Chapter 29: Choosing a Concubine for the Princes

Zhenghe Hall is worthy of being the palace used by the emperors of the past dynasties to hold banquets, and its magnificence and luxury can not help but smack even in this splendid palace. Extravagant crystal beads are strung into a ring as a curtain decoration, and the huge night pearl is suspended above the red sandalwood beam, elegantly glowing with a bright halo, and the golden neon looks more brilliant and magnificent under the reflection of the glass lights. The colorful ribbons are continuous, surrounding the white marble pillars engraved with flying dragons and phoenixes, highlighting the compelling nobility.

On the innermost high platform, there is a golden dragon chair, exclusive to the most noble emperor of the country, and on the left is a phoenix seat that is also gilded and shining, and the dragon chair on the side shows a dragon and phoenix auspicious atmosphere. Further down, there are two chaise longues on either side, covered with luxurious purple upholstery, so gorgeous that you can't take your eyes off it. Under the high platform, there is a vast palace, with beautifully carved mahogany tables and chairs on both sides, and the hollowed-out and intricate patterns are full of luxury.

After Su Ziran and Jun Suoqiu entered the Zhenghe Palace, they walked to their seats and sat down. Soon after, the people in the garden also walked in one after another. Before Qi Huanyuan walked to Su Ziran and sat down, he didn't forget to glance at her fiercely, and Su Ziran laughed at this-don't say that the dog just glared at you, even if it bit you, you can't bite it back, right?

The officials at the banquet toasted each other with smiles, and the ladies in the palace were basically sitting in their seats in peace, demure and docile, all of them |δΈ€|本|read|novel[y][b][d][u] and the snarky appearance in the imperial garden of Fang Cai was like two people. Emperor Jing's children also entered the palace one after another at this time, and the princes all had faces like crowns and jades, dragons and phoenixes, while the princesses were charming and picturesque.

When the familiar and cold face came into his eyes, Su Ziran's eyelashes trembled slightly, and then he lowered his eyes quietly, for fear that his ** naked eyes would be discovered by the other party, which would arouse his disgust and disgust.

Suddenly, the eunuch at the gate of the hall sang a promise with a sharp voice: "The emperor has arrived, Concubine Li has arrived, and Concubine Lian has arrived at ......."

Emperor Jing, who was dressed in a Ming yellow dragon robe, came with Concubine Li and Concubine Lian, and the five-clawed golden dragon lined him with a more handsome and domineering appearance, with a trace of imperceptible sharp light hidden between his eyebrows and kind eyes, and every step was full of majesty and solemnity. And the two concubines behind him seem to be two extremes: one is dressed in an orange palace dress, wearing a golden step on his head, a flowing cloud ring on his waist, and he is extremely charming in his gestures; The other is wearing a light cyan skirt, with only a white jade hairpin on a simple flying bun, and her makeup is light and beautiful.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone who was originally filled with bursts of laughter breathed slightly, and looked at the three people in the hall slowly ascending with a little respect.

"The sons see their father, and their father is blessed with Jin'an!" A group of princes and princesses stood up and saluted.

"Ministers see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live, long live......"

"Let's all be flat!" Emperor Jing on the high seat had a smile on the corner of his mouth, but there was a majesty in his deep voice that could not be ignored, "I don't think I need to say much, all the Qing family also know what the main purpose of today's banquet is." All my princes have reached marriageable age, but except for the five princes who already have princesses, the rest of the princes have not yet married, so I plan to take advantage of the full moon banquet tonight to choose concubines for all princes. After a pause, he continued: "In addition, the envoys of the four countries of the border have also arrived in Tianque, and they will gather here in half an hour to celebrate with me. Now Zhong Aiqing doesn't have to be formal, let's drink as much as you want......"

Emperor Jing gave an order, and the banquet officially began. The graceful dancing girls are as white as jade, beautiful and delicate, and their dance steps are as light as butterflies about to fly, against the backdrop of neon feathers and gilded ribbons.

The marriageable ladies in the palace all secretly looked at the princes, some of them were thin-skinned, their cheeks were smeared with suspicious redness, and their eyebrows were full of spring, and Gu Panshengzi said nothing more than this.

The crown prince Jun Luo Yu is handsome, and now there is only one side concubine and a few concubines in the mansion, although the prince has a unique preference for the third lady of the prime minister's mansion, but it is also excellent if he can be selected by the prince to be a side concubine on a day like today! The fifth prince Jun Haoyu was named King Yan, and he had a very close relationship with the crown prince, and he had a romantic nature, and there was already a princess in the house, but he still lingered in the flowers for many years, and ordinary women did not dare to marry him. The third prince, Jun Luo Xiao, was a good king, upright and elegant, but there was not even a girl in the house, so he became a beloved person in the hearts of all the ladies in the capital. The fourth prince, Jun Luohan, was born the most beautiful of all the princes, but it is a pity that his biological mother is a palace maid, and now although he has been adopted by Concubine Lian, he is still inactive and unfavored, and high-ranking ministers are generally not willing to marry their daughters to such a prince who has no future.

Concubine Li took in everyone's reactions, and came out to preside over the overall situation under the signal of Emperor Jing: "Next, please invite all the young ladies who are prepared to come out and perform, if there is a double master of color and art, which prince's blue eyes are, the emperor will definitely give you a marriage!" ”

Su Ziran was not worried that she would marry into the royal family at all, because she knew that it was impossible for her to become the "winner" of this concubine selection banquet with her appearance, so there was no need for her to deliberately hide the talent show for a while. Although she didn't feel much about her "three nos" title, when she thought of the faces of those people in the Imperial Garden, she really couldn't help but want to kill them.

Her mother's parents are gone, how can she still lose her mother's face?

Suddenly there was a gentle sound of the piano in the hall, melodious like a flowing river, clean and refreshing, without a trace of impurities.

The performance is the daughter of a second-class master, named Yan Ruoxue, who was born as clean and beautiful as her piano sound, and at first glance she is a famous lady who is not scheming and knowledgeable.

Emperor Jing nodded with satisfaction and ordered someone to reward him.

Su Ziran hadn't figured out what she should perform later, and many women had already taken the turn to play in the palace, all the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, Xiao Le and dance had been completed, and even Su Liunian beside her had changed into more gorgeous clothes and went on stage.

At this moment, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly, revealing a bit of a good show. When she was still Lian Yu, she only taught Su Liunian a rough way to play the qin, and I don't know how she practiced in the next few days, but she dared to go on stage today?

It could be seen that Su Liunian's face was a little nervous, but when she came into contact with Qi Huanyuan's gaze, she had to take a deep breath and calm down. The fingertips, which were as white as jade, slowly hooked, and the guqin made of camphor wood horsetail flowed out a crisp and pleasant sound.

Su Ziran was secretly funny, her dark eyes flashed a little joking under her eyelashes, it seems that she is really good at being a master, and she actually taught the waste wood that she had not been able to learn to play the piano for more than ten years? Although this skill is still quite rusty, this song she taught by hand can barely make Su Liunian deceive everyone.

Qi Huanyuan was greatly satisfied, with obvious joy on his face, and even Su Lingchuan looked at the beautiful shadow on the stage with an incredulous face.

This...... Is it really their daughter?

Not only them, all the people who have heard of this stupid eldest lady are shocked, they originally thought that the Prime Minister Mansion was just a third young lady who could handle it, but now it seems that there is another strong opponent?

It's just that the good show that makes them even more smacking is still to come - as soon as Su Liunian got off the stage, it was Su Zi Dye, who had just gone to change his dance clothes, and walked on stage!