Anecdotes of Tianyuan: The Long Night is Young

Chapter 87 New Year's Palace Banquet

On the night of the 29th year, Zhao Xiyan and Xia Shuning explained in advance that they had to sit with the concubine according to the rules at the palace banquet, and asked her not to think too much about being jealous.Xia Shuning turned against the generals, saying that he used a careful person to save a gentleman's heart.How could Xia Shuning not know about such rules, although it is a bit tasteful, but the rules are like this, she can understand.Xia Shuning also told Zhao Xiyan not to be too indifferent to the princess, and the family affairs of the palace should not be laughed at by outsiders.Zhao Xiyan naturally agreed, and he felt that his cousin was really sensible, and he loved her even more.

The next day, it was New Year's Eve, Zhao Xiyan rewarded a lot of New Year's goods as usual, and even added a lot of dishes, so that the servants of the palace could get together and have a rest.Zhao Xiyan changed into a purple gold prince's dress, and Xia Shuning's dress was lighter because it was a side concubine, so Zhao Xiyan personally put a gold hairpin on her hairpin, making her look very graceful and luxurious.Zhao Muning could only crawl, so he put on a thick red jacket for her, and nestled in Zhao Xiyan's arms, rubbing back and forth, causing the two of them to giggle.Zhao Xiyan hugged Zhao Muning in one hand, and led Xia Shuning in the other to the main hall, where he joined his family before entering the palace.The two boys had already changed into new clothes, their hair combed neatly, one in blue and the other in pink.Qiu Ruyu and Xia Shuning both wear lavender side concubine dresses, but Ulanya is more flamboyant, wearing bright red.Su Qingshu was turning his back to them, explaining something to his servants, and never noticed Zhao Xiyan's arrival.Zhao Xiyan was holding the child in his arms, holding the beautiful woman in his hands, and his face was full of joy, which attracted the attention of everyone in the mansion, including Yan Fengjun who was leading the maid out.Looking at the family of three, Yan Fengjun was very seductive, and she, who was usually deserted, thought it looked good, and she admired it sincerely.

Zhao Xiyan led the beautiful woman to the front hall, Qiu Ruyu and Wulanya naturally saw it, and they were jealous, but they couldn't pick today to overturn it, so they hurriedly saluted Zhao Xiyan with their children.As soon as Su Qingshu heard Zhao Xiyan, he hurriedly looked back, and couldn't help smiling when he saw Zhao Xiyan.I saw that Su Qingshu was wearing a purple-gold princess dress today, with crimson lips, black hair on the temples, rippling eyes, and the crested golden hairpin made it even more luxurious and refined.It is said that when one looks back and smiles, Bai Meisheng is born, and the harem is colorless, probably this is Su Qingshu's looking back and smiling.Su Qingshu hadn't seen Zhao Xiyan dressed so grandly for a long time, and the solemn dress made Zhao Xiyan look extravagant, mature and stable, Su Qingshu was dumbfounded.Just like in [-], beside the lotus pond in the early summer of Suzhou, the green leaves meet the sky, and the lotus flowers are red in the sun. She has bright eyes and teeth, delicate and fresh, and he is still a young man with picturesque eyebrows.She was rafting in the lotus pond, and he found her on the shore after hearing and laughing. He looked back and smiled, and it was his sweetheart in front of him.Zhao Xiyan confessed his identity a few years ago, and he has never seen Su Qingshu's clear smile from the bottom of his heart. Coupled with the glamorous attire today, he even raised his eyes to look at her.It seems that a stone was thrown to disturb the heart lake, just like the year when I got married.

This illusion persisted tightly for a moment, and all Su Qingshu's embarrassment towards him came back to his mind. He actually felt a dull pain from the wound on his left waist that had healed long ago, and a puff of breath in his throat. Zhao Xiyan still had that sullen face. .After Zhao Xiyan said something, he entered the palace, and everyone followed behind him and left the palace together.This time, five carriages were prepared for the palace, but Qi Rui clamored to play with her brother, so Ulanya took the children to squeeze into one with Qiu Ruyu and Zhao Qichen.Zhao Xiyan helped Xia Shuning into the carriage, and he himself got into the carriage with Xia Shuning and his daughter. Su Qingshu felt bitter, and took Ying Er into a carriage alone.During the New Year's Eve, when the snow falls in the capital, the horses pass by and leave marks, and there are two rows of horseshoe marks on the snow.

When you reach the gate of the palace, you can no longer take a carriage.Zhao Xiyan helped Xia Shuning get out of the carriage with her daughter in his arms, and Su Qingshu and others got out of the carriage.According to the rules, the prince and concubine should go in side by side, followed by the side concubine and the child, so as to greet the emperor and take the seat.Xia Shuning gave Zhao Xiyan a reassuring look, Zhao Xiyan flicked his sleeves and stood with Su Qingshu, the three women behind were all taking care of the three children.The father-in-law, who was waiting for the palace gate, had been waiting for a long time.Seeing that Wang Duan's family had entered the palace, he hurriedly came to greet Duan Wang and Duan Wangfei's family.Leading the father-in-law walked all the way beside Zhao Xiyan, Zhao Xiyan and Su Qingshu walked side by side, and the three women behind them held their children tightly.Zhao Xiyan strode all the way with his chest out, without squinting, let alone glancing at Su Qingshu.Su Qingshu and Zhao Xiyan walked together, their hearts turned a thousand times, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.

"Prince Duan, Princess Duan, Sixth Princess of Mobei, Prince Duan's side concubine Xia, Princess Duan's side concubine Qiu, the eldest grandson of the emperor, and the second son of Prince Duan have arrived!"

"My sons (chenqie, Qichen, Qirui) have met my father {grandfather}, and I wish my father (grandfather) good fortune and blessings to the world."

"Prince Duan has a heart, reward!"

"Gift! A pair of Ruyi jade from Duanwangfu, a pipe of Huangtian jade flute, ten strings of red agate, ten pairs of jade bracelets, two boxes of pearls, twenty pieces of brocade, and three gold inlaid jade longevity locks."

"Thank you, father (grandfather) for your kindness."

"Give a seat!"

The father-in-law at the banquet, because Duanwang's family entered the banquet, it was no surprise that Zhao Xiyan and Su Qingshu sat at the same table, Xia Shuning and Qiu Ruyu brought their children to the same table, Ulanya treated her as Princess Mobei, and Ulanya could only bring the children with her. Qi Rui was alone at the table, but luckily they were all connected.Zhao Xiyan sat on the table without saying a word, and sat upright, so Su Qingshu could only sit upright.It was not until all the princes and their families had entered the banquet that Emperor Shaoyuan ordered the banquet to open.Zhao Xiyan knew that this kind of palace banquet was quite boring, it was nothing more than saying polite words, toasting with food, watching songs and dances.Sure enough, this year's palace banquet dishes are still the same as in previous years.Zhao Xiyan lacked appetite, and Su Qingshu was the same. In previous years, she came here by herself, but this year she came with the prince, but it was no different from a person. She felt a little lonely in her heart.Toasting at palace banquets has become a common practice, and Su Qingshu couldn't bear it after three rounds of drinking, but seeing the prince's indifference towards him, he felt bitter, and even poured several glasses of wine by himself, swallowing with depression.Zhao Xiyan was busy fighting with the prince for thousands of years, how could he notice it.Emperor Shaoyuan called his two grandsons to him, Zhao Muning was making a fuss because he was not used to the crowd, Xia Shuning was coaxing her, fearing that she would disturb Shengjia by crying.Su Qingshu was a little drunk, his cheeks were more beautiful than rouge, and his eyes were blurred.Just when the song and dance was beautiful, Su Qingshu was on the verge of falling. Zhao Xiyan found that she was drunk and was about to collapse on the table to be disrespectful. Zhao Xiyan hurriedly put his arms around her shoulders to prevent her from falling.Su Qingshu felt Zhao Xiyan hugging her, and the faint scent of osmanthus from Zhao Xiyan's body penetrated into Su Qingshu's nostrils.Su Qingshu lost his strength and leaned on Zhao Xiyan, his eyes were blurred and he stretched out his right hand to caress Zhao Xiyan's face.Zhao Xiyan felt resentful and angry, grabbed her arm, and said coldly.

"Princess, you are drunk, don't be rude in front of the palace."

"I'm not, I'm not drunk, it's the prince, you are drunk. If not, why would you want to touch me again?"

"You're drunk, I'll call someone to help you go to the side hall to sober up."

"No! I'm not going!"

"Then live in peace, if not, I will send someone to send you back to your residence immediately."

"My lord, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong..."

Su Qingshu's eyes were hazy with drunkenness, and he kept saying that I was wrong, but Zhao Xiyan was still so cold and nonchalant in supporting her so as not to let her fall down.Zhao Xiyan began to regret a little, why didn't he just divorce her in the first place.When Zhao Xiyan heard Su Qingshu say over and over again that she was wrong, his heart was as still as water and nothing moved, it was a lie.But everything she did was true, so many things added up, she humiliated him, bullied him, hated him, betrayed him, and killed him, and he suffered so much pain and injury along the way , He really couldn't convince himself to forgive him so easily.If he just forgave her like this, he would be really sorry for the suffering he had suffered, and for Ning'er and his daughter who were only for him.Zhao Xiyan's heart was hardened again, his face full of indifference.

After finally making it through to the end of the palace banquet, Zhao Xiyan originally wanted to hand over Su Qingshu to Ying Er to take him back.It's a pity that Yinger is only a woman, and she can't lift Su Qingshu who is drunk.This time, I didn't bring any slaves into the palace, only two servants driving the carriage.After all, there is a difference between men and women, so how can someone be profane as the princess of Duan Wang.Zhao Xiyan held his breath, carried Su Qingshu all the way out of the palace and got into the carriage.How could Xia Shuning not know that Su Qingshu drank himself drunk, and he was also considerate of Zhao Xiyan. Although he was a little jealous, he had to put the overall situation first.Zhao Xiyan carried Su Qingshu into the carriage, asked Ying Er to stabilize her, and returned to Xia Shuning's carriage.Xia Shuning hugged Zhao Muning who was already asleep, and gestured for Zhao Xiyan to keep her voice down.Zhao Xiyan understood, stepped into the carriage lightly, and took her daughter from Xia Shuning.He knew that Xia Shuning had been coaxing this rambunctious child, so he must be tired.

"Sister Wangfei is drunk?"

"Ah."

"You should keep an eye on it, how can you get drunk at the palace banquet. If the emperor loses his manners in front of the palace, the emperor will blame him, I'm afraid..."

"What can she do if she wants to drink me? Why should I stare at her? I'll just stare at you."

"I know you have me and the child in your heart, but what the princess sister did should not be done, but she is also restrained by etiquette. After all, she is the princess and the mistress of the palace. You shouldn't look at her so coldly For the sake of the air, what do you think if you want to be servants like this?"

"Restricted by etiquette, which family's etiquette teaches her to have an affair with others? The private treasury will be filled with letters in three years."

"I heard that little Tanhua looks a bit like you."

"There are so many people who are like me. Is it possible that I have to lose the ethics for these people? This is because I hate me and want to take my life away all the time."

"You don't want to say that. You know that when you jumped off the cliff that day, the princess sister stabbed herself in the stomach on the edge of the cliff and committed suicide to accompany you. I rescued her when I got to the edge of the cliff, and she cried day and night afterwards."

"It wasn't me who cried, Chu Hengyuan also died that day."

"Sir, this is what I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears."

"You don't want to say good things for her. What good does it do for you to say good things for her? I'm not afraid that if you persuade me and forgive the princess, will she snatch me away? Are you not worried at all?"

"If you dare to do this, I will take Mu Ning far away, so that you will never see us again."

"What a vicious trick, I will never let you succeed."

"Then don't change your mind."

"If you have a wife like this, what can a husband ask for?"

Zhao Xi stretched out one hand and hugged Xia Shuning tightly in his arms. Xia Shuning knew that she shouldn't speak well of the princess in front of him, as doing so would only annoy him.But she also knew that the concubine was just bound by etiquette, and he who couldn't love him as a daughter was confused for a while.Now the princess has come to realize that he has been extremely indifferent to her these days, how the princess's heart should be tormented.She knew that her husband was planning big things. Although she was jealous, the overall situation was the most important thing in everything.But if the forecourt is not obtained, the backyard is on fire.

"Master..."

"You don't have to speak for her anymore, I've made up my mind. I don't want you to be so sensible, but I want you to be as jealous as ordinary wives. In fact, you don't have to be like this."

Looking at the determination on Zhao Xiyan's face, Xia Shuning didn't know whether to be happy or worried.The joy is that he only has himself in his heart and regards himself as the only one.What is worrying is that he treats the princess like this, if the prime minister knows, how can he go all out to serve him.The carriage ran under the moonlight, and soon arrived at Duanwang's Mansion.Zhao Xiyan called a few maidservants to help Su Qingshu back to Qingbo Garden, and then followed Xia Shuning back to Changxia Garden.

This Qingboyuan Su Qingshu hadn't woken up from his drunkenness, and he muttered the word "Wang Ye" all over his mouth.Ying Er managed to change the heavy dress of the princess on her body, and put her back on the bed to rest.Su Qingshu remained silent, repeated Zhao Xiyan's words in his mouth, and two lines of hot tears fell into his ears.Su Qingshu was drunk, tired, tired, and fell asleep. In his dream, he was full of young men who hunted in autumn in fresh clothes and angry horses, full of picturesque eyebrows and eyes of young men in Hechi in Suzhou, and full of tenderness and sweetness of young men in Qingbo Garden.

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