Lady Zhao

Chapter 51

It was approaching noon and it was time to start the banquet. As soon as the reminder bell rang, there were servants trotting to pass the news to the clan children and honorable lords who were waiting outside. , followed by the sons of the princes and counts, and the third is the family of the court ministers.

Each of them was dressed in Chinese and brocade attire, striding into Lanyue Pavilion in a suave manner. The waiter bowed his head and retreated to the side at the entrance, and the maids immediately took over from the waiter, ushering in seats for the young masters and pouring tea.

The women's family seats on the opposite side are also seated according to the same etiquette, and there is a small table for two people.There are three seats directly in front of the white jade steps where the stars are holding the moon, and there are also three seats on the right side. Crown Princess, Concubine De of Chude Palace, Concubine Shu of Yuhua Palace.

The most eye-catching of these noble children are of course the sixth prince Gu Jingxing who has the reputation of the three young masters of the capital, Feng Yuxiu, the son of the Taifu, and Fang Zimo, the eldest son of the Yipinhou Zhenguo General. The most important thing is that none of the three are married. It is a great honor for anyone to see it. Although the girls were excited, they naturally did not dare to show it too obviously, and slightly raised their shy eyes in anticipation.

The girls couldn't take their eyes off it. First, they saw a man wearing a silver silk white robe, an emerald belt, and purple cloud boots. Their hearts beat inexplicably faster...

When his whole figure looms from the corner, he is a burly young man with a slightly belly. He looks big and thick. The sons of the clan, the sons of the dukes and dukes, etc. have always been lazy, lazy, greedy for fun, and there are no such fat and fat people. A few, the shining eyes of the girls suddenly darkened, and they all covered their lips and sneered, and then some who came in were tall or short, fat or thin, and they couldn't catch the eyes of those noble women, especially Princess Yunqing. Princess Jinping and Princess Jinping, who had been friends with each other, wished they could tell them all over and over again.

In fact, these young masters are not so badly dressed in brocade clothes and carved jade and agate. The person who came in was like this.

Tall and tall, with narrow-sleeved Hu clothes, sword eyebrows and star eyes, and a long sword with a carved cloud and green dragon spewing out mist on his waist, Fang Zimo, the son of General Zhen Guo, was the only young talent who was allowed to wear a sword in the palace by His Majesty. no one else.That long sword was a reward from His Majesty. There were barbarians entering and invading southern Xinjiang. Fang Zimo swung his sword at Jiayuguan to fight against the enemy at a young age. It is a great favor for him to be allowed to enter the palace with a fine sword.

Fang Zimo was able to win the reputation of the three young masters in Kyoto, one of which is his outstanding appearance, and the other is his illustrious military achievements, which is more attractive than other young masters who only know how to fight crickets for fun.

The girls fell in love with each other at first sight, and couldn't help talking about it.

Princess Jinping's eyes were rarely burning, and his face was flushed.

Princess Yunqing has long had a heart-to-heart, she prefers bookish literati, she was taken aback when she saw it, and then joked with Princess Jinping, "This young general Fang has not been in the capital all year round, and now he can be regarded as seeing him, but he is no worse than me. Brother Six is ​​inferior."

Princess Jinping nodded, with the corners of his mouth lightly hooked, his eyes glowing green, he took a sip of tea slowly, and said obsessively, "It's just... what I like."

"What's the princess's plan? I heard that Mrs. Fang has long taken a fancy to the eldest daughter of the Zhao family, and wants to ask General Fang to marry her. Although she has a bad reputation, she can be regarded as the No. A beauty, of course, has some capital, and her status is not as good as that of her sister, but the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion is also worthy of being in the family of the General Zhen Guo's Mansion. Besides, there is no such thing as a man who is not beautiful. Once you are tempted by Zhao Wenwan's beauty, there are many young men who are fascinated by her, just look at that one."

Princess Jinping looked along Princess Yunqing's fingers, and saw a man in Chinese clothes with frivolous features and a feminine appearance. Even his clothes were dressed in an extremely bright vermilion, slanted-breasted robe bordered by brocade patterns. , with a leisurely posture and wanton eyebrows, he was looking at the vacated cases on the opposite side, which were clearly called by the queen mother to the positions of the three sisters of the Zhao family.

"He is the only son of my aunt Qingyang's family, the eldest son of Prince Pingnan."

Princess Jinping was obviously a little annoyed, and secretly scolded Zhao Wenwan, that vixen, who was only showing off her beauty and was not capable. This time, she was going to make her lose face at the banquet, so she gritted her teeth and uttered a sentence, extremely unwilling, as if that person It would really be snatched by Zhao Wenwan, "Who can escape my palm."

The bell rang again, and the women who were still chattering about the boy on the other side stopped their voices immediately. They all hurriedly stroked their temples and arranged their clothes, and sat upright.

The eunuch father-in-law sang in a high-pitched voice: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager...here..."

The three Zhao Wenwan sisters followed the queen mother with great grace, especially the queen mother liked Zhao Wenwan very much, holding her hand all the way forward, Zhao Wenwan complained inwardly, and did not want to show off like this today, the original script should be pulling Zhao Wenxi She walked with her hand, but she didn't want the Queen Mother to not know what was wrong, and she insisted on letting herself accompany the walk. The countless pairs of beautiful eyes underneath were envious, and there were many who were jealous...

Princess Yunqing is right, there is no man who does not like beauty, even if it is not a perverted mind, it is still pleasing to the eye, especially Prince Pingnan's gaze on Zhao Wenwan is like a wild wolf, bursting out from the bottom of his eyes The strong possessive desire was expressed, as if Zhao Wenwan was a prey, chasing after him closely, a smirk gradually appeared on the corners of his lips.

He Jingyuan, who was sitting in the back of the first row, looked at the brilliant big cousin and thought of being able to hide her, and suddenly felt the intense burning light of Prince Pingnan, and was even more impatient, wishing to go up immediately and take Ping Nan Shizi covered his eyes, and couldn't help but feel blocked in his heart, feeling sleepy.

Zhao Wenxi and Zhao Wenxuan lowered their eyes, feeling unwilling. Zhao Wenxuan added fuel to the fire with a very small voice, "Second sister should be the one who attracts the attention of thousands of people, hey..."

When Zhao Wenxi was told about her pain, she clenched her palms tightly and suppressed her displeasure. The purpose of her coming to the banquet was also to meet the sixth prince. If she could shine brilliantly and win the leader of the Qionghua Banquet, she might be able to catch the prince's eyes. , she involuntarily glanced at the male guest's seat quietly, and hurriedly glanced at it, but she couldn't find it. She didn't dare to visit blatantly, so she had to quickly look away.

The crown princess on the side shook her head and shook Zhu Chai, walking lightly, pulling her long skirt, graceful and elegant, just in time to catch Zhao Wenxi's scene of looking at people, secretly shaking her head and sneering coldly, this kind of etiquette is really not on the stage, such an important stage , but didn't know restraint, and didn't look at the occasion, it would be meaningless if she was among the female family members below, she was indeed a girl from the mountains, and she didn't know the strict rules and etiquette of the royal family.

The Empress Dowager deliberately summoned the three sisters of the Zhao family before the banquet. It must have been her intentions. There are so many daughters of the family, how can they lead them to the table in a dignified way? There have never been many, and the girls hide deep in the boudoir on weekdays, and the biennial Qionghua Banquet can gather all the young men who are waiting to marry. It is an opportunity to show their faces, but it also comes with risks. If the rules and etiquette are thoughtful, they will naturally be welcomed , If you don't understand the rules, heh, wouldn't you be shooting yourself in the foot.

Some people who wanted to pay more attention to the second lady of the Dingguo Mansion turned their heads to look at others when they saw that they were not reserved enough. Although Zhao Wenxi had lost a "ground", fortunately she was good-looking, and some were only greedy for beauty. A young master who drools, and who likes softness, naturally he will not let go of such beauties.

Zhao Wenxi didn't realize that she had lost her manners just now, she felt that the glance should be harmless, it was just quietly, quietly, but as long as she did it, there was no guarantee that she would not be looked at by others.

Naturally, Zhao Wenwan caught a glimpse of it, and sighed, no one else did anything, so he committed suicide first.

Zhao Wenxuan on the side spoke again in a low voice, "Second Sister, don't roll your eyes any more on such occasions, you lose people from our Duke's Mansion." After all, Zhao Wenxuan grew up in the Duke's Mansion since childhood, and Aunt Xia's Refusing to loosen the rules, he naturally knows a lot.

Zhao Wenxi was already very nervous, but when he heard that his entire back was stiff, he was annoyed to himself, and reminded him that he needed to be more cautious in everything he said and did.

The three sisters of the Zhao family arrived at their seats, and the Empress Dowager put on their skirts in advance to take their seats. Zhao Wenxuan and Zhao Wenxi occupied a desk, which was supposed to be two people, Gong'e carefully greeted Zhao Wenwan, Zhao Wenwan saw that she was the only one in her desk, and glanced at Gong'e.

After the queen mother, empress and noble concubines took their seats, everyone left their seats and saluted unanimously.

After the ceremony, everyone returned to their seats. At this time, Gong'e stepped forward and knelt down to serve each of the cases in charge. The palace woman understood Zhao Wenwan's meaning just now, and now explained aloud: "Princess Yongping originally They were clamoring for the same seat with the girl, so the princess was arranged here, but Princess Yongping is not feeling well today, so she didn't attend, so there is an empty seat."

Zhao Wenwan nodded, with a slight surprise on her face, why did Princess Yongping not sit in the seat of a well-behaved clan child, and insisted on coming here?

After Empress Dowager Dou said some polite words, she suddenly asked, "Why don't you see Jing Xing?"

Among the clan and royal family, only Jing Xing was old enough to accept a concubine, and the fifth prince was too young to be a concubine. Naturally, the male guests took the place of the sixth prince, which was really empty. If we talk about this Qionghua Banquet, Gu Jingxing is the key point , and the desk behind him was also empty, it was Feng Yuxiu's seat.

Concubine Yue is Gu Jingxing's biological mother, and at this moment she is also a little puzzled, why is her child not here?
And in the dark not far from Lan Yue Xuan, stood two tall figures.

"What kind of crazy are you at this time?" One person followed his line of sight and looked at a familiar face, with a teasing smile on his lips, "Aren't you afraid?"

The cold gaze of the person beside him passed by, and the latter fell silent, glanced at Yingying Yanyan in the garden, and said rather melancholy, "You don't want to marry yourself, so don't delay me." He didn't want to be that clingy Gu Jingxing who was said by the people in the capital to be so clingy!His dad doesn't look right at him now, okay?

The long and dark figure stood upright, noncommittal, his eyes fell on Zhao Wenwan's body, and his eyes were dark.

Zhao Wenwan...

(End of this chapter)