Chapter 50: The Wedding Banquet
King Guangling's incompetent cry at the Jinluan Hall was spread in Kyoto.
Even Wan Jinlan, a boudoir woman, knew that King Guangling was almost killed by assassins on the way to the domain, and also knew that he was in a hurry to return to Kyoto at the emperor's edict in winter, and contracted a wind cold, and he has not recovered so far, and his body is extremely weak.
The incident of King Guangling seems to have spread through the streets of Kyoto overnight.
April 27 is an auspicious day for marriage, and it is also the day when Xiao Zheng, the prince of Guangling, and the lord of Kangning, the prince of Runan, get married.
King Guangling was sick and weak and had low energy, and Princess Guangling took care of King Guangling wholeheartedly. The two originally went to Beijing to do a marriage for Xiao Zheng, but in the end, the marriage matter still fell in the palace and the Ministry of Rites.
In order to show benevolence, the emperor asked the Ministry of Rites to organize Xiao Zheng's wedding. All the families in Kyoto also gave face-saving gifts to the banquet.
There are also three girls in the son-in-law's mansion today, Wan Jinlan, Wan Jinyu, and one Wan Qiuyu.
Wan Qiuyu was not qualified to come, but she begged the old lady, saying that she had not seen the scene of the marriage of the children of the royal family in Kyoto, and she wanted to come out to increase her knowledge, she promised that she would always pay attention to her own behavior when she was outside, and would not do anything to discredit the face of the government.
Seeing her sincere words, thinking that the grandmother who had recently taught her also said that she was very good, and that she had already had the appearance of a lady, and that it was not her fault that she was abducted at a young age, so she agreed.
Drums and music are played in unison, blowing and blowing, Guangling Wangfu is festive, and the boudoir women who came to participate in the wedding banquet today gathered together in groups of three or five.
Wan Qiuyu is wearing a blue skirt today, and she looks decent and generous. Wan Jinlan and Wan Jinyu were talking with a woman they knew well, and she also sat quietly on the side, Wan Jinlan was relieved to see her keep to herself.
Xiao Zheng, who was dressed in festive red, led the red silk and the county lord of Kangning and stepped into the threshold.
King Guangling sat crookedly on the top, with a little smile on his face, Princess Guangling made Wan Jinlan speechless, this person still doesn't give face to King Guangling today, his face is tense, like someone owes her a lot of silver.
Wan Jinyu whispered in Wan Jinlan's ear: "Since Princess Guangling came to the capital, I haven't seen her at any banquet, I heard that she looks like no salt and has a round body, but she still looks like a cold beauty." ”
Wan Jinlan twitched the corners of her mouth.
The cold beauty Princess Guangling? That was Wan Jinyu, who had never seen Princess Guangling in the Guangling Palace, and dared to shake her face in front of the guests without giving face to the King of Guangling.
She really didn't expect that King Guangling and his wife could lose so much weight, and she remembered that in the winter of last year, King Guangling was a healthy fat man, and his round belly lifted up his robe; And Princess Guangling is a rich woman, and she has nothing to do with beauty.
Now, the two of them are thin and crooked, and they don't seem to have a long lifespan; After losing weight, she actually has the charm of a beauty, and now she looks like no one looks down on her and everyone owes her money, and she has a cold sense of beauty.
It's incredible.
Wan Jinlan also looked at Princess Guangling several times.
I don't know if she knows that her only daughter was married to Youzhou, and when she returns to Yangzhou, will she tear her aunt apart?
Princess Guangling noticed her gaze, her eyes squinted over, and when she saw that it was her, she snorted silently, rolled her eyes faintly, and turned her head again with a look of disdain.
Wan Jinlan: "......"
She doesn't care, if she were the princess of Guangling, she wouldn't like the maiden relatives of the side concubines in the house. But in the same way, she doesn't like Princess Guangling.
After the process of the couple is completed, the banquet begins.
Wan Jinlan and the little ladies like them were arranged several tables together, and the ladies arranged them according to their grades and in-laws.
The arrangement of seats for the banquet is also a meticulous job, not only to know the grade of the guests, but also to know the relationship between the guests.
For example, the queen's maiden family, the Wang family, and Concubine Chen Shufei's maiden family, the Chen family, were not arranged at the same table.
As we all know, the Chen family and the Wang family have different parties, even if they attack each other in the court, even in the imperial city, the children of the two families are not in harmony.
Wan Jinlan has been taught this aspect of the relationship by the old lady recently, and even took Shen Qing to prepare for the marriage of her two brothers, and some related matters will also let her learn to deal with some related matters, such as how to write invitations, such as the dishes of the banquet, such as the arrangement of guests on the day of the banquet, all of which she has to learn seriously. After all, in the future, she will enter the Qi Palace, and she will also be responsible for the people's contacts in the palace.
Most of the female guests at Wan Jinlan's table are young ladies from the Houfu family.
I grew up in Kyoto, and I have attended countless banquets large and small, but I can still talk together.
But there are always those who want to stir up trouble.
For example, Wang Minghui.
"Your name is Wan Qiuyu, right? I heard that you were adopted by a farmer, and your complexion is pale, which means that your adoptive parents are very good to you, and when you return to the public mansion, don't forget the nurturing grace of your adoptive parents. ”
Wan Qiuyu was looking for her today, and this person jumped out by himself.
In his previous life, Wang Minghui was not given to King Duan as a princess, but was married to a foreign country by the Wang family.
After she entered the palace, although the Wang family was still there, it was far from being as strong as it was at this time, and it was already lonely. And Wang Minghui was able to enter Beijing, or followed her husband back to Beijing to report on her work, at the palace banquet, she saw Wang Minghui, and she still had some impressions.
Wan Qiuyu knew that Wang Minghui was deliberately trying to find fault, and wanted to discredit the face of the mansion by hitting her.
She doesn't care about the face of the mansion, but she still cares a lot about her own face. In the days of the Good Dream Pavilion, she just wanted to forget.
Wan Qiuyu lowered her eyebrows and made a gentle gesture of everyone's ladies, "What Miss Wang said is that the adoptive parents' Engong Mansion has naturally been reported, and Qiuyu is also very grateful in her heart." ”
Wang Minghui raised his eyebrows and said: "It's also strange, you obviously grew up in a farmer's family, but you don't have a farmer's family..."
Wan Jinlan put down the cup lightly and raised his eyes to look at Wang Minghui, "Wang Minghui, you obviously grew up in the Wang family, but you are always noisier than the ducks in the pond outside." ”
She didn't help Wan Qiuyu, she was for the face of the government. The more Wang Minghui speaks, the more unreasonable it becomes, and then it will only attract the suspicion of others about Wan Qiuyu's identity, so it is better to block Wang Minghui's mouth without paying attention to it.
The ladies on the table covered their mouths with handkerchiefs.
Wang Minghui looked around and saw a group of people gloating, and almost didn't maintain his demeanor and scolded Wan Jinlan.
You're the duck! Your whole family is ducks!
"What did I say, I think you are weak-hearted!"
Wan Jinlan snorted: "I don't know who is weak-hearted, I haven't left the house for a few months." ”
Not only did the ladies at the same table laugh, but everyone at the next table also covered their mouths with a handkerchief and snickered.