Chapter 18 Longevity 1
Soon, Longevity Festival came before the end of the year. This is the first time that Shen Sirong has been in charge of the harem as a royal since he entered the palace, especially for big festivals such as Longevity. Therefore, when Shen Sirong entered the Longping Palace on the east side of Shangyang Palace, the people who had entered the palace turned their eyes to her.
"See the Crown Princess." Ansheng had a lot of glances. There were inquiring in these eyes, and there were also people like watching her make mistakes. Shen Sirong knew it, but she was not panicked, and the slight smile made her look noble and peaceful. She looked around and saw that most of the ministers in the court had arrived with their families, so she said, "The banquet is about to begin. Please move to the Star and Moon Hall behind the palace."
"Yes." After the crowd saluted, Shen Sirong took the lead and walked back.
The trees on both sides of the road are hung with colorful lights, and a light yellow cloth in the middle of the road is lined with moonlight. The cloth is still faintly shining. This cloth is a tribute to Ulan. This is not Shen Sirong's idea, but Shufei proposed. Shen Sirong was afraid of fraud and asked Xiao Yuanqi in private before he dared to act.
Not far away, a Meilin appeared behind the palace. Meilin was neatly repaired. In the middle of Meilin was a straight road. Walking down, we arrived at the Star and Moon Hall where the Longevity Festival was held.
The Star Moon Hall is an open-air palace where the Longevity Festival, the Qianqiu Festival or the family banquet in the palace are held. Shen Sirong did not arrange many drapes in the hall as before, but decorated the surroundings with simple tones.
After the courtiers took their seats, the concubines, princesses and princes in the palace arrived at the Star Moon Hall one after another. Shen Sirong was standing aside and looking at the situation in the hall, but the corners of his clothes were pulled lightly. Shen Sirong lowered his head and looked away. It turned out to be a teenage girl. Looking at her dress, her identity should not be low.
"Little sister, what's wrong?" Shen Sirong looked at the girl with her bun and blinking, and said gently.
The little girl raised her eyes and looked at Shen Sirong's face carefully, pouted her little mouth, and said slightly old-fashionedly, "Yes, she is a beauty."
Shen Sirong, who was suddenly "molested", was stunned for a while. When she came back, the little girl jumped away and ran away. Shen Sirong really didn't know this girl and couldn't find a trace of memory in her mind. Shen Sirong thought that she must have come from an extraordinary background when she appeared at the birthday banquet, and she would always know.
Xiao Yuanqi also came very early. Shen Sirong knew it as soon as he entered the Xingyue Hall, but he walked for a long time. The courtiers sitting on both sides would come forward to greet him, and Xiao Yuanfeng, who followed him, came in much more smoothly.
When Xiao Yuanfeng saw Shen Sirong, who had not been seen for many days, he felt a little more sad. During this period, she seemed to have lost a lot of weight (this is an illusion that has not been seen for many days. In Yuanfeng's children's shoes, Shen Sirong suffered from marrying to the East Palace). With his eyes full of pity, Xiao Yuanfeng's feet began to move. He walked to Shen Sirong, bowed his hand, and said bitterly, "Yes, sister-in-law..."
When Shen Sirong saw him, he smiled and nodded. Although she knew that Shufei wanted to use her as an article, it had nothing to do with Xiao Yuanfeng. With her smile, Xiao Yuanfeng was even more worried.
Concubine Shu saw it and was so anxious that she wanted to speak, but she was stopped by Li Ge, who raised his right hand gently. Xiao Yuanfeng just wanted to say something, and a figure came to him in a flash. Xiao Yuanqi lowered his head and approached Shen Sirong and asked softly, "What's wrong? But tired?" Shen Sirong shook his head.
The awkwardness between the three was deadlocked until the internal supervisor shouted, "The emperor is here." Xiao Yuanfeng bowed to Xiao Yuanfeng with a smile and strode behind him to stand.
"See my emperor, long live my emperor. May my emperor live a long life.
Today, Xiao Ze was in a good mood and always smiled. After sitting on the dragon chair, he called everyone to get up. Xiao Yuanqi took Shen Sirong's hand and sat at the emperor's position, while Xiao Yuanfeng sat glooming at the case on their side.
Xiao Yuanfeng traced Shen Sirong's side face with his eyes, picked up the wine that had just been full of wine, and drank it all. Xiao Yuanqi looked at Shen Sirong with his spare light and saw that her face had not changed. At this time, the boredom in his heart subsided.
Xiao Ze did not see their private movements. Xiao Yuanqi waited and felt that the time was right, so he took the lead in standing up to toast Xiao Ze. After a congratulatory speech, the concubines came forward to give gifts, and the gifts were full of tricks. It could be seen that they had been tried their best, but Xiao Ze treated them equally. They all smiled and rewarded them and did not particularly like them.
After the concubine is the prince and princess. Xiao Yuanfeng sent a white jade birthday Buddha. White jade is not uncommon, but the strange thing is that the Buddha is still surrounded by gold edges. When the eunuch raised the Buddha with both hands, the people present took a breath, and Shufei was even more proud. She smiled and said to Xiao Ze, "Your Majesty, This is what Feng'er hired several top craftsmen to work on that night. This drawing was drawn by Feng'er himself.
After saying that, Shufei looked at Xiao Ze's reaction with a fixed eyelight. Seeing that he was still smiling and giving a reward, there was no special reward. Although Shufei was not comfortable, she did not have a special reaction.
It didn't take long for her to see the previous little girl go to the dragon case. She took out a handkerchief from her arms, crossed the internal prison, and put it directly into Xiao Ze's hand: "Father, this was embroidered by Lanxi himself. You see, my fingers have hurt a lot of mouths.
Princes Lanxi? Shen Sirong unconsciously looked at the girl a few more times. It turned out that she was Princess Lanxi.
It is said that the girl's mother was still a show girl at the beginning of entering the palace. Xiao Ze was lucky, but the beautiful girl was caught soon after, saying that she had killed someone. This is the most obvious frame-up, but the evidence is conclusive, so the actress has only one word, death. However, Xiao Ze kept procrastinating because she was pregnant, so she was even more favorable to Lanxi. Thinking about it, you will know who is making a fault, which is why Lanxi has not succeeded to any concubine so far.
Xiao Ze has given her the title of Princess Lu since her full moon. Xiao Ze took the handkerchief, looked at the picture above, laughed and gave a reward according to the previous example.
When Princess Lanxi retreated, she did not forget to put her arms around Xiao Ze's neck and kissed her. Xiao Ze smiled again. Finally, it was Xiao Yuanqi's turn. Xiao Yuanqi stood up and smiled at Xiao Ze: "I wish my father a longer life than the great shore of Nanshan, and the blessing is as deep as the East China Sea." Xiao Ze nodded without saying anything, as if waiting for his follow-up.