concubine queen

50 The eve of the banquet
Five days passed in a flash, and the queen had already prepared for the banquet.Under Yu Zimu's "reminder", the queen mother turned her attention to the matter of the arrival of the prince of Beifeng Kingdom, and even took out the phoenix crown that she hadn't worn for many years.

Prince Beifeng's carriage stopped at Zuixianlou, the largest inn in Kyoto this morning.

Yu Mingqian sent Prime Minister Li Pingxuan to receive him.At this moment, Li Pingxuan was leading the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Rites, and the Minister of Rites to wait respectfully, not daring to be slighted.

Yin Sheng helped Yin Fu out of the car, Fenghua's appearance was immediately seen by the people around him, and they were all amazed.It was widely rumored that Yin Sheng, the prince of Beifeng Kingdom, was the most beautiful man in the world, and the opinion at this time was indeed true.Li Pingxuan sorted out his emotions and stepped forward steadily.

"Li Pingxuan, the prime minister of Xilong Kingdom, has been waiting for the prince for a long time. The prince has worked hard all the way. The ministers have already prepared a good dormitory. Please invite the prince."

Yin Sheng smiled slightly, and was shocked all around again.

"Thank you, Prime Minister."

Li Pingxuan saluted again, making a gesture of invitation.

Yin Sheng then walked in with Yin Fu and others.

Zuixianlou, the largest and most luxurious inn in the capital of Xilong Kingdom, is a place only dignitaries can afford to live in.I got the order from yesterday, the shopkeeper of the Zuixian Tower did not dare to be negligent, and has already prepared the best room for the prince of Beifeng Kingdom, but the emperor said that the Zuixian Tower only accepts this one guest for a few days, and the fee is all royal. out.

After Yin Sheng and others came in, they were also overwhelmed by the luxury of Zuixian Tower.It occupies a large area, the hall is spacious, and there are precious porcelains everywhere, and precious flowers and plants can be seen everywhere.The surface of a large table in the hall is made of warm jade, and the edge is inlaid with emerald green jade.

While Yin Sheng and the others admired the prosperity of Xilong Kingdom, they also became worried about Beifeng Kingdom.

Today's world is divided into four countries, Dongliao Kingdom, Xilong Kingdom, Nanqi Kingdom and Beifeng Kingdom.There was originally Liang Kingdom, but it was only a small country, which was destroyed by the first emperor of Xilong Kingdom.Although the four countries are equally famous on the surface, in fact, in terms of strength, Xilong country is the most powerful.The geographical location of Xilong country is the most suitable climate for people to live in, so the number of people in Xilong country is relatively large, and many people from other countries have also migrated here to live and settle down.In addition, Xilong Kingdom also strongly supports business, so the economy of Xilong Kingdom is also so strong.As for Beifeng Kingdom, because Yin Sheng's grandfather, the last emperor, was too stupid, there were too many moths in the court. If Yin Ze hadn't worked hard, the current Beifeng Kingdom would have already been divided among the three kingdoms.

The banquet was held in the evening, which gave Yin Sheng and others time to rest.

In the palace, the concubines were all dressed up glamorously, but Fengxi was not in a hurry. She put on her dress according to the rules. It was a dark green skirt with folded sleeves inlaid with gold silk, with peacocks embroidered on it. Coquettish but noble.

Generally speaking, for such banquets, concubines who are above the fifth rank are required to wear high-grade clothes, but it is not mandatory. If it is necessary for a performance, they can also wear other clothes.Concubine Xiao and Concubine Cheng have been neglected by the emperor for half a month, and they feel rather disappointed. They both want to take advantage of this opportunity to shine and win the favor of the emperor again.As for the empress, she knew that what she had done might have been known by the emperor, so she was busy with her affairs dutifully for half a month, and she didn't dare to expect the emperor to come to see her.

The venue of the banquet is Jinhua Hall, which is spacious and comfortable, very suitable for entertaining envoys.Seeing all this, Feng Xi understood a lot. Even though the empress did such a thing, after all, she was the emperor who made his wife and knew the etiquette in the palace well.Even Feng Xi dare not say that she has the ability to handle this matter perfectly, but the queen can do it.Feng Xi understood why the emperor didn't get angry but just comforted her and neglected the queen for half a month. I'm afraid the queen will win the emperor's respect and be favored again after this banquet is over.

"Master, everything is ready."

Ning Tong held Qu He in her hand, and looked at her master with a smile.Although the master didn't dress up like other palace masters, this dress showed the master's observance of etiquette. In addition, the master's music and playing will definitely amaze everyone.

Feng Xi nodded in satisfaction, "Let's go to Empress Empress's place right now, we still have to follow Empress Empress later."

As soon as the Empress Empress was mentioned, Ningtong thought of the incident between Bihe and Qingliu half a month ago, this incident was really a second.Afterwards, she was really curious and asked the master why he knew where Bihe and Ningtong had gone. The master smiled mysteriously and said a word, the herb seeds in the queen's palace.She immediately realized that the herb seeds are unique to the queen's palace, and the queen likes to use it to make tea, but now it is autumn, the herb seeds are gradually fading, and the ground is covered with flowers, the master must have seen it Bihe and Qingliu didn't know until the hems of their shoes were covered with herbs seeds.At that time, Ningtong really admired her master and wanted to hug her tightly.

Helping Feng Xi to walk out of Qianque Palace slowly, because the clothes are too complicated, so she can't walk too fast.

"Ningtong, have you found out whether Ning Jieyu will attend tonight?"

Walking to a fork in the road, Feng Xi suddenly remembered Ning Jieyu, so she asked.

Ning Tong shook her head lightly, "Master, it is said that Ning Jieyu will not be present tonight. This servant finds it very strange."

Feng Xi knew what Ning Tong wanted to say. Although Ning Jieyu had lost her family background and was almost dragged down, she was still a Jieyu at least. How could she not attend such important events.I guess the empress dowager disagreed, the emperor would not blame Ning Jieyu, otherwise she would not have been spared, and the empress would not disobey the emperor's will, after all, it is impossible for Ning Jieyu to treat her queen. A bit is dangerous.Only the empress dowager, the empress dowager paid much attention to the concubine's family background, so she was very concerned about Ning Jieyu's existence. Fortunately, Ning Jieyu stayed in that hut in peace and order, and was not proud of the emperor's letting go, so she survived until now.

"These things have nothing to do with us. They shouldn't be said. Don't say them out. Do you remember?"

Ning Tong nodded seriously, she naturally knew that in the palace, misfortunes always came from her mouth, and she had to carefully consider every word.

The two started walking again, and within half a moment, they reached Chengyang Palace.

"The concubine has met the empress, the concubine Cheng and the concubine Xiao."

Feng Xi saluted in a steady manner.But these three people are quite dissatisfied with her. The emperor has stayed in her palace for several days in the past half month, and they all have lunch in her palace. Can you not make them angry?
The queen still had that gentle and virtuous look, "Rong Hua, please get up, sit down and wait for a while when everyone is ready, then we will go to the Jinhua Palace and wait."

Feng Xi nodded and sat down beside Xiao Bin.

(End of this chapter)