The dinner was held in the main hall, where the ministers used to meet.

It's just that at this time, the main hall has been arranged as a banquet. Low tables are placed on both sides, and next to each low table are placed two round cushions made of pampas and reeds, and everyone sits on the floor.

The red carpet was spread from the door to the front of the emperor's dragon chair.

The square wooden platform is temporarily set up in the center, and at this moment there is a group of dancing girls dancing on the square platform, and at the four corners are sitting musicians, hanging the Qiang flute, caressing the strings.

Chu Yu and the Seven Princes bypassed the square platform and walked straight to the front of the emperor's dragon chair.

"After the sons and daughters visited their fathers and queen mothers, the sons were late, so they asked the father and the queen mother to forgive their sins." , The Seventh Prince and Chu Yu lowered their heads and spoke sincerely.

The emperor laughed heartily a few times, "Since you are late, then you should be punished!" Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about it, how to punish it? ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen believes that the Seventh Prince, as a man, can punish himself with three cups, and the Seventh Prince, as a woman, can punish herself and play a song." , Zuo Qin got up and said to the emperor.

"Hahahaha, Zuo Xiang reacts quickly!" , The emperor laughed a few times, and then turned to the Seventh Prince and Chu Yu and said, "What do you think?" Is this penalty acceptable? ”

"The son received the order, but the son was late, and he thought he should be punished." , the seventh prince gave up his hand, and immediately picked up the three glasses of wine sent by the palace people and drank them.

After three cups, the face of the Seven Princes was a little red.

Zuo Qin glanced at the Seventh Prince, and a hint of triumph flashed in his eyes. It seems that these seven princes are really not good drinkers.

Seeing that the Seven Princes were so refreshing, Chu Yu also arched his hand and said, "Father, although the son's piano skills are not the best, it is still okay to perform a song, but the son's hope is that everyone will dislike the son." ”

"Hahaha, although the Seven Princesses' piano skills are not the best, they are by no means the worst. I believe in you. ”

"Thank you for your trust." , Chu Yu arched her hand slightly, and half a mask covered most of her expression.

As soon as the emperor waved his hand, the piano girls who were playing the elegant tune stepped off the stage one after another, and the dancers also committed themselves to retreat without accompaniment.

The palace people moved the Yueqin to the center, and Chu Yu also walked up to the stage when he saw this.

Under the gaze of everyone, Chu Yu was still calm. I saw her slowly walk up to Yueqin, and sat down with a skirt, chic and free.

Zheng Zheng Zheng a few times, Chu Yu tried the tone, and there was no problem.

Although the sound quality of this piano is not as good as that of the streamer green qin, this moon qin is not the worst.

Hearing these familiar voices, Zuo Qingqing's face changed slightly, she hadn't forgotten what she had done at the queen's banquet before.

She grabbed her handkerchief angrily, this Chu Yu was clearly deliberate.

Turning his head sideways, he quietly glanced at the prince and husband on the side, but found that the latter seemed to be just sipping tea cup by cup, and seemed to be completely uninterested in the things around him.

Seeing the prince like this, Zuo Qingqing, who was already the crown princess, breathed a sigh of relief in her heart - as long as the prince didn't care about Chu Yu. She didn't allow the prince to look at other women more, although it wasn't something she could control, but she just didn't want to.

So far, the woman the prince has taken the initiative to see the most is Chu Yu, and because of this, Zuo Qingqing is very hostile to Chu Yu.

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Chu Yu played a song with a quiet and peaceful meaning. Except for a few people with different thoughts, the rest of the crowd listened in fascination.

The sound of Zheng Zheng did not make them feel abrupt, but made them feel that the sound of the piano seemed to be the sound of the pine wind, but mixed with the howling of the cold winter wind.

Suddenly, the sound of the piano turned, and the music became soft and light. At this moment, everyone seems to feel that the sound of the piano contains a kind of magic, and they walked into a beautiful landscape painting under the guidance of the sound of the piano, the quiet spring flows through the mountain stream, tinkling sound, and finally converges into a jasper spring water into the deep pool, the sound of Zheng Zheng Zheng is like the sound of the spring water falling into the deep pool, the clear and melodious, and the people are reverberating.

One song is over. The crowd has a lot of aftertaste.

Chu Yu got up and said to the emperor, "Father, the son is ugly!" ”

"Where the words! Although the Seventh Imperial Concubine has been in the military camp for a month, her piano skills have not diminished at all! The emperor smiled happily, after all, his daughter-in-law played well, and it was also for him to save face.

The queen mother on the side just smiled faintly and did not speak. But if you look closely, you will find that her smile has not reached the bottom of her eyes.

"Father praised it!" , Chu Yu also smiled and arched his hand.

"Playing this piece is a punishment for the Seventh Princess, but it is a good blessing for us listeners!" , Shen Xun took the lead in speaking.

"Hahaha, where will it be a false praise, I am a sincere compliment. You see, even Prime Minister Shen said that you played well, but this is not what your father said. The emperor touched his beard.

"The minister accepted it humbly, thank you for your father's praise, thank you Shen Xiang for your praise."

"Okay, go back to your seat, although I punished you today, but today's banquet is a banquet set up for you after all." The emperor waved his hand at Chu Yu.

Chu Yu bowed his head, and then made a commitment to everyone and stepped down.

Because there is a queue of people to walk from the stage to their seats. Although Chu Yu didn't squint, she still felt a few hot lines of sight around her.

Although she didn't know who the owners of these sights were, Chu Yu could probably know who would look at her.

"Today is another time to be in the limelight." , Chu Yu, who sat down next to the Seventh Prince, took a sip of tea and said in a low voice.

The Seventh Prince's face remained unchanged, and he just said lightly, "This is the price of sleeping too much in the afternoon." ”

Is he complaining that she sleeps too much in the afternoon? Chu Yu looked sideways at the Seventh Prince, "What?" Do you think it's my fault? ”

If he was in a hurry, he wouldn't wake her up?

The Seventh Prince's face was flushed, obviously caused by the fact that he had just drunk. Hearing Chu Yu's question, he also turned his head sideways and looked straight at Chu Yu, with an indescribable smile in his eyes, "Lady, are you angry?" ”

Looking at the appearance of the Seventh Prince, Chu Yu actually felt a little cute.

"No, no." , Chu Yu turned his face, no longer looked at him, and hurriedly picked up a teacup and took a sip of tea.

"Husband, are you drunk?", after sipping a cup of tea, Chu Yu seemed to suddenly remember something, turned his face and asked.

"Nope." , The Seven Princes instantly regained their cold tone.

Chu Yu glanced at him strangely, and he couldn't figure out whether he was really drunk or really not drunk.

The banquet continued, and Chu Yu looked boredly at the singing and dancing performance on the square stage.

Although she didn't like to watch the song and dance, she felt that the expression on the face of the dancing girl was worth studying.

According to the expressions of these dancing girls, Chu Yu could almost determine which dancers wanted to take this opportunity to climb onto the dragon bed, and which dancers were just coming to dance.

"You seem to be interested in these dancers?" , the people around him suddenly came to say.

Chu Yu smiled and replied, "I'm not interested, I just think it's interesting." ”

"These dancers may be forced to become dancers." , Looking at the dancing girls who were scattering flowers as heavenly maidens, Chu Yu sighed softly.

The Seventh Prince hooked the corners of his mouth, "These dancing girls may not be forced to do so. ”

"Oh?" , Chu Yu glanced sideways at the Seventh Prince, and happened to bump into the deep eyes of the Seventh Prince.

Chu Yu's heart moved, and he hurriedly opened his eyes, "How can you see it?" ”

"Look closely." , The Seventh Prince didn't say it directly, but just said it lightly to Chu Yu.

Chu Yu looked at those dancing girls seriously, and she really found something strange about her. The posture of these dancers seems to be more immature than those of Fang Cai, as if these dancers were temporarily driven to the stage. Moreover, they all have a thick brocade around their wrists, which is really weird to look at.

Chu Yu faintly thought of a possibility, they were going to assassinate!

If they were going to assassinate, who were they targeting? Who are the people behind them?

If it is to assassinate the emperor, then they have many opportunities, and they can't do it this time. But if they assassinate others, then who are they assassinating?

Chu Yu glanced at some of the people around him, and then at these dancers who were not very agile in their dancing. They were well disguised, and if they hadn't looked closely, they wouldn't have been able to see these details at all, and it was no wonder she hadn't seen them.

However, how did the Seven Princes find out? She remembered that he didn't like the songs and dances after he had "regained" his senses.

Thinking of this, a trace of deep meaning flashed in Chu Yu's eyes, and he looked at the eyes of the Seventh Prince with some inquiry.

At this time, Chu Yu was quietly looking at the Seventh Prince, and he didn't notice that those dancing girls were turning in a different direction at the moment.

With a "boom", a silver needle pierced through the air, crossed the light and candle shadow of the cup, and stabbed straight at Chu Yu.

The Seventh Prince's eyes were quick, and he took Chu Yu into his arms, and with a flick of his sleeve, he instantly took the silver needle into his sleeve.

Chu Yu, who was protected by the Seventh Prince, also came to his senses at this time.

She's the target of them! Who was trying to kill her?

Chu Yu, who was pressed into the arms of the Seventh Prince, had a cold look in his eyes.

In fact, the silver needle of the dancing girl did not attract everyone's attention, because the moonlight was rich, and the candlelight in the hall flickered, and the cup shadows were staggered, and it was impossible for ordinary people to find this silver needle if they were not careful, and the dancers' movements were habitual, so it was impossible for everyone to find this abnormality.

Everyone could notice the movements of those dancing girls because the movement of the Seventh Prince taking Chu Yu into his arms was so big that the wine glasses on the low table were knocked to the ground. The glass fell to the ground, attracting the polite gaze of the crowd.

At first, everyone thought the two were flirting. But after a while, everyone realized that something was wrong.

Because everyone soon saw that the Seventh Prince took Chu Yu into his arms, the first thing he did was to stab the short knife in his sleeve towards the dancing girl in the middle.