Concubine Chen sat on the high platform, and while she lowered her head and fiddled with the golden lotus petal pattern hand warmer, her eyes naturally glanced around. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

I saw that the emperor and the queen were staring intently at the center of the courtyard, and they were firmly attracted by the means of bamboo insects and butterflies for a while, and they even forgot to applaud.

The queen's mouth was slightly open, and she was holding the icing on the cake with a yellow-bottomed tea bowl in her hand, but she forgot to bring it to her lips.

The emperor's eyebrows frowned slightly, and his gaze was a little unfathomable, and Concubine Chen knew that this was his usual expression when he was extremely attentive.

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Concubine Chen smiled proudly, and thought to herself: "The juggling team in the West Market really has a lot of tricks and clever methods, which has opened the eyes of all the people who came to the courtyard today." It seems that this will become a topic of conversation for some time to come. ”

"As the organizer of this party, this palace can be regarded as winning face for the emperor and King Rui in front of all the emperor's relatives and relatives, important ministers and magnates. And it's worth the money. ”

The more Concubine Chen thought about it, the more she felt that this was a good thing to kill several birds with one stone, and the smile on her face became more obvious. When she turned her head to look at Concubine Min, she happened to meet her gaze, which made Concubine Chen slightly stunned.

Concubine Min's expression was a little meaningful, looking at Concubine Chen as if she was happy and disgusted, as if she was looking at a broken vase that fell to the ground, and there was a slight regret at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.

Concubine Chen was uncomfortable with her, so she nodded her head lightly. Concubine Min picked up the thin handkerchief in her hand and nodded to the stage, Concubine Chen frowned in puzzlement, and looked in the direction of her finger.

I saw the head of the insect sect standing in the middle of the courtyard, holding a jade flute in his hand, and blowing a light tune on his mouth. Accompanied by the music, five or six half-foot-long large blue and dark green mantis were flying in the wind, flying for a while and then slowly falling and gathering on the wooden cart. A bamboo basket filled with flowers is on the car.

These praying mantis seemed to be able to understand human nature, and crawled back and forth around the bamboo basket a few times, as if they had carefully considered it. Then, they use the big knife in their hands to "click" to cut off a few flowers. After cutting off the flowers, the praying mantis carries the flowers on its body.

At this time, the flute sound of the insect sect leader changed, from melodious to rapid and intense. The praying mantis felt the change in the rhythm of the music and seemed to get excited, and its wings trembled and "crackled".

As the rhythm of the wings fluttered faster and faster, the praying mantis flew back into the air with the flowers, and finally landed on the arms, shoulders, and even buns of the insect sect leader.

The flute in the mouth of the insect sect leader did not stop, but his body turned around and walked slowly towards the high platform to the north.

Walking under the high platform, the two guards on duty slashed their knives horizontally, blocking his way.

Zhao Yuan looked at the high platform and knew that he was carrying a praying mantis on his shoulders to go up to the high platform, most likely because he wanted to give these flowers to the ladies on the stage, so he waved his hand at the guards and motioned for this person to come to the stage.

Watching the insect sect head slowly walk onto the stage, the smile on Concubine Min's face became even stronger, she first glanced at Concubine Chen, thinking that she would soon change from the graceful and luxurious that everyone loved, to the annoying stupid and stupid.

The jealousy and unhappiness accumulated for many years have been released in advance at this moment, although Concubine Min tried her best to contain her expression, but the joy and expectation in her eyes were like gurgling spring water, and she couldn't stop.

She took the opportunity to look at Nanpu standing next to the high platform, and glanced at him, Nanpu understood, nodded slightly, and said: "Niangniang, don't worry, the old slave must have done a good job." ”

It turned out that because Yunyang never sat on the high platform, Concubine Min was afraid that she had escaped the disaster of the Gu worm, so she asked Nanpu to try her best to keep her, and later in the name of offering flowers to autumn insects, she would send a praying mantis with poisonous insects to her.

Just when the little abacus in Concubine Min's heart was ticking and every step was sure to be foolproof, the head of the insect sect finally stepped onto the high platform.

In Concubine Min's infinite expectant eyes, he turned his posture and did not walk towards Concubine Chen, but walked straight to the seats of Zhao Yuan and the queen.

Concubine Min was shocked, but then she was relieved: "The praying mantis offers flowers, of course, you can't be the first to give it to Concubine Chen." It seems that this juggler knows quite a bit about the rules. ”

Probably the same as Concubine Min's judgment, Zhao Yuan and the queen did not show too much surprise that the insect sect leader was walking in the direction where he was sitting. The queen's body even leaned forward slightly, waiting to pick up the flower.

Sure enough, the insect sect head stopped playing, pinned the flute to his waist, first bowed to Zhao Yuan and the queen, and then spoke to the mantis on his shoulder. His tone was soft and gentle, as if he was kind to his own children:

"See? You must present the most beautiful flowers to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Mother, and you must not be careless in breaking the flowers, otherwise you will be punished when you go home. ”

As soon as his words fell, the praying mantis crawling on his shoulder seemed to understand, flapped its thin and clear wings, and leaped up and flew towards the queen.

When the queen saw the praying mantis flying with her favorite irise, a smile spread across her lips......

Concubine Min saw that the head of the insect sect was so thoughtful, and she thought in her heart that she had given it to the queen first, and it would be logical to hand it to Concubine Chen later. It is really a happy thing to let Concubine Chen be attacked by poisonous insects without noticing......

The expression on Concubine Chen's face was very peaceful-the juggling performance she arranged today was difficult and cleverly designed, and it was so successful that even the emperor couldn't take his eyes off it for a long time. I think the emperor is still very satisfied with his ability to govern the harem......

Just when they were thinking about their own affairs, Zhao Yuan's eyes flashed with a cold light.

Because, he found that although the tone of this insect sect leader was quite calm at this time, his legs were sinking involuntarily. This is a standard move for martial arts masters before they attack.

After discovering this secret, Zhao Yuan immediately raised his foot as fast as he could, and kicked it hard at the table in front of him.

At the same time that Zhao Yuan stretched out his feet, the legs of the insect sect leader also shook hard, and he heard a "boom", and the two cowhide bags under the robe broke in response, and more than a dozen small black and red figures flew out from inside, like sharp arrows, and rushed straight towards Zhao Yuan's front door.

While Zhao Yuan kicked the table with both feet, his body flipped back with his strength, and he jumped out of a foot with one heel, avoiding the first round of attacks from the insect sect leader.

The head of the insect sect saw that he had worked hard and sharpened his blow, but he was so easily dodged by Zhao Yuan. Annoyed and angry for a moment, he shouted at the things flying out of the bag: "Bite the face!" Face-biting hands! ”

Those things seemed to understand, and immediately turned their heads and pounced on Zhao Yuan again!