Chapter 603 Can't hide
The more inconspicuous it is, the easier it is to play at critical moments. Su Yiqing judged from Concubine Rong's frequent examinations of her that Concubine Rong should have intentions for her, but perhaps it was just her psychological effect. There were many eyes on her secretly looking at her in this hall, not only Concubine Rong.
While thinking, Su Yiqing caught another sharp look, which was a noble lady wearing a pearl-slit gold-rimmed dress opposite her. She was in her thirties, with a melon-shaped face, a slightly pointed chin, and a slightly mean face.
Princess Ruicheng, Mu, was also a person who observed the subtleties. Following Su Yiqing's gaze, he took the initiative to introduce: "The opposite side is You, the second wife of the Marquis of Zhongsu's Mansion, and the Marquis of Zhongsu's Mansion is Rong's mother's home."
The Zhongsu Marquis' Mansion and the Ding Prince's Mansion have never had much contact, but Su Yiqing remembers these noble families very clearly. This is also an old noble, but he is already on the decline. No one in the court has served as an official, so he has a false reputation as the Marquis' Mansion. However, such nobles need to be faced the most. If they meet at a banquet that day, they will not know it when they mention it. They must think that they look down on them. Therefore, even if Su Yiqing memorizes it by rote, he will memorize these interpersonal relationships.
Youshi's husband is the younger brother of the current Marquis Zhongsu. Both of these brothers are not capable. A big man still accomplished nothing after his thirties. He lives on the foundation left by his ancestors all day long, only knowing how to live a leisurely life.
Generally speaking, one person has risen and fallen. Men's incompetent mansions and women are particularly capable. Whether it is a wife who comes into the house or a girl who gets married, they are all versatile people. Of course, the highest status is Concubine Rong.
Seriously speaking, most people in advance Rong Fei's first impression is that her parents' family is quite powerful. The so-called parents' family is not the Zhongsu Marquis Mansion, but the in-laws behind Zhongsu Marquis Mansion. Old Zhongsu Marquis is also very good at having children, and they all marry prominent people in the court.
When he first heard that there were too many daughters, Su Yiqing couldn't help but think of the Yuanping Bo Mansion. After learning about the interpersonal relationships of the Zhongsu Marquis Mansion, he sighed secretly, "It's all a big family and there are many girls, but the Zhongsu Marquis Mansion is different from the Yuanping Bo Mansion. The girls in their family are very united and help each other, one pulls the other. This is why the decline Zhongsu Marquis Mansion can have so many noble in-laws."
As long as a girl marrys into a noble family, she will naturally do her best to help other sisters. Whenever there is something, everyone will help each other. Pulling one out of one is like tied together by several chopsticks, which is difficult to break.
When Su Yiqing heard Lu Teng say it, she was a little envious. She had no sisters in her previous life, and those in Yuanping Bo’s mansion in this life were intrigues and did not have much sisterhood. She didn’t know what kind of sisters were like in other people’s harmonious families. I think that when the sisters were harmonious, life would be very happy as a girl.
If Yuanping Bo Mansion could have been so harmonious, her fate might have been completely rewritten, but it is not certain that another fate might have been even harder. Speaking of which, she would have to bear a lot of responsibility when she got to this point. If she could handle some things better, it would be different.
She is not a qualified lady in Yuanping's Mansion. When she arrives here, she still can't be a qualified princess. She cannot live as she wants. She cannot say that she doesn't work hard. But sometimes she always feels that something is missing and she has not done her best.
Thinking of the qualified princess, Su Yiqing couldn't help but look at Princess Ruicheng next to her. The truly qualified princess should be like Mu. Princess Ruicheng is a romantic concubine and has many children, but Princess Ruicheng takes care of everything in an orderly manner, and is completely uninfluenced by Princess Ruicheng and does not care about it.
Now at this banquet, whether Princess Ruicheng is sincere or fake, she has done what a noble lady should do, and is so enthusiastic about herself, a person who has celebrated the festival.
Thinking about it, it seems that competent princesses are like this. Old Concubine Xue was like this at the beginning. The extra care for herself is equivalent to a timely help. Now that Princess Ruicheng is so enthusiastic, does she also want to make a good relationship at a critical moment?
When she came, Lian Yufeng said that this was just a small banquet and not many people came, but looking at so many ladies in the hall, it was obviously not a small banquet. Although there were many people and many people, I would not deliberately notice a single person. Queen Ni kept talking to several older ladies, and the guests whispered to each other with the next seat. There was a dancer dancing with the pleasant music in the center, which was a harmonious picture.
But the more you look at it, the more uncomfortable it makes people feel. Isn’t the emperor seriously injured and lying in bed? It seems a bit inappropriate for the queen to hold a banquet and dance to cheer up. Looking around the noble ladies in the hall, there are probably many people who have the same idea as her, and there are also some who have been taciturn and bow their heads to pretend to drink.
With doubts in his heart, Su Yiqing decided to put down her airs and humbly asked Princess Ruicheng next to her, Mu, "Princess, this is my first time in the palace to attend such a banquet. I wonder if the banquet in the palace has always been like this?"
Mu whispered: "It's almost the same. You have to entertain so many people at the same time, so this is the only way."
Su Yiqing asked again: "How long will this banquet last in the past?"
"This situation is different. It depends on the Queen's interest. If the Queen is in good mood, it may take longer. If the Queen feels tired, it will disperse earlier. But..." Mu paused and his voice lowered. "Sometimes he would leave some guests to talk for a while."
Mu obviously had a reminder about this.
Su Yiqing immediately understood that if she kept some guests, such as those with special identities, they were either people close to the queen, such as the queen's family, or the family of important officials in the court, such as her.
During the meal, Empress Ni did not face everyone's words. Everything she wanted to say was reposted by the great palace maids around her. After all, there were no microphones in ancient times, and there were too many people at the banquet. As the mother of the mother of the world, her demeanor was very important. She naturally could not speak loudly on weekdays. When the voice was low, everyone could not hear it, so naturally the palace maids would repost it.
It is nothing important to say in front of many people. It is nothing more than saying some comforting words and scenes to the troubles caused by the chaos in Beijing last time.
After the banquet, as Mu said, an inconspicuous little palace maid next to Empress Ni quietly came to Su Yiqing and conveyed Empress Ni's meaning, allowing Su Yiqing to stay after the banquet ended, and the Empress had something to say.
Chapter completed!