Chapter 142: Betting
Wanjun received the reward and knelt on the ground to give thanks. The emperor liked the girl of the same age as his daughter in front of him, and his eyes were very gentle when he looked at Wanjun, but immediately the father looked at his daughter's eyes.
Concubine Liu watched the emperor look at a rural village girl with such gentle eyes, and felt even more angry.
Although Concubine Liu said that she was the emperor's favored concubine, she had never enjoyed such a doting gaze from the emperor. Concubine Liu clenched her fists, and secretly swore that she must clean up Xie Wanjun, and let out this breath.
"People's daughter Xie Wanjun, thank you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Wanjun saluted the emperor again.
"Wanjun, I knew you would win. Wanjun, you are the best! The princess watched Wanjun not only win the game, but also received the emperor's reward, and was even more proud of her friend.
The princess quickly got up from her seat, completely ignoring her status and royal etiquette, ran straight to Wanjun, and hugged Wanjun in her arms.
The emperor saw that the relationship between the two girls was so good, and he was very comforted. Wanjun seems to be a good girl, and the princess is with her, not only can she not learn badly, but she can also learn a lot.
Concubine Liu, who was sitting on the side, was obviously not calm, and from the afternoon competition to now, the emperor's attention was on Wanjun. Now the princess is friendly to Wanjun again, and if Wanjun enters the palace one day, she will inevitably take away her favor. Concubine Liu thought nervously, thinking about countermeasures.
"Miss Wanjun, there will be a banquet in the palace tonight. I like the dance you just danced very much, and I want you to teach the dance you just danced to the dancing girls in the palace, so that if I want to see it in the future, I can see it at any time. What does Miss Wanjun think? The Emperor's tone was less like an order, but more like a consultation, like a child who wants to get candy and consults with his parents.
Wanjun thought about it briefly, and felt that the dancing girls in the palace should have good learning ability, and it would not be difficult to teach them by themselves, plus the emperor's words were very sincere, so he agreed.
The emperor saw that Wanjun readily agreed, felt very happy, and motioned for his subordinates to take Wanjun to the dance room.
"Father, my daughter also retired first." The princess stood up and saluted, ready to leave.
"Don't go, kid, I have something to tell you." The emperor saw that his daughter turned to leave, and quickly stopped her.
"Emperor, I want to make a bet with you to see if your Master Wanjun can teach those dancers a new dance in one day!" At this time, the emperor learned about Wanjun's ability, and now he wants to bet with his daughter like a child.
"Okay, then I bet Wanjun will be able to teach them in one day!" The princess is very confident in Wanjun, so she did not hesitate to bet that Wanjun could win.
"Since the emperor is so confident, it is better to bet on the reward given to Miss Wanjun, if Miss Wanjun wins, I will give her a house in the capital!" In fact, the emperor also believed that Wanjun could win, and he wanted to reward Wanjun with a mansion, so that Wanjun could stay in Beijing and spend more time with his daughter.
The emperor knew that he was too busy every day, and he gave too little care to his daughter. He wanted to leave Wanjun directly in the capital to accompany his daughter, but he was afraid that a direct reward would leave a handle for people, so he simply used a bet to take the house as a bet.
Several palace people showed Wanjun the way, and the group soon arrived at the dance room. Wanjun looked around and found that the environment of the dance room was very elegant, and the emperor also took care of these dancing girls.
When Wanjun arrived at the dance room, she didn't go directly to see those dancing girls, but went to change her clothes first. The accompanying palace people also understood etiquette, and waited respectfully outside the door until Wanjun came out after changing his clothes.
The palace people stood at the door and waited, watching Wanjun come out of it, and the palace maid of the foreman hurriedly signaled his palace people to go in and interpret simultaneously.
"Miss Wanjun arrives at ......" A palace person entered the dance room first, hoping that they could come to greet them.
On weekdays, the pampered dancers regard themselves as the masters here, and they usually point fingers at the palace maids and eunuchs.
"Yo, who else should I be, it turned out to be Miss Wanjun. I didn't expect the girl to dress so plainly, I thought it was a palace maid who went to the wrong room! A dancer who took the lead looked at Wanjun dressed plainly, and she was a mockery of Wanjun.
"I am the princess's master, and I have just been awarded the title of the emperor and become a royal gift. The emperor said that there will be a banquet in the palace tonight, and sent me to teach you a new dance, and I hope you will cooperate. Wanjun looked at these dancing girls who were pretentious, and didn't want to show off the rewards they got in the afternoon, but looking at their appearance, she could only take the rewards to make them obedient.
"Yo, I heard you right, the princess's master is such a dignified face? Sisters, come and see, the princess's master is here! The leader of the dancing girl shouted at the dancing girl in the house.
A group of people heard the shouts of the leader, and hurriedly came out of it and surrounded Wanjun, looking like a group of people watching monkeys.
Wanjun looked at the group of dancing girls who were all gorgeously dressed and covered with all kinds of decorations. Standing beside them, I feel like a flock of chickens and cranes.
"Yo, where did this hillbilly come from, look at her poor and sour face!" A dancing girl saw Wanjun's appearance and thought it was funny, but she didn't hide it and humiliated Wanjun.
Wanjun was not angry, and secretly thought about countermeasures.
"I am also ordered to come here to teach you a new dance, and I hope that you will cooperate and strive to complete it in one afternoon without delaying the banquet in the evening." Wanjun pretended not to hear their taunts, and directly told Mai Ji the purpose of her visit.
"Yo, did you hear that, this hillbilly actually came over and pointed fingers at our sisters!" One of the dancing girls was obviously not convinced, and no one had spoken to them like this since they left the workshop.
"Do you want to disobey?" Wanjun pretended to be angry and looked around at the few dancing girls in the room angrily.
Several dancing girls didn't expect Wanjun to move the emperor out, although they were very reluctant, but they could only choose to bow their heads.
"I know that you are all from the workshop, you have studied dance since you were a child, and you are also one of the best in your peers, otherwise you would not be here. I know that you are not convinced, and I don't believe that I have the ability to teach you well, but I, Xie Wanjun, am the emperor's canonized imperial celebrity, and according to the grade, I am far higher than you, so whether you are convinced or not, you have to listen to me now! Wanjun's words were loud, and the room was quiet, and only the voice of Wanjun speaking to this group of dancers was left in the room.
A group of dancing girls were silent, and no one had dared to point a finger at them since they entered the palace.
"Your dresses are too long, and it's inconvenient to dance, so go and change into short clothes for a while. And you have too much jewelry on you, take it off quickly. Wanjun ordered a group of dancing girls.
"Yes." Although they were all very reluctant in their hearts, they didn't dare to really contradict this royal celebrity, so they could only do what she asked.
"What is the origin of this new person, who pointed fingers at us as soon as he came." One dancer is dissatisfied, and complains to the other dancer when she changes her clothes.
"What is the origin of the family, even if it is a village girl who has never seen the world, she has become a famous gift, in the end, it is higher than our grade, there is no way, bear with it." Another dancing girl breathed a sigh of relief.
In the final analysis, dancing girls are just a profession for entertainment and pastime, and they come and go as soon as they are called, and they are not respected by others at all. They are pretentious on the surface, but in fact, in the end, they are also inferior in their hearts. Perhaps only by disguising themselves as hedgehogs covered in thorns can they protect their extremely fragile self-esteem deep inside.
After some hours, a few of the dancers changed their clothes, came out from behind the screen, and gathered in the dance room.
Wanjun saw that they really changed their clothes and took off the jewelry that was in the way, and she was quietly relieved.
"Come, everyone, I'll show you the dance you want to learn today!" Wanjun clapped her hands and took care of everyone to come and gather.
When the music sounded, Wanjun danced to the music, not paying attention to whether anyone was learning from her. Wanjun danced very devotedly, the movements were in place, and she already felt sweating profusely after jumping once.
"Have you learned?" At the end of the song, Wanjun's breath was a little messy. She thinks that these dancing girls should have a strong learning ability, and they can dance at all.
"Miss Wanjun, can you dance again, we didn't see it clearly." The dancers replied in unison as if they had discussed it in advance.
The music sounded again, and Wanjun danced to the rhythm again, this time she observed the reactions of the dancers, and found that they didn't watch themselves dance, but a group of three, a group of five, and chatted together.
Wanjun danced very stage, but the dancers in the audience didn't take her hard work seriously at all.
"Look at her, it's funny to be dancing stupidly on stage." The leading dancer pointed at Wanjun on the stage with one hand, and laughed with one hand on her stomach.
The dancing girl next to her also wanted to laugh, but she was afraid that Wanjun would be angry, so she couldn't help laughing, and her stomach hurt. Now I watched the foreman take the lead and laughed, and I also let go.
"It's just her, a village girl dares to run out and point fingers, it's so funny!" A dancing girl flattered the leader and quickly chimed in.
"That's it, that's it, it's not good to be her village girl, farming at home, teaching her husband and children, and running out of the embarrassing ......"
The scene in the audience was a little out of control, Wanjun felt very uncomfortable when she heard everyone's laughter, she didn't expect this group of dancing girls to be so disobedient, she must think of a way to make them obedient.
At the end of the song, Wanjun stopped and walked off the stage.