early in the morning, Mo Yunran, who was still immersed in the sweet dream of gathering with his family, was woken up by the sound of crackling firecrackers.
"Ahh
Mo Yunran poked his head out of the quilt, his little face was probably covered in the quilt for too long, flushed pink, rubbing his sleepy eyes, and said angrily.
"Miss, haven't you gotten up yet, haven't you forgotten what day it is?"
As soon as he opened his eyes, he met Shang'er's complaining gaze, Mo Yunran was so frightened that the wind was under his feet, and he quickly and neatly cleaned himself up, and sat on the dresser obediently waiting for her to groom herself.
Isn't it, the emperor's old man's Christmas, I don't know how many times I nagged in my ear last night, and told myself that I must go, if I forgot about it, wouldn't it really be a pig.
Looking at himself in the bronze mirror, wearing a light purple pleated skirt, the skirt is pierced with a few butterflies, a purple tassel is inserted obliquely, the lips are not red, a little rouge, and the long hair floats up with the breeze, accompanied by the sound of draping, simple and elegant without losing elegance.
"Scarlet, your craftsmanship is getting more and more skillful, it's so beautiful!" Mo Yunran raised a sweet smile and praised without hesitation.
When I met her sad eyes just now, I really thought that if I got up later, would she drown herself with tears, but fortunately she woke up, or she was really wronged to death than Dou E!
"That's Miss is naturally beautiful, Miss is beautiful even if she wears her usual clothes!"
"Is the little mouth smeared with honey today, so sweet!"
"People are telling the truth!" Scarlet flattened her mouth and stomped her feet.
……
The sky is getting dark, the night sky is shining with stars, and the grand palace banquet is about to begin. The sound of silk and bamboo is endless, the wine glass is full of incense, and the dancers are charming.
The main hall is decorated with inverted bell-like flowers, the calyxes are white, the bone china is translucent, and the top of the petals is a circle of different shades of lilac, which seems to be dyed naturally.
On both sides of the main hall, countless brightly dressed officials, noblewomen, rich daughters, and sons sat on the left and right, tasting fine wine, listening to music, or whispering, or climbing friendships with each other, and the scene was very lively.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived! The Cold King has arrived! The King of Wisdom has arrived! ”
A sharp voice came from outside, and the noisy hall was so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, King Han, King Rui!"
The deafening cry sounded in the moment when Su Yelei, Shu Hanxi and Shu Ruiqian stepped into the hall, everyone knelt down in unison, and the loud voice resounded throughout the hall, and the formation was shocking.
With a faint smile on his face, Su Yelei waved his hand with satisfaction, and said in a voice that was not too big or too small for everyone to hear: "Flat." ”
After saying that, the three of them walked straight towards the center of the main hall.
"Sons see father, emperor, mother." Salute in unison.
"Okay, don't be polite, take a seat!" Emperor Su Ye was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, and the queen who was also in a bright yellow phoenix robe sat beside him, pointing to the three black jade stone chairs that were close below the dragon chair and said.
"Today is my feast, the envoys of the four countries, all the emperor's relatives and ministers, and their families have come to attend, and I am very happy, so everyone does not need to be restrained." The voice was clear and deep, and there was joy and excitement in the tone that could not be concealed.
"Emperor Xie!" The crowd bowed again, and then took their seats.
The palace banquet officially began, and a group of dancers wearing colorful skirts walked in, waving their sleeves and raising their robes one by one, and danced.
At the end of the dance, Mu Yuchen took the lead in standing up, he was dressed in red again, got up and walked to the center of the hall, and bowed to Emperor Shuye, "Mu Guo Mu Yuchen congratulates the emperor on his blessings such as the East China Sea, and he is better than Nanshan, this is Mu Guo's little heart, and I hope the emperor will smile!" ”
Saying that, Jing Yuan stepped forward with a brocade box, opened it, and saw a flash of red light.
"It's blood jade!" I don't know who shouted.
"Immortal Blood Jade." Those who knew this treasure recognized it and were shocked.
Immortal blood jade, this jade body is like blood, the tentacles are warm, warm in winter and cool in summer, some people say that if you sleep with immortal jade, you can get cold every year.
"Oh my God, baby!" Shu Ruiqian glared slightly, this Mu Guo is really willing, such a generous spending.
Shu Hanxi glanced at the blood jade, then at Mu Yuchen, rolled his eyes, take my things and send them to my country, you can figure it out.
Yes, this blood jade was originally Hanxi's, but after they lost the bet, it would belong to Mu Yuchen, but they didn't expect Mu Yuchen to send this out.
"Thank you Prince Mu, please take a seat!" Emperor Su Ye was in a good mood.
"It seems that this king seems to be late, Prince Mu's gift is so heavy, it seems that this king's gift is too light, too insincere!" A playful joke, and everyone's eyes were also attracted.
The person who came was dressed in golden orthodox prince clothes, although he had entered middle age, but he looked very young because of that baby face, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he looked careless, but the aura exuded by his body could not be ignored, he was Dongfang Luo, the prince of the Western Xia Kingdom.
Mo Yunran looked at the person at the entrance of the main hall, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, why did it feel so similar, the tone, and aura were really similar, and the probe looked towards his neck, but the collar of his clothes was too high to be seen at all.
"King Luo laughed, I believe that King Luo's gift can be more eye-opening!" Mu Yuchen raised his eyebrows and smiled, gentle and elegant.
"Xixia Dongfang Luo wishes congratulations on the emperor's birthday!" Then with a big wave of his hand, "Bring the gift up." ”
Hearing this, everyone unanimously turned their eyes to the entrance of the hall, only to see two big men carrying a big iron box up.
Dongfang Luo stepped forward to open the lid of the iron box, and what was revealed made the people in the hall exclaim again.
"There are a total of 1,000 night pearls here, and I hope the emperor will not dislike them!"
Everyone has seen the Night Pearl, but it is the first time I have seen a thousand Night Pearls, can you not breathe?
Emperor Shuye was also obviously stunned, and after relieving himself, he let out a hearty laugh, "Okay, good, thank you for King Luo's kindness, come on, give me a seat!" ”
Seeing that Mu Guo and Xixia Guo had already offered gifts, the envoys of Wei couldn't sit still, but the gifts were not as surprising as the previous two countries, just a few Tianshan Snow Lotus.
The three kingdoms have all offered gifts, only the Wind Country has not yet been offered, and everyone is looking at it with a very curious attitude.
I saw that Feng Wunian, the crown prince of the Wind Country, got up in a hurry, walked slowly to the center of the main hall, bowed and saluted, "The gift from my country is Princess Qingwu, and the emperor also knows that Princess Qingwu has already reached the time to get married, so my father wants to marry the princess to one of your princes, and the two countries will form a family, I don't know if the emperor is satisfied with this gift?" ”
"Okay, good, Princess Qingwu is both beautiful and beautiful, I'm afraid that she has been wronged!"
"The emperor laughed at this, which of your princes is not a dragon among people, I'm afraid that the little sister is climbing!"
"Where, where!"
While talking, a group of songs and dances came up, waving their sleeves and dancing.
In the main hall, amber wine, jasper, golden foot bottle, jade plate, food is picturesque, wine is like a spring, the guqin is trickling, and the bell is dingdong.
At the end of the dance, Murong Ziruo was dressed in a big red dress, which was long and dragged to the ground, and her thin waist was restrained by a cloud belt, which showed that she was not holding a hand, and a Qibao coral hairpin in her hair reflected her face like a hibiscus.
The face is extremely gorgeous, a pair of phoenix eyes are charming, but awe-inspiring, a green silk combed into a Chinese bun, beautiful and graceful, the pearl the size of the little finger, bright as snow, the stars flicker in the hair, the lotus flower moved to the front of the hall, and leaned over softly, "The courtier Murong Ziruo congratulates the emperor on good health and well-being, and the courtier is willing to dance for the emperor, and I implore the emperor for permission!" ”
"Eun Zhun!" Emperor Shu Ye said with a hearty smile on his majestic face.
I saw Murong Ziruo slowly walking to the center of the main hall, and at this time, eight palace maids wearing red dresses stepped forward one after another, stood in a circle, surrounded Murong Ziruo in the middle, and then all knelt on the ground and leaned back.
Seeing this scene, everyone understood what Murong Ziruo wanted to dance, and even more understood why she was wearing red clothes, this song was a unique dance, and this was what she wanted.
Murong Ziruo's dance is very beautiful, dancing the lone safflower vividly,
But it couldn't arouse Mo Yunran's interest, she looked at all this boringly, her big black eyes were full of disappointment, she knew that she wouldn't promise that Su Hanxi would definitely come, it was really boring.
In addition to the dim sum in the palace, which is slightly more delicious, the singing and dancing are not good-looking, people, not badly, the big black eyes are rolling around, but they don't want to look at Su Hanxi's blazing eyes, their cheeks are red, don't look away, and continue to eat what is in front of them.
Murong Ziruo turned around a few times on the stage, and the corners of her skirt flew up, like a blooming red flower, before she stopped, squatted slightly, and bowed on her knees, indicating that she had finished dancing
Good, reward! ”
The favor of the emperor changed in a dance, and he envied the other daughters present.
I saw that Lan Yuning, who had been silent, seemed to have made a decision, got up from her position, and walked to the center of the main hall, bowing to Emperor Yingying, "Yu Ning is not talented, I understand the rhythm a little, please let the emperor allow the little woman to play a song for everyone." ”