The birthday was very grand, and the envoys from various countries at the gate of the palace, the ministers of the palace, and their families all poured into the palace in an endless stream. What kind of situation awaits Nangong Nianxi's husband and wife, Nangong Nianxi walked into the palace hand in hand with Ming Haoxuan with the mood of being at peace when he came.

The Emperor's birthday was divided into two banquets, namely a luncheon and a dinner party. And Ming Haoxuan and other princes should congratulate the emperor early after the early court.

Lunch is a banquet for the ministers, who represent the people to attend the emperor's birthday banquet and send congratulatory gifts.

The dinner is a family banquet, which is generally attended by the concubines, queens, queen mothers, princes, and envoys of various countries who are close to the emperor's three palaces and six courts, and the banquet is to send congratulatory gifts.

And Nangong Nianxi followed everyone to the queen's palace in the harem, and after greeting the queen, everyone sat down in turn.

Nangong Nianxi peeked at it, and there was Queen Ning Yuxin sitting on the upper seat, and Concubine Mei was sitting next to her, and the rest were a few other palace maidens with higher ranks, and then the first two rows were the minister's family, Nangong Nianxi saw Xu Yuru and Lin Yuehua. made eye contact with Lin Yuehua to show that he had said hello.

The rest of the people I know are my second sister Nangong Qingrou and Liu Qianqian and Princess Ming Ziling.

There is also Ji Yuexian, I heard that during her recuperation, she also married into the Pingwang Mansion as she wished, although she did not make a big deal and caused a sensation in the capital. At the same time, there are also two ministers' daughters who stay in the palace for a day for the side concubines, and today's Ji Yuexian is arrogant again, it seems that this is different from being a concubine.

I made a mistake before, and I was warned by the fourth prince, I really know how to lie down and taste my guts, and I pretend to be pitiful and sympathetic, and now I can show off my might, but don't mess with me, you will regret it when the time comes.

Unexpectedly, I saw Shui Linglong, the princess of the water country sitting next to Princess Ziling, and the two really chatted happily, and it seemed that they really smelled like each other.

At this time, the queen cleared her throat and said: "You are all the daughters of the princes and ministers of Haoyue, everyone is here for the emperor's birthday, and on festive days, everyone should not be formal." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother!" The crowd replied.

"We are here today to make the emperor happy, so you must also pay attention, the daughters of several important ministers did not want to be present, it is because the emperor gave the palace an errand, that is, to lead the ladies to make the final decision for the triennial draft, let's do it together!"

"Thank you, Queen, for your grace." After finishing speaking, he continued to sit down, and saw the workers empty the middle of the hall one by one, forming an empty field.

Nangong Nianxin said: "There have been a lot of things in the past few days, and I almost forgot that the triennial draft is set for her birthday, although Sister Qingqing escaped a catastrophe, but others still want to run." ”

The triennial draft of women is sponsored by the Ministry of Households, and when the time comes, the Ministry of Households will write and report the candidate women of appropriate age for the record. The date of each selection is approved by the household department, and now the show girls have been disembarked from the Shenwu Gate, arranged in order, and introduced by the eunuchs to the queen's palace to wait for the candidates.

The palace people shouted and began, and the music remembered, led by the chamberlain, and the show girls walked in one by one. The same hair ornaments and the same dress make Nangong Nianxi think of the "Palace" he watched in modern times, and the draft there is really exactly the same as now, it turns out that the TV series is really not made up blindly, and it is also based on facts.

Nangong Nianxi looked at it, there were about twenty people, and she found a familiar face in the middle of the front of the team.

She is the daughter of Zhang Shiheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites~ Zhang Xiaowan. I haven't seen her for a few months, and now she is also coming to the draft, I don't know how long her character can stand in the harem. However, this ancient world also paid attention to human feelings, and this conspicuous position in the center is not so easy to come. Also! The father is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the relationship with the household department will not be much worse.

The invitation of the show girls interrupted her train of thought, Nangong Nianxi didn't like to watch these drafts, and she didn't eat when she came, and she didn't eat ready-made pastries for nothing, and she lowered her head to eat her heart.

Ming Ziling looked at her gobbling up and said, "Uneducated!" ”

Shui Linglong listened to her eyes and said, "Are you talking about the Nine Princesses?" I think she's okay. ”

"Don't forget! You are going to marry a man from her family, do you have a heart, don't be deceived by her appearance, her heart is bad? If you don't believe it, you're watching how she makes a fool of herself! ”

The music finally stopped, Nangong Nianxi's ears finally calmed down, the queen and Concubine Mei, two people who were usually at odds with each other, now looked very harmonious, and after studying for a while, they began to leave cards.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaowan was left with a card, and the rest of Nangong Nianxi didn't know any of them, but it is estimated that they were all daughters of powerful people in the court, and the dozen or so left were waiting for the emperor to be titled in person, and the remaining show girls could only stay in the harem as palace maids.

The next thing is to test the talent of the little master, because this year is specially selected on the emperor's birthday, and there is an important dinner in the evening, and it is also necessary to perform talents.

Nangong Nianxi is used to seeing this, and is a little bored, except for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, there is no other talent for women in this era to show. Nangong Nianxi hadn't woken up in the morning, so he simply held his head with his hands to avoid the queen's gaze on the main throne and took a nap by himself.

I don't know how long it took, the hand support was numb, Nangong Nianxi heard a burst of cheers, and just as he moved his hand, he also patted it.

The talents of three and three are almost finished, Nangong Nianxi peeked at Queen Ning Yuxin, and saw that she and Concubine Mei were talking and laughing, it seems that these show girls are not bad.

can stand in the harem for more than ten years, the two of them can be said to be exquisite, each showing their own magical powers, looking at the surface harmony, the competition between the queen and Concubine Mei has never stopped, but today they are pretending to be a ball of harmony here, which is really ironic!

Nangong Nianxi looked at the person who slowly walked out from the side, it was Zhang Xiaowan who she knew, and she saw her casually glancing at Nangong Nianxi, proudly holding her chest, and walking to the center of the field with confidence, Shi Li said: "The little woman is Zhang Xiaowan, the little daughter of Zhang Shiheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites!" ”

"Oh! It turns out that she is this year's hot show girl! I heard that she also has a unique skill, which is to draw with both hands! ”

"Shhhh This is in the Queen's bedchamber, be careful not to be heard by the Queen. ”

The whispered conversation between the two and the discussion of other people made Zhang Xiaowan standing on the field complacent. Nangong Nianxi observed her carefully, and then raised his eyes to see the reaction of the two superiors, Nangong Nianxi understood.

This Zhang Xiaowan is wrong, with the emperor present every year, she can be full of confidence, but today she should be modest, I am afraid it will be difficult to see her performance in the harem in the future.

Zhang Xiaowan didn't have this consciousness yet, so she heard the palace people shouting: "Miss Zhang, start your talent show!" ”

Zhang Xiaowan waved her hand, and the palace people lifted her props up, Zhang Xiaowan came to the table neatly, Nangong Nianxi looked at it and said: "It seems that she is still performing her best skills." ”

Suddenly, the music remembered that Zhang Xiaowan's moving posture, as light as a flying swallow, jumped in the field, and every time the rotation of the body turned, it seemed to be a gentle movement, but it was soft with rigidity, a combination of rigidity and softness, and it could be seen that this dance skill could not be danced without a few years of kung fu.

At this time, she changed her dance steps, came to the painting table, and held a brush with both hands to draw a little bit, this art is really novel, and after a while, the painting was finished after a dance.

When it was presented to the queen and Concubine Mei for viewing, the two were full of praise. Only then did the palace people take the painting of the whole hall to walk around the display, and walked to Nangong Nianxi, she watched carefully, it turned out to be a "rich peony map" peony has the name of the king, the head of the crown of ten thousand flowers, the name of the four seas, and it can be called rich and noble.

Everyone in the capital knows that the queen loves calligraphy and painting, and is good at flowers, birds, fish and insects.

The queen knew that she was making a statement, and she praised while being happy: "Miss Zhang is really talented, this peony picture is also vividly drawn, Miss Zhang must have spent a lot of time!" ”

Zhang Xiaowan said modestly: "Back to the queen's mother, speaking of this, the courtiers still have a small wish, hoping that the queen will be fulfilled." ”

"Oh? What is your wish, if this palace can help you, then tell me about it? ”

"Back to my mother! The courtiers have been learning to draw with both hands since they were young, thinking that they can rely on a skill, temporarily emerge, but a mountain is still a mountain high, after the accidental defeat of the general's mansion to a person, the courtiers went home to reflect on the combination of dance and painting, and today can get the praise of the queen's mother, indicating that the courtiers are still successful. ”

"In that case, the person who defeated you is also your nobleman, so you should be grateful, right?"

"That's what the courtiers mean, so I want to borrow the queen's treasure to toast to my nobleman, I don't know if the queen can agree?"

"That is to say, she is also above this palace, of course, how can this palace not agree to your little request? There you go! ”

Ning Yuxin also wanted to know who this person who could defeat her was, painting with both hands was already a must, could there be any other smart women, and stunts, if the emperor couldn't find out, then his status would be threatened, but when he saw Zhang Xiaowan walking in front of Nangong Nianxi, she put down her heart, this woman was already married to a woman, and she would not threaten herself anymore. So a knowing smile appeared on his face.

Zhang Xiaowan came to Nangong Nianxi and said, "Miss Nangong! Oh no, Nine Princesses! I heard that the princess had a miscarriage some time ago, and you are really sad, we only have one side, I wanted to go to see you, I was afraid that your noble people would forget things and not remember me. ”

Which one of you here didn't fight in the backyard, and she immediately knew what was going on, thinking that she was sincerely thanking the Ninth Princess, but from the meaning of the words, it was clear that she was revealing people's scars, and it turned out that she was looking for an opportunity to ridicule others.

Nangong Nianxi had to stand up and said, "Miss Zhang! I didn't expect to win a game against you, you will never forget this concubine, but I still have to congratulate Miss Zhang on her successful stay in the harem. ”

When Zhang Xiaowan heard her congratulating herself, she got carried away and said, "Thank you!" I can have today, and it is also the result of the Princess's encouragement, so today with the Queen's wine, I toast you! ”

After speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at the palace maid who was deep in Nangong Nian and said, "I still have to bother this palace sister to pour me two glasses of wine." ”

The palace people behind him didn't dare to slack off, and immediately came over and poured two glasses of wine, and handed them to the two of them, Nangong Nianxi looked at Zhang Xiaowan's smug expression, and recalled that he was drunk as soon as he got drunk, and he was in public, but what should I do? Looking at her smug expression, could there be some conspiracy? ”

When she was hesitating to drink it, Zhang Xiaowan's wine glass collided, and the dots of wine were sprinkled on each other's wine glasses, and Zhang Xiaowan drank it all without thinking about it. Watch her wait for her to dry this glass of wine.