Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 373 The Absurd Banquet

In a blink of an eye, it was the day when the palace was enjoying the flowers and going to the banquet, Yao Cunhui got up early to make up.The Empress Dowager has a decree that this banquet is for viewing flowers and having fun, and only ordinary dressing up is enough, no court clothes are required.Yao Cunhui chose a begonia red Chunluo beige and white silk long skirt. The material is good, the tailoring is first-class, but the pattern is average, not outstanding.The hair bun is the most common peony wishful temple among the noble ladies in the capital, with a pearl and jade hairpin and some ordinary hair accessories.

Li's mother and Xiao Xing followed her into the palace.

After entering the harem, the little eunuch directly led the three of them, master and servant, into the imperial garden.There are already people busy on the grass under the big tree next to the Taiye Pool, and there are many long couches and soft chairs placed under the shade of the trees and beside the flowers. standing and laughing.

On the way, Yao Cunhui met Qianqian.

"Sister Xiaohui!" Qianqian ran up to her with a happy smile when he saw her.

Yao Cunhui already knew that Qianqian would come today, and was thinking about finding her for a while, but unexpectedly, he ran into her here. He was also very happy, and smiled and took her hand: "Little princess, you are here too!"

"I'm waiting for sister Xiaohui here!" Qianqian smiled, and pulled her away, "Sister Xiaohui, you want to accompany me to catch butterflies later!"

Yao Cunhui agreed with a smile.

The nanny beside Qianqian hurriedly laughed and said, "Young princess, you should be called Wangfei, not sister!"

Qianqian pouted, and said unwillingly: "I just like to be called sister!"

The nanny smiled awkwardly at Yao Cunhui, and Yao Cunhui hurriedly said with a smile: "I also like the little princess to be called sister, so you don't have to do that!" The nanny smiled after hearing that.

These ladies and ladies are almost unfamiliar faces to Yao Cunhui.During the Spring Festival, relatives and friends went around, and Yao Cunhui supposedly knew a lot of people, but these women and ladies in front of him were either from the Zhou royal family or the Lu family, because of the subtle relationship among them, Yao Cunhui was naturally not familiar with them.

But she doesn't know anyone, but many others know her—even if they don't know her, they can guess it!Apart from those two families who are present today is Princess Zhenxi, who doesn't know?
As soon as Yao Cunhui showed up with Princess Qianqian, everyone's eyes turned immediately. She turned her eyes lightly, smiled and nodded at everyone as a greeting, and then stood with Qianqian beside a bush of peonies and talked with a smile.Not knowing what to say, Qianqian giggled.

After a while, all the guests arrived, not counting the slaves brought by everyone, there will be about 30 people, each with brocade clothes and belts, shining with jewels and emeralds, it is very lively.

The father-in-law next to the queen mother came to pass the word of mouth, let everyone enjoy the scenery and go to the garden, don't be restrained, she can't come here if she has something to do!

Everyone knelt down to listen to the decree, and bowed their heads to thank God.

After the father-in-law passed the decree, everyone got up, but they looked at each other in blank dismay, at a loss.

What's happening here?This is the imperial palace, and the queen mother summoned her to visit the garden to enjoy the flowers, but her old man did not show up, and neither did any of the masters in the palace.The Empress Dowager also told them that these guests don't have to be restrained and play freely, how weird and absurd it is!
Everyone stood there, as if they had lost their guiding lights, not knowing what to do next!The maids and eunuchs serving the banquet did what they should do, how to prepare and how to prepare, they had no intention of arranging these guests at all!
"Sister Xiaohui, let's go, let's catch butterflies over there!" Qianqian took Yao Cunhui's hand and pointed to the flowers in the distance to the east.

Yao Cunhui smiled, made a farewell gesture to everyone, and followed Qianqian.

Everyone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, one lady politely invited the other to play chess, the two smiled and walked to the chessboard placed by the Taiye Pool, and three of them followed hand in hand to watch the battle.

So, everyone also found a talking partner and walked away in twos and threes.

There is a tacit understanding, the Zhou family is looking for people from the Zhou family, and the Lu family is looking for people from the Lu family. Although everyone is in the same place, they are clearly separated and have nothing to do with each other. They don't even look at each other. .

Xu had received an explicit hint from the Empress Dowager beforehand, and Mrs. Lu saw a certain county concubine sitting on the couch drinking tea, so she took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

The princess of the county immediately showed two points of panic and uneasiness, politely smiled vigilantly and asked Madam Lu to sit down, said hello politely, and then said nothing.Mrs. Lu looked down on her when she saw her like this, and the atmosphere was not good, making people have no desire to chat at all!But where the Queen Mother said, Madam Lu didn't dare to obey her, so she took the initiative to stir up the topic and discussed the tea ceremony with the princess of that county.

How could this princess of the county stand the initiative of the head wife of the Lu family?I have long felt creepy and terrified in my heart, with a constant smile on my face, but I hum and haha ​​when I open my mouth, except for words such as "Yeah!", "Yes!", "Mmm!" Say one more word!Madam Lu almost died of boredom.

Mrs. Lu stopped singing her one-man show for a long time, and drank tea with the princess one after another, but no one was ashamed to walk away.

It wasn't until the princess drank too much tea and laughed and got up to go to the toilet, Mrs. Lu nodded with a smile, the stiff tug-of-war between the two was over, and each secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Lu was sulking here, only to see Mrs. Lu called "Sister-in-law" and came over.Mrs. Lu raised her head and looked at her, the two looked at each other and smiled wryly.

"These people are so boring, they look like gourds with their mouths sawn off!" Mrs. Lu Er sat down with a smile.Like Mrs. Lu, she has just escaped from a stiff tug-of-war.

"It's still my family who speaks comfortably! That timid and cowardly look is really despising!" Mrs. Lu shook her neck, raised her hand to thump her shoulder, and sighed comfortably.The servant girl who followed immediately stepped forward and beat her lightly.

"You don't even look at where this is, what nonsense you are talking about!" Mrs. Lu smiled and gave her a look, her words seemed to be reproachful, but there was no such meaning in her tone.

Mrs. Lu Er curled her lips in disdain, and winked mischievously at her sister-in-law, and the two looked at each other and smiled again.

where is this place?Of course it is the place controlled by the Empress Dowager Lu!

"Hehe, in comparison, that little concubine is much more interesting than these people! Hey, where is she?" Mrs. Lu Er suddenly said with a smile after taking a sip of tea.Thinking of Yao Cunhui for a while, I searched around, but couldn't find it.

"Little Princess Qianqian took her to play, here, it seems to be going there!" Mrs. Lu pursed her lips.From the very beginning, she had been paying attention to Yao Cunhui's whereabouts, but she was so distracted by sitting around that she forgot for a while.

"This little princess is too! All the ladies here are ladies, why is she a little girl here to join in the fun! Prince Li's mansion is too ignorant of the rules!" Mrs. Lu could not help complaining.

"It's becoming more and more unrestrained!" Mrs. Lu's face became serious when she heard the words, and her eyes became sharper in an instant, "Second brother and sister, the master has repeatedly told us not to provoke people from Prince Li's residence! You Did you forget!"

Mrs. Lv Er suddenly felt a little embarrassing and embarrassed, and laughed quickly: "That's what I said, sister-in-law, you still don't know me!" Then she whispered: "I don't know what the queen mother thinks in her heart, such a bad old man, Afraid of what he will do!"

"You still say it!" Mrs. Lu glared at her angrily.

"Stop talking, stop talking!" Mrs. Lv Er quickly smiled and shook her hand, and said, "Sister-in-law, it's boring to sit here, why don't we go for a walk and see what the little Princess Qianqian and the little princess are doing !"

Mrs. Lu turned her head and glanced lightly at the venue. The two families were indeed quite distinct. Where there is the Lu family, there is no Zhou family within ten feet, and vice versa.It was really boring.Then he smiled and got up with Mrs. Lu Er.

The two led the maids talking and laughing all the way in the direction where Yao Cunhui and Qianqian were originally.

Qianqian is restless, at this moment she has already dragged Yao Cunhui far away, and no one is allowed to follow.

At this moment, the two are in a peony garden by another lakeside of Taiye Lake, where the flowers are in full bloom, Qianqian shuttles among the flowers, chasing butterflies, giggling happily.Yao Cunhui couldn't be like her, just looked at her with a smile under the shade of a tree.

Suddenly, I saw a colorful butterfly with a long tail flying in front of me. It was the size of a palm, and its orange wings were covered with colorful spots, which was very beautiful.At this moment, it is spreading its wings and fluttering up and down.

Yao Cunhui's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he tiptoed to follow, wanting to jump down to Qianqian.Unknowingly, with the butterfly walking and stopping, I have already left the peony garden a lot.

The wind blew the branches and leaves swaying, taking advantage of this swaying moment, Yao Cunhui suddenly saw the luxuriant flower branches not far away, the prince and a court lady were talking face to face.

They were a little far away, and Yao Cunhui couldn't hear what they said, but they could vaguely see their movements and expressions.The maid's expression was a little nervous, she kept talking, looked around from time to time, and then took out something from her body and handed it to the prince.The prince nodded repeatedly, took the things she handed over and quickly hid them on his body.

"Little princess, why are you the only one! Where's your princess sister!"

Yao Cunhui was trembling with fear, his legs and feet were a little weak, and he was even more surprised when he heard the woman's voice coming from behind him.If someone finds out that the prince and the palace maid are having a private meeting in the palace, no matter what they do or not, with the empress dowager's temper, the prince will never be able to stand up in this life!The crown prince fell, and Yun Zhi, as the side concubine of the Eastern Palace, was not much better!
Yao Cunhui was in a hurry, and screamed "Ah!" in desperation.

"What's wrong!"

"What happened!"

"Sister Xiaohui!"

Mrs. Lu waited to hear Yao Cunhui's scream and rushed over, seeing her pale face and trembling body, she hurriedly asked why.

Qianqian rushed up early to hold her hand, "Sister Xiaohui, sister Xiaohui" couldn't stop shouting, her bright black eyes flickered with anxiety.

"Snake, there is a snake! It's scary!" Yao Cunhui patted his chest with lingering fear, and pointed to the fake cave beside him with trembling fingers.

(End of this chapter)