Ninghua Hall is actually the indoor garden of the imperial family of Dijing, built in the heyday of the right country, the whole roof is paved with colorless translucent high-grade glaze, the light of the winter sun can shine through the roof without missing the dazzling light in the main hall, the hall is also built around the special warm wall, in order to ensure that the palace is warm like spring. At the same time, there is also a water pavilion, the palace people in charge of the flower garden planted a variety of precious flowers and plants in the hall, and mastered the season of flowering, so as to ensure that in the New Year's Festival, the masters in the palace can enjoy the flowers and visit the garden.

At this time, in the Ninghua Palace, the voices are boiling, the flowers are in full bloom, the wealthy ladies wearing various colors of gauze skirts and brocades, the princes of your mansion shuttle in the meantime, the musicians in a corner of the hall play the strings elegantly, and there are beautiful dancing girls dancing gracefully in the center.

"Sister Qin, look at that peony. Qin Min beside a brightly dressed Miss Houmen pointed to a gorgeous and elegant peony flower and said.

Qin Min's seemingly calm expression implied a faint pride. She was still dressed in a white brocade dress embroidered with dark green peonies, surrounded by a bunch of beautiful women with flowers and branches.

Her appearance made the young men in the hall stop and watch.

"Don't look at it, that's the future crown princess. A young man in the distance said abruptly to a few young men in fancy clothes next to him.

"You know, it's just a matter of seeing. The other boy replied with some regret.

"Have you heard, today's Laba banquet in Ninghua Hall is presided over by the noble concubine Niangniang in the palace. Another young man pretentiously covered his mouth with a paper fan and whispered to the other boys.

"I heard that the concubine looks like a celestial, I don't know if it's Miss Qin's beauty, or the concubine's beauty?" he continued with his mouth covered, with a look of conjecture.

"Miss Qin and the noble concubine can't be compared. A mighty armed young man next to him picked up his words.

"How do you know. Several pairs of eyes all looked at the mighty boy.

Seeing that everyone looked at him, the armed young man beckoned to everyone slightly, and waited for a few heads to come together, and then he said in a low voice: "At the last chrysanthemum exhibition, I was responsible for guarding the platform in the center of the square less than a hundred meters away, and I can see it most clearly. The people next to him did not doubt the truth of his words at all, because they all knew that he was the emperor's close guard, and the close guards were all served by the sons of the famous and reliable generals.

"How's it going?" everyone asked, a little anxious.

"It's not beauty that can be described in words—it's just heaven. "His face was sacred.

A low-voiced exclamation.

"But," the armed prince changed the subject again, "have you seen the future princess of Yanlongning County?"

"I heard that it is a daughter of Jiang Li Guojun who was separated from the people, and her kung fu is very high, and she saved the emperor and the concubine Niangniang at the chrysanthemum exhibition last time, and now she is very loved by the emperor. The fan-wielding boy covered his mouth and said.

"You've only heard, but I've actually seen his kung fu, and it's called a heroic and sassy horse with a colorful brocade decorated with bells in his hand. So many hidden weapons are just blocked by her colorful brocade, and they can't get close to the side of the emperor and the concubine. When he was talking, he suddenly heard the announcement of the palace person's long voice outside the door: "The concubine has arrived." ”

All the handsome men and women in the hall knelt down in unison.

Chang Ruoli, who wore a veil, walked into the bright and warm Ninghua Hall with Yao Ling and Feng Qiao.

"Knock on the noble concubine Niangniang, the noble body of the lady is Jin'an. ”

Coming to the main seat on the east side of the main hall, Chang Ruoli sat down, nodded and gestured to the female official next to him, and the female official's restrained and calm voice sounded in the main hall: "Today is Laba, and the palace will hold a banquet to invite all the sons and daughters." In order to let everyone have fun, a talent award is hereby set up, anyone who can show their talents at the banquet today, and after the evaluation of the female officials in the palace, the ranking will be divided, and whoever gets the ranking, the palace will have a reward for you. ”

The young ladies who knelt in a piece bowed their heads and showed joy on their faces.

"Okay, get up," Chang Ruoli's faint voice with a southern accent was extremely soft and delicious.

Qin Min, who stood up, peeked at Chang Ruoli on the main seat, this was the first time she had looked at Chang Ruoli so closely. This concubine has always been a role model in her heart, she has faintly heard the legend about this lady when she was very young, saying how beautiful she is, how mysterious she is, how favored by the emperor today, so that since marrying her, the palace has not selected a show girl and so on. In her girl's heart, she has always fantasized about her future, and she can be like this noble concubine, who has a lifetime of favor from a king who stands on the top.

The sunlight shines through the glass on the roof, a piece of light and warmth, Chang Ruoli is in a light, although there is a veil, but the pair of beautiful eyes outside the veil, revealing an elegant and indifferent look is enough to make the surrounding flowers lose their color, which can't help but make Qin Min, who thinks he is beautiful, have a touch of inferiority. Feeling a light looking at her, she glanced sideways but saw Yao Ling, who was standing beside Chang Ruoli, looking at her with big eyes in the light as if she was smiling.

The slender jade hands in the sleeve robe couldn't help but clench tightly together, and a wave of jealousy flew through the eyes.

Yaoling looked at Qin Min, with a sneer in her eyes, the jealousy and hatred swept through the eyes of this arrogant Houmen's daughter, as well as the imperceptible inferiority, all of which she saw at a glance. Suddenly, a pair of cold moon-like eyes flashed in his mind, and he looked at her in the lonely night, and his heart suddenly became trance, and an inexplicable sadness crept up from the bottom of his heart. "Sister Rongyu, when will Cousin Ming come back?" A delicate and gentle question came from her ear, and she was startled, "What's wrong with you?" secretly annoyed herself in her heart. Feng Qiao next to "Sister Rongyu" blushed and whispered, Yaoling was a little speechless, and she didn't know how to answer. "Well, come on," she said.

At this time, all the people in the hall sat on the low table in two, and the table was full of exquisite dishes and fruits.

The young ladies were already whispering about who would come out on top in today's competition. The palace people successively set up a square table in the center of the main hall, and placed pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table. On the other side was placed a case of fine guqin, and in the center a large disc was placed for those who were good at dancing.

After the arrangement was completed, the restrained and calm voice of the female official sounded again in the main hall: "In the center of the main hall, there is a table for calligraphy, a table for painting, a guqin, and a dance plate. Each competition is composed of four people, one person paints, one person calligraphy, one person dances, one person plays the piano, the rules of the competition are, play the piano first, painting calligraphy and dance follow the music, personal understanding, free to wave the sleeves. When the music stops, everything stops. The female officers were ranked according to their books, paintings, dances, and instrumental playing skills. ”

The talented young ladies on both sides are all gearing up, eager to show their talents immediately, in previous years, this event was hosted by the general imperial concubine and there was nothing new, but this year it was presided over by the most mysterious concubine in the palace. Regarding the status of the concubine in the palace, these wealthy ladies know very well that they can win the ranking in the banquet competition she presided over today, and if they can get the appreciation of the concubine Niangniang, the future is naturally limitless. For those young ladies, this noble concubine is still the mother of the second prince, and the position of the crown princess is no longer extravagant. But the second prince Fengze has not been rumored to have a favorite woman so far.

Seeing everyone's eager looks, a trace of disdain flashed in the eyes of the arrogant Qin Min.