Hou Mansion has a daughter to marry

Chapter 36 The Queen Mother's Birthday Banquet
Three days passed in a blink of an eye, the Queen Mother's birthday banquet was held as scheduled, the emperor celebrated the Queen Mother's birthday with all the ministers, for a while, there were a lot of wine, singing and dancing, it was really lively, the Queen Mother laughed from ear to ear.

Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yu and Yan Qinglan were all at the banquet.Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yu are the grandsons of the Empress Dowager, so their positions are naturally higher.Yan Qinglan is the heir son of Prince Yanjun, and she only moved back a few positions.It was Xie Chang'an, because the Marquis of Rong'an was in the wrong team before, although the rapids retreated bravely, but the emperor had a grudge and did not reuse Marquis of Rong'an, so this position was far behind.

Xiao Yuyuan looked at Xie Changan talking and laughing at Yan Yan with the young lady from another family in the distance, couldn't help but left his seat and wanted to go to Xie Changan, but Xiao Yuan quickly grabbed him, Xiao Yu was wronged and muttered: " Big brother, I want to go to Chang'an!" Xiao Yuan said helplessly: "Yu'er, if you go to Chang'an now, the imperial grandmother will be unhappy, what should I do if I scold Chang'an later?"

Yan Qinglan was looking at Xie Changan intently at this time, her frown and smile were still so gentle and moving, only to see that "Xie Changning" didn't know what she had said to the lady of the Yushi family, shyly covering her handkerchief softly With a smile, Yan Qinglan's heart throbbed.Xie Chang'an felt the scorching gaze and raised his head to see Yan Qinglan who was staring at her obsessively. His face blushed immediately, and he became more and more shy.

The Empress Dowager looked down from the height and had a clear view of the situation below.Seeing Yan Qinglan and "Xie Chang'an" who were eyeing each other, and Xiao Yu who was entangled with Xiao Yuan at the side, I felt annoyed for a moment.When there is nothing to do on weekdays, the Empress Dowager also likes to listen to some anecdotes about the capital. No, someone told the Empress Dowager that Xiao Yu liked the eldest lady of the Rong An Hou Mansion. The crown prince has a marriage contract.The Empress Dowager always felt sorry for Xiao Yu, who had broken her head. Seeing that Xiao Yu couldn't compete with Yan Qinglan, she became annoyed and said "Xie Changning". She felt that Xie Changning didn't know how to behave.She felt that Xiao Yu's childlike nature could easily be exploited by someone with a heart.At that moment, the queen mother wanted to cure this "Xie Changning".

In this room, the queen is sipping tea, and the sound of the piano is playing in her ears. She can't help but think of Xie Changning who played "Yuntai Diao" for her at her birthday banquet. Sighed: Sure enough, he was born to be beautiful, but fortunately, he has already engaged with the prince of Yan, otherwise... The queen casually glanced at the emperor who was joking with the queen mother. Recently, the emperor revealed that he intends to reuse the Xie family, so , It will be a good thing for yourself to make a face for Xie's parents!The empress had a thought, and suggested with a smile: "Empress, it's so lively today, I think the young lady from the Marquis of Rong An's Mansion is also here today, how about asking her to play a song for the empress, what do you think of the empress?"

The Empress Dowager originally wanted to punish this "Xie Changning", but she was worried that she could not find a suitable reason. The Empress Dowager's words hit the Empress Dowager's heart, she nodded immediately and said: "That is very good." Eunuch Li glanced at him, Eunuch Li understood, and shouted in a shrill voice: "I invite Miss Xie of the Marquis of Rong'an to play a song for the Queen Mother."

Immediately, everyone became quiet, and their eyes turned to "Xie Changning".Even though he was well prepared, Xie Changan was still shocked. He glanced at Yan Qinglan, who looked expectant and worried. Xie Changan sighed inwardly, and then walked out calmly, saluting: "Today is the Queen Mother's birthday. Nv originally intended to play for the Empress Dowager, but two days ago, the court lady accidentally injured her hand, so I am afraid that she will not be able to play for the Empress Dowager today..." Xie Changan bowed his head after finishing his words.

The queen felt it was a pity, and didn't want to embarrass her. Just as she was about to ask her to return to the throne, the queen mother said coldly: "I heard that the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Rong'an was the only one who won the capital. Could it be that a talented woman can only be good at the piano? You don't want to congratulate this old lady on my birthday!" The Empress Dowager finally found an opportunity, how could she easily let "Xie Changning" go.

Xie Chang'an heard that the queen mother put such a big hat on himself, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Please calm down, queen mother! My servant has no such intentions, and please calm down the queen mother..." But he smiled bitterly in his heart, he really did what the queen mother said, Can't get anything out.It's just that now is not the time to underestimate yourself. Looking at the situation, the queen mother will not let me go easily, but I don't know when I made the queen mother so angry?Now, what should I do...

Rong Anhou on the side broke out in a cold sweat and was hesitating whether to go out to intercede for Xie Changan, but he remembered what the old lady Xie said, if it is not a matter of life and death, let Xie Changan solve it by himself... Rong Anhou could only stand on the sidelines anxiously burn.

Xiao Yu saw that the queen mother scolded Xie Changan sharply, and immediately became anxious, thinking of coming out to intercede for Xie Changan, but Xiao Yuanqiang stopped him and said: "If you go to intercede for Xie Changan, the imperial grandmother will scold Xie Changan even more severely. , can you still go?" Xiao Yu was anxious but did not dare to act rashly.Yan Qinglan, who was on the side, felt sorry for the weak "Xie Changning" and was scolded by the queen mother in public. She stood up without thinking, knelt beside Xie Changan, and pleaded: "Queen mother, Miss Xie's hand is indeed injured... Today, let Qing Lan will play a song for the Queen Mother instead of Miss Xie!"

The queen mother glanced at the anxious Xiao Yu and Yan Qinglan who was pleading for Xie Changning, and was even more annoyed in her heart. This Xie Changning had mesmerized these two people with just one face!It's not that she, an old woman, wants to make things difficult for Xie Changning on purpose, but that Xie Changning has no other skills other than piano skills. How can she afford the title of the most talented woman in the capital?
The queen mother was thinking about giving this so-called talented girl a big hat that was not worthy of the name, so that she would have no shame to come out to see people, but "Xie Changning" said: "The queen mother, the ministers are willing to dance for the queen mother, and the queen mother is willing to dance for the queen mother." Blessings are like the East China Sea, and Shoubi goes south!"

As soon as the queen mother heard the music, she thought to herself, Miss Xie wanted to perform dances in public as a lowly maiko, so she nodded immediately.The queen at the side felt disappointed when she saw this, why did Miss Xie family humiliate herself like this?And Yan Qinglan, who was kneeling beside Xie Changning, thought inwardly that it was terrible, what the concubine mother valued most was reputation, if his concubine mother knew about it, there would be trouble again.

Just when everyone had different thoughts, Xie Chang'an turned his attention to the queen, and said, "Your Majesty, my servant dares to ask you for a sword!" Xie Chang'an knew that the queen came from a family of generals, and there were many treasures in the dowry. Little sword.

Everyone at the banquet was dumbfounded when they heard Xie Chang'an's words. They had never seen someone wielding swords at a royal birthday banquet. Besides, they had heard for a long time that Xie Changning had followed the rules since he was a child, but he was a standard lady from a famous family. Such a request was made today, which really made people puzzled, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.

The queen was a little disappointed when she heard that Xie Changning said that she was going to perform a dance, but when she saw her begging for a sword, she immediately understood in her heart and felt a little relieved.

Not long after, the guards brought the queen's Fengming sword and handed it to Xie Chang'an.Seeing that the sword had the same name as the Qin that Yan Qinglan gave him, Xie Chang'an felt a little relieved, and drew the sword out of its sheath. Half, shining brightly.

When everyone was looking at the sword, Xie Chang'an was already dancing with the sword. Xie Chang'an had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he was completely different from the soft and charming way of a maiko. He took a few steps back unconsciously, for fear that Xie Chang'an would accidentally hurt Chi Yu.On the other hand, Xie Changan burst out with a different brilliance, full of heroism, like a pine tree, it was really difficult for everyone to combine the heroic "Xie Changning" in front of them with the gentle and gentle "Xie Changan" in the past. Obviously two people...

Xiao Yuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked thoughtfully at Xie Chang'an who was wantonly dancing his sword.Xiao Yu was very pleasantly surprised. Recently, Xie Changan has become more and more strange, which made him very uncomfortable, but now this is the real Xie Changan, the Xie Changan he likes, and he couldn't help but want to exclaim , but remembered that Xie Changan did not let him call her Changan...

But Yan Qinglan was very surprised, he didn't expect that such a weak "Xie Changning" could dance the sword so happily and gracefully, so that he couldn't recognize for a moment that this was Xie Changning whom he was very happy with.Looking at "Xie Changning" who was immersed in the sword dance, Yan Qinglan felt that although the heroic Xie Changan was very dazzling, he still liked the shy little girl who lowered her head more in his heart.Feeling inexplicable for a while.

After the dance, Xie Changan was dripping with sweat for a while, but he was in an unusually happy mood. He held his sword and congratulated again: "The courtier has shown her shame. I wish the Queen Mother a long life and long blessings!"

The Empress Dowager saw that "Xie Changning" had a bit of ability, and at this moment she looked unpretentious and refreshing, so she didn't want to make any more troubles: "Miss Xie's family is a woman who doesn't give way to men!" Naturally, the Empress likes such a high-spirited look "Xie Changning" immediately smiled and said: "This 'Fengming Sword' seems to be alive in your hands, and I will give it to you!"

Xie Chang'an didn't evade, and said respectfully: "My lady, thank the empress for the reward." Seeing that the empress dowager no longer made things difficult for herself, but instead got the empress' Fengming sword, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.Rong Anhou on the side also let go of his worries, but he was quite annoyed. Today's "Xie Changning" is so abnormal, it will inevitably arouse the investigation of interested people...

After the banquet, the Empress Dowager was already tired as she got older, so the emperor accompanied the Empress Dowager back to the palace to rest.The ministers dispersed, and the young masters, young ladies, and a group of wives were taken by the queen to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers. This move also created an opportunity for young people to meet each other.

(End of this chapter)