Chapter 36: The Banquet

Chu Mu's appearance also brought the banquet to a climax, and after everyone got up and saluted him, they all wanted to take the opportunity to approach him and flatter him or flatter him.

But Chu Mu lacked interest.

He walked straight to the head of the seat and sat down.

I saw that Wan Guifei stepped forward and made a salute in front of him, "I have seen His Royal Highness King Ning." ”

Chu Mu raised his eyes and glanced at her, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes.

"Why are you here?"

His invitation didn't reach the palace.

What's more, she is a noble concubine, and it is really strange for her to participate in the flower viewing banquet in his house.

Concubine Wan Guifei pretended not to see the displeasure in his eyes, pinched her low and hoarse voice and said, "The emperor sent this palace to help His Highness." ”

Chu Mu sneered, his emperor's nephew didn't have the leisure and elegance to worry about his flower-viewing banquet.

Presumably it was just this woman's own idea to coax his nephew to come over by herself, right?

Thinking that she had seduced herself openly and secretly several times in the palace, Chu Mu looked disgusted.

But in the end, at the banquet, with so many pairs of eyes watching, it was not good for him to fall in front of her in public.

I had to say impatiently: "Find a place to sit by yourself." ”

Wan Guifei showed a coquettish smile on her face and nodded.

Then he looked around and saw that the seats were almost full, only one position beside Chu Mu and one position on the opposite side.

"Your Highness, can I sit next to you?"

"No way!" Chu Mu refused directly, and then picked up the wine glass on the table, raised his head and drank it.

Then his gaze swept over the entire banquet, consciously or unconsciously.

Wan Guifei was rejected and looked embarrassed.

Reluctantly, he walked over to the seat opposite Chu Mu and sat down.

But as soon as Wan Guifei sat down, a long voice came from outside: "Lord Jingning has arrived." ”

I saw a woman walking in from the gate of the West Garden.

It is the county lord of Jingning.

Today, she is wearing a white Hangzhou silk dotted emerald painting mopping skirt, combing a double knife bun, only two or three ornaments can be inserted on the bun, and a delicate flower is specially painted on her forehead.

The whole makeup to the matching clothes is a fresh and elegant style.

I have to say that her outfit this time is much more pleasing to the eye than last time.

Last time, she couldn't wait to put all the valuable, jewelry that can show her identity into her body, hang it.

But the more ornaments there are, the more complicated they are, but they look vulgar.

Last time, Ruan Tang didn't dare to compliment her dress.

I didn't expect to see it for long, but I actually got the hang of it.

Today's dress suits her very well, and it also shows her delicate side to the fullest.

She walked onto the red carpet, looked around, and saw that the ladies sitting on the table were all dressed up in fancy clothes, and she frowned.

But she didn't see Ruan Tang at the banquet and beside Chu Mu, she was relieved, she walked directly to Chu Mu's side, and sat down without asking Chu Mu.

Then he took Chu Mu's arm and swore an oath of sovereignty and said coquettishly: "Brother Mu, I'm sorry, I'm late, you don't blame me, right?" ”

Chu Mu frowned and pulled his arm out of her hand.

"Why are you here too?"

"My aunt asked me to come, my aunt has recently had a head attack, and it is inconvenient to travel, but I know that Brother Mu is holding a flower viewing banquet, so I can't rest assured, so I asked me to come over and have a look."

"Hmm." Chu Mu answered, but he didn't get her away from him.

And this scene fell on Concubine Wan's eyes, making her eyes full of jealousy.

Ruan Tang, who had been standing in the corner, took this scene into his eyes.

I didn't expect Chu Mu to be a sweetheart, if these women could get him, wouldn't there be anything to do with her?

Could she enjoy the taste of being tired of him in advance, and then go away?

Ruan Tang thought, and the corners of his lips raised at a cheerful angle.

But she was only happy for a second, Chu Mu was like a fairy, and he turned his head and fell his gaze on her face.

Ruan Tang came into contact with his gaze, his neck shrunk slightly, and then quickly turned around and walked out of the West Garden and went to the kitchen.

Not long after Ruan Tang left, the banquet began.

She began to instruct the maids in the kitchen to serve food outside.

This round of cuisines are all normal banquet dishes, and everyone has tasted everything between pushing cups and changing lamps.

But the nobles of this dynasty only ate a little bit of food, and Ruan Tang felt that it was a waste when he looked at the leftovers that were finally put into the kitchen.

At the end of the feast, everyone's table is replaced with wine or teacups.

And the show arranged by Ruan Tang also started, and she went back to her room to change her clothes before returning to the West Garden.

The next person is already putting the instruments needed for the show in the middle of the red carpet.

The first program is a singing program, which is "Pipa Xing" sung by male and female ensembles.

This song was adapted into a song by the people of her time based on the poet Mr. Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing", which is a popular singing method combined with drama, which is not only good, but also catchy.

The male singer was dressed in white, with long hair scattered over his shoulders, but he was tied with a flower rope.

And the man's appearance is feminine, a pair of narrow eyes are full of charm, he is sitting in front of the guzheng at the moment, the pair of slender and white fingers plucking the strings, but there is a bit of a fairy meaning.

Even when the man saw it, he couldn't help but be attracted to him.

The female singer is wearing a bandeau on her upper body, a gauze shirt that can be called nothing, and a long skirt on the bottom.

And the hair is coiled high into a snail bun, just a jade green hosta is inserted, and the face is covered with an almost transparent gauze scarf.

It seems to be superfluous, but it makes it fascinating.

She held the lute half-hidden, and her slender fingers began to play with it rapidly.

Soon, the male singer's singing voice sounded along with the sound of the piano, light and calm, it was a singing voice that everyone had never heard, and everyone's eyes suddenly gathered on the two of them.

[Xunyang Jiangtou night send-off, maple leaves and flowers in autumn. The master dismounts the guest in the boat, and raises the wine to drink without orchestra. If you are drunk, you will say goodbye, and you will be immersed in the moon in the vast river when you are drunk. 】

……

After a while, the female singer's opera singing voice also started, tactful and ethereal, which attracted everyone to secretly praise it.

[The big strings are noisy like a torrential rain, and the small strings are like whispers. Noisy cut miscellaneous, big beads and small beads fall on the jade plate】

……

At the end of the song, everyone felt unfinished.

Some people even coaxed, "Listen to that, do it again." ”

But the two singers got up and blessed the crowd, and then withdrew.

What Ruan Tang wants is this effect, that is, to hook them, so that her next tasting can go smoothly.

Compared with everyone, Chu Mu's expression was light.

And here, after the two singers retired, Ruan Tang asked people to move a table that she had ordered in the past few days.

And she has also changed into a man's shirt, a white narrow-sleeved robe, and a white jade belt around her waist.

But her hair was half-tied, the top half was coiled up and tied with a white tie, and the lower part was draped over her shoulders.

There are still two strands left on the forehead, and they flutter in the wind while walking.

She also specially brought a paper fan, and the fan was a dozen, which was a bit of a noble son.