Chapter 31: Birthday Gifts
Those who swore to sever ties with Gu Liulang after the incident also tried their best to curry favor as if nothing had happened.
Old Madam Feng's face was full of red light, and she was happier than the child who was admitted to the Jinshi. Shen is naturally very excited, what mother doesn't want her daughter to marry a lover?
Qi Shizi is handsome and beautiful, Yushu Linfeng is both civil and military, and his identity is noble, and there is no better son-in-law than this.
The event is not over yet, under the planning of well-intentioned people, the storyteller has spread the news all over the capital: the Yue and the Hungarians deliberately make things difficult with bad intentions, the eldest girl Feng did not let the bearded eyebrows face the difficulties, Qi Shizi's arrows were not false and pierced through Yang to shoot stones and drink feathers, and the Yue and Hungarians were beaten so that they did not dare to fight back, and of course, there was the happy event that the prince of Xinguo and the eldest girl of the Marquis of Dingning were married by the queen mother.
Everyone seems to have forgotten about the bad rumors of Feng Jiaxian and Gu Liulang.
The status of the Mei Mansion is not high, and it cannot participate in today's events and tomorrow's banquet. At this time, Mei Ruolian heard the legend about the two, and the person fell on the chair like a broken marionette.
She stared vacantly ahead, her nails embedded in the flesh unknown.
The next day, Su Yanshang arrived at King Lu's mansion.
The county lord of Poyang came out to greet him in person with great anticipation, "I thought you weren't coming, you have to wear it today." ”
I asked Su Yanshang to make her a dress to participate in the Queen Mother's birthday, but after waiting for many days, I almost gave up.
She led Su Yanshang into her room and couldn't wait to open the box, at that moment, her flying eyebrows fell, and she wondered: "Why is it the one made by the concubine?" ”
"This is what Princess Lu did?" Su Yanshang asked.
"Of course it wasn't made by the mother concubine herself, she couldn't make it so good, it was made by the embroidery lady of the palace, of course, the mother concubine was in charge of the feed, so she did it." The county lord of Poyang rolled his eyes, the dark lord was really hypocritical.
To participate in the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, you do not need to wear a strict dress. But the clothes made by the palace were boring and boring, so I found Su Yansheng.
Su Yanshang looked at each other quietly.
The county lord of Poyang was a little uncomfortable, and blurted out, "What's wrong?" There is something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it! ”
Every time she came to the capital, she was looked at too much by all kinds of strange eyes, and Miss Su's way was a little special.
"There's something wrong with this garment." Su Yanshang said.
In the blink of an eye, it was time to Shen, and the ladies lined up at the gate of the palace one after another, ready to enter the palace for a banquet.
Every year in the palace, the banquet is a good place for women to show themselves and compare with each other, every time for this day, the ladies will sharpen their heads and do their best, rummaging through the cabinets to find out the best fabrics, or staring at the dynamics of the store for fear of not grabbing the latest purchases, please the best tailors, there is no house in the house, they are also happy to go to the ready-to-wear store.
Yunxiang Pavilion provides the most noble clothes for the ladies every year, and last year made more than ten sets, which are well-made, and the fabrics used are extremely exquisite, which makes the ladies in the palace very envious.
You must know that not everyone has such a precious fabric, so they all compete with others to buy it, or let their mother's family buy it for themselves.
"I've heard that there is a new ready-to-wear store with the latest fabrics that have not been on the market, and the clothes made are also very distinctive, but I haven't seen them yet, and I don't know if they're real or fake?"
"This legend has been around for a long time, and it is said that it is on Dongshui Street, and the original store opened Louji, but yesterday I passed by there, and I didn't see the opening."
"yes, I'm looking forward to it, I'm a little tired of seeing other stores."
The ladies lined up in different places, and suddenly saw the luxury carriage of the Xinguo Mansion parked outside the palace gate, and the Duchess of Xinguo got out of the car, and at that moment immediately attracted everyone's attention.
She was one of the few people who didn't have to wait in line, and was directly led by the palace grandmother to enter through another door respectfully.
I saw that today's Duchess of Xinguo was wearing a red bottom half-arm, and the blue and black bird patterns on it did not look like embroidery, but the piece of fabric looked like that, which was not so heavy. Wearing a dark purple peony pattern long skirt, a white transparent gold shawl is placed on the body, the long skirt and the shawl move with the wind, the shawl actually shows auspicious cloud patterns, the pattern is the same color as the yarn, soft and elegant, the golden light shines in the sun, and people are like golden clouds.
She wore a crown of nine golden flowers on her head, and in that gold, there seemed to be something more shining than gold that caught people's eyes from time to time.
The women in line were shocked: worthy of being the Duchess of Xinguo, every time there was a major banquet, she appeared brilliantly and won all the limelight.
"God is too good for her." A noble lady said.
"Who's to say it isn't? When she was young, she was the first beauty in the capital, and she married the prince of Xinguo, not to mention her high status, and she didn't take concubines, the only thing that was not perfect is now perfect. "Another humane.
The Duchess of Xinguo, Lu, has been envied and jealous since she was a child, but it was only when one of her sons born later was weak and the other was not a big deal, which made the majority of nobles in the capital balance a lot.
Who knew that today, other people's sons are also angry, not only not frail, but also very talented, and let others live?
Lu Shi's afterglow saw the reaction of the women and was very satisfied.
Although Yunxiang Pavilion can not participate in the banquet, but will send people to inquire about the news from a distance, mainly to see what kind of clothing other shops or tailors will produce.
As a result, I didn't steal the division, but I saw the Duchess of Xinguo who shocked people's eyes.
"Are you sure that the Duchess of Guo is not wearing the dress that we sent to Yunxiang Pavilion?" Shopkeeper Du was very skeptical.
"Little sure! Although it is far away, the color is not the set that our store sent to the Guogong Mansion! ”
Shopkeeper Du squinted slightly.
In recent years, almost all the important banquets of the Duchess of Xinguo have worn the clothes of Yunxiang Pavilion, why is there an exception today? He thought of the new store that was about to open.
All the dignitaries took their seats in the palace where the banquet was held.
Singing and dancing, people are immersed in it. The feast was carried out in a step-by-step manner, during which the envoys of various countries came to offer birthday gifts, and then the birthday gifts of the Angolan provinces.
"King Lu's Mansion is offering a birthday gift—" The shrill voice of the chamberlain pierced the sky above the palace.
I saw a figure slowly walking outside the door, with the light on her back, and she couldn't see each other's faces clearly, but she could feel her grace.
The person who came was the county lord of Poyang.
Her dress today is still as modest as in previous years, but it looks much more pleasing to the eye, and it doesn't look discordant because she is too dark and too thin.
But why is that? This is the question of most noble ladies.
Before they could figure it out, the county lord of Poyang was already standing in the center of the hall, followed by two chamberlains, carrying a huge object and covering it with cloth of the same color as the county lord's clothes.
The maid put it down gently, Poyang lifted the cloth, it was a rare red coral in a thousand years, and if you look closely, you can see that the red coral tree is in the shape of the word Fu.
Some courtiers immediately stepped forward and bowed: "Coral is a natural thing, and it can achieve the word 'Fu', which proves that God blesses the Queen Mother, and God blesses me Da'anguo!" ”
When everyone present was amazed, the Yue Guo Chess God stood up suddenly, walked to the red coral tree without saying a word, and was about to go around it.
The two chamberlains silently bowed and retreated, taking the initiative to get out of the way of the chess god, the county lord of Poyang was noble, and when she saw that the chess god's footsteps were already in front of her, she didn't move.
The chess god Ah Lin's eyebrows jumped, and he was angry, but he smiled at Poyang.
That smile sent chills down my spine.
Alin circled around in reverse, and suddenly stopped opposite the county lord of Poyang, with the coral tree between the two.
Before the smile was over, Alin pushed the coral with one hand, and Poyang was startled and fell diagonally backwards, and one branch of the coral broke through the sleeve of her shirt, which was not too thick, and shattered to the ground.
The maid of King Lu's Mansion hurriedly stepped forward to help the county lord of Poyang, only to see that the county lord was already unconscious. The emperor called the imperial doctor.
"Presumptuous!" King Lu stood up suddenly, and was about to step forward to teach the chess god a lesson, but was narrowly stopped by the emperor.
"If the daughter of this king has three longs and two shorts, this king will personally set foot on the Yue Kingdom." King Lu's eyes were red with anger.
As he spoke, he knelt down to Emperor Cheng An with Princess Lu: "Please ask the imperial brother to make the decision for Poyang." ”
Princess Lu accompanied the unconscious Poyang and the imperial doctor to the side hall for treatment.
"You-" King Ning wanted to say that the other party was disrespectful, but he had already made a mistake, and besides, how could the county lord of Poyang fall so quickly?
"Since the chess god Alin has injured the county lord of my country, he will temporarily live in the Sifang Pavilion and wait to clear his suspicion." Emperor Cheng An said expressionlessly.
"Emperor Cheng An, is this going to put me under house arrest?" Arin sneered.
"House arrest can't be said, it's just to clear the suspicion of the Yue people, or rather, the chess god of the Yue Kingdom, you admit that Poyang was in a coma because you did it, and there is no need to investigate again?"
"I didn't do it!" The chess god said gloomily.
"But everyone present saw that you did it, when you gave a gift to the Queen Mother in Poyang, you ignored the etiquette, causing Poyang to be injured and unconscious, and did not directly lock you up, it is already for the sake of you to make an inch, don't get an inch!" Emperor Cheng An said solemnly.
According to King Lu's thoughts, he was directly arrested and killed.
The chess god was on the verge of rage, and King Ning hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him. Anyway, it's just staying in the Sifang Pavilion all the time, don't you usually stay there all the time?
When something like this happens, the birthday feast is over.
The Yue delegation led by King Ning returned to the Sifang Pavilion.
Outside the room of the chess god Alin, there were two guards of Anguo, and at the same time, the entire residence of the Sifang Pavilion was also surrounded by the Anguo Imperial Forest Legion.
King Ning knocked on the table and was furious: "That medicine doesn't attack sooner or later, but it happened when she gave a gift!" ”
Their original plan was for Poyang to have a seizure during a meal, she was the only daughter of King Lu, and King Lu loved her so much that he would be furious.
The symptoms of poisoning in Poyang are similar to those of food poisoning, and no one will think of finding poison on clothes. Everyone will think it's food poisoning, even if you can't find the poisoned food.
King Lu has a violent personality and lacks resourcefulness, and he only needs a few words to instigate and inevitably suspect Emperor Cheng'an, and as soon as the two brothers are in chaos, they will have a chance.
"Hey! Why did Ah Lin go to the trouble of the county lord of Poyang at that time? An old man asked slowly.
"I can't stop him! A few years ago, what their family and the An Guoyue family robbed was this red coral! ”
"What a rubbish! This plan was disrupted by him, and so are you, right by his side, it's not easy to stop him? The old man shook his head: "This may be the only chance, when Qi Yuncang grows up, we won't be able to beat others again." ”
"He's not as good as you say! Besides, Yi Lingfeng was better than him before, and he wasn't -"
"Shut up! Remember that this is Anko! ”