Divine Doctor's Daughter: The Imperial Concubine

Chapter 14 The Initial Palace Banquet
palace gate

Chu Ruoying got out of the carriage, and all the girls at the gate of the palace were registering to enter the palace one by one. Chu Ruoying looked around for a while, and Chu Xiner had already arrived and was chatting with a few young ladies.

"When will a person from the countryside be able to attend such a banquet?" A somewhat sharp and sarcastic voice suddenly sounded in the peaceful atmosphere.

Everyone stopped what they were doing, and even the pen in the hand of the eunuch who was still registering was stuck for a second, and then immediately returned to normal.

Looking in the direction of the voice, she was dressed in luxurious brocade and exquisite makeup, and she was somewhat similar to Madam Ye.

After thinking back for a while, Chu Ruoying knew the identity of the woman in front of her, the niece of Concubine Ye, the daughter of the prime minister's mansion... In the middle of Ye Qianyang, Chu Ruoying smiled faintly, and her lips curled into an unreachable erratic look.

At this time, Ye Qianyang had already walked to her side, stared at her for a long time, raised her chin slightly proudly, "Who are you?" Most of the women looked at her curiously, and some even whispered.

"Who is that woman?"

"I don't know, I've never seen it before..."

"You are Chu Ruoying?" Ye Qianyang stood in front of her, her delicate makeup was full of disdain.

Chu Ruoying nodded, "Exactly."

"Hmph, I'm just an ignorant person, so I can't wait to attend the banquet, so I'm not afraid of scaring people." Ye Qianyang's exquisite makeup was full of disdain, and the women standing beside her also started to discuss after hearing her words .

Chu Ruoying's mouth outlined a beautiful arc, she smiled lightly, but a trace of coldness flashed in her eyes very quickly, she stared at the arrogant girl in front of her without evasion, and said: " The courtier knows that she is stupid, but she hasn't scared anyone after being out for so long, but it made Miss Ye worry too much."

Ye Qianyang was taken aback, she didn't expect Chu Ruoying to answer like this, she snorted coldly, "It's good to have self-knowledge."

"Cousin, this is my eldest sister." Chu Xiner stepped forward to hold Ye Qianyang's hand, and said in a warm voice, she didn't look like she was domineering in the mansion before, and she obviously performed a siege for the elder sister in front of many women. Good sister.

Ye Qianyang also retracted her gaze in cooperation, looked around and looked at people curiously, and finally gave her a cold look, and left.

At this moment, Chu Xin'er turned around and said, "Big sister, my cousin is casual, so don't be angry." Chu Ruoying smiled lightly, "Of course I won't be angry, but if Miss Ye is in the palace, I won't be angry like this." So casual, I don’t know if it’s not that simple.” After a pause, she continued, “There are no girls in the Gu family, and I don’t have a cousin.” Chu Ruoying’s faint voice came, and Chu Xin’er felt that everyone’s eyes were on her. It all fell on her, and she couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes.

"Yeqianyang has always been like this, are you okay?" Chu Ruoying looked back in surprise when she heard the sound, the woman in a snow-blue dress stood behind her, saw Chu Ruoying turned her head, and nodded towards her , and said: "I am the daughter of Duke Xia, Xia Zhiqi."

Chu Ruoying also smiled and said, "I've heard about Ms. Xia's reputation for being both talented and talented. It's my honor to meet you today."

"I've heard people mention you. I'm half a year older than you. In the future, I'll call you Yinger, and you can call me Zhiqi?" Xia Zhiqi smiled slightly, and Chu Ruoying always loved her. Feeling good, naturally smiled and nodded.

At this time, Li Xia had already been registered, and the two of them walked together and followed a maidservant towards the palace, "Miss Chu, the front is right there, the maidservant has retired." Chu Ruoying nodded and walked in.

There are already many people in the imperial garden, and it is approaching deep winter, but the imperial garden is not as monotonous as imagined, and there are various plum blossoms blooming in the courtyard.Women in all kinds of clothes stood in twos and threes, adding a bright color to the imperial garden.

Chu Ruoying walked into the small pavilion and sat on the side, her beautiful eyes turned brilliantly, as if she had gathered half a lifetime of mist and rain, she quietly looked at the person or thing in front of her, "Is it boring?" Chu Ruoying heard The corner of Sheng Sheng's mouth smiled slightly, "Zhiqi was joking, the palace banquet held by the queen is naturally very good."

Xia Zhiqi blinked her eyes, sat down beside her, and said with a smile, "That's right."

"Does Ying'er know what the main purpose of this palace banquet is?" Xia Zhiqi looked around, looked at the people who were obviously well-dressed, and said a little casually.

Chu Ruoying raised her eyebrows and said lightly, "For what?"

"Celebrate, choose a relative." Xia Zhiqi said with a faint smile.

Chu Ruoying was startled when she heard the words, pursed her lips lightly, lowered her eyelashes like a row of fans, and said in a very soft voice: "Your Majesty Jin?"

The two sat there chatting for a while, and then a maidservant came to invite the two into the palace for a banquet. The two got up and left together.

At this time, in the imperial study room, Xiao Huanggao was sitting on the top, looking at Mu Ziyuan who was standing ruthlessly in black, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty Jin has returned with meritorious service this time. What reward?"

Mu Ziyuan strode out of the banquet, half-knelt down, cupped his hands and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the humble minister has passed the crown now, the big man is in charge of governing the country and the world, and it's time for the humble minister to get married."

"You have rejected many marriage offers from me before, maybe you have someone to choose this time?" Xiao Huang said calmly and calmly.

"Yes, I came back to Beijing a few days ago, fell in love with a woman at first sight, and asked the emperor to marry me!" Mu Ziyuan said in a deep voice with a faint affection flashing in his dark eyes.

"Oh? I don't know which family's woman it is?" Xiao Huang asked in a deep voice with dark eyes.

Mu Ziyuan turned his face sideways and took a deep look at Chu Ruoying who was standing aside, as if he had made a final decision, "Miss Chu, Chu Ruoying!"

"The empress is here!"

Rows of tables are neatly placed in the hall, and the tops are filled with various delicacies. Men and women sit on two sides, and many women sit down according to their identities. They say these words in twos and threes. Standing up and saluting, "I have seen the empress."

I saw the queen wearing a bright red palace attire. Although she was nearly forty years old, her skin was well maintained, her brows were gentle but she had indescribable intelligence. She was walking quietly with a beautiful woman beside her. With a tranquil smile on her face, Chu Ruoying knew her identity after a little thought, the queen's daughter, Jun Moxi.

"Excuse me, give me a seat."

Everyone thanked them here and sat down.

Empress Xia looked down, paused for a moment on Chu Ruoying, and then looked away.Jun Moxi obediently sat beside Empress Xia, and Empress Xia looked at her daughter with an increasingly gentle expression.

Chu Ruoying lowered her head slightly, not knowing what she was thinking, but Xia Zhiqi said in a low voice, "Ying'er, I'm afraid you will have a hard time today." Indeed, the daughter of the Chu family, the cousin of the Gu family, suddenly appeared like this Characters, everyone must be curious.Chu Ruoying couldn't help but smiled helplessly, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by a harsh voice.

"The concubine Ye is here!"

All the girls got up and saluted one after another, "I've seen Concubine Ye."

Concubine Ye didn't intend to let everyone get up, she just smiled and said to Empress Xia: "The concubine is late, the empress will not blame her."

Empress Xia still smiled gently, and said: "Whatever my sister said, it's just a banquet, it doesn't matter."

Concubine Ye did not stop there, instead she stretched out her hand to slightly support the hairpin on her head, "Yesterday the emperor came to see my concubine and rewarded me with a lot of things."

"The emperor loves my sister so much, so I should reward her more." Empress Xia said with a smile, "Look at my sister's hairpin, it's really exquisite." Then she changed the subject and said with a smile: "Sister, let's sit and see how they keep going." You're tired from the ceremony, so get up."

Concubine Ye's smile deepened, "That's right, I was so focused on chatting with the empress that I forgot to wake them up." Then she walked to her seat and sat down.

Chu Ruoying slightly raised her head and looked at Concubine Ye who had just seated. She was wearing a gorgeous palace attire, her hair was tied in a beautiful bun, and a delicate hairpin was inserted obliquely on it. In his hand is a bracelet of mutton fat jade.With the long and narrow Danfeng eyes, it can be seen at a glance that she is not a gentle and easy-going person.Then he slowly retracted his gaze.

"Which family is the girl next to Xin'er?" Concubine Ye looked at Chu Ruoying and asked.

When Chu Xiner heard this, she stood up and saluted, and said, "Go back to your mother, this is my eldest sister."

There was a flash of ridicule in Chu Ruoying's eyes. How could Concubine Ye not know who she was, but still got up respectfully, "My daughter, Chu Ruoying, has met the Empress, Concubine Ye."

Before Concubine Ye could continue to speak, Empress Xia said, "This is the daughter that General Chu has been thinking about all along, she is a beautiful girl."

"The queen is optimistic about her." Concubine Ye glanced at her, looked her up and down, stroked Dan Kou's gold-painted hand, and said with some disdain.

(End of this chapter)