Life in the Palace (5)

It is said that Hui Hou insisted on marrying Emperor Xuan, who was too popular at that time, despite the opposition of her family, and then the two were deeply in love. Empress Hui hopes that all the daughters in the world will marry the person she likes, but the patriarchal ritual system breaks her dream. Eventually, she founded the Feast and promised that the winner would marry any man in the world who would marry her, without any restrictions. But with the change of monarchs, so do the promises.

The group feast is divided into the first feast and the final feast. At the first banquet, the daughters of officials above the fourth rank can participate, regardless of their descendants. A total of six people were elected, namely piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and flower dance. Six people can attend the final banquet at Fanghua Palace on the ninth day of the fifth lunar month.

There is no palace in Fanghua Palace, and the courtyard is full of pink and white bellflowers, which were the favorite of Empress Hui. The northernmost side of the courtyard is an octagonal pavilion, named Nuanyi, which is a place for the emperor and his concubines to rest during the feast. Adjacent to the pavilion is a square ring, and below the ring is a neat round stone table, on which delicate refreshments are embossed with a well-patterned bellflower pattern.

This is not the first time Ji Yuedian has participated in the group banquet, but it is the first time she has participated as a contestant.

The guests have arrived, and the drums have sounded.

The examiner, Fu Ming, announced in a clear voice, "The first link, draw lots." Those who win the red lottery will advance directly to the second round."

When Ji Yueduan heard this, her eyes unconsciously looked at Ji Fengying, who was sitting under Jiang Guifei with a leisurely face, and everything was clear in her heart.

Sure enough, it was Ji Ange who won.

Fu Ming continued to say aloud, "In the second round, lots were drawn, and each team was written with the competition items and competition candidates."

Qin, the eldest daughter of the prime minister, Ye Ziqiu, played against Ji Fengying, the son of King Anle.

Chess, Li Yuyan, the daughter of the military department, played against the third prince Ji Yixi.

book, Jia Jialan, the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, played against Xiao Yi'an, the champion lang

Painting, Ji Yueduan against Gu Jinsi, King of Qinan

Flower, Jiang Qingqian, the daughter of the military department, played against Shangguan Lingchen, the son of Bicheng

Dance, Anle Wang group leader Ji An Gesheng

As soon as this news came out, there was an uproar at the bottom, but I didn't expect this year's competition rules to be like this.

Who doesn't know that the song "Difficult to Love" by the prince Ji Fengying moved the world. The third prince is a close disciple of the chess saint Han San, and it is difficult to meet opponents on the chessboard. Xiao Yi'an, the champion of the new department, single-handedly created Xiao Ti, and wrote magnificently. And Bicheng Gongzi has no flowers that can't be planted. There is only King Qi Nan, and there are a lot of rumors about him, such as changing the people in the house once a month, such as hiding a knife in a smile, such as the god of war.

There was a sigh at the bottom, this is obviously to let the group leader win, it seems that it is rumored that Ji Fengying spoils his sister excessively, and he has seen it today.

In the first game, there were no accidents, and Ji Fengying won

In the second game, there were no accidents, and the three princes won

In the third game, there were no accidents, and Xiao Yi won

In the fourth game, there were no accidents, and Bicheng Gongzi won

No wonder, Ji Fengying didn't let her compete with Ji Ange, because it was impossible for others to win, and even if she won, it would be impossible for her to win the championship. Ji Yue strode into the ring, she just wanted to end it quickly.

I saw a man in a purple robe coming from the opposite side, his hair was tied up by a Caijuan at will, and he did not tie a belt, with a loose robe and wide sleeves. It's obviously so impolite, but he dresses uprightly, and it's really arrogant and unruly.

Ji Yueduan knew that it was difficult for him to win when he saw Gu Jinsi, who knew that he actually smiled heartily and said, "This king can't draw."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone below was dumbfounded, although there were those unfavorable rumors, it did not affect people to regard him as the god who guarded the Fengli Kingdom. How could a god not even be able to draw, everyone was in disbelief.

Gu Jinsi looked at everyone's stunned expressions and said again, "This king just won't, so Miss Ji wins." After speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left, with no embarrassment on his face, as if he didn't care about anyone's comments.

"Okay, Fu Yuan is continuing to work on the question", the emperor suppressed all the small voices as soon as he spoke.

"The last question, Jiang Guifei will draw lots", after Fu Mingsheng finished speaking, the little eunuch brought the signing cup to Jiang Guifei. There are only two lots, dancing and painting.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Jiang Guifei, and they didn't see that Jiang Qingqian had been locking on Ji Yueduan with vicious eyes under the ring, how vivid and vivid the prince's painting was she couldn't be clearer, she had seen the Danqing painted by the prince for the seventh princess with her own eyes, it was all this woman, I don't know what evil trick was used to seduce the prince, and let the prince ignore his reputation, at this time she couldn't wait to write both signs on the dance, so that this woman who didn't care about shame could make a good fool of herself.

"Dance". When Fu Ming read out the contents of the sign, Ji Yueduan didn't have the slightest expression, as if she had expected it.

Jiang Qingqian was even more excited and almost cried out, this woman is finally going to make a fool of herself, see if the prince will use it in the future, just want to look at her. But what she never expected was that Ji Yueduan actually stood up, bowed to the emperor, and said in a sparse and ordinary tone, "The courtiers can't dance, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

"The saint is not omnipotent, so if there is any fault, arise." The emperor didn't care, he directly announced the crown, and promised Ji Ange that he would come to Changming Hall tomorrow to say his wish.

The emperor actually forgave her, and the prince also looked at her with appreciation, why, a shameless woman who pretended to be calm was so good. Jiang Qing directly crushed the teacup in his hand with a shallow breath, and the fragments were still unaware when he pierced into his palm, just staring at Ji Yuedu. Fortunately, the sleeve blocked her hand, but fortunately, the attention of the others was on Ji Yuedi, so no one noticed her abnormality.

The quadrennial group feast ended like this, and a few families were happy and a few were sad, but there were just some after-dinner tea and after-dinner conversations.