The Alluring Concubine: The Eldest Miss

Chapter 59 The Palace Banquet (1)

Feng Qiwu and Shen Youliehan heard the words and got up, ready to go to the banquet.

The Tianhua State Banquet is usually held in Baihua Palace, where there are a lot of flowers and beautiful scenery, no matter it is night or daytime, there are always amazing scenery, and this time is the same.

The family members of hundreds of officials in the court and officials of the fourth rank and above all came to the palace banquet. At that time, the emperor had not yet arrived, and they gathered together in twos and threes. The men were talking about recent affairs in the court. I'm talking about the recently popular skirt rouge and the like.

Liu Xuran pulled Mai Feiyang and sat there to chat with each other, Mai Feiyang suddenly said, "I heard from my father that Xiangye seems to want you to marry my sister-in-law, what do you think?"

Ever since Feng Qiwu used Shen Youliehan's name to abduct Mai Meng that day, Mai Feiyang, the elder brother of the abducted person, and Liu Xuran, the accomplice, had a very secret relationship, so they did not shy away from it and directly spoke out But Liu Xuran jumped up in shock when she heard the words.

There were already many people in Baihua Palace, and they all concentrated on the two of them at once. Liu Xu smiled awkwardly, sat down again, and asked with a pinched voice: "When did I know nothing about it?"

There was a smile on Mai Feiyang's face, and he looked at Liu Xuran jokingly and said, "Master Xiang said that you are stubborn and don't listen to discipline. If you knew about it in advance, this matter would definitely be a scandal."

Liu Xu suddenly downed a glass of wine and smacked her lips, "The old man's words are a bit harsh, but it's true, but if that's the case, why do you still tell me?"

"The parents always like to arrange the affairs of the younger generation according to their own preferences, and it doesn't matter whether the younger generation is willing or not. This younger sister is just such a younger sister. Although she is a bit stubborn, she is also my darling. Let me tell you in advance, if you don't want to, this sister Let's find a way to solve the problem, so why bother with the happiness of your life and the little sister's life."

Liu Xuran was a little embarrassed when he heard the words, but she also understood Mai Feiyang's painstaking efforts, scratched her head and said, "Whether this kind of thing is OK or not can't be said clearly, but, do you think my bohemian and freedom-loving personality, coupled with Can your sister's personality of wishing to turn the whole world into a theater get along well?"

Mai Feiyang had no expression on his face when he heard the words, and just said: "So, I understand, and I will try my best to persuade my father to dismiss this idea when I go back. You also have to work hard on Xiangye's side."

Liu Xuran nodded and answered "Okay", she didn't know what to say, she didn't do anything, but she seemed to have given up, she was too embarrassed to go to see Mai Feiyang.

Fortunately, Chang He, a sharp eunuch, broke his embarrassment at this time.

"The Emperor is here!"

"King Hanjiang is here!"

"Master Duanhua is here!"

Three sharp chants fell to the ground, and all the officials worshiped, "Long live my emperor! Long live my lord!"

Some officials and courtiers' children who were lower in rank than Feng Qiwu saluted Feng Qiwu, "Your servants will see the princess!"

"Everyone is flat!" Shen Youjiayan raised his hands slightly, avoiding everyone's courtesy, and also avoiding the embarrassment that Feng Qiwu tried his best to hide.

"Northern Qi's envoy represents Zhong Limo..."

"Nanliang envoy represents He Zuo..."

"Eastern Chu envoys represent Chu Bozhao..."

"The envoy of Xiling represents An Zhicheng, An Nongying..."

"See Emperor Jiayan, long live long live long live!"

After all the officials passed, representatives of the envoys of the four countries saluted Shen Youjiayan together. Shen Youjiayan stretched out his hand with a smile, and said in a humble way: "Your envoys are welcome to take your seat."

"Xie Jiayanhuang." The envoys from the four countries with different thoughts were very tacit at this time, and they always spoke in unison.

"The emperor has a decree, take your seat!" The eunuch often sang, everyone took their seats, arranged according to the etiquette, Shen Youliehan is the third prince, but he has been crowned king, he should be in the third place from the emperor's left hand, But he didn't know what happened, he ran to the last seat of the princes, just next to the seats of the first-rank princesses, and the first one on his left became Feng Qiwu.

The emperor glanced at him but didn't speak. He was about to say that the rites and music had begun, but was interrupted by "The Empress Dowager has arrived".

When everyone heard the news, they all looked up. The suspicion between the emperor and the empress dowager was not a secret among some veteran officials in the court. After the emperor took control of the real power these years, the empress dowager stayed in the palace for a long time and never came out. The queen mother was supposed to come to the grand ceremony, but she was also absent. I didn't expect that she would appear at the banquet this evening.

Feng Qiwu's attention was on Zhou Xiyu who was following the Queen Mother, no wonder he hadn't seen her for so long after coming in, so she was following the Queen Mother!
Regardless of the rift between the emperor and the empress dowager, her status as the empress dowager is still there. .”

The Empress Dowager didn't ask people to get up immediately like the emperor, but looked around for a week. When she saw that besides the envoys of the four countries, the crown prince, the eldest prince, Shen Youliehan and Feng Qiwu were also standing, she couldn't help but look cold." Has it been a long time since Aijia came out, why can't he even bear a kneeling ceremony?"

Everyone raised their heads suspiciously, and they heard Zhou Xiyu say: "The Queen Mother doesn't know something, Miss Feng, oh no, Princess Duanhua has made meritorious service in the frontier battle, the emperor granted her the right to walk freely in the palace without kneeling."

"Is that so?" The Empress Dowager heard the words, her complexion did not change, but she suddenly released a great coercion, pressing on Feng Qiwu with a clear goal.

Feng Qiwu's expression changed, and he secretly activated his supernatural powers, his eyes met the queen mother's snake-like eyes without fear.

Just as Shen Youliehan wanted to help Feng Qiwu resist some coercion from the Queen Mother, he felt a strange force surrounding her, so he was relieved. Layers of power to protect themselves have been withdrawn.

Before he could react, he saw Feng Qiwu spat out a mouthful of blood, his face turned pale instantly, and Shen Youliehan greeted him with a palm without hesitation, and he was even more unceremonious in his mouth, "It's just a kneeling ceremony, sir. Kneeling alone will shorten your life a few years?"

The emperor's face was very ugly and he said: "The girl Qiwu is exempted from kneeling and worshiping, which is specially authorized by me. If the queen mother has any objections, she can come to me directly. There is no need to embarrass a little girl."

Feng Qiwu could feel that both Shen Youliehan and the emperor were confronting the queen mother for herself, but now she had no time to share their worries.

The sudden burst of power in the body was like a fire burning all over the meridians. I was shocked that all these were the symptoms of spiritual awakening. Feng Qiwu quickly sat down cross-legged and began to meditate. Everyone thought she was healing her wounds, but nothing happened Notice.

Shen Youliehan felt the power fluctuations around Feng Qiwu's body, and he didn't care to teach the queen mother a lesson, so he pushed it over with one palm, lifted the fruit plate wine glass on Table Mountain in front of the queen mother, pushed the queen mother staggeringly, and sat down He checked Feng Qiwu's pulse, but he couldn't laugh or cry.

He raised his eyes and said to the emperor who was still worrying about the safety of Fengqiwu: "Princess Duanhua is fine, this king will heal his wounds, let the banquet continue!"

After saying that, in the emperor's reassuring eyes, he used spiritual power to set up an invisible spiritual power barrier for Feng Qiwu, then sat upright and watched Feng Qiwu disperse the chaotic power all over his body.

Seeing that Feng Qiwu was fine, the emperor was not angry anymore. Zhou Xiyu helped the queen mother to sit next to the emperor, and was about to take the seat, but the emperor said to the eunuch beside him: "How did you arrange it? Do you still want me to explain it one by one?"

The eunuch was also smart, knowing that the emperor didn't want Zhou Xiyu to sit on the throne, he quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me, it's my servant's negligence, Miss Zhou should take the seat of Princess Duanhua. Go rearrange."

Hearing this, the emperor was very satisfied with the little eunuch, and waved his hand to signal him to make arrangements.

The queen mother tried to interrupt the emperor several times and let Zhou Xiyu sit beside her, but the emperor didn't look at her at all, and didn't give her a chance to interrupt.

He opened his mouth and said: "The founding of the Thousand Seals is a blessing to Tianhua, a blessing to the world. Now envoys from the four countries have come to congratulate them. May I, Tianhua, make all the envoys feel at home!"

"Come on, dance, get up!"

After the emperor's words fell, the dance music department in the palace rehearsed for an unknown period of time and then began the singing and dancing.

However, few people seemed to pay attention to the singing and dancing. Zhong Limo and He Zuo sat relatively close to each other. Halfway through the singing and dancing, He Zuo lost interest. After all, as a high-ranking general in Nanliang, he had seen these singing and dancing before. Seeing that everyone was immersed in singing and dancing, he leaned slightly and whispered in Zhonglimo's ear: "This Princess Duanhua is the only daughter of Feng Aotian. It is said that she was stupid and incompetent before. How can she look like this now?" It doesn't look like the one in the legend, I have no desires towards the crown prince, and I have never accepted a concubine, so I wonder what Crown Prince Zhongli thinks of Princess Duanhua?"

Zhong Limo couldn't hear one of the temptations in He Zuo's words, so he followed his heart and said: "The prince only asked Duanhua Princess for marriage during the day, is General He trying to win love?"

He Zuo let out a low laugh, as if mocking, "It's unknown who will win the deer. At most, it's a fair competition. It can't be regarded as a slashing for love. Besides, this general has heard that Princess Anping of your country is on the way. The Emperor of Northern Qi doesn't seem to be You don't have any plans to marry His Highness the Crown Prince, do you?"

Zhong Limo retorted unceremoniously, "General He is very well-informed. Even if the crown prince is gone, Dong Chu is still there. With Feng Qiwu's identity and a playful personality, do you think Chu Bozhao will let him go? "

"Then wait and see what happens!" He Zuo didn't get any advantage, sat up straight after saying a word, and stopped talking to Zhong Limo.

After singing and dancing, Chu Bozhao got up and said: "It coincides with the year when Tianhua founded the country with a thousand seals, and the emperor specially ordered Bozhao to bring the Eastern Chu jade lion to come to congratulate him. I hope Emperor Jiayan will accept it with a smile."

"Okay, okay, Prince Chu is bothering you. Go back and thank the Emperor Chu for me." Shen Youjiayan smiled decently, but the eunuchs around him always felt that the emperor's smile was the same as when His Royal Highness Hanjiang and Princess Duanhua came. There is something different about that smile.

Immediately afterwards, Zhong Limo, An Zhicheng and He Zuo got together and asked people to bring out all the congratulatory gifts from various countries.

The ceremonial officer read out all the gifts from various countries, "Xiling, a century-old coral tree; Northern Qi, a golden dragon; Nanliang..."

The ceremonial officer seemed to be in a bit of a dilemma, and the emperor said when he saw this, "It's just a direct announcement, so hesitant, how decent!"

Hearing this, the ceremonial officer regained his composure, and sang: "Nanliang, a black iron sword from the year before last."

"The black iron sword from the year before last?" Everyone's expression changed drastically when they heard the words, the sword is a chest weapon, how can it be used to congratulate?
"General He, did the Xuantie sword have another mystery?" Shen You Jiayan believed that no matter how reckless He Zuo was, he would not openly cause trouble in Tianhua's court, so he asked one more question.

He Zuo laughed loudly when he heard that, "Your Majesty is wise, this sword is really extraordinary."

Attracting everyone's attention to himself, He Zuo said slowly: "This sword is the masterpiece of Gui Ming Tie Shou, the number one craftsman in the Southern Liang dynasty. The only person who can get a glimpse of the secrets, but after so many years, no one has been able to penetrate the secrets, so it can only be used as an ordinary weapon. My emperor felt that it was a pity, so he dismantled the general and sent it to Tianhua as a national gift. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Tianhua National Festival and the gathering of heroes, we can see if we can meet someone who is destined to break through the secrets and solve the mystery that has plagued me in Nanliang for hundreds of years."

"So, this sword is so mysterious, I wonder if the crown prince can take a look at it?" An Zhicheng said with interest, not at all feeling inappropriate because he is neither from Tianhua nor from Nanliang.

The emperor nodded when he heard the words, and signaled the palace servants to show the sword to An Zhicheng, An Zhicheng hurriedly said: "You don't need to take it, after all, it's a murder weapon, if it hurts someone, it's because it's sincere, the prince can just come and see it. "Speaking, he left his seat and walked to the place where the gifts from the four countries were placed.

"The prince will also take a look." Chu Bozhao said and followed.

Zhong Limo didn't speak, didn't move, just sat there watching An Zhicheng and Chu Bozhao playing with the black iron sword under He Zuo's strange eyes.

After Feng Qiwu finished his luck, he opened his eyes and saw the focus of everyone's attention. Seeing her wake up, Shen Youliehan removed the spiritual power barrier and asked, "How is it, but is there any discomfort?"

Feng Qiwu whispered: "We'll talk about it when we go back, what's going on over there?"

Shen Youliehan nodded, and sneered again: "Nanliang Chaohe's gift is a black iron sword. It is said that there are secrets hidden in it, and only those with the spirit of a real dragon can find out. They seem to be quite interested."

Feng Qiwu felt it was funny when he heard the words, "The position of the king has always been occupied by those who are capable. Where did the real dragon spirit come from the living people? Such a superficial estrangement can't be seen through. How did they become the masters of the East Palace?" of?"

"You're the only one who is smart." Shen Youliehan squeezed her fingers and said with a smile: "I know that's the way it is. Now that you have this gimmick, you can't lose in front of others. Otherwise, it doesn't matter if you have the spirit of a real dragon or not." , if there is, the public opinion will have to be wiped out by you."

Feng Qiwu grabbed his troubled fingers and smiled, "You can see clearly."

While the two were chatting and laughing, they heard Chu Bozhao say a little depressed: "It's really crazy, this prince is also at the sixth level of spiritual power, and he can't even pull out a sword!"

"Prince Chu, don't be depressed, isn't this prince too?" An Zhicheng said with a smile: "The so-called real dragon spirit is just that, if it is true, how can you and I become the prince of a country? host."

"Haha, yes, don't take it seriously, you two. After all, this black iron sword has been passed down for hundreds of years, and no one knows how it works. The real dragon's aura is probably just a rumor!"

He Zuo's seemingly intimate consolation was harsh to Chu Bozhao and An Zhicheng's ears, and they all returned to their seats and stopped saying He Zuo's words.

The part of Siem Reap in Shikoku has just passed.

Next is the link of marriage or marriage. The emperor put down his wine glass and said in a loud voice: "Thanks to the love of the monarchs of the four countries, all of them are willing to marry me, Tianhua. It is very interesting to think about it as a moon old man, holding this red color for the children of Tianhua and the children of the four countries."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, He Zuo stood up from his seat, cupped his hands and said, "Borrowing the auspicious words of Emperor Jiayan, my Prince Chaoyun heard earlier that the jewel in the palm of General Feng, the current Princess Duanhua has a pure temperament and is not pretentious. Proficient in the art of war, I sent an urgent message eight hundred miles to ask this general to propose marriage for Prince Yun, and to marry Tianhua forever in Qin and Jin Dynasties, and please Emperor Jiayan to make it happen."

With a quick swipe, Feng Qiwu immediately became the focus of everyone's attention. From daytime to now, this young lady of the Feng family who once made everyone in Jincheng scoff at her was mentioned again and again, and the ones who mentioned her were all heavyweights. Some people who haven't seen Feng Qiwu's change are puzzled, how could such an idiot suddenly become a sought-after meat and potatoes?
At this moment, Chu Bozhao also stood up, "Princess Duanhua's demeanor, Bozhao also admires it very much, but from what Princess Duanhua said during the day, it seems that she doesn't like other people interfering in her marriage, General He Weren't you there at the time, why did you make such a request?"

"Prince Chu is joking. Since ancient times, marriages have always been ordered by parents. According to the matchmaker, Princess Duanhua has been named princess, and her marriage is decided by Emperor Jiayan. How can a daughter's family discuss marriage by herself? reason?"

"General He..."

The two of you come and go, the discussion is very intense, Feng Qiwu holds down Shen Youliehan who is about to move, gets up and walks to the center, "Thanks to the love of the two, but Duanhua is ashamed, General He's so-called pure temperament Duan Hua reluctantly accepted it, but he was ashamed to be proficient in the art of war. Besides, it is not such an absurd thing to have an independent marriage. I also obtained the imperial decree from my majesty on marriage independence, there are many women with both virtues and skills in Tianhua, please let Duanhua go, Duanhua is very grateful!"

Shen Youliehan looked at Feng Qiwu's mouthful of shame, but the words in his mouth were burning, without fear, and the appreciation in his eyes couldn't be concealed.

(End of this chapter)