Li Yizhe was silent and didn't speak, but just held Ruoyan's hand like a silent comfort.

After the drama and singing on the stage, Meng Zhaoyi picked up the wine glass and said with a smile to the surrounding concubines: "Today's Dragon Boat Festival family banquet, thanks to the blessing of Your Majesty's mother, all the sisters are sitting together, and even Princess Yu Wangyu is here, which is really a happy event." The concubines respect His Majesty's mother. ”

At this time, everyone saw King Yu and his wife sitting on the side. To be honest, King Yu and his wife really don't have any sense of existence, if Meng Zhaoyi didn't say it, no one would have found out that he and the two of them were coming.

Yuwang Li Heng is Li Yizhe's elder brother, the second son of succession, the third in line, and the third prince. was supposed to be the best candidate for the crown prince, but due to an accident, he became a cripple. How could the emperor let the cripple be? So King Yu just gave a name and a fief. Because of the compassion of the emperor, he was allowed to live in the capital. It's just that King Yu's temperament has changed greatly since that accident, and his personality has become very introverted. was originally a figure as graceful as jade, but now it has become like this. Most of the concubines looked at him with pity.

It's just a pity for Princess Yu.

Princess Yu was also a talented woman in Beijing back then, from the Feng family, a scholarly family. The Feng family has been a member of the Hanlin Academy for generations, and the late Mr. Feng Qing of the previous generation has achieved the position of Zhongshu Ling. Although it is not as good as the current position of the Minister of State Luo Hansheng, it is also extremely high-powered.

Princess Yu Feng Changle is the daughter of the Feng family, gentle and considerate, kind and simple since she was a child. The upbringing was personally trained by the old lady of the Feng family. At that time, King Yu was a hot candidate for the crown prince, and Feng Qing was still alive. It was Feng Changle who personally asked the emperor to marry. The fourteen-year-old girl once married into the emperor's family, it was supposed to be a time to be happy and proud, and every time it was not long before King Yu had an accident.

At first, it was rumored that the eldest son, the crown prince Li Hanting, and Li Heng were racing horses in the Imperial Garden, and the trap was not cleaned up, which startled the horses and caused King Yu to break his leg. But later, I don't know why, I said that it was the animal trap designed by Li Qin, the son of Concubine Shen, and he drugged King Yu's horse.

It's just that before this matter can be clarified, Li Qin died on the woman's bed. The woman was a tribute from the Nanban, and her name was Zargul. Li Qin, who was given by the emperor as a room, was an assassin sent by the Southern Barbarians. So in the end, there was no excuse for this.

Pity Princess Yu, married a cripple at a young age. King Yu has a restrained and eccentric temperament, and even Princess Yu is confined to the palace all day long. After a long time, Princess Yu has changed from the bright and lovely girl she was back then to a dull appearance now.

Zhongli had some friendship with Princess Yu, and it was not a pleasure to look at the strange eyes of others. So I accosted her a sentence and wanted to help her solve her embarrassment: "I haven't seen Sister Changle for a long time, and I haven't seen my sister bring a letter." Is Sister Changge okay? ”

Hearing the name Changge, Li Yizhe raised his eyes slightly and looked at Feng Changle and King Yu and said, "Brother Three Emperors is really true, what are you doing in the mansion all day long?" I don't take my third sister-in-law out for a walk. I still remember that the third sister-in-law was also a chatterbox, why are you both like a stuffy gourd now. ”

Li Heng and Li Yizhe have never been on good terms, but their faces did not change when they heard this, and they said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Your Majesty Lao remembers." It's just that it's inconvenient for the minister to go out, so Changle stays in the house to take care of the minister. The affairs of the house are busy, and the ministers who move around and make friends are not interested in Changle. ”

"That's right, you like to be quiet. Speaking of which, I got a landscape painting a few days ago. There is no seal on it, and I don't know which famous one it is. The three emperor brothers have always been good at these things, and they know a lot, so they also help me palm my eyes to see whose painting it is. ”

"The minister commands." King Yu lowered his head again and drank and ignored people.

"Niangniang," Xue Ying came over with a team of palace maids and saluted everyone one by one: "The slave maid has prepared the blessing dumplings, but do you want to send them down?" There are also two duck eggs for Xiao Shizi. ”

Xiao Shizi is the youngest son of King Yu and his wife, and now he is only more than three years old, and he has always been helped by his grandmother because of his naughtyness. Naturally, he was not brought to today's feast.

"Speaking of which, An Yu is now more than three years old." Only then did Li Yizhe remember that he still had an imperial nephew.

"Yu'er will turn four years old in October." King Yu answered.

"I haven't seen him for more than a year, when will I bring him into the palace for me to see. When the concubine gave birth to a child, he was fine, let him come to the palace more often, and the children would be lively together. Li Yizhe's face looked better.

"Your Majesty's words are serious, Yu'er loves to make trouble, and the minister is afraid that he will disturb the purity of His Majesty's mother." King Yu has the meaning of refusal.

"Children are noisy, and Xiao Shizi has never been to the palace much, so he is inevitably afraid of life. Take your time, there's no need to rush. Ruoyan smiled and cleared the siege. She was afraid that King Yu's refusal would upset Li Yizhe, in case Li Yizhe would quarrel with him later and lift the table, there would be nothing to eat for a banquet.

Feng Changle raised his head that had been lowered to look at Ruoyan, and cast a grateful look.

"Xueying, send the blessing dumplings down." Ruoyan nodded to the snow warbler.

The Fu dumplings were just finished, and Xue Ying found that Hua Jieyu was not there, so she thought she had gone down to change her dance clothes.

At this time, the sound of dance music slowly sounded, and Hua Jieyu appeared from among the dancers wearing cherry pink dance clothes in the ten auspicious brocade dance clothes.

The long sleeves of water were thrown out with a gust of incense, and from time to time the petals of roses flew out of the sleeves. It's really beautiful like a dream. Jiang Yueshu's figure is soft, and her hands and feet are full of charm. The cloak of the moon shadow veil circled around her, hazy as if in the fog, and it tickled to see people's hearts.

Rao is Li Yizhe is used to rare singing and dancing, and he was also a little moved when he looked at Jiang Yueshu.

For a while, everyone forgot to speak, and only cared about Hua Jieyu alone.

Ruoyan leaned back in her chair and drank lazily, busy eating a table full of delicacies. Today's fat crab is very fresh, take the yellow and meat to boil oil, make toppings and pour a bowl of fine noodles, look fragrant. Ruoyan refused to miss it, and before Jiang Yueshu finished jumping, her face was lower.

She handed the bowl to Ling Yin and asked her to go and ask for another bowl for herself from the imperial dining room.

It's not that she doesn't like Jiang Yueshu so she doesn't watch her dance. It's really Jiang Yueshu, this dance is nothing more than Erer in her eyes. She has been used to suffering in the opera garden over the years, and if she wants to dance, her figure is definitely much softer than Jiang Yueshu, and she can dance out of all kinds of styles. In the first two years of staying in the opera garden, the head of the class specially invited the descendants of the Gongsun family from the music workshop to teach dance.

In the past, Gongsun danced a sword in all directions, which was famous for its exquisite dance skills.

Du Fu has a poem:

"In the past, there was a beautiful woman Gongsun, who danced with a sword and moved in all directions.

The spectators are depressed like mountains, and the heavens and the earth are low for a long time.

Huo Ruyi shot nine sunsets, like a group of emperors and dragons.

Come like thunder to restrain anger, and let it be like the river and sea condensing the light.

The lips and beads are lonely, and there are disciples who pass on the fragrance in the evening.

The beauty of Linying is in the White Emperor, and the wonderful dance of this song is promising.

There is both a question and answer with Yu, and the feeling of soothing things increases sadness.

There were 8,000 maids of the first emperor, and Gongsun was the first in the sword.

In the past fifty years, it seems that the royal family has been fainted by the wind and dust.

The disciples of the pear garden are scattered like smoke, and the female music is reflected in the cold day.

The south wood of the golden millet pile has been arched, and the grass of the stone city of Qu Tang is bleak.

The tortoise feast is over, and the moon rises in the east.

The old man didn't know where he was going, and his feet turned into a barren mountain. ”

Although Ruoyan said that he didn't learn to dance as delicately as Gongsun Auntie, he would definitely not fall behind when he danced compared to Jiang Yueshu.

Jiang Yueshu's dance is just a blessing for the ten auspicious brocade dance clothes and a clever mind. If you really want to talk about it, it's actually just the level of a better dancer. But her dance happened to be liked by men. You can't see it but you can't touch it, it makes your heart itch. Men are good at this.

Jiang Yueshu danced to the end, the pace under her feet became faster and faster, and the mist and smoke became even more seductive, she threw off the water sleeves draped outside, and the petals fell, like a dream, she shook her hand, and the shawl of the moon shadow veil happened to sweep over Li Yizhe's shoulder, and it seemed to be scratched on her chest.

After the dance, Jiang Yueshu knelt down, her voice charming and crisp: "The concubine wishes Your Majesty a long life." ”

Li Yizhe coughed softly a little uncomfortably: "You can be regarded as having a heart." Reward. ”

Jiang Yueshu accepted the reward and went back to change her clothes. Li Yizhe cautiously glanced at Ruoyan's face, for fear that she would be unhappy because of this. Seeing that Ruoyan's face had not changed, he was relieved.

Ruoyan had actually noticed that he was looking at his face, and he knew what he was thinking. Zuo just looked at his own face to see if he was angry. Ruoyan sneered in his heart:

Joke! My aunt and grandmother have been singing for so many years, are you happy or not, can you still tell from your face? Are you kidding!

"Hua Jieyu's dance today is not bad. It took a little thought. Ruoyan said with a smile.

"If you talk about dancing, the concubine feels that Niangniang must be better than Hua Jieyu," Feng Meiren said with a smile, "It's just that the concubine hears Niangniang's singing voice is even more unique." I don't know if the concubines have this ear blessing on the occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival family banquet today? ”

It's waiting for her here. Ruoyan glanced at Feng Meiren. Is it just that if you tell me to sing, I will sing it to you? She's not a temperless person either.

Li Yizhe didn't feel anything, but looked at Ruoyan with a smile: "Speaking of which, I have never heard the concubine sing." I was also very curious in my heart. ”

"I'm afraid the concubine is going to disappoint Your Majesty and your sisters."

Ruoyan smiled, but his face was bitterly cold. She is not a oriole, and she will never use her singing voice to please someone she doesn't like. Her plays can be sung to many people, but her songs are only sung to her beloved.

"The concubine drank sweet rice wine today, and she was afraid that she would pour her throat. Singing is a free thing. Ruoyan didn't give Li Yizhe and Feng Meiren face at all.

Li Yizhe was also a little disappointed when he heard this, but because it was Ruoyan, he only said that there was no need to force it.

It's just that Feng Meiren felt uncomfortable in her heart, and she thought of other ways to embarrass her.