She raised her chin slightly, signaled the direction of the side hall, Mo Shuoyue looked, the previously half-hidden door had been closed, and behind the red cicada wing veil, the shadows saw several figures. The silhouette of a man at the front of it, she looked a little familiar, and before she could ask a question, she heard Jiang Yu say again:

"See? That should be King Duanping, five years ago, Princess Duanping died of illness, even if the queen doesn't love the eldest prince, but according to the rules, she should choose a concubine for him again. ”

She paused for a while, scooped a spoonful of cheese and ate it, and said, "It's just that over the years, Duanping Wang Ye has refused to remarry for various reasons. After delaying it again and again, the queen didn't feel at ease about this matter, after all, she relied on the crown prince and always neglected her eldest son. However, now that the prince of Duanping is almost in his prime, he has no concubines or concubines, and even the emperor can't stand it. So, this year, the queen let out cruel words and asked him to be present in person and pick one. ”

Mo Shuoyue looked forward to it, the practice of this dynasty, the prince chooses a concubine, and the general candidates are the daughters of important ministers in the court or the daughters of big families, all of whom are noble women, so naturally they will not let people examine the selection one by one.

Before choosing a concubine, everyone knew it, but they would not declare it, only set up a banquet in the front hall, and the prince secretly inspected himself through the screen in the apse, as it is now.

It's just that although the model is similar, the ladies will also be invited into the palace separately to hold a real concubine banquet. Now with the Huanghua tea party, it is the first time.

I guess it's also because the queen wants to save trouble. Even if the wives of the families feel inappropriate, who will pay attention to the discomfort when they think that their daughter has the opportunity to fly on the branches?

No wonder I saw many ladies on the road, and when I got to the seat, I used a screen to separate both sides, and she was naturally young and beautiful on her side.

The ghost made the gods send the gods to the ground, and Mo Shuoyue blurted out unconsciously: "Then Prince Gongjing chooses a concubine, the same is true?" ”

"They are all nobles from the heavenly family, most of them are like this, last year the prince was weak, and a concubine selection banquet was also held in the palace. It's just that at that time, it was hosted by the emperor himself, and the pomp was not big, and the invited ladies could only be the daughters of the ministers of the humerus above the third rank in the court...... Just like Su Yuqing. Because there are not many people who go, and there is no noise, many people don't know about this, if it weren't for Brother Qin Ji mentioning it to me, I wouldn't know about it......"

Jiang Yu stopped consciously after that, blinked, looked at Mo Shuoyue for a long time, the corners of his mouth hooked up the arc of playfulness, and pretended to be serious: "At that time, Your Majesty was mainly to match Miss Su and the prince logically. However, at that time, our prince led a group of Praetorian Guards out of the city on the grounds of arresting Liukou in the suburbs of Beijing, which can be said to be directly down the face of the Son of Heaven. This kind of thing, I'm afraid that in the world, only our prince dares to do this. ”

She paused for a moment, and the cunning that couldn't be hidden, with a smile that became more and more obvious, was unobstructed, "The world says that those who are favored are fearless, and our prince is not the best example." So if you want me to say, you don't need to worry too much, anyway, the prince will support you...... Hmmm......"

The more Mo Shuoyue listened, the more outrageous she felt, and watched her start babbling nonsense regardless of the occasion again, and directly stuffed a piece of Poria cake into her mouth.

"Eat more." Mo Shuoyue stuffed another glass of fruit wine in her hand, her eyes narrowed slightly, as if she had a faint smile, but her eyes were clear, "I just tasted this Poria cake, it has no medicinal taste, and it retains that fragrant and glutinous taste, I don't believe you can try it." ”

Jiang Zhen chewed a few bites, his eyes lit up, mixed with the words that he didn't speak, swallowed them all in his stomach, and couldn't care about speaking, pecked a few sips of fruit wine, and began to roll up again.

"That's good...... This kind of banquet is boring, but the food is still extremely delicious. ”

A big-hearted and focused person like Jiang Zhenyu has this kind of benefit, and it doesn't take a while to put the topic out of the clouds just now, and concentrate on eating.

"Hmm." Mo Shuoyue replied casually, her eyes swept to several female officials leading a woman to the back hall, Mo Shuoyue wondered in her heart, which lady fell into Li Bin's eyes.

Hearing the whispered discussion at the side table, I realized that it was the daughter of the Wang family, Wang Miaoruo.

Princess Ping at the front end is from the Wang family, Concubine Wang Xian's mother's family, and the sworn enemy of the Xiao family.

When Mo Shuoyue was surprised, she turned her head to look at Empress Xiao.

The face of nearly fifty years old, very well maintained, the corners of the lips are slightly raised, as if smiling, looking at it from a distance, gentle and restrained. When she saw Wang Miaoruo enter the apse with the female official, she obviously knew her son's choice, but she just stared at it for a moment, her face was calm, and then she lowered her eyes and smiled at Wei Xiuyan beside her.

In the end, he is the one who has been in charge of the harem for more than 20 years, even if he is displeased, he will not be easily discovered.

Mo Shuoyue sighed in her heart, and suddenly heard a small commotion from the side hall, followed by the glass falling to the ground, and there was a cracking sound.

Because the front hall was quiet, even if it was far away, Mo Shuoyue could vaguely hear Li Bin's frightened voice coming intermittently-

"Su Rong...... Su Rong, you ...... How did you come back......"

A wall separates the voice. But such a sentence, like thunder on the ground, suddenly exploded, and everyone was surprised, and they couldn't help but start talking in a whisper.

"What's going on?" The queen's face was slightly gloomy, "Jinxi, go and take a look." ”

It was the aunt in charge of the queen's side, who was ordered to go to the side hall. After about a cup of tea, Jinxi hurried from the side hall and whispered in the queen's ear.

What Jinxi said, Mo Shuoyue naturally couldn't hear it, but she looked at the queen who was indifferently tasting tea, and her face became more and more gloomy.

Although the ladies in the hall are not very old, they still have eyesight. Instantly stopped talking. The main hall fell silent. It's very quiet, and it's quiet when it's panting.

"Concubine Wang Xian, the Wang family has chosen so carefully, and they have a heart."

The moment she said this, Empress Xiao swept away the gentle look just now, and the whole person brought out a faint evil aura.

Hearing this, Concubine Wang Xian hurriedly walked out and knelt down, although her face was burning, but there was no tension in her eyes, she bowed, and at the moment she bowed, Mo Shuoyue clearly saw that the corners of her lips seemed to have a cold smile.

The battle for the harem seems to be bloodless, and it is not much better than the undercurrent of the previous dynasty.

"The concubine is terrified, I really don't know what happened, I implore the queen to make it clear."

Empress Xiao has always been moody, but she just stared at Concubine Wang Xian with a pair of astute phoenix eyes, for a long time, and said slowly:

"The daughters of the Wang family are all beautiful and wise, and they have never wanted to describe Xiao as well. Come to think of it, they are all like your aunt, with deep blessings and long children. ”