After a while, the emperor and the eldest princess both entered the palace and took their seats, and Xin Wei also sat down in the position that had been arranged a long time ago.

The seat belonging to Chu Ying on the side was empty.

Xin Wei wondered in her heart, could it be that her abdominal pain was unbearable, and she couldn't come to the palace banquet?

Fortunately, as a low-level concubine, the seat was already in the corner at the end of the third row, so it was not very noticeable.

During the banquet, a melodious flute sounded, and the queen suddenly asked, "Concubine Liu, have you asked all the repertoire played today?" ”

Concubine Liu didn't understand why the queen asked like this, and replied: "Today's song and dance was selected by the concubines. ”

She really didn't notice anything wrong.

Today is the Lantern Festival, all the songs and dances must show the happiness of reunion, and it must not be a sad and sad tune.

The queen's face sank.

"What happened to the moonlit night of the Spring River just now?"

Concubine Liu was slightly stunned, still not knowing what was wrong.

The Queen Mother, who was sitting on the other side of the emperor, spoke leisurely: "After the death of Concubine Chen, the first emperor ordered that the palace should no longer play the Spring River Flower Moon Night. ”

Hearing this, the woman who played this song was so frightened that her three souls were gone, she knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, the slave maid doesn't know!" ”

Shen Shuning drank wine, ate food and listened to the music, and suddenly played this bad thing for her again, and said impatiently: "Okay, it was all ten years ago, who knows so clearly." Besides, the original order of the father was because Concubine Chen liked to listen to this song the most, which made him sad to hear it. He can't hear it now, what the hell? ”

The queen said: "Although the first emperor is deceased, the will left by the first emperor ......"

"Otherwise, can you go down and ask?" Shen Shuning's eyes were like swords, and his tone was cold, "Could it be that you know my father better than me?" ”

This calculation is obvious, the queen is not happy to lose her real power, and she is looking for trouble for Concubine Liu.

But a song for amusement should also make a big fuss

The queen looked at the eldest princess stiffly with a pair of phoenix eyes, looked at it for a while, and then turned to look at the queen mother.

The Queen Mother refused to speak out anymore. She is the empress of the first emperor, but she is not the emperor's biological mother, as long as she does her duty, the emperor and the eldest princess will respect her a little. If she talks too much, if she is not comfortable in her old age, she will lose more than she gains.

Shen Shuning saw the queen's unwilling face, and continued: "My father doesn't want to listen to this song anymore, but even if someone sings it, it will only cause some sorrow, and he will never punish others." My father, the Emperor, is known to all over the world and is by no means a tyrant! ”

Liu Qingshu was especially grateful in her heart. This time, the eldest princess really relieved her again.

The eldest princess is so powerful that she doesn't have to obey the will of the first emperor, and she also deducts a hat for insulting the first emperor.

Shen Xiao took a sip of wine calmly and ate some side dishes, as if he was out of the way.

It wasn't until several eyes looked at him at the same time that Shen Xiao spoke, casually urging the kneeling flute woman.

"Still not going down?"

After the flute girl withdrew, the next song and dance could not come up.

It is said that the flying sleeve dance clothes used by the dancers are all in one place, and when they were about to wear them, they found that there were many rats in the place where they were placed, and the clothes were in tatters.

Without the dance clothes with fluttering sleeves like a waterfall, how can this dance be danced?

Liu Qingshu's cheeks were hot and she looked at the queen in the high position. And he looked at all the people who were in the house.

Maybe the queen was dissatisfied with her and replaced her, or maybe the other concubines had a heart of contention, but the hateful villain hid in the shadows and couldn't be guarded.

This matter seems to have been calculated by her again and again, but after all, it is her unfavorable handling that will cause frequent situations.

Liu Qingshu was about to get up and ask for guilt-

Shen Shuning said leisurely: "The rats in the palace are scurrying like this, it must not be a matter of day and night, queen, didn't you find out before?" ”

Liu Qingshu's raised ass was put down again.

The queen gritted her teeth and said, "Sister Huang said that she laughed, where are there no rats in the four seas?" When the subordinates saw the killing, they would not report it for such a trivial matter. ”

"Yes, it's just a small thing."

Shen Shuning agreed with her words, and said disapprovingly: "It's not uncommon for the emperor to sing and dance or something, which sister in the harem can't sing or dance?" ”

The queen paused and said, "What the princess said is that the younger sisters are all talented, why don't you let the queen mother point to a few concubines and sing a paragraph?" ”

Shen Shuning pondered, isn't this a practice, people are concubines singing and dancing, it's only for the emperor to see, this public performance, doesn't it look like an act of performing arts?

But she didn't open her mouth to stop it, she also wanted to see what the queen was going to do.

The queen mother looked at the faces of the emperor and the eldest princess, and then said: "The mourning family doesn't know which of the concubines sings and dances well, so it's better for the queen to point out." ”

This hot potato, she doesn't take it.

The queen glanced around the hall, her eyes slowly fixed in a corner, and she said with a smile on the corner of her lips: "I heard that the voice of the Gusu woman is the most soft and tactful, Xin Jieyu is from Gusu, it is better to let Xin Jieyu sing a song." ”

Shen Xiao pinched the fingers of the wine glass and paused.

Shen Shuning had a stalk in his throat and looked at the queen coldly.

If the gaze could be addicted, the queen would have died a hundred times in her gaze.

If it were someone else, she could speak out at any time to defend it, but it was Xin Jieyu. She was afraid that this was the queen's temptation, and she was afraid that others would see the clues.

Xin Wei got up and left her seat in full view of everyone and walked to the front of the hall.

After saluting, he said: "The Gusu woman is good at singing, but the concubine can't sing, and she loses the face of the Gusu woman." ”

These are all named, and I am afraid that it will not be possible if I don't dedicate any skills.

Xin Wei said again: "The concubine will play the pipa, if the emperor and queen don't dislike it, the concubine can play a song." ”

Fortunately, she learned the pipa when she was in Gusu, so she can take it out to deal with it today.

Before the queen and the eldest princess could speak, Shen Xiao looked at her with a smile and said shallowly, "Okay." ”

The teaching department sent the red sandalwood five-string pipa, and moved the mahogany lamp hanging chair, Xin Wei sat down, plucked the strings, and a melodious song "Mountains and Flowing Water" overflowed from her slender fingers.

She has never learned the pipa, and she has no skills in playing, but the sound of the piano has a unique free and easy meaning, which makes people feel refreshed.

After the song, the aftermath of the hall was lingering, and the queen said softly: "Play it very well, raise your head." ”

Xin Wei realized the purpose of the queen's request for her performance.

It's not to humiliate her, it's just to give her a chance to show off in front of the emperor, it's best to get into the eyes of the emperor, so that Concubine Liu's grace can be shared, and then fight each other to the death.

Xin Wei looked up in response.

The dense and long eyelashes drooped lightly, reflecting a shadow under the eyes, and the red lips were slightly pursed, soft and weak, and I felt pity.

Shen Xiao looked at her with locked eyes, and his voice was slightly hoarse.

"Reward."

Xin Wei thanked her and retreated to her seat, thinking about the emperor's eyes, and for a moment she had mixed feelings.

The queen personally picked up Liu Qingshu, just to defeat Concubine Meng Hui. Now I want to pick her up again to hit Liu Qingshu.

The snipe and the clam compete, the fisherman profits, the queen has suffered a loss above, and she still has to repeat the old tricks?

In this way, is the queen really tireless, and the emperor really ignorant at all?