The next day, when Ning Zhixuan entered the palace for the banquet, she only brought Su Xin and a maid to serve nearby.

Because it was a palace banquet, Ning Zhixuan wore a peach-colored brocade with dark patterns of Uesugi, and below was a soft smoke light Luo Fuguang pleated king, and the skirt was tied with a silver sprinkle hanging flower waist, and a piece of flounder and Heyu Jue were hung on it, and the shawl embroidered with the dark patterns of the sunset mist flower was wrapped between the arms. In the past, she liked to wear light blue, but now because it is a wedding banquet like Fang's birthday, she naturally has to dress festively to suit the occasion.

This Ning Zhixuan just walked to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and saw that Ning Banghua was surrounded by three or four maids, she wore a purple embroidered gold embroidered brocade dress today, and the arm was tied with a gold silk embroidered silk shawl, and the waist was tied with a gold silk waist embroidered with a large peony, and there was a delicate and transparent mutton fat jade hanging on it.

The last palace banquet was because of the queen mother's birthday, Emperor Qi signaled the whole world to celebrate, and several concubines from the prime minister's mansion were able to enter the palace for the banquet.

But today is just a family banquet for Concubine Li's birthday, don't say it's a concubine, even if it's a concubine like them, if you don't get close to the palace, you can't go.

"Second sister, sister, as soon as I heard that the palace had given a banquet, I immediately sent someone from Yunxi Pavilion to inform my sister about you." Ning Wanhua raised her head proudly, and the implication was that Ning Zhiwen was able to enter the palace for the banquet because of her light.

"Thank you, big sister, for bothering big sister." Ning Zhixuan humbly thanked Ning Wanhua, this is the biggest difference between them, one is a girl who is proud of the moon held by the stars, and the other is a girl who knows how to forbear with a deep hatred of blood.

Because it is a family banquet to celebrate Li Concubine's birthday, it is not as grand and restrained as the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, I saw that Li Concubine was dressed in a brocade palace dress with cloud crimson pinched gold embroidered peony flowers, a gilded and Ruyi hairpin inlaid with gems on her hair bun, and a light-colored crimson shawl with the same densely embroidered gold branches between her arms.

Today is Concubine Li's birthday, she is naturally the protagonist of the banquet, so in addition to the imperial concubine's seat arrangement on Emperor Qi's side, the next one is Concubine Li sitting in the first seat, even Xu Zhaoyi and Zhen VIPs, who are respected by her, are condescending to the second or third seats, and it should have been Fu Meiren's seat in the back, but since she disfigured her appearance, Emperor Qi authorized her not to attend these family banquets, but she still has to attend important state banquets. When the Queen Mother is older, she naturally doesn't like these lively and noisy occasions, so she did not participate in today's family banquet.

"Miss Ning Er is dressed very festively today, which adds a lot of beauty." As Concubine Li spoke, her eyes deliberately wandered between Ning Zhixuan and Ning Banghua.

In the past, Ning Banghua was a standout on such occasions, but now she is about to be robbed of the limelight by Ning Zhiyun, and she is naturally unhappy in her heart, looking at Ning Zhiyun's gaze is also a little sharper, but when she thinks about the good show that is about to be staged today, she is busy softening her eyebrows and eyes, and she takes Li Concubine's words with a decent smile and says: "Concubine Li is really a good eye, my second sister has a beautiful appearance, and her virtuous name has already spread all over the imperial capital, and now even the concubine Niangniang who lives in the palace has heard of the virtuous name of the second sister outside." ”

Seeing Ning Wanhua cover her mouth with an embroidered handkerchief as she spoke, and then glanced at her meaningfully, Ning Zhiwen knew that she was referring to the rumors about her and Shangguan Hanyue some time ago. Now that I think about it, those rumors can spread to the imperial capital, and I am afraid that it also has a credit to Ning Banghua.

should have sneered at each other, but Ning Zhixuan suddenly thought of the man in the blue shirt, and her thoughts slowed down suddenly, and when she opened her mouth, she heard the shrill voice of the waiter singing: "Prince Heng, Prince Yu, Prince Su has arrived." ”

I saw that Prince Heng Shangguan Qingqiao was still wearing a dark robe, while Shangguan Hanyue was the usual ice blue robe, and Su Mowen at the end was wearing a snow-white robe to the banquet today.

Looking at the various beauties competing in the Streamer Palace, and then looking at the prince who is still in ordinary clothes, sure enough, since ancient times, women can only gain a foothold in the world if they please men, and even they are not exempt from vulgarity in the two lives now, and the skirts they wear are also painstaking, neither too gorgeous and ostentatious, nor can they be completely annihilated in the ladies because they are too plain.

As the chamberlain sang: "The emperor has arrived, and the imperial concubine has arrived." ”

After the first imperial concubine sat down, the sound of silk and bamboo wind music in the hall gradually poured out, and for a while everyone either talked about the wine, or lowered their eyebrows and smiled, and the wine was already over three rounds between pushing the glass and changing the lamp.

"Sister Ning, I respect you." Because of the difference between the monarch and the minister, the position of the ninth princess and Ning Zhiyun cannot be arranged in one place, but is arranged opposite Ning Zhiyun, the position of Emperor Qi's lower left, and Prince Heng, Prince Yu and several other princes.

The rules in the palace are extremely strict, and the seat represents the identity, the seat of the prince and the princess is in the first row of Emperor Qi's left hand, and Su Mowen, as the son of the prince, is the second seat after the prince and the princess. For example, the daughters of courtiers who are valued by Ning Zhiyun can be arranged in the first seat on the right side of Emperor Qi's head, and those who are not valued by Emperor Qi but are only relatives of palace concubines are arranged in the second seat behind Ning Zhiyun.

Ning Zhiwen raised the wine cup and touched it with the Ninth Princess, and when she covered her sleeves and drank it, she glanced at Su Mowen, who was in the second seat opposite, looking at this side, and her obsessive gaze was clearly aimed at Ning Wanhua, who was under her head, but Ning Wanhua didn't notice Su Mowen's hot gaze at all, and a pair of beautiful eyes couldn't wait to stick to Prince Heng.

Ning Zhixuan followed Ning Banghua's gaze, but saw that Prince Heng seemed to be staring at her, and when she was wondering why Prince Heng was looking at her, she suddenly heard a delicate smile from Concubine Li's ears: "We have seen Miss Ning's amazing dancing in the past, but we don't know that the second miss and the eldest lady are both the concubines of the Zuo Xiangfu, and they are not inferior in terms of dance skills, or are they better?" ”

Ning Zhiwen was about to humbly excuse herself, but she couldn't compare Ning Wanhua's talent and appearance, when she heard Ning Banghua echo Concubine Li: "My sister learned to dance with the eldest lady when she was young, and her dancing posture is very wonderful. "Mrs. Bai is not good at dancing, and the eldest lady in Ning Banghua's mouth is naturally the deceased Zuo Xiang's original wife Ye Lanshuang.

"It's just that I studied with my mother for a period of time when I was a child, so how can I be the eldest sister who has the true inheritance of the imperial concubine." Ning Zhixuan modestly said that her dancing skills were far inferior to Ning Banghua, who was personally passed down by the imperial concubine.

Speaking of the imperial concubine Xiao Wenyuan, almost everyone in the imperial capital knows that her dancing is exquisite, which is a must in the imperial capital. It's just that although she was born noble and good at dancing, Emperor Qi still insisted on setting up Wen Qingluan, who was born as the daughter of a merchant.

It can be seen that in this world, it is not the best that is the best, but what you can never get, and what you get and lose again is the most precious.

Ning Zhixuan's inspiration flashed, but she faintly felt in her heart that the queen had already penetrated in the eyes of the emperor, and only what she could not get and what she lost forever was the most unforgettable.

In the previous life, Ning Zhiwen saw Su Mowen, who was unfortunate and unhappy, and the love words were still in her ears one moment, and the next moment she could help Ning Wanhua put her to death. Now that she is reincarnated as a human being, she has seen the heat and coldness of the world, and she has seen that the deep love of the emperor and queen may be just a legendary story, so she deeply feels that it only takes a long time to distinguish a person's good and evil to be able to see people's hearts, but it is impossible to distinguish a person's true heart in her life.

"My sister is so modest, the dancing posture of the imperial concubine is amazing, I only got three points of true inheritance, but when the dance of the eldest lady, my sister has learned ten out of ten." Ning Wanhua looked at Ning Zhiyun with a smile in her eyes, eager to praise her as if there was nothing in the sky or on the earth, so that everyone's curiosity could be fully aroused.

Sure enough, Concubine Li said immediately after hearing Ning Banghua praise Ning Zhiyun like this: "Second Miss's dance is so good, I really want to see it." Immediately, Concubine Li's eyes rolled again, looked at Emperor Qi and said with a smile: "I want to come to the emperor and concubines, I want to see the second young lady Miaoman's dancing with my own eyes, right?" ”

"Since Concubine Ai wants to see it, let's dance for a while, and let me see the amazing dance in Hua'er's mouth." Emperor Qi has always doted on Concubine Li, and she wants to see Ning Zhixuan dance, so she will naturally agree.

"Father, the second lady just drank wine, and now I'm afraid it's not suitable to dance, besides, there are songs and dances at the banquet in the palace, why do you have to watch the second lady dance." Although the ninth princess didn't know what medicine was sold in Ning Banghua's gourd, it was always right not to go according to her wishes.

"It seems that Xiao Jiu really likes Miss Ning Er, but we people have just heard Hua'er praise Miss Ning Er like that, and now we all want to see Second Miss Ning's graceful dancing posture." The imperial concubine said and looked at the nine princesses lovingly, because Emperor Qi loved the nine princesses the most, and the imperial concubine loved the house and Wu, and was also very generous to the nine princesses.

Now Emperor Qi and the two palace concubines all want to watch Ning Zhiyun dance, if she still insists on not dancing, I am afraid that she will be accused of arrogance and contempt for imperial power.

"When Uchiko danced at the palace banquet in the past, it was already the year of the plum, and now the little girl is not yet in time, and she is not as skilled as Uchiko's dancing skills." Ning Fanzhi said and glanced at Ning Zhiyun comfortingly, "But since the ladies want to watch you dance, you can do your best to dance." ”

Back then, the imperial concubine and Ye Lanshuang were both married wives when they danced in the imperial capital, and now Ning Zhixuan still has a few months to perform the ceremony, and if she dances well, she will naturally be able to move the imperial capital, and if she doesn't dance well, she won't be smiling and generous because she is young.

Now the imperial capital is in the middle of the lotus dance, the dancer needs to wear the lotus lotus color of the neon dress dance dress, all around are placed floating in the wide-mouth bottle of lotus flowers, the most unique is to use the rope to hang in the air of the wide-mouthed porcelain bottle, the wide-mouth bottle hanging in the air is not unusual, the strange thing is that the amount of water contained in all the bottles is different, so the dancer will make an ethereal and pleasant sound when the porcelain mallet in the hand is gently struck when dancing.