Chapter 49: It is better to drink and wait for the slave to get drunk (1)

Although tonight's dinner is a family dinner, it is the first time I attended as a queen. It is not important to me, but I can meet him at the dinner, so that's it.
After choosing for a long time, I finally chose a brocade with rose-red embroidered begonia. The style of this dress is simple, but it is better than the color. The red is neither strong nor dim. It just makes people feel the warmth of the spring breeze, but it can also show the dignity of the queen.
Combing the spring bun, a tiring silk inlaid with a golden phoenix hairpin to show his identity, but it is not excessively luxurious, and wearing a dotted jade phoenix-shaped silver hairpin, a white jade fan-shaped comb, hanging down a short one Rows of gold tassels, there is a bright golden light between the turning heads.
What I want to do tonight is not a high-ranking queen, but a gentle and decent wife. Therefore, it should not be too grand, just show the dignity just right.
Finally, a freshly picked red camellia was inserted between the temples, and the person in the mirror had bright eyes and white teeth, looking radiant, tender and graceful, noble and graceful. I lifted the skirt, and on my feet were a pair of jade shoes embroidered on soft satin. A magnificent peony blossomed on the tip of the shoes, with thousands of fragrant petals.
I put down the skirt to cover the enchanting flowers, and slightly applied powder to cover the tiredness on my face, but I carefully selected a bright water red with my lips, matched with my moon-like face, for the first time I feel that I can be so coquettish but still have a blue temperament. I smiled at myself. The ancients said that "a woman is a person who pleases herself." For whom do you dress up tonight?
Shen Xiyao didn't come to Kunning Palace until the evening, and he was dressed very casually, only an autumn-scented dress gown, tattooed with a circle of dragons, wearing a white jade crown used in his leisure time, and extremely handsome with sword eyebrows and stars.
When I entered the door, I saw me sitting in front of the dressing table holding Luozi Daiwu to start, smiled and took it forward, and drew a willow eyebrow carefully. His technique was unfamiliar. I guess he hadn't painted it a few times for anyone.
I held his hand and smirked: "The emperor's painting is not as good as a concubine."
He smirked and said, "You are still the first to dare to speak to me like this."
I looked at him in the mirror, he just smiled, and didn't get angry. I didn't look back and just drew close to the mirror and portrayed him carefully. He stood behind me and looked quietly.
After painting for a long time, I actually didn't want to see him. I was afraid of seeing him, so I thought of another face similar to him. I know he is good to me, but when I see him in Kunning Palace, he is no longer the man who met me in Youran Pavilion and gave me Pengdao Yaotai. That man does not have the imperial spirit, and There is no emperor's aura that can't be looked up.
I know that after seeing me in Kunning Palace, the fairy in his heart is no longer a fairy. No matter how he avoids it, he will never forget that I am Ling Xuewei and the daughter of the Ling family. And I, too, had to be bound by this identity and lost myself.
"The emperor, the hour is coming soon, please move the emperor to the obscure smoke pavilion." Zhang Dehai walked in and said carefully.
I put down the eyebrow pencil in my hand and smiled: "The emperor, the concubine is ready."
The hazy smoke pavilion is flying over the water. In front of it is a huge platform for singing and dancing. The entire hazy smoke pavilion is made of snowstone. It is covered with snow on three sides, and a breeze is blowing across the lake. The whole person was so crisp, and his behavior became soft.
I was accompanied by Shen Xiyao at the top. Below were the Wei Wang Shen Xiye who saluted us, and next to Wei Wang, a petite and charming Jiangnan woman, it is said that Wei Wang met a family of rituals and music during his travels in the south. A woman, proficient in all kinds of musical instruments, and Wang Wei, who likes the most rhythm, happens to be the piano and the sound.
Wei Wang was tall and straight, his face was not as noble and majestic as Shen Xiyao, nor as ethereal as Shen Xihe, but he was also sharp and sharp, his eyes piercing, and the temperament of a Jiangnan literary gentleman.
He is the eldest son of the first emperor, but unfortunately his mother was born humble, and his own talent is far less than his younger brothers, but his personality is indisputable, tired of the intrigue of the court, only obsessed with the rhythm, often visits famous teachers. That's good, in fact, this is the best way to protect yourself. As a prince, he has no worries about food and clothing. Compared with those who blindly fight for power but finally draw water, he is undoubtedly smart.
Queen Wei is a few emperor uncles, they are all elderly people in the court, some have good personal relationships with their fathers, but they have little power in their hands.
The table opposite Wei Wang has been empty, but I know that it is his place.
When I sat down with Shen Xiyao, Wang Yu was still too late to arrive. On the surface, Shen Xiyao was talking and laughing with Wei Wang. Hearing Wei Wang talk about his experience in Jiangnan, his brows frowned slightly, and the color of worry faintly appeared. . I was even more anxious in my heart. Wang Yu was a ceremonial person. If it were not for difficulties, he would not be late to let a group of people wait for him.
I saw Shen Xiyao winking at Zhang Dehai, and Zhang Dehai immediately retreated quietly. After a while, the gatekeeper shouted: "His Royal Highness is here.
Looking up, in the room full of dazzling candlelight, he was gently supported by two maids and walked in, with a gentle smile on his face. As I know it, the clothes are simple, and I almost shed tears when I took a closer look.
That was his outfit when I first met him, except that the hair crown on his head was replaced with a more formal sapphire crown, shining with a soft light.
Shen Xiyao got up to greet him. I naturally followed. Everyone helped him walk to the table and sit down, but he stood up again and bowed to us respectfully: "Chen Xihe sees the emperor, the queen."
A hint of doubt flashed across Shen Xiyao's face and said, "You are allowed to give no big bows in private, so why do you become cautious at this banquet."
Xihe smiled without saying a word, and sat down slowly, a pair of eyes lightly swept across my face.
I lowered my head and looked at the delicate patterns of begonias on my clothes, turned my face and smiled and said to Shen Xiyao: "Your Majesty, since Wang Yu has arrived, the dinner can begin."
Shen Xiyao nodded, I patted my hands gently, and the melodious music echoed in the hazy smoke pavilion, floating on the calm water.
He sat there with an inexplicable smile, watching the graceful dance of Orchid in the middle of the lobby, the pomegranate red skirt was spinning fast, and a enchanting flower bloomed on the snow-white ground. His eyes are so focused, but I can see the emptiness in it.
The night breeze was blowing slowly, and the ladies of the palace served the exquisite banquet one by one. Wang Wei was watching very seriously, talking to the princess Wei beside him.
In the corner of my light, I saw Shen Xiyao lazily leaning on the back of the Chijin Panlong chair, the wine glass on his lips for a long time, but he did not drink, just playing.
My gaze fell on him again, but it happened to meet his gaze. He raised his glass slightly and made a small toast to me, then raised his head to drink, and I also picked up the table. The wine glass was drunk, it was a fine pear white, the wine that should have been sweet and clear was like poison in the mouth.
He stopped looking at me, and I withdrew my gaze. The maid on the side filled it up for me. I raised my glass with a smile and said to Shen Xiyao beside me: "The emperor, the concubine respects the emperor.
Shen Xiyao looked at me with surprise and satisfaction, and smiled, raised the golden lotus cup in front of him, and drank it with a slight nod.