After Yeluqi and Pei Shu ran away, they didn't come back until evening. After returning, Yeluqi still had a gentle smile on his face, but he went to the kitchen again, cooked a table of delicious dishes for her, added vegetables and soup to her frequently, and was so thoughtful that Jing Hengbo was flattered.
Being flattered was even more of a headache, because Yeluqi seemed tolerant and generous, but he was actually very cautious. He said that this table of dishes was only made for Jing Hengbo, and he didn't want outsiders to share the profits.
When he came back from the outside, Pei Shu, who was already furious, turned his white face even paler, and immediately expressed that he would go on a hunger strike. Jing Hengbo had no choice but to eat while hiding a lotus leaf chicken behind his back.
After a while, another lion's head was hidden.
On the opposite side, Yeluqi was concentrating on peeling the shrimp shells and crab legs for her, as if he didn't see anything, his snow-white fingers fluttered lightly under the light, and a whole shrimp came out of the shell crystal clear, like a wonderful trick, what a pity Jing Hengbo only cared about stealing food without being discovered, and had no intention of appreciating it.
While Yeluqi was going to pack the soup, she covered the vegetables she had secretly hidden with a cloth and pushed them under the couch. While being a thief, she thought sadly, when will the days in the cracks end?
After finishing the meal, the young master Yeluqi said he would go for a walk with her. Jing Hengbo pretended that his aunt had a stomachache and wanted to sleep, but Yeluqi gently sent her back to the house, watched her go to bed with his own eyes, and ordered her He boiled brown sugar **** sliced ginseng soup, watched her drink it, and tucked her in the quilt before leaving.
As soon as he left, Hengbo had a bitter face—she hated the smell of **** the most!
Quickly lifted the quilt out of bed, drank **** soup, covered herself in the quilt, and sweated profusely. She floated out of the room sadly, thinking that it would be miserable if there were no suitors, but it would be miserable if there were many suitors. when?
After taking the basket from Yongxue, the bitter pursuer has to deliver food to the arrogant suitor.
Pei Shu had already moved back to her own room. Before Jing Hengbo approached, she heard a crackling sound in the room, which sounded like the sound of chewing something, but when she opened the door, the young commander was lying on the bed, with his back on his back. Facing the door, hunger strike is angry. Hearing the sound of her entering the door, he ignored it and did not move.
Jing Hengbo put the basket on the table, Pei Shu suddenly turned over, and hugged her, "I know that you are most concerned about the master!"
In the dark, his eyes gleamed with joy that couldn't be concealed. Jing Hengbo sighed inwardly, broke free from him, and pushed the basket towards him, "Eat while it's hot. It's not shameful to have a hunger strike when you're old."
"Hello?" Pei Shu's eyes brightened even more.
"You hurt your leg, not your hand." Jing Hengbo refused straight away, pretending not to see his oily mouth and the roast chicken hidden under the pillow.
Pei Shu didn't force her, he held her hand contentedly, and said, "You have a taste too."
Jing Hengbo was about to refuse, when he suddenly felt something slide up his wrist, it was moist and smooth, he looked down, and at some point there was already a bracelet on his wrist, the whole body of the bracelet turned out to be black, but the black one was not gloomy , on the contrary, the water head is very good, transparent and crystal clear, with faint golden light shining inside, the arrangement of golden light seems to have a shape, and it looks like a dragon when you look closely.
The pure black matched with the snow-white skin of her skin is bright and solemn, but with that swimming golden light, it immediately looks dignified and alluring.
This kind of black jade bracelet is extremely rare, and even a blind person can see its value. Pei Shu held her wrist and said beamingly: "I know this bracelet looks best with you."
Jing Hengbo chuckled and said, "It looks good." He stroked down without any hassle. Just kidding, Yeluqi's ring was directly twisted into a collar, and then it disappeared for no reason. Now that Pei Shu gave him a bracelet, what shape would he make? Qiankun Circle?
Pei Shu pressed her hand, and stared with black and white eyes, "Why take it off? It's not a token of love, it's just lent you to attend the palace banquet." He raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Do you know the origin of this thing? It was originally what Mingcheng wanted wholeheartedly, and I worked hard to get it, but I took it away before I put it on once. I also used this bracelet to slap her on the face. Hahaha, if she Seeing you wearing this bracelet will surely kill you."
Jing Hengbo said "Oh?", but he didn't expect that this thing was smashed by a little **** in Mingcheng. Looking at Pei Shu's expression, she was smart enough not to ask about the gossip about patting and snatching the bracelet. It was impossible to rob a woman, unless the woman irritated him very much.
"After I arrived at the tortoise shell, I remembered this bracelet and asked someone to go back and get it. I have never had a chance to give it to you." Pei Shu said, "The set of jewelry at the palace banquet is not suitable for you, you should wear this."
After thinking for a while, he said, "That suit doesn't deserve you either. I'll find another one for you later."
Jing Hengbo just smiled, and didn't continue to stroke the bracelet, lest the young marshal would blow his hair, thinking that wearing it would naturally be unacceptable.
If she wanted to **** Ming Cheng off, how could it be that simple? It is necessary to have full firepower from all directions and multiple angles, and go to the extreme with no return.
After finally getting rid of Pei Shu who was admiringly grasping her hand, she went out with the basket in her hand, when she suddenly saw a figure fluttering across the wall, that figure was obviously Yeluqi.
She didn't move, watching Yeluqi sink into the darkness, she slowly retreated into the shadows, after a while, Pei Shu's room door creaked, Pei Shu also came out, wearing a night clothes, looked left and right, and walked in. up, and shot into the darkness.
Jing Hengbo shook his head, rested his chin and went back to his room to sleep. I slept peacefully that night, and when I opened my eyes the next morning, the room was full of sunlight, and a strange voice greeted her, "Mao Ning!"
Jing Hengbo didn't open his eyes, so he smiled lazily, grabbed Er Gouzi who was walking around beside her bed, closed his eyes and said, "Yincui Inujiro, you have been driven back."
"Master, come back by yourself, come back by yourself." Er Gouzi refused to admit it, "I miss Bobo, I miss Bobo."
"Have you been plucked, can I pet it?" Jing Hengbo petted the bird with his eyes closed.
Er Gouzi chatted with her, "Madam's clothes are gone, crying."
Jing Hengbo listened in a daze, but didn't care. Get up and take a shower. It was the palace banquet in the evening, but Yeluqi and Pei Shu hadn't come back yet.
After dinner, she was bored and stood at the entrance of the Huitong Hall looking at the scenery. Suddenly, she found that the street was very noisy. Cars came and went in a hurry at the intersection. Moreover, the cars had different emblems and seemed to belong to different families.
She asked the guards to follow her to inquire, and the guards came back and said that these were the cars of noble officials from the Shang Dynasty. It was full of people, scrambling around the store to say something, and the store owner was so overwhelmed that he rolled his eyes.
Jing Hengbo laughed when he heard this, and immediately saw a carriage coming straight to his yard. The driver said politely that he was ordered to give the Queen a present, but he didn't say who brought it. He unloaded a few large boxes from the car and left.
Opening the box, it is splendid and dazzling, it is a dress and palace skirt, the kind used to attend palace banquets. The whole box is full of boxes, and the money is usually spread out on the floor. Each box also indicated which Jinxiu Street store these clothes came from.
Jing Hengbo counted, there were more than a hundred pieces, almost the number of all the female guests at a palace banquet.
After a while, another carriage arrived, and judging from the imprints of the wheels touching the ground, the load was even heavier. The coachman said the same thing as the previous one. He only said that he would give the queen a gift, and he left after unloading several large boxes. Jing Hengbo opened the box to take a look, and was almost blinded again.
It is full of jewellery, gold, pearl, jade, ruby, opal, emerald, agate and emerald...the colorful lights are intertwined and gorgeous.
Jing Hengbo, who thought he had seen the world, was shocked, and murmured, "A robbery..."
"It's just robbery." There was a loud laugh, and Pei Shu limped out of the door. He didn't look very good, with heavy dark circles under his eyes, as if he hadn't slept all night, but he was still radiant, with his elbows resting On Jing Hengbo's shoulder, he bent over to look at the jewelry, "How? Is there a lot? In the entire city of King Shang, the jewelry that all the female guests who received the invitation to the palace banquet are here to wear tonight!"
"Do you want to be a thief if you don't sleep in the middle of the night?" Jing Hengbo couldn't help laughing, she had her own way to punish those women, but Pei Shu did such a thing, thinking about it was quite enjoyable.
"There are too many people, and I can't miss another one, but I'm tired." Pei Shu put his big head on her shoulder, and she felt pity in her heart, patted his head like a puppy, and was glared at by him .
"You did that pile of clothes too?" She pouted at those boxes of clothes.
Pei Shu pouted, "It's too late, so I'm responsible for taking away all the jewelry, and he's responsible for taking away all the clothes."
Jing Hengbo laughed, bent down to look at the labels, and ordered the guards, "Destroy these clothes a little bit, not too obvious, you need to look carefully to find out. Then remove the labels of each house, and shuffle Yes, send them to the custom-made shops on Jinxiu Street. Sell them. Remember, the clothes from shop A should be sent to shop C, and the clothes from shop C should be sent to shop D. In short, don’t send them back to the original shop. The farther apart, the better."
The guards did as they were ordered. Yeluqi was walking in, and said with a smile, "You are getting more and more cunning."
Pei Shu slapped his legs with a smile, "Turn around, those shopkeepers and ladies will be so **** off!"
Jing Hengbo smiled.
She said that those who make people ugly will be ugly.
"Don't hold back when something happens to you in the future." Pei Shu squinted at her, "If there is a man around, you still feel aggrieved, so what do we need?"
Jing Hengbo sighed, she really didn't want to owe any more emotional debt to these two people. Whether it's Yeluqi's peach blossom-like smile, or Pei Shulie's fire-like giving, for her, she can't bear it.
Thinking of this, I can't help feeling a little resentful. The suitors are so intentional, the real boyfriend doesn't care. All these things that Gong Yin should have done were robbed by others.
She gritted her teeth—dead man, why are you so clueless!
The carriage carried the clothes to Jinxiu Street, and Yongxue followed to see the excitement, and when she came back, she said happily that all the dresses and jewelry that the ladies and ladies prepared to attend the palace banquet were stolen from various mansions last night. The noble ladies rushed to Jinxiu Street today, wanting to order new dresses and jewelry for emergency, the store is struggling to get so much out of it. At this time, the thief woman's car for selling clothes arrived, and the guards contacted the store privately, saying that there was a batch of goods that they wanted to sell at a lower price. The store usually does not accept such suspected stolen goods, but at this moment, they are forced to panic. Let's take a look The dresses brought out by the guards are really elegant and luxurious, and they are not far behind their own. They are enough to deal with those regular customers who sit in the store and don’t want to offend them. He bought it with a lot of money and sold it at a higher price to the ladies who were eagerly waiting for clothes.
These high-standard palace banquet dresses are not something ordinary embroiderers in the mansion can handle. It is the custom of the Shang Dynasty to order them in custom-made shops to save face. Therefore, the ladies and ladies are very anxious when their dresses are stolen, and they would rather order from themselves He was urged by the store, but he refused to use his ordinary clothes to make up the number. At this moment, I saw that the store finally brought out a batch of new clothes. Although it may not be the style I like, but the workmanship and gorgeousness are not far behind, everyone is very happy. I accepted the high price offered by the store, and I didn’t have time to look through the clothes carefully. After taking it home, I have to prepare jewelry to match again.
The guards staggered the time, sold out the clothes, and then sent people to wear ordinary clothes. In the last store, they seemed to say intentionally or unintentionally: "I was in XX store just now, and I saw a certain piece of clothing that looked familiar. It seems to be from your store. went out."
Having said that, the store became vigilant, and rushed to the store to see that the dress in the hands of a lady who came out was the one that was sold to a certain lady in the store, which turned the world upside down. Immediately, he went up to argue with the owner of the store, but the other party refused to admit it. First they quarreled and then fought. The exclusive gowns of hers appeared in other stores and were being sold at high prices by other stores. The shopkeepers thought of the tragedy of being besieged by the ladies whose clothes had been stolen, and suddenly became furious. Duo, in the end all the high-end custom shops on the street were involved, which triggered the largest gang fight in the history of Jinxiu Street. The jewelry store "Ruifulin" in the best part of the street, that is, the store that drove Jing Hengbo out with the worst attitude, was rushed into the entire store, smashed the counter, and took away most of the precious jewelry. The shopkeeper immediately had a stroke of anger.
The first cheat was just the shopkeeper who cheated. As for the palace banquet, the one who got cheated was the lady. The more Yongxue thought about it, the happier she was, smiling all the way back, yesterday's gloom was swept away, and her whole face glowed with brilliance, so that Jing Hengbo, who was studying how to deal with jewelry, suddenly realized that the little girl grown up.
She beckoned Yongxue to come over, and stuck a pearl hairpin on her head. The soft pearl light set off Yongxue's pink and tender face, which made her look even sweeter. Jing Hengbo smiled and said, "If you don't pay attention, you are also a big girl." Woolen cloth."
Yongxue reached out and pulled out the pearl hairpin, threw it back into the jewelry box, curled her lips and said: "I don't want their rotten things."
"It's not good to be too hard-tempered. Be careful that you won't be able to marry in the future." Jing Hengbo smiled and squeezed her face, Yongxue looked at her, his eyes gradually became softer, and suddenly reached out to fish in the jewelry box, like fishing for fish After flipping around for a while, when I stretched out my hand again, there was a superb emerald in my hand, a yellow opal with radiant light, a pearl the size of a finger, and many huge gemstones. Jing Hengbo could tell at a glance that this was the most precious jewel on every piece of jewelry, the precious gemstone used as the finishing touch.
Yongxue took another hairpin, handed it to the guard, and said, "Brother, please help me set all these gemstones on this hairpin."
Jing Hengbo probably guessed what she was going to do, and couldn't help laughing, it turned out that the little girl also held grudges.
The rest of the jewelry is not going to be sent back, and the beads and gems are simply peeled off and put away, and the pure gold objects are sent out for melting. Although it is a pity for the delicate handwork of these jewelry, it is relatively safe. Jing Hengbo planned to use the money from the sale of these things to help the people in the future, so that he would steal from the rich and help the poor.
The time for the palace banquet is approaching, she dresses up, puts on the dress and jewelry given by the lady of the Shang Dynasty, and goes out, the eyes of the two men are bright, Yeluqi smiled and said nothing, but Pei Shu said : "Although this suit doesn't suit you very well, it looks a little big, but it can't support your figure, okay, you can wear anything so comfortable."
"Then you can stay here comfortably." Jing Hengbo smiled. Passing through two men, she walked out on her own—in order to avoid trouble, she planned to take neither.
Today, when she went to the King’s Palace of Shang, she also wanted to explore some of the secrets of the Shang Kingdom. How is the Baotai Mountain where the most precious medicinal herbs are stored? No way.
The strange thing is that those two didn't follow, nor did they fight. Jing Hengbo walked a few steps and looked back wonderingly, Yeluqi was still smiling at her, Pei Shu crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows high.
Jing Hengbo was full of wonders—these two have changed sex?
There will be a unified carriage in the same hall, and the distinguished guests in the hall will be sent to the palace for a banquet. Jing Hengbo took Yongxue into the carriage, and saw the road to the palace, the lights were sequential, the carriages and horses were like dragons, and the vermilion palace gate was slowly opened at the end of the avenue. .
The banquet is set in the main hall, with three seats at the top, which are the Lord of the Shang Kingdom, the queen, and the prince respectively. There is another one faintly above the left side of the Lord of the Shang Kingdom, but it is empty. This is the position of the national teacher. It is the usual practice to show respect for Dige during the major foreign activities of the Six Kingdoms and Eight Parts.
The next row of side seats is for the princes and princesses of the Shang Kingdom, and then the left and right seats are divided, and the row is like flowing water, and it is for distinguished guests from various countries. They are sorted according to their status and national strength, and there is no mistake. As for the high-ranking officials and aristocrats of the Shang Kingdom who accompanied the palace banquet, they basically had to line up at the entrance of the main hall.
As the Emerald Queen, Jing Hengbo is ranked fifth on the left under the throne of the main hall. She saw that the first person on the left is He Wan. She is now the female regent of Xiangguo, and she is treated like a king. Yong Xizheng is beside He Wan. Jing Hengbo was a little surprised, but then smiled clearly.
Emotions that are passionate and frivolous but not firm enough are indeed not worth the love that is calm, firm and steady, especially for politicians.
The seated person looked gentle and calm, talking with Yong Xizheng with a smile, with a natural and generous posture of pulling his hair and sweeping his temples, and seeing Yong Xizheng's expression was just right, three points gentle and three points dignified, as if politics also made innocent girls grow up.
And Yong Xizheng's gesture of gently pouring wine for her is as cherished as usual.
She was very pleased with the gentleness.
When she came in, He Wan didn't pay attention, but there were many aristocratic ladies from the Shang Dynasty who handed them over with unfriendly eyes. Jing Hengbo looked at the various dresses on them that were a bit inappropriate, and the corners of his lips twitched.
Suddenly there was an announcement, "Princess Ji Qi is here!" She turned her head and saw Ji Wen in a moon-white plain dress, accompanied by a person, which caused a slight commotion in the hall.
The eyes of those two people turned and landed on Jing Hengbo at the same time, each of them smiled slightly at her, and there was another burst of astonished sighs in the hall.
Jing Hengbo almost knocked over the wine glass in his hand - Yeluqi was with Ji Min!
Yeluqi sat down leisurely in front of her, and his elegant gesture of wrapping up his large silver-white robe attracted countless women from the Shang Dynasty to stare at him, but he just blinked at Jing Hengbo.
Jing Hengbo had no choice but to drink to hide the surprised expression on his face. She should have thought that Yeluqi would definitely come, and he didn't ask to be with her, just because he promised Ji Wen first.
Is Yelu really attracted to Ji Wen?
She was very happy, but also a little bit disappointed, not vain or possessive, just the kind of slight frustration when she saw her friends going away.
Seeing her expression on the opposite side, Yeluqi knew that she was thinking too much. Ji Min smiled decently by his side and poured wine for him, and he smiled too. There are some things that are hidden, so why bother to explain too much. At the very least, it was comforting for him to see her loss at this moment. At the very least, it proved that he was not without a place in her heart.
The wine is slightly rippling due to breathing, and faint ripples spread out in circles, which are the ripples of the heart, and they move slightly even when there is no wind.
Because of being frightened by Yeluqi, Jing Hengbo looked at the door frequently, for fear that Pei Shu would appear suddenly and surprise her.
Fortunately, Pei Shu didn't show up, but the guests gradually came. When there were more people, the hall became noisy. The eyes of the women were hidden behind the round fans, and they turned around. Most of their eyes were fixed on Yeluqi.
Several women from the Shang Dynasty chatted across the table, whispering, and looked at Jing Hengbo, quite unkindly.
Jing Hengbo was holding the cup, looking at the position above King Shang in a daze, she knew that position belonged to a character in the legend of the Great Wilderness, generally speaking, it belonged to Gong Yin. Of course, Gong Yin won't come, he can't leave.
She was thinking that if she came to the throne in the future, she would not place him on top of her own throne. She would just get a big sofa, go to court with him, and squeeze in the sofa to listen to politics.
When thinking of this, a bright smile could not help but float on his lips.
Suddenly, a thin voice came into his ears.
"Look, she is staring at the throne of the national teacher in a daze."
"It's strange, why are you smiling so ambiguously at the throne of the national teacher? Are you dreaming?"
"What dream?"
"Isn't this His Majesty very romantic? The most courtiers under his skirt. Maybe he is dreaming of winning the national teacher, and the national teacher is walking hand in hand with her to the throne?"
"Haha, it really is a sweet dream..."
…
The other side was laughing happily, suddenly there was a low scream, and someone asked, "What's wrong?"
Someone whimpered and replied, "Ah, I don't know what hit my teeth, it hurts so much..."
Jing Hengbo turned his gaze, and Yeluqi across from him was leisurely holding an orange, and some seeds were neatly arranged on the table.
She smiled at him, and Yeluqi also smiled with comforting eyes.
Jing Hengbo sighed, boyfriend, boyfriend, when will you come out and support me?
Thinking about it, he smiled again, Gong Yin couldn't leave Dige at all, and he could only sneak around when he left, and he absolutely couldn't support her in the Great Hall of Shang Kingdom to gain prestige.
The mood was a little low, and suddenly heard the discussion on the other side, this time discussing the theft of clothes and jewelry the night before, gradually the crowd exclaimed.
"Why, you were stolen too?"
"Ah, you were stolen too?"
"Ah, isn't your dress the same as my original one?"
This word awakened everyone, and they hurriedly searched in the hall, only to find that their dress was worn by Mrs. So-and-so, Ms. So-and-so.
Each dress was carefully selected and custom-made by each person. When they discovered this situation, they were just like the shopkeepers on Jinxiu Street. They were outraged, but because the situation was unknown and the occasion was grand, they didn't dare to attack immediately.
A woman who was searching for her own dress turned her gaze to Jing Hengbo by accident, and saw Yongxue who bowed her head behind Jing Hengbo and poured wine for her. It was radiant and colorful, and its magnificence surpassed that of ordinary ladies' jewelry, which was very eye-catching.
The woman was just a little strange at first, she didn't understand how a maid's jewelry was more gorgeous than her master's, so she couldn't help but take a second look, then she was stunned, and blurted out: "My pearl!"
Her sound attracted everyone's attention, and they all followed her eyes. The woman is sensitive to jewelry, and her eyes immediately focused on Yongxue's head. Yongxue stood up straight, took a step forward, and stood under the light, calmly. Meet their eyes.
The woman who discovered the problem at the beginning was still screaming, "Pearl! My pearl! This is the most central orb on my head. It's pink. I bought it from the sea with great difficulty, and I recognize it!"
Suddenly another woman said in shock: "That piece of aquamarine, why is it so similar to my aquamarine ring face!"
Another person said: "That opal! This is the opal on my step, with a big thumb, it comes from the tortoiseshell Heishuize, and it is worth tens of thousands of gold!"
Someone suddenly stood up and pointed at Jing Hengbo, "Thief! Thief who stole jewelry!"
More people stood up, "Not only jewelry, but also our clothes were stolen! The maid behind her must have done it!"
The noble ladies of the Shang Kingdom did not dare to directly target Jing Hengbo, and all stared aggressively at Yongxue.
Yongxue didn't even look at them out of the corner of her eyes.
Before the Lord of the Shang Kingdom came, the hall was full of guests, and they turned their heads to stare at this side.
"Everyone." Jing Hengbo raised his face, tapped the wine glass with his chopsticks, and said with a smile, "Your clothes were stolen? Then where are your stolen clothes? Is it on my maid?"
The ladies and ladies were startled and looked at each other—where are the clothes? The clothes are on my group of people. A wears Ding's clothes, D wears B's clothes, aunt wears niece's gown, and niece wears aunt's cloak, what should I say?
"As for jewelry..." Jing Hengbo tapped his wine glass again, "What is your stolen jewelry?"
"ring!"
"Step Shake!"
"Hairpin!"
…
"May I ask what is on my maid's head?"
Everyone is silent, can you say this is a hairpin? It looks like a hairpin, but it is covered with all kinds of precious stones and pearls, and it is as cumbersome as a fishing net.
Jing Hengbo pulled out the hairpin, and played with it with a smile in his hand.
"You say this pearl is yours? What about this opal?"
"…no."
"You say this emerald is yours? What about this aquamarine?"
"...uh, no."
"You said the pigeon's blood gem is yours, but what about the diamond? What about the coral? What about the agate? What about the obsidian?"
"...Uh, no, neither..."
"Fuck me." Jing Hengbo shook the hairpin with a look of contempt on his face, "Don't all the gems look similar? There are so many gems on my maid's hairpin, and only one and a half of them resemble yours. Dare to say that this hairpin belongs to you? Feel your conscience and ask, can you afford so many hairpins with top-quality gemstones?"
Ladies and wives are dumb, their faces are ashen, and no one has the guts to boast that Haikou can afford it in front of everyone. Everyone knows everything, and they all know that every gemstone on this hairpin is the best. It's amazing, how could it be possible to save such a wealth of treasures.
Some people were not convinced, and retorted, "That can't be a coincidence, besides, we can't afford it, can you afford it?"
"Of course I can afford it. I'm the Emerald Queen. I'm rich and powerful. Can't I save a hairpin?"
"The jewelry you wear is not as valuable as this hairpin, which is unreasonable! How can a maid wear such a gorgeous hairpin?"
Jing Hengbo smiled, "If you are rich, you will be self-willed!"
There was a dead silence in the hall.
There seemed to be faint laughter, it was He Wan and Ji Wen who had been watching the battle leisurely over there.
"Your Majesty is here—" the long announcement broke the embarrassment and silence at this moment, and then the skirts creaked, and the ladies and ladies hurriedly lifted their skirts and returned to their original positions for fear of being rude.
The gorgeous dresses are very cumbersome, and the tables are tightly arranged. The crowd rushes and retreats, and suddenly there is a chaotic sound of "ding dong" and "chi la", followed by screams.
"My skirt is torn!"
"My belt..."
"My cuff..."
Most of the noble ladies stopped in panic, some were busy picking up the pendants on their belts, some were picking up the cuffs that suddenly frayed, some were grabbing their skirts, and found out in a panic that the hem of their skirts was for whom. When you step on it, it cracks a piece. All kinds of embellishments rolled around the ground, and the eyeballs all over the ground also rolled around. Even the members of the Shang royal family who came out to greet the guests with the first money, forgot to say hello and stopped.
Jing Hengbo straightened his sleeves with a smile. Totally none of my business.
The aristocratic ladies of the Shang Kingdom panicked, knowing that they were impolite, and at a loss as to how to deal with the disgrace because of the torn clothes, they bent over and carried their skirts, and stood stiffly in the hall, like a group of powder-faced wooden figurines. .
In the awkward silence, someone above suddenly spoke, the voice was graceful and elegant, and the tone was very kind. While saluting the guests from various countries and ethnic groups, he ordered the maids around him to go down and invite the guests to their seats.
The group of maids were obviously also very capable. After going down, they naturally supported the bewildered noble ladies, and while sending them back to their seats, they blocked their messy and damaged clothes. After the clothes are arranged, someone will send a cloak, and everyone will have one to cover the shame of the women.
A series of movements were flowing, natural and solemn, Jing Hengbo secretly admired him, seeing that the woman who spoke was middle-aged, not very beautiful, but with a dignified temperament, she should be the queen of Shang, and she really acted like a queen. You must know that this is an unexpected incident, but the people around the queen are not surprised or angry, and they respond in an orderly manner. They can eliminate a farce that embarrasses the Shang country without making a fuss. It seems that they have practiced countless times. Really well trained.
Behind her, Yongxue suddenly stabbed her, she leaned up slightly, and Yongxue whispered in her ear: "It's her who gave you the clothes!"
Jing Hengbo suddenly realized that the dress he was wearing was actually a gift from the queen.
The King of Shang and the Empress of Shang had returned to normal at this time, and began to walk to the upper seat, followed by the prince and the prince and princess. Jing Hengbo glanced back and was stunned again.
Wasn't it Pei Shu who was accompanying the girl in red?
This guy is here too?
The girl in red followed closely behind the princes of King Shang and ranked first among all the sisters. She seemed to be a high-ranking princess, but the question was, when did Pei Shu hook up with her?
Pei Shu turned his eyes, smiled at her slyly, and mouthed to her: "Look, the master is still here."
Jing Hengbo gave him a hard look, thinking that this guy is too daring, he just made a fuss in the Shang palace, and now he dares to join the royal team, and he is not afraid of being discovered.
Suddenly there was a light on her back, as if someone was staring at her from behind, but when she turned around, there was nothing unusual. With her back turned, King Shang and Queen Shang took their seats.
The king of Shang was only middle-aged, with a mustache and a strong voice. Jing Hengbo thought, Shang Lue might have to be the crown prince for sixty years, and it depended on Si Siken's willingness to help him ascend the throne in advance.
The king of Shang routinely said a few words on the occasion, then raised his glass, and said with a smile: "It is a great honor for our country to welcome distinguished guests from afar. We will treat our guests with thin wine and delicacies, come... come... come..."
His last word "come" was suddenly delayed, and he said it several times without finishing it. Everyone was about to raise their glasses to congratulate each other, and they all raised their heads in surprise when they realized something was wrong, and saw King Shang's eyes fixed on a certain place.
All eyes turned around.
Jing Hengbo suddenly became the center of the crowd.
She didn't care about the strangeness above, and was about to taste Shang Guo's wine. The wine was clear and delicious. Suddenly, I felt that the surroundings were strangely quiet, and when I looked up, I saw all kinds of strange eyes around me.
Jing Hengbo touched his face, she was wearing a half veil, there was nothing unusual about her, and no one could see any abnormalities.
She blinked - what is this?
"She...she...she..." King Shang suddenly stood up, pointed at Jing Hengbo, his fingers trembling, "Her...clothes..."
Jing Hengbo also noticed that it was not her that King Shang was staring at, but the red brocade palace dress on her body.
This skirt, isn't it?
Suddenly, a female official exclaimed, "This is the queen's dress! This is the dress that the queen ordered to be sealed!"
Jing Hengbo raised his eyebrows, what do you mean? Queen dress? What happened to the queen dress? This was originally given to her by the queen. Isn't it normal for the queen to give her her dress?
Is it the same as The Legend of Zhen Huan? This is the dress of the former queen who was loved by the king of Shang, and then she wore it without knowing the sky? Excited to King Shang?
But it seems that the queen was more stimulated, because the dignified woman was pale and crumbling, and the female officer next to her supported her, and exclaimed: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
Shang Wang's complexion changed drastically, he took a few deep breaths, glanced at the name tag on her seat, and asked solemnly: "Queen Emerald, how do you wear the dress that our Queen Shang used to wear?"
Jing Hengbo stood up, bowed slightly, and said, "This is a gift from the Queen of Shang. This King has not thanked the Queen for the gift."
"That's impossible!" King Shang cut off his words resolutely, with a sharp expression on his face.
Jing Hengbo was startled, and looked at Queen Shang.
The queen's face was pale, and there seemed to be tears on her face. She looked at her blankly, with a strange and surprised expression on her face.
When Jing Hengbo saw her completely strange expression, his heart sank.
Sure enough, the Queen said softly: "My Palace...has never presented this dress to the Queen." After a pause, she said, "Even if I wanted to, I would never give this dress to you." Her voice gradually choked, "This This dress... this dress..." She turned to King Shang sadly, as if she couldn't continue her mourning, her eyes were sad and gradually covered with tears. It's like a hibiscus flower with dew and broken branches, trembling in the wind, waiting for pity.
The king of Shang originally saw her expression as more than respectful but not enough intimacy, but at this moment he seemed to be touched, turned to look at her, his expression gradually turned into pity and softness, he stretched out his hand to gently support her shoulder, and said softly: "Stop talking, This king understands... just bear with it..."
At this moment, the queen no longer had the grace she had before, she was like a fragile little woman, she leaned on King Shang's shoulder, wiped her tears gently and nodded, and held a ten-year-old boy in her hand more tightly, and the boy wiped her tears sensiblely, softly Said: "The mother does not cry, the mother does not cry..."
King Shang looked at his delicate wife and sensible young son, his eyes changed slightly.
He thought of the gentle and virtuous wife back then, the hardships she had accompanied him all the way to win the throne, the brilliance of the dress that she wore that year, the blood stained the skirts like peach blossoms after the tragedy in the palace that day, and the aftermath Gradually estranged from her, remembering that she has also experienced the pain of bereavement these years, but she was calm and quiet without asking for anything, and a little guilt gradually appeared in her eyes.
Crown Prince Shanglue has always been