Chapter 229: The Queen's Thorn
"Thank you Emperor Dongyu!" Yue Rongan and several other envoys raised their glasses and gestured towards Nangong Ba.
As the banquet began, a group of palace ladies moved the lotus steps lightly, smiling and their eyes were tender like water, and they twisted their willow waists elegantly with the musicians' playing, presenting a classic Dongyu local dance for everyone. After the performance, thunderous applause broke out in the hall, compared to people who had not seen Luo Mingxuan's competition before, it was not in vain to see the wonderful performances in the palace, but for Yue Rong'an, Qu Xiangnan and others, such a performance was simply too pediatric, or Luo Mingxuan's last competition with Situ Qing'er was called a real performance, and the overwhelming victory was more interesting.
"Hmmm! Very good! All rewards, go down! Nangong Ba laughed and raised his hand to signal to them.
"Your Majesty, yesterday was the big day for the emperor's brother to get married, the concubines did not attend because of the rules, and they were not summoned before because of the harem matters, but in the past two months, I have heard a lot of Xuan'er's things, Xuan'er's current talent and the emperor's brother are very compatible, watching them sing together, the concubines are also very relieved. And the purpose of today's dinner is to make the envoys happy, Xuan'er is so talented, why don't you let Xuan'er come forward to perform to cheer up, on behalf of the emperor's brother, thank you for coming to cheer, and also exchange culture with the envoys? The queen smiled and suggested to Nangong Ba, so kind that people couldn't find anything wrong with it.
However, in the ears of Luo Mingxuan and Nangong Yu, it was very unpleasant. Luo Mingxuan had long known that the queen would be thorny, but she just snorted coldly and didn't react, but Nangong Yu was not so easy to cultivate. He couldn't help but be furious when he heard it, Xuan'er said that what kind of Hongmen banquet this banquet was, and it was right, look, the wine was only three rounds of dishes, but five flavors, and the fox's tail was exposed, and he picked a good one to say that it was to help the fun, didn't he just treat Xuan'er as a courtesan and belittle her? also raised the level of Xuan'er's performance to the level of foreign cultural exchange, and forced her to agree, which is really shameless!
"Imperial sister-in-law, Xuan'er is not a courtesan, but the princess of this king, and she is already very tired from dealing with the affairs of the palace today, so it is not suitable to perform again, I hope the imperial sister-in-law will forgive me!" Nangong Yu is also a man after all, he doesn't understand the twists and turns of those harems, and he naturally speaks more straightforwardly. But Luo Mingxuan frowned slightly, brother, you are very offended like this! Be careful!
"Brother Huang's words are wrong! The imperial sister-in-law has no other meaning, Xuan'er is a woman, and it is harmless to come forward to improvise on behalf of the palace, and the purpose of a woman learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting is also to improve her own quality, and performing on stage is the best time to interpret! The queen smiled at Nangong Yu with a fake smile.
"Yes! King Yu is too nervous, this is just a small performance, there are so many foreign envoys present, don't let people laugh at our Dongyu etiquette is too bad, right? A woman dressed in palace clothes in the harem also spoke, Luo Mingxuan glanced at her, hehehe, it turned out to be Concubine Ling, she is the queen's person, it seems that this harem is out of the nest, most of it is the queen's idea!