Next is the performance of the noble ladies.

The first to appear was Chen Huiniang, the daughter of Binyang Qipinling. She danced a dance, although she didn't dance gracefully, but her demeanor was focused, every move was in place, she followed the rules, and she didn't make any mistakes, and she was also interesting.

After the dance, when Chen Huiniang retreated, she looked up in the direction of the prince. Seeing that the prince didn't seem to watch her dance, but stared at the wine cup in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart.

Although everyone knows who the title of the crown princess is about to be, the prince can also accept the side concubine while setting the crown princess. Since the crown princess couldn't fight, all the nobles invariably turned their minds to the position of the prince's side concubine. You must know that in the future, the crown prince will inherit the throne, and the side concubine will be equivalent to the position of the concubine, only one grade lower than the queen, which is also worth looking forward to.

Chen Huiniang looked in the direction of the emperor again, and saw that the emperor was whispering with Cen Guifei, and the emperor smiled, presumably very satisfied with her performance.

In her heart, a glimmer of hope could not help but rise. According to the rules of previous years, at the banquet of the Queen Mother, the emperor will give several marriages to several famous families to help the Queen Mother's birthday, and last year he gave ten marriages.

Of course, there is also a certain procedure for this marriage. The emperor first wrote down the name of the daughter of the official eunuch family in the photo, and then consulted with the queen mother or the concubines who presided over the harem to select a famous family. If the family has unmarried children, the emperor will issue a decree to grant marriage.

It's like last year's birthday of the Queen Mother, a daughter from Qipin. Because he made a picture of "Hanmei Aoxue" on the spot, he won great praise from the emperor, and then the emperor issued a holy decree. Married her to the third son of the Zhenguo Mansion.

The emperor's marriage, the glory is incomparable, the dowry should be from the treasury, and the status is suddenly promoted, which is the only way for the daughters of those paper officials to climb the home of high-ranking officials.

Therefore, when Chen Huiniang saw the emperor's satisfied look, she knew that her good luck was coming. A look of joy appeared on his face. When the other nobles saw this scene, they couldn't help but look at each other with envy and jealousy.

Next, the ladies appeared one by one, and the emperor's expression or smile. or frowned, or had no expression, and saw the mood of the ladies go up and down. In the audience, Cen Guifei's expression was the most relaxed. looked at the palace maid beside her and recorded it carefully. From time to time, I also commented on a sentence or two. The nobles couldn't hear what Cen Guifei was saying, so they could only pray that their performance could be favored by this noble concubine who was extremely favored by the emperor, and once they soared and became glorious for a lifetime.

In the end, Gu Yuanfang, the second Miss Gu appeared.

In fact, it was Princess Zhaomin's intention to bet Miss Gu Er's appearance to the end. When the atmosphere of the audience reaches the boiling point, let Gu Yuanfang appear. Let her play a song "Water Cloud Pole", which overwhelmed the audience. took advantage of the emperor's happiness to propose the title of the crown princess, so that he could be regarded as a great favor to his good friend.

Gu Yuanfang's expression was a little dazed, and the eunuch shouted a few times before she reacted and hurriedly stood up.

The emperor frowned slightly, while the old lady tightened her eyebrows: Today's Sister Fang, what's wrong?

Gu Yuanfang walked up, and the palace maid had already placed her Jiaowei qin on the stage. She walked up, first saluted the Queen Mother, the Emperor, the Crown Prince and others, and then sat down in front of the piano stand.

The audience was quiet, Gu Yuanfang looked around, and only felt that his heart was in turmoil. She didn't understand why she came to this place to perform, if it was just a simple banquet for the Queen Mother's birthday, then she would definitely do her best to let the Queen Mother hear the most pleasant sound of the piano. However, this is not the case.

If she plays well and satisfies the emperor, the emperor will give the crown crown of the crown princess under the advice of Concubine Cen Guifei, then she will be the prince's person from now on. How willing did this make her? She obviously didn't like that indifferent prince, let alone want to be with him for the rest of her life.

If she doesn't play well and the emperor is not satisfied, not only will she hurt the reputation of the Yuanning Marquis Mansion and make herself a sinner who will discredit the Yuanning Marquis Mansion, but she will also disappoint the old lady who has always loved her, and let the mother who wants to push her to the position of the crown princess by any means disappointing, so why can't she bear it?

Seeing Gu Yuanfang staring at the piano in front of him, but he didn't mean to play it, everyone felt very strange and couldn't help whispering.

There was a puzzled look on the emperor's face, and the old lady was at a loss, and asked Mother Du, who was following her: "What the hell is going on?

The most anxious is Princess Zhaomin, she was looking forward to her good sister showing her skills at this banquet and performing well, but now she looks at the piano and doesn't move, what is going on?

The whispering sound from the audience woke up Gu Yuanfang, and her heart shook suddenly. Yes, she actually forgot the original purpose of this time. This time, she didn't congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, the Queen Mother had too many people to celebrate her birthday, and one less of her was nothing. She came for the fifth sister, and she wanted the fifth sister to hear the beautiful sound of the piano and let her know that she had been missing her.

Gu Yuanfang slowly raised his green jade hand, plucked the strings, and in an instant, the beautiful sound of the piano drifted out.

The audience was quiet again.

The beautiful sound of the piano flows slowly from the strings, sometimes high-pitched and excited, with the faint sound of the golden iron horse: sometimes euphemistic and low, like the whimper of the cold wind blowing through the treetops in the dark night, sometimes crisp and clear, like the tinkling of spring water in a mountain stream......

Everyone present was intoxicated by the wonderful sound of the piano. Those who thought that Miss Gu Er had no ability, but they were indignant that she was going to be designated as the crown princess, couldn't help but bow their heads with some guilt. In terms of piano music, even if they ride a few more horses, they can't catch up.

The strange thing is that the prince, who knows the most about music and rhythm in the audience, has no expression at all, only staring at the cup in front of him in a daze, not knowing what he is thinking.

Princess Zhaomin finally exhaled deeply, and her heart that was hanging in the air was completely let go, and her good sister really did not disappoint her.

She turned her head to look in the direction of the emperor, and Concubine Cen met her gaze and nodded slightly.

Then, Cen Guifei turned to look at the emperor who was listening to the music and was fascinated, and called: "Your Majesty!"

"Oh, is there anything wrong with Concubine Ai?" the emperor was still immersed in the beautiful sound of the piano, answered, and then glanced at Concubine Cen Guifei.

"Your Majesty, don't forget to honor what you promised your concubines. Cen Guifei reminded with a smile.

The emperor smiled and patted Cen Guifei's hand: "I don't need to be reminded by Concubine Ai, I remember it very clearly." This daughter of the Marquis of Yuanning Mansion is really good, with first-class appearance and first-class piano rhythm. Oh, by the way, the prince loves music the most, and the two of them will be able to harmonize with each other from now on. ”

Cen Guifei nodded and agreed: "Your Majesty, the concubines also think that they are a perfect match, according to the concubines, today is a good day, and the emperor will take advantage of the queen mother's happiness and announce it together." ”

The emperor glanced at the Queen Mother. Seeing that the Empress Dowager Jiang was full of smiles, she looked at Miss Gu Er affectionately, obviously very satisfied.

"Okay, when this piano is finished, I will seal the ......" Before the emperor finished speaking, he heard a sharp murmur coming.

The strings are broken!(To be continued......)