Shen Wanyan looked at the blood-red words on the wooden card, as if she wanted to blind her eyes, "singing", but she didn't have all five tones at all, which made her ugly at all, thinking of this, she resented Shen Qingyan, if she drew the "dance" brand, she would definitely shine, how could she come to such an embarrassing situation.

Shen Wanyan walked to the center of the hall with some hesitation, clutching the wooden card in her hand tightly, only to feel that a layer of cold sweat had appeared on her back.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Li, can the courtiers change their talents."

"I've said the rules before, you can perform whichever you draw, and it's not unfair to others to change the rules specifically for you." Concubine Li rubbed the feather fan in her hand without even lifting her eyelids. She doesn't look down on this concubine born by the Shen family, not only is her identity not worthy of Yin Yuan, but her appearance, figure, and personality are not as good as Shen Qingyan, and the little thought in her heart that she wants to turn a sparrow into a phoenix is directly written on her face, and she can't get on the stage at all.

Shen Wanyan frowned and lowered her head, Concubine Li's words had blocked her last way, if she didn't perform, she would disobey the holy will and would be punished, but if she performed, she might not be able to raise her head in the future.

Shen Qingyan picked up a piece of fruit cake with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it slowly, looking at Shen Wanyan's embarrassed appearance, his heart was 108,000 times refreshed, and he noticed Shen Qingchen's playful gaze, and wrinkled his nose mischievously in response, which provoked Shen Qingchen to shake his head dotingly.

"Courtier...... It's ugly. Shen Wanyan gritted her teeth and saluted, cold sweat slid down her forehead and cheeks, and the fat powder that had been carefully depicted before was scratched by sweat, which was very abrupt.

The prelude to the music gradually sounded, probably because the musician saw Shen Wanyan's embarrassment and chose "Dream Back", which is a very famous song in Mucheng, which is very beautiful and easy to sing.

Shen Wanyan hummed softly along with the accompaniment, her voice was so small that everyone could barely hear it, and each word barely hit the rhythm, and the pitch was slightly out of tune. However, when it came to the chorus, Shen Wanyan couldn't figure out the rhythm of the song at all, and the pitch was twisted and turned, but it couldn't fit the tune of the music, and Shen Wanyan was so nervous and ashamed that her voice trembled so much that she couldn't even emit a full byte, which was extremely unpleasant.

After the song, everyone covered their mouths and laughed. The emperor still maintained a superficial smile, and Concubine Li directly closed her eyes impatiently, unwilling to look at Shen Wanyan, who was about to bow her head into the ground. Although Shen Mingwei felt a little embarrassed, he was still more worried about his daughter in the end, Meng Ru gritted her teeth and blamed Shen Wanyan in her heart for not being angry, and the entire hall remained calm, but only Shen Qingyan, who had already expected such a situation, and Yin Yuan, who didn't take Shen Wanyan in his eyes at all.

As soon as Shen Wanyan sat on the chair, her whole body was paralyzed, and she almost slipped off the chair, she knew that her dream of Fujin was over, and Concubine Li would never allow herself to marry the fourth prince if she was ugly.

The banquet ended in an unsatisfactory ending, the ministers went to the side rooms to rest, and the ten daughters who participated in the selection of the prince's concubines were all led by the palace maids to Yuqiong Garden, and each prepared to participate in the dinner. Yuqiongyuan is a place where women who participate in the draft and the princess chooses a concubine live and wait for the results. According to the tradition of Mucheng, the results of the concubine selection will not be announced directly on the spot, but three days later.

"Miss Shen, this is the house where Miss has lived for the past three days, and the slave and maid Poria are Miss's exclusive palace maids." Shen Qingyan had just sat on the couch when the palace maid on the side came over to salute.

Shen Qingyan looked at the palace maid named Poria Cocos, since she just walked into the room, this palace maid has never had any superfluous expressions, which shows her training quality, her appearance is light, and she is not very impressive, but those emotionless eyes always make Shen Qingyan feel cold.

"Okay, I see, you go down first." Shen Qingyan sent Poria down, looking at Poria's back and narrowing his eyes.

Now there is another urgent matter, that is, how to avoid the finger marriage. Although she wants revenge, she doesn't want to be the price of becoming Yin Yuan's concubine, after all, even looking at him now will make her feel disgusting.

On the other side, Shen Wanyan was stuffing a red envelope into the hands of the palace maid, her room was next door to Shen Qingyan, and a corridor happened to separate her and Shen Qingyan from the other princesses.

"Good sister, if there is any news and whereabouts about the four princes, please let my sister know." Shen Wanyan did not intend to give up because of the events at the banquet.

"The slave obeys." The palace maid stuffed the red envelope into her sleeve, and agreed with a smile on her face, but she was a little mocking in her heart. Now no one in the palace knows how ugly Shen Wanyan was at the banquet, not to mention that everyone with a little brain knows that the fourth prince's concubine Fujin has basically decided that he is the one next door, but he didn't expect that the one in front of him would not give up.

The sky was getting darker, and a few stars could be faintly seen in the canopy.

Shen Qingyan was helped into the sedan chair by Poria and was about to go to the main hall to attend the birthday banquet in the evening, but she knew very well in her heart that the place she was going to now was not the main hall at all.

Sure enough, the sedan chair gradually stabilized, opened the sedan curtain, and the three big characters "Yuxiu Palace" on the plaque were the dormitory of Concubine Li.

The palace man pushed open the door, Shen Qingyan stepped into the house gently, walked towards the inner room, and saw Concubine Li leaning on the couch with her eyes closed, and the palace maid rubbing her legs.

Sensing Shen Qingyan's existence, Concubine Li slowly opened her eyes, burst into a smile, shook her armoured hand, and called Shen Qingyan to her side, her movements lazy and luxurious.

Shen Qingyan walked up to Concubine Li, saluted, and was pulled to sit on the couch.

"Qingyan, this palace called you here to tell you that although the emperor has not yet announced the results of the prince's selection of concubines, the emperor and the palace have decided to make you the concubine of my family." Concubine Li's voice at this time was not as delicate as when Yin Xiao spoke, but with a majesty that could not be ignored.

In the previous life, when Shen Qingyan was told by Concubine Li like this, he was full of shyness and joy, but now there is only sarcasm left.

"The concubine Niangniang, the courtiers are guilty." Shen Qingyan suddenly knelt on the ground, startling Concubine Li.

"What sin do you have to say this?" Concubine Li straightened up, trying to pull Shen Qingyan up, but the bead curtain on the hairpin made a crisp impact sound due to shaking.

"The noble concubine Niangniang forgives the innocence of the courtiers and the courtiers' mother's family, and the courtiers dare to say it."

"You say yes."

"In fact, the courtiers suffer from congenital infertility, the doctor said that there is no hope of cure, there is no way to inherit the incense, the father did not want the courtiers to participate in the banquet, but I didn't expect the emperor to order the courtiers to participate, let alone that the courtiers could be fortunate to be selected to be the four princes' concubines, please forgive the mother." Shen Qingyan said the prepared words one by one, she was not worried that Concubine Li would ask the imperial doctor to diagnose her pulse, because Concubine Li wanted her mother's background, and it didn't matter if she could get pregnant or not, after Yin Yuan sat on the throne, she could make Lixin, and she Shen Qingyan would die of illness. If the imperial doctor comes to check the pulse and finds out that she is really infertile, Concubine Li will have no excuse to set up another woman who is unable to have children as her concubine, if she finds out that she is a fake infertility, she will be beheaded for the crime of bullying the king, then the entire Shen family will be implicated, which is definitely not what Concubine Li, who is eager to help her son, wants to see.

“...... This palace knows, you can go back and rest first. Concubine Li's tone was a little stiff, her slightly frowning eyebrows and some rapid breathing were not difficult to see her anger and panic now.

"The courtiers retired." Shen Qingyan saluted and walked out with the palace maid, Concubine Li looked at Shen Qingyan's back completely disappeared and her face turned cold, and she threw the teacup on the ground, and the palace people in the room knelt on the ground, not daring to make a sound.

"Today's events, if there is even the slightest rumor of leakage, none of you want to live." Concubine Li's voice was cold and vicious, and her beautiful face was expressionless, making it impossible to guess her thoughts.

Shen Qingyan did not sit in the sedan chair again, but chose to walk back by himself. Now Concubine Li has two ways to go, one is to choose another backer for her son, but it is not easy to find a suitable background like the Shen family. The second is to choose Shen Wanyan, although Shen Wanyan made such a joke at the banquet, but this is the easiest way at present. Before, Shen Qingyan didn't want Shen Wanyan's dream to come true and fly on the branches, but now, she might as well make a plan and let Shen Wanyan become a stepping stone for her revenge on Yin Yuan in the future, not to mention, if she marries someone like Yin Yuan, Shen Wanyan will not be happy.

At this time, it was completely dark, and Poria was lighting a lantern on the side. Not far away, fireworks are set off for the birthday celebration, and the colorful fireworks explode in the sky, illuminating the dark night and then falling quickly, fleeting.

Suddenly, a person walked in front of the corridor where the fireworks were clearly extinguished. Shen Qingyan stopped, even against the light, she still recognized the vague figure, it was Yin Yuan.

Yin Yuan walked in front of Shen Qingyan step by step, and his face was still warm.

"You stand down first." Yin Yuan drove back Poria on the side, and Poria also left with the lantern obediently.

Only the light emitted by the fireworks was left in the dark surroundings, and Shen Qingyan's delicate face added a touch of mystery to the interplay of light and dark.

"Whatever happens to the four princes, it doesn't seem proper to be so alone." Shen Qingyan grimaced and turned his head away, unwilling to look at Yin Yuan.

Yin Yuan didn't answer, but carefully looked at Shen Qingyan's side face and smiled suddenly.

"Presumably, the mother concubine has already talked to Miss, and Miss will be my concubine Fujin soon, so why bother to be alone a few days in advance." Yin Yuan stretched out his hand as he spoke, trying to hold Shen Qingyan into his arms, but he was directly dodged, and his hand was frozen in mid-air.

"The four princes have misunderstood, and the courtiers are not blessed to be the concubines of the four princes." Shen Qingyan finally turned his head and looked indifferently at Yin Yuan's frivolous eyes at this time, with an expressionless face.

"What do you mean?" Yin Yuan withdrew his hand, narrowed his eyes when he heard Shen Qingyan's words, and his face was stained with a thin layer of anger.

"The fourth prince went to ask Concubine Li." Shen Qingyan put aside this sentence, and passed by Yin Yuan, and walked towards Yuqiongyuan, no longer paying attention to Yin Yuan's expression.

Yin Yuan watched Shen Qingyan drift away, turned around and walked towards Yuxiu Palace.

The corridor was quiet again, and the fireworks not far away were still brilliant, and the loud sound of the explosion filled the entire palace, as if to suggest that a lavishly whitewashed storm was coming.