Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 234

Xia Zijin shook the step rocker slightly in his hand, thinking about something.

Xin'er stared at Bu Yao, tilted her head with her index finger in her mouth and said, "Princess, this jewelry is so beautiful, your enamel-style beads are blue and clear like a cat's eyes! This servant has never seen any It’s such a beautiful jewelry! It’s said that Mr. Xia took care of me very well, it’s really good!”

"Yeah, it's good." Xia Zijin laughed.

"You are going to the banquet with the jewelry that Manager Xia gave you later. The servant will help you prepare a dress that matches the jewelry. The servant looked at the water-lake blue filigree floor-length dress that I prepared yesterday. Very good.

Xia Zijin pursed her lips, looked at the dangling hairpin with tassels in her hands, and said nothing.Seeing that Xia Zijin didn't reply, Xin'er thought she agreed, so she went on to do it.

In winter, the sky gets dark very quickly, and it arrives at Mao's time. The sky that is still clear in the afternoon is as black as ink, entwined with a trace of mist, and the hidden stars are flickering and hiding in the clouds.

In the Xiadie Hall, the lights are brightly lit, silk and bamboo are played, and there is a graceful maiden wearing a multicolored glazed dress, a scarlet water silk around her waist, and a silky and light-like wide sleeve, dancing with the banquet.

Although it is an ancestor worship banquet at the end of the year, the opening ceremony is actually the same as a general palace banquet, but the venue has been moved from the imperial palace to the palace on Baihui Mountain.

Because it was an ancestor worship ceremony, the married princes and princesses of the royal family also brought their wives or son-in-law into the queue, and even their children from the first line filled the entire Xiadie Palace.

Ming Shengdi sat at the head. He was wearing an extremely thick mink cloak. The gray-black down looked smooth on the tough leather. The dazzling candles in the palace also reflected the warm yellow light. Dizzy, hit Ming Shengdi's slightly blush cheek.

"Today is a great day to worship our ancestors, and the weather is so rare that I am very happy. After this sacrifice, next year our Dalai Lama will definitely have a good weather, and the country will live in peace and prosperity!"

Ming Shengdi had already drank a lot of fruit wine before, and with the Baihua Niang that was added later, he seemed a little drunk at this time, "Come, relatives, drink this cup together with me!"

A group of people sitting in Yangyang talked and laughed at Yanyan one after another, following the words of Ming Shengdi.

The princes and grandchildren, headed by the prince, first stood up holding their cups. They were all dressed in Chinese robes and jade crowns, with different smiles on their faces.

"Father, as your sons, the ministers have failed to share your worries this year, but have caused you a lot of trouble. I respectfully respect you!" Xia Tian held on to the cup with both hands, his thin cheeks sunken inward There were two dimples, which seemed a little out of harmony.

Xia Bin standing behind rubbed his nose. Compared with Xia Qin, his stature is probably twice as wide as Xia Qin's. These days, I don't know whether it is because he is too happy to grab Xia Qin's many bets or because of other things. What, the figure is a bit rounder than before.

At this time, Xia Bin heard Xia Qin's words, and talked to the third prince beside him: "Tsk, the prince is really good at talking, he is the one who caused trouble to the father, it is not us, but he still dragged us to take care of him. "

Xia Qin listened to his words, his complexion changed slightly, but when facing Emperor Ming, his smile remained undiminished.

Ming Shengdi was drunk with alcohol on his face, he didn't hear the congratulations of the princes very clearly, he just laughed cheerfully, flicked his dragon robe forward with his elbows and said, "Er You are all my sons, so you have to share my worries. I won’t pursue what happened last year. It’s just that in the new days of the coming year, you must each do your part, do things well, and contribute to Dalai’s country and me. .”

"A country cannot survive only by relying on me. Only when father and son work together as the monarch and ministers have the same morals, can our Dalai's country be worry-free year after year!"

His vigorous and generous words resounded throughout the palace, only to see Ming Shengdi drunkenly pouring out some of the liquid in the wine glass, and the air was filled with the sweet taste of Baihua Niang.

Although the Baihua Niang is very gentle in the mouth, it has a great stamina. In addition, Ming Shengdi drank a lot of fruit wine before, and the two wines clashed, and the stamina was even greater. deportment.

It’s just that it’s good to tell the truth after drinking. Although Ming Shengdi was slightly drunk, he was very clear in his head. Keep the country for him.

Whether it was Xia Qin, Xia Bin, Xia Qixuan, or even the rest of the princes and grandchildren, they couldn't help feeling a little bit sad.

Ming Shengdi was over sixty years old, and his health has not been good for the past two years, but he is still so greedy for power and his position as emperor.

Not to mention the younger generation among them, even those in their [-]s and [-]s, like the prince and the eldest son of the emperor, have no chance to touch the center of imperial power.

I saw Xia Tianqin took the lead and laughed twice, raised his hand and raised his glass: "Father is right, the ministers will definitely follow through."

Xia Zijin is not interested in this kind of hypocritical dialogue between monarch and minister, father and son, but is very concerned about the kumquats in front of her. Those kumquats the size of night pearls are attractive in orange and yellow, without a trace of cyan, and they are very ripe The sweetness of the kumquats is very good, not at all like the sour kumquats in the capital this season.

Xia Zijinsu picked one up with his hands and put it in his mouth. When he bit down on the white teeth, the sweet taste spread out between his mouth and teeth. It tasted very good.

"Xin'er, try it too." Xia Zijin touched a small handful of kumquats from the silver plate in front of her and put them in the hands of Xiner who was behind her. They were sitting at the back, and Xia Zijin chose them inconspicuously. As long as no one is staring at them specifically, they will not see the movements of the people on this side.

Xin'er raised her head timidly and looked left and right. Although no one noticed this side, she was still a little afraid to eat the kumquat that Xia Zijin gave her.

"Princess. This... This is a banquet. Xin'er is just a maid of honor and cannot eat with the master."

Xia Zijin recited one, put it in his mouth and bit it, glanced at her and said, "Why are you so timid, you girl, you can just eat it if the princess asks you to eat it, you haven't used it since lunch A little food, if you don’t eat now, do you have to wait until the banquet is over and go back to eat those leftovers, it’s really worthless."

Although there were reproachful words in her mouth, there was a clear smile on her face, and she moved her position forward, just keeping Xin'er's thin body behind.

Reckoning that a small handful of kumquats would only be enough for Xin'er to eat, Xia Zijin quietly took two of the exquisitely stacked pastries from the table and handed them to Xin'er.

"Eat quickly, hide behind this princess, no one can see you."

Xin'er was not too good at refusing, seeing her stomach growl, she licked her lips, her eyes flickered, she took the pastry Xia Zijin handed over, and she held the kumquat in her hand, Gently moved the hem of the skirt to hide behind Xia Zijin and ate like a mouse.

Looking at Xiner's appearance, Xia Zijin raised her lips and smiled, feeling that Xiner was stupid and cute, but when Xia Zijin was staring at Xiner, a pair of narrow and upturned eyes were also looking at her.

The man was sitting next to Xia Qin, dressed in a crimson court dress with curly trains, with a shawl of the same color as the clothes between his arms, and a white fox fur collar tied around his collar, which was truly extravagant.

At this time, I saw this woman flirtatiously towards the fourth concubine sitting at the table next to her, and the two wives showed wicked smiles together, pretending to speak out, and kept saying something in their mouths: Gone. Come on the way and bring it with you
Sitting on the other side are all princes who are of the same generation as Xia Qin, looking at the princess sitting next to Xia Qin and the fourth concubine on the other side as if they are looking for something in a hurry, I can't help being curious stand up.

"Princess, what are you looking for?"

The seventh prince and concubine sitting behind covered her lips with a handkerchief, and asked with her head raised.

The concubine touched her hair bun with one hand, groped around where she was sitting with the other hand, sat up straight with a sigh, and said: "I am looking for a hairpin, it is in the style of enamel and dotted emerald. It is inlaid with a lot of pink pearls, which are very precious. When I came here, my concubine felt that the ancestor worship banquet was more grand, so it was very suitable to bring it, and I put it on the bun specially, why is my son missing now?"

After all, the Crown Princess flirted with the Fourth Imperial Concubine without a trace, and the Fourth Imperial Concubine immediately answered, "Oh, I remember that hairpin, the last time the Crown Princess took her to meet my concubine." , it seems to be a dowry gift from the mother of the Crown Princess, right?"

The crown princess sighed and said: "That's right, it's fine if the ordinary valuables are gone, but if the concubine loses the things my mother gave, it would be a great disobedience, and my mother and her old spirit in heaven should also blame it Ben's"

When Xia Zijin heard the words enamel and Diancui, the hand reaching for the kumquat paused for a moment, a trace of unknown emotion flashed across her delicately made-up face, but she quickly covered it up again, remaining calm.

At this time, I heard the fourth prince and concubine suddenly yell, and the handkerchief covered her mouth with a very surprised look.

"Crown Princess, your hairpin looks like it's on Princess Pearl's head."

She seemed to be afraid that others would not be able to hear her, so she turned up the volume a lot, and even the concubines who were talking to others looked towards this side.

The Crown Princess immediately put on her clothes and leaned forward, looked left and right at Xia Zijin's bun, and said suddenly: "It is indeed my Crown Princess's thing! This Crown Princess has been looking for it so hard, it turns out it is Carry it on someone else's head!"

There was a bit of sternness in her words, and her slanted eyes rushed towards Xia Zijin, which seemed to be questioning.

(End of this chapter)