Chapter 123 Birthday Banquet (2)
Shen Mingjiao noticed that there was a scorching and malicious gaze staring at her, and turned her head following the gaze. Through the people coming and going, a window was opened, and a man in a purple robe was vaguely seen standing in the window.
She just frowned slightly, then turned her head and left with Cui Lingling indifferently. After all, because of her appearance, she has been used to all kinds of gazes since she was a child.
In a relatively remote palace not far away, the man stared at the slender figure who was getting further and further away. Regretfully looking back.
A bearded follower beside him cautiously persuaded:
"Master, the king has explained before you come..."
The man interrupted him impatiently: "You know, we are a defeated country, and we must endure everything we can, and we must never conflict with the people of Great Xia!"
While speaking, his eyes were violent and sinister, and he raised his foot and kicked down one side of the table and chair:
"Bear, bear, elder brother is useless, the relationship between the two countries has become like this, why bother pretending to be a grandson here!"
The followers seem to have gotten used to it, they just closed the doors and windows tightly.
The man smashed it, and the tone in his heart was finally smooth. The horrifying glimpse just now could not help appearing in my mind,
He is Cheng Geer, the second prince of Beidi, who is different from the generally dark and rough appearance of grassland tribes. His mother is a princess of the Great Xia Kingdom, so his appearance is more Han Chinese, but his facial features are deeper.
He took out a piece of paper from his purse, on which it was written, "The wife of King Su is a stunning beauty in the world."
This is what he found in the room where he lived when he first entered the post house.
Thinking of something, his eyes turned scarlet, and the blood in his body seemed to be screaming and boiling.
He didn't care if someone did it on purpose, he only knew that if Li Sheng hadn't been sealed, how could their grassland tribe have fallen like this!
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The two of Shen Mingjiao wandered around the palace for a while, and the palace banquet was finally about to begin.
All the female relatives followed the guidance of the maid to the large banquet hall arranged in the front palace.
Except for the emperor and empress, the rest are men and women sitting separately. It wasn't until everyone was present that Jing and Di came out with the Queen at the finale.
Everyone stopped saluting, and after Jing and Emperor made an emotional and majestic opening speech according to the procedure, they announced that the envoys from various countries came to the hall to have an audience.
Rao Shen Mingjiao felt that she had seen many good things, and she was also shocked by these rare treasures presented before her eyes.
There are eight-foot-high red corals, beautiful flowers that have never been seen before, and exquisite mechanisms that make a picture. The most fascinating thing for her is the two pairs of peacocks tributed by the Dawa Kingdom.
When the screen is turned on, the gorgeous feathers spread out, which is indescribably stunning.
Shen Mingjiao reluctantly looked at the cage being carried down by the workers.
Thinking about the possibility of brazenly asking the emperor's wife for a couple after the banquet is over.
At this time, it was the turn of the Gaochang State envoy to meet with him, and the Gaochang State envoy Chao Jing and the emperor performed a national etiquette. Said in broken Chinese:
"Respected His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom, this time we have brought the noblest and most beautiful Princess Xiyue of my Gaochang Kingdom. The princess has loved Han culture since she was a child, and she specially painstakingly practiced a dance, intending to dedicate it to His Majesty the Emperor. I wonder what His Majesty the Emperor thinks?"
When everyone heard it, it was planned to send the princess to make a kiss.
Jing and Di frowned, but since people came all the way, it's not easy to refuse in public. He waved his hand with the same face to indicate that there was no problem.
The envoy gestured towards the outside of the store. Immediately there was rhythmic drumming from the main hall, accompanied by the sound of clang and zither,
The four women in plain dance gowns came on stage first, and the veils fluttered in an indescribably elegant way.
The four of them slowly separated with tulle, revealing a slim woman in a white gauze dress. With the sound of the drums, the woman lifted her bare hands lightly, her waist flexed and rotated softly,
A knowledgeable person immediately recognized that she was dancing the Dunhuang Flying Dance. It's not that no one can dance, it's just that some of the dance moves are too difficult, and it's not easy to dance well.
Obviously, the woman danced beautifully on the field. The woman had a slender waist, long legs, and a graceful figure. Her temperament should be charming, but she was dressed in a plain gauze dress, coupled with her demeanor, which added to her the watery gentleness of a Jiangnan woman.
Everyone held their breath unconsciously, even Jing and the emperor watched with burning eyes. The only two people on the field who were not attracted were Feng Lisheng and the prince.
The crown prince's heart and eyes were full of Su Qing, Feng Lisheng only took a serious look around at the beginning, and after confirming that the assassination was not done in the name of dancing, he withdrew his gaze without much interest, and continued to lower his eyes and feel restless.
Shen Mingjiao couldn't take his eyes off her eyes even more. With the sound of the drums, everyone gradually saw the woman's face clearly. However, the most prominent thing is a pair of purple eyes.
Shen Mingjiao stared at the woman's eyes for a long time, only felt that there was a special charm, in short, she was very good-looking.
As she got closer, she smelled a very pleasant fragrance. I wondered if this is the self-contained body fragrance written in the scriptures!
The corners of the Gaochang Kingdom's envoys couldn't help but raise their mouths when they saw everyone's reaction. There are two people who know the inside story and have begun to secretly look forward to the scene where brothers and sons fight for Yimei.
As soon as the dance was over, Princess Xiyue bowed down, with a soft and timid voice: "Xiyue wishes Your Majesty a blessing like the East Sea, and a long life without bounds!"
He speaks Chinese very fluently, obviously practiced on purpose.
Jing and Di smiled and nodded, habitually preparing to ask for a reward. Just listen to the Gaochang envoy on the side saying emotionally:
"To show my respect and obedience to Daxia from Gaochang, our majesty has decided to dedicate the most beloved Princess Xiyue to His Majesty."
Jing and Di smiled, accepting that it must be impossible, and were about to find a tactful excuse to decline, and glanced up at the prince. With a flash in his eyes, he immediately changed his words, coughed lightly and said:
"I appreciate King Gaochang's kindness, but I'm over forty years old, it's really not good to delay the princess's prime time,"
Under the envoy's unbelievable eyes, Jing and Emperor continued to smile and say:
"I don't think it's better than this. The prince is just young, and the age of the princess is also suitable. If the princess doesn't mind, she can be the prince Liangdi."
After a little regret, the envoy felt that this proposal was not bad. Although he could not enter the emperor's harem, the crown prince is the future heir. With their princess's appearance and means, maybe he could be the queen in the future?
When the prince heard this, he quickly stood up and waved his hands and said, "Father is joking, my son and minister are already married, how can you wrong the princess to be a concubine?"
Su Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After what happened last time, it took her several days to coax the prince back. She was really afraid that the prince would take people into the East Palace just to be angry.
"The emperor's uncles are in their prime. If the princess really likes Han culture, why don't you consider the lonely emperor's uncles, so that you don't have to be trapped in the palace, and you can fully appreciate our Daxia culture."
Envoy: "..." Who the **** cares about your Daxia culture!
Upon hearing this, several princes waved their hands again and again, saying that they were too old to be worthy of the princess.
It seems that what you are facing is not a peerless beauty, but a scourge.
King Yu even shrunk his neck and looked at Princess Yu on the other side of the screen, not to be too obviously afraid of guilt.
Jing and Di coughed lightly, and smiled at the envoy whose eyes were widened to stiff:
"It seems that the princess has no destiny with my Daxia royal family! But it doesn't matter, there are many Haoerlangs in my Daxia country, the princess might as well stay in Beijing for a while, maybe someday this fate will come!"
What else can the envoy say? He could only respond with a stiff face.
He didn't understand why things turned out like this, as soon as the promised princess appeared. Are the princes and princes of the Great Xia Kingdom fascinated?
In their opinion, with the princess's peerless appearance, even if she can't become a disastrous concubine like Su Daji, she should be like Concubine Xishi Diaochan and Yang Guifei, who will fascinate the king from now on!
But why, the members of the royal family of the Great Xia Kingdom play their cards so unreasonably?
Oh, there is still a normal person, and that is the always lustful King Chu.
When the King of Chu saw Princess Xiyue, he straightened his eyes. After hearing what the prince said, he even knelt down and shouted his willingness repeatedly.
It's a pity that Jing and Di seem to think that he doesn't exist at all. Naturally, Gao Changguo didn't want their well-cultivated princess to choose such an idiot.
In fact, all this has to be attributed to the first emperor,
Why? Because there are too many beauties in the late emperor's harem! The royal princes who have been used to seeing all kinds of beauties since childhood. I am absolutely tired of beauties.
Not to mention the Dunhuang Feitian Dance, it is the legendary Zhao Feiyan's Drum Dance. It's not like they haven't seen it.
Shen Mingjiao was not surprised by this reversal at all, and continued to stare at Princess Xiyue's eyes with her chin up.
Princess Xiyue seemed relieved after hearing Jing and Di's words.
Seeing this, Shen Mingjiao only thought that Princess Xiyue was forced to come to Daxia to get married, and even made up countless sadomasochistic stories about childhood sweethearts being forced to separate, and felt more and more sympathy for this beautiful princess.
In the end, Princess Xiyue turned around and walked slowly towards the seat where Nan Bin was. Finally, he stopped in front of Feng Lisheng, his eyes seemed to be soaked with soft spring water, and his voice seemed to be filled with honey:
"His Royal Highness King Su, Xiyue has come all this way just for you."
Shen Mingjiao: "..."
At the side of the women's family, everyone's eyes turned to Shen Mingjiao, Cui Lingling directly stood up and walked over the crowd to Shen Mingjiao's side.
Feng Lisheng, who was sipping tea with his head bowed to himself, raised his head, thinking to himself, why does this involve him!
He lowered his eyes, did not look at the woman in front of him at all, and said lightly:
"The princess doesn't know something, the king has already married a wife." It means you stay where you are cool!
Princess Xiyue bit her lips, her eyes became more clear: "It doesn't matter, Xiyue only wants to serve His Highness as a slave, and dare not ask for anything else."
Feng Lisheng frowned impatiently, "There is no shortage of slaves in the palace, and this king will only have a woman, the concubine, in this life. Do you understand, princess?"
When all the female relatives heard this, they looked at Shen Mingjiao from sympathy and gloating to full of envy.
His Royal Highness Su Wang said such words in public, which is equivalent to promising that he will never accept concubines or accept houses in the future.
When Shen Mingjiao heard this, her heart beat a little faster inexplicably. The tone of his words was not very solemn, but somewhat casual, as if it should be the case.
At this moment, Shen Mingjiao only felt that Feng Lisheng's voice was really nice!
It's that princess Xiyue in front of her who looks more and more obtrusive.
Cui Lingling tugged at her sleeve worriedly, "It's okay, Your Highness didn't look at that woman at all."
Shen Mingjiao sighed leisurely: "You're a pretty girl, why are you so obsessed with being a third child?"
Cui Lingling sneered disdainfully: "Just her? My green tea sister Tong Yuyao is even more beautiful than her! Oh, don't be fooled by her eyes, they are actually dyed with medicine."
Shen Mingjiao was surprised: "You mean, her purple eyes are fake?"
She remembered the potion that Feng Lisheng used to change the color of his eyes when he was in Luodu.
Cui Lingling nodded: "It's all quack tricks, and the fragrance on her body, it's the fragrance of enchantment, specially used to seduce men."
She took a closer look again, and sighed: "This woman is really hardworking! Her figure is actually only average, and she should have used Bingjiwan to improve her figure."
Shen Mingjiao: "Is it the musk pill that is said to be used by Zhao Feiyan?"
"It's almost the same, but the Bingji Pill is more powerful. After taking it, ordinary people will experience unbearable pain and will never be pregnant."
The two spoke in a loud voice, which was heard by several wives around, and everyone couldn't help but glance at Princess Xiyue who bowed her head and was weeping slowly.
Princess Xiyue bit her lips in disbelief, not understanding how her unfavorable beauty in the past was frustrated after Daxia!
She stared at Feng Lisheng's face obsessively, her voice mournful:
"His Royal Highness Su, have you forgotten? Five years ago at the border gate, you and I lived in the same tent, and you promised me that you would marry me when I grew up,"
As soon as the words fell, the hall was in an uproar, and everyone stared at the two with burning eyes. Secretly speculate that this woman is His Royal Highness Su's former good friend!
Shen Mingjiao on the other side of the screen couldn't sit still anymore, stood up with a sullen face, walked around the screen and walked towards Feng Lisheng.
The eyes of all the female family members were excited, seeing this angry posture, this is the rhythm of tearing up the white lotus!
Feng Lisheng just wanted to open his mouth to pull him down, but when he looked up, he saw his princess walking towards him with an angry face. Then he glanced at the crying woman beside him,
What do you think? The original indifferent eyes suddenly brightened, is the princess jealous?
(end of this chapter)