Change your fate Chapter 16 The Birthday Banquet
Since the queen mother's birthday banquet only started in the evening, April and another maid have been helping Sun Muyao put on palace clothes and comb her hair in the morning, when everything is ready, April was just about to prepare makeup, Sun Muyao hurriedly said: "You go and prepare lunch for me, don't you just leave in the afternoon, I want to eat something first, don't ask why I go quickly!" ”
After going out in April, Sun Muyao began to concentrate on makeup, because the cosmetics in this time and space are a bit simple for Sun Muyao, so when she has nothing to do, Sun Muyao has made a lot of cosmetics by herself, so that the outfits drawn can be called perfect.
After lunch, Sun Yiheng went to the palace with his family, this is the first time Sun Muyao came to this time and space to go to the legendary palace, and he couldn't help but be a little excited, the official's carriage could not enter the palace, so Sun Muyao and his party could only get off the carriage at the palace gate, and then walk to the harem.
As soon as she entered the palace gate, Sun Muyao felt that her eyes were a little insufficient, the palace in front of her was illuminated by the afterglow of the sunset, which was completely different from what she saw from the TV, although the palace in front of her was not as grand as the Forbidden City, but it would also give people a sense of intimidation.
Sun Yiheng's family went to the back garden of the palace under the leadership of his father-in-law, in Sun Muyao's imagination, the back garden of the palace should be similar to his impression, but when he arrived here, Sun Muyao was a little dumbfounded, this back garden was much larger than the garden in his impression.
The rockery is staggered, on the east side of the rockery is a semi-open platform, everyone can eat on the platform, on the other side of the lake is a large stage, there are seats around the stage, several front seats are also wrapped with bright yellow chair covers, looking at the somewhat extravagant Sun Muyao in front of him was a little stunned.
April looked at Sun Muyao, who was a little dumbfounded on the side, and hurriedly pushed, Sun Muyao came back to her senses and looked at April and said, "April, what are you pushing me for" April quietly pointed to Sun Muyao's diagonal front, Sun Muyao saw that Gu Xiyan was standing in front of him and looked at herself. smiled embarrassedly: "Xiyan, why are you looking at me like this"
Gu Xiyan smiled and said: "I've been watching you for a long time, looking at you like this, I know that you are the first time to enter the palace, do you want me to take you around" Sun Muyao hurriedly shook her hand and said: "It's still not necessary, there are many people in the palace, I'd better stay with my family, and ah, when the two of us were talking, the left-leaning lady was watching, you better deal with it, I'll go" After speaking, Sun Muyao ran for a few days and caught up with Wang Yawei in front.
Gu Xiyan looked at Sun Muyao who was walking away with a smile, and said to himself: "I didn't think that this little girl entered the palace for the first time, and I thought a lot" As soon as she finished speaking, she leaned over and said very gently: "Xiyan, why don't you talk to me"
Gu Xiyan heard that it was a left-leaning voice, put away his smile and turned around and said: "I see that you were talking to someone just now, and you didn't go over" After listening to Gu Xiyan's words, left-leaning didn't know what to say, although they have known each other for a long time, but they have not been able to find a common topic to talk about between the two, but with Sun Muyao, Gu Xiyan always has endless words.
Time flies quickly, the sky gradually darkens, the lights in the garden are lit up one by one, the whole garden is as bright as the day, today's protagonist Queen Mother is also walking not far away with the support of the palace maid, Sun Muyao looked at the jeweled old fayette and thought: "Didn't you say that you believe in Buddhism?" is still wearing such jewels, will this Buddha be unhappy when he sees it, and he is also sorry that he has prepared such a pure and flawless birthday gift" Thinking of this, Sun Muyao wished that the Buddha bead in his hand was fake.
Sun Muyao, who was still in the fugue, heard a voice that I didn't know if it was a male or female voice and said, "Welcome to the Queen Mother" Everyone quickly knelt down when they heard this greeting the Queen Mother, and Wang Yawei also quickly pulled Sun Muyao, who was still in the fugue, to kneel down with her.
After the queen mother sat in the middle position, she said slowly: "All Aiqing is flat, today is the birthday of the mourning family, and it is not easy for everyone to get together, don't be so restrained today, let's relax" The queen mother just finished speaking, and the song and dance arranged in advance also began, and after performing a song and dance, the daughters began to send birthday gifts to the queen mother.
Sun Muyao looked at the others who were almost gone, and glanced at Sun Yiheng, who was sitting next to Wang Yawei, Sun Yiheng signaled Sun Muyao to hurry up with his eyes, so Sun Muyao put down her chopsticks, walked forward with the prepared birthday gift, knelt in front of the Queen Mother and said: "Congratulations on the Queen Mother's happy birthday, the little daughter is Sun Yiheng's eldest daughter Sun Muyao, this is the birthday gift prepared by the little girl for you"
The palace maid next to the queen mother stepped forward, but the box in Sun Muyao's hand was taken and handed to the queen mother, and the sharp-eyed queen next to her looked at it and hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, this string of Buddhist beads is a heart to fast" The queen mother glanced at the queen next to her and said, "Oh? Are the beads of a single heart fasting good? ”
Sun Muyao, who was kneeling on the ground, said: "Back to the Queen Mother, the Buddha beads of Yixinzhai are among the best in the imperial city, and the quality is superior, the lady of the royal city, the lord likes to go there to buy" The Queen Mother played with the Buddha beads in her hand, and said happily: "Prime Minister Sun, you come forward" Sun Yiheng heard the Queen Mother call him to hurriedly step forward and kneel next to Sun Muyao and said: "The old minister congratulates the Queen Mother on the birthday of Lafayette"
The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Get up and talk, you have cultivated a good daughter, do you want to mourn the family to help you find a good family" Sun Muyao, who was standing next to Sun Yiheng, was a little panicked at this moment. Giving a birthday gift actually wants to give yourself out, what kind of operation is this, and hurriedly and quietly pulled Sun Yiheng's sleeve.
Sun Yiheng bowed down and said: "Lafayette, you bother, the little girl has not yet arrived, and the old minister still wants to wait a few more years" The queen mother glanced at Sun Muyao and said with a smile: "Okay, you old guy just can't bear his daughter, come on, go back to eat bar"
Sun Muyao followed Sun Yiheng and sat back in her seat, let out a sigh of relief, picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine to suppress the shock, and then got up and went to the garden behind the banquet platform.
Not long after Sun Muyao left her seat, Gu Xiyan also followed, standing behind Sun Muyao with a plate of snacks in her hand and said, "Have you eaten enough?" Do you want another piece of snack" Hearing the voice behind her, Sun Muyao almost didn't spit out the wine in her mouth.
turned to look at Gu Xiyan and said, "Why don't you make a sound, you're scared to death, why don't you go to the play?" What are you doing here" Gu Xiyan sat next to Sun Muyao and said: "Then why are you hiding here" Sun Muyao thought for a while and said: "I don't like to listen to dramas, so I just hide here and have a good time." By the way, let's go to the shop in a few days, I want to rest for a few days, it's too tiring to participate in the banquet, especially the clothes are too heavy."
Gu Xiyan looked at Sun Muyao and said with a smile, "Okay, listen to you." It's the first time I've heard someone say that clothes are heavy" Sun Muyao glanced at Gu Xiyan and said, "Isn't it, I have worn several layers inside and out, when will this banquet end, I want to go home"
Gu Xiyan glanced at the hourglass next to him and said, "It should be soon, do you want me to send you back first?" Sun Muyao looked at Gu Xiyan in surprise and asked, "Can you go first?" Gu Xiyan nodded, and Sun Muyao continued: "Then I'll say hello to my father."
Gu Xiyan grabbed Sun Muyao and said: "Silly girl, you can go, you can go, but you have to go secretly, the Queen Mother Lafayette didn't leave, how dare you go first, I'll let people go and say hello, I'll take you away" Sun Muyao nodded matter-of-factly, and when she thought about it, she quietly followed behind Gu Xiyan, and Gu Xiyan sent someone to say hello to Sun Yiheng.
After the two came out of the palace, the two arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion after a while, and when they arrived, Sun Muyao did not rush to get off the carriage, stayed for a while and said: "The Queen Mother wants to marry me at today's birthday banquet, but fortunately, my father helped me stop it."
Gu Xiyan looked at Sun Muyao and asked, "So what do you want to say?" Sun Muyao continued: "What I want to say is, is there any other way to go except for marriage, I don't want to be messed with in the future" Sun Muyao said while holding the silk handkerchief in her hand.
Gu Xiyan said with a smile: "Mu Yao, you won't be messed with, just leave these things to me to deal with." Okay, let's get out of the car" Sun Muyao looked at Gu Xi and said puzzledly: "What and what, I didn't answer my question after talking for a long time, I went down first, if you want to see the shop, I'll send you a letter"
Gu Xiyan nodded, Sun Muyao jumped out of the carriage all of a sudden, so frightened that Gu Xiyan almost jumped down and grabbed Sun Muyao with light skills, and after watching Sun Muyao land safely, Gu Xiyan also breathed a sigh of relief.
At the palace, the banquet ended not long after, Sun Zhirou returned to Yi Jingxuan and looked at the Buddhist beads in her hand, and said to herself thoughtfully: "Since you have sent it to the door yourself, I won't give you a big gift, wouldn't I be sorry for the gift you gave me?"
Peach watched Sun Zhirou come back from the palace and kept talking to herself there, and she didn't dare to ask more, Sun Zhirou put down the Buddha beads in her hand and said: "Peach, go to Shangshu Mansion with me tomorrow, I have something to discuss with my left-leaning sister"
After returning from the birthday banquet, Sun Muyao, who realized it later, thought about what Gu Xiyan said in the carriage, and suddenly sat up from the bed and said to herself: "Gu Xiyan won't like me, right?"