Chapter 112: A banquet is held in the East Palace
Before the end of the next day, Ye Lingwu got up early and dressed up carefully, wearing a light silver-purple shirt, with thick hair scattered, taking a few strands on the top of his head and fixing them with a little green hairpin, and combing all the broken hair on the sideburns, in response to Mama Xuan's instructions to be generous and decent.
When I went to the main house, I saw that Jiang Lanshu was also dressed in a new outfit today, with a light blue silk skirt with entangled magnolia flowers, a slender waist, and a clear and beautiful Sven. Ye Lingwu looked much more beautiful than when she first met a few months ago, and she couldn't tell what had changed, but she had changed.
Mrs. Shen sat in the hall and lectured the two girls a few words, 'You must obey the rules, listen more and talk less', and then led Ye Lingwu and Jiang Lanshu to the outside of the house.
The Marquis of Ningbei prepared three boxy wide carriages, each of which was enough for six people to ride without crowding.
In the first carriage were Qin Mingyu and Shen Zhan, the second was a second-room couple and three children, and in the third carriage were Mrs. Shen, Ye Lingwu, and Jiang Lanshu.
It took half an hour for the carriage hung with thick cotton curtains to reach the Miyagi gate.
Ye Lingwu lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, and immediately choked with excitement in his throat - he saw the magnificent and huge double-floor gate standing on both sides of the palace gate, like the feet of an ancient giant stepping on the ground, and the people who walked by during it were as small as ants.
In addition to the Ningbei Hou Mansion, the other people who were invited to the banquet all parked the carriage outside the Xuanwu Gate and spent more than half an hour walking in, but there is a big difference between the nobles and the nobles, the Ningbei Hou Mansion has long had the grace of His Majesty, and the carriage can be reached directly after entering the palace.
Shen Zhan entered the Xuanwu Gate, then parted ways with everyone, and went to the left straight road to the Xuande Hall to meet His Majesty.
Entering the palace gate of Yongfu Palace is a long palace corridor, the palace is heavy, dizzying, the carriage passes through more than a dozen flying phoenix eaves corners, tall and majestic palaces, and then slowly arrives at the East Palace.
The plaque hanging on the gate of the East Palace is red gold, and there are two columns of palace ladies standing under the plaques.
And the palace at the door is not idle, leading the Ningbei Hou Mansion and a large family to the Jiuyun Palace, stepping through the front hall, only to feel that the eyes are cheerful, high and peaceful, carved corridors and paintings everywhere, really magnificent and rich, that is, the doors and windows and pillars are painted with gold and color.
The group did not walk long before they came to the brightly lit Jiuyun Palace, as the place of hospitality in the East Palace, the pavilions and pavilions, all have an amazing sense of magnificence, magnificent and majestic.
The Jiuyun hall is wide, the male seat is in the middle hall, the female seat is in the left hall, and the girl seat is in the right hall.
Gong E shuttled between the banquets, at the mercy of the banquet, and many gorgeously dressed emperors and nobles were already seated at the banquet, but His Royal Highness the Prince, the Crown Princess and the main figures had not yet arrived.
Several girls of the Shen family were led by Gong E to the girls' seat, Ye Lingwu raised her eyes and saw that there were already many girls she knew sitting on the seat, and the whole girl's seat was jeweled.
According to the order of respect and inferiority, the princes and nobles, the daughters of several important ministers, Liu Feiyan, the small county lord of the Shunchang Palace, the second girl of Li Shangshu's family, and Lou Zhaorao, the daughter of Lou Taifu, looked at the seat again, and there were two girls with phoenixes and golden hairpins on their heads, about twenty years old, and they were staggeringly noble.
Listening to Gong E's whispered introduction, I learned that the left side is His Majesty's second princess, and the right side is the fourth princess, these two princesses have long had a princess's mansion outside the city, and they don't often enter the palace, but because both of them are queens, it is easier to enter and exit the palace than other princes.
Today's banquet is different from the past, the salute must be Zhou Zheng's palace etiquette, when she came, Mama Xuan had already taught, even if Ye Lingwu couldn't remember, she only followed Shen Pan'er, Shen Yue'er, and Jiang Lanshu to salute together, and it was impossible to go wrong after all.
Ye Lingwu and Jiang Lanshu's seats were arranged at the last table on the left, next to Lou Zhaorao, while the two girls of the Shen family were arranged under the first seat, in an orderly manner, which was more restrained than the previous banquets.
Fortunately, there are two and four princesses here, Lou Zhaorao and Liu Feiyan knelt on the seat in an orderly manner, whispering and laughing from time to time, not as unrelenting as before.
At this moment, Gong E's announcement came from outside the door.
- "The crown princess has arrived." ”
A noble lady walked slowly at the door, wearing a dark red silk double-walled cloud goose suit, wearing a dark blue forged embroidery cloak outside, one hand supporting her belly-bellied waist, her steps were very slow, the corners of her skirt did not move at all, and although she walked step by step, she was light but very weighty, her chin was slightly raised, and she was graceful and atmospheric.
Except for the second and fourth princesses, the rest of the girls raised their arms in unison and said, "Welcome the crown princess." ”
"No courtesy, the girls at the banquet are all their own sisters, so you don't have to be restrained." The crown princess greeted her with a smile before leaving the girl's seat.
Everyone gave a salute again, and before Ye Lingwu's raised arms could be withdrawn, they heard Gong'e outside the door say again: "The sixth princess has arrived~"
The sixth princess is the daughter of Shen Meiren, a little younger, looks about sixteen, has pleasing facial features, round and lovely, from head to toe gold and silver beads and emeralds, and walks with tinkling.
As soon as she appeared, Liu Feiyan in the banquet did not have a good face.
The sixth princess's infatuation with Shen Xiaohou is not a secret thing, since she learned last year that Liu Feiyan was favored by the eldest princess Jiayi, the two of them have been fighting openly and secretly at the banquet in the palace.
"I heard that the little county lord has only recently lifted the grounding, and the palace where the scandal of your Ningbei Hou Mansion was rumored last time was also boiling, and the palace thought that you should be ashamed to show your face when the East Palace held a banquet today." The sixth princess held her chin high, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were full of disdain.
Liu Feiyan's smile gradually disappeared, and she ignored the tea bowl.
Ye Lingwu's ears twitched, this matter was even rumored in the palace? She looked towards the source of the sound, thinking that according to Liu Feiyan's temper, she would inevitably have a-for-tat confrontation with the sixth princess, but who knew that Liu Feiyan swallowed this breath hard.
"The sixth princess also likes Shen Xiaohouye, shouldn't Miss Lingwu also fight with her?" Lou Zhaorao suddenly tilted her head, and looked at Ye Lingwu in a low voice.
"......" Ye Lingwu was speechless.
The last time she did it, it wasn't because of Shen Zhan, she was obviously angry for herself, Lou Zhaorao didn't leave Shen Zhan in three sentences, and she didn't know that she thought she liked Shen Zhan too...... No, a room of noodles is raised, how can you like a serious son.
Ye Lingwu was snickering in his heart, but he heard a voice from above.
- "I heard that the girl who fought with the lord of the small county last time is also here, where is it?" When the sixth princess saw Liu Feiyan deflated, she was happy, raised her eyes and swept towards the end of the banquet, as if she was looking for someone.
Ye Lingwu frowned, twisted his stiff neck and looked up, and before he could see the sixth princess, he first saw Lou Zhaorao's gloating snicker.
Sure enough, the smile doesn't go away, it just shifts.
"You're the girl who fought with the lord of the small county? I just called you, why didn't you answer? The sixth princess got the guidance of Gong'e behind her, and looked at Ye Lingwu, who was sitting at the end of the seat.
(End of chapter)