Chapter 59: The Virtuous Concubine Holds a Banquet
The next day, Steward Xiao prepared the carriage early, because considering that Mo Ruxue and Chu Chu were not very compatible, he prepared two carriages.
Mo Ruxue is wearing a pale pink palace dress today, with a white cloak on the outside, and her little face is even fairer.
She walked to the gate of the palace, frowned and asked, "Steward Xiao, one carriage is enough, what are you going to do with two?"
Steward Xiao was a little flustered, hesitant, and couldn't answer for a long time.
Chu Chu walked out, she was like a fairy under the costume, she stood politely in front of a carriage: "Princess, or let's take the car in front, please first!"
Steward Xiao couldn't see through the reason why this woman had been in the carriage for a while, and he was relieved to let the two aunts and grandmothers get into the carriage.
Mo Ruxue and Chu Chu each brought a maid, and they were a little dull along the way, and the four of them didn't speak.
Chu Chu had studied court etiquette before, so she was not afraid of facing red tape when entering the palace, Mei Xiang had never been to the palace, she was a little apprehensive and a little excited.
Chu Chu saw her uneasiness: "You can wait for me at the palace gate in a while, don't be afraid." ”
Pothos chose to ignore them, still sitting there, motionless.
Mo Ruxue sighed in her heart, this person who practices martial arts is different after all, and the first time Lu Pothos accompanied her into the palace, she was not afraid, and she was quite calm.
When they arrived at the gate of the palace, Mo Ruxue and Chu Chu got out of the carriage, and Mei Xiang and Lu Pothos were waiting in the carriage at the gate of the palace.
Chu Chu said with a smile: "I went in for a while, and I had to trouble the princess to bring the people's daughter, and the people's daughter entered the palace for the first time, and she felt a little uneasy." ”
Mo Ruxue listened to her humble words, and reluctantly pulled the corners of her mouth to move, which was a response.
In the novel, it is said that Chu Chu is familiar with court etiquette, and because he was sure that he was going to marry Xiao Yonghan, he specially invited a grandmother from the palace who had returned to her hometown to teach her a month's etiquette class.
They first came to the Yong'an Hall to greet the concubine.
Mo Ruxue obviously felt that the concubine's attitude towards her had returned to the coldness she had when she first saw her, and saluted her, but the concubine only glanced at her and let her calm down.
Chu Chu knelt on the ground and gave a big salute to the concubine in a standard posture: "The folk girl Chu Chu knocks to see the concubine! I wish the concubine a healthy phoenix and eternal blessings!"
The concubine smiled and said, "Get up! ”
Chu Chu stood up, straightened his back, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, he raised his head slightly, and a pair of cut curtains covered his bright eyes.
The concubine bowed slightly: "Yes, she is a beauty! How old is this year, have you ever read?"
"The folk girl is sixteen this year, she has read books for a few years, and she knows a few words. ”
The concubine just saw that her courtesy was so standard, she spoke clearly, neither humble nor arrogant, she should be a beautiful girl, and she was definitely not an ordinary woman.
"Where is your home and who else is there?"
Chu Chu was stunned when he heard this, and a sad expression appeared on his face: "The girl's parents are dead, there are no relatives at home, and there is no homeless ......"
Mo Ruxue stood next to her silently, quietly watching her performance. It would be the best to make the concubine like her, hey, the good cabbage let the pig arch, pity Xiao Yonghan, this good cabbage!
Seeing Chu Chu's sad look, the concubine's tone softened for a while: "You can live in Luowang's Mansion with peace of mind! ”
"Thank you for the teachings of the concubine, and the folk girl will keep it in mind. ”
The concubine turned her head and saw Mo Ruxue's appearance in space, and frowned: "Princess Luo, as a princess, you are not as good as a folk woman in your words and deeds, what do you have to say?"
"Back to the mother, the concubine also thinks so, so the concubine thinks that the concubine may not be able to take on the important responsibility of the princess......"
"Hmph! You can't say it now! More and more hypocritical, don't rely on Yonghan to be good to you, you just put your nose on your face, you look at your appearance, standing or not standing, sitting or not, it's useless!"
Since the concubine heard the words of the eldest princess last time, her attitude towards Mo Ruxue is not as good as before, and she found that Xiao Yonghan was too fond of Mo Ruxue, so she looked at Mo Ruxue even more unpleasantly.
"After the banquet, Princess Luo went to the Taizu Middle Temple to face the wall, without the permission of the palace, you are not allowed to come out!"
Mo Ruxue was extremely unconvinced, was her son going to stick to her, okay? Last time, she said that she urged her son to write and leave the book, but she didn't urge her, and now she is starting to blame her again!
The middle temple is gloomy and cold, and unless you make a serious mistake in the palace, you will not be punished there to face the wall.
A while ago, the concubine was still like her own daughter to herself, and it has only been a long time, turning her face faster than turning a book, and she began to suppress her everywhere.
"If you want the concubine to face the wall, you must always give the concubine a crime, right?
The concubine snorted coldly: "Just by the attitude you just talked to the palace, you don't respect the elders!"
"The mother's lesson is very good, the concubine obeys orders!"
Mo Ruxue's eyes turned, and she no longer defended, it may not be a good thing to go to the middle temple at this time.
Chu Chu glanced at Mo Ruxue, and a mocking smile rose at the corner of his lips, a pheasant is a pheasant, even if it is inserted with phoenix feathers, it is still a pheasant!
"You guys stand down first, don't let Concubine Xian wait for a long time. ”
The concubine looked tired, waved them off, and leaned lazily on the soft couch, thoughtful.
Chaohua Palace, the weather in early winter, the cold outside the hall is unexpectedly steep, and the hall has begun to warm up, warm as spring.
Concubine Xian has already sat down with all the concubines, except for Liu Meiren, the rest of the concubines, Mo Ruxue looked at Miansheng, it should be a newcomer to the palace, and the position is relatively low.
There were still two empty seats on the right hand side of Concubine Xian, and the palace maid led Mo Ruxue and Chu Chu to sit there.
After a while, Li Jieyu came with a four-month-old belly and sat down cautiously with the support of the palace maid.
Mo Ruxue stared at Li Jieyu's stomach in a daze, is it fake in the palace fight scene?
She watched Li Jieyu's belly slowly grow, and she didn't hear of any intrigue in the palace.
Concubine Xian smiled and said to Mo Ruxue, "What is Princess Luo looking at?"
Mo Ruxue came back to her senses and casually made a perfunctory explanation.
Li Jieyu glanced at Chu Chu and greeted with a smile: "This girl looks at Miansheng, won't Princess Luo introduce her?"
Before Mo Ruxue could speak, Concubine Xian opened the conversation: "No wonder my sister doesn't know, you didn't go to the banquet that day." This girl was given to King Luo as a side concubine by the concubine, and she has been living in King Luo's mansion for several months. ”
Concubine Xian smiled and said to Li Jieyu while looking at Chu Chu and nodding frequently.
"It's really a fairy-like figure, no wonder the prince of the Western Regions also took a fancy to it at a glance. ”
Li Jieyu didn't answer, but the concubines next to her looked at Chu Chu curiously, which made Chu Chu a little embarrassed for a while.
At this moment, the father-in-law outside came to spread the word, saying that the eldest princess and the county lord Ronghe were here, and today's banquet was to bid farewell to the eldest princess, and they would return to the lockdown tomorrow.
As soon as Mo Ruxue raised her head, she met the narrow eyes of Rong and the county lord, Rong and the eyes of the county lord and the eldest princess looked very similar, especially the glance when she looked up, her expression was exactly the same.
"Concubine Xian, why do you invite everyone? Some people are like shrews in the market, and they say all kinds of vulgar things, and the county lord feels disgusted when he is in the same room with her. ”
Although the county lord Ronghe was talking to Concubine Xian, his eyes were looking at Mo Ruxue, and the people here had more or less heard of the festival between her and Mo Ruxue, all of which were caused by a dog.
Concubine Xian stood up with a smile and walked in front of the eldest princess and the county lord Ronghe: "The concubine just wants the eldest princess and the county lord Ronghe to be happy today, let's only talk about qin, chess, calligraphy and painting today, not about the previous festivals, do you think the county lord thinks it's good?"
"Okay, Concubine Xian's mind, the lord of this county is in charge, I'm afraid that some people will make a fool of themselves. ”
The eldest princess stopped Rong and the county lord from continuing with her eyes, and she said with a smile: "This child is not big or small, don't be surprised by Concubine Xian." ”
"Lord Ronghe has a straightforward personality, and the concubines like it very much, so there is no reason to see it. ”
Concubine Xian led the eldest princess and the county lord Ronghe to sit opposite Mo Ruxue.
Mo Ruxue sneered in her heart, she was thirteen or fourteen years old, and she spoke rampantly, and she could only describe it with sincerity.
She is completely a foil today, and when the banquet is over for a while, she still has to go to the middle temple to face the wall, and it seems that she won't be able to sleep well tonight.
Concubine Xian took out a painting, walked up to the eldest princess, and asked the palace maid to open it.
"What a picture of the autumn colors of the lotus pond! I have long heard that the painting skills of the virtuous concubine are superb, and now I have seen it, the brushwork is like a god, and the scenery of the lotus pond is outlined into three points with a few brushstrokes, which is really everyone's work!"
The eldest princess praised without hesitation, in fact, she had already seen whose painting was from, and Concubine Xian did paint it, but it was far from the level in the painting.
Concubine Xian smiled as beautifully as a flower: "The eldest princess praised it falsely, and the concubine just used this for the pleasure of the boudoir, as long as the eldest princess likes it, this painting will be given to the eldest princess." ”
"I can't ask for it, this palace is hesitating to open my mouth, and I'm embarrassed to ask for it, hehe. ”
Concubine Xian asked the palace maid to roll up the picture, bandage it, and respectfully hand it to the eldest princess, who accepted it happily.
"I don't know what talent Princess Luo has?" "Lord Ronghe suddenly asked, she didn't want to look at others, she came today just to see Mo Ruxue make a fool of herself, otherwise she wouldn't be too lazy to come!