Chu Xingyu was sitting with Feng Yishui watching Shuwu Shutong knitting with colored threads, and listening to her talk about many interesting things in Lanye.The housekeeper Chu Zhong walked in and said, "Madam, miss, the king asked Gonggong Liu in the palace to come with a reward, and now he is about to arrive in our mansion." ”Chu Xingyu followed Feng Yishui to greet him, led by a wealthy father-in-law, and behind him were two little fathers-in-law holding boxes.The father-in-law at the head walked over, bowed to Feng Yishui and Chu Xingyu and smiled: "Congratulations to the general's wife and miss, the king specially asked the old slave to bring three rare treasures to reward the young lady." ”Feng Yishui pulled Chu Xingyu and was about to kneel down to thank her, but the eunuch helped her to stop her: "Madam and Miss don't have to make a big salute, the king just has an edict for me to pass it on." ”Chu Xingyu and Feng Yishui didn't make a sound, waiting to hear his words about Long Lonely.The father-in-law cleared his throat and said respectfully: "The king's holy will, the daughter of the Chu family, Xing Yuren Hui is virtuous, and she has won the heart of the queen and the queen. ”"Father-in-law Liu, isn't the Lanye Palace banquet only for the concubines of the palace and the daughters of the princes" Feng Yishui asked uneasily.Gonggong Liu smiled and replied to himself: "This year I made an exception, Madame, can I know who proposed this is the queen's mother, and the king immediately agreed." ”The housekeeper sent the three fathers-in-law away, and Chu Xingyu pulled Feng Yishui, who was distracted, and said, "Mother, what kind of medicine do you say the queen sells in the gourd, I think it is a Hongmen banquet." ”Feng Yishui came back to her senses, looked at her daughter and asked, "Yu'er, my mother can't follow you when the time comes."
If the queen makes things difficult for you at that time, you must not be impulsive and endure it. ”Chu Xingyu grabbed Feng Yishui's sleeve and said playfully: "When I listen to my mother, I will definitely sit obediently, talk less and eat more delicacies in the palace." ”Feng Yishui smiled softly: "You kid, now you still laugh at your mother." ”When Chu Xingyu saw the three boxes on the table, he opened one of the boxes, and immediately smelled strange.Inside is a bracelet made of amber, simple and generous.The other two boxes were opened one after another, and inside were a purple jade hairpin carved with a phoenix and a pair of gilded mandarin duck ornaments, which were really treasures.Feng Yishui looked at the hand and said, "This amber chuan is a foreign tribute, and this natural fragrance has the effect of beautifying the face."
The king once rewarded Concubine Tong, who was pregnant with the eldest prince at the time, but she politely refused on the grounds that she wanted to vomit on the grounds of smelling incense.Since Concubine Tong gave birth to the eldest prince and died, the king locked Amber Chuan in the Dragon Sleeping Palace. ”Chu Xingyu asked: "Concubine Tong must be the king's favorite woman, but why did the king give me such a commemorative treasure, I think the queen needs it more, why don't I give the bracelet to the queen during the banquet in the Lanye Palace, and she won't embarrass me when she is in a good mood." ”Feng Yishui said: "Concubine Tong is actually the daughter of the king's nurse, named Ningxin, and she grew up with the king since childhood.Although his status is humble, he is the most favored by the king.Now that the king has given you the handicap, you can no longer offer it to the queen, but you can only treasure it. ”Chu Xingyu thought that Long Xiaoran could survive because of the king's love for his mother.She put down the box and sighed, "What the king has given me, not only do I have no right to dispose of it, but I have to put it carefully and well, so what is the point?"
”At this time, Chu Fengmo, who had left the court, returned home, and his first sentence was to say to Chu Xingyu: "Rumor, if the king wants you to marry the prince, are you willing" Chu Xingyu bit his lip and thought about it and said: "Dad, how can it be, you are from the king's side, how can he let me marry the prince, not to mention the queen" Chu Fengmo thought about it: "Dad originally thought the same way, but this morning, the henchmen under the prime minister's door suddenly proposed that the prince should take a concubine, and the king actually took the initiative to mention the rumors about you and the prince, This made my father suspicious of the king's intentions. ”Feng Yishui told the queen about inviting Chu Xingyu to the Lanye Palace for a banquet, Chu Fengmo pondered for a long time, and said to Chu Xingyu: "Rumor, Dad can see that the prince has affection for you, judging from the current situation, what Dad said is very likely." ”Chu Xingyu frowned and thought about it and said: "The behavior of the queen and the prime minister is very abnormal, do they want to win over their father through the marriage between me and the prince" Feng Yishui sighed lightly and said: "Silly child, why don't you think that maybe the prince persuaded them, you tell your mother, if the king really wants you to marry the prince, are you willing" Of course Chu Xingyu was unwilling, but she couldn't just think about herself.If she refuses now, and she has to marry at that time, then her father and mother will feel embarrassed in their hearts.So, she said: "Actually, I still have a good impression of the prince, but I don't want to live the kind of restrained life in the palace."
However, if you really want me to marry him, you can do it. ”Seeing that her father and mother were looking at her with inquiring eyes, she smiled and said, "It's just our speculation now, maybe it's not like this, or wait for the day after tomorrow when things are clear, and it's not too late for us to discuss." ”Lan Ye arrived in the expectation of the sentient young men and women, and Chu Xingyu was also ordered to arrive at the palace.As soon as she stepped out of the carriage, she saw a group of palace maids with the same dress style walking over with gorgeous palace lamps, and she recognized that the palace maid at the head was Yulan.Yulan took the palace maid behind her to curtsy in front of her, and then said, "Miss Chu, the queen specially asked the slaves and maids to invite you to Guanqiong Garden, and the palace banquet is about to begin." ”Chu Xingyu followed Yulan in front, and the palace maids behind them walked behind them, responsible for lighting them with palace lights.A group of people along the paved road of colored stones, through the hanging flower gatehouse, came to the brightly lit, strange stone Luobu, the garden of the Guanqiong Garden.In the center of the Guanqiong Garden, where the jade fence surrounds the Lin Palace, on the vermilion lacquer square platform supported by six tall dragon golden pillars, Wang Shanglong sits alone on the carved dragon golden seat, sitting on both sides of him are the graceful and luxurious queen and the dragon Yusheng of the golden crown python robe, and there are several palace concubines behind.There are two rows of palace girls sitting on both sides of the high platform, and the table is full of delicacies, and the palace maids are holding a wine jug and fishing, and when they hear the footsteps, they all look at it.Chu Xingyu met everyone's different eyes, walked to the high platform, knelt down and saluted, and said: "The courtier Chu Xingyu knocked to see the king, the queen, and the ladies and daughters. ”Long Lonely's kind voice immediately sounded on the high platform: "Hurry up, please get up." ”Chu Xingyu stood up and said, "Thank you, the queen." ”She was about to sit in the empty seat in the back row below, when she heard the queen say, "Yulan, you still don't take Miss Chu into the seat." ”Yulan hurriedly stepped forward and said to her, "Miss Chu, please come with me." ”, Chu Xingyu had no choice but to follow her to the front seat of the left row and sit down.Then I felt the suspicious and jealous gaze of the daughter of the royal family from all directions.Long Yusheng on the high platform appeared from Chu Xingyu, and the smiling crescent moon eyes followed her figure without hesitation.When the queen looked at him like this, she felt a little uncomfortable.Chu Xingyu found that the seat opposite her was also empty, she looked around just now and didn't see Xie Sixue, it seemed that the seat was reserved for her.Sure enough, after a while, Xie Sixue, who was still charming in a light purple dress, passed through the middle in a high-profile manner, and proudly glanced at Chu Xingyu and walked under the high platform.She smiled and saluted and said, "Sixue knocks to see the king, the queen and all the maidens. ”Long Guxing still said very kindly: "Hurry up." ”The queen put on a friendly smile, looked at Xie Sixue and said, "Sixue is here, come and sit here with my aunt." ”Xie Sixue smiled charmingly and said coquettishly: "Aunt Queen, Sixue wants to be lazy and doesn't want to go up again."
Ask my aunt to let me sit down below. ”After speaking, he sat opposite Chu Xingyu.Seeing this, the queen didn't say anything, but was secretly annoyed: these two children grew up together almost since childhood under her special arrangement, and they can be described as childhood sweethearts.But why not only did they not have a relationship between men and women, but they all had almost obsessive feelings for their two opponents, which was really wronged.Long Guxing on the side then smiled and said: "Today is Lan Ye, and then the queen will preside over it, don't be restrained, have a good time together." ”Chu Xingyu looked at the king and was about to move, when Long Yusheng knelt down in front of him and said, "Father, my son has something to request." ”Chu Xingyu's heart tightened, and he glared at Long Yusheng and said: What does Long Yusheng want to do, don't have anything to do with me.Long Guxing said casually: "Oh, the prince not only made an exception to attend the Lanye Palace banquet today, but now he also has a request, you can tell Gu Listen to it first." ”Glancing at Chu Xingyu, who was staring at him upright, Long Yusheng said: "Erchen wants to ask his father to allow Erchen to borrow his father's Yuexinzhou and dragon boat for use, because Erchen wants the queen mother to take us on a boat, and take a dragon boat to swim on Yuexinzhou not only to see the street scene in the city, but also to put lanterns on the boat like a folk." ”Chu Xingyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, ignoring the mocking gaze that Xie Sixue frequently threw at her who fell to the opposite side, and smiled and raised the silver chopsticks to pick up the vegetables and ate them.Everyone else in the palace was secretly taken aback, wasn't Yuexinzhou opened by the king for Concubine Tong Since Concubine Tong gave birth to the eldest prince Xiang Xiaoyu died, the king blocked it, and today the prince actually wants to go there for a boat.After hearing this, Long Guxing looked at Long Yusheng calmly, and said with a chuckle: "The prince's idea is good, and it has a kind of meaning of being happy with the people.Ask someone to decorate Yuexinzhou for a while, and you can go there to play together. ”Long Yusheng said: "My son, thank you for your father's kindness. ”, Long Guxing left without saying anything, and Gonggong Liu hurriedly followed.The queen smiled at the crowd and said, "Today is the night of the orchid, so you young girls should first try your hand at threading needles and knitting according to the usual practice." ”Chu Xingyu slandered: If you want me to see others threading needles and knitting, it's okay, if you want me to do it myself, just wait for nothing.Xie Sixue stood up at this time and said, "Auntie, no more than we all know, it must be the fifth princess who threads the needle the fastest, and Sister Shuyan's knitting is the best." ”At this time, a sweet-looking woman in a pink palace dress looked at Chu Xingyu and said, "Sister Sixue, Miss Chu didn't just come this year."
We don't know how her female worker is, Miss Chu has been in the boudoir all these years, which will definitely open our eyes. ”Chu Xingyu wanted to go to the palace banquet quietly and low-key, but someone insisted that she speak.But that's fine, she can use this to discredit herself and to hell with the life of the mother of the country
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