When the wine was half-drunk, the palace people withdrew the extra seats, and everyone sat in two rows on the two sides of the table, with musicians and dancers in the middle.

On the left side of the main hall is the queen and the concubines of each palace, and on the right side is headed by Xie Qinglin, and the brothers and sisters are seated in a row.

After the wine and food were full, the music became more noisy, and the steps of the dancing girl also rotated more cheerfully, the water sleeves fluttered up, and the lotus steps moved lightly, as if the big drama had just begun.

This is followed by a traditional event, in which the princes and princesses present their congratulatory gifts to show their filial piety.

The eldest princess prepared a round and full pearl of the South China Sea; Xie Qinglin didn't attach much importance to this matter, anyway, it was the same every year, nothing new, and he directly asked the people below to prepare the congratulatory gift, which was a beautifully carved jasper screen.

There is another reason why he is so casual: Anyway, the most showy this time must be the fourth.

The fourth prince, Xie Ziyu, pretended to be a mystery and praised his congratulatory gift as the most special, and he could not appear until the end.

The third Xie Wenduan was named the king of Yu a year ago, and he returned to Beijing in Layue, he prepared a sword, the sword body was glowing with a faint cold light, and the cold was pressing, "I wish my father the emperor a prosperous spring and autumn, and the sword is not old." ”

The Emperor clapped his hands and laughed.

The fifth child died early, the daimyo didn't think about it, and his mother Ning Concubine washed her face with tears all day long, and the emperor saw that she was upset, and slowly stopped pampering her. Concubine Ning also doesn't know what to do, she always has a dead face, and the emperor can tolerate her and still miss the old feelings.

Even now, at the palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, no one is full of joy, even the next person is no exception, only her, the corners of her mouth are drooping, her eyes are dull, sighing.

The rest is not much to look at, the younger siblings are still young, and they can't come up with anything new.

"What the fourth brother has prepared, just take it out quickly, don't hide it." King Yu was an anxious man, and when he saw that he was still playing tricks, he couldn't help urging.

Xie Ziyu chuckled: "Third brother, don't be so anxious, look, isn't this coming." He waved his hand lightly towards the outside of the hall.

The music stopped abruptly, and the dancers all stopped moving, bowed one after another, and slowly withdrew silently.

The hall became silent for a while, everyone was a little caught off guard by him, and the emperor also stopped what he was doing, he was really curious about what the fourth child had prepared for him.

Xie Qinglin sneered, thinking that he was still so excited.

After the people in the hall retreated, a group of men and women dressed in alien costumes entered from the gate, all of them with gorgeous appearances, and their bodies were decorated with layers of silver ornaments, and they made a loud noise in a flash. The bright red background, the skirt has several layers, both men and women are bare forearms and ankles, the cuffs and hem are embroidered with intricate patterns with gold thread, and the clothes are decorated with shiny ornaments, which rotate like a blooming flower.

The clothes they wore were very different from those of the Central Plains, and as soon as they entered, they firmly attracted everyone's attention.

Surrounded by them in the middle, is a girl wrapped in red silk, with a tight body, a delicate figure, and a bell on her wrists and ankles, but the red silk is light and thin, and you can vaguely see the girl's reverie snow-white skin.

The people around her were already considered beauties, but with her, they lost their color in an instant.

There was a small exclamation from the concubine's side.

"Ah, it's so beautiful!"

Out of a natural hostility among women, Chen Shufei looked at this girl vigilantly.

I have to say that as a woman, she is also moved by such a look.

The fourth child had already told her about his plan, and she agreed, but seeing it with her own eyes was another matter, after her, I am afraid that there would be someone else in the harem.

She's old, so what's there to fight with these little girls?

Concubine Shu lowered her head, unable to see what her expression was.

The girl stood in the middle of the hall and looked up at the emperor who was high above.

The moment he looked at her, the emperor felt that somewhere in his heart trembled.

The girl knelt down gracefully: "The people's daughter's sleeves, long in southern Xinjiang, have heard of His Majesty's prestige for a long time, and the people's daughters have admired it for a long time. ”

The Emperor laughed and waved her hand to get up.

In such a situation, everyone suddenly realized that what the fourth child wanted to present was definitely not a performance, and eighty percent of it was this girl.

The eldest princess sitting next to Xie Qinglin turned her mind, frowned slightly, and said to herself: "Is it really good for the fourth child to do this......

The eldest princess Xie Lingyuan is Xie Ziyu's sister of the same father and mother, both born to Concubine Chen Shu, but her personality is completely different from her mother and younger brother, she is the emperor's first child, she has been pampered in every way, she has what she wants since she was a child, but she has developed the habit of not fighting or grabbing.

She knew what her brother was thinking, and she knew what her mother was thinking, but she had always been incompatible with the entire Chen family, and she was reprimanded a lot for this.

"How did I give birth to you conscienceless thing." Concubine Shu pointed at her forehead and scolded, "You just watched your brother suffer and stood aside and stood by? ”

She knew that her mother had always complained that she was a daughter, and she also knew that if Concubine Shu was pregnant in October twenty-five years ago, it was not herself, but the fourth child, everything would be very different.

Xie Lingyuan pinched his eyebrows, sat upright, and looked into the hall.

Unlike the music of the Central Plains, the grand performance has begun.

They formed a circle and gathered the girl in the middle.

The outermost youth has a delicate small drum wrapped around his waist, and the drum surface is red; He was also holding something that looked like a flute in his hand.

The cheerful drum beat sounded, mixed with a few crisp flutes, and their movements were in unison, moving slowly in the same direction, and the dance steps were soft, but there was something indistinguishable between male and female.

Surrounded by them are women in costumes, with soft waists and smiles, dancing to the beat of the drums, sometimes whirling, sometimes bowing their heads, and the ornaments on their bodies make a crisp sound, Ambilight, making people stare intently.

The sound of the flutes became louder, and their dance steps became faster.

The girl's slender feet seemed to have a thousand powers, and she rotated in the middle, and the red silk spread out layer by layer, like a blooming flower.

The dancing girls around her are like stars and moons, setting off her peerless dancing posture.

The drum beat gradually subsided, the flute sound was crisp and tactful, and everyone's dance steps slowed down.

The girl spun more quickly, the red silk floated around her body, flew into the air and slowly fell, when the flute ended, the red silk fell to the ground, posing in the shape of a lotus flower, the girl leaned over in it, and the stunning face was hidden behind the red silk.

It turned out that she was wearing a white tight-fitting silk dress inside.

Xie Qinglin suddenly realized that he had been staring at this girl for a long time.

Hurriedly retracted his gaze, took a sip of the wine glass, and looked around quietly, seeing that most people were still in a trance, obviously still immersed in the dance and did not come out.

He put the wine glass down, Lin Ying was still stunned, and he coughed helplessly.

Lin Ying woke up suddenly, annoyed that he had been distracted for so long, and hurriedly picked up the wine jug to pour wine for Xie Qinglin.

After a while, the people on the main hall slowly came back to their senses as if they had just woken up from a big dream.

The eldest princess also sighed unconsciously: "There is such a beautiful dance in the world. ”

King Yu looked at the girl for a long time, then turned his head to Xie Ziyu and said, "The fourth brother has a heart." ”

Xie Ziyu smiled lightly, with an irrepressible look of self-satisfaction on his face. He stepped forward and saluted His Majesty the Emperor, saying, "May my father live forever." ”

After the palace banquet was dispersed, the sleeve was left by the emperor and brought back to the palace.

There are going to be people in the harem who are going to stay up all night.

The queen was still calm and did not say much.

After all, no matter who she is, she can't shake her position, and Xie Qinglin's position as a rock-solid prince, their mother and son can be said to be the most honorable people, let alone a dancing girl, even if there are dozens or hundreds, they can't shake her in the slightest.

On the side of Concubine Shu, it is not so calm.

Concubine Chen Shufei returned to her Jingren Palace, and found a slight pain in her arm, rolled up her sleeves and saw that she had already pinched out bright red marks on her arm.

A little palace maid brought hot water, and Zizhu cleaned her face.

Zizhu is used to being the most observant, so she said: "Niangniang, don't be angry with that person, what is her identity, how can she compare with Niangniang?" ”

Concubine Shu nodded slightly arrogantly, and said in her heart that she was a thing, just a chess piece in their hands.

Why would she want to compete with her?

"Zizhu, you say, is this palace old?" After the fat powder was washed off, she looked at herself in the mirror, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows showed fine lines, she seemed to be asking Zizhu, but it was more like questioning herself.

She sighed silently in her heart: Sure enough, the years are not forgiving, the harem has been like this since ancient times, and a generation of new people replaces the old.

Zizhu didn't dare to answer easily, she had served Concubine Shu for so many years, and she knew her uncertain temperament best, so she carefully organized her language, and was about to answer, but she heard Concubine Shu say again: "You find an opportunity to beat her and tell her, don't think that you can be a phoenix if you run on the branches." The pheasants in the ravines are still animals with a layer of bright feathers. ”

"Yes, sissy."

The Emperor's Bedchamber.

"What's your name? How did you meet the fourth? "The older he gets, the more suspicious he becomes.

"Back to Your Majesty, the people's girl's name is Huai Sleeve, and she is a woman who will dance when His Royal Highness goes to my hometown with a heavy reward, although the people know that they can't compare with the dancers in the palace, but they also want to give it a try."

"You are too humble, I see your dancing posture, but you are better than everyone in the palace." The Emperor laughed.

After a while, he said again: "In this way, it can be regarded as the fourth child's heart." ”

The red tent is warm, and the candle shadow is deep.