The so-called Dragon Gate Banquet means "fish leaping over the Dragon Gate". It can also be said that this is a banquet specially prepared for Su Yun. This Dragon Gate Banquet is supposed to be held every year, but since Su Yun has not returned to Beijing in three years, this year's banquet This Dragon Gate Banquet seems to be more grand than ever.
This was also one of the reasons why Emperor Hongjia favored Su Yun. Su Yun could be said to be the only general who integrated the Donghe Kingdom to enjoy this honor. Even the Luo family, who was also the founding general, had never enjoyed such treatment.
However, since Luo Guancheng ended his half-life military career, both the first and second eldest members of the Luo family chose the civil service path, and only his eldest daughter Luo Bing inherited Luo Guancheng's military power.
Therefore, Luo Bing is also a well-known female general in the capital.
The sky was getting dark, and all the red festive lanterns in the palace had been lit. Qingyan looked at the chessboard in front of her. The pieces on the chessboard could not tell who was winning, but Qingyan was still nervous. Staring at the chessboard closely, not wanting to let go of a single particle.
It wasn't until the shrill voice sounded that it disrupted Qingyan's thoughts. After the eunuch said, "Long live the Lord, the Queen is here, the Crown Prince is here..." Everyone stood up and knelt down to worship Emperor Hongjia and the current Queen. , Prince.
After waiting for them to sit down, Emperor Hongjia rang out a sonorous and powerful voice, "Everyone loves you."
The Dragon Gate Banquet is no different from other banquets, or there is no essential difference from the Yanjue Banquet. It can also be regarded as an occasion to compete for the royal family, or to hope that a concubine will take a fancy to his daughter.
The Dragon Gate Banquet was nominally for Su Yun to cleanse her from the dust, but the idea of those female relatives was to become a master.
Qingyan glanced at the empress who was sitting next to Emperor Hongjia. She was indeed exactly as Murong Jingxuan described her. She was a gentle and virtuous woman. It should be said that such a woman who did not fight or rob her was indeed a motherly person.
As for Yifei, when Qingyan turned her eyes, she saw Yifei looking towards her with an inquiring look. After the two people's eyes met in the air for a moment, Qingyan didn't seem to care about Yifei's inquiring eyes. Just look back.
Concubine Yi is indeed a difficult woman to deal with. This woman has been in the position of concubine since she gave birth to the second prince. She has never committed any crime. Therefore, even if Emperor Hongjia does not have her in his heart, this is The reason why she could stay in the concubine position for more than ten years.
This Concubine Yi was more interesting than she thought. It seemed that the second prince was lucky to have a good mother, otherwise he could easily be led by someone like Su Qingming.
But at least it proves that if Concubine Yi is no longer a concubine, then Xuanyuan Yufan will be helpless.
Qingyan did not see Qilian Yuran at the banquet. She knew that Qilian Yuran still didn't like such occasions. She probably would always think of the former Qilian Qingyan on such occasions.
But so what, the former Qilian Qingyan is no longer there.
Before the banquet started, there were specific performances arranged by specific people. After the performances, Emperor Hongjia began to eat. Su Qingyan knew that this was the essence of the Longmen Banquet, because based on everyone's performance, they would definitely bring it up. Someone came out and asked for a performance, and this performance became nothing more than another way to please Emperor Hongjia.
Qingyan looked at the exquisite dishes in front of her with no taste. It was the same as before. She always felt that there was a gaze following her, but when she looked, she found that there was only a towering tree behind her.
Qingyan picked up the fruit in the fruit plate and tasted it slowly. She thought that maybe it was because of Xiuren's actions today that she was in a state of high tension, so she kept thinking like this.
"Sister, I want to eat that." Su Qingcong said and stretched out his little hand to the red fruit in front of Qingyan, but his arms were too short and he couldn't reach it.
Red fruit is a specialty fruit of Toga country, and its name is raspberry. However, because raspberry is expensive, it is not a fruit that ordinary people can eat.
Even a person of Qingyan's status is not often able to eat raspberries, because raspberries are a fruit that is always offered as tribute to the palace.
"Okay." Qingyan said with a smile and pushed all the raspberries in front of Su Qingcong. "If Cong'er likes it, then eat all of my sister's portion." She said and kneaded it. He rubbed Su Qingcong's little head.
Su Qingcong looked at the raspberries in front of her and still only took a few, and then shared a few raspberries in her hand with Su Qingxue, who was sitting quietly eating fruit.
Su Qingxue smiled and took the raspberry handed over by Su Qingcong, but then put it on the plate in front of Su Qingcong. She looked at Su Qingcong and said with a smile, "Sister doesn't want to eat it, so longer can eat it." .”
Qingyan likes to see this scene very much, because she knows that only when the siblings help each other can they solve some things, even if they are trivial to them.
But at this moment, the third prince Xuanyuan Yuzhe's voice was heard, "Father, the meal is already halfway through. Since today's Dragon Gate Banquet is grander than usual, we need to have every household put on a show." , this way the Dragon Gate Banquet will not be monotonous."
Emperor Hongjia listened to Xuanyuan Yuzhe's words. After thinking for a moment, he felt that what he said was quite reasonable. He glanced at the queen next to him and said with a smile, "What do you think of the queen?"
The queen looked at Emperor Hongjia and said with a smile, "I also think this is a good idea. I think all the sisters think so too."
Listening to the queen's words, everyone naturally agreed with her. Naturally, they all thought this idea was a good one. What's more, none of their sons had ever been married. It would be great if they could find a daughter-in-law on an occasion like today. of.
"Is there any one of you who is willing to volunteer to perform first? If your performance is good, I will definitely reward you." Emperor Hongjia looked at the crowd below and said with a smile on his face.
And he knew that the waiting girls below were eager to give it a try. When he thought of this, he cast his eyes on Su Qingyan who was sitting aside. Her face was calm and unruffled, as if everything that happened had happened. Everything has nothing to do with her.
Thinking of what Su Yun had said and what happened at the Dragon Gate Banquet three years ago, Emperor Hongjia couldn't help but frown. After all, he was still a child.
Since she is a child, she has the right to be forgiven by everyone, not to mention that today she has become Ning'er's savior.
Qingyan felt Emperor Hongjia's gaze, but she still sat there unmoved, because she knew the purpose of the inquiry in Emperor Hongjia's eyes, but it didn't matter, as long as no one came to look for her tonight , she will definitely not volunteer to perform.
But she's afraid that some people with evil intentions won't let her have her way.
Qingyan's eyes quietly scanned the expressions on the faces of every girl at the banquet. At this moment, she heard a familiar voice, "Hey, the emperor's servant is willing to volunteer to be the first to perform."
(End of chapter)