The banquet in the palace is generally set in the Huaqing Palace, and this year's Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet is no exception. The emperor does not like luxury, and because it is a family banquet does not invite foreign ministers, Huaqing Palace is only arranged according to the rules, and the two big red lanterns in the courtyard are hung from the vermilion gate to the eaves of the main hall, and the symmetry of the two also adds a lot of atmosphere to this festival. In the main hall, the chairman naturally sits on the emperor, and today the emperor is not wearing formal clothes, only wearing a purple red dragon robe on weekdays, which makes people feel a lot closer. The chairman lowered slightly, and there were seats on the left and right, sitting the Queen Mother and the Queen respectively. Under the two seats, a number of seats were placed, the concubines on the right sat according to their positions, and the princes and their families sat on the left. The dishes on each table are the same, a pot of osmanthus wine, a plate of moon cakes, and then a few exquisite dishes and snacks, and the Situ sisters sit in the last few seats. The banquet was lively and customary, and the Queen Mother only sat for a while before leaving, saying that she wanted to rest earlier when she was old. The concubines who can speak take turns to toast the emperor and queen, especially those who are not very favored on weekdays, and they all hope that the emperor can look at themselves more. The emperor was also very happy today, and he did not refuse to come, and he also had a few drinks with the princes from time to time. A scene of joy. Singing and dancing are indispensable, but Xu has seen a lot, and the emperor doesn't pay much attention to it.

Halfway through the wine, the queen suddenly spoke: "Today's emperor of song and dance doesn't seem to like it very much." ”

The emperor looked back and was a little drunk, and replied: "I don't like it, it's just like it every year, it's the same, it's just to help the fun!" ”

Seeing this, the queen smiled and said, "The concubine has prepared a program for the emperor. Without waiting for the emperor to reply, the next concubine suddenly stood up, looked at the emperor charmingly, and Ying Ying said: "Your Majesty, the concubine has also prepared a song to entertain the emperor, can the emperor listen to the concubine's song first?" ”

The emperor was looked at by her with a red face, and he was already a little fluttering, "Yue'er's song will not be bad, I will listen to it!" ”

Nian'er only felt an ominous premonition haunting her heart, and when Li Xiyue talked about the first note, this feeling was confirmed, and sure enough, she also played and sang the song "Falling Geese and Pingsha", although the singing voice is not as good as Su'er, but she is the first to win people, even if Su'er sings well, she will follow the nobles! blamed themselves for their carelessness, and when they saw Dongmei's sneaky voyeurism that day, they should have thought that they must have a conspiracy. Looking back at Su'er, I saw that she gritted her teeth, and her eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire. Su'er can't make a fool of herself, let alone let Li Xiyue succeed, and the queen, if she gets angry because of this matter, it will be difficult to get ahead! After stabilizing her mind, Nian'er hurriedly asked Jinxin to go back and get a yellow dance dress she brought from home, and whispered to Su'er not to be nervous for a while, just play and sing hard.

After the song, everyone in the hall applauded, thinking that Li Xiyue had also prepared with her heart in the past few days.

"Reward!" As soon as the emperor said a word, there were chamberlains dragging the tray in, and the tray was full of various jewels.

Li Xiyue hurriedly bent her knees and thanked her: "Yue'er, thank the emperor for the reward!" "There was a shyness on his face.

Everyone in the audience had uncertain faces, some were envious, some were jealous, and more were pretending to be nothing. At the end of the banquet, the two palace concubines who didn't know each other whispered: "Hmph~~ No matter how well she sings, the emperor will not go to her palace tonight." ”

"The moon is full tonight, the emperor is naturally going to accompany the queen and princess, in the end, she is just a concubine like us, what is there to be proud of."

Li Xiyue sat down and said to the head: "Empress Fangcai said that she also prepared a program, I don't know what it is?" ”

The queen was stunned, but quickly regained her smile and said to the emperor, "The concubine heard that Situ Baolin of the Splendid Palace has excellent singing skills, so she also prepared a tune, but there are such natural sounds as the concubines of the moon, and those vulgar sounds are not listened to." ”

"Situ Baolin?" The Emperor frowned and thought for a moment, then asked, "But what day I met in the Imperial Garden?" ”

"It's her." The queen nodded.

"Her singing voice is really good, let her sing."