Miss Fortune: Is the regent ready for today?

Chapter 281 A sudden visitor

Go to Beijing and listen to Xianlou.

Suddenly, the chirping of magpies was heard, mixed with the gongs and drums playing music at the banquet, making it a lively chatter.

Emperor Chongwen was surrounded by civil and military officials from all dynasties who came to the banquet. On the imperial throne on the high platform, on the two rows of court chairs spread out on the left and right sides, Mei Chengting and Qiu Nanyan each occupied the head of the card. The remaining courtiers sat at the tables and chairs on the left in order of rank, while the tables and chairs on the right were reserved for guests like Wan Ruotan and Yin Luo who had no official positions.

The singing and dancing on the round stage were in full swing. Most of the people were concentrating on the dancers wearing pink and purple long skirts embroidered with large beams and embroidered with beads. They were dancing and dancing gracefully. They were concentrating on admiring the dance of the round moon that can only be seen this year. No one cared about it for a moment. The call of magpies came.

In the noisy banquet, Yin Luo and Wan Ruotan were sitting next to each other. When the young man in purple robe saw her raising a glass and pouring wine, he stretched his own wine glass in front of her without saying anything, "Little A'luo, please fill it up for me, too." . The wine from Daliang is indeed mellow. Although it is not as strong as the wine from Beiliao, it has a special aftertaste in the mouth!"

Yin Luo thought of how much he had supported her in front of Crown Prince Zhengren, so she did not refuse and helped him fill her up in a good-tempered manner. Just when she was about to answer Wan Ruotan's words, she heard Emperor Chongwen on the high platform take the lead in speaking up, following Wan Ruotan chatted: "The wine Hongyinghou drank is called 'Gui Dew Qiongjiang'. The stamens of ten-year-old osmanthus trees are mixed in the wine. It has been brewed three times to get the current taste. And on weekdays it is What is not available to drink is only brought out during state banquets, so every spring, when I see the osmanthus trees branching out, I miss this drink very much, but I have to endure it for half a year before I can drink it to my heart's content at the state banquet."

Wan Ruotan could hear the kindness contained in Emperor Chongwen's words. The emperor of Daliang gossiped without any pressure, and it was quite pleasant to listen to. He drank the glass quickly and focused on the wine bottle on the table. This was a rare sight. He replied gently: "This name is indeed a good one. But shouldn't all the wine drunk at the state banquet be stored in the palace wine store? As the emperor of Daliang, why do you have to hold back for half a year if you want to drink? When you are greedy, just ask someone to take out a pot. There's nothing wrong with that." He said with a crooked smile, looked at Yin Luo, and even dragged her into the conversation: "You think so? Little A'luo."

Yin Luo tilted his head in resistance, intending to pretend not to hear Wan Ruotan's question. Daliang is different from Northern Liao. The founding emperor of Daliang paid special attention to etiquette and rules, so when he came to the throne, he promulgated a lot of things similar to the "Prince's Code of Conduct", one of which was: non-state banquets, family banquets, Do not drink alcohol casually with three meals a day. It is said that the motive for promulgating this decree was the fear that the princes would drink too much during the day and delay official business. The prince couldn't drink whatever he wanted, so Emperor Chongwen, who had been on the throne for many years, naturally had to set an example.

Ming Fanlan used to often complain to her about the rules in the Daliang royal family. Fortunately, after arriving in Jianghu, she could finally eat and drink whatever she wanted. So she really couldn't answer the question Wan Ruotan asked just now.

However, Emperor Chongwen, who had been smoothed by rules over the years, didn't think much about it. He laughed twice, waved his hands, and explained the matter to Wan Ruotan nonchalantly. This kind-hearted look was different from the usual courtiers. With the unsmiling look in his eyes, he looked completely different.

"Hongyinghou is joking, there is a rule in the Daliang Ming clan's royal family. You are not allowed to drink alcohol on ordinary days." It was not enough for him to explain it. He also had to ask Yin Luo, who was looking down at his wine glass in silence: "Yin girl , Marquis Hongying is talking to you, why don’t you answer?”

Yin Luo raised her eyes in confusion, first glanced at Emperor Chongwen, and then at Wan Ruotan. Her eyes flickered between the two of them for a moment, "Huh?"

Wan Ruotan looked at her still clear eyes and understood that she was pretending to be stupid. This girl simply did not want to participate in the topic that Emperor Chongwen was discussing with him, and she wanted to pretend to be ignorant and confused to ease herself. The embarrassment of nomination.

Yu Ruyi, who was sitting on her right, looked at the scene and smiled unconsciously, as if she was happy to see Yin Luo in embarrassment. His sister likes acting the most, especially in such situations where there are many people. She likes to do the trick of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. Next, he has to concentrate, maybe Yin Luo can say something that will shock the world and make people cry. words!

But Yu Ruyi's wishful thinking came to nothing in the next second.

Ming Fang, who was sitting on Emperor Chongwen's right hand, smiled and frowned. She spoke up for Yin Luo quite generously. She handed Emperor Chongwen a mooncake and said, "Father, A Luo may have been thinking about something. Please don't embarrass her."

"You girl, hey, why do I mean to embarrass her? I'm just concerned about it. She is very familiar with Hongyinghou. Why do you, the girl, stand up to save her?" Emperor Chongwen stretched out his finger. He nodded at Ming Fang's forehead, and a look of endearment overflowed from his eyes. “Your Majesty——”

"A guest came from outside the palace, saying that she is... the head of the Wen family in western Hunan..."

Just in this happy atmosphere, Nie Lu, who was guarding the gate, suddenly ran under the round platform, knelt down on one knee and reported.

The news came so suddenly that Emperor Chongwen frowned and looked past the dancing dancer to look at Nie Lu.

The Emperor of Daliang stood up, his back even tense. He flicked his sleeves, his expression gradually became serious, and asked: "What did you say? Who is here?" He would rather he heard wrongly.

Yin Luo also looked at Nie Lu and clenched his palms involuntarily, unable to predict the development of the situation. She was afraid that Emperor Chongwen would openly send officers and soldiers to drive Wen Ting'er away. According to Wen Ting'er's temperament of refusing to tolerate injustice, she was afraid that she would throw up a handful of poisonous powder and take the lives of the officers and soldiers who intercepted her!

Now is the most solemn state banquet of the year, and there should be no trace of bloodshed. If Wen Ting'er really killed someone, it would be equivalent to a complete feud with the Ming family and even the civil and military officials of Daliang, and it was the kind of feud that would lead to her being hunted down. There is really nothing to be afraid of offending Jianghu people, but after all, the royal family and courtiers are powerful...

With this thought in mind, she planned to get up and walk out of the banquet, towards Wen Ting'er, or at least face her together.

Wan Ruotan seemed to be aware of her thoughts. He reached out and held her wrist tightly without changing his expression. With his free hand, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip. His expression was rare and calm. He didn't even look at her. One glance.

The strong feeling of shackles on her wrists made Yin Luo freeze. She turned her eyes and stared at Wan Ruotan in disbelief, but the latter seemed not to notice at all. He only used harder and harder hands to show that he was forcing her to stay and not allow her to get up.

Hearing the sound, Yu Ruyi also put down the teacup. He narrowed his eyes, felt the slight beating of the Yuhe scroll in his sleeve, and took a deep breath.

"What? Miss Ting'er is here?" Ming Fang, who was sitting next to Emperor Chongwen, his eyes lit up and joy filled his brows. Her face was innocent and innocent as a girl, and she cheered as if seeing an old friend, "Why don't you invite her soon? Come in!"

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