237 Prince's Selection of Concubines (2)
"I want to do something like Sister Ruyi, like my father, even if I get ......married," Gu Tingzhi bit her lip, "I don't want to marry someone I've never met." Gu Tingzhi looked gentle, but in fact, she was as proud as her father in her bones.
Duan Rubian pursed her lips and smiled, and whispered to her: "You are still young, I am afraid that you can only come to go through the motions today, and when you return home, you will have several years of time for you to squander, and after you are successful, success or failure depends on the time of the past few years, what you choose." ”
Gu Tingzhi's eyes flashed, she had never heard this kind of encouragement, Mrs. Gu couldn't understand her, her father was busy with business, plus she was not in good health, and what she thought was even more fantastical, this was the first time that someone agreed with her and encouraged her to realize what she wanted.
Gu Tingzhi couldn't help but clench Duan Rufang's hand, "Thank you Sister Ruyi for your order!"
Duan Rubian nodded, Gu Tingzhi is not an indecisive person, all she lacks is a little support, for the sake of Gu Shen who has repeatedly helped her, this person will be done by her, as for whether she can succeed or not, it is no longer her business.
Gu Tingzhi left happily, and after a while, the chief manager of the queen's palace stepped into the door and shouted: "The queen's mother has arrived-Concubine Niangniang has arrived-"
Everyone stood up and saluted: "See the queen's mother, see the lady's mother." ”
Before the prince arrived, the queen and the concubine stepped into the palace one after the other, the queen was wearing a phoenix robe, with exquisite makeup, and a wave of her long sleeves: "Get up." ”
The two ladies sat down in front, and the queen glanced around the hall and nodded with satisfaction: "You don't have to be polite, this atmosphere is so depressing, so that the palace is surprised, is the palace so scary." The queen smiled kindly, easing the atmosphere in the hall.
In the end, it is the prince's concubine selection banquet, although most people are here to fill the number, but many of them come with the intention of being rich and noble, and they are inevitably a little restrained in front of the queen, but the queen ridiculed like this, and everyone present laughed.
Concubine Shu sat at the head of the queen and said with a smile: "The ladies are so nervous when they see the queen, and after a while, His Royal Highness the prince will come down, won't you be ashamed and can't say anything." The ladies present blushed, bit their lips and lowered their heads.
The queen glanced at Concubine Shu gently, and chuckled: "Sister Concubine Shu, stop teasing them, the girls are thin-skinned." ”
Concubine Shu smiled and nodded.
After the two chatted for a few words, the ladies gradually began to stand up and show their talents.
The family status is not high, and there are more of them, and these nobles only hope to please the queen, so that they can be a side concubine and serve the prince, although the status is low now, but after the prince ascends the throne, he will be a palace concubine.
The nobles who have high status and hope to enter the prince's mansion are ready to wait for His Royal Highness the prince to come down before showing their talents, not only to please the queen's mother, but also to be noticed by His Royal Highness the prince, so that they can have more status when they enter the prince's mansion.
A few noble girls who came out, most of them were dancing and painting, nothing new, and not too amazing, the queen just symbolically appreciated some gadgets and skipped it, only one or two gentle-looking noble girls were praised by the queen twice, I am afraid that they will be filled into the prince's mansion.
Half an hour later, the prince was late.
The queen placed the prince by her side, and several noble daughters who had not yet shown their talents couldn't wait to stand up.
The young lady of the high-ranking family took out the natural incomparable with the previous one, and the queen was attracted to the eyes, and she never noticed the prince.
The prince seemed to have been observing below, but in fact, the tail of his eyes had been sweeping in the direction of Duan Rufang, and in his eyes, there was nothing about the talents of this group of women that surprised him.
Over the years, the prince has participated in countless banquets, so many banquets, these women are just a few, nothing new, very boring, even if the performance is good, how can it be, thinking about it, the prince can't help but think about Xiao Shanshan's birthday, Duan Rufang's sword dance.
Since that day, he has also sent people to find a few dancing girls who can dance sword dances to watch every day, but no one can compare to Duan Rufang's addiction.
Duan Rubian noticed the prince's obscure gaze, and his heart was unhappy, and he kept covering his face with a wine glass, staring at the few young ladies performing in the corridor.
After the performances of several important nobles, Murong Yan stood up on the table, strode into the corridor, and saluted the three above
The queen had already told the prince that the jade ruyi must be sent to Murong Yan's hands, so after Murong Yan stood up, the queen glanced at the prince.
The crown prince knew the queen's intentions, and his casual attitude became serious, and he looked at Murong Yan.
"The queen mother, His Royal Highness the Prince, the courtiers don't like Wenmo since they were young, and they prefer to walk on horses and ride and shoot, and today they present a sword dance for Her Royal Highness Niangniang. ”
All of Fang Cai's performances are piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, boring, and Murong Yan's heart, she just did the opposite, no matter what, her sword dance is very eye-catching, not to mention, there is one thing, she has always wanted to confirm, just rely on this sword dance.
Murong Yan saw the prince's serious eyes when he heard the word sword dance, and his heart was clogged, and after going down to change his makeup, Murong Yan played in the open space in front of the palace.
By the light of the full moon, Murong Yan, who was dressed in a red dress and had long hair and high hair, looked chic and gorgeous, and the silver light refracted by the long sword under the moon was very dazzling, but it made people unable to take their eyes off.
The queen nodded with satisfaction, she is also from a family of military generals, and she prefers to walk on horses and shoot more than piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, Murong Yan's sword dance is indeed very amazing to her, the queen caught a glimpse of the prince's stunned eyes in her afterglow, pursed her lips and laughed.
After the prince finished watching Murong Yan's sword dance, he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, the sky outside the hall was dark, only the moonlight and the faint light, Murong Yan's expression was not clear, and he involuntarily brought in Duan Rufang's face, and when he came back to his senses, his heart was not even more tasteful.
After Murong Yan walked into the palace, the queen praised it a lot, and after she finished speaking, she kept proposing that the prince send jade ruyi with a look.
The prince hung his head and was silent for a long time before he reached out and picked up the jade Ruyi on the side, walked towards Murong Yan, and handed it into her palm.
Murong Yan knelt down to thank her, but the expression on her face was not good-looking.
The only person on the queen's field who was very satisfied with this scene did not notice that Murong Yan was wrong.
The crown princess was elected, and then there were two side concubines.
Duan Ruhua got up in the back, Duan Ruhua remembered that the prince was very surprised by the sword dance that Duan Rufang had danced before, she also wanted to dance a sword dance, but she didn't know martial arts, and forcibly dancing the sword dance would only be weak and weak, so she still chose the neon dress song that she was very good at.
is not as gentle as the previous dance steps, this neon dress song also adds elements of the array, which is comparable to Murong Yan's.
Qi Jing'er was at the back of the game, she just maintained a calm temperament, painted a picture of the country with ink, and also mentioned a poem, the poem alludes to the queen's long-lasting favor, and also alludes to the prince's wisdom and martial arts, thinking about it, she knows that Qi Qian helped her do it.
The banquet was not interesting at the end, Gu Tingzhi's performance was mediocre, she must have missed the prince's mansion, and the happy atmosphere that was entwined all over her body after sitting down, Duan Rufang also felt a little softer when she saw it.
After the banquet, Duan Rubian and his party returned to the house together.
The next day, the emperor's decree arrived at Duanfu.
Duan Ruhua was named the prince's side concubine, and Qi Jing'er was the crown prince Liangdi.
Because Qi Jing'er did not have a high status, there was no need for a wedding, and she was welcomed in by the palanquin of the prince's mansion a few days later.
And the crown princess Murong Yan and the crown princess's side concubine Duan Ruhua married into the prince's mansion together a month later.
Three days after Qi Jing'er was carried into the prince's mansion, it stands to reason that she was going to return to Ning, but several people in the Qi family never expected that the prince would come back with Qi Jing'er!
As a little Liangdi in the Prince's Mansion, it is a great reward for the prince to accompany Guining, and it also tells everyone that Qi Jing'er is favored.
Old Madam Qi's tail was almost up to the sky, and she secretly thought in her heart, after the prince left, she must take this matter to anger Old Madam Duan, hasn't she always been proud that her third granddaughter has the ability to marry the son, but her granddaughter has let the prince accompany Guining, Duan Ruhua may not have this kind of honor.
But after the prince followed Qi Jing'er into the lobby, he left Qi Jing'er and the Qi family alone, and he said that he wanted to go to Bitongxuan to see Duan Ruhua.
Qi Jing'er sent the prince away gently, but behind her back, she gritted her teeth, hated Duan Ruhua in her heart, and even began to speculate whether the prince specially accompanied her back to the door just to see Duan Ruhua, Duan Ruhua was so concerned by the prince before she married into the prince's mansion, if she really married in, she would be snubbed by the prince sooner or later!
Qi Jing'er hurriedly went to find the Liu family to think of an idea to keep the prince's heart.
......
Qi Jing'er arranged for the maid beside her to send the prince to Duan Ruhua's Bitongxuan.
Halfway through, the prince suddenly said, "Okay, you don't have to take the rest of the road, go back." ”
Before Xiaozi could figure out how the prince knew Duan Ruhua's residence, he was taken back to the Duan family's lobby by the guards beside the prince.
After Xiaozi left, the prince turned around and walked the other way.
The attendant behind the crown prince reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, it seems that Miss Duan's courtyard is not in this direction. "The little maid clearly refers to the opposite path.
The prince frowned and reprimanded him for a loud word, but still followed the road to the end.
The plaque on the courtyard reads in three big characters: "Loulan Pavilion"
There were people in the courtyard who walked out, and when they saw a majestic son standing outside the door, they were stunned.
The attendant behind the prince reminded dissatisfiedly: "Bold, I haven't seen His Royal Highness the prince yet." ”
Saying this, the subordinates in the courtyard knelt down in shock and saluted loudly: "The slave has seen His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
With such a loud voice, I'm afraid it has already shocked the people in the room.
The crown prince frowned.
Sure enough, a moment later, Duan Rubian walked out of the house.
"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here, what is the so-called?"