Chapter Forty-Eight: The Lan Family's Daughter Performs
"Today's state banquet, you don't have to be formal, let's be flat." The emperor raised his hand and said lightly.
Everyone returned to their seats, and Lan Yingying glanced at Lan Xuan'er, who was like no one else, and her heart was indignant.
It's cheap for this today.
An obvious vicious gaze fell on Lan Wan'er, and she naturally felt it, but turned her face away and smiled happily at that vicious face.
Although she was covered with a veil, Lan Yingying still saw the smile on her face, and the anger she had just suppressed suddenly surged up again.
Seeing this, Lan Wan'er smiled even more happily.
I like to see others angry and she is helpless.
She is blatantly gloating, anyway, Lan Yingying must maintain her image in front of the emperor now, and besides, she doesn't care about the matter just now.
"Now that everyone is here, the state banquet is the beginning." The emperor spoke.
Lan Wan'er also turned her gaze to the emperor, her smile was instantly put away, and the hatred in her heart surged up again.
She lowered her head, obviously trying to ignore them, but every time she saw the emperor, she still had to resist the urge to tear them into countless pieces.
The emperor's face is like a locked switch of hatred, as long as you see it, you will remember everything before, and slowly ferment and ferment in your heart.
"Juan'er, and Uncle Lin is here."
Suddenly there was a warm touch on her hand patting gently, Lan Wan'er looked over, and Lin Cheng was looking at her with a worried face.
"Good boy, you have to learn to relax, the plan has already begun, and they will all get retribution."
Lan Wan'er nodded slightly, and the corners of her lips under the veil were slightly hooked.
In the past, she deliberately didn't think about it, for fear of letting Lan Xiaoqi's eccentric child see something, but every time the mood came, she could always be discovered by Xiao Baozi, and then comfort her with the appearance of a little adult.
Every now and then, she will feel a little better, today she is ready to calm down, she didn't expect Lin Cheng to find out and comfort her for the first time.
Thinking of the plan to wait for the meeting, Lan Xuan'er's mood slowly calmed down.
"Dad, sister, what's wrong? What are you talking about? Lin Sheng saw that Lan Wan'er seemed to be in a bad mood, and asked with concern.
How did Lin Cheng give him a look: "Eat your meal well, what can your sister do well?" ”
Lin Sheng touched his face, and when he saw Lan Xuan'er's expression as usual, he closed his mouth.
"Your Majesty, the younger sisters in the concubine's family know that today's state banquet has been preparing for more than a month ago, and they are waiting to show their skills at the state banquet."
Lan Yingying leaned closer to the emperor, and glanced at the jealousy on Concubine Yue's face, and the anger that Lan Wan'er was angry with also dissipated a lot.
Although she has been grounded for a period of time, the emperor's anger has disappeared, and her position has not been reduced, according to the rules of the state banquet, the position next to the emperor can only be sat by her, as for the concubine Yue, she can only sit on the side of the concubine.
"Oh?" The emperor was interested: "I have also seen the dancing of the concubine before, are your sisters even more powerful than you?" ”
Lan Yingying was disgusted: "Your Majesty, don't make fun of the concubines, it was all many years ago, and the concubines haven't danced for many years." ”
The emperor was itched by Lan Yingying's coquettish voice, and he didn't see the haze in Lan Yingying's eyes when she said this.
Back then, anyone who saw her dancing was praised again and again, but as soon as that woman came out, her limelight was robbed by her little by little.
Fortunately, that woman is dead, and she no longer has to worry about someone snatching her place, which is now Concubine Yue, and she is completely sure to trample her under her feet.
"Your Majesty, the concubines' younger sisters are not inferior to the concubines back then, and now they are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the concubines are not comparable."
After speaking, Lan Yingying chuckled twice, probably feeling a little embarrassed that she was not as good as her sister.
"Then I'm going to take a good look at it, and let these ministers help me have fun." The emperor smiled and spoke.
"They are already preparing, and the emperor can directly ask people to announce their coming."
The emperor ordered to go, and suddenly a eunuch moved a piano in the open space in the center of the main hall, and then saw Lan Yuling walking towards the piano with lotus steps.
"This is the second sister of the concubine, who plays the piano well."
As soon as she came up, she immediately attracted everyone's attention, those sons and brothers had already seen Lan Xuan'er's stunning color, and they didn't have much feeling for these ordinary goods.
But if you think about it, that kind of stunning color doesn't necessarily belong to them, and it's not impossible to choose this kind of second.
Thinking about it, they all pricked up their ears to hear how the piano was playing.
Lan Yuling raised her hand to stroke the piano, tried the sound first, glanced at Lan Yingying above, and nodded at it.
The slender jade hand began to pluck the strings slowly, and as soon as the sound of the piano came out, many people in the hall lit up, and those noble girls could not hide the jealousy and disbelief in their eyes.
The gentle sound of the piano swirled around in the main hall, and everyone was listening quietly, without the slightest noise, as if it had brought people to a crisp valley, where the stream was slow, and everything was revived, quiet and far away.
The laid-back environment seems to sweep away the tiredness of many days, and I want to lie on my back in the spring sunshine and feel the gentle breeze on my cheeks.
Then, it slowly turned into a cheerful tune, making people want to dance to the sound, and the babbling stream was faster than before, as if to take away all the bad mood of the person.
"Although it doesn't look very good, it still plays the piano well." Lin Sheng took a sip of the wine in his hand and commented.
"Stinky boy, where did you play well." Lin Cheng slapped him on him, causing Lin Sheng to almost choke.
Lin Sheng turned his head for some reason, and saw his father staring at him.
He is indeed telling the truth, seeing that many people here have begun to revel in the sound of the piano, is he sitting still?
However, at this time, Lin Sheng naturally didn't dare to disobey Lao Tzu's words, so he could only speak silently: "Yes, yes, it's hard to play." ”
Lan Wan'er was helpless, and Lin Cheng didn't have to say anything against her heart in order to take care of herself, but this move was still warm in her heart.
The piano is really good, but it's not Lan Yuling in front of her.
As far as she knows, this Lan Yuling has indeed practiced the piano since she was a child, but her talent is really not very good, and she can't get through the second pulse of Ren Du in just one month and play to the realm of masters.
Close your eyes and listen carefully to where the sound is coming from, and you will lock your attention in one place.
This hall has a good layout, there are two floors, the first floor is used for banquets, and the second floor is generally used to deal with emergencies or places for nobles to rest, and few people will go to the second floor.
She looked at the tightly drawn curtains at the base of the wall on the second floor, and her eyes were full of smiles.
Lan Yingying is really a good calculation, she really dares to make a fake bomb, and wants to use this way to restore the reputation of the Lan family's daughter? I'm afraid I'm overestimating myself.
"Sister, what are you looking at?" Lin Sheng was stunned by his father because he had just been smacked up, and he was paying attention to Lan Xuan'er.
Lan Wan'er turned her head, and Lin Sheng's heart rippled when she looked at her with crooked eyebrows, and all the depression disappeared in an instant.
What is the sound of the piano, where is his sister good-looking, how can his sister's laughter be good, his sister is her own, no one can compare.
"Big brother, it's nothing, I just want to ask, have the curtains on the second floor been drawn?" Lan Wan'er said casually.
Lin Sheng listened to it and explained carefully.
"Usually someone will come to clean it, probably because today's state banquet is closed, this kind of thing is generally responsible for a special person, as for when to pull the curtains, there are no too detailed regulations."
"Oh, I see, thank you big brother for explaining." Lan Wan'er smiled lightly, showing the character of the sweet and cute girl to the fullest.
Lin Sheng smiled, and when he saw Lan Xuan'er starting to lower his head to eat again, he also turned his head back.
Suddenly, as if he sensed something, he glanced at the curtains on the second floor again, and frowned.
The sound of the piano, as if something was not quite right, seemed to come from behind the curtain.
Just thinking about it, he didn't care too much, there were a lot of things involved in this palace, and after being an errand in the palace for so many years, he often knew it, which was the foundation of life.
The wonderful birth continues, and many people are immersed in the sound of the piano and close their eyes to enjoy it quietly.
Seeing that Lin Sheng didn't pay attention to himself anymore, Lan Wan'er raised her hand and touched the small beads on the hairpin, gently unloaded it, and then looked in a direction and quietly hit the luck.
"Ahh
The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and in the quiet hall, a female voice suddenly came from the corner of the second floor, Lan Yingying chuckled in her heart, and suddenly had a bad premonition.
Lan Wan'er calmly took a sip of the tea in her hand, watching the tea leaves in the cup drift away, and her smile was thick.
Lan Yingying, this is my first gift to you today, I hope you like it.
A woman suddenly appeared on the second floor of the main hall, and the guard on duty suddenly raised his throat.
"Who's here! Hurry up and protect the emperor! ”
Soon a guard ran out and took the woman under control as an assassin.
A person suddenly appeared above the main hall, and everyone immediately fell into panic.
The man didn't know how long he had been here, and none of them had found out, if it was an assassin, who was her target?
Those who can come to the main hall are not stupid people, and everyone is in danger for a while, afraid that the woman's goal is herself.
Compared with them, it should be Lan Yingying and Lan Yuling who should be more alarmed at this moment, others don't know who that person is, but they know it clearly, and that person is still arranged by themselves.
Obviously everything was planned well, how could such an accident happen.
"Your Majesty, what should you do with this assassin?" The guards lifted the woman down from the second floor and threw it in front of the emperor.
The emperor's originally hanging heart also quietly fell.
The woman's face was already pale, tears were raining down, and her eyes were terrified.
"Say, what are you trying to do behind there!" The emperor scolded angrily.