Shengpingle

Chapter 17 The Flower Appreciation Banquet in the Eastern Palace ([-])

Hua Pingle, who was living in Changping Hou's mansion, did not learn how to be a housekeeper from Aunt Hua this time, and went out every day.

Or go to a jewelry store, or go to a teahouse to drink tea, or go to Liyuanzi to listen to an opera, very carefree.

Song Xueyun was jealous, and begged Mrs. Changping Hou to go too, but Mrs. Changping Hou refused, and said sternly, "Then Hua Er is shameless and shameless, you are not allowed to imitate her!"

After Marquis Changping heard about it, he reprimanded her severely, not allowing her to embarrass Hua Pingle any more, and even asking her to "stay at a respectful distance" from her!
Song Xueyun didn't dare to quarrel with her parents, and only hated Hua Pingle more and more.

After ten days like this, Hua Pingle didn't meet the person he wanted to see, and the crown princess's flower viewing banquet arrived.

Early in the morning, Hua Pingle dressed properly, and followed Aunt Hua to the East Palace.

The Great Xiao royal family has always had a difficult time with offspring, and Emperor Xianxiao Ding only had two sons.

Among them, the fathers of today's Shangzheng Hedi and Princess Ninghe died of illness early, and Huo Yanzhi was a posthumous child.

Emperor Zhenghe had only three children, the prince Xiao Mingshi, a princess and the second prince who was about to turn ten years old.

The prince Xiao Ming was the same age as Huo Ying, but now he is 33 years old, surrounded by countless beauties, but he only has one daughter.

Therefore, around May every year, the crown princess will hold a flower viewing banquet, inviting ladies and gentlemen from all over the capital, thinking that the crown prince will see each other.

The East Palace already has a crown princess, a side concubine, and low-ranking beauties and concubines that far exceed the number of beauties in Zhenghe and the emperor's harem.

People who love their daughters, or people with real power and fame will never send their daughters to the East Palace.

Therefore, most of the guests invited to the East Palace Flower Viewing Banquet were the daughters of officials below the third rank, and most of them were concubines, even nieces and nieces.

Princess Ninghe is the eldest sister of Shangzheng and the emperor, and the aunt of the prince Xiao Mingshi. Hua Pingle is now Xiao Mingshi's junior and has a marriage contract, so she is not included in the invitation.

Aunt Hua saw that she was in high spirits, so she asked for an invitation.

The weather is fine, the East Palace is full of red flowers and green grass, and pots of peonies compete for beauty.

Most peonies bloom in April, but the princess has a magic trick to delay its flowering until May, so that it can show its beauty when other peonies are exhausted.

Today's flower viewing feast is peony.

As usual, they went to see the crown princess first, and there were already many noble ladies sitting in the flower hall, and two women sat beside the crown princess Wang Miaoer, one on the left and one on the right.

On the left is Wang Yuaner, the cousin of the Crown Princess, who quarreled with her in Wuwen Pavilion that day.

The woman on the right is dressed as a woman, she is pure and pure, and she seems to be the prince's favored concubine.

Hua Pingle quickly memorized the woman's appearance, and then looked at the Crown Princess Wang Miaoer.

On March 22 in the spring of the ninth year of Zhenghe, the prince accepted the eldest daughter of the concubine Wang.

The simple number ten on the mansion newspaper wrote down the final destination of a young girl.

That, the only girl Huo Ying handed her a handkerchief from.

Queen Miaoer, the eldest son of the Wang family, was chosen by the Wang family to accompany the Queen Mother because of her intelligence and courtesy.

She is about the same age as Huo Ying who accompanied the Empress Dowager Huo, and they are both smart and clever. She is good at chess and Huo Ying is good at books, so they are very similar.

In the deep palace, the only person Huo Ying could talk to was Wang Miaoer.

She still remembered that after her marriage with Xiao Mingshi was finalized, Wang Miaoer teased her and said, "A Yu is about to marry the most honorable young man in the whole Great Xiao, are you happy?"

When she asked what kind of young man she wanted to marry, Wang Miaoer was silent for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said, "Me, I want to marry the most talented young man in the whole Great Xiao."

She laughed, "Then you can only be my sister-in-law!"

Huo Ying's elder brother, Huo Jie, is famous for his talent, and he can be said to have been brighter than Su Wencai back then.

But now, Huo Ying's family is ruined and her soul is sent to her, and Wang Miaoer is married to Huo Ying's ex-fiancé, the most honorable young man in the Great Xiao...

Aunt Hua led Hua Pingle to greet her, Wang Miaoer signaled the palace servants to support her, and asked, "Who is next to Aunt Hua, I don't know who is next to Aunt Hua."

Wang Miaoer's appearance is not outstanding, but her eyes are bright and lively, her skin is fair and plump, and she looks very dignified and friendly.

Aunt Hua laughed and said, "It's wine."

Wang Miaoer looked Hua Pingle up and down, and said with a smile, "Jiujiu is a big girl, I didn't recognize her just now."

Aunt Hua is the most happy to praise her younger sister in front of outsiders, and said with a smile, "No, she is much quieter and more sensible. Grandma is so happy!"

Wang Miaoer beckoned Hua Pingle to approach, took off the bracelet on her wrist and put it on for her personally, "I heard that the wine was a little uncomfortable a few days ago, it was inconvenient for me to go out of the palace, and I couldn't visit, this right should be an apology." .

Hua Pingle withdrew his hand from her by saluting, "Princess concubine speaks too seriously, drinking and drinking panic".

Wang Miaoer knew that she was always not close to people, so she didn't care, she said enviously, "Jiujiu has suffered from such an illness, and she has lost so much weight, turned white again, and is much more beautiful than before."

At that time, people sought after beauties who were elegant, soft and graceful, but she had always been troubled by her preference for a plump figure.

Hua Pingle opened his mouth and replied, "If the princess wants to be thin and beautiful, she can also get seriously ill!"

This sentence can be held back, but she is the second girl of Hua Er now, she can say whatever she wants, and there is no need to wrong herself too much.

The perfect smile on Wang Miaoer's face froze, Aunt Hua hurriedly reprimanded Hua Pingle, and changed the topic away.

At this time, other wives and wives came to see the ceremony, and Hua Pingle sat aside with Aunt Hua.

When all the guests arrived, Wang Miaoer led the crowd to walk slowly into the garden, pointing out the preciousness of each peony, and naturally everyone complimented her.

When she got near the stage, Wang Miaoer smiled and said, "This age is not forgiving, I am really tired after walking these few steps, let's go to have a rest.

When all the ladies are tired, they rest with me and watch the play.Just let the little girls have fun on their own, so they don't have to be restrained by our side."

The crowd kept complimenting, and they were divided into two groups, the noble ladies followed Wang Miaoer to watch the play, while the noble ladies dispersed in twos and threes.

Hua Pingle was not interested in the group of girls who were mostly unborn 15 years ago, so he also stayed.

Wang Miaoer invited Aunt Hua to sit beside her, and Hua Pingle sat next to Aunt Hua.

Wang Miaoer was very surprised, and joked with a smile, "Jiu Jiuguo has grown up, and he can calm down to watch the theater with us."

Aunt Hua was eager for her to speak, so she hurriedly talked about the benefits of Huapingle.

The sound of gongs and drums sounded, and a well-dressed Wu Sheng came out of the stage and sang lively.

Wang Miao'er is very lively, unlike her, it's not very lively, and it can't be very lively.

Such a noisy tone, if it was the old Huo Ying, he would definitely feel flustered and have a headache when he heard it.

In the past, the palace never ordered such a lively scene, not because of her, but because of the empress dowager who was also suffering from heart disease.

Things are right and people are wrong, nothing more than that.

The plays on the stage became more and more lively, and after singing for more than half an hour, Wang Miaoer finally ordered a reward with satisfaction, and said to the crowd with a smile, "I'm afraid all the ladies are tired from sitting, and the sun is the best at this time. It's just a good time to take a walk, and then enjoy the flowers, so you don't have to be restrained."

Everyone claimed that they were right, Aunt Hua lowered her voice and said cheerfully to Hua Ping, "You don't have to accompany me, go and find your handkerchief to play with."

Miss Hua Er was out of place among the noble ladies in the capital, she didn't even hand in a handkerchief, but she had quite a few enemies.

And Huo Ying was handing over the handkerchief, smiling and telling her not to restrain herself with an air of master.

Wang Miaoer took Aunt Hua's arm affectionately, and said with a smile, "You don't need to accompany me anymore, Aunt Hua is a busy person.

If there is nothing to do on weekdays, she would never go to the door of Ben Gong, but today she was finally caught, so let her accompany Ben Gong well."

For the sake of what Wang Miaoer said, the crowd naturally would not be ignorant, and dispersed in twos and threes.

Hua Pingle suddenly realized that he was alone, at this time the beauty Xu Zhaoxun who was sitting next to Wang Miaoer suddenly turned around and walked towards her, and saluted, "Second Miss Hua, the Crown Princess ordered my concubine to accompany the Second Miss for a while."

Presumably Wang Miaoer also found out that she was alone, so she specially sent Xu Zhaoxun to accompany her.

Wang Miaoer has always been very appropriate.

Hua Pingle returned the gift, "Then I will trouble you, Madam."

Xu Zhaoxun was rather flattered. Although she was favored, her father was just a hunter.

Not only in the East Palace, but also the ladies and noble ladies don't pay much attention to her, only the Crown Princess likes that she is gentle and courteous, so she often takes her out to meet guests.

She had heard the name of Hua Pingle's domineering for a long time, and was called by the princess to accompany Hua Pingle. She kept worrying about being bullied, but she didn't expect Hua Pingle to be so polite, so she didn't dare to say it.

Hua Pingle pointed to a peony plant and asked, "Does your lady know what this is called?"

Xu Zhaoxun often took care of flowers and plants with Wang Miaoer, and he knew them very well, so he immediately introduced them to Hua Pingle one by one.

The two walked in the garden for a while, Xu Zhaoxun saw that she was very interested in these peonies, and said happily, "The one that the crown princess raises the best is a golden loincloth. Do you want to go and see it?"

Hua Pingle nods his head, not wanting to see the palace servants come to say that the Crown Princess invites Xu Zhaoxun before he arrives.

Xu Zhaoxun had no choice but to leave with the palace servants. Before leaving, he pointed out the direction to Hua Pingle himself, and Yin Yin told her that he would be there in a while.

Hua Pingle was idle and bored, thinking of her kindness, he continued to walk forward.

The upper and lower petals of the golden loincloth are red, and the yellow stamens in the middle are in the shape of an official wearing a red official robe and a gold belt around the waist.

When Hua Pingle arrived, several noble ladies were watching around, and when they saw her coming, they all held their handkerchiefs and sniggered.

Hua Pingle didn't need to listen to know what they were joking about. With a cold stare, those noble girls lowered their heads and obediently looked at the flowers.

Hua Pingle continued to walk forward, those noble ladies raised their heads and took a quick glance, panic showed on their faces, and they walked away in small steps, shaking their handkerchiefs.

Hua Pingle, "..."

Miss Hua Er is so powerful, but Huo Ying couldn't compare to her back then.

Anu's eyes lit up, "Girl, why don't we arrest them and beat them up again, after we take care of them, we will never dare to smile inexplicably when we see a girl!"

Hua Pingle, "..."

The word "Zai" is used very expressively.

"girl?"

Hua Pingle coughed, "This is in the East Palace."

Anu was stunned, and said in admiration, "Yes, it's the girl who is thoughtful!
Let's find a place with few people before calling, it's best to wait for them to place orders one by one! "

Hua Pingle, "..."

No, you are much more thoughtful than I am.

After a while, someone from the palace came to invite her, and Wang Miaoer ordered the banquet to begin.

The banquet was placed beside a small artificial pool in the garden, Wang Miaoer smiled and said, "This is a new thing created by the palace people.

Today, we also learn from literati and scholars, and we also have a cup of water, a wine order, and a few poems, so as to save ourselves from sitting around and being bored.”

Just as she was talking, someone from the palace came to report that the prince was coming, and she showed a look of deliberate surprise on her face, "Your Highness was called by the Holy Majesty to go to the South Study Room to discuss matters, but he came back so early, and it happened to be a treat for us. ready-made officer".

Everyone knew what was in their minds and got up one after another, not only Xiao Mingshi but also Huo Yanzhi didn't want to come.

Hua Pingle's eyes paused on Huo Yanzhi's body, and then fell on Xiao Mingshi's face.

Fifteen years have passed, and the youthful and clumsy boy has become stable and dignified, looking more like a prince than at that time.

Hua Pingle quickly pursed the sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, and lowered his head respectfully.

　Little cuties, happy and healthy Year of the Tiger~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)