Like Pearl and Jade - Chapter 76

The emperor’s longevity is not held every year. Every big event is special. For example, full life and the first year after a big marriage have extraordinary significance.

The big marriage of a man means that he is an adult. This birthday feast is to show the world that he is already a husband, able to become a father, and able to educate the next generation.

The Sima family was invited this time, both unexpectedly and unexpectedly. The big room was invited, but the second room was unexpectedly also invited. The second room of the Sima family did not do things kindly. Everyone saw it. In the past few years after the emperor’s accession to the throne, the second room has been regarded as transparent, and everyone knows it clearly. Now there is a place for the second room at the birthday banquet, but everyone is a bit uncomfortable.

Outsiders looked at the excitement, but Sima Bao was very uneasy. He slept Sun from bed until midnight, and then asked worriedly, “Does your majesty suddenly attack at the banquet to cure my sin?”

Sun’s sleepy eyes said: “Relax, even if your majesty wants to deal with you, he won’t do that at the birthday feast. How unpleasant it will be if it is passed out. Rest assured, it won’t matter.”

After listening to Sun’s words, Sima Bao felt more uneasy. “Then when do you say your majesty is going to deal with me?”

The Suns came slowly, she sighed, “My husband, in my opinion, your majesty may not have the intention to deal with us, and of course not happy to see us. The world says that your majesty now loves the people generously and is very rare. Lord of wiseness. How can such a person make painstaking calculations in the past, because they see that the future is a distance, not the present. ”

“This means that the Emperor will not deal with us?” Sima Bao was delighted in his heart and looked at the Sun with a shining look.

“As long as we don’t do unsightly things, there will be no major problems,” Sun has been married to Sima Bao for many years, knowing that he is a person who is afraid of everything and worrying about everything, so he whispered and said, “Now our family does not care Right, not profitable, what can you do to dislike your majesty? ”

“You are right,” Sima Bao nodded again and again, and finally the worry in his heart was much less. “Then I must be careful when I go out.”

It doesn’t matter how far away you are from what you can enjoy. It’s okay to be treated temporarily. The most important thing is that the family can be preserved.

“Okay, go to sleep,” Sun yawned, pulled Jin from his body, and turned to plan to continue to sleep. Who knew Sima Bao suddenly said, “Which outer jacket do you think is more appropriate for me?” , Will not lose the face of our Sima family, nor will it cause dissatisfaction with His Majesty? ”

Sun glanced at her husband’s unpleasant face, pursed the corner of his mouth and said: “Relax, you can wear anything.” Anyway, nothing will be too conspicuous.

Sima Bao saw that Sun’s face was tired, and he could only swallow back if there was any more in his heart, and then shoved back into the quilt, waiting for the morning to come.

Early the next morning, when the husband and wife took a carriage to the outside of Suzaku’s gate, a long row of carriages was already parked outside.

“The search seems extremely strict today,” Sun raised the curtain and glanced, turning to Sima Bao. “Today, I am afraid that there will be a mosquito in the palace, and I can’t fly out.”

“It’s about the safety of your majesty. It’s okay to be more careful,” Sima Bao rubbed his hands, and the whole person looked restless. “Just don’t know how long it will be our turn to enter the palace.” He lifted the curtain and looked back, seeing the back It is a dark gray wagon that is not very conspicuous, and the grade and the family crest cannot be seen.

“Which one is the carriage behind us? Why is it so inconspicuous?” Sima Bao thought about it, and could not think of any one with a low status who could enter the palace.

Sun’s glanced afterwards and thought about it later: “If I am not wrong, the car in the back carriage should be the gold of the Taipusi Qing family.”

“Taipu Siqing?” Sima Bao thought for a long time before he said, “Where is Taipu Siqing’s daughter?”

He remembered that Taipu Siqing was a member of the Li family. Apart from his three sons, there was no daughter.

“It can be seen that you usually go to the Ministry of Industry to order Mao, but you really went to order Mao,” Sun sighed helplessly. “The other day, the position of Taipusi Qing was replaced. The trusted Taipusi Qing was promoted by Jinzhou Shishi. Here. ”

“Jinzhou …” Sima Bao didn’t like to mention Jinzhou because of a lack of heart. Now that he learned that Taipusi Qing was replaced with Jinzhou thorn history, the whole person’s mood fell.

Seeing him like this, the Suns didn’t mention the reason why this person was promoted, otherwise the husband would be more uncomfortable after hearing it.

After waiting two or three minutes, it was finally Sima’s family’s turn. The guards respected their attitude, but the place to be searched was not overlooked.

The carriage, bottom, wheels, and even the brass bells hanging on the carriage cover were all checked.

“It’s a special case, please ask Master Sima to bear more,” after the inspection, the guard headed by Sima Baoquan fisted, “Adult please.”

“Yes, it should be,” Sima Bao returned with a salute, letting the curtain down and letting the carriage into the Suzaku gate.

“Boss, this one is …” One of the guards raised an eyebrow, and the implicit meaning was self-evident.

The headed guard looked at him coldly, and then said: “Next.”

The dark grey carriage stopped in front of them. The chauffeur shaking his hand and presented the invitation with both hands. It looked a little shrunk. “The daughter of the Taipusi Qingqing congratulates Her Majesty’s longevity.”

The guard looked at the invitation letter carefully, and then beckoned to several grandma behind him, and several grandma came over.

The carriage curtain was lifted at this time. After the guards saw the people in the carriage, they couldn’t help but take a breath, a beautiful woman with a good sign.

I saw the woman’s beautiful posture, blue silk and ink, a pair of eyes with emotion and water, and obviously did not look at anyone. Everyone present felt that the other party was looking at themselves.

The grandma who was waiting in the palace also showed some appreciation in their eyes, but they were also considered to be old men who had seen many beautiful women, so they stopped at their feet and stepped forward, “Miss Tian, ​​you are offended.”

“Grandma is also a routine business, so why offend.” Tian Biyueji smiled smirkfully, and then walked off the carriage to let the grandma search.

The grandmothers did not deliberately make trouble, and after the search, they stepped aside.

At this moment, some noise came from behind. Tian Biyue looked back and saw a man in a sky-blue brocade riding on the high-head horse. This man had not approached yet, and was still searching her guard leader in the carriage. So he stopped working in his hand and stepped forward to salute the other party. After a few words, he personally led him to the palace gate.

Seeing her in doubt, a grandma explained: “Miss Tian, ​​please don’t mind, because you are entering the palace for the first time, we have to act like this. It ’s a rule. ”

The man riding on the high-headed horse is about twenty-seven or seven years old. He looks outstanding and has a noble appearance. Even Tian Biyue, who is so heart-watering, couldn’t help but glance twice: “This adult is so good.”

The grandmothers smiled, just at this time the man passed by them, and they all took a step back and blessed themselves.

Even the classy grandma in the palace is so polite and careful, is this a royal?

“Miss Tian, ​​please get in the carriage.” The carriage has been checked, and Grandma Zhao Tiantian Yue made a gesture of invitation.

Tian Biyue withdrew the gods, nodded at the grandma and the guards, and turned to sit in the carriage.

The carriage straightly entered through the side door of Suzakumen. After walking a while, Tian Biyue heard the eunuch’s singing from outside, and she suddenly realized that she wanted to get off the carriage here.

Sure enough, the carriage stopped quickly, and there was some faint voice outside. She lifted the curtain and saw that there were girls standing here, and these girls were all dressed up and expensive.

The women who were still chatting met a character beauty. Although they were quiet on the face, they were a little curious inside. What kind of girl was this?

Everyone also sees that this girl is about the age of Mo Shuang Nine and Double Ten, but the style of the bun is different from that of the girl who has not been out of the cabinet, and the clothing is also plain. .

“This may be Taipu Siqing and her daughter away from home,” Mrs. Hu whispered to Yang’s family when she saw Tian Biyue’s outstanding appearance. “It is said that this family has graciousness to His Majesty. “Otherwise, as a Tian family, there is no chance to appear on this occasion.

Smart people have always been obedient. Yang ’s eyes glanced from Tian Biyue, and he smiled a lot. “Although his background is not good, but he is a sign.”

There is graciousness to His Majesty and He Lili go home, there can be a lot of articles in between.

Mrs. Hu said with a smile: “We are most indispensable for Dafeng, is such a sign.” No matter how good the courtier is to his majesty, that is loyal, but there is no end.

The Yangs knew what Mrs. Hu meant and laughed, “You are right.”

Tian Biyue was standing under the sun, feeling that his whole body was scorching badly, but not because of the sun but because of the sight of these noble women. She looked up, these women are in various poses, elegant and noble, no one is staring at herself, but she knows that although no one is staring at her here, she has already looked at her from head to toe To be clear, I am afraid that even her past will be fully understood.

When she hadn’t returned home, there was a distant relative of her husband’s family who was a side branch of the family. She had talked with the family members of this family. These women’s families were perfect and impeccable. Chu.

How these family ladies did this, she could hardly imagine, nor could she imagine.

Soon a female officer came to arrange their positions, her status was low, and the positions of all stations were very backward. The whole square is very large, with a big red carpet separated by a long and wide space. The male and the female stand apart from the right. She glanced over and saw only a perfect back or side profile. These people are the most noble and most prominent in Dafeng Dynasty. Some prominent people.

In the summer, Tianyang is very strong, but today the weather is very good, and the breeze is warm, making it not so uncomfortable to stand in the sun. Maybe the emperor didn’t want everyone to suffer from the sun. When everyone came to Qigang and stood, he heard a sudden drum sound in front of him. The drum sound was very heavy, and it seemed to knock into her heart.

Deep down in his heart, he couldn’t help but give birth to respect, Tian Biyue, like everyone else, lowered his head.

The drum sounded nine times in a row, and a sharp voice reached everyone’s ears.

“The empress is here.”

She raised her head involuntarily, but unfortunately stood too far, only to see two red figures standing on the platform.

“Long live my emperor, long live, long live.”

She bent her knees, lowered her head, and heard the cries around her rushing to the sky. She opened her mouth, but could not hear her own voice.

“No!” Sharp voice came into the ear again, Tian Biyue frowned.

“Today is my …” Tian Biyue heard this voice, and suddenly looked up at the platform, staring blankly at the red figure. He couldn’t even hear what the other party said.

“Xingtianyouzhi …” The teenager seemed tall and strong, and even his voice changed.

“The extreme heat is unbearable, please sit in the inner hall.”

She suddenly followed the women’s families, and she was a little bit stunned. The teenager in her memory, and the man on the high platform who saw only a figure and a prestigious man, was it really a person?

The Zhaoyang Hall is very spacious and is a good place for large banquets. When I walked in, the coolness struck suddenly, making people feel very comfortable. I saw chilling ice all over the hall. These ice cubes were transparent and clear. No wonder the hall was so cool.

She looked at the tea set in front of her.

But she, who has always been a good tea, did not think of tasting tea at the moment, but only felt that her heart was empty and could not be implemented.

Ever since Jin Yang insisted that Gu Rujiu’s phoenix sit side by side with his seat, the people in the courtroom would no longer be guilty. So at today’s longevity ceremony, Gu Rujiu’s seat was still side by side with Jin Yang’s dragon chair, and they shared a common front Zhang Longfeng table.

“This time the rituals were finally alert,” Jin Yang took Gu Rujiu’s hand and sat down, then pushed the iced lychee tray in the direction of Gu Rujiu, and then signaled that various lively performances could come up.

There is a high stage in the middle of Zhaoyang Hall, and the stage is beautiful and wide, so folk artists are proud to be able to board the stage of Zhaoyang Hall all their lives.

For things like lychee grape longan, Gu Rujiu doesn’t like to peel it by other people’s hands, so he always pays attention to it. She peeled off the lychee shell, picked out the core with a silver knife, and put the flesh into a glazed bowl.

After peeling off five in this way, she wiped her hands clean, put the glass bowl in front of Jin Yang, and then whispered: “Your Majesty, just use these few today.”

Jin Marting is not in good health. It is easy to get angry when eating too much of this kind of litchi, so Gu Rujiu has always been strict about the body of Jin Marting.

After looking at the pitiful little fruit in the bowl, Jin Yang nodded honestly, made a silver fork and put it in his mouth, chewing slowly.

There are so few things, he has to eat slowly.

He Ming and Bai Xian stood on the left and right side of the emperor to see the emperor and the queen’s communication clearly, but they have already been accustomed to the emperor’s “suffering” in this regard, they have been able to do not change their heart Don’t jump anymore.

There are also grapes, pears and other things on the table. These Gu Rujiu did not have a fixed share. He Ming originally wanted to cut the fruit for the two. How could he know that His Majesty did n’t appreciate it? , Depending on the level of proficiency, this is certainly not the first time such a thing has been done.

“The people of Yuefu are these things every year, there is nothing new at all,” Jin Yang said with a smile of admiration on his face, and placed the fragrant pear cut into small pieces in front of Gu Rujiu, but his mouth said disgusting words, “These words of praise What is the meaning of the tossing over and over? ”

Gu Rujiu smiled and turned his head, then whispered: “Do you still like others to scold you?”

Jin Yang nodded and said, “What I have said for a long time is that on this occasion, I can only watch these.”

Gu Rujiu raised a piece of fragrant pear and put it in his mouth. Before the thing was swallowed, he heard the style of the song suddenly brought exotic style. Several masked dancers wearing red yarn dance skirts stepped on the lotus step and enchanted. The posture is extraordinarily graceful in the amorous tune.

White skin, gorgeous red gauze, and charming eyes that circulate, Gu Rujiu couldn’t care about eating fragrant pears, and looked at the beauty without blinking.

Looking at the fragrant pear cut by hand, Jin Yang glanced at the Qinggeman dance on the stage and looked pale.

Those who can come to the birthday banquet have seen the world, so although this exotic dance is somewhat novel, it will not make them lose their manners. The more such occasions, the more they are reserved and stable, otherwise there will be a lustful reputation, and no one’s face will look good.

There were sharp eyes and found that the smile on His Majesty’s face was a bit lighter, and he couldn’t help whispering in his heart, is it not good for His Majesty? Then they have to be more careful, even if they like it, they have to bring out two points of disgust.

The dancing girls danced very hard, but to their disappointment, the nobles present here were nothing like the guests they met in the dance hall. The distinguished guests of the dance square treated them with enthusiasm and enthusiasm. As long as they were on stage, these noble guests would applaud gold and silver.

The faces here are all indifferent and careless, as if they are not dancing Miaoman’s dance, but standing on the stage to install wooden stakes.

After the song was over, the dancers lifted their veils, ceremoniously saluted, and greeted He Shou’s words.

Fu Yao raised his head with anticipation and looked in the direction of the emperor’s throne. Who knows that the emperor who stood above didn’t even look at her, as if she was a passer-by, no sense of existence.

Why is this happening? She opened her eyes in disbelief. Her reputation spread throughout the capital. Isn’t Her Majesty half curious?

“A good” Man Huasha Dance “, this palace is very fond of,” Gu Rujiu clapped his palms, “come here, reward.”

“Sisters and wives also feel that this dance is good.” Princess Ping Wang Shizi is now a firm Queen’s Party, so when the Queen spoke, she wanted to be rewarded, and she was also rewarded with gold and silver.

The other female relatives followed suit, and rewarded these dancing dancers with boldness. Not to mention, the beauty of Zheng Qianjin is pretty good.

So these dancers met the most wonderful scene of this life, that is, the men present were calm and water, while the women present all became high-end guests, and actually rewarded each other.

Even Fuyao, who was famously far away, was stunned by this scene. But no matter how she thought about it, Her Majesty didn’t even look at her, and she had to salute with others.

At the backstage, she took off the veil half hanging on her ear and sat angrily in front of the vanity mirror.

“Why are you still not happy, even after receiving so much money, even the empress queen praised us personally,” said another dancing girl with a happy expression on her face, “the money received today is enough for us to eat and drink for life. ”

“Who’s rare …” Before Fuyao finished talking, he saw the two eunuchs coming in. They held a large tray full of precious objects such as gold hairpins, silver hairpins, and so many people dazzled their eyes.

“This is a reward from the nobles. You remember to remember the nobles.” The two eunuchs put down the tray, turned around and walked away. Some Maiji wanted to get something from the tray for them. left.

They are all eunuchs with faces, and no matter how greedy these things are, they will not go to get the items of Gage on this occasion. This room is full of people inside and out, how could they reach out?

“Sent, sent.” A few dancing girls hugged together, laughing and jumping, not happy.

Fu Yao held his mouth and whispered, “I have never seen the world, so a little thing can be happy like this.”

“It’s as if you’ve seen such good things,” the nearest dance girl replied and wanted to say it again, but she was persuaded by her companions.

“I will have it sooner or later.” She thought unwillingly that sooner or later she would become a noble person who rewards others, not a poor person who is happy for the reward of nobles.

“What’s so good about the messy dance just now,” Jin Yangcha put a piece of fragrant pear in Gu Rujiu’s hand, “Isn’t it just waving his hand?”

“Dancing beauty is beautiful,” Gu Rujiu raised the silver fork and ate the piece of fragrant pear. “Anyway, what a beautiful beauty, where is the tail.”

Without a tail, can you reward so many things?

Jin Yang raised his eyebrows: “Where is it beautiful, but it’s just some vulgar powder?” Her queen stared at the other women intently, her eyes bright, his mood was not at all good.

“Eat even women’s vinegar?” Gu Rujiu covered his mouth with his hands, so that everyone below could not see his mouth clearly. “Your heart is so small.”

“I treat you with a big eye.” Jin Yang was not ashamed, but proud of it.

“Good,” Gu Rujiu leaned on the sleeve, pinched his hand, and whispered, “I like to watch, it’s better than you like.”

Jin Yang whispered in her ear: “Fortunately, I have a small heart and a jar of vinegar.”

“Then you are the vinegar jar,” Gu Rujiu shook his index finger and squinted with a smile: “Vinegar jar, oh?”

“You are a vinegar jar, I am a vinegar jar, we are really a natural match.” Jin Yang smiled at her secretly, “Are you right?”

Gu Rujiu snorted, but did not refute.

Tian Biyue sat quietly on her seat, but her eyes remained on the empresses.

Perhaps … the teenager in her heart is simply false, and the emperor who has a strong affection for the queen is real, and her memory deceived her.