dhibooks Chapter 474 Banquet
Chapter 474 Banquet
"Chu Zhuang is already engaged."
Li Chun listened to everyone's discussion, thinking of the affection in Yunmengxi's eyes when he mentioned Chuzhuang, frowned, and broke everyone's illusions.
He didn't want to see everyone thinking about Yunmengxi's sweetheart.
Putting himself in the shoes of others, if other people missed Yunhong so much, he might not be happy in his heart.
As Yunmengxi's playmate who grew up together, well, the future second sister-in-law, of course Li Chun has to stand up at this time!
"Is Chu Zhuang engaged?"
Everyone exclaimed and looked at Li Chun who was speaking.
When Yu Wenyu heard this, her heart skipped a beat, and she also looked at Li Chun.
The news of Chu Zhuang's engagement is currently only known to a small number of people, and it is reasonable for these women and Shuang'er raised in deep boudoirs to not know about it.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Li Chun nodded and said, "That's right, Chu Zhuang is already engaged!"
"impossible!"
Yu Wenyu immediately stood up from her seat and denied it excitedly.
It was only on her side that she made a secret promise to Chu Zhuangfang, and she also imagined that when Chu Zhuang was named on the gold list, she would ask her father, queen and queen for a marriage.
At this time, she suddenly heard the news that Chu Zhuang was engaged, how could she accept it!
Yu Wenyu was not the only one who couldn't accept it, most of the people present couldn't accept it.
"Li Chun, don't slander Mr. Chu's reputation!"
"That's right! Mr. Chu hasn't taken the scientific examination yet, so how could he be engaged at this time!"
……
Humans are animals that only want to hear what they want to hear most of the time.
When I hear news that I don't want to hear, the first thing I think of is disbelief, and the next thing is to refute.
Li Chun looked at Yu Wenyu so excited, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.
This Yu Wenyu is a princess, the daughter of the emperor and the empress, the only princess in the palace, her status is extremely respected.
If she had any thoughts about Chuzhuang, then Yunmengxi...
"Li Chun, since you said that Chu Zhuang is engaged, who is the engagement partner?"
Yu Wenyu has regained her composure now, looking at Li Chun and questioning.
She would rather Li Chun was talking nonsense than what Li Chun said was the truth.
When the princess asked, Li Chun had no choice but to answer.
He stood up from his seat, bowed to Yu Wenyu and said: "Princess Hui, Chu Zhuang is indeed engaged, and the engaged person is Yunmengxi from the residence of Marquis Yun!"
"Yunmengxi!"
"How could it be him!"
"I don't believe it, you must be lying!"
……
As soon as Li Chun finished speaking, sharp female voices rang out all around.
Although Yu Wenyu didn't exclaim again, the shock in her eyes revealed her mood at the moment.
Like everyone present, she was unwilling to believe the news at all.
"The two of them got engaged last year, and Marquis Yun also personally exchanged the name cards of the two families!"
Seeing that they were still unwilling to believe it, Li Chun directly offered the final kill.
The banquet hasn't started yet, the twins and young ladies from the back house have come to accompany the princess, while the wives and wives are on the side of the queen mother and queen.
Those who can attend this banquet are all the sons and daughters of the mansion. According to their identities, most of them cannot be concubines. Of course, marrying a prince or prince is another matter.
It's just that Chu Zhuang is just a scholar. Even though the big families are willing to marry him because of his fame, they will definitely not be willing to marry their twin sons and daughters to him as concubines.
That is to say, once Chu Zhuang got engaged, the people present would have nothing to do with Chu Zhuang.
Yun Tingfeng also knew this, so even in such a hurry, he wanted Yunmengxi to make an engagement with Chuzhuang, in order to avoid troubles afterwards.
"Is what you said true?"
Yu Wenyu gritted her teeth and asked this sentence.
She knew the relationship between Li Chun and Yunmengxi, and Li Chun would never talk nonsense about Yunmengxi.
But she was still not reconciled, so she asked this question.
"Princess, it's true!" Li Chun nodded, looking directly at Yu Wenyu.
"It's actually Yunmengxi?"
"Why did Mr. Chu fall in love with Yunmengxi? Could it be Yunmengxi who coerced him?"
"With Yunmengxi's character, it's very possible!"
……
Everyone couldn't accept the news for a while, and started to slander Yunmengxi one after another.
The image of Yunmengxi has always been bad in the hearts of everyone.
With a tough and handsome appearance that doesn't conform to Yue Dynasty's mainstream aesthetics, and he has acquired a powerful force, even without Yu Wenming's original rumors, ordinary men would not want to marry him at all.
"you!"
Li Chun was angry when he heard everyone's words. He was about to refute when he heard the bell ringing outside the door.
Everyone's voices quieted down, and they all stood up from their seats to adjust their appearance, and prepared to meet the queen mother and empress.
Although what happened in Chuzhuang made them very indignant, but obviously this is not the time to insult Yunmengxi.
……
"Huh! The etiquette in the palace is really complicated!"
Chu Zhuang exhaled softly, and said helplessly.
It's too late to enter the palace in the morning, and the etiquette here has just ended.
The etiquette is cumbersome, the key is that no food or water is given in the middle, this is simply torture!
Yun Zhanfei tugged on Chu Zhuang's sleeve and gave him a look.
"Let's go change clothes!"
Yun Zhanfei resorted to the urination escape method and ran out of the Taihe Palace with Chuzhuang and Yunhong.
Several people came to the room and drove the accompanying people out of the door.
"Does this banquet have to come once a year?"
A few black lines appeared on Chu Zhuang's forehead, and he asked while taking out dried meat from his bosom and handing it to the two of them.
Yunmengxi obviously knew that he would be hungry, so he specially prepared dried meat on Chu Zhuang's body.
This thing is not a weapon, and it was not seized during the body search.
"It's about the same. If you are in Dongfeng Mansion, you will come to participate. If you are not there, you don't need it."
Yun Zhanfei explained while chewing the jerky.
"What is the purpose of such a banquet?"
There was a puzzled expression in Chu Zhuang's eyes, and he asked, "Do you want to take this opportunity to connect with everyone?"
"Uh……"
Yunhong looked a little embarrassed, coughed, and reminded: "The emperor invites everyone to the banquet, and everyone will offer congratulatory gifts to express their respect for the emperor and queen."
The amount of the congratulatory gifts shows everyone's affection for Tianjia.
Chu Zhuang was stunned for a moment, the purpose of the Emperor Ganqing holding such a banquet is to make money!
How poor is this emperor!
It wasn't until the sky gradually darkened that everyone finally took their seats.
Yun Tingfeng is the champion, so his position is naturally in the hall, and at the same time he is still in the front row.
Yunhong and Yun Zhanfei are two positions behind him.
Originally, according to Chu Zhuang's identity, it was impossible for him to enter the palace, and even if he was arranged according to his identity, he could be ranked in the corner of the palace.
But the Empress Dowager passed on the decree, specially arranging the location of Chu Zhuang between Yun Zhanfei and Yun Hong, which saved the scene of Chu Zhuang waiting in the howling wind.
However, Chu Zhuang didn't have to wait in the cold wind, but Chu Lianqing was not so lucky.
He is the magistrate of Jiqing Mansion, and he is a fifth-rank official, which is the top leader in Jiqing Mansion.
But in today's place, he doesn't even have the qualifications to enter the temple.
"Ah, cut..."
Chu Lianqing abruptly suppressed half of the sneeze that was about to come out.
He had just recovered from his illness, or to be precise, not yet recovered, just in order to be able to attend the incoming banquet, so he could hide it.
However, this will be blown by the cold wind, and his illness seems to be getting worse.
"Master Chu, are you alright?"
Seeing Chu Lianqing's appearance, the officials on the side asked him a question.
"It's okay." Chu Lianqing smiled, and responded as if nothing had happened.
No one can stop him from presenting the golden Buddha to the emperor today!
……
"Phew, it's finally time to start the banquet!"
Chu Zhuang sat down and breathed a sigh of relief.
He could bear it when he was tired, but he really couldn't bear it when he was hungry.
When he was growing up, he was so hungry that he didn’t eat this meal. Now Chuzhuang’s mind is full of braised pork, braised elbow, braised hoof...
"Banquet? It's still early!"
Yun Zhanfei curled his lips, turned sideways and covered his mouth with his hand, and said, "We can't start the banquet until everyone presents all the presents!"
Chu Zhuang's eyes widened, and he glanced at everyone present, his eyes were full of horror.
How much time would it take to present gifts from so many people one by one!
Not to mention what's behind!
Does it mean that the emperor is not satisfied with the gifts everyone gave, so he will not hold a banquet!
"Be patient!" Yun Zhanfei shrugged and said helplessly.
"Cough cough..."
Yunhong coughed in a low voice, reminding the two people on the right who were whispering.
A group of eunuchs came from outside the hall with support, accompanied by the eunuch's sharp voice.
"The Emperor is here!"
There was a sound in the hall, and everyone stood up from their seats, came to the side of the banquet, and bowed to salute.
"Long live my emperor!"
The voices of a group of people were extremely loud inside the hall, coupled with the voices outside the hall, for a while, the entire Taihe Palace resounded with this voice.
Chu Zhuang bent over and could only feel a group of people passing by in front of him, but due to etiquette, he couldn't look up, so he couldn't see the emperor.
"All Aiqings are exempt from gifts!"
Yu Wenchang stood in front of the dragon chair at the front, waved his hands and looked at the crowd and said.
Only then did Chu Zhuang look up and saw Yu Wenchang's face.
Yu Wenchang's face is a bit blessed, and it is absolutely impossible to imagine how poor and greedy he is now just by looking at his face.
He is around 50 or [-] years old, with a red face and looks very healthy.
Chu Zhuang frowned. Wasn't there news that the emperor was not in good health?Not many days left?
Judging by Yu Wenchang's appearance, Chu Zhuang estimated that he would be fine for another ten or twenty years.
Chu Zhuang didn't dare to watch Yu Wenchang's face for too long. After all, he is the emperor. If someone with a heart sees him looking directly at Longyan, he will probably be charged with contempt for the Holy Majesty.
Chu Zhuang was about to look back, when suddenly he froze, and looked at a young man in cassock standing beside the emperor.
Is this man a monk?
But why does he have white hair?
Who is he?