Hua Yan had no choice but to humbly reply: "It's just a little trick, so that the lady can laugh, and the courtiers should obey their orders." ”

At this time, the internal affairs officials had already set up a long, low shelf where the screen had been placed before, and on both sides of the stage sat palace people holding various musical instruments.

Hua Yan struggled to suppress the pain in her ankle and slowly walked to the stage, and only the sound of her own heartbeat was quiet around her. She had never thought of a day when her life was not in her hands, and the majesty that emanated from the main seat of the banquet tonight made her truly feel threatened.

She glanced at the men's seat, intentionally or unintentionally, but was surprised to find that the man sitting on the upper right seat was incomparably beautiful, with black hair casually draped over his thin shoulders, a pair of melancholy eyes on his fair and clear face, and the kind of stunning temperament on his body emanated from the windows of his heart, pure and sad. History says that Liu Yifu likes singing and dancing, good poetry and wine, and he is the only one who has such a unique temperament.

Although the person sitting next to Liu Yifu looked about the same age as him, his temperament was completely different from him, the complexion of the person was slightly darker, his physique was strong, his chest was full of confidence, and he was much more lively, but only slightly childish. The seats are arranged according to the official rank and the degree of use in front of the emperor, and it is not difficult to guess that this person is Liu Yu's fourth son, Liu Yikang.

Liu Che'er sat on the upper left seat, he seemed to be watching him for a long time, and to the surprise of Huayan, Xiao Minglang, who had no official rank, actually sat side by side with the princes. This made her nervous even more, even if for no reason.

She walked slowly up the steps, stopped again, and finally took a deep breath, and took off the jade flute on her waistcoat and blew it. I saw that the extremely moving sound of the flute moved with her slow forward steps.

The moon was as cool as frost, and the apricot blossoms in the garden flew with the wind as if they heard the call, and they fell on the long stage where the painting slowly moved forward, as if insisting on laying a carpet for her.

From the first note they heard, the guests on both sides were so enchanted that they forgot where they were, even who they were, and felt like the petals of a flower fluttering in the sky.

The crowd of people in front of her made Hua Yan a little breathless, as if a black cloth covered her free blue sky, which made her panic. However, in the midst of this darkness, a glimmer of light occasionally flashed, like the wet starlight in the sky, and like the gentle dawn before dawn, which enveloped her with warmth and hope from time to time. When she looked in that direction, the light was gone. She brought the sadness she felt into this song, and it also infected everyone present.

As soon as the song ended, Huayan had already reached the end of the stage, and after leaning over to salute, he was about to go back.

"Are you the daughter of Aiqing?"

A loud voice came from the main seat of the men's seat.

Huayan immediately turned around and bowed, "Yes, the courtiers Huayan greeted the emperor." ”

"Oh? Draw Aiqing, this is Ling Ai? The emperor said to the painting Xia Shan who was sitting down.

Hua Xia Shan immediately got up and replied, "Back to the emperor, it is the little daughter of Wei Chen." ”

"Hahaha, well, there are women like this, it is your virtue, in terms of this Xiao art, no one in the world can compare with it. This time Jiangling disaster relief, painting Aiqing contributed a lot, painting Xia Shan stepped forward to obey orders. ”

"The minister is here."

"That is, from today onwards, Jin painted Xia Shan as the middle of the imperial history, ranking a thousand stones."

"We're thanking you."

"Let's all be flat."

"Your Majesty, the concubines have long heard that the second lady is as beautiful as a fairy, and now she has not seen her true face, just looking at this graceful posture is enough to fall into the city." Mrs. Zhang smiled again and said: "I have to say that this palace has always wanted to see the true face of Miss Hua II with my own eyes, and today is also a coincidence, I have to see the real person, why don't I take off the veil of Miss Hua Er, and it will also be my abrasive wish." ”

Huayan looked up and saw that the emperor was silent, so he had to take off the veil on his face, although he had already done tens of thousands of times in his heart, he still had to be a little flustered.

As expected, the moment everyone lifted the veil, they all boiled, some pointed and discussed, and some showed a look of pity.

"This ...... Sure enough, it is a rumor in the rivers and lakes, and it is true that the music is superb, but it is not true......"

"Who would have thought that the eldest lady of the painting would be so beautiful as a flower, but her sister would be so ugly, it's a pity."

Mrs. Zhang was also really startled by the black pockmarks on her face, and she tried her best to restrain her facial expressions and sit up straight again.

The effect of the scene is carefully set by the painting face, looking at Mrs. Zhang's discolored appearance, it is known that the marriage will not fall on her head again, and the painting Yan's heart has shouted "yes!" hundreds of times early! However, she stood aside with her head bowed as if nothing had happened. She secretly looked in the direction of Liu Che'er and Xiao Minglang, and saw that although the two of them were a little surprised, they didn't have too many facial expressions to draw their faces.

The emperor remained unmoved from beginning to end, he still continued: "Have you ever read? ”

"Back to the emperor, the courtiers have never read any books, only recognize a few words. How boring it is to read, courtiers like to ride horses and shoot arrows. He said with a grin.

When everyone heard that a lady of the family actually rode a horse and shot arrows, they were first shocked, and then they all looked up and laughed.

This made the emperor who was high up and had a serious face so much that he was amused when he heard this. "You're pretty good, and you can ride a horse and shoot arrows, hahaha......"

Huayan laughed a few times, and said embarrassedly: "Hehehe, the emperor has a good reputation." ”

"In that case, you can go with this year's autumn hunt." The emperor smiled.

The emperor's order cannot be violated, since he has come to this time and space, he has to abide by the rules of this time and space, and Hua Yan has to pretend to be full of joy and agree.

"The courtiers take orders."

The banquet finally came to an end, the emperor and the ladies had already driven back to the palace first, and all the guests in the palace also bowed to the king of Yidu, and left the house in twos and threes and drove the carriage away.

After Mrs. Hua learned that Huayan was deliberately making a fool of herself, she kept counting Huayan on the way after leaving the table, but she still restrained her emotions and greeted and chatted with the wife of the officials on the same road enthusiastically. Huayan took advantage of the fact that Mrs. Hua and Huashu were not paying attention, and pulled the two girls around her to sneak a step first.

"Hehe, thirty-six plans, go for the upper plan."

"Miss, Madame was already very angry with Mademoiselle just now, if we leave like this, how will Madame explain to the eldest Miss?" Xin Qiao said with a sad face.

Huayan touched Xinqiao's head and comforted: "It's okay, the sky is falling, isn't there still Shenglan!" ”

“...... Miss, you ......."

"Clear? Why are you here? When Huayan turned around, he suddenly found Xiao Minglang standing in front of him with his hands behind his back.

Xiao Minglang looked at Huayan suspiciously, "How did you know my name?" ”

Hua Yan was stunned for a while, and then he remembered that he had befriended him in the Forgotten Dust Building as the eighth master, so he replied, "You, have you forgotten?" In the pavilion in the back garden, didn't you tell Princess Yuzhang...... I'm standing there, so big, it's impossible not to hear it......"

"I see." Xiao Minglang suddenly took a step forward and said, "I wonder if Miss Painting has been to the Forgotten Dust Building?" ”

Hua Yan was suddenly startled, and immediately replied, "I haven't been there." ”

Xiao Minglang smiled bitterly and said abruptly, "It turns out that I was really wrong." ”

Huayan didn't make a sound, only secretly guessed, "Did he see something?" ”

"Miss Painting Second and Miss Lin Yunrou know each other?"

When Huayan heard Lin Yunrou's three words, he was immediately indifferent, "I can't talk about acquaintance, I never get along with people I don't like." ”

"That's fine."

"I don't know what's going on?" Huayan asked with an eyebrow.

"There will be no more overboards or injuries."

"You think I deliberately embarrassed her?!" Hua Yan was a little out of breath, needless to say, her expression must have been very angry.

Xiao Minglang didn't answer, and after being silent for a long time, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "How can this jade flute be in your hands?" Where did you get it from? ”

Speaking of the jade flute, the painting face immediately protected, "What are you asking for?" This, it was given to me by someone else. ”

"Who sent it?"

"It's just a friend who gave it to me to repay the favor."

Xiao Minglang stood aside thoughtfully, nothing else, and then took out a medicine bottle and handed it to Hua Yan. "This white jade ointment is the most effective in treating bruises and bruises, although it is only a sprain, but it cannot be delayed, hurry up and take it."

Xiao Minglang didn't show any expression, only hurriedly finished a few short sentences, and then left Xiao Ran. Hua Yan didn't know how he knew about his injury, but she stood silently and looked at him in the distance, and she, who was still a little angry just now, was extinguished by these two short sentences.

"Yan'er, it turns out that you are here, you want me to find it." Liu Che'er ran excitedly towards Huayan.

"What is the prince looking for me?" Hua Yan jumped up and sat down on the big stone beside him, and asked with his head up.

"Your foot hurts? Someone, get a doctor. Liu Che'er saw that Huayan was injured, and immediately arranged for someone to go to the doctor.

Huayan hurriedly stopped, "No, no, it's not in the way, no, Xiao Gongzi, who I just met, sent the medicine casually, and it just happened to be useful." ”

"Which Xiao Gongzi?"

"Xiao Minglang, you're small."

"How did Yan'er know that I had known him since childhood?" Liu Che'er suddenly said with a serious face.

"I'm stupid, why do you always say the wrong thing tonight! ......" Hua Yan knocked his head hard.

She said hesitantly, "I still want to ask you, how could he, a common man, come to the palace?" So I just asked him, and he told me. He's you're small, what else can I say? ”

Liu Che'er seemed to relax his vigilance, and he said softly: "He didn't come to the palace because he was friendly with me, it was his father's intention. ”

Huayan asked: "Who is he?" ”

"He is a guest of the imperial court. Yan Er to the outside world, don't say anything about me and him again. Liu Che'er changed his gentle face and said coldly.

Although she had doubts, she didn't show it, and just nodded as if she didn't care.

Liu Che'er suddenly said again: "Yan'er, how long do you want to hide it from me?" ”

Huayan deliberately pretended not to know, and said tentatively: "Ed...... The courtiers don't know what the prince said? ”

"You saved a person's life in Taoyuan back then, and that person was me, have you forgotten?"

"Is there such a thing? How I don't remember ......"

"Yan'er, you don't have to hide it from me, in the pavilion in the back garden, I saw the jade flute I gave you in your hand, and I already knew that it was you."

Liu Che'er said again: "I also know that the person who blew the plum blossom smile for the first time in the Forgotten Dust Building that night was also you, and the score of the plum blossom laugh naturally came from you." ”

After Liu Che'er finished speaking, he looked at the painting with a sincere face.

"You...... How do you know?! Hua Yan stood up, surprised.