The Rich And Honorable Chang An

Chapter 31

The palace banquet three days later will come soon, with Xiao Qingzhan's words, Xu Changan originally thought that they would not have to enter the palace, but who would have thought that on the day of the palace banquet, Xiao Qingyan still asked Xu Changan to prepare to enter the palace.

"Is it just me?" Xiao Qingyan didn't even change his clothes, he was still wearing loose regular clothes, and he didn't intend to change at all, but he asked himself to prepare, he meant to let himself go alone?

"My king is not feeling well, you can practice it on my behalf for King Jing."

"Oh, okay, I'll prepare right away." If members of the royal family and courtiers were to attend the palace banquet tonight and practice it for Prince Jing, then it would be unreasonable for King Xian's mansion to be absent without one person.

Almost every time he went to the palace, nothing good happened. Xu Changan actually didn't want to enter the palace at all, and this time he was alone, so he was actually a little scared.

"Nurse, I'm going to trouble you today." Xu Chang'an still doesn't understand the rules in the palace, he only knows that he should be cautious in words and deeds in everything, but he doesn't know how to keep that degree.He is Xiao Qingyan's concubine, if his attitude is too humble, he will be looked down upon by others, and Xiao Qingyan will have to be blamed for nothing.

"Princess, you are the right concubine of the virtuous king, or you were appointed by the emperor's imperial decree, not to mention that all the civil and military officials are the empress in the palace. Except for the queen, you have to pay a half-courtesy, and the others are you who are in the way of seniority. I also want to return the gift to you, and you have to remember that you are honorable and don’t have to stick to it.” The Da Xiao Dynasty has a clear distinction between the descendants and concubines, and even the royal family also adheres to this rule.The children of the Empress Yuan did not have to salute in front of other concubines, even if they did, the concubines had to return the salute.Nanny Fang is an old man who served the former empress. She watched her successor pay her respects to her empress every day. Although Concubine Lin was now a queen, in the eyes of Nanny Fang, what about the successor? ?In front of the former empress' eldest son, King Xian, her status is not that high.

With Nanny Fang's words, Xu Chang'an wanted to understand a question, why he and Xiao Qingyan had been married for so long and never went to the palace to greet the queen.

"Mommy, I see."

The palace banquets of the royal family have always been a good place for the dignitaries in the capital to win relationships and see their children and their marriages. Because generally this kind of palace banquets can be attended by both men and women, and there is no need to sit across the table, but you can feel free to see yourself. people in.

The palace banquet was held in the imperial garden of the palace, with the emperor in the middle, the queen and concubines sitting on the left and right, followed by the princes, and then descended in order according to the rank of the title.

Although Xu Chang'an agreed to Xiao Qingyan's entry into the palace, he didn't plan to stay longer, thinking that since he was doing it for King Jing, then he saw it, and wished King Jing a great victory on behalf of Xiao Qingyan, and the army would return to the court as soon as possible, right?After all, he is Princess Xian. Now that King Xian is not feeling well, he has to go back and take care of him. It is his duty to take care of King Xian. Others should not be able to say anything.

At the beginning of the palace banquet, the palace maids came with ritual and music, and the palace maids dispersed at the end of the song. The emperor named the theme of today's palace banquet, and all the courtiers and their children wished King Jing an early date in various ways. Great victory back.

"Sister-in-law~"

"..." This...why does this girl look familiar?Xu Changan felt as if he had seen someone called him before... Wait!She called her Huangsao, so he must be the emperor's daughter. This person is Xiao Qingyue, the eldest princess of their Great Xiao Dynasty? !

"Your Highness, why are you dressed in men's clothing?" As soon as he asked the question, Xu Changan regretted it. What if he guessed wrong, and even if he didn't guess wrong, the question he just asked was not something he could do. ask.

"Haha~ Sister-in-law, you are so interesting. I am used to wearing men's clothes. I have been peeing like this since I was a child, but no one has ever asked me why, and I am not why. Maybe I am used to it, and it is also very convenient. You don't know Ah, it’s convenient to wear simple men’s clothing in the mountains and forests, but it’s too troublesome to wear women’s clothing.” While talking, someone had already added a chair for Xiao Qingyue, but Xiao Qingyue didn’t sit down, presumably she just came here to casually talk to Xu Changan Talk and leave in a while.

Not to mention Xu Chang'an about Xiao Qingyue, even ordinary people in the Great Xiao Dynasty knew a little bit about it. Now hearing what Xiao Qingyue said, Xu Chang'an felt a little admiration for this woman in his heart.She is a princess, and she is favored by the emperor, but she has lived in the deep mountains since she was a child. From what she just said, she is not served by others in the mountains, but more like doing everything by herself.

The protagonist of today's palace banquet is Xiao Qingzhan, he naturally doesn't have time to greet Xu Changan, Xu Changan originally wanted to stay for a while, toast a glass of wine to Xiao Qingzhan, and then leave, who would have thought that Xiao Qingyue would come to greet him He chatted.

"Hmm! Concubine Xian, although you are also a man, you are married to King Xian after all, and now you are considered a female family member. I am afraid that it is not good for you to be so close to that young man now, and you are not afraid of hurting the face of King Xian?" ?”

Xu Chang'an didn't understand why there were so many strange women whom he didn't know came to embarrass him, and he didn't know what that woman meant. There were so many men and women sitting at the same table today, so he and Xiao Qingyue still occupied the place. A... sister-in-law?When thinking of this title, Xu Changan himself felt aggrieved, but he couldn't think of any other description.Does the relationship between him and Xiao Qingyue have that woman talking?

"I don't know what the name of this lady is. Does the husband of the family hold any position in the court?" The woman was at the table next to Xu Chang'an. Looking at the position, Xu Chang'an thought that the status of this woman must not be lowered. Sure enough, Xu Chang'an's words fell, and he listened. I heard some whispers, the content of which was nothing more than saying that he was born in a small family and had no knowledge, and he didn't even know any wives.

Xu Changan is not only unfamiliar with the dignitaries in Beijing, but he doesn't even have a general understanding of them, but he doesn't think there is any shame in this, because now he doesn't need to understand.

He doesn't know anything else about Xianwang's mansion, but now he only knows one thing!That is, today's Xianwang Mansion doesn't need to win over anyone, and doesn't need to be afraid of any forces.

"My husband is the first-rank Marquis of Yong'an!" Mrs. Yong'an Hou's surname is Lin, and she is the concubine's younger sister. Although she is only the daughter of a concubine when her natal family is in power, she has a good relationship with her step-sister since she was a child, so she is also a concubine in her husband's family. Very decent.Life at home is going well, and in the palace there is her sister who is the queen to support her, so Mrs. Lin, Marquis of Yong'an, will naturally not take Xu Chang'an seriously.

Today's protagonist is Xiao Qingzhan, so naturally not many people will pay attention to Xu Changan, so even if his position is quite eye-catching, not many people here will pay attention to him.

Xu Chang'an really didn't know Lao Shizi's Marquis of Yong'an, let alone the relationship between this man and his successor. At this moment, he just thought of Nanny Fang's words, everyone in the palace should not be afraid except the emperor!

"I don't know." The answer was straightforward, and the expression on his face was even more straightforward, because Xu Changan didn't have any expression on his face.Mrs. Yong'an Hou, who proudly declared herself her family, never expected Xu Chang'an to have such a reaction. She couldn't react for a while, but after she came back to her senses, her face was full of anger!

"Hmph! Princess Xian's father has a low official position. Naturally, he is not familiar with my husband. It is right that Princess Xian does not know him!" People who come from a small family are just ignorant!Mrs. Yong'an Hou's face was full of disdain, and when she glanced at Xu Chang'an contemptuously, she felt that the servant next to him looked familiar for no reason, and she was inexplicably flustered.

"Well, Prince Xian hasn't seen any foreign guests recently, and only His Royal Highness Prince Jing can visit the mansion, and I don't know if the prince knows that there is a Marquis of Yong'an in the capital, and he hasn't mentioned it to me, so it should be that the concubine doesn't know him. "Xu Changan never showed any superfluous expressions, only seriousness on his face.

"Xu Chang'an! You really know how to put gold on your face! What does the virtuous king have to do with you? You are just a man. If you don't have a son and a half in the future, you can't even compare to the most lowly housemate! You..." Xu Changan's words dispelled all the doubts Madam Yong'anhou had just had?What does Xu Changan mean?His father didn't know his husband under his official position!A virtuous king with a high position naturally didn't take his husband seriously!What a guts he is!How can his father compare with his own husband, who is...

"Bold!"

"What are you! How dare you scold me?!" Mrs. Yong'an Hou's thoughts were interrupted by a scolding, and she was already burned by Xu Changan's provocative anger. She completely forgot the doubt that flashed in her heart just now, until The words in your mouth are spoken, and you immediately regret it!Why did she feel that the boy looks so familiar, that face is so similar to His Majesty... It's over...

"What is this palace, father will tell you!"

Qingyue claimed to be my own palace, but she still called her father, which is equivalent to self-declaration of her family!Mrs. Yong'an Hou had doubts in her heart before, but now the truth is as she thought in a flash, she suddenly panicked, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please forgive me! My wife is blind, and Your Highness is dressed in men's clothing. My wife didn't recognize her now, please forgive me, princess!" Mrs. Yong'an Hou didn't know Xiao Qingyue, but she only knew that among the emperor's sons and daughters, Xiao Qingyue looked the most like the emperor, and Fortunately, men's dress up!Thinking about it now, isn't this the servant in front of me... No!Not a boy!

"Ma'am, what do you think I am?"

"Princess forgive me! My wife dare not, my wife dare not!" Although she was flustered, Mrs. Yong'an Hou was not too scared. Her husband is the emperor's minister, and the elder sister is the queen. Could it be that the emperor would be offended by a few words of his own? You can't do anything about yourself.

"Don't dare? I see that you are very courageous!" Xiao Qingyue deliberately raised her voice, and Mrs. Yong'anhou next to her was still buried in her body and apologized to Xiao Qingyue. In this way, Xu Changan and the others became The focus of everyone's attention.

Someone was watching here, Mrs. Yong'anhou bit her pout and knelt down!She is an elder, so enough!

Yong'an Hou is the successor's concubine sister, and his own sister knelt on the ground, facing that wild girl who is not afraid of anything!Afterwards, I suddenly felt dull!She directly said to Xiao Qingyue with some blame: "Girl Qingyue, what are you doing with such a big temper? Why did Mrs. Yong'an Hou make you unhappy, and you asked her an elder to kneel down for you?" It was Xiao Qingyue's fault both inside and out, Xiao Qingyue didn't answer her responsibilities at all, but walked directly towards her father, ready to approach her to sue!

Xiao Qingyue didn't speak for the time being, but the emperor's imperial concubine was beside her. Naturally, she wouldn't tolerate the empress talking about her daughter like that, so she directly lowered her face and said to the empress: "The empress is really interesting, elder? What kind of elder is she? ? The princess is the king and she is the minister, offending the princess is the next offense! What does this have to do with the princess's age?!"

"Father! That woman scolded me for nothing just now! She also scolded my sister-in-law because she didn't know Yong'an Hou, who is his husband, and she called my sister-in-law by her name!" Following what his mother and concubine said, Xiao Qingyue hurriedly told the emperor what she had just heard, and what the woman told her herself, without embellishment at all!

"There is such a thing?!" Xiao Qingyue's tone was like a child complaining, but the emperor didn't mean to be sloppy for the child after hearing this, and directly sank his face.

As soon as the emperor's face changed, Mrs. Yong'an Hou kowtowed to the emperor directly in fright, and kept looking at the successor as if asking for help.Naturally, the successor wants to speak for her sister. This is not only her sister's business, but also her face!

"Your Majesty, if Qingyue wants to be naughty, it must be her..."

"The empress's words are bad. Even if it wasn't for me, she couldn't just say that people are not things! Besides, she scolded my sister-in-law! My sister-in-law didn't say anything about her, she came up with it herself And others have heard it, I didn't wrong her." Ever since Da Xiao Qingyan married a male concubine, the forces in the court have been directly divided into two factions, and the one closest to Xu Changan and the others just now is the wife of the mighty Marquis , that's someone from Prince Jing's side.

So Mrs. Wei Wuhou came out very consciously, repeating the words of the few people just now word for word, and when her angry eyes swept over, Mrs. Wei Wuhou said directly: "Don't blame the empress, my wife is just telling the truth." To tell the truth. By the way, those words just now were not only heard by the ministers, the empress does not believe that the people next to Princess Xian can talk about what happened just now."

"You!" Afterwards, Mrs. Mighty Marquis uttered the secret warning, and she looked at the emperor with a guilty conscience, which happened to meet the emperor's eyes.

"The empress thinks that your natal concubine is more valuable than my princess?"

"The concubine dare not!" The queen knew that her family would suffer a loss in today's matter, and now she could only find a way to appease the emperor and strive for a lighter punishment.

"Father! I don't like the title of Marquis of Yong'an! My sister-in-law's name is Chang'an, he is Yong'an! How can this be done! She scolded me just now and scolded the emperor's wife. I want to punish their family. Father doesn't want it!" They are the Marquis of Yong'an, okay?" Princess Qingyue said what she said coquettishly, but it almost frightened Mrs. Yong'anhou!Because of the legend, the emperor would always satisfy Princess Qingyue's requests since she was a child...

"Nonsense! Come here and stay here, sit by my side!"

"No! I have grown up so much that even my father, mother and concubine have never scolded me. What is she? How dare she scold me! Father, if you don't punish her, I will go back to my master, and I will never come back again. !" Princess Qingyue is the younger sister of the third prince Xiao Qingzhan, who will be eighteen this year, but what she said just now sounded like a ten-year-old child, and everyone around her was amazed!They were all thinking, could it be that the princess was born with mental problems, that's why the emperor loved her so much?

Seeing his sister pretending to be crazy and stupid, Xiao Qingzhan didn't want to expose it at all.Qingyue has been much smarter than him since she was a child. Anyway, no matter what she does or says, it makes sense, so she will not expose her, and of course she will not tell those idiots around her. My sister is not stupid. The smartest!

"You! Hey! Where is Yong'an Hou?"

"This minister is here! This minister is incompetent, offending the princess by indulging his wife's words and deeds! After returning home, this minister will definitely let..."

"The Lin family, the wife of Marquis Yong'an, does not think of the royal grace, despises the royal family and insults the heirs of the emperor. Subjugate on behalf of the prince." Before the Marquis of Yong'an finished his sentence of apologizing, the emperor's words made him unable to speak anymore, and he collapsed directly on the ground!Misfortune!How will he explain to the young and old when he returns home!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this punishment is inevitable..."

"Your Majesty, thunder, rain and dew are all God's grace, let Marquis Yong'an... oh no, the slave made a slip of the tongue, I should let Boss Yong'an thank you." The queen wanted to plead with the emperor, but the emperor didn't look back at all, but pulled the finally happy Qing Princess Yue sat back, and the eunuch beside her spoke to remind her.

Xu Changan didn't understand how his own excitement turned into someone else's excitement in an instant. Just as he was at a loss, trying to figure out what had just happened, Xiao Qingyu's big head appeared in front of him.

"Fourth Highness."

"Hmph, you are really good at getting into trouble, you can be found everywhere!"

"..." Are you innocent?Obviously they are rushing to find trouble for themselves!If there was no Xiao Qingyue today, Xu Changan knew that he would be at a disadvantage. Even if he retorted sharply with his mouth, it was inevitable that he would still be laughed at by the people around him.This Xiao Qingyu didn't know what was going on, he always thought that he was not pleasing to the eye, but His Royal Highness King Jing and Princess Qingyue were cute.

By the way, King Jing, I haven't toasted King Jing yet.Not wanting to talk to Xiao Qingyu, Xiao Qingyu didn't pay much attention to Xu Changan, came over by himself and scolded Xu Changan before leaving.Xu Changan ignored the people who were still in shock, filled a glass of wine and went to Xiao Qingzhan's place.

"His Royal Highness Prince Jing, I would like to offer you a toast. I wish you a smooth expedition and a triumphant return at an early date." Maybe it was because of Xiao Qingyue, the more Xu Changan saw Xiao Qingzhan, the more pleasing he was, and he spoke to Xiao Qingzhan and those people just now But they are completely different.

A face of sincerity and sincerity, and a slight smile.

"Thank you, sister-in-law!" After drinking the glass in his hand, Xiao Qingzhan said to Xu Chang'an after drinking it first: "Didn't you ask sister-in-law to take good care of my brother, why did you still enter the palace?"

"The lord asked me to come, and the lord asked me to practice on his behalf. Third brother, this cup is for me to respect you on behalf of your brother." Xu Changan could feel Xiao Qingzhan's feelings for Xiao Qingyan. As if pretending, he really cared about Xiao Qingyan.Born in an emperor's family, it is really rare for brothers to have such affection. His Highness Prince Jing really has a heart of a child. I hope that he will be rewarded with good things and come back in victory as soon as possible.

Drink what you need to drink, say what you need to say, and Xu Changan will go back.He just stayed for a while to cause such a big incident, and he still doesn't know what will happen if he stays, so he should hurry up and slip away.

After explaining the situation to Xiao Qingzhan, and reporting to the emperor, Xu Chang'an hurried away.He didn't dare to let out a loud breath until he got out of the palace and sat in the carriage of Prince Xian's mansion, and then kept stroking his chest in fear!

When he was in the palace just now, he felt as if he was being stared at by countless knives, especially the second one, which was extremely sharp. He felt that if he didn't leave, his body would definitely be riddled with holes!

"But... this feels good! Anyway, I didn't embarrass Xiao Qingyan, and I didn't get angry either." He also made the person who troubled him suffer a lot!They won't dare to provoke themselves in the future!

"My concubine performed well today, that's what you should do." Being timid will only embarrass the royal family. If a mere Mrs. Hou wants to let her handle it, how will the virtuous king gain a foothold in Beijing in the future?Mother Fang is very satisfied with Xu Changan's performance tonight. She feels that the princess is not as timid as the prince said, and the princess still has her own ideas in her heart.

"Really, that's good, that's good." He felt satisfied, and with Nanny Fang's affirmation, Xu Chang'an had nothing to doubt. He decided to go back and talk to Xiao Qingyan about what happened just now, and he didn't know about Xiao Qingyan. Will you praise him?