Chapter 199: Concubine Selection Banquet
After a while, Qiao Jinniang and Lu Chen came out of the bedroom together.
The daughters who had been waiting for a long time saluted Lu Chen and Qiao Jinniang again and again. Although they did not dare to look away when they saluted, out of the corner of the eye, they saw the hands of the prince and the prince's clasped fingers.
Everyone has different tastes.
The prince actually slept with the prince and concubine until 2 hours before leaving the palace...
Qiao Jinniang said: "Get up, the spring is just right recently, the flowers in the backyard of the East Palace are in full bloom, and this palace alone can't appreciate it, so please come over to enjoy the flowers, pick flowers and arrange them.
I didn't expect you to come so early. "
All the daughters expressed their thanks.
Qiao Jinniang asked the maid to bring all the daughters into the garden.
The garden of the East Palace covers an area of about 100 acres, and there are all kinds of flowers, some of which were prepared before the big wedding. It is still in the blooming season, and it is in full bloom.
Lu Chen accompanied Qiao Jinniang, picked a light pink peony flower and put it on Qiao Jinniang's bun, "You look really good wearing a peony."
Qiao Jinniang smiled softly and asked, "Could it be that I don't look good when I don't wear peony?"
Lu Chen smiled lightly and said, "It's beautiful, when you don't wear peony flowers, it's the rebirth of Xi Shi, and after wearing peony flowers, it's a goddess descended to the world."
Qiao Jinniang stepped on Lu Chen's foot angrily, "Do you need to talk about these two words every day?"
The daughters who were closer, heard the gentle words of His Royal Highness the Prince, and saw Qiao Jinniang stepping on Lu Chen's feet, all shivering for fear that His Royal Highness would be angry.
I saw Lu Chen said: "I really didn't lie to you, I don't believe you asked these daughters, do you think the crown princess is a goddess?"
Zhong Qianjin: "..."
They are not Tong Yingying, dare to say no?
They can only rack their brains to praise Qiao Jinniang's beauty!
Among them, several daughters have already started to retreat, and the prince and the princess are not just for the power of the Qiao family as rumored.
After the two left the princess's bedroom, only when the prince was picking flowers did they put down their clasped hands.
Only Qiao Jinniang was in the eyes of the prince.
Where is the prince's concubine selection banquet? This is obviously because the prince and the prince concubine came to show their love in front of them.
Central Palace.
After Empress Zhou summoned everyone in Shanggong Bureau, she heard that Mrs. Wu Guogong and Zhou Sisi came to visit, so they let their mother and daughter come in together.
Mrs. Wu Guogong said to the queen: "Niangniang, I came to meet you today. It was Sisi who heard about the banquet in the East Palace and did not receive the invitation. She wanted to join the fun in the East Palace."
The queen smiled and said, "There's nothing to get together in the excitement of the East Palace. How could the Crown Princess's temper be to hold a concubine selection banquet?"
Therefore, Empress Zhou had no intention of going to the East Palace to watch the excitement.
Mrs. Wu Guogong asked the empress: "Niangniang, don't you mind that His Royal Highness does not choose a concubine for the prince like this?"
"What do you mind? Sister-in-law, as the saying goes, do not do to others what you do not want to do to others. This palace does not allow His Majesty to have other women after me. How can you have different standards for your daughter-in-law?"
Mrs. Wu Guogong smiled and said, "Thank you, madam, for making me feel relieved."
"Listen to you, this is a good thing for Siming?"
Mrs. Wu Guogong replied: "Yes, I only learned a few days ago that Siming likes Tong Yingying, my niece, and I thought Tong Yingying's family background was not worthy of Siming, but you are right, thinking that my mother-in-law didn't dislike me back then. , I despised my mother's family first."
Empress Zhou said in surprise: "Is that the concubine of the former censor who took credit for the Crown Princess a few days ago? Then you might as well dislike it.
Sister-in-law, Siming will be the future Duke of Wu in the future. No matter how high or low his wife is, you have to check carefully whether her character is good or bad. "
Mrs. Wu Guogong entered the palace today for the sake of her daughter's noisy trip to the East Palace, and the second is to hear the Queen's views on Siming's marriage.
If the queen does not agree, she will be hated by her mother's family, and she will have to beat the mandarin ducks.
"Yes, Queen."
"Auntie, go to the East Palace to play with the prince's cousin."
Empress Zhou smiled, "Forget it, let's go to the East Palace to see the excitement."
...
In the East Palace, many daughters are already uncomfortable.
All the way to enjoy the flowers, can the crown prince and crown princess go a little bit more?
The crown princess went to pick the thorny roses, but there was no blood, so the crown prince put her hand in her mouth.
I called the imperial doctor again and again. If the imperial doctor came a little late, I was afraid that even a red spot would be cured...
What did they do wrong to be punished like this?
After the imperial doctor bandaged Qiao Jinniang, Qiao Jinniang said in Lu Chen's ear, "The acting is a bit too much."
Lu Chen frowned and looked at Qiao Jinniang, "Why do you think you're acting?"
He was obviously really concerned, afraid that she would hurt her hand, but she thought she was acting.
Qiao Jinniang caught Lu Chen's gaze. She had planned to show Lu Chen's love for her at today's banquet.
There are only three types of women who want to be Lu Chen's concubines. One is like Xie Yun's original Princess Yong, who was cultivated at home as a palace since she was a child. Such a woman has lived for entering the palace all her life.
The second one is like Tong Yingying, who wants to climb to a high position by herself, and makes her family look at her with admiration.
The third type is that they have a yearning for the East Palace like Fu Lu before, and they can enter or not. Most of them just join in the fun first.
She and Lu Chen showed off their affection, which would definitely make most of the daughters dispel the idea of entering the East Palace.
After all, after entering the palace, the crown prince's favor is all on the crown prince's wife, and they are also spoiled in the family.
If she didn't give up her thoughts, she would think of other ways.
She thought she would act again for these daughters from the beginning, but Lu Chen actually said no...
Qiao Jinniang withdrew her gaze, and when she heard the inner servant shouting that the queen was coming, everyone rushed to the gate of the East Palace Garden to greet her.
Some daughters who just thought it was not the concubine banquet, when they heard that the queen was coming, their hearts were filled with ripples again.
The queen is here. It seems that today is really not just a flower viewing banquet, but a concubine selection banquet.
The queen came in and walked in front of Qiao Jinniang, "Stop saluting, I heard that you have hired an imperial doctor, but your hand is injured? You have to be more careful with this rose's thorn."
"Thank you mother for your concern, I'm fine." Qiao Jinniang withdrew her hand again and again, she was really afraid that others would see that her hand had healed.
The queen said to the daughters: "I heard that you have a flower arrangement here, and this palace is also very interested in flower arrangement. Today, I will arrange a flower arrangement. How about selecting a leader?"
Zhou Sisi said with a smile: "Okay, auntie, I'm going to fight too!"
All the daughters were thinking, could it be that today's concubine was chosen based on the level of flower arrangement?
They all took out their housekeeping skills and put flowers in the porcelain vase.
There are colorful and artistic flower arrangements of a single flower, all kinds of flower arrangements are dazzlingly beautiful.
Everyone looked at the flower arrangement on the Crown Princess's side, and couldn't help frowning. The Crown Princess picked flowers of different colors just now, but why are there only bare branches left?
Could it be that she never learned flower arrangement in the countryside?
It shouldn't be, in the box between Baiwei Building and Zhiwei Pavilion, the flower arrangement in the vase is very beautiful. Even if Qiao Jinniang did not arrange it herself, she would not have arranged the flowers like this?