Chapter 108 Birthday Banquet 4
Xia Mengning and Jiu'er went out of the hall together. Jiu'er was worried and said, "Miss, your feet are not well yet. How can you dance again?"
Holding the red and swollen ankle, Xia Mengning smiled and said, "Today's matter must have been set up for us. You have also seen that the atmosphere was so awkward in the hall just now. If I don't agree, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble."
Jiu'er still frowned, "Miss..."
At this moment, the door was pushed open, and a maid of honor shouted at the door, "I've seen you."
Xia Mengning thought it was someone else. When she heard that it was Changsun Yun, she couldn't help letting go.
Changsun Yun walked into the door, bypassed the screen and saw Xia Mengning sitting on the side. Jiu'er saw Changsun Yun coming in, so she bowed her head and retreated quietly.
"What are you doing here?" Xia Mengning asked, but saw that Changsun Yun's face was a little dark. He squeezed his mouth and didn't say anything. He sat next to her and raised her feet.
Before Xia Mengning could be surprised, she was taken off her shoes by Changsun Yun. "Do you know who did it?"
Xia Mengning nodded and understood that Changsun Yun had already known that he twisted his foot. He said, "I'm afraid it has something to do with the people above the hall."
Changsun Yun untied her socks and pressed the red and swollen part of her feet with her fingers. Xia Mengning shivered in pain and clenched her hands tightly into fists.
A trace of darkness flashed in Changsun Yun's eyes and quickly pressed Xia Mengning's head into his arms. "Now you know it hurts? I just agreed so simply in the hall.
Xia Mengning didn't say anything, but there was a warmth in her heart. He could carefully see her discomfort, which showed that he still cared about himself.
"Then tell me, what should I do? If I refuse in court, it will make the Empress Dowager unhappy."
Xia Mengning looked at Changsun Yun carefully kneaded his feet for himself and said slowly.
Changsun Yun sighed and looked at her and said, "If you don't want to, I will help you solve it. Why do you always choose hard support? Do you know that if your feet are not treated, I'm afraid it will be very troublesome."
Changsun Yun said, gently pinched his hand on the injured part of his foot. While Xia Mengning was not paying attention, he let the bone back to its position with a 'karp' sound.
"Hush--" Xia Mengning took a breath of cold air. Chang Sun Yun let go of her feet, took out a small white bottle from her arms, took the ointment from it and applied it to Xia Mengning's foot injury. The faint coolness came from the skin, which made Xia Mengning's eyebrows unfold.
After applying the ointment, Changsun Yun took the opportunity to help Xia Mengning put on her socks. Xia Mengning was a little embarrassed and stretched out her hand to separate Changsun Yun's hand, "I'll do it myself."
Changsun Yun took her hand away as if she didn't hear it and quickly helped her put on her shoes and socks.
"Stand up and try." Changsun Yun stood up and walked to one side, holding his arms and saying to Xia Mengning.
Xia Mengning listened and slowly put her foot on the ground. She stood up with the screen beside her and walked a few steps and said, "It's really useful. It doesn't hurt at all."
Changsun Yun threw a small white bottle to her. It was the medicine that Xia Mengning had just rubbed on her feet. Xia Mengning hurriedly reached out to take it and heard Changsun Yun say, "You keep this and carry it with you to prevent any emergencies."
Xia Mengning nodded. At this moment, she had changed the long-sleeved dance clothes worn by the dancers in the palace. The moon-white gauze skirt rolled with water-red edges, and the head was full of green silk. She simply tied her hair on the top of her head, and most of them were tilted on her shoulders. Changsun Yun was a little stunned. A little concubine has a charming posture at a young age.
Xia Mengning saw that Changsun Yun looked at herself without blinking. Even if she was reborn, she was also a little embarrassed. She coughed twice and said, "Is it strange for me to wear this dress?"
Changsun Yun did not withdraw his eyes and stared into her eyes and said, "It's graceful and charming."
Xia Mengning couldn't help laughing. The shallow pear vortex on both sides of her cheeks was as dazzling as peach blossoms on the branches. "The son laughed. There are thousands of women in the north, which is much better than me."
Changsun Yun just smiled, but didn't say anything. Xia Mengning picked up the dance belt from the side and put it on her arms. "It's not a trivial matter to let the empress dowager and the emperor wait for a long time."
With that, he wined at Changsun Yun and turned around the screen.
As soon as he turned around, he was pulled back by a force, and his face was buried in a warm embrace.
Changsun Yun raised her head. Xia Mengning was wrapped in his arms, and his ears were full of his heartbeat.
"Ning'er..." Changsun Yun read it softly and rubbed his chin slightly on the top of her head. "Would you... marry me?"
Xia Mengning was a little stunned. She didn't know why Changsun Yun asked so. When she looked up at him, she saw the desire in his eyes.
"Why do you... ask so much?" Xia Mengning replied softly. Looking at Changsun Yun's eyes, she only felt as if she had been deeply absorbed, making herself trapped in it and unable to extricate herself.
Changsun Yun leaned forward slightly, and her warm lips were imprinted on her forehead. Xia Mengning subconsciously closed her eyes, but did not resist his intimacy as before.
Since the two met, they have experienced so many things together. Xia Mengning's early lack of self-confidence and resistance have been defeated by Changsun Yun's tolerance and tenderness. When she was alone, she often remembered the eyes he looked at her, and the affection there almost melted her.
The whole room was quiet, leaving only the heartbeat and breathing of the two people. After a while, Changsun Yun gently moved his lips and put his forehead against Xia Mengning, "Answer me, if Uncle Huang gave me a marriage, would you like to marry me?"
Xia Mengning was stunned for a moment, and then nodded, "I do."
Chang Sun Yun looked into her eyes and looked carefully for a while. Suddenly, he bent his lips and smiled.
Xia Mengning looked at his smile and vaguely felt as if she had been hit. She remembered that moon night, by the pond of the prime minister's house, he used to bend his lips and smile like this. At that time, she was very surprised that there were people in the world who smiled so beautifully.
Changsun Yun's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and his carved facial features were deep and handsome. Now he softened the lines of his face, which made people couldn't help admiring.
Xia Mengning looked at him and said, "Why do you ask?"
Changsun Yun blinked his eyes, with a smile on the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, and his slender index finger against her lips. "I'll tell you later."
The two returned to the hall, and everyone had been waiting for a long time. Xia Mengning was about to come forward to explain. She only heard Changsun Yun say, "Sun'er just had a conversation with Miss Xia, which delayed for some hours. I hope grandma doesn't mind."
After admitting the matter so generously, everyone on the court was a little surprised. Several daughters who had been to the chrysanthemum banquet couldn't help sighing. Since the last banquet, the prince's attitude towards Miss Xia San is well known. Everyone can see that the prince usually treats her. Others are as cold as a piece of ice, but they are very gentle to this Miss Xia San.
Wu's eyes turned around Changsun Yun and Xia Mengning a few times, smiled and said nothing.
Xia Mengning was slightly blessed in the center of the venue, and saw that the originally burning palace lights were dimmed, the windows above the hall were all covered, and the whole hall fell into darkness.
Everyone was a little confused. When they were about to shout, they only heard a distant sound of the flute. The sound of the flute was ethereal and a little arrogant, which made people involuntarily think of the green bamboo all over the mountains, as if the whole person was immersed in the boundless bamboo forest.
The sound of the flute is getting closer, and several dancers with red octagonal palace lamps in their hands slowly stepped up. At this time, the sound of the flute has slowly become fine, like a river in a mountain stream, flowing slowly and the stream is silent.
At this moment, a white gauze floated in the air. Then, a woman with a white face stood on the white gauze. The green silk was like a waterfall, and a white gauze covered her face, revealing only a pair of autumn pupils, which made people involuntarily fantasize.
The woman in white held the cyan jade flute in her hand and slowly walked to the dancers. Only then did everyone understand that the sound of the flute just now was played by this woman.
The sound of the flute gradually weakened, and the palace music video hidden in the dark played music. The woman in white shook her sleeves in the air, and her slender waist was all down. The wide sleeves were shaken together with the music, and the toes were light, and countless petals suddenly fell on her body. With the woman's steps, they slowly fell all over her body.
At this time, the music suddenly turned sharp. The woman took her left foot as the axis, and her delicate body slowly rotated. The wide cuffs and breeze made the petals on the ground fly in the air. Several maids of honor stood around and suddenly threw a few white veils into the air. The woman in white was light, with a little pointed feet, and jumped to On the veil, the head of green silk hung down like a waterfall, but his hand held a jade flute and blew it softly.
The sound of the flute was getting weaker and weaker, and several maids of honor also slowly blew out the palace lamp in their hands. The woman in white suddenly turned around and played the flute while dancing.
Finally, the flute gradually became inaudible, and all the petals in the sky fell quietly on the ground. Through the faint light, everyone saw a woman in white standing on the side like a waterfall, holding a jade flute, like a fairy.
"Good!"
Changsun Han was the first to call out. After that, as the maid of honor took away the shield in front of the window, the original appearance of the hall was restored.
Only then did everyone react from it, and they all applauded.
After Xia Mengning finished dancing, she couldn't help sweating and fell to the ground a few steps forward. "The little girl's dancing is clumsy, which makes the empress dowager laugh."
When Changsun Han heard the words, he laughed a few times and said, "Don't be modest. The dance just now is very charming," he said to Wu, "Mother, what do you think?"
Wu Shi smiled and said, "It's really valuable to dance at a young age."
The color of Yu Ziran's face has changed again and again. She doesn't know why Xia Mengning can dance when she sprained her foot, but Xia Mengning's performance just now undoubtedly made the empress dowager and the emperor like it. Thinking of this, Yu Ziran was worried.