The banquet was about to begin, and everyone had already been brought to the Chengqian Palace, and under the arrangement of the chamberlain, they all sat down according to their positions.

In addition to them, there were also some foreign guests who were arranged to sit in another place.

Liu Mengyan looked carefully, but found that there was a familiar face among the foreign guests. Wasn't that the Hu man who met with the four princes in the suburbs that day? How did he end up here?

She was thinking about it when a shrill voice interrupted her train of thought and dragged her back from the events of that day.

"The emperor and queen have arrived!" The eunuch in the palace shouted at the top of his voice.

The hall that was originally chattering immediately became silent, everyone got up and saluted, bowing their heads, no one dared to look up at the holy face of the heavenly family.

After the emperor took his seat, everyone knelt down and said loudly: "Participate in the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the queen." ”

After a while, a deep and majestic voice came from the hall, "Calm down." ”

Then the queen said: "You don't have to be formal, let's all take a seat." ”

Only then did everyone return to their positions, but they didn't dare to stop chattering like they had just done.

Liu Mengyan raised her eyes to look at Emperor Xuan and Empress Wang, this Emperor Xuan is just a young man, not old, and in the prime of life, but his face is slightly old. The deep sunken eye sockets made his eyes look extremely tired, the skin on his face was a little saggy, and Yin Tang was a little blue, presumably he had already started taking the pill refined by the Taoist priest.

However, when you are young, you are so heroic that you will become the same when you are old, and you are afraid of death, this Emperor Xuan is the best example.

Look at Queen Wang again, her eyebrows and eyes are gentle, and she is smiling, which makes people feel that this Queen Wang is kind and virtuous. But this is only her surface, under her gentle and virtuous skin, there is a very dark heart. Scheming deeply, not easily revealing her thoughts, and very good at disguise, in order to achieve the goal, unscrupulous means, this is her character.

It's no wonder that Tuoba Yeze will become like that, he was originally raised by Queen Wang, although he is not his own, but this temperament is like carved out of a mold.

In this deep palace, who is simpler than whom? Only one is deeper than the other! Liu Mengyan couldn't help but sigh.

Emperor Xuan saw that His Royal Highness was full of young girls like spring flowers, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, and his mood seemed to have become much better. There has been no new person in this palace for a long time, and he may not have seen it for a long time, so many girls have gathered together, and his heart is naturally happy.

At this moment, Chen Guifei came with the crown prince. The eunuch also shouted, but not as hard as when the emperor and queen came out. Sure enough, the dignity and inferiority in this palace were clearly distinguished, and everyone hurriedly got up and waited for Chen Guifei and the crown prince.

Concubine Chen and the crown prince arrived in front of the palace, "The concubine invites the emperor, the queen is safe." ”

"The sons and daughters visit their fathers and emperors, and see their mothers." The prince knelt down and kowtowed.

"Get up." The emperor said lightly.

Queen Wang looked at the crown prince with a smile, "The prince has grown up, and he has become much more mature when he speaks. It's really hard for Sister Lao. ”

Chen Guifei hurriedly replied: "Where the queen mother speaks, it is still the credit of the emperor and the queen mother from time to time. ”

The two exchanged a few more words, and then Chen Guifei and the prince sat down, and everyone followed suit.

Then, Concubine Xuan and the third prince, Concubine Mei and the fourth prince and the fifth prince came together.

The three princes are all talents: the third prince is handsome and strong, and the arrogance above the Son of Heaven is overflowing, the fourth prince is a poetic and bookish attitude, and the appearance of the fifth prince Tuoba Zeyan caused an exclamation among the girls.

I saw that his extremely handsome face, under the straight bridge of his nose was a thin lip, a resolute chin, and a slightly dark complexion, which could give people the illusion of iron-bone tenderness.

Followed by Qi Zhaoyi and the six princes entering, Qi Zhaoyi was born gentle and graceful, although not as noble as Chen Guifei, not as gorgeous as Concubine Xuan, but also has a decidedly transcendent softness.

The six princes beside her, Tuoba Zeyan, are very much like their mothers, if compared with the five princes, this sixth prince is obviously less masculine than the five princes, but the facial features on his almost transparent face are indeed the most handsome among these princes.

I saw him wearing an ice-blue robe, embroidered with hollow hibiscus flowers inside, bordered with elegant bamboo patterns, and a jade belt around his waist. The whole person exudes a detached temperament, giving people a feeling of smiling at the wind and clouds and everything is fixed in their hearts.

When all the women saw Tuoba Zeyan, they all exclaimed, but today's six princes are extremely handsome.

Liu Mengyan's gaze swept over Tuoba Zeyan, remembering that last time, he was dressed in a white robe, and today he is dressed in ice blue, I have to say, but he is more handsome.

Under such a warm and jade-like face, in the absence of people, he was so rude to himself.

Hum! I know the face, but I don't know the heart!

Liu Mengyan thought so, and lowered her eyes.

When the six princes and Qi Zhaoyi came in, the expression of love on Emperor Xuan's face was very obvious, and the queen on the side noticed it, so they also looked at their mother and son.

Among the girls, someone whispered: "It seems that the emperor seems to like the six princes very much?" ”

Liu Mengyan looked at Emperor Xuan, only to see that his face was full of smiles, and he personally stepped forward to help Qi Zhaoyi.

The six princes once blocked the poisonous wine for Emperor Xuan, and since then, Emperor Xuan has been particularly gracious to the six princes, which is also known throughout the Manchu Dynasty.

"This sixth prince once blocked poisoned wine for Emperor Xuan once, and that time, the six princes almost couldn't survive, and they also invited a miracle doctor to dispense an antidote, which is good. Later, because of this, I was able to move freely because of this in the palace for many days. Therefore, the emperor naturally dotes on the sixth prince. Someone said softly.

Everyone in the royal family knows about this matter, but very few people outside the palace know about it.

"So that's the case, no wonder the mother concubine of the six princes is just a Zhaoyi, but she has to be supported by the emperor himself." There is humanity.

The women were still talking about the special favor of the six princes and Qi Zhaoyi, but only Liu Mengyan remained silent.

She looked over, just in time to meet Tuoba Zeyan's smiling eyes, and the moment the four eyes met each other, Liu Mengyan's heart instantly became a little weaker, and she was busy not turning her head.

And when Tuoba Zeyan looked at this, he still had an unknown smile on his face, which made all the women misunderstand, they all hid their faces and didn't dare to look at him, they all thought they were looking at themselves, but in fact, Tuoba Zeyan's eyes were on one person from beginning to end, that was Liu Mengyan.

"The Six Princes seem to be looking at me!"

"The six princes are obviously looking at me!"

Listening to the whispers in her ear, Liu Mengyan couldn't help but raise her eyes again and look at the place where Tuoba Zeyan was sitting.

Tuoba Zeyan smiled softly at her.

After everyone was seated, the queen saw that it was almost time to come, so she looked at Emperor Xuan and waited for his will.

Emperor Xuan just nodded at her slightly, and she gave the inner attendant another look, and the inner attendant stepped forward, raised his head, and said in a loud voice: "Dance—"

As soon as the words fell, a group of women dressed in colorful clothes came over, and the sound of silk and bamboo on the side also sounded, and the dancers danced with the music, which was very beautiful.

These women are all selected from the people, and their looks are all superior, and then they are trained by the courtesy and music class in the palace, which is not comparable to the music girls in the ordinary family's mansion.

When the ladies of the family saw this scene, they all showed envy, even if they could see singing and dancing in their own house on weekdays, but they had never seen so many beauties.

But these did not set off any waves in Liu Mengyan's eyes, because in the previous life, she had already been used to these scenes, so it was not surprising at all.

She just drank tea by herself, which was very different among the girls.

The concubines and princes had their own thoughts, secretly watching the reactions of these ladies.

The expressions and expressions on everyone's faces were all looked at by the emperor and queen, concubines and princes sitting on the upper seat.

Soon, the dance ended, and everyone was still immersed in the dance.

I saw a foreign man stand up, he walked up to Emperor Xuan, performed a unique foreign etiquette, and then said: "The singing and dancing of the Tuoba Dynasty is really amazing, and this prince admires it very much. ”

Hearing this flattery, Emperor Xuan was also very happy, who doesn't like to listen to nice words?

"The prince has won the award, and I heard that the dance of the Uzi country is also extraordinary, I wonder if I will have the fate to see each other today?" Emperor Xuan also said politely.

The prince of Nawuzi said: "The country has already prepared dance music for the emperor to enjoy. ”

After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and a group of women in exotic costumes slowly entered.

Everyone's eyes lit up, their steps are light and flexible, the dance is lively and beautiful, the movements of various parts of the body are more detailed, especially the changes in the wrists and dance posture are extremely rich, the dance posture is sometimes graceful and stretched, sometimes vigorous and powerful, with a strong Western style.

If the dance just now is soft and tactful, then this one is completely different.

This dance is full of alien characteristics, where have the ladies of the family seen such a dance that is completely different from the Central Plains, and they can't take their eyes off it.

Everyone was looking at it, and they saw that those dancers were surrounded by a woman with outstanding appearance and extraordinary dancing.

The woman wore a light blue sand scarf on her head, a light blue dance skirt to match, a small beaded curtain half covering her face, and a pair of beautiful and bewitching eyes, sometimes seductive, sometimes lovable, and everyone couldn't take their eyes off it.

Especially the crown prince and the third prince, the eyeballs are almost on the woman.

After the music stopped dancing, the woman stepped forward with a smile and said goodbye, "The little girl is Elilian, the princess of the Uzi country, to meet the emperor." ”

Emperor Xuan saw that she was beautiful and moving, and hurriedly said: "I didn't expect the princess of your country to have such a captivating appearance and dance very well." Princess, please get up and take your seats. ”