"The concubine has arrived, the concubine has arrived!"

Hearing the sound of the road, the garden was still, Yu Shu, like everyone else, stopped what was in front of him, turned his head to look, and saw that at the end of the bridge corridor in the distance, clusters of colorful lights suddenly lit up, and it was a group of palace ladies carrying colored lanterns to open the way.

At this time, on Dingbo Lake, only the music in the pavilion in the center of the lake remains.

Everyone tied up and saluted, waiting for the two nobles in the palace to enter the banquet, and some people muttered in their hearts-

I was guessing who would accompany Xue Guifei before, but I never imagined that it would be this master.

The court set off a few waves a while ago because of the dispute between the princes, and the seven princes who were originally the most vocal were the concubines, but they were stepped on by the nine princes who had returned to Beijing for less than a year at the Shuangyang meeting, so as to gain a momentum, and it has faintly revealed the momentum of competition with the seven princes.

Although there are no rumors in the palace that the biological mother of these two princes, the concubine and the lady concubine have any disagreement, but people with good eyes understand the truth that "one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers", and these two concubines will be a situation of incompatibility sooner or later.

Yu Shu was taken care of by Xue Guifei in Huazhen Garden, and she was very curious about Xue Rui, the aunt who was the second-in-command of the harem, so when others were waiting with their heads down, she quietly raised her eyes and looked at the direction of the people coming from the bridge.

After a while, the colorful lanterns in the hands of the palace ladies jumped into view, accompanied by bursts of unknown flowers, the source of light and shadow, the front and back hugs, the flowers are clustered, and the first ones are two graceful and luxurious beauties.

Seeing the two, Yu Shu widened his eyes. Secretly stammered.

It's not that she hasn't seen a beautiful woman, she is as delicate as Xia Jiangmin, as beautiful as Ji Xingxuan, and as sweet as the county lord Xiwen, which one is not superior, but these people are more delicate than the girl, and they are immature in the end, and the so-called beauty is not as good as the two of them she saw.

What is the national color and fragrance, she always knows today.

Let's say. The one on the left hand is a concubine wearing a red peony embroidered green python twelve skirts. The appearance is no more than thirty, born beautiful, born with eyebrows and mantis, and white and delicate skin. Plump. The most beautiful is the pair of lazy and slightly squinted eyes. The rouge is powdery, picking and closing, all of which are confusing.

The one on the right hand was wearing a red cloak of Concubine Xiang. Full of golden hairpins, a huge shark bead held on the forehead, reflecting her face peach blossoms, Saixue clear muscles, her diamond lips pursed lightly, her face is majestic, noble and inviolable.

Yu Shu judged from their clothes that the lazy lady on the left hand was Xue Guifei, and the slightly more serious one on the right hand was Concubine Shu.

"Take over!"

"Welcome to the concubine, the lady is coming."

The men and women in the garden bowed and bowed, no one dared to be disrespectful, and Yu Shu also retracted his gaze at the right time, and acted honestly.

"Excuse me, raise your head generously and let this palace recognize someone."

Xue Guifei said in a clear voice, and saw the surrounding figures straighten up, she was high, swept her eyebrows over everyone, her eyes paused a few times, her eyes flickered, and she turned her head sideways and said to Concubine Shu, who was walking with her:

"Every time I see these young people, they are delicate and delicate, and they feel that we are old, sister, do you think we are old?"

Concubine Shu didn't smile, and said with a glance: "My sister has a skill in staying in her face, I can't see where she looks old." ”

"Ha," Xue Guifei laughed, the tails of her eyes hooked, and in an instant, her face illuminated her surroundings, and she was incomparably beautiful.

"Two mothers, the time has come, why don't you have a banquet early?" A beautiful woman walking behind Xue Guifei asked loudly.

Yu Shu noticed the person next to the two beautiful concubines, looking at the woman, her appearance was a little similar to Xue Guifei, and she said that this was the princess of Xiang.

"Don't worry, this palace has seen a lot of eyes, this is curious, I have to figure it out first," Xue Guifei said, and beckoned to the place where Xi Wen was standing.

"Wenwen, come and point out people to this palace."

"Yes, sissy."

The county lord of Xiwen stepped forward obediently, saluted Concubine Shu first, replaced the position of the palace maid, and held Xue Guifei's arm.

"Which one is the daughter of the Earl's house?" The first thing Xue Guifei mentioned was Rui Zizhu, which made Xi Wen's eyes darken, but she still quickly pointed it out to her.

"The one in the pink shirt is Sister Zizhu."

Rui Zizhu hurriedly bowed her head to greet her, a little at a loss, but not rude.

Xue Guifei glanced at her, didn't ask much, then lazily shifted her gaze, and asked Xiwen several people one after another, and asked her to point them out one by one.

Yu Shu and Miss Xin Liuning stood in the corner of the flower pond, and heard Xue Guifei name one by one, saying that she was not a little nervous, it was fake, Xue Guifei was the aunt of Xue Rui's in-laws, even if her relationship with Xue Rui was in the dark, she inevitably had a cramped feeling of seeing her parents.

With her intuition, she thought that Xue Guifei would definitely not miss her.

Sure enough, she just thought so, and listened to Xue Guifei's voice:

"Who is that young lady in white?"

Seeing that Xue Guifei pointed at Yu Shu, Xi Wen secretly pinched her nails and said with a smirk: "This one is the famous Dayan girl operator a few days ago, Miss Yu." ”

Yu Shu stepped forward.

"Contemptible Yu Shu, meet the concubine Niangniang, meet the concubine Niangniang, meet the princess Xiang."

Xue Guifei looked at her twice more than others, and there was another sentence at the end:

"This palace has heard of your ability, you have to see it tonight, you don't have to hide it."

Yu Shu's eyelids jumped, and she didn't know what Xue Guifei had heard of her, so she respectfully agreed:

"Yu Shu doesn't dare."

Xi Wen saw that Xue Guifei looked at Yu Shu a little differently, and she was unhappy, so she shook her arm lightly and said coquettishly:

"Niangniang, Wenwen has also carefully prepared a track, which will be presented later, you are not allowed to be partial, if no one can compare with me, reward me with a golden jade hibiscus to play."

Princess Xiang was stunned for a moment, looked at Xue Guifei, but saw that her sister's face did not change, and teased:

"Wenwen is also a big girl, could it be that she already has a sweetheart, so she wants to ask for this golden jade hibiscus?"

Xi Wen pursed her red lips and pretended to be willful, "Who said that only with a sweetheart can I want this golden jade hibiscus, I just see that it is rare, grab it to play, can't you?" ”

"Nonsense," Princess Xiang reprimanded first, "Is the golden jade hibiscus something to play with, and you are not allowed to make trouble if you dispel your ghost idea quickly." ”

Xi Wen immediately saw the grievance on her face, and tightened Xue Guifei's hand, "Niangniang, Wenwen also took the post to the banquet, why can others fight for it, I can't, I'm not convinced, please call the shots." ”

Xue Guifei hadn't spoken yet, but Shufei, who had been quiet for a long time, opened her mouth unhurriedly:

"According to the rules, if you can fight for it, why not give it to you, my sister said?"

Xue Guifei patted the back of Xi Wen's hand and said with a smile: "What I said is that if you really can get it, I will reward you with one according to the rules, if you can't fight it, you are not allowed to cheat, do you hear?" ”

"Enlightened mother!" Xi Wen was overjoyed, turned her head and stuck out her tongue at Princess Xiang, but didn't care about the stiffness on her mother's face.

This small episode did not arouse the suspicion of everyone present, and Yu Shu knew what kind of calculation Xiwen made, and when he saw her design like this, he scoffed.

In order to escape the fate of marrying Dongjun, Xi Wen did not hesitate to drag Xue Rui into the water, and used the death of the tenth princess as a threat to force Xue Rui to comply.

This selfishness has become Xue Rui's peach blossom catastrophe today, if they hadn't seen through her attempt early, Xue Rui would probably be caught off guard by Xi Wen tonight.

Now it's a good thing, she has calculated that the tenth princess died of self-inflicted damage, Xue Rui untied the knot, and Xi Wen was destined to be empty of the bamboo basket and waste her efforts

On the willow tops on the moon, Xue Guifei and Concubine Shu and their nobles sat in the lakeside water pavilion, and the young men and women who came to the banquet entered the banquet one after another, or took their places in the flower rooms on both sides, or stood nearby, watching the lights on Dingbo Lake, and listening to Xue Guifei preside over tonight's banquet.

"Last year's Furong Gentlemen's Banquet, there were Western fireworks all night, and the palace was not present, but I heard that you children like it very much, and I originally wanted to prepare one this year, but the fire powder in the Shuwu Workshop was insufficient, so I had to give up."

In the water pavilion, Xue Guifei sat on the right seat, and her voice came from afar.

"The concubine is tired, I want my old woman to say, the bells and whistles are nothing to see, it's just a lively picture, it's too noisy." The Duchess of Yasukuni was older, half of her hair was white, and she occupied a seat alone, and the maid behind her was pinching her shoulders.

After she finished speaking, many people agreed.

Concubine Shu sat in the second seat and asked sideways, "What did my sister prepare for the banquet tonight?" You won't let us sit still. ”

Xue Guifei leaned on the beauty couch, and when she saw that everyone was looking at her and waiting for her to speak, she stopped selling Guan Zi, and turned her head to the big palace maid standing behind her

Yu Shu, Xin Liu, and Miss Ning were in the second flower room on the right side of the Water Pavilion, listening to the people around them talking about the dispute between the golden jade and hibiscus.

There are two golden jade hibiscus, after the banquet to the most beautiful, one goes to the most outstanding woman of the night, and the other goes to the most heroic man of the night.

As for how the winning man and woman compete, it depends on the meaning of the banquet host.

According to previous years, men and women who intend to compete for the golden jade hibiscus will show their skills at the banquet and make their own strange moves, so as to win the eyes of the nobles at the guest of honor.

I don't know if there is anything new this year.

Yu Shu held a plate of green grapes and sat on the railing with Xin Liu, peeling the entrance while listening to the specialties of the people around him.

It is not strange to hear it, most of the descendants of Wenchen want to recite poems and paintings, blow the flute and play music, dance knives and swords from the family, and the children of the family sell thaumaturgy.

"Lianfang, what have you prepared?" Xin Liu asked.

Yu Shu had no intention of scrambling, and she really didn't have any preparation in advance, so she had to perfunctory her: "I won't tell you first."

Xin Liu was even more curious when she heard this, and was about to ask, when suddenly she flashed, opened her mouth wide, hurriedly swallowed half a grape, pointed to the other side of Dingbo Lake far away, and pushed Yu Shu's arm to ask her to turn her head.

"Quick, look, if that end is on fire!"

Yu Shu turned around, but saw that on the other side of the dark and quiet lake, a long spark on the shore was rising from the east, like a meteor falling to the ground!

There were exclamations of surprise all around, apparently seeing the flames on the other side. (To be continued.) )