Chapter 50: Showing Yourself Up

Yun Yi rarely appeared in front of everyone, and this appearance made everyone curious. Look at the emperor again, from time to time he looks at the direction of Concubine Chen and Yun Yi with a doting face, this meeting makes all the concubines envious, and secretly sighs in his heart Yun Yi's luck, as the only child of the emperor, the emperor and the queen mother are like treasures;

"Alright, since everyone is here, let's get started. The Queen Mother gave an order, and the banquet officially began.

When Fu Xuan heard this, he glanced at the palace maid who was facing the head and prepared the first banquet program. This is a song and dance performance, Fu Xuan has been to the palaces in advance to understand the situation, and there are no concubines who plan to dance, so this opening is arranged.

This dance is designed to be relatively short due to the large number of banquet arrangements. After the dance, everyone felt that they were still unsatisfied, and Chu Tianyou praised Fu Xuan's ingenuity in his design.

Fu Xuan smiled when he heard Chu Tianyou say this, Chu Tianyou has always given her face.

After the banquet was performed, everyone chatted. Now it's up to the concubines. Although the Queen Mother didn't like Chu Tianyou, she still had to preside over this banquet.

The Queen Mother said: "If you have prepared a gift, send it first, and then arrange it after preparing the show." ”

Although the Queen Mother's words came out, no one immediately stood up. The concubines with low status do not dare to compete for the first, for fear of being said to love to steal the limelight; and the high rank does not want to compete for the first, first look at the other people's preparations There is also a spectrum in their hearts, and it is best for them to come to a "brick throwing jade" at the right time, so that their etiquette is brilliant.

Everyone thought the same thing, and no one came out first. The Queen Mother's face was already a little unhappy, and Chu Tianze also frowned. Seeing that no one had come out, and it was not a way to do it all the time, Yi Ling took the lead in standing up.

The Queen Mother watched Yi Ling come out and nodded, this niece was sensible at the critical moment.

Yi Ling asked the palace maid to send a food box to King Ning's case, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Ning, considering that you have not returned to Beijing for many years, you must miss the food in Beijing very much, so I specially asked the chef who is the best at making dim sum in the palace to make some special snacks, I hope you like it." ”

"Thank you Yi Zhaoyi for your intentions, this king is just hungry. After Chu Tianyou thanked him, he changed his words and said with a smile, "Yi Zhaoyi hasn't changed for so many years." ”

Yi Ling was puzzled when he heard this: "Huh?"

Chu Tianyou smiled: "Yi Zhaoyi, have you forgotten that we met when we were children, and you loved to eat it very much at that time." ”

When everyone in the hall heard this, they all covered their mouths and snickered, Yi Ling's love for food was known in the palace, and it turned out that it had been like this since childhood. Chu Tianze also knew Yi Ling's hobby, and when Chu Tianyou brought it up at this moment, he couldn't help but laugh.

Yi Ling was a little embarrassed, but she was hearty by nature, so she didn't take it to heart, and replied: "The food in my palace is only eaten by the emperor and the queen mother, so don't make fun of me, Your Royal Highness King Ning." ”

Chu Tianyou naturally knew how to be proportionate, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, this king is fortunate to be able to taste such a delicacy today, thanks to Yi Zhaoyi." ”

Yi Ling smiled and didn't speak again.

Seeing that Yi Ling had prepared such an ordinary thing, Concubine Xian was disdainful in her heart. With this "brick", this is the best time for her "jade" to appear. I only heard Concubine Xian feign and said: "Ling'er is so hearted, she just happened to be favored by King Ning, which puts a lot of pressure on the sisters behind." The palace has also prepared something, I wonder if it can also be favored by King Ning?"

"Where is the virtuous concubine, if you give this king something, you can already afford this king, and this king likes it. Chu Tianyou bowed his hand.

Concubine Xian glanced at Qian'er behind her, and Qian'er sent the things to Chu Tianyou. Chu Tianyou took it and opened it, and exclaimed, "This is ...... Mr. Yudao's real handiwork?"

Concubine Xian smiled and nodded, and it was not difficult to hear a smug look in her tone: "King Ning has good eyesight, yes, this is the late Mr. Yudao's ink treasure." ”

Guan Guan's eyes lit up when he heard the words "Mr. Yudao", but when he heard the word "deceased", he was puzzled.

"This king has thanked the mother for the great gift. Chu Tianyou smiled and thanked. But in fact, although he also appreciates calligraphy and painting, he is not obsessed, this ceremony, it is estimated that Fu Che will like it more, and he can borrow flowers to offer Buddha another day.

Concubine Xian prepared a rare gift, and the pressure on the next concubine became more and more great, and she followed her closely and made her unhappy. Fortunately, in the end, Concubine Chen stood up, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, if you think about it, Concubine Chen dared to ignore Concubine Xian's face.

Concubine Chen was about to stand up, but Yun Yi next to her said, "Mother, do you also want to send something to Uncle Ning?"

Concubine Chen nodded inexplicably.

Chu Tianyou saw Yun Yi's expression, and immediately understood her thoughts, and said to Concubine Chen with a smile: "Concubine Chen, your kindness is appreciated by this king, but this king wants to transfer the gift to Xiao Yunyi." ”

Concubine Chen was not surprised when she heard this, she had always been calm, and turned her head to look at Chu Tianze, who nodded at her. Concubine Chen gave the gift box to Yun Yi, and Yun Yi happily took it.

Concubine Chen touched Yun Yi's little head: "Go back and open it again." ”

Yun Yi nodded happily.

Although the Queen Mother doesn't like Concubine Chen, she still hurts Yun Yi, after all, she is the only imperial heir, so she has no blame for Yun Yi's move.

Only this one, the concubines present also saw how favored Yun Yi was.

The Queen Mother continued: "Let's have a few programs below, who is ready?"

Wen Xiyue was the first to stand up. She doesn't have as much as others think, she is confident in her piano skills, and she doesn't lose to anyone.

I saw Wen Xiyue slowly get up and walk to the hall, it was still the half-moon qin, and the song "Welcome Song" was flying at her fingertips. And all the people in the temple were drunk. Guan Guan looked at Wen Xiyue, who was quietly playing a song in the hall, and had to say that she was so cold and arrogant, she was really charming at this time.

Guan Guan was suddenly a little curious about what Chu Tianze would look like at this time, was he also obsessively drunk by the sound of the piano, and was fascinated by the people in front of him? He couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the seat, and sure enough, Chu Tianze was enjoying the music while taking a sip of tea, so comfortable. Guan Guan couldn't say what it was like in his heart, and lowered his eyes, with a faint sense of loss. raised his eyes again, but found that Chu Tianze was looking at him playfully, his face immediately turned red, and he hurriedly withdrew his eyes.

Wen Xiyue finished playing the song, and everyone couldn't help but nod their heads in praise.

"Wen Jieyu really deserves the name of Shangjingqin! The king has received the heart of this song "Welcome Song", thank you here!" Chu Tianyou listened to Wen Xiyue play a song last time, and this time he listened to it, he was still intoxicated, it was really good.

The Queen Mother also nodded in praise. But the banquet had to go on: "Who's coming next?"

Wen Xiyue's level is really too high, and the concubines who have prepared the show will go up at this time, which will be really ugly, so no one wants to go on for a while.

At this time, Wang Yuan stood up, but not for herself, she glanced at Guan Guan and said with a smile: "Didn't the official beauty say that she was going to perform embroidery last time?