sinovels Chapter 101 New Year's Eve Banquet, Fireworks
Chapter 101 New Year's Eve Banquet, Fireworks
Prime Minister Shen and Mrs. Shen sat in the main hall, looking at the things just delivered by the palace, their brows were tightly furrowed.
"What is this going to do in the palace?"
The accountant hadn't counted the items delivered yesterday, but now they have delivered so much that the warehouse of his prime minister's mansion is almost full.
"Yesterday, it was sent by the imperial concubine Jin, today it was sent by concubine Xian and Concubine Liang, not to mention these, and a few days ago, His Royal Highness sent someone to send the dowry of Empress Naruhito back then. Those sent by the Yu Mansion have not been counted yet."
While Madam Shen felt that the royal family valued Shen Yi, she was happy, but at the same time she looked at these things and worried, but it was impossible not to accept them.
There is a custom in the Dayong Dynasty. The official wife who is married by Ming media not only needs to have a dowry gift, but also the elders of the in-laws’ family should add gifts separately. The so-called gift additions of ordinary people are just a formality, and a little bit is enough. Marriage, these gifts alone are jaw-dropping.
After hearing Mrs. Shen's words, Prime Minister Shen propped his head and closed his eyes, "The wedding is still more than a month away, I'm afraid I can't even count Ping'er's dowry."
Mrs. Shen also felt this way. She only had a pair of children, Shen Yi and Shen Qing, so she naturally wanted to leave the good ones to the two. Originally, the dowry given to Shen Yibei by the Prime Minister's Mansion was extremely generous. , plus eight boxes of gold and silver, several antique calligraphy and paintings, various treasures, plus the betrothal gift from Emperor Yongle at the beginning, all brought back by Shen Yi, ten miles of red makeup is more than enough.
But I never thought that Tian Li from the Yu Mansion would arrive shortly thereafter. Boxes and piles of treasures, the heritage of the family for hundreds of years is naturally extraordinary, and even many authentic treasures that only exist in legends can be found everywhere.
Prime Minister Shen was worried that his servants would be careless, so he deliberately counted it himself, but just after the counting, the palace sent over the dowry of Empress Deren. At the beginning, the dowry of Empress Deren was supposed to go from Yufu to the palace, and it was transported for a whole day. God, it is comparable to a small half of the national treasury, and with the proper management over the years, it can naturally be much more.
These are the relics of Empress Naruhito, and they are naturally very precious, so they need to be extra careful, and now they are still waiting for Prime Minister Shen to personally count them.
"How about Ping'er's wedding dress?"
Not wanting to worry about these worrying things anymore, Prime Minister Shen asked Shen Yi, at first they thought that Shen Yi would not want to, but they didn't want to mention this matter, Shen Yi agreed without hesitation, so happy that Prime Minister Shen and Mrs. .
"There is the embroiderer in the palace, but Ping'er has to embroider the nine phoenixes by herself no matter what, so it is inevitable that she will be a little tired."
Thinking of Shen Yi, Mrs. Shen thought about it, and let out a long sigh of relief, "Ping'er has a good relationship with His Highness, and His Highness has always taken care of Ping'er, and he attaches so much importance to Ping'er, so he definitely wouldn't bully Ping'er, if it wasn't for His Highness She is a woman, and she is also a good man."
"This matter is a foregone conclusion, it's useless to say more, but in the deep palace compound, Ping'er is alone..."
Prime Minister Shen only felt that everything was worrisome. He was not yet married, and the royal family had given him enough face. Can it be consistent?
When Prime Minister Shen and Mrs. Shen were worrying about the marriage, Shen Yi was sitting in his own building, reading the letter sent by Qin Su.
In the letter, Qin Su babbled, telling Shen Yi how bored and annoying he was in the palace, even how the raccoon slave raised by an unknown empress pulled the flowers planted by which empress, and how the empresses of the two palaces scolded each other clearly. , seeing Shen Yi cover his lips and chuckle, he really saw how boring Qin Su was.
"Miss, why are you so happy?"
Standing not far from Shen Yi, Mingxia saw Shen Yi looking at him and laughing, and couldn't help asking.
Shen Yi's face was slightly red, and he lowered his eyes to put away the letter paper in his hand, "It's nothing, Mingxia, go prepare your pen and inkstone."
In the days when I was gone, it seemed that it was not difficult to live by letters.
The New Year is just around the corner, and the guests who are due to arrive are also entering Beijing one after another. I don’t know how many times there are security patrols in Beijing. When Fuliang Jinlie arrived in Beijing, the entire post station was surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside. It's protection, and those who don't know it think it's locking people up.
Half a year passed by, and Jin Lie sat by the window, looking at the thriving Shengjing City, which was much more prosperous than before, with dark and gloomy eyes.
The last time I went to Dayong as an envoy, not only did I not get the slightest advantage from Dayong, but because of the Yasukuni incident, I suffered a big loss, and was completely suppressed by Dayong. It's not as good as before, and it took a lot of effort to finally calm down the turmoil in Fuliang, but it still couldn't suppress those brothers and sisters who acted like monsters one after another, causing a lot of trouble.
In such a comparison, Qin Su, who has successfully ascended to the position and is even preparing for the big wedding, seems to have slapped her hard on the face. The feeling of being suppressed by Qin Su makes Jin Lieye unable to sleep peacefully. He doesn't think about food and tea, but he can't wait to get rid of Qin Su and hurry up.
It's a pity that the current Qin Su is no longer something she can move.
Thinking of the soldiers who are strictly checking the gates of Shengjing City, the patrolling troops that can be seen everywhere on the street, and the ubiquitous plainclothes security guards, these are like chains of shackles, binding Jin Lie's hands and feet, making her unable to move, No matter how many thoughts I have, I have to suppress them peacefully.
"What can we find at the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Jin Lie looked at the counselor beside her, she would never be willing to let Qin Su go so smoothly.
"I can't find it. Today's Prime Minister's Mansion is guarded by the Imperial Forest Army three layers inside and outside. Not even a house sparrow can fly in. I can't find anything. I can only learn from the mouths of the people that this Miss Shen's name is Wushuang. With a beautiful appearance and a noble life, she is a blessed daughter."
The counselor lowered his head and replied.
Jin Lie got up angrily, and threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, "Is this what Gu asked?"
"Prince forgive me, the fact is that the Shen family has been preparing for the marriage since the marriage was settled, and the young lady of the Shen family has never been out of the house, and the subordinates really have no way of investigating."
The counselor has long been used to Jin Lie's increasingly violent temper, and now he can only bow his head and accept the punishment.
"waste."
Jin Lie flicked his wide sleeves, he wanted to go and see for himself, but he didn't want to be stopped by someone when he got to the gate of the inn.
"What do you mean, Dayong? Gu is the prince of Fuliang, how dare you imprison Gu here?"
Jin Lie lost a lot of weight in the past half a year, his brows and eyes became more and more fierce, and he angrily scolded the soldiers blocking the way.
"His Royal Highness has orders. His Royal Highness Prince Jin is a distinguished guest. Recently, the capital has been mixed with fish and dragons, which may have offended Prince Fuliang. I would like to invite Prince Fuliang to rest at the post station. If you need anything, just ask."
The officer saluted Jin Lie without being humble or overbearing, and gave Qin Su's order.
Jin Lie didn't even need to ask who this Highness was, except for Qin Su, who else could have come up with such a messy and justifiable excuse?
"I just want to see your Royal Highness the eldest princess."
Jin Lie only felt a sigh of relief in his heart.
"I will tell His Royal Highness what Prince Jin said. If His Royal Highness is fine, you can go back to the station to rest. It's windy here, so you don't catch a cold."
When the man spoke again, Jin Lie sneered and turned back.
The guarding soldiers passed on Jin Lie's intentions to Changle Palace, but now Qin Su has no time to take care of it.
Sitting in the upper seat of the main hall of Changle Palace, Qin Su drank tea and looked at the people under pressure, "What's going on?"
"Your Highness, this person sneaked into the Imperial Dining Room and tried to do something wrong, but was caught on the spot. He is now being transferred to His Highness for investigation."
Chishui stood beside the man and explained to Qin Su.
During this period of time, the palace has been busy because of Qin Su's enthronement and wedding, but this does not mean that the management is negligent. On the contrary, it is more rigorous. Etc.
Qin Su lowered his eyes and took a look. Before he could speak, Huaxi ran back carelessly from the outside, and complained to Qin Su when he opened his mouth.
"Qin Su, sooner or later I'll have to roast that broken horse of yours, so I just touched it, look at it, a hoof almost sent me away, kicked me full of horse shit!"
Qin Su covered his nose in disgust, and waved Huaxi to stay away from her, "Who asked you to provoke it? Hongyun is a fierce horse, it's a face for you not to kick you to death."
When Huaxi heard Qin Su's words, she was not happy, so she rolled up her sleeves and wanted to argue with her. When she turned her head, she happened to see the man kneeling on the ground, "Yo? What's going on?"
"This person wanted to poison him, but he was caught. He was about to ask Doctor Hua to take a look. Why was he poisoned?"
Chishui replied to Huaxi's words beside him, and handed a thumb-sized porcelain bottle to Huaxi.
"I'll see."
Speaking of this, Huaxi immediately didn't bother to argue with Qin Su, and just about to reach out to take it, she quickly withdrew her hand, "Wait a minute, I'll wash up and change my clothes, this horse shit is killing me. "
After finishing speaking, Huaxi ran out again, and Chishui had to look at Qin Su again.
"Take people to the dark camp, interrogate first, and then let Huaxi identify why it is poisonous."
Qin Su opened his mouth and gave the order to Chishui to take him away.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince wants to see you."
Jin Lie's announcement finally arrived at Qin Su's place. Qin Su glanced at the time and said, "Go back to her. I'll see you at the New Year's Eve banquet. I'm not free."
Qin Su directly rejected Jin Lie, and she was not allowed to go out of the palace at will in the past two days, and Jin Lie must have nothing good to do with her, so he simply rejected it.
Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve banquet. This palace banquet should be attended by all officials and family members, but this year is different from previous years. Because of the old rule that Qin Su and Shen Yi are not allowed to meet before their wedding, this year's palace banquet was also held by Emperor Yongle. It was changed to a family banquet, so that all the ministers could have a good New Year at home.
The ministers were naturally happy with this move, so they didn't complain much, and the palace didn't have to be busy with this matter anymore, killing two birds with one stone.
It's just that it's Chinese New Year anyway, we can't just throw away the distant visitors from the inn, so Jin Lie and other distant guests from neighboring countries will also enter the palace.
These have nothing to do with Qin Su, she is busy writing letters to Shen Yi now.
This New Year's Eve, although the two cannot be together, she has plenty of ways to accompany Shen Yi.
In the blink of an eye, it was the New Year's Eve palace banquet. Under the bustling bustle, there were countless pairs of eyes hidden in the darkness.
Emperor Yong Le has worked a lot during this period, after all it is Qin Su's big wedding, he as a father naturally cannot be free, so it is inevitable that he looks a little tired, he just wants to go back to rest soon.
The Imperial Concubine Jin was still sitting beside Emperor Yong Le, with a decent smile on her face, and next to her was Yun Meiren who had been promoted to Concubine Yun.
After everyone sat down, Qin Su's position became Emperor Yongle's subordinate, above all the princes, the meaning was self-evident.
Jin Lie sat on his seat, his poisoned eyes never left Qin Su's body.
Qin Su naturally also noticed Jin Lie's gaze, and leaned on the chair a little bored, turning his fingers in his hand. Jin Lie, who didn't know it, thought she was secretly promising him.
Every New Year's Eve palace banquet is exactly the same, there is basically nothing new, usually there are hundreds of officials and others are more lively, this year, everyone is just waiting for the time.
After drinking for three rounds and cooking for five tastes, after the actors on the stage called their curtains, people from the surrounding small countries came up to perform.
Most of the small countries are subordinate countries of Dayong, they dare not be called emperors, they can only be called kings, so their children can only be called princes or princesses, and some have other names, but they are all similar.
After the prince of a small country performed the sword dance, another princess came up, dressed in thin clothes in such a cold day, and danced an exotic dance.
Qin Su couldn't help frowning. In the twelfth lunar month of winter, even if she was still cold in a cloak, wouldn't this person be afraid of freezing to death?
Obviously, Emperor Yong Le thought the same way, after the dance, he was given thick clothes, not because he was afraid of freezing people out, but because Emperor Yong Le felt that he was cold when he saw her.
The talent show was almost done, Qin Su glanced at Fuliang who was sitting steadily from beginning to end, could it be that Fuliang was not ready?Unlike Jin Lie's temper.
Sure enough, as Qin Su expected, Jin Lie stood up, but she was not here to perform, she proposed to practice two moves with Qin Su to cheer everyone up.
Qin Su was annoyed, this person's embarrassment wasn't enough, he still wanted to pull him back, Dang even wanted to refuse, but seeing Emperor Yong Le's gaze, he had no choice but to agree, after all, they were the masters, so they had to be gracious.
Qin Su got up to respond, untied the cloak, and threw it to Chishui, "I will practice with you, it's not appropriate to see sharp blades today, how about some kung fu?"
"Right on my mind."
Jin Lie smiled, looking at Qin Su as if his eyes were burning with flames.
Gestures and gesticulations must not be done in the hall, otherwise who will be to blame if the hall is demolished?
But it was just right, it happened to be almost noon now, so we simply went to the imperial garden together, the place was wider, and it happened to pray for blessings and enjoy the fireworks.
After everything was ready, the two stood facing each other, and the gestures began.
The kung fu of the two is indeed on par, both of them are highly skilled in martial arts, this simple gesture of fist and kick is equally terrifying, fortunately, the space in the imperial garden is wide enough for the two to display it freely.
Qin Su bent his elbows to push away Jin Lie's restraint, turned around and kicked Jin Lie's resisting arms, Jin Lie took two steps back, stabilized his figure, looked at Qin Su and sneered, "Qin Su, you The skill has regressed quite a bit.”
"Today's New Year's Eve, I don't want to make you look bad, don't be ignorant of flattery."
Qin Su blocked Jin Lie's attacking hand knife, and with the effort of two sentences, the two of them made three or four moves back and forth.
"Excuse."
Jin Lie used his strength to rise up, and with one blow, the whip leg fell, but Qin Su dodged it sideways. After two more moves, the two of them each took half a step back.
Jin Lie wanted to continue, but Qin Su gestured to stop.
"You and I are just making gestures to help the fun. We'll stop here. If you still want to learn from each other, let's talk about it later."
Qin Su didn't want to delay with Jin Lie all night, so he spoke at the right time so that he wouldn't miss the fireworks.
"That's right."
Even if Jin Lie was not reconciled, he couldn't continue fighting.
The two were considered a tie, no winner or loser, but everyone had a great time watching it, and the back and forth, the tricks were fatal, it really made people's blood boil.
Standing beside Emperor Yong Le, Qin Su's face was as usual, but under the cloak, his hand was already pressing on the wound under his ribs without a trace.
The last time the old injury recurred was here. At that time, in order to save her own life, Huaxi cut open the wound abruptly, gouged out the carrion, and then sewed it up. It's a dull pain.
But today Jin Lie's purpose, Qin Su is equally clear, her injury was caused by Jin Lie in the first place, and if she hears the previous rumors, she will definitely guess whether she has a recurrence of this old injury.
The so-called competition today is just a mutual test. She said that her skills have regressed. A cut, she will cling to it tightly.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Su decided to settle today's debt with Jin Lie later.
At this moment, with a few loud noises, countless fireworks rose into the sky, exploding large expanses of splendor on the deep black night, extremely dazzling.
Qin Su also looked up, with a slight smile on his lips.
At the same time, Shen Yi in the prime minister's residence also raised his head and looked towards the direction of the palace. The fireworks were blooming far above the palace. Although they couldn't see clearly, they could still be seen faintly.
Thinking of what Qin Su wrote in his letter, that he wanted to watch the same fireworks as himself, Shen Yi felt like his heart was filled with honey.
Everyone was looking up, and gradually realized that something was wrong. In the palace, the fireworks seemed to be set farther and farther away, and Shen Yi saw that the fireworks were getting clearer and clearer in his eyes.
Only then did Shen Yi realize that it was Qin Su who set up the fireworks from the palace all the way to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the fireworks that exploded were getting closer and closer to him, as if Qin Su was walking towards him step by step.
Knowing Qin Su's good intentions, Shen Yi felt even more happy in his heart.
Just at this time, fireworks were also lit on the side of the prime minister's mansion, as if echoing the palace, and the same fireworks also went to the palace.
Seeing that the fireworks on both sides were about to meet, there was only a loud noise, and a huge firework exploded in the sky. It was between the imperial palace and the prime minister's mansion, and everyone could clearly see the brilliant fireworks. Chu.
Everyone immediately understood the meaning of the fireworks, Emperor Yong Le shook his head with a smile, and patted Qin Su on the shoulder, "Are you bothering?"
Qin Su was complacent, "Father, this is an idea that I have thought about for a long time. Anping will be happy to see it."
"No promise."
Emperor Yong Le, who had been praising Qin Su just now, saw Qin Su's appearance, and snorted softly in disgust, then looked up at the fireworks in the sky, his eyes showed some nostalgia and emotion, after all, he was still a young man, full of wanton publicity, what a shame It is enviable and nostalgic.
Everyone's minds were attracted by the gorgeous fireworks, only Jin Lie's gaze, from the beginning to the end, was still on Qin Su's face, looking at Qin Su's joyful smile, it was like looking at her. It's like a knife is pierced in the heart.
When the fireworks ended, everyone was amazed.
Qin Su held back her desire to see Shen Yi, and didn't bother to take care of Jin Lie and the others. After the banquet, she went to Changle Palace. She wanted to write to Shen Yi again.
There are always people in the world who are happy and some are worried. When Qin Su went back to the palace and happily wrote a letter to Shen Yi, he didn't know how many cups someone smashed.
After a good night's rest, Qin Su woke up the next day, full of energy and radiant, but he felt some pain in his ribs, and he didn't know if it was his own illusion, so he simply asked Chishui to call Huaxi to have a look.
Chishui went for a long time, but came back alone.
Qin Su, who had just come out of the clear pond, looked at Chishui suspiciously, "Where's Huaxi? Did you go to Tai Hospital to torment those old guys again?"
"No." Chishui looked at Qin Su with some embarrassment, "Master Hua drank too much in the stable last night and hasn't woken up yet."
Yesterday's palace banquet, Huaxi didn't go there, Qin Su asked her, she said she went to find someone to drink, Qin Su still wondered who she went to, but now it's good, she went to drink with Hongyun.
"Didn't Huaxi fill Hongyun with a bar?"
Qin Su slapped his forehead, really convinced by Huaxi's nonchalant temperament.
"Genius doctor Hua didn't pour wine into Hongyun, but he poured a lot of wine into Baihu. He slept with his arms around Baihu last night. Now Baihu is still awake. There are more than a dozen wine jars around, and I don't know how much he drank."
After Chishui finished speaking, Qin Su took a deep breath, thinking that for the sake of the first day of the new year, he spared Huaxi's life.
The white tiger was picked up by Qin Su on the mountain where Shen Jingyan was encircled and suppressed. He wanted to give it to Shen Yi to raise it, but there was no room in the prime minister's mansion, so Qin Su had to raise it by himself, but it fell into the hands of Huaxi who often came to the palace. However, Baihu is familiar with Huaxi.
It's just that Qin Su never thought that Huaxi dared to bring Baihu to the stable to drink with Hongyun with her, so he wouldn't be afraid that Baihu would eat her and Hongyun in one bite.
"I will go and see for myself."
The white tiger was raised by Qin Su. Although the animal nature has been restrained, the white tiger still doesn't listen to anyone except Qin Su.
When Qin Su went to the stable, he felt an evil fire on his forehead.
In the messy stable, except for the wine jar, there was only hay, and Hong Yun was eating hay next to it, while Huaxi was lying on the hay with his arms around the white tiger's neck, sleeping in a dim light, with a lot of horse excrement on his body.
After whistling, Qin Su stood in front of the stable. Hong Yun looked over immediately and kicked his hooves twice in response. Bai Hu also heard the familiar voice and stood up shaking his head. The size of a calf, the mighty appearance is worthy of the title of the king of beasts.
Baihu seemed to be a little unconscious, if Qin Su hadn't opened his mouth in time, Huaxi would have confessed today with his foot.
Putting his hand on the white tiger's head, Qin Su frowned, "I fished out Huaxi for me and sent it to be cleaned. I don't know why I went crazy."
Chishui responded and asked someone to carry Huaxi, "Your Highness, I don't know if there is something I should say or not. Yesterday, since the doctor Hua went to see the bottle of medicine, I have been in a trance. I don't know if it has anything to do with this matter."