Chapter 22 First meeting at the banquet
During the banquet, toasts and games, I suddenly heard that the servants came to report that the eldest prince also came to the banquet and accompanied the second prince.
Not daring to neglect, everyone replenished their drinks, packed up and dressed neatly, and stood up to wait for the two princes. Only Xin Yi continued to sit at the main seat, pouring himself a glass of wine and drinking it.
Zhuo Rui's voice was heard in the distance, and he did not come empty-handed. The boys behind him carried a box of treasures, which complemented the second prince's jade tree. The two of them walked into the center of the banquet, jeweled.
“Royal sister, why don’t you invite your brothers to such a grand chrysanthemum viewing banquet?”
Xin Yi raised his eyes and took a look at the jewelry, and couldn't help but sigh at the royal extravagance. Then he immediately stood up from his seat and greeted him with a smile.
Zhuo Rui recognized him, and when she saw a young man next to him with a brocade and jade face, a look of indifference between his brows, but his face was thin, and he was sitting in a wheelchair of golden nanmu inlaid with jade, she made a judgment in her heart. , this is the second prince Zhuo Yu.
Xin Yi leaned forward and said, "Brother the First Emperor, Brother Second Emperor, why did Yaxing come to my little sister today?"
As he said that, he looked back and said with a smile, "Why? Didn’t you see the second emperor’s sister-in-law? The second emperor’s brother is newly married, and the emperor’s sister is holding her I didn’t go to congratulate you in person. Didn’t I have a chance to meet the emperor’s sister-in-law today?”
Zhuo Yu said with a smile: “I heard from the emperor that you have grown up a lot and you talk like an adult. I didn’t believe it at first. , when I saw it today, it turned out to be true.”
After that, he took out a golden phoenix hairpin from his arms and handed it to Xin Yi: "Your wife-in-law doesn't like this crowded place, so she specially asked me to prepare a golden phoenix hairpin for you today as a meeting gift for the two of you. ”
Everyone doesn’t love money and jewelry. Xin Yi also accepted it happily. Being a member of the royal family is good. She just felt that there was so much money that her heart was about to float, not to mention how happy she was.
As soon as he took the golden hairpin, he heard a woman behind him say: "Ya Ming congratulates the second prince on his new crown prince, King Xiaoyao, a thousand years old!"
As soon as Ya Ming finished speaking, everyone was stunned. In place, only Seeing Zhuo Yu slightly raising his eyes to glance at the woman in front of him, Feng Danyun smiled softly and said:
"The news about Sister Wang is so well-informed. I only received the title this morning, so Sister Wang knew about it."
Ya Ming leaned forward slightly, with an embarrassed look on her face: "King Xiaoyao was joking, but I heard my father talk about my brother today, and accidentally learned about your happy event..."
The daughter of a noble family, Mrs. After all, it is not a very decent thing to care too much about the prince's title.
Zhuo Rui chuckled twice and said to Xin Yi on the side: "Your second brother has sealed the boundary on the edge of Qingqiu. It is rich in products and bustling with people. When will you stay in Jingcheng? I'm bored, but I can go have some fun."
Xin Yi nodded and hurriedly asked Xiao Cong to prepare the guest seats for the two of them. Everyone returned to the table, the musicians played the piano, and everyone drank again. Laughing into a ball.
During the banquet, several ladies from aristocratic families made noises saying that Ya Ming played the piano well and asked her to perform. Ya Ming symbolically declined and had no choice but to comply with everyone.
As soon as the song starts, the sound of the piano is like a flying spring in the mountains, shattering the ethereal growth of all things. It is also like a girl's gauze, tenderness and innocence being given to the flowing water at the same time.
While drinking, Xin Yi secretly looked at Zhuo Rui's face, only to see that his eyes had not shifted, and he was only staring at Ya Ming, as if his soul had been taken away.
After the song, everyone cheered, and they were free to move around during the dinner. Xin Yi secretly pulled Zhuo Rui aside and joked:
"Brother Huang has good eyesight, that Ya Ming is indeed a beauty. ."
Zhuo Rui's face turned red, he snorted, and pretended to be angry: "Do you think your brother is like you and only values people's skin?"
He glanced at Tu Shansong, who was not far away, with worries in his eyes: "That man is an assassin. If you don't succeed once, there will be a second time. Do you really want to feed a tiger into trouble?"
Just about to Answer, the people from the first palace came to report that the second prince was ill and returned home first, telling them not to send him far away.
Xin Yi nodded and heard Zhuo Rui say: "If you like pretty ones, Zhuo Yu's new brother-in-law is pretty good. Why don't you consider it?" Jingmo's slippery words flashed through his mind. Looking at him, Xin Yi shook his head:
"Brother, please stop teasing me. I am stupid and that person is too smart. I don't even know he sold me."
After chatting for a while, Xin Yi excused himself to talk to someone else, left Zhuo Rui to Ya Ming, who was watching eagerly on the side, and walked to the pond alone.
In the pond in late autumn, the lotus flowers have long since faded, and the tranquility of the pond feels like it is decaying and withered at this moment.
A few ladies from aristocratic families were playing the piano and singing over there. Xin Yi was sitting on the big bluestone on the other side of the pool, watching everything with a smile.
Even if you don’t know who you are, it wouldn’t be a bad thing if your life could continue to be so ordinary.
She pinched her sore neck and looked at the reflection in the water. She saw a person walking slowly behind her. It was Jing Mo, the eldest son of the Yi Wang family.
She turned around hurriedly, fearing that the man would push her into the lake a second later: "What are you doing here?"
Jingmo was a little confused, touched his injured chin, and brought it to his mouth The words were swallowed hard, and he took out a box of rouge from his arms and handed it over.
After taking the rouge, Xin Yi woke up from a dream. She lowered her head to take a look at the water. Sure enough, she saw that most of the rouge on her face had already fallen off. At this moment, it was faintly green and black. It turned out that she had drunk too much just now, and she didn't know why. She wiped off too much dust, revealing her festering face that was not completely healed.
After thanking her softly, she applied rouge with water and asked:
"You are a man, why do you still carry rouge with you?"
Yu Jingmo sighed, looked at the calm lake, and said sadly: "Everyone else has brought gold and silver jewelry. Even if my Prince Yi's palace is shabby, I can't lose etiquette, right?"
Xin Yi suddenly realized it. , remembering that Hua Lu had ordered the gift list just now, she sighed and said that only the third young master of Wang Yi's family did not bring a souvenir, and was about to say that he was a rude person. King Yi has a clean mind, and even marries his youngest daughter without making a fuss about it. Although he is the king of the country, he is also an honest official who has emerged from the mud and is not stained.
She carefully put away the rouge, patted it twice more, and said to Jingmo with a smile:
"Where did Prince Yi lose his etiquette? The thing the third brother gave me was facing the little girl. My sister’s appetite, no one served her better than Third Brother in the entire banquet!”
Looking at the sunny look of the girl in front of him, Yu Jingmo’s heart, which had been embarrassed for many years, felt as if he was suddenly hit by a sudden rain— —
As a demon, it was often difficult to feed himself because he had nothing to live on, so he finally entered Prince Yi's Mansion, which was also a Qingshui Yamen. For many years, he had little money of his own, but had a very bad temper. He was unwilling to ask for money from others, and would rather suffer cold looks and harsh treatment.
This kind of cherished treatment has never happened before.
After a moment of confusion, Xin Yi lowered his head and looked at him with a little doubt. Then he came back to his senses, smiled, and looked at the lake again. After a while, he raised his chin, signaling Xin Yi to look at it. In the small pavilion on the other side of the lake, I saw a man and a woman standing opposite each other - the man was sincere and pressing forward step by step; the woman was shy and bowed her head, wanting to refuse but still greeting them.
Xin Yi blushed and immediately turned away, but Yu Jingmo was amused by her shy reaction and said:
"The princess of the Yi Wang family is bolder than you. More, I see, you will have a new sister-in-law soon!”
Xin Yi stood up and said unconvinced: "A man and a woman have a different kind of friendship when they are together? From Chi Yu's point of view, how are you and I different from them?"
Woman Before she left the cabinet, she had some vague rumors with someone else's son. Even Yaming, whom she didn't like, didn't want her to suffer such criticism.
After that, she tossed her sleeves and left, leaving Yu Jingmo alone in a daze. But then, he also started to smile. The world is indeed complicated, but people are indeed interesting.
(End of this chapter)