Chapter 49
In the Taiji Palace, Yun Zichen sat on the top of the main seat, next to the jade concubine Yuxiyan and the most favored concubine Yu recently, each of the three of them had a table, there were delicacies on the table, the concubines below, the ministers of the court and the families of the ministers of the court were sitting on both sides, and a group of dancers in the middle below were performing hard, and the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra spread throughout the palace!
Bai Furong sat in the first place on the right below, looking at Yuexi sitting above with hatred in her eyes, it was her position in previous years, but she didn't expect to be sat by Yuexi this year!
Yuexi felt that someone had been staring at her, and when she looked at it, she found that it was Bai Furong, and said with a smile: "What is Sister Bai Fei staring at me?" Is there something dirty on my sister's face? ”
Bai Furong hid the hatred in her eyes and said with a smile: "No, this palace is to see that my sister's makeup is very good-looking today, and she is three points more beautiful than usual, and she is stupid!" Don't be surprised, sister! ”
"Sister is polite, my sister's makeup today is glamorous, especially my sister's dress embroidered with hibiscus flowers, taking advantage of my sister's beauty and moving!" Raise your glass to salute her!
"Sister is polite!" Bai Hibiscus also raised her wine glass and drank it in return!
After drinking the wine, Yun Zichen leaned over and whispered, "Why don't I think she is overpowering?" Or are you the best to see, is this just the legendary lover's eyes? ”
Yuexi glanced at him and said, "You sit down, how will others see you after being seen like this!" ”
After hearing this, Yun Zichen immediately sat upright, looking majestic and inoffensive, Yuexi couldn't help but laugh when she saw him like this!
As soon as the dance was over, Bai Furong suddenly stood up and said: "Emperor, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, just looking at these dance music is a bit monotonous, the concubine has a proposal I don't know whether to say it or not!" ”
"What does the white concubine propose, just say it! The Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is to make everyone happy and happy! ”
Bai Furong smiled and said, "Today, the ministers are all here with their families, and all the young ladies are famous and talented, why don't you let them have a competition?" ”
Yun Zichen thought for a while and said, "This proposal is very good, then it will be advocated by Concubine Bai!" ”
The lady below was excited when she heard it, and it was common for the ladies to perform at the banquet, but this time she performed in front of the emperor, maybe the performance could be taken by the emperor and accepted into the palace, so she (daughter) wouldn't be one step to the sky!
Concubine Bai pretended to think for a while and said: "First pick a young lady to come out and perform first, and then after the young lady finishes performing, let her pick someone to compare with her, and the one who is picked will also choose one to compare with her after the performance, and so on, and finally the emperor will decide today's winner, what does the emperor think?" ”
Yuexi thought that she was just selling a good job in front of the emperor, in fact, Bai Furong came for her, before the night banquet began, Miao Ying was forced to apologize by Yuexi and held a grudge, hiding in the corner and scolding Yuexi and Miao Jing, it happened that Bai Furong met her, Bai Furong said that she could find a chance for her, as for whether she could take revenge, it was up to her, and the two hit it off! Miao Ying, who was sitting in a corner, looked at Yuexi above fiercely, and let you be embarrassed later, let you help my stupid sister again!
"It's all according to the meaning of the concubine, you can arrange it!"
Bai Furong saluted with a smile: "Thank you, concubine, Your Majesty!" Then looked around, randomly called a minister's daughter, that person performed a dance, the response was mediocre, the next one called one, everyone performed nothing more than some piano, dance, or write a word for a poem, not long a young lady called Miao Ying, Miao Ying performed a piece of her best guzheng song, a song will be loud throughout the hall, Miao Ying saluted and thanked then looked at the Yuexi above and said: "Concubine Yu, dare to try with the courtiers?" ”
Everyone was in an uproar, didn't she say that she would compete with the minister's daughter, why did she call a concubine to compete with her! Concubine Bai smiled and said: "This young lady is interesting, others are looking for young ladies to compete, why do you still have to compete with Concubine Yu!" ”
Miao Ying looked at Bai Furong and said, "Can't you?" Didn't you say that you could find someone to try at random! ”
Bai Furong looked at Yuexi above with some embarrassment and said, "Sister Yufei, how is this good?" Why don't you compare yourself to her? ”
Yuexi was beautiful and moving, and everyone thought she would agree, but she gently spit out two words: "No!" "Don't think I don't know, she just finished performing and moved on the piano, if I promise to compete with her, it will definitely become a joke in the audience!
Bai Furong couldn't hold back a little on her face, and said with an embarrassed smile: "If my sister can't play the guzheng, she can perform anything else!" ”
"I don't know how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, singing and dancing music! Sister Bai Fei still wants to force me to compete? ”
As soon as these words came out, the others smiled sarcastically, this person doesn't know anything, and he is embarrassed to say it! And Bingyan looked at her strangely, whether she played the zither or pipa, or danced, she was better than the young lady present, how could she say that she wouldn't?
Seeing her say this, Bai Furong didn't say anything, just looked at Miao Ying and said, "Miss Miao has picked another one!" ”
Miao Ying ignored her, looked at Yuexi above and said, "Niangniang won't or dare?" Are you afraid of losing to the courtiers? ”
Yuexi didn't answer her words, but turned her head to look at Yun Zichen next to her and said, "Your Majesty, which law or rule says that concubines must be compared with Miss Miao?" ”
When Yun Zichen heard her ask, he almost choked, coughed and said, "Miss Miao, Concubine Yu is usually good at singing and dancing, but today she is unwell and unwilling to compare, Miss Miao should pick another one!" "This is clear that my concubine Yu usually knows everything, but she doesn't want to compare with you, and you dare to force her to fail!
The emperor has spoken, Miao Ying is not good at letting Yuexi compare, and was about to pick a person, but Yuexi said: "Your Majesty, the concubine just listened to Miss Miao's piano skills very well, and the concubine is really unsatisfied!" Then he gave him a look, Yun Zichen instantly understood, and said very cooperatively: "Since Concubine Ai likes to listen to it, then Miss Lao Miao will play another song!" ”
Miao Ying was stunned, she did do something to the piano after playing the piano by herself, because she heard Concubine Bai say that Concubine Yu only had to play the piano, then she would definitely perform playing the piano, as long as she did her hands and feet on the piano, when she played it, the strings would break, and she would be embarrassed. But now that the emperor wants her to play another song, won't it hurt herself, and she was about to say something else, but Yuexi said: "Why is Miss Miao so embarrassed?" Is there something unspeakable? ”
"No, no!"
"Then Miss Miao, let's start quickly, this palace can't wait!" Can't wait to see you shoot yourself in the foot!
Miao Ying could only sit on the stool with her head down, and the strings broke as soon as she put her hand on the piano and played it. Yuexi pretended to be surprised and covered her mouth and said: "Ah, how can this string be broken, Your Majesty, fortunately, the concubine didn't go to perform, otherwise the concubine would have destroyed this good piano and would have embarrassed the emperor." It's just that Miss Miao still plays the piano well, why did it suddenly break! ”
The people present understood that this Miss Miao wanted to frame Concubine Yu and embarrass Concubine Yu in public, so she did something on the piano, but Concubine Yu saw that she was not fooled, and deliberately let her eat the consequences by herself, and she really lifted a stone to shoot herself in the foot!
Miao Ying was sitting there at a loss, not knowing what to do when Yun Zichen spoke: "It may be that the qin has been in the Qin Pavilion for a long time and has not been used!" Miss Miao doesn't have to blame herself too much, the competition continues, Miss Miao picks someone to compete with you! Yun Zichen knew that Miao Ying wanted to embarrass Yuexi, but now after all, it didn't really hurt Yuexi, more things are better than less, and it's not easy to say anything about this kind of trivial matter. So Yun Zichen took it in a few words!
Next, the competition continued, Miao Ying was no longer a demon, and casually pointed to a young lady to compete, and after the competition was finished one after another, Yun Zichen randomly ordered a few to be the first, second and third places, and they all rewarded each other! The performance of the banquet arrangement also continues!
Yuexi was bored and watched the performance in the audience, but she was dancing in a regular manner and was not interesting, it was really boring, and Yun Zichen said to go out to take a breath, Yun Zichen nodded and agreed Yuexi left from the seat! I just went out and wanted to go to the Imperial Garden with the stamen to take a break, and I heard someone talking just a few steps away
"Why are you doing this, what's in it for you if she's disgraced?" It's Miao Jing's voice!
"I just can't get used to her helping you, you can only be trampled under my feet forever, helping you is against me, you are just a pawn of your father when you enter the palace, a pawn that can be bullied by me!"
Why did this person just get a lesson and didn't know how to learn a lesson, Yuexi sighed and walked over, pulled Miao Jing behind him and said: "This palace thinks that eunuch is here to teach the palace maid, it turns out to be Miss Miao San, is it that she is so domineering because she didn't perform enough jokes just now?" ”
"I educate her what it has to do with you, don't think that if you have to be favored, I'll be afraid of you, you're just a slut from a green building!"
"Smack! Syllable! Two crisp voices sounded, Miao Ying covered her face and looked at Yuexi with red eyes and said, "You dare to hit me, my father has never beaten me!" ”
"Then Bengong will educate you for your father, these two slaps will hit you for disrespecting your sister and humiliating you in every way, and you will insult Bengong twice!"
"Miao Jing, you provoke others to beat me, you wait for me, I tell my father to go!"
Miao Jing was just about to speak when Yuexi stopped her, and then Yuexi looked at Miao Ying and said: "If you want to sue, even if you sue the emperor, Ling Ronghua will not be punished halfway, this palace has this ability!" But as for you, it could be a disaster for the whole family! ”
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"Can't figure out how you can bring disaster to your family? The palace tells you that today is the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and the emperor has gracefully allowed officials above the fourth rank to bring their families to participate, but it is also to bring a wife and daughter. Your father spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, and it was just a matter of bringing his concubine into the palace. If the emperor knows that your father took a concubine into the palace without knowing what will happen, after all, the emperor hates the person who spoils the concubine and kills his wife! Yuexi smiled at her harmlessly!
Miao Ying looked at the person in front of her with hatred in her eyes, indeed her concubine's entry into the palace was already a disobedience to the holy decree, originally today's father only wanted to take his mother-in-law into the palace, and he couldn't help but agree to take them into the palace with his mother's soft grinding and hard bubbles, originally he wanted to enter the palace to deal with some princes and nobles, and he could marry into the high gate in the future, if they stabbed this matter in front of the emperor, then his plan would not be in vain! At this time, Miao Ying only thought that her hope of marrying into a wealthy family was disappointed, not that she might harm the whole family!