Chapter 100: Talent Conference
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Luoxi Imperial Palace Taihe Palace.
After so many things, it was finally the day of the Caiyuan Conference.
To put it bluntly, the Caiyuan Conference is to choose a girl for the royal family, and also to choose a daughter-in-law for the children of court officials, in the feudal dynasty, women are just accessories of men, and they have no right to choose marriage by themselves.
The performance of talents by women for the selection of men of prominent status, even though it stipulates the right to choose no, but in the end it is impossible to escape the fate of marriage.
In this world, how many women don't want to marry into the royal family, and once they fly on the branches and become phoenixes? Therefore, on this day, most of the official ladies of the imperial capital attended in full costume, hoping to touch the hearts of those princes and princes at a certain moment.
In the Taihe Palace, a wide and large stage is vacated in the middle, which is reserved as a place for performing talents.
From the entrance to the direction of the palace, dozens of tables with the height of coffee tables are symmetrically placed on both sides of the stage, scattered throughout the main hall. Cups, plates, and wine cups were placed on it, and many ministers and family members were already seated and waiting.
This banquet was huge, and all the people who came were Luo Xi's most prominent figures.
In the middle of the palace, on the high steps, the first place is the seat of the emperor Luo Keluo, the right is the queen, and the left is perpendicular to the middle of the direction is the VIP seat, and there are two tables and chairs, which are the seat of Chu Muchen, the king of Cangyunchen, and the seat of Xiangyu. Close to the position of the emperor and queen, it can be seen that Luo Xiguo respects Cheng DΓΉ for the envoy of Cangyun.
There are two seats opposite the VIP seat, respectively sitting Princess Manluo and Concubine Ru Mu Yaru, if it is Luo Keluo's favor for Mu Yaru, it is better to say that it is the favor of Prime Minister Mu Ke.
Prime Minister Mu Ke took the Wang family and Mu Zefeng to sit on the upper seat under the steps, and sat on an equal footing with the palace concubine, the prince, and the princess, showing the status of the prime minister above 10,000 people.
Below, there are the seats of the minister and his family.
The time had come, and all the ministers came in from the door with their wives and young ladies in the house. Splendid robes, beautiful sons, glamorous and pretty women, for a while, beautiful.
Most of the women are dressed up in flowers, gorgeously dressed, dignified, following their father with ceremonial steps, slowly taking a seat, gentle and pitiful, and generous ladies make people can't help but want to pity.
With a warm and decent smile on his face, he is calm on the surface, but secretly he is fighting fiercely, hoping that he can be lucky enough to marry into the royal family and win glory for the family.
In the position near the middle of the stage, there were sitting supervising Yu Shi Xuanhong, Xuan Ruojian, and Xuan Ruojue brothers and sisters, without much expression on their faces, obviously not having any expectations for the Talent Conference.
Xuan Ruojue restrained her usual lively temperament, and sat in her position very calmly, without too many gorgeous dresses, not too many expressions, and not too many words. Sitting next to the eldest brother, hoping to use the eldest brother's tall body to reduce his sense of storage.
Sister Yu said that she would not be allowed to marry Luo Keluo as a concubine, she believed it, so her face was calm.
"King Cangyunchen has arrived!"
With the shouting of a eunuch outside the hall, Chu Muchen, who was dressed in a purple embroidered robe, walked in calmly, with one hand behind him, and his right hand shaking the folding fan, elegant and chic.
There is a bewitching smile between the eyebrows, the narrow phoenix eyes are shining, a face is more beautiful than a woman, and the red lips are charming and seductive.
With just one look, everyone present hid their faces and was shy, and their eyes hung on him and couldn't take it back.
Next to him, Mu Zhiyu, who was dressed in pink, had a faint smile on his lips, a face was extremely ordinary, but a pair of clear eyes were shining and shining.
The temperament exuded by the whole body is like a hollow valley orchid, elegant and indifferent.
King Cangyun Chen was followed by a woman with an ordinary appearance but extraordinary temperament, which made many official ladies speculate about her relationship with His Royal Highness King Chen. After all, as we all know, King Chen is surrounded by beautiful women, but he never thought that there were such ordinary-looking women around him.
Although he thinks that King Cangyunchen is amorous by nature, with his face that is more beautiful than a woman, and his noble status, there are still many women who hope to be favored by him. If she can become Princess Chen and marry into the Cangyun royal family, it will be more noble than marrying into the Luoxi royal family.
Mu Zhiyu followed Chu Muchen's side, walking elegantly, and when he passed by Mu Ke's side, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and he only smiled faintly at Mu Zefeng, and slowly walked up to the VIP seat and took a seat.
Ignoring the resentful gaze of Princess Manluo and Mu Yaru, with an elegant smile on his face, he glanced at the people below.
Seeing Xuan Ruojue secretly smiling at her and beckoning, Wan Er smiled and winked at her.
Princess Manluo and Mu Yaru followed her line of sight, except for some colorful and delicate women, they didn't find anything abnormal, turned around and met Mu Zhiyu's slightly sarcastic eyes, gritted their teeth with hatred, and then smiled cruelly and stopped looking at her.
"Look, there are a lot of beauties looking at you below, especially Xia Yuanluan, the daughter of the Xiahou Mansion, look at the little eyes with affection, tsk. What does His Royal Highness King Chen think, let's hear it. β
Mu Zhiyu leaned his head to Chu Muchen and said with a smile, but his eyes were fixed on the third lady who was sitting in the Xiahou Mansion, and he looked at her with interest and looked at Chu Muchen with a shy face.
Chu Muchen twisted his eyebrows when he heard this, and he didn't look at the third lady of Xiahou Mansion, but raised the corner of the folding fan and gently knocked her head.
Mu Zhiyu turned his head and glared at him, swept the fan in his hand, and raised the corners of his eyebrows lightly, "If you don't want that broken fan, just say it." β
Chu Muchen quickly put the folding fan back, held it behind him with his backhand, glanced at the position in the middle, and then whispered in her ear with a smile, "Xiao Yu'er, you see that the fate conference is about to start, why don't you see Luo Keluo's figure yet?" β
Mu Zhiyu also raised his eyes and glanced at it, shook his head, and just wanted to say something, he was interrupted by a shrill high voice.
"The Queen Mother has arrived."
A luxurious woman in a golden phoenix robe slowly stepped up the steps with the support of the palace maid, wearing a golden phoenix crown on her head, shining, and her long skirt was supported by two palace maids.
Mu Zhiyu is still the queen who has seen Luo Keluo for the first time, and thinks that this woman is very beautiful, and there are many demeanors, and the most important thing is that she can't see the kind of cruel calculation that Mu Yaru's eyes reveal from her eyes.
And she could see that the smile on her face was blank, with a faint gloom, and she couldn't help but shake her head, in this deep palace, there is no shortage of such a woman, and even more helpless is to marry a merry emperor like Luo Keluo.
At this time, dozens of yellow-clothed palace maids walked up with pear blossoms in their hands, and after placing a pot on each table, they respectfully poured wine into everyone's glass cups, and then blessed their bodies and retreated in an orderly manner.
The wine was mellow and attractive, Chu Muchen immediately raised his glass and drank it all, and couldn't help but sigh again and again, "It's really a good wine." As he spoke, he poured a few more glasses in quick succession, and drank them all up.
Mu Zhiyu couldn't help but pout when he looked at him like that, and then said with a smile, "Isn't it pear blossom stuffing?" In the Seven Fragrance Pavilion of the Purple Feather Imperial City, there are countless more mellow and intoxicating wines, and you will be invited to drink it when you have time. β
Chu Muchen's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Really? Xiao Yu'er, then say okay, you have to invite me to drink. β
"Okay, I will definitely ask you."
Mu Zhiyu said, and also poured the cup of wine into his mouth, and after only taking a sip, he felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly poured the rest into his sleeve without a trace.
Squinting her eyes, she quietly glanced at Mu Yaru and the two opposites, and found that they hooked the corners of their mouths slightly, although they were not obvious, they were still exposed in her eyes.
Taking advantage of her unpreparedness, drugging her is really something they can do.
And when she saw that Chu Muchen drank it without any difference, she was careless for a while, and she actually fell into the trick, it seems that the problem lies in her cup.
This kind of magic medicine is colorless and odorless, and it is not easy to detect it if you are not guarded, and its medicinal properties are extremely strong, and after only a while, you will feel hot all over your body.
Damn, she was negligent.
She was able to prepare an antidote, but now it was obviously too late, so she had to use internal force to force the poison out.
"Chu Muchen, the hall is a little stuffy, I'll go out for a walk." Pretending to be calm, he said lightly to Chu Muchen, and then got up and walked out.
"I'll accompany you." Chu Muchen stood up when he heard this, and he wanted to go out with her.
"No, you don't." turned around and smiled at him, "Emperor Luo Xi will come in a while, you, King Cangyunchen, are not here, it is not good after all, I will be back in a while." β
With that, a man walked towards the outside of the temple.
Li Wuxian sat in Mu Zefeng's seat, with a cold face from beginning to end, dressed in white, cold and unpretentious.
When she raised her eyes, she saw Mu Zhiyu's figure walking down from the high platform, her face was slightly red, obviously suppressing something, frowning slightly, thinking for a moment, and suddenly startled, not good!
When she looked again, she had already passed over him, got up and turned back, and the pale pink had just disappeared from the door of the main hall.
Without thinking too much, he strode out, extremely fast, walking with the wind, and the white robe on his body swayed greatly with the movements under his feet.
"Feng'er, where are you going?"
Mu Ke hurriedly turned around and wanted to stop him, but the meeting started immediately, asking him not to run around, and all that responded to him was air.
Li Wuxian chased out of the main hall, turned around a few times nearby, and found no trace of Mu Zhiyu, and asked a few palace people, all of whom said that they had not seen her.
Anxiety and uneasiness came to my heart, damn it, who was so afraid of death who secretly drugged her and let him know that he had to kill them.
The movement of her feet did not stop, looking for her in every corner of the palace, according to her current condition, she must be found immediately, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
When Mu Zhiyu walked out of the main hall, she felt a tail following her behind her, pursed her lips, squinted her eyes, and walked towards the most dense direction of the palace.
The palace maid behind her followed her, bypassing the pavilions, gardens, and pavilions, and through the winding corridor, to the palace concubine's residence.
The palace maid in yellow was still following her closely not far behind, and in front of her was the bedroom of the emperor's favorite concubine, where several maidens lived, her eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, her lips were pursed, and her heart was full of doubts, what is she doing here?
She just saw her drink that glass of wine before she hurried out, at this time, even a person with high skill would not be able to resist.
The princess allowed herself to find an opportunity to knock her unconscious, then threw her into the room that had been prepared long ago, and led everyone away to see the fragrant picture. If she fails to complete the task this time, I am afraid that the princess will really kill herself.
Without thinking about it anymore, he continued to follow her footsteps, secretly thinking about waiting until he reached a secluded and uninhabited corner before he started.
Mu Zhiyu endured the restlessness on his body, and the corner of his eyes squinted behind him, and saw two rows of palace maids holding pastries walking in front of him, slightly hooking the corners of his lips.
"Hurry up, Concubine Niangniang will present these pastries before the conference starts, you can't afford to miss the time."
A eunuch at the front walked briskly, cocked his orchid fingers, and from time to time turned back to the palace maids, and said in a sharp and feminine voice.
"Hey, you, what about you, who are you, you dare to stand in our way, delay the lady lady's business, you are good-looking."
The eunuch turned around and saw Mu Zhiyu walking towards this side, and obviously blocking their way, hooked a finger and pointed at her and shouted.
Mu Zhiyu hurriedly greeted him, and smiled flatteringly at the eunuch, "Father-in-law, I just came to remind you that the Caiyuan Conference is about to start, and if you don't hurry up, you won't be able to catch up." I'll leave right away, I'll leave right away, and I'll never delay you. β
After speaking, he passed through the middle of the two columns of palace maids, glanced back, and found that the yellow-clothed palace maid just now was blocked on the other side, squinted her eyes slightly, raised the corners of her lips, and quickly jumped into the garden.
Walking in the opposite direction around the winding corridor, if it weren't for the fact that she couldn't use force lightly now, she wouldn't have spent so much effort to get rid of her.
When I arrived at a secluded corner of the Imperial Garden, I found that there were many rockeries in front of her, which was very conducive to hiding, and I swept the surroundings, no one saw her, and walked quickly into the rockery.
This is really a good place to use luck and drugs, almost no one will come here to disturb her, her legs are crossed, she is in a meditative state, and her hands slowly use internal force to slowly infuse into her body.
It didn't take long for cold sweat to break out on her forehead, and the heat in her body collided with the internal force, feeling that her body was about to explode, and the hot and cold currents continued to cross and flow, making her face white and red.
But she still gritted her teeth and endured, and after this most uncomfortable stage, the toxin could be completely forced out.
Suddenly, her ears trembled, and there was a noise outside, listening to the footsteps and noise, it should be a large number of royal guards arresting someone, and she was shocked, it wouldn't be searching for her.
It shouldn't be, how can I say that she is also the righteous sister of His Royal Highness King Chen, and besides, she just came out to breathe, and no one dared to arrest her in the Luoxi Palace.
Throw away distracting thoughts, don't think about it anymore, focus on pranayama, anyway, it's very safe here, and you shouldn't be able to search for it here in a short time.
There was a sudden shock in his heart, he felt that the breath of danger was approaching, and he quickly opened his eyes, but in an instant, he was given an acupoint, and he couldn't move, and he couldn't speak, so he could only stare at the man who suddenly broke in.
"Don't be afraid, I won't kill you. I'll let you go when it's safe. β
The man only hurriedly said a word to her, and then walked lightly to the rockery, and only turned around when the footsteps of the Imperial Forest Army outside had gone away.
Mu Zhiyu hated and scolded his ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, where did this bastard bastard suddenly come from!
I don't know if I suddenly interrupt her luck and die, if I don't make it, she will go mad, and the meridians of the whole body will be broken and die!
It's really a tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs, thinking that she Mu Zhiyu has lived two lives, she has always been cautious, but she still can't escape the fate of being calculated, and she can't imagine that she will eventually be planted in the hands of this bastard who suddenly appeared.
Hate gritted his teeth, froze in that position, staring at his back with wide eyes, his eyes were about to burst into flames, but he was stunned the moment he turned around. It's him?
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