Chapter 16: Talent Show

"The emperor, the queen, and the concubine have arrived!" The sharp voice of the eunuch was like a sharp knife that could not be ignored, in an instant. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info the hall was suddenly silent, and everyone left the table to bow.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live."

"Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose."

"Lady Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose."

Wuhua followed the crowd to make a big salute, the bright yellow corners of her clothes passed in front of her, followed by the swaying and long red dress slowly moving forward, she bent down and waited for a moment.

A deep and majestic male voice was heard, "Zhongqing is flat." ”

After everyone in the hall was seated, the male voice continued. "Today's feast, the ministers don't have to be so restrained."

The man seated in the hall was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, his eyes were like torches, and he couldn't tell that he was close to sixty years old. Although he had a smile on his face, the majesty exuded from his whole body made it impossible to give birth to a sense of aggression. The contours of his face are faintly similar to those of the crown prince, but the prince has not yet had such a convincing majesty as him.

The big red robe on the queen sitting next to her is embroidered with a lifelike proud colorful phoenix with wings soaring, and the hexagonal golden tomb with a cumbersome and gorgeous glazed golden phoenix crown swaying slightly between her sides, coupled with her well-maintained, her appearance is more and more flattering and graceful.

She waved her hand sideways, and His Royal Highness King Qi, who had been waiting on the side, retreated into the table.

The emperor's eyes fell on the envoys of several countries, and after condolences to them one by one, he announced the opening of the banquet.

Wuhua originally thought that Mingzhe would wait by the emperor's side like King Qi and come with them. But now it seems that she thinks too much.

It's not just Wuhua who has this doubt, but Qin Xiangsheng frowned slightly and leaned over to ask. "Wuhua, why hasn't your brother-in-law come yet?"

Wuhua shook his head, "I don't know." "Yes, even if there is something to do, it will be late. What the prince has done is the dignity of the country, how can he not know the importance of this occasion?

The emperor looked around the hall and turned around to look at Concubine Yue, who arrived first. Although he didn't say it explicitly, looking at Concubine Yue's not very good-looking face, it was obvious that the emperor was asking the prince's biological mother why the prince hadn't arrived yet.

The chief eunuch who was waiting on the side and knew how to see the color, hurriedly stepped forward to pour a glass of wine for the emperor, diverting the emperor's attention.

The emperor snorted coldly, and when he turned his face, he had already changed his expression. "When Princess Qinghuan came to my country, I was ashamed that I could not fully fulfill the friendship of the landlord." The emperor raised his wine glass to Princess Qinghuan. "Come, I salute Princess Qinghuan for a drink."

"Your Majesty is serious, Qinghuan came to the Qing country this time to see a lot of news, it is worth the trip! In gratitude for His Majesty's hospitality, I drank it all up. Princess Qinghuan smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass in front of her, and raised her head to drink it all.

"Good! Princess Qinghuan is really like a rumor, and she doesn't let her eyebrows go! The emperor laughed loudly.

Outside the hall, there was a sudden sharp communication from the eunuch. "The crown prince and the five princes are here."

Wuhua suddenly became energetic and looked at the door with burning eyes. Coming in behind the chamberlain was the prince, who stepped in in full view of everyone with a look on his face. Next, next.

In Wuhua's expectant gaze, the next person bowed over, respectfully holding a gift box in his hand, and at a glance he knew that it was the prince's attendant who was following him.

When Wuhua's heart jumped to her throat, the figure of that person finally appeared in her pupils. The man's appearance was magnified little by little in her gaze.

Flying obliquely into the sideburns of the eyebrows, the depths of the dark and bright pupils seem to hide the ice and snow that have not changed for thousands of years, no one notices, and the small tear mole in the corner of his eyes with a smile seems to be shining, handsome, slender and tall body stands upright. She had rubbed her eyebrows and eyes many times, and she was familiar enough to draw them with her eyes closed.

Wuhua's body trembled for a moment, and no one noticed it except herself.

"Wuhua, what are you looking at?" Qin Xiangsheng seemed to notice the strangeness of Wuhua and was quite surprised.

Fortunately, Wuhua reacted and withdrew his gaze from Tianyou's body. "I was just wondering what was in the box the man was holding."

The brown rectangular carved wooden box that the attendant who followed the prince carried in his arms was only a foot long, the thickness of an adult's palm.

"It's a picture scroll." Zhu Yu beside Wuhua yawned lazily.

Wuhua was slightly stunned, and felt that Zhu Yu's speculation was not unreasonable. It's just that she thought about it carefully, the prince has been by Mrs. Liu's side since he was a child, and everyone knows that he has a good hand, but in the same way, the prince's painting skills are not outstanding. Then look at the heavenly blessing that followed behind him.

"Meet my father, my mother, and my mother." The prince threw off his robe and fell to his knees. The five princes followed closely and spoke together.

"Let's be even, today we feast and drink the envoys of all countries. Tiancheng, why did you and Tianyou come so late? The emperor waved his hand.

The crown prince did not get up, and he was not flustered when he was reproached by the emperor, and said in a deep voice. "Tonight we have a banquet for the envoys of all countries, and the sons and daughters should have come earlier. But because the fifth brother came to the prince's mansion to take out a picture scroll for the son to inscribe, he came late. Please ask your father to surrender. ”

"Oh? If you inscribe a painting, won't you have time in the future? The emperor frowned, glanced at Tianyou, and implicitly blamed him for not knowing the number of courtesies.

"Tianyou is younger than you, so you don't know the rules. Cheng'er, how can you be so insignificant? Concubine Yue sighed lightly and reproached.

"The mother's lesson is very good, and the sons know their mistakes." The prince replied respectfully, and his voice changed. "It's just that Erchen thinks that if it is the rest of the scrolls, it is not impossible to drag it back."

The prince paused, and the attendant kneeling behind him knelt and moved a little forward, and sent the wooden box in his hand to the prince. "The scene painted by the fifth brother is very spectacular, and the fifth brother said that it was given to the father and the queen mother, so he lost the etiquette for a while, and read that the fifth brother was filial piety and sincerity, please don't blame the fifth brother for the queen mother, it is all the fault of the son."

The prince took out the picture scroll in the box, swept the corner of his eyes, and the chamberlain who led them in took the scroll and slowly opened it with another person.

Wuhua noticed that since the ink painting was opened, Wu Hua sat up straighter, and his eyes were fixed on the painting. His eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and lately they were brighter than the candle flame beside him.

The children in the painting are happily playing around, and several white-haired old men next to them are carrying burdens, looking like the great rivers and mountains on the right. The ink and wash drawings are not deep, the layout is dense and varied, and the scenery of living and working in their eyes is vividly depicted with clear brushwork and concise artistic conception.

"Children and children sing songs, and they are happy and happy." The handwriting in the upper right corner of the scroll is vigorous and powerful, which can be described as a silver hook drawn by a dragon and snake, and just a few lines are particularly eye-catching. The emperor knew at a glance that it was the prince's handwriting.

"What a child singing, white and happy." The emperor's eyes lit up and he asked with a smile. "God bless you? Where did the inspiration come from? The emperor looked away from the scroll, and he could see that his gaze softened a lot.

"Enlighten the father, two days ago. When the fifth brother invited his sons to visit Xuncheng, Pucheng, and Changle together, when he returned to Kyoto, the fifth brother saw the scene of the people living and working in peace and contentment in several cities, and he had a lot of feelings. said that he wanted to record this situation and present it to his father and mother. Before Tianyou could speak, the prince had already replied loudly.

was preempted by the prince to speak, Tianyou did not show any dissatisfaction, but arched his hand to the prince. "As the imperial brother said, the son is just touched. It's a clumsy work, and it's hard to get into the elegant hall, but fortunately, there is the help of the royal brother. Tianyou nodded slightly. The words of the royal brother added a lot of color to this picture, because he was in a hurry, so the younger brother also came and thanked the imperial brother. ”

"Thank you, Brother Huang."

The prince waved his hand. "You and my brothers, what are you polite?"

"This painting is good, and this verse is also very appropriate." The emperor clapped his hands and threw an appreciative look at the prince. "Get up together, both of you. Since he was late, he made amends to the messengers of the feast. ”

In fact, this painting, in addition to the artist's superb painting skills, the content is not new, but the time is good. Approaching the end of the year, the envoys of various countries were at the banquet again, and the prince's words were really seamless, which not only won the emperor's favor, but also earned face for the emperor. How could the emperor not be happy.

"Yes." The two stood up from the ground in unison.

Princess Qinghuan smiled and raised her glass to the five princes. "God bless, for ten years, Qinghuan still didn't know that your painting was so good, and you were too secretive."

Princess Qinghuan took the lead, and the envoys from all over the world were smart people, and they praised the prince and the five princes one by one. The reason for this is self-evident, and listeners know it.

"The painting of the five princes is really good." Qin Xiangsheng sighed in a low voice. "The word of the prince, the painting of the five princes, the two sons are so outstanding, and sure enough, the nine sons of Longsheng have their own advantages."

Listening to Qin Xiangsheng's sigh in his ears, Wuhua raised the wine cup in his hand, took a sip, and swept his gaze over several princes under the cover. Long gave birth to nine sons, His Majesty has a total of nine sons, over the years he prefers King Qi and King Jin, so the King of Qi and King Jin are divided into the same force, and now King Jin has entered the East Palace, the power and prestige have overwhelmed King Qi, and he has clamped down on King Qi everywhere, and even moved the Huang family, King Qi's character, if he still doesn't know how to converge, I'm afraid he will be caught by the prince.

Tianyou came back this time without roots, relying on the emperor still has some pity for him. The prince will also try to win him over and protect him. But if the prince finds out that Tianyou has moved the rest of his mind, he is afraid that turning his face will be faster than turning the book. Wuhua finally took a deep look at Tianyou's back, and looked at the elixir in the wine glass in a daze.

This court, just like the wine glass in her hand, seems to be calm, as long as there is some wind and grass, there will be no more calm days.

"Hey, Zhu Yu, what do you think of this painting? Is it a chess opponent with you, not equal? ”

Zhu folded his hands, propped his chin, and said doubtfully. "Maybe it's a good drawing?"

Wuhua watched as the sky grew darker and darker. In fact, the singing and dancing in the hall have not stopped, but she has no heart to appreciate it. The banquet opposite Xia Guo was still empty, and that was the location of Cen Guo. Such a lively scene of the Cen State Mission tonight? Don't attend? This question only filtered through Wuhua's mind for a moment, and then she left it behind.

Tianyou sat beside the crown prince, listening to something, his appearance was actually not top-notch among the princes, especially sitting beside the handsome and incomparable Seventh Prince. Maybe it's because he noticed Wuhua's gaze.

He turned his head, and when he saw Wuhua, he was also slightly stunned for a moment, and slowly pulled out a warm smile. The familiar smile made Wuhua in a trance for a moment, and her heart twitched for a moment.

Just when Wuhua retracted her gaze and inadvertently swept to the women's seat opposite, she suddenly noticed that several eyes on the opposite side were looking at her. One of the eyes was hot, it was Lin Qianxue, who was temporarily living in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Her cousin.

Wuhua avoided her gaze and lowered her eyes. With less than a cup of tea, the queen slowly got up, and the phoenix crown on her head shook slightly. "In fact, this palace feels, only feasting and drinking, how can it be enjoyable, in order to make the envoys of the countries worthwhile, the palace specially thought of a novel way to please the celebration, what do the envoys of the countries think?"

"Oh?" Princess Qinghuan raised her eyebrows slightly, looking very interested. "It's the mother's hospitality, and the joy is to be heard."

Proposed by the queen mother, even if the people in the palace are not cold, with her noble status, no one will refute it. The people in the hall responded in unison.

"All of you at today's banquet are talented and beautiful, but I don't know if the young ladies and sons of each family are willing to show their talents and open the eyes of this palace."

As soon as the queen mother spoke, the concubine sitting next to her smiled. "Sister, do you mean to see the talents of all the talented and beautiful people?"

"My sister really knows the heart of this palace." The queen smiled lightly.

Listening to the words of the two women on the stage, she didn't know if she was infected by the Zhu Yu around her, she actually felt a little sleepy. This kind of palace banquet is really inspiring. What's next is the highlight of today's palace banquet, right? Feeling a little cold, Wuhua gathered the clothes on his body and lowered his eyes.

As Qin Xiangsheng said, today's banquet is a blind date banquet arranged for Tianyou.

After these talents are shown, I don't know who the title of the five princesses will fall to in a few days.