food queen

Chapter 237 The Confrontation at the Banquet (1)
"Uh..." Han Jianshi took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked, "Isn't it too early?"

"It's getting late. Is this nothing more than an engagement? I won't take her into the palace right away."

Han Jianshi nodded, thinking that the emperor wanted to go directly to Ming Road. In fact, he did this for the sake of his family and his sister's reputation. A letter of guarantee, but——Han Jianshi asked hesitantly: "But this matter...doesn't His Majesty need to discuss it with mother again?"

"You can convey it to me today. The reception banquet will be held in seven days." Yun Shuo stood up, patted Han Jianshi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Third cousin, I hope that the Zhongyihou's mansion will be held by then." Everyone can enter the palace to attend this banquet."

"Yes, my lord, I will send you off to Your Majesty." Han Jianshi looked at Yun Shuo's back as he left gracefully, and bowed in response.

Naturally, the Ministry of Etiquette must do its best to arrange the reception banquet for His Majesty's triumphant return.

Originally, Shao Xilan was worried that the weather in early August would still be hot and dry, but His Majesty liked cool and light rainy days. If he held a banquet in the imperial garden under the sun, His Majesty would be upset again.

However, the weather was beautiful, and it was cloudy when we got up in the morning, with a slight east wind and a little rain.When the banquet started, the rain stopped, only the moist and cool wind brought the sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance, which made people feel comfortable and beautiful.

Han Qian got up early in the morning and was pressed in front of the dressing table by two palace maids, who combed a graceful Liuyun bun, Dongzhu hairpin, jasper pair hairpin, gem mother-of-pearl, and red gold step.Gold silk necklaces, jasper earrings, bracelets, red gold rings with emeralds...

Han Qian looked at herself dressed in jewels and emerald, staring at the sky speechlessly.

"Which brooch do you choose?" Pingguo'er was holding a tray, on which there were twelve brooches in a row, inlaid with gemstones of various colors, dotted with emeralds and inlaid with blue, there were butterfly styles, dragonfly styles, jade cicada styles, and red phoenix styles and various brooches. There are a variety of flower styles, each of which is beautiful, and just picking one can dazzle people's eyes.

"Do you still need a brooch?" Han Qian sighed helplessly, "I must weigh ten catties now!"

"However, today is a special day. Speaking of which, the princess is also the protagonist! We must not be too shabby." Nanny Chen patiently compared the style and color of the brooch on Han Qian's chest.

"Oh! What kind of protagonist am I!" Han Qian took the orchid and emerald brooch in Chen's hand and threw it back on the tray in Pingguo'er's hand, and said amusedly, "Your Majesty is the protagonist today." , This is his reception banquet! At best, I am just a foil! Dressed up so beautifully and go into the palace, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?!"

"Hey, what's the joke? They're envious and envious." Liu Nanny laughed.

"How's it going?" Princess Dachang entered the door and saw Han Qian standing there with her mouth open, she smiled and went forward to have a serious look, then nodded with satisfaction, "It seems to be the case."

"Mom! Do I need to make it like this? I often go to the palace on weekdays..."

"Today is different from the past." The eldest princess raised her hand to support Jin Buyao on the hair bun for her daughter, and said with a light smile: "Today, you represent our Zhongyihou's mansion, the eldest princess' mansion. Even Our entire Han family."

"What does this mean?" Han Qian asked puzzled.

The Eldest Princess picked out a butterfly brooch inlaid with gold and jade from the tray, and pinned it to Han Qian's lapel, and said with a satisfied smile, "You will know when the time comes."

"You know what?" Han Qian intuitively felt that there was something in his mother's words.

The eldest princess looked at her glamorous daughter and panicked for a moment. The 12-year-old girl has not fully opened her eyebrows, but she is already beautiful enough to make people look away.

"Mother?" Han Qian stepped forward and grabbed the sleeve of the eldest princess and shook it gently.

"Huh?" The eldest princess returned to her senses, looked at her daughter's expectant face, raised her hand to caress it gently, and said with a light smile, "It's nothing, it's getting late, it's time for us to enter the palace."

Han Qian knew that his mother had something to hide from him, but if she didn't tell him, he had no choice but to follow her into the palace.

This time, all the members of the Han family were mobilized, not only the Feng family with their daughter Han Yu, but also Wei Tiantian with Han Jin.Han Jun and other young masters also changed into formal attire and entered the palace to receive the banquet with third uncle Han Jianshi.

I don't know what the eldest princess told Zhen Guogong. The two men and women in Zhen Guogong's mansion and Yongyi Hou's mansion were not left behind. Except for Mrs. Feng who was seriously ill and couldn't go out, everyone else was dressed in court clothes, big and small. There are dozens of young people, the men ride horses, the women ride cars, and the travel team lined up a street.

This not only aroused onlookers and discussions among the people in the capital, but also made the ministers in the court look sideways.

Once again, everyone expressed their feelings about the honor and favor of the Han family. It really is Shixun's family, and this honor is probably comparable to that of Ninghou's mansion.However, the Ninghou Mansion has always been low-key, so naturally it is unwilling to make such a publicity at this time.Therefore, the Han family's limelight can be regarded as the first in this imperial capital.

In the carriage, Han Qian finally had the opportunity to ask the eldest princess: "Mother, why is our family so flamboyant today? This seems to be different from what you taught your daughter before?"

The eldest princess smiled slightly and said: "Yes, Mother has always taught you not to be self-willed, not to show off, to learn to be a low-key person, not to be too sharp, so as not to be jealous and plotted by others. However, what Mother wants to teach you today is , as a human being, you can’t just give in blindly. You must endure when you should bear it, but to endure it again and again is cowardly and incompetent. Our daughter of the Han family, you must be proud when you should be proud, because you can be proud in the first place."

Han Qian nodded, thinking that the rumors in the imperial capital must have made her mother angry, that's why she said such things today.

In fact, a daughter from the royal family like mother, who is the emperor's aunt, and has the Han family as her support, shouldn't listen to those gossips, shouldn't look at those people's eyes.

The men of the Han family have been fighting bloody battles for so many years, let alone their father, just their uncles, how could they not be close to death in a war?Guaranteeing the great luck and stability of the country for a hundred years, can it not be worth a few rumors, and still suffer from this idleness? !
Forbearance is necessary.

But forbearance can't solve everything.

The carriage stopped at the Shunhe Gate, and Han Qian supported the eldest princess to get out of the carriage slowly. The eunuchs in the palace had already come forward to greet the eldest princess and said, "The slave is here to welcome the eldest princess according to His Majesty's order. Please go to Little Penglai in the Imperial Garden to rest for a while, and the banquet will start at Si time."

The eldest princess nodded and said with a smile, "Okay."

The old eunuch hurriedly bowed again and said, "Princess Eldest Princess, princess, young madam, please."

(End of this chapter)