Chapter Twenty-Six: The Banquet Begins
"Okay, thank you for your care." Old Man Xu said as he spoke, and after saluting the emperor, he took his seat.
"I said Old Man Xu, it's rare that our emperor values you so much and cares for you so much, shouldn't you also have some expressions for our emperor." The empress beside the emperor followed suit.
"Thanks to the love of the emperor and the queen, when the old minister has the opportunity to repay the love of the two in the future, he will definitely repay it." After Old Man Xu stood up and saluted the emperor and empress, he sat down again.
"Your Majesty, I don't know who performed for us first today, I think the first one to perform this time should be a princess, right?" said Old Man Xu asked the emperor.
"Hehe, although Old Man Xu is old, he is as smart as when he was young, you guessed right, the first person to show us this time is a princess." The emperor said to Old Man Xu with a smile.
"If I'm not mistaken, the seven princesses and the ninth princess should be the seventh princess and the ninth princess who came to perform for the emperor this year, right? Lao Chen heard that the two of them were very good in their respective talents.
And each has its own ability, it seems that the emperor can feast his eyes this year, and he can be even more glad that he has such a perfect pair of daughters. Old Man Xu said with pandering.
"Yes, yes, if any Langcai can marry the Seventh Princess, or the Ninth Princess, it is really, he has accumulated virtue in his previous life."
Soon another courtier chimed in, for there is no one in the court who is not a grass on the wall, and when the wind blows in that direction, it falls in that direction.
"Haha, that's right, let's not say more, after all, the performance will start soon, let's sit here and watch the performance of the seventh princess and the ninth princess.
This year, I believe that my two daughters will report this banquet very lively. The Emperor said with a hearty laugh, and turned his gaze to the Seventh and Ninth Princesses, who were preparing.
The seventh princess and the ninth princess, who were preparing, listened to the courtiers and enjoyed their praise very much, and soon, the vanity of the two princesses was satisfied.
"Are you ready? Younger sister. The seventh princess asked the ninth princess in a cordial tone, but the ninth princess just looked at the seventh princess with disdain.
"Okay, sister, what are you doing, today the two of us are performing for the emperor, and the ministers of civil and military affairs below are all looking at the two of us, you can't put on a stinky face when the time comes, then people will laugh at us to death." Facing the disdainful expression of the ninth princess, the seventh princess did not get angry, but continued to speak in a gentle tone.
"Hmph, you are a versatile seventh princess, how can I compare with you as a ninth princess? Instead of teaching me a lesson here, it is better to prepare yourself well, so as not to be embarrassed when you go on stage, so embarrassing, do you say it, Lord Seventh Princess. The ninth princess said to the seventh princess in a disdainful tone.
"Haha, should I thank my sister for her concern Since my sister cares about me so much, then I have to behave even better, how can I disappoint my sister on stage? Do you say yes" After the seventh princess said that, she went on stage to perform for the emperor, only the ninth princess was alone, and she was still sulking in the palace.
The seventh princess has been pampered since she was a child, and she is all the mother of the seventh princess, and she is spoiled, not to mention how favored the mother of the seventh princess was.
"Son-in-law, see father." As soon as the ninth princess came to the stage, she bowed deeply to the emperor and made a salute, and the ministers of civil and military affairs also praised this as a good princess who knew how to be polite, and only the ninth princess who was hiding in the shadows still had a disdainful expression when she saw this scene.
Sure enough, they are just some people who can't get on the stage, and you can only look up to yourself tonight, at the banquet, how you shine.
When the father sees his performance, when he is happy, he will think of his mother, and the mother will be favored, and he will be the same as before, and he will be able to get his father's favor every day.
"Excuse me, let's be flat, all Aiqing, let our seven princesses present a dance for everyone today, everyone can enjoy the dance while drinking the wine here, what do you think of Aiqing" The emperor picked up the wine glass and signaled to the ministers that he should do it first.
Seeing this, the ministers soon began to drink freely.
The seventh princess also started her performance, I saw that her dance steps were very brisk, her movements were also very flexible, her body posture was also very enchanting, and she took a vigorous and neat step, without the slightest sense of panic.
The seventh princess was a performer like this, and after a while, it attracted the attention of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, and almost everyone applauded her, and praised her dancing skills very much, and praised the emperor for having such a versatile seventh princess is the emperor's blessing.
However, in the face of all this, the ninth princess couldn't hold back herself. She wanted to rush into the banquet and compete with the seventh princess, to see whose dancing skills were a little higher, the ninth princess was actually also a stunt, but she didn't want to show it to others easily, but in the face of today's scene, she really couldn't hold back.
Just as she was about to rush into the banquet, a figure suddenly appeared and stopped her.
"Who dares to stand in the way of this princess, what are the intentions, or don't want to live." The ninth princess was already dizzy, so she scolded loudly.
"Shhh, Ninth Princess, this is the palace, it's not any other place, you also need to pay attention to a little bit of proportion when you speak, if you alarm those civil and military ministers here, where can you put your face in the future." The figure whispered to the Ninth Princess, and signaled that the Ninth Princess needed to pay attention to her identity at all times.
When the ninth princess walked in and took a look, she realized that the figure who stopped her just now was no one else, but Xu Langyin, and she was immediately taken aback.
"I thought who was so bold and dared to stop my way, it turned out to be you, but why did you stop me, that guy was sarcastic about me in the palace, I also want to give her some color, otherwise I feel sorry for myself." The ninth princess put her two hands on her chest and questioned Xu Langyin.
"If I don't stop you, if you directly start a head-on confrontation with the Seventh Princess at that time, I'm afraid that neither of you two will have a hard time, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will see the two of you like this, how should they talk about the two of you, and then the reputation of the two of you will probably be ruined on the mouths of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty."
Xu Langyin said to the Seventh Princess in a stern tone, and secretly talked to himself.
"Hmph, the matter of this princess, this princess naturally has the plan of this princess, and it is not the turn of an outsider to worry about this princess here, I must go to compete with her today, and I will decide, no one wants to block my way, if you want to block my way, unless you can step on my body."
I saw the ninth princess say to Xu Langyin in a stern tone, Xu Langyin saw this scene, and knew that whatever he did was futile and useless, the current nine princesses were afraid that none of them would be able to stop them, if they wanted to stop it, unless they fought with the ninth princess, but Xu Langyin did not have the ability to fight against the ninth princess.
"Is there anything else you want to express? Why don't you hurry up and give way to me, this princess is going over now. The ninth princess continued to say to Xu Langyin in a stern tone. In order not to further anger the Ninth Princess, Xu Langyin had to obediently give way to the Ninth Princess and let the Ninth Princess pass.
However, Xu Langyin still cares about the Ninth Princess in her heart, no matter what, she can't let the Ninth Princess be embarrassed in front of the emperor at the banquet, so she called her subordinates to help her come over, and asked Fulin to follow the Ninth Princess to perform and help the Ninth Princess play music, which can be regarded as helping the Ninth Princess.
Thanks to the help of Fulin, the Nine Princesses successfully compared the Seventh Princess, and the civil and military ministers and emperors of the Manchu Dynasty were full of praise for the Nine Princesses' performance today, and they kept praising the Nine Princesses for about half an hour, which made the Nine Princesses' faces turn red after a while.
"Thank you for your help today, without your and Fulin's help, I'm afraid I wouldn't have achieved so much today, I was too rude before, I apologize to you, I hope you can forgive me, okay" The ninth princess said to Xu Langyin with a red face.
"It's okay, the past is over, don't take it to heart, the ninth princess treats me well, this is what I should do for the ninth princess, in the future, if the ninth princess is really in trouble, I will definitely not sit idly by." Xu Langyin said respectfully to the ninth princess.
"Haha, I'm relieved to have your words, but I still have a good thing to announce to you." After the ninth princess finished speaking, she lay on Xu Langyin's ear and said something to Xu Langyin, and Xu Langyin also showed a faint smile because of this incident.
Because even Xu Langyin himself couldn't imagine that Fu Lin was appreciated by the queen, and the queen was full of praise for him, and under the queen's strong recommendation, the emperor also arranged her to the harem to serve the queen.
Subsequently, Xu Langyin arranged for Fu Jiu to assist in the business of "Crying Lan Fang".
"Alas, I really didn't expect that all these things today are going so smoothly, it's like a dream, even I was taken aback, and now my task can become relatively much easier, and after paying and being busy so much, it was finally not in vain."
Xu Langyin whispered alone on the way to the banquet, and tidied up the clothes on his body, preparing to attend this banquet.