19. You go and you go up
At the time of Shen, Emperor Xiao Yu and Empress Yan Yiwei walked into the Qiankun Hall where the banquet was held, and the ministers attending the banquet stood respectfully in their respective positions and saluted.
In the middle of the Qiankun Palace, there is the emperor's golden dragon banquet table from south to northwest on the horizon, and the queen's banquet table is placed on the left side. Under the horizon, the east and west sides are lined up to set up the banquet table of the main seat of the palace banquet, with the east being the first and the west second. The participants stood in front of their respective banquet tables in an orderly manner according to their respective statuses, and the vacant position of the first table on the east side was particularly obvious.
The queen walked dignified beside the emperor, glancing at the empty banquet table, her face still couldn't hide a trace of disdain, but it was quickly disguised. Hearing that Father-in-law Wang personally came to adjust the position of the banquet, although she did not refute it, she felt really uncomfortable.
In the past few days, she has been terrified in her heart, there is no news of the people arrested in the failed assassination, and she does not know if the matter has been revealed, and how much has been revealed. But there was no movement at all from the emperor, according to the emperor's temper, if there was conclusive evidence, then it was impossible for her to be so stable, thinking of this, she was a little relieved.
The emperor stood on the throne but did not sit down, nor did he give the ministers a seat. Everyone knows in their hearts that the prince and princess of the Tanglin Kingdom have not yet arrived, and with such an unseemly and slightly provocative behavior, the emperor is afraid that Long Yan will be furious.
The queen looked sideways slightly, observed the emperor, and saw that there was no displeasure on his face, as if everything was expected, and she didn't feel that there was anything wrong, so she was a little puzzled. She was about to say something when she heard her father-in-law announcing that the prince and princess of the Tanglin Kingdom had arrived.
I saw two people walking slowly outside the main hall, the man was dressed in a golden python robe, burly, handsome facial features, walking heroically, and his whole body exuded an innate royal child's atmosphere. The woman is wearing a light gauze white light sleeve flowing fairy skirt, with a slender body and a face like a peach blossom, perhaps a white dress with a woman's pure and indifferent temperament, like a fairy descending to earth.
The two of them walked towards the main hall without squinting, and the eyes of the people on both sides of the banquet table followed them, and the voices of the whispers were completely gone.
"Zhenlie, the prince of Tanglin Kingdom, greets the emperor!" Zhenlie respectfully bowed, but it was not a courtesy for monarchs and ministers, it was just a regular etiquette for ordinary people to meet, which Lin Wanyan gave him.
"The princess of Tanglin Kingdom will pay a visit to the emperor!" Lin Wanyan also smiled and bowed.
"I heard that the prince of Tanglin has an extraordinary appearance, and Princess Wanyan's appearance is overwhelming, but when I see it today, it is even better than the rumors! Come and take a seat! Zhong Aiqing is also seated!" Xiao Yu's gaze moved from Zhen Lie to Lin Wanyan, and he didn't move away for a long time.
This princess was born too beautiful, a white dress lined her pure and delicate, like a lone cold plum in the snow, there are no extra accessories on her body, only the black and bright girl's bun is decorated with a white magnolia flower bead hairpin, a pair of clear Danfeng eyes on the soft goose egg face are particularly smart, the small red lips are seductive, and the two shallow dimples on the cheeks add a bit of playfulness.
Soon everyone took their seats, and Zhen Lie saw that it was the upper seat on the east side, and felt that it was a little inappropriate for his sister to be deliberately late just now, but he couldn't say anything at this time.
Lin Wanyan didn't think much about it, sat down in a dignified manner, and then began to quietly look around at the people around. When he saw Xiao Shen, who was sitting opposite him, he was greatly surprised, the person who helped him out of the siege in Suxin Tower that day turned out to be the royal family? And he was sitting in the first seat like himself, that was the emperor's brother? That girl called him Eighth Uncle, then this is Xiao Shen, Prince Yue? That girl is a princess? But because it was very unorthodox to look around at this time, Lin Wanyan could only smile slightly with Xiao Shen, who happened to be in contact with his eyes, and then withdrew his gaze.
Xiao Shen recognized Lin Wanyan when she came in, he didn't expect this interesting girl to be the princess of Tanglin Kingdom. That day, I saw that her ordinary dress was already beautiful, and today she was much more beautiful with a little powder, and I couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her.
Surprised but uneasy is the sixth princess Xiao Manxue, who was sitting several tables below, from the moment she saw Lin Wanyan, she buried her head low, for fear of being recognized, this disaster is not small, and if you want to meet in the future, isn't it embarrassing to death?
"The prince and princess of Tanglin have been tired all the way, frightened again, and have worked hard!" Xiao Yu seemed to be in a very happy mood, and his tone was very sincere.
"Thank you for the emperor's concern! Thanks to the emperor's help, my sister was able to get out of danger safely!" Zhenlie also replied sincerely, he always thought that everything was the emperor's secret help.
"Is Princess Wanyan okay?" Xiao Yu looked at Lin Wanyan again.
"Emperor Xie cares! The little girl is well! The little girl has always heard that the emperor governs the country well, the country is prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. The ancients had a cloud: Cang Liao knew etiquette, food and clothing knew honor and disgrace, and the little girl was saved by an ordinary hunter of the great god Yue, and there was no intention of returning. The emperor is really a generation of Ming Jun, and the little girl admires him very much!" Lin Wanyan lied without blushing and heartbeat, she hadn't paid attention to see if Xiao Yuwen was here, but no matter what, she had to help him make the lie round first.
Everyone couldn't help but take a look at this Tanglin princess, not only is she good-looking, but she also takes the overall situation into account when she speaks, it doesn't seem simple.
"Hahaha!" This remark really touched Xiao Yu's heart, saying that it was a sycophant, but there are still facts and truths, and she can also quote scriptures and rise to the height of governing the country, this princess is a rare talent. "I can accept Princess Wanyan's admiration! You can take a closer look today, which of my emperors has this blessing to win your heart!"
Lin Wanyan lowered her head shyly, not knowing how to speak, this is very satisfied with her, but she didn't say that she wanted to marry his prince, of course, if the third prince is really her savior, then it's another matter.
"Look, the emperor said that the princess was shy!" The queen smiled slightly, and also looked at Lin Wanyan a few more times, hum, this mouth still has some ability, but if you have the ability, you will have nothing to say after a while. "The concubine heard that Princess Wanyan is good at swordsmanship, are you willing to show it to the emperor?"
Lin Wanyan's heart "chuckled", what does this queen mean, women have never been able to ascend to the hall of elegance only if they are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which makes her perform swordsmanship obviously deliberately make her ugly, a woman dancing swords and sticks is not a proper thing at all, let alone being a princess.
Zhenyeol's face was also unsightly in an instant, and this accident was not expected by him at all.
"Oh, I can't see it!" Xiao Yu was aroused, he saw that Lin Wanyan's body was as soft as a willow, and said that the dancing posture was graceful, but he couldn't tell that he was a person who practiced martial arts.
"Thank you for your attention to me! I'm ashamed to say that it was just my father's birthday, and the little girl wanted to give a different gift, a random dance. It's really an honor to be able to perform for the emperor here, if the performance is not good, please don't laugh at the emperor!" Lin Wanyan got up generously, this doesn't break the queen's tricks, she is going to lose the face of the Tanglin Kingdom.
"If you are really a filial child, it seems that I have also entrusted your father with the blessing of the king!" Xiao Yu smiled expectantly, but he knew in his heart that the queen did it on purpose, but this girl also held a grudge and exposed people in one sentence.
"Do you need someone to accompany you?" the queen hated in her heart, but she didn't want to let her go like this.
"Queen Xie's mother, I'm tired!" Lin Wanyan thought to herself that this Liangzi and the queen had come to an end, and she didn't know what kind of stumbling block she was going to make. But now it's also difficult to ride a tiger, originally she also wanted to improvise a dance, which she learned since she was a child, but it can't be difficult for her, just make a soft tune, but the queen is obviously not ready to let her easily mess around.
"Your Majesty, the concubines know that the fifth princess is good at playing the pipa, why don't you let the fifth princess accompany Princess Wanyan to play a song "Ambush on All Sides" that the emperor likes?" the queen asked in a soft tone.
Lin Wanyan wanted to scold her mother when she heard it, she lay down in a groove, and the pipa accompanied the sword dance "Ambush on All Sides", you can do it!
Xiao Yu was a little unhappy at this time, this queen really didn't know what she was messing with, but it was already at this point, but it was difficult to stop it. "Does Princess Smoke have any other familiar tracks?"
"It's okay, it's been a long time since I performed for my father, and I can't remember. I just don't want to blow the queen's interest, improvise, and the repertoire is not in the way!" Lin Wanyan still maintained a polite smile, the emperor was looking for her to go down the stairs, but if she wanted to block the queen's mouth, she had to slap her face with her strength. She didn't know where she had offended the queen, but she didn't have time to think about it, she just recalled the tune of "Ambush on All Sides" in her head.
Soon, on the east side of the main hall, there was a maid waiting there holding a pipa, and a woman in pink dress in full costume walked to the center of the hall, bowed and walked forward.
Lin Wanyan kept a smile on her face at this time, but she was still thinking about the tune in her heart, and she didn't care about the appearance of the five princesses. Taking the sword handed by the maid, she slowly walked to the center, and after saluting the emperor and queen, she smiled and nodded to the fifth princess, and then bowed her slender waist to prepare.
When the pipa sounded, Lin Wanyan's body began to move, and she showed it in the form of a stage play, playing the role of a weak and boneless woman in the face of an ambush on all sides, panicked, but extremely tenacious, and performed the softness of the body to the fullest, spinning, leaning over, bending, jumping, fluttering clothes, and blending with the tune.
The most brilliant is the expression of the facial expression, from the beginning of the frightened helplessness, gradually crying silently pear blossoms with rain, and then calm and calm, the eyes are full of unyielding and resistance, and finally indifferent as a chrysanthemum to end, always the sword is just helpless self-defense, no strength, but as if it is the last perseverance, if there is an accident, it will end itself under his own sword.
At the end of the song, Lin Wanyan seemed to be still immersed in the scene, and the sword that had been clenched was released and fell down at the moment when it was sure to be safe.
"Good!good!good!" Xiao Yu clapped his hands, this Tanglin princess really opened his eyes, he had never seen such an emotional performance, at the end of the song, he could still see the performer's face without dry tears, those clear eyes were telling the story from beginning to end.
Lin Wanyan generously saluted Xiao Yu, and then saluted the fifth princess, "Improvisation, let the emperor smile!"
"The impromptu performance is so amazing to the audience, Princess Wanyan really makes this king appreciate it very much!" Xiao Shen praised from the heart, and cast a complicated look at Lin Wanyan. He played around and watched all kinds of songs and dances, but he had never seen Lin Wanyan's performance just now, and it seemed that he used his whole body to interpret this song, and at the same time he was telling a story that led to reverie.
"Thank you Prince Yue for your compliment!" Lin Wanyan smiled at Xiao Shen and saluted, this is finally fooled, I won't mention her sword anymore, she is good at martial arts, but she is not a straw bale princess who doesn't know anything, the wisdom of the two worlds together, can still carry the end.