Chapter 115: Results of the Competition
"What my sister said is that listening to what the emperor meant just now, Princess Yunning rarely appears in front of people, and the most important thing is that she is not in the palace all year round. But presumably Concubine Yu should recognize her. In fact, Lin Yaxin's guess is not unreasonable.
Liu Yuyang was the first group of people to enter the palace, if it is said that someone in this harem has seen Li Yingqin, it is most likely that those who entered the palace at the same time as her, after all, those who have been in the palace for a long time will have a higher chance of seeing her than others. And she has another identity, that is, she is the niece of the Queen Mother, and she entered the palace when she was young, and Li Yingqin should not have left with that master at that time.
"I don't think so, you didn't see that the eldest princess didn't greet her, and she didn't take the initiative to talk. This can only show two problems, either they don't know each other at all, or they don't get along. Wu Yuyan refuted Lin Yaxin's thoughts.
Lin Yaxin thought about it, and what she said seemed to make sense. Moreover, Wu Yuyan's two guesses are more inclined to the first one - the two don't know each other at all. If two people know each other, then even superficial kung fu will do it, and now they don't even say hello, so it can be seen that they really don't know each other. Moreover, according to her understanding of Liu Yuyang, if she knew Li Yingqin, she would definitely take the initiative to speak, because it could show her unique identity.
Looking at Lin Yaxin's thoughtful expression, Wu Yuyan stopped talking.
The atmosphere between Li Yiqian and the Queen Mother became very active because of the arrival of Li Yingqin and the two children, and the Queen Mother's laughter was heard from time to time. The two children also giggled and laughed, and even the smile on Li Yiqian's face was a little more sincere.
Lin Yaxin looked at the scene above, and her heart was a little sour. It turns out that he can be very happy without her, he already has two daughters, if this child is a daughter, will he like her? Lin Yaxin suddenly became a little uncertain.
Li Yiqian had been quietly looking at Lin Yaxin's side, and when he saw that she suddenly restrained her smile, he had some doubts in his heart. Did Xin'er think of something again? He also lost the mind to appreciate singing and dancing, and began to guess Lin Yaxin's thoughts at this time.
"Brother Huang?" Li Yingqin, who was sitting at the Queen Mother, found that Li Yiqian didn't speak, so she came over to see what was wrong with him, but she didn't expect to find that he was staring at a position below and not moving. When I looked at him, I saw that there was a pregnant concubine sitting there. Thinking of the rumors she heard among the people, she also knew the identity of that person in her heart.
Pushed Li Yiqian hard, and seeing that he came back to his senses, Li Yingqin looked at him with a wicked smile. "Brother Huang, to be honest, are you sincere to Xin Zhaoyi. You see she's stunned. ”
"What kind of expression do you have, have you forgotten the rules you learned before? Is this the expression that a princess should have? Li Yiqian opened his mouth a little embarrassed, his thoughts were said bluntly by his sister who was several years younger, and he felt a little unbearable on his face. And according to this girl's temperament, she must make up a lot of good things when she goes back, otherwise she can talk about this for a year.
After he said this, Li Yingqin also realized that his expression just now was not very elegant, and stuck out his tongue.
Li Yiqian looked at her and shook his head helplessly. Sure enough, it's like a child who hasn't grown up, but it's good. Presumably, it is because of the perennial travel with the master that Qin'er can maintain her innocence.
"Brother Huang, tell me about your experience, I'm curious." The fire of gossip in Li Yingqin's heart had already ignited, and she saw her eyes staring at Li Yiqian with bright eyes, as if he was a rare treasure.
"Okay, this is the palace banquet, there are so many people down there, isn't it time to talk about this, wait for me to go back and introduce Xin'er to you, you can talk about these slowly?" Li Yiqian was so worn by her that he had no choice but to come up with this plan to delay the army.
"Well, it's a deal! You can't lie to me, brother. You must know that the gentleman is ...... a horse" Before she finished speaking, Li Yiqian took over, "I know, I will not forget it." Otherwise, you girl will definitely toss me every day. I really don't know if it was right or wrong to let you go out with the master at that time, and how did you develop such a personality. Although he said so, he knew in his heart that it must be the most correct decision he had made in his previous life.
At that time, after the master cured Li Yingqin's illness, he put forward the idea of taking her out of the palace, but the queen mother categorically refused. How can a princess of the royal family be left behind? Li Yiqian still thought that there were constant disputes in the palace at that time, so as not to implicate his sister like that time, and persuaded the queen mother to agree to the master's request. Only before they left, they agreed with the master to take her back to the palace once a year to see, and if they left like this for several years, there was no news for him, and it was only after he succeeded to the throne.
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"Your Majesty, all the ladies have also prepared a program to dedicate to the emperor for birthday celebrations. Look at ......" After about half an hour, Wu Yuyan stood up and said in the direction of the main seat.
This sentence suddenly made the concubines who were bored and a little drowsy from singing and dancing come to the spirit, the show? They clearly mean that the drunkard does not mean to drink, and they want to take the opportunity to seduce the emperor. Moreover, there is an unwritten rule in the birthday banquet of Huaguo, where every five years of the birthday, the daughters of the official eunuchs will hold a talent competition, and most of the leaders will enter the palace, even if they do not enter the palace, they will be pointed out to the royal children for marriage matching. Of course, there are some emperors who fancy them will also be left, and this birthday banquet is the only way to enter the palace in addition to the draft.
"The mourning family looks good, presumably the ladies have also been preparing for today for a long time, so it's better to take a look." The Queen Mother saw that Li Yiqian wanted to refuse, so she directly blocked his words.
"I've long heard that the women of Huaguo are just soft in the middle, but I don't know if there is this blessing to smell and see." Nalan Song followed the Queen Mother's words. Wu Yuyan's voice was not small when she spoke just now, so everyone who was not far away heard what she was saying. And Naranson is famous, so it's no surprise that he will agree.
Seeing that Nalan Song had spoken, Li Yiqian couldn't refuse, so he could only nod and agree.
Next is those women who want to enter the palace to serve one by one to show their talents and demeanor, Li Yiqian did not speak the whole time, Lin Yaxin was pure appreciation, while Liu Yuyang and Zhao Qinyue gritted their teeth and looked at the women performing on the field.
Pipa, zheng, piano, dance...... These people perform in many genres, and they don't get boring for a while. After an hour, everyone has finished performing and is waiting for the final verdict. said that it was a judgment, but in fact, it was to look at the intentions of Li Yiqian and the Queen Mother, which one they liked, which one was naturally the leader. At this time, the hall was very quiet, and no one even spoke in the place where the women had been noisy before.
"The daughters of the Qing are all talented, and the mourning family looks very good. What do you think? The Queen Mother smiled and did not give a conclusion, but just praised everyone in general.
"I think that Naqu Immortal Palace and Jiang Yue are very good." Li Yiqian gave a vague answer. But the people in the temple knew that the leader must be one of the two.
"Oh? I don't know who played Asgard and Jiang Yue? Come out and let the mourners see. "There are a lot of performers, so the Queen Mother has no impression, so she can only call these two people out to take a look, if there is no problem, you can let them enter the palace.
Because the performers were all relatively close to the door, the Queen Mother also raised her voice when she said this. As soon as she finished speaking, she saw two women standing up and walking over.
Walk to the corresponding position and stand, and the two of them kneel and salute. "The courtiers have seen the emperor and the queen mother."
"Raise your head and let the mourners see." The Queen Mother looked at their looks and nodded with satisfaction, "Dignified and decent, generous, good!" Which family are you all daughters of? ”
Although the queen mother thinks that their other conditions are good, she still has to ask how her family background is, so that after entering the palace, it is good to determine their position, and then there is to balance the civil and military situation of the harem and the previous dynasty.
"The courtier's daughter is Yu Rui, the granddaughter of the Ministry of Works." The woman in blue spoke first.
Immediately afterwards, the woman in goose yellow clothes also said her identity: "The courtier is Ding Xi, the daughter of General Zhaoxing." ”
"If the mourning family is not mistaken, Yu Rui should be performing in the Immortal Palace." Quietly asked Aunt Ying next to her, and the Queen Mother looked at Ding Xi and said.
"Yes."
"Qian'er, the mourning family sees that this Qu Immortal Palace of Yu Rui Fangcai is very suitable for the current atmosphere, and it is really a candidate for the leader." The Queen Mother was sure that this Yu Rui was a civil official, so she was relieved. Now that Yang'er is in danger in the palace, she can't let those people with high status in the family enter the palace anymore. Then the best option is after the civil service.
"The queen mother has a point." Li Yiqian greeted the Queen Mother, then looked at the place where the envoys of the two countries were, and said, "I wonder which of the two princes thinks is better?" ”
Since it is the selection of which one has good talent, in the identity of Nalan Song and Gongsun Ce, Li Yiqian should ask them.
Gongsun Ce and Nalan Song knew what Li Yiqian might do, so they only agreed with their statement at this time. When the three of them were chatting just now, he mentioned that there would be such a scene, and they just had to agree with him, and there was no need to say anything else.
"It seems that everyone's opinions are unanimous, so I announced that the leader of today's talent competition is Yu Rui, the granddaughter of the Ministry of Works." After confirming it, Li Yiqian quickly announced it. Those who lost were naturally a little discouraged, but they all looked at Ding Xi who was kneeling next to Yu Rui with some schadenfreude.
Just now they were still envious that the two of them would have a leader, and now they are a little glad that they are not the one who was taken out and put back.