Chapter 7: The Palace Banquet
Approaching the time of the palace banquet, the palace concubines dressed up one after another, hoping to win the favor of the emperor and get favor.
Only Su Qian is still as elegant and beautiful as ever, but some stand out from the crowd. After a while, all the concubines had already arrived, and Su Qian said lightly: "Sisters, take a seat first."
Su Qian looked for her position, but found that there was no place for her except for the phoenix chair directly above, Su Qian frowned, and asked the eunuch who was waiting on the side to move the table and cushion again, and sat down at the highest place near the phoenix chair.
Seeing Su Qian's approach, people couldn't find any mistakes, but they surprised the concubines of the palaces. With Su Qian's grace, it is only a matter of time before she sits in that position, and with the king's favor for her, even if she really sits, the king will not condemn her.
"The king has arrived~" The eunuch's shrill voice sounded. The concubines of each palace stood up and saluted, "The concubines see the king, long live the king, long live the king." Ying Zheng said majestically: "Flat, let's all take a seat,"
"King Xie." Everyone got up.
Ying Zheng walked to the dragon chair directly above and sat down, and ordered the table to open. Afraid of Su Qian's restraint, he added, "Today is just an ordinary family banquet, there is no need to be so restrained, everyone is relaxed." ”
"Yes!" The palace concubines have arrived.
Su Qian gave Ning Xiang a look, Ning Xiang understood, and clapped his hands.
One after another exquisite dishes were presented, Ning Xiang walked in front of Ying Zheng, and every time she served a dish, she told Ying Zheng what Su Qian handed over to her.
Soon the dishes were ready, and Ning Xiang returned to Su Qian's side. Everyone tasted the food.
After three rounds of wine, it's time to go to the performance of the palace concubines.
Su Qian glanced at Jingxin, and Jingxin put the wooden box engraved with the names of the concubines of each palace in front of Yingzheng.
Su Qian got up and explained: "For the sake of fairness, the names of all the concubines present are engraved on bamboo boards and placed in a wooden box in front of the king, and the king will randomly select which concubine will come up and perform a talent show."
After speaking, Yingzheng was a little impatient, raised his hand and smoked, Su Qian took the bamboo board in his hand, "Gongsun Seventh Son"
The seventh son of Gongsun got up gracefully, "Huan'er performed a dance and offered her ugliness." ”
She walked onto the stage, the smooth and beautiful music played, and her body danced gently to the rhythm. As the rhythm gradually fluctuates, her figure also rises and falls together, and at the climax, the skirt blooms like a peony, echoing with the red plums around the stage, forming a beautiful picture.
After a song, her cheeks were dyed red because of the movement just now, and the person standing in the center of the stage was more delicate than Huajiao, and even the red plum lost its color for a while, like a peony fairy who descended to earth.
Ying Zheng came back to his senses first, "Okay, it's really more beautiful than flowers, beautiful, very beautiful." Reward, Baiyue's Liucai Xia rewards three horses. ”
Gongsun Huan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly thanked him. "Concubine, thank the king for the reward."
With sweetness, the other concubines who didn't have their turn were even crazier.
"Next, Chief Envoy Zhao."
Another woman stood up, with a beautiful goose egg face, a thin waist as if she could hold it with one hand, a gentle blessing body.
The soft voice suddenly made people feel crisp all over the body, "Yingying visits the king, the king Wan'an, Yingying will be ugly." ”
Zhao Yingying reported a pipa to the stage, played a song, and finished the song. Ying Zheng seemed a little impatient, and said hastily, "It's okay to play." And he let her go down.
The two treatments, one before and one after, suddenly seemed like a basin of cold water, which slightly extinguished the excitement of the concubines.
Performances one after another, there are only two kinds of performances in ancient times, piano and dance, always repeated and repeated to make Ying Zheng a little tired, occasionally only a few brilliant, after a moment of performance, it went down, and then there was no brilliant performance.
Even Su Qian couldn't stand it anymore, and when the time finally passed, the sky was already slightly bright, and everyone dispersed.