Meng Guifei was dressed in gorgeous palace clothes, looked at the emperor with a charming little face and smiled, and said heartily, "Your Majesty, it's better to let the niece of the concubine take the lead!" ”

When the emperor heard this, he turned his head to look at the queen on the left, "Empress, what do you think?" ”

Although the emperor's attitude was not explicitly stated, he also agreed, but he just asked for the queen's opinion very face-saving, of course the queen would not be jealous at this time, and Weiyi spoke, "Then please ask Meng Ru from the Prime Minister's Mansion to come forward!" What kind of talent is Miss Meng going to perform today! ”

You must know that this concubine selection banquet is extraordinary, in addition to the appearance and family background of the ladies in each province, but also the virtues and talents of the young ladies, and other aspects.

As soon as Meng Rutian heard the queen's words, he immediately stood up from his seat respectfully, "No! ”

She bowed to the emperor and others in a formal manner, and then stood gracefully in the open space in the center of the banquet.

"Empress Yu, the courtiers are performing Fuqin today!"

After saying that, immediately a palace person put the table, chair, bench and piano for playing the piano in front of Meng Rutian, placed them one by one, and then bowed down and retreated.

After the palace people retreated, Meng Ru sat down in front of the piano elegantly and generously, and gently put her ten fingers on the guqin, only to see her jade fingers flick, and the beautiful music sounded in the garden.

The sound of the piano is melodious and pleasant, the bowl turns continuously, the ups and downs are wonderful, and after the song is finished, Meng Ru is as he thinks, and receives many envious and jealous eyes.

Meng Rutian got up with a chuckle, hid the smugness in his heart, and saluted the emperor and queen again.

The emperor's expression remained unchanged, the corners of the queen's mouth were slightly hooked, and she said indifferently,

"Not bad! She is worthy of being the first talented woman in Sheng'an! ”

Meng Guifei nodded with satisfaction, "Ru Tian's piano skills have improved again!" ”

"Queen Xie praises, Concubine Xie praises!"

Meng Ru said nothing, respectfully retreated to the side of the prime minister's wife, and glanced at Ling Yiyi, who only knew how to eat, with his lowered eyes full of pride, and then bit his lip indignantly.

With Meng Rutian taking the lead, the ladies in other mansions are not far behind, and they have spontaneously stepped forward to perform talents, piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and dance, the five arts bloom together, and a hundred flowers compete for beauty.

Although the later piano skills are not as good as Meng Rutian's piano skills, there are also outstanding ones, such as Ling Wanrou's calligraphy, Liu Ruyan's chess skills, Ning Xiaodie's dance, and Shangguan Yan's painting......

Ling Yiyi was eating with her head down all the time, only occasionally looking up at the fierce eyes of the fourth princess, as well as those unknown jealous gazes.

What is there to be jealous of her, Ling Yiyi, her father is only a seventh-grade lieutenant now, and with the notorious and fiery reputation, I am afraid that any prince and concubine will not look down on her!

Suddenly, Ling Yiyi seemed to hear someone call her name, so she looked up blankly.

I saw that the emperor and queen at the top, and the wives and daughters of the various mansions at the bottom were all looking at her.

Ling Yiyi glanced at Mo Lan behind her for some reason, and Mo Lan immediately bent down and whispered in her ear, "Just now the queen asked that young lady who didn't perform her talent, Miss Meng named the young lady, and the queen asked the young lady to come forward to perform!" ”

As soon as Ling Yiyi heard this, she immediately scolded Meng Rutian's eight-generation ancestor in her heart, didn't she fix her? Who doesn't know, she Ling Yiyi is a woman who doesn't know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, let her perform, and perform monkey shows to them?

It's just that the queen has spoken, and she can't be pretended not to know!

Ling Yiyi stood up with her hands on her knees, straightened her light green skirt, strode to the open space in the center of the banquet, curtsy in a regular manner, and stood there with her eyes lowered.

"Tell the emperor and the queen, the courtiers don't have any talent to perform! The piano, chess, calligraphy and painting courtiers are not comprehensible, and the dancing courtiers can also jump into the jasper lake, because the emperor and the queen's mothers and courtiers are also invited to atone for the sin of having no talent! ”

After saying that, Ling Yiyi bowed her knees again and saluted again, and then stood in the center waiting for it to fall.

As soon as these words came out, they were shocked by the waves of careless discussions, although everyone knew that Ling Yiyi was a straw bag who didn't know anything, but she said it so calmly in front of the emperor and queen, it still shocked everyone.

The emperor and queen and the concubines of the palace, of course, also knew Ling Yiyi's notoriety for a long time, but the emperor looked at the old general and Ling Feng, even if he didn't like her, he never punished her, just turned a blind eye.

Ling Yiyi said this well, let him atone for her sin of no talent, this lack of talent really can't be forced, it can't be regarded as guilty, he really can't cure her crime.

The emperor looked at Ling Yiyi calmly, "Since there is no talent show, forget it, step down!" ”

"Father!" The fourth princess got up and just wanted to refute, but when she saw a warning flash in her father's eyes, she immediately lowered her head and sat back.

The people who wanted to see Ling Yiyi's jokes didn't dare to speak when they saw the princess, and they could only secretly hate Ling Yiyi's luck.

"Emperor Xie is magnanimous!"

Ling Yi took a few steps back, turned around and returned to his seat, ignoring the jealous and hateful eyes around him, and once again being an invisible person who only ate and didn't talk.

After the emperor saw Ling Yiyi retreat, he said majestically, "A few emperors, you can take a fancy to that young lady, and your father will marry you!" ”

Xuan Wang Yan's gaze swept over Ling Yiyi, who didn't put him in his eyes at all, and his heart was full of hatred and anger.

As the blessed prince of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, someone dared to show him a face since he was a child, especially calculated that he had 30,000 taels of silver, and bought back the ink and bamboo picture that humiliated him, except for this Ling Yiyi.

Didn't she like herself very much before? Could it be that a person has experienced life and death, and even his feelings have changed, and his feelings are really something that cannot be trusted, just like he has never liked Ling Yiyi.

The eldest son of the queen, King Yu, stood up first, walked to the open space in the center of the banquet, looked around at the shy beauties around, looked at the expectation in their eyes, and paused on Ling Yiyi's body for a moment, and finally stopped at Shangguan Yan, the concubine of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

King Yu respectfully saluted the emperor at the head of the court, and said loudly, "Father, the son is willing to marry Shangguan Yan, the daughter of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, as the concubine!" The side concubine will be decided later! ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department is still his uncle, although he also wants to marry the daughter of the General's Mansion, but the queen mother asked him to choose his cousin Shangguan Yan, plus he grew up with Shangguan Yan since childhood, it can be regarded as having feelings, besides, Ling Yiyi is now the daughter of the seventh rank captain, which is as useless as a waste chess, as for Ling Wanrou, her father and uncle are not on the right track, and they can't choose, in the end, Ling Xuerou is as useless as Ling Yiyi, Ling Kerou is not old.

As soon as Shangguan Yan heard his name, he immediately walked out of the desk, came to King Yu's side, and respectfully saluted the emperor.

There was no other expression on the emperor's majestic face, he nodded and asked, "Shangguan Yan, are you willing!" ”

Shangguan Yan got up and looked at King Yu beside him, his eyes were full of man's atmosphere, and he replied loudly, "The courtier is willing!" ”

She didn't have the freedom to object at all, and before she came, her father had already told her that she would definitely become Princess Yu, and besides, she did like King Yu since she was a child, so she immediately agreed.

The emperor nodded, "Okay, the two of you stand aside first, King Xuan, what about you?" ”

King Xuan, who had been paying attention to Ling Yiyi, immediately came back to his senses when he heard the emperor's words, stood up from his position, walked to the open space in the center, and saluted, "Father, the son is willing to marry the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Meng Rutian, as the concubine!" ”

King Xuan turned his head and looked coldly at Ling Yiyi, who was ignoring him, gritted his teeth and turned back, "Erchen is willing to accept Ling Da ...... of the General's Mansion."