Chen Yurong complimented: "What are you afraid of? In His Majesty's heart, you are incomparable to anyone. As long as you ask, Your Majesty will promise you anything. If Your Majesty agrees, Yan Ning can't blame you. That's it."
It will not only make Yan Ning look embarrassed, but also make the banquet less messy."
Yang Qianyue ate the grapes with a half-smile, but she was thinking in her heart, "Do I look stupid? If you use it as a sword, I will offend not only Yan Ning, but also Brother Hengyuan."
Yang Qianyue is still not sure how important Yan Ning is to Qi Hengyuan, but regardless of whether it is important or not, Yan Ning is extremely useful to Qi Hengyuan.
Yang Qianyue is indeed very confident in herself. She believes that there is no other woman in the world who can surpass her and occupy the most important position in Qi Hengyuan's heart.
She is not jealous of Yan Ning, nor does she hate Yan Ning.
But compared to Yan Ning, she is definitely more willing to be friends with Chen Yurong.
Yan Ning only entered the palace to find a way out for the Yan family. She should leave when the Nine Passes and Nine Cities are recovered.
What does she care about someone who won't stay in the harem for a long time?
She neither quarrels with her nor makes friends with her.
With her status as a member of the Yan family, Yan Ning was not qualified, so she was asked to lower her status to make friends.
Chen Yurong is different. First of all, the Chen family and the Yang family are family friends, and she and Chen Yurong are also good friends. Now that they have entered the palace and serve the king at the same time, they must treat each other as sisters in the future.
It is true that brother Hengyuan is not in the mood to pay attention to the women in the harem because he is single-mindedly trying to regain the lost ground. But when the lost land is regained and the country is unified, brother Hengyuan will definitely have to share the rain and dew. She and Chen Yurong may have a fight because of the competition for brother Hengyuan's favor.
Become a blushing enemy.
But now, they are still friends.
Moreover, Yang Qianyue firmly believed that no one could take away the king's love from her, so she did not take Chen Yurong to heart.
However, she regarded Chen Yurong as a friend, but Chen Yurong treated her as a gunman, which made her very unhappy.
The palace banquet in the evening was originally proposed by Chen Yurong, but Yang Qianyue actually didn't think too much about it. In the past three years, she never held a banquet for the king to celebrate the New Year on her first day back in the palace.
Of course, at that time, the late emperor died in battle, Qi was defeated, and the territory was cut off thousands of miles away. The entire palace was shrouded in shadow. Who dared to hold a banquet in the palace to celebrate the New Year?
No one dares.
This year it was also because we had just won three consecutive games, everyone was happy and emboldened.
Yang Qianyue asked Qi Hengyuan's opinion, and only after Qi Hengyuan approved it did Yang Qianyue dare to hold a banquet in the palace.
But the person who made this suggestion was Chen Yurong.
Chen Yurong's goal is also very clear, which is Yan Ning.
Yang Qianyue spit out the grape seeds, looked at Chen Yurong and said, "What are you arguing with Yan Ning? She will leave the palace after all. From now on, we will serve His Majesty. Even if you are jealous, the targets should be me and Liu Baoluo."
She said this softly and softly. She didn't mean to hate Chen Yurong, she was just telling the truth, but it still shocked Chen Yurong.
Chen Yurong's eyes darkened and he said with a smile: "Although you and Liu Baoluo didn't grow up together, we often played together. With the relationship between our three families and the backgrounds of our three families, who would be jealous of the other?
Who are you jealous of? It is my honor to serve His Majesty with you. I have no other emotions except happiness."
Yang Qianyue smiled, looking innocent and innocent, but her words were as sharp as a needle: "In that case, you can even tolerate our two biggest thorns in the side, so why can't you tolerate Yan Ning? In my opinion, at night,
The banquet should be mainly about happiness, don’t do anything that is not there, otherwise it will make Brother Hengyuan unhappy, and the banquet will be in vain."
The banquet will be held in her Fengluo Palace. If the king is not satisfied, it will be a loss of face for her.
Chen Yurong thought that Yang Qianyue was heartless, but he didn't expect that this girl was also hiding her secrets. She had been pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger for so many years, right?
No wonder His Majesty likes her so much and is firmly controlled by her.
Chen Yurong felt that she had underestimated Yang Qianyue. She was indeed taking advantage of Yang Qianyue. The previous events made her understand that she could not take action to deal with Yan Ning by herself, otherwise she would inevitably make His Majesty unhappy again. Instead of doing anything to Yan Ning, he allowed herself to be under His Majesty's control.
My heart plummeted.
Yang Qianyue is a person that is at the forefront of His Majesty's heart. Using Yang Qianyue to deal with Yan Ning will not involve her. Secondly, even if His Majesty is unhappy, he will look at Yang Qianyue's face and not get angry. In this way, everyone will be happy.
After dealing with Yan Ning, Yang Qianyue won't suffer any loss without exposing herself. It's like killing three birds with one stone.
Originally she thought she was doing it without anyone noticing, but she didn't expect Yang Qianyue to be aware of it.
She also said that she and Liu Baoluo were the thorns in her side, but Yan Ning was not.
Is this expressing hostility towards her, or is he deliberately testing her?
Chen Yurong scrutinized Yang Qianyue with squinted eyes for a long time, and then compromised: "Okay, I'll listen to you. We won't do anything that is not available, and we will focus on happiness."
Although he did not achieve his goal and changed the rules of the banquet, except for singing and dancing, no other performances could be performed, but Chen Yurong still wanted to give Yan Ning eye drops in Yang Qianyue's heart.
Chen Yurong continued: "Don't think that I have to target Yan Ning. With her abilities, aren't you worried? The Holy Heart is unpredictable. Who knew that she would often follow His Majesty to help His Majesty regain territory, and he would not let His Majesty
What about having different feelings for her?
We are locked in the palace and cannot go out. We don’t know how Yan Ning gets along with His Majesty outside. Even if the two of them are in love outside, we will be kept in the dark.
In the past, His Majesty always stayed at the Crown Princess's residence during the Chinese New Year, and would go out with you whenever he had free time. But this year, except for the 30th day of the New Year and the 15th day of the Lantern Festival, His Majesty didn't accompany you anymore, right?
But on the first day of the new year, His Majesty accompanied Yan Ning to Ning's house and had lunch at Ning's house. What a favor it must be for His Majesty to condescend to such a small residence as Ning's house.
What about Chinese New Year? It’s not because of Yan Ning.
I always feel that His Majesty treats Yan Ning very differently. That difference is not because Yan Ning is useful, but because His Majesty has begun to like Yan Ning from the bottom of his heart.
It doesn't matter to me. After all, to Your Majesty, I only have a kinship relationship and no relationship between men and women. Although I also want to be favored by Your Majesty, I don't force it. Anyway, Your Majesty and I have broken bones and connected tendons. No matter
In other words, Your Majesty and I are truly related as relatives, and this cannot be shaken no matter how big things happen, no matter who Your Majesty ends up liking, falling in love with, or naming as your queen, our relationship will not change.
, and it will not break.
But you are different. Although you and His Majesty grew up together, we are not related in any way. His Majesty loves you, and you are the apple of his eye, the treasure of his heart. If His Majesty no longer loves you, what do you have left?
At best, she is an abandoned concubine.
If I were you, I would definitely not let Yan Ning have the opportunity to win His Majesty's heart. I would get rid of her before she completely poses a threat. I know that Yan Ning is useful to Your Majesty now, and we can't really hurt her.
She, but not hurting her, doesn't mean that you can't suppress her.
Now that there is no master of the harem, you have the most weight in His Majesty's heart, and you should take on the responsibility of managing the harem. If anything happens, call Yan Ning over to lecture her, and warn her not to be charming and seduce His Majesty. Whenever she shows a little
If your son wants to win favor, you should dispel her arrogance on the spot and let her know who she is and never dare to have any other thoughts towards His Majesty."
Yang Qianyue originally loved eating grapes. Although this season is not the season for eating grapes, the Yang family is powerful and His Majesty loves her. During the New Year, the Yang family will receive some congratulatory gifts from the officials below, and the palace will naturally also
I received tribute gifts from the local area. Although grapes are rare, they are still available in the palace and the Yang family.
These grapes are all very fresh, big and sweet, and they taste really pleasant. But Chen Yurong talked a lot, and Yang Qianyue became more and more upset the more she listened.
The most jarring words were Chen Yurong's words like 'relative', 'abandoned concubine' and 'love'.
Chen Yurong couldn't get His Majesty's love, so she used her relatives to show her status, which in disguise was also belittling her status.
And using the word "abandoned concubine" is nothing more than telling her that she has nothing but His Majesty's love. If she doesn't hold on, the bamboo basket will be empty.
He also said that His Majesty and Yan Ning had made love in private, which really struck a chord with her every word.
Yang Qianyue reached out and pushed away the plate with grapes, and looked at Chen Yurong with a slightly dissatisfied expression: "Are you done?"
Chen Yurong heard that Yang Qianyue was driving away guests, but she was not upset. Anyway, she had said everything she needed to say. Based on her understanding of Yang Qianyue, Yang Qianyue would not remain indifferent. Even if she did not attack, Yan Ning's thorn had pierced her heart.
.
Sooner or later she will deal with Yan Ning.
She just sat back and watched the show.
Chen Yurong sighed: "Don't be angry. I really treat you as a sister. I just said such heartfelt words. People say that loyal words are offensive to the ears. These words are really not pleasant to hear. No one will feel good after listening to them. But just because I don't
It sounds so good that no one dares to tell you. I also risked breaking up with you to say such things. If you are willing to listen, just listen. If you don't want to listen, just pretend that I didn't say anything just now."
She stepped forward and took Yang Qianyue's hand, and said softly: "Good Qianyue, don't be angry with me. I'll leave first then, and I'll come back in the evening."
Chen Yurong threw away Yang Qianyue's hand, took the palace guests and returned to Fengzi Palace.
Xiangjie took a sip in Chen Yurong's direction, pulled up Yang Qianyue, and said, "Empress, don't listen to Concubine Chen's nonsense. In His Majesty's heart, you are both a lover and a relative. Even if you step back 10,000 steps, Your Majesty is really taken by Yan Ning.
Even if you are seduced, His Majesty will never let you become an abandoned concubine.
Madam, I can see clearly that Your Majesty indulges and loves you, and treats you as a family member from the bottom of his heart. Your family is different from the relative of Concubine Chen. Concubine Chen is accompanying the Crown Princess.
Only then did you become relatives with His Majesty, but you are a relative recognized by His Majesty personally. You dare to behave sexually before His Majesty. This is the confidence and status His Majesty has given you. Concubine Chen does not dare. Why? Because she
That relative is just an empty frame at best.
As for Yan Meiren, don’t believe Concubine Chen’s words. Let’s not say whether Yan Meiren will become an obstacle between you and His Majesty. Even if one day, Your Majesty really falls in love with someone else, this is not what we can do.
When it comes to intervening, what I have to do is to establish a good relationship with every woman in the harem. No matter who wins the favor in the end, we will not become a thorn in others' eyes. That's enough."
Yang Qianyue walked quietly towards the room without answering or speaking.
Xiangjie was not sure what her mother-in-law was thinking at the moment and was very anxious. Concubine Chen was clearly trying to sow discord and use her hands to deal with Yan Ning. She was just reaping the benefits. Concubine Chen must not fall into Concubine Chen's trap.
That’s right.
After Yang Qianyue entered the inner room, she leaned into the couch and looked at the scenery outside. After a moment, she said: "Xiangjie, Brother Hengyuan didn't go to Yang's house for dinner this year, and he didn't spend much time with me. It's true.
Not normal."
She lowered her eyes and stayed quiet for a while, then asked: "When Brother Hengyuan was in the first year of junior high school, did he go to Ning Mansion for dinner?"
Xiangjie didn't know, so she naturally shook her head.
Yang Qianyue said: "Send someone to check. I want to know how much contact Brother Hengyuan had with Yan Ning during the Chinese New Year."
Xiangjie thought, it would be better to check it out, at least she would have something in mind, so that she would not be deaf or blind. If His Majesty really changes his mind, the Queen can make plans in advance.
Xiangjie said: "I'm going to ask, my dear, don't think too much about it, do you still want to eat grapes? I'll ask someone to bring it in."
"No, I don't want to eat it."
Xiangjie paused for a moment, glanced at her mother-in-law who was looking out the window, sighed inwardly, and left.
Before evening, Xiangjie came back and reported some things to Yang Qianyue.
Xiangjie didn't know if she didn't check, but when she checked, she was shocked. During the Chinese New Year, His Majesty actually stayed at Yan Meiren's house many times. Although most of them were during the day, it was still shocking enough. Moreover, Yan Meiren was still in the imperial palace.
I slept with His Majesty for one night in the dowager's house.
Did your Majesty favor Yan Meiren that night?
When Xiangjie found out these things, her heart skipped a beat. She originally wanted to hide some things, but think about it, His Majesty is not someone else. Ordinary men have three wives and four concubines. As the king of a country, Your Majesty will have many things in the future.
A woman cannot be the only one in her family. It would be good for her to know this truth earlier.
Xiangjie told Yang Qianyue all the information she had investigated.
Yang Qianyue's hands in her sleeves tightened little by little, her eyelids drooped, and her long eyelashes blocked the expression in her dark eyes.
After listening to Xiangjie's report, she sat there for a long time, silent.
Xiangjie shouted worriedly: "Mother?"
Yang Qianyue slowly raised her head and twitched her lips with a wry smile: "It seems that Brother Hengyuan does treat Yan Ning differently. Chen Yurong is not alarmist."
Xiangjie immediately said: "Your Majesty is also a man and a mortal body. It is normal for you not to be affected by the seven emotions and six desires. Your Majesty, don't bother your Majesty just because he is close to the Yanmei people. There will be a banquet in the palace that evening, and your Majesty will also come.
, My Majesty, please keep His Majesty and become His Majesty’s woman at night. This way, everything will be safe. Instead of being jealous of others, it’s better to hold Your Majesty tightly in the palm of your hand. What do you think, My Majesty?”
A cold light flashed in Yang Qianyue's dark pupils. Has her brother Heng Yuan already had physical contact with Yan Ning?
She couldn't believe it, and she couldn't bear it.
However, it is useless to get angry. If Brother Hengyuan really touches Yan Ning, she will only make Brother Hengyuan annoyed if she cries and makes trouble at this time.
If not, then let her be Brother Hengyuan's first woman.
Yang Qianyue suppressed the cold look in her eyes and glanced at the incense burner in the room: "Go buy incense. I will stay with Brother Hengyuan tonight."
Xiangjie's eyes moved and she immediately understood what her mother-in-law meant. As a noble concubine, she had sufficient supplies for all kinds of expenses. There were also a lot of incense in Fengyue Palace, but her mother-in-law still asked her to buy it. This was not an ordinary purchase.
It's fragrant.
Xiangjie understood, nodded, and left the palace in person to buy rosemary. This kind of incense is for people with families to use for fun, to enhance harmony in bed and make couples happy, whether they are high-ranking officials or ordinary people.
, I will buy it whenever I need it.
After Xiangjie bought the things, she returned to the palace, put away her things, and went to the piano room. Yang Qianyue was practicing the piano, and Xiangjie was waiting quietly.
After Yang Qianyue finished practicing a song, she turned her head and asked her: "Is the incense lit?"
The question was about whether the incense was lit. In fact, it was a disguised question about whether the incense was purchased.
Xiangjie replied: "I haven't ordered it yet, I want to order it later."
Yang Qianyue understood and bought the things. She nodded: "It is indeed a bit early to order at this time."
She got up, stopped playing the piano, and went back to painting.
Yan Ning didn't know what happened in Fengyue Palace. After having lunch, Yan Ning took two big boxes to her room and went to take a nap.
After getting up from sleep, she called Niandie to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone. The other palace people thought that she was training hard for her talent in the evening, so they locked the door, and the master and the servant were counting the money in the two big boxes.
One took things out of the box and put them under the bed, while the other sat there and wrote down items one by one in the book.
The two of them were busy until You hour in the evening. At this time, it was already very late. Although it was January, the weather was still extremely cold. It got dark very quickly at night. The palace banquet in the evening was at three quarters of You hour. It was time to prepare.
Set off.
Fortunately, the two people had been busy for several hours and had finished moving the contents of the two big boxes and counting them. Now there were only two empty boxes left.
Niandie washed her hands and said quickly: "Beauty, can I help you change your clothes? You will have to leave soon!"
Yan Ning did not refuse. Since it was a palace banquet, she naturally couldn't be late. She nodded: "Okay, just wear any outfit. Don't pick something beautiful or flashy. I don't want to stand out."
Niandie was reaching for one of the beautiful and gorgeous skirts. When she heard Yan Ning's instructions, she reluctantly moved her hand away and chose a skirt with a less conspicuous color and style.
After Yan Ning finished dressing, she also wore a fleece jacket with fur at the collar. The color of this jacket was also old-fashioned, but fortunately it was very warm.
Just as Yan Ning finished packing, Liu Baoluo came. She didn't come alone. There was a girl with her. Yan Ning took a closer look and realized that she was with Fu Huanghe on the Lantern Festival.
Huang Jingqin.
Yan Ning thought to herself that Huang Jingqin was wearing military uniform that day. Her father and uncle were both Wuhou. Now her uncle Huang Xurong was guarding Lanzhou Pass. And she was about to marry to Lanzhou Pass. She must also be a martial arts practitioner. She was skilled in martial arts.
It should be pretty good.
It turns out that the expert Liu Baoluo hired was this girl.
Yan Ning smiled and greeted Liu Baoluo first, then Huang Jingqin, and then the group went to Fengyue Palace.
At this time, there were already many people in Fengyue Palace, but the king had not arrived yet, and there were still a few concubines who had not arrived.
Everyone comes here to attend the palace banquet, so dinner is naturally eaten here.
Although His Majesty Qi's harem does not have dozens of figures, there are still more than a dozen figures, all of whom are daughters of ministers, walking together in twos and threes, talking in low voices.
After the king arrived, Yang Qianyue took the king into the dining hall, and everyone followed one after another.
After dinner, everyone moved to the side hall, which had already been decorated.
The king sat down, Yang Qianyue, Chen Yurong, and Liu Baoluo were the concubines, sitting closest to the king, followed by the concubines, then the beauties, and finally the talented people.
Yan Ning was sitting not too far away, and Qi Hengyuan could see her when he raised his head.
Qi Hengyuan's eyes swept across her face and body, he picked up the tea cup and sat there drinking tea slowly.
Yang Qianyue winked at Xiang Jie, and Xiang Jie immediately left, returned to the bedroom, lit the rosemary, and then came back.
Yang Qianyue said with a smile: "From the time His Majesty ascended the throne to now, none of us have celebrated the New Year in the palace. As concubines in the harem, we have never celebrated the New Year for His Majesty. Fortunately, the victory of the three battles last year gave us Qi a
I hope that His Majesty will lead the soldiers to regain the lost ground. We can't help you, but we can celebrate for Your Majesty. We will inform you in the morning. I think the sisters are all ready, so let's start now, starting from the last talented person.
Start from the beginning and proceed in order until the three noble concubines have finished their performances. This palace banquet is also over."
She then looked at Qi Hengyuan, who was in charge: "Your Majesty, is this arrangement okay?"
Qi Hengyuan hummed: "Of course you arrange the palace banquet you hold. You have the final say where to start."
Yan Ning thought silently, she really responded to Yang Qianyue's requests...
Yang Qianyue said with a smile: "Then let's start from the last talented person."
After hearing this, a talented person sitting at the back quickly stepped forward, saluted the king and the three noble concubines, and then performed a dance.
After she finished going down, another person came up.
Qi Hengyuan sat there with a tea cup in hand and watched, without expressing an opinion or speaking. His eyes fell on the women performing, as if he was watching them, but he didn't seem to be.
It's rare for the harem to be so lively, and Yan Ning quite likes it.
She is a person, although she is cold at heart and does not talk to others, but she really likes to be lively.
No matter where she is, she is happy when there is excitement.
Yan Ning watched with great interest until waves of people came down. Seeing that it was her turn, she began to feel a little nervous.
There were so many people performing just now, most of them were dancing, and some played the piano, but there were no poems. But then I thought about it, the reason why those people performed the dance was to let the king see their slender figure, and also to gain favor.
, and she didn’t want to, so she didn’t seem to need to care, so she wasn’t nervous anymore.
Finally, everyone in front finished their performances and it was her turn.
She left her seat, walked to the front, greeted the king and the three noble concubines, and then took out a piece of paper.
Qi Hengyuan already knew that she was going to perform and compose poetry at noon, so he was not surprised when he saw her taking out a piece of paper. But Chen Yurong, when he saw Yan Ning taking out a piece of paper, couldn't help but laugh: "Yan Meiren
, what are you doing with a piece of paper?"
Yan Ning blinked, looked at Chen Yurong, and said, "I'm not talented. I have nothing to perform. I can only write a poem and give it to Your Majesty."
Chen Yurong asked with sarcasm in his eyes: "Besides writing poetry, don't you know anything else?"
Yan Ning answered honestly: "No."
The ridicule in Chen Yurong's eyes became even more obvious.
Qi Hengyuan turned his head and glanced at Chen Yurong. The look was a bit cold, but Chen Yurong focused all his attention on Yan Ning and did not notice it, but Yang Qianyue did.
Yang Qianyue naturally wanted to leave a good impression on Qi Hengyuan, so she spoke for Yan Ning: "Poetry is also one of the talents. Music, chess, calligraphy and painting are recognized as the four talents, and poetry is included in the art of calligraphy. Yan Meiren wants
Performance and poetry are very suitable for today's banquet, but I don't know what poem Yanmei wants to write?"
"Your Majesty is concerned about the lost territory, so I will compose a poem for Your Majesty about regaining the rivers and mountains."
Qi Hengyuan suddenly said: "Write it out and give it to me."
Since she forgot to give him a gift, the poem she wrote in her own hand should be regarded as her gift to him.
Yang Qianyue was about to say something, but when Qi Hengyuan opened his mouth, she stopped talking. She smiled and had someone bring the table over and prepare some pen and ink.
Yan Ning spread the paper she brought flat on the table, picked up the ink pen, lowered her head and wrote carefully.
After writing, she picked up the paper.
Qi Hengyuan winked at Wang Gonggong, who immediately went down and took the paper from Yan Ning's hand. Without daring to read what was written on the paper, he immediately presented it to the king.
Qi Hengyuan took the paper and looked at it.
When he was reading the poem written by Yan Ning, everyone below was also curious and stared closely at the piece of paper in Qi Hengyuan's hand.
Everyone wants His Majesty to read the poem written by Yan Ning, but they dare not say it.
Although Liu Baoluo was also curious, she thought that when she left later, she would ask Yan Ning what Yan Ning would say to her, so she was no longer curious.
Yang Qianyue stood up slowly, as if she was going to walk to the king and read the poem with the king, but the king suddenly put the paper away.
The expression on Yang Qianyue's face changed, and she sat down again.
Qi Hengyuan didn't show it to Yang Qianyue, and naturally he didn't show it to Chen Yurong either. Fortunately, Yang Qianyue's movement just to get up was very shallow and was not seen by others, so it was not considered a loss of face.
Chen Yurong is sometimes smart and sometimes stupid. She is not smart when she should be smart, and likes to be clever when she should be stupid. It is probably because she wants to cause trouble for Yan Ning every moment, so she can't see the form clearly.
He often makes surprises and annoys the king.
No, everyone knew that the king didn't want to read the poem written by Yan Ning, so he didn't dare to say it, but she did.
It was probably because she had such a close relationship with Qi Hengyuan that she felt that no matter what she did, apart from receiving some punishment, she would not be hurt at all in the end, so she acted unscrupulously.
She smiled and said: "Your Majesty, what poem did Yan Mei write? Everyone's talent show was shown to everyone. We can't show Yan Mei's to us. What's the point of showing it to Your Majesty alone?"
His words are really heartbreaking.
In front of so many women in the harem, it is implied that Yan Ning wants to monopolize the king, and he wants Yan Ning to become the public enemy of the harem!
Qi Hengyuan never thought Chen Yurong was vicious, but now he feels that she is getting more and more vicious.
At this moment, Qi Hengyuan made up his mind to exclude Chen Yurong from the palace.
He narrowed his eyes and said, "Yan Mei, please go down and another person will come up."
Completely ignoring Chen Yurong's words was more embarrassing than slapping Chen Yurong.
Chen Yurong's face was twisted, but he didn't dare to break out.
She put the account on Yan Ning's head again.
Yan Ning was really wronged. What does it have to do with her? After she finished writing the poem, the first person to present it to was of course the king. The king didn't read it and didn't let her read it, so she didn't dare to make any opinions.
Yan Ning didn't know that Chen Yurong had written another grudge against her. When the king said to retreat, she immediately bowed and retreated, quietly sitting back in her seat.
After the talented people, beauties, and concubines performed, it was time for the three noble concubines.
Yang Qianyue wants to be the one in the finale, so naturally she won't be the first to play, and Chen Yurong doesn't want to either, as it seems like she is a bit lower in rank.
Seeing that Yang Qianyue and Chen Yurong were sitting there motionless, Liu Baoluo stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I am showing off my shame. What I am going to perform today is the sword dance."
Qi Hengyuan raised his eyebrows slightly and seemed to be very interested. When Liu Baoluo started to perform, he watched carefully.
After Liu Baoluo finished her performance, Qi Hengyuan said to her: "Come here."
Liu Baoluo immediately lifted up his skirt and walked up to him.
Qi Hengyuan picked up the sword in her hand and showed her a few moves. They were all the moves she had used when she had just performed the sword dance. Qi Hengyuan was teaching Liu Baoluo how to make the sword dance more expressive. After that
He returned the sword to her and said, "Although there are shortcomings, for you, it is already a very good dance."
Qi Hengyuan waved his hand and let her go down.
With so many people performing, even Yan Ning didn't get praise from Qi Hengyuan, but Liu Baoluo got praise from the king. In addition to praise, the king also personally taught her a few moves. She was really envious of all the concubines below.
them.
The concubines thought, if I had known they would also perform the sword dance.
After Liu Baoluo went down, Chen Yurong walked out consciously. She performed the piano because she knew that Yang Qianyue was going to perform a dance, so she would not dance with him.
Although Chen Yurong has a strong aura of violence, her piano sound is very gentle, which is really incompatible with her persona.
Qi Hengyuan also praised Chen Yurong. When Chen Yurong left, he presented another gift to Qi Hengyuan: "Your Majesty, this is a New Year's gift from me to you. I hope your Majesty can accept it."
Qi Hengyuan did not embarrass Chen Yurong here and asked the prince to go get it.
When Chen Yurong saw that the king accepted her gift, a smile appeared on her face and she happily returned to her seat.
The last person to perform was Yang Qianyue.
Yang Qianyue performed the Phoenix Dance for Nine Heavens, which is a difficult dance, but Yang Qianyue danced it perfectly, and her whole body was as beautiful as a goddess descending to earth.
After the dance, Qi Hengyuan also praised her.
Yang Qianyue also prepared a New Year gift for Qi Hengyuan. She presented the gift, and Qi Hengyuan also asked the prince to accept it.
Seeing that Chen Yurong and Yang Qianyue had prepared gifts for the king, Liu Baoluo glanced at Yan Ning from a distance and thought, they should also give a gift?
It was also at this moment that Yan Ning suddenly thought that when she left the palace before, she seemed to have promised His Majesty Qi to bring him a gift when she entered the palace.
Yesterday he looked at her eagerly, was he waiting for her gift?
Yan Ning unknowingly failed to make an appointment with the king, her heart was pounding, and she felt guilty for a moment and did not dare to raise her head.
After Chen Yurong and Yang Qianyue gave gifts, other women naturally wanted to give them too. They didn't have to expect it, but they couldn't pretend not to know.
After the banquet was over, the women in the harem returned to their residences and began to think about what gifts to give to the king in order to attract his attention.
Liu Baoluo and Yan Ning returned to Fengluo Palace together. Liu Baoluo asked Yan Ning first: "What is the poem you wrote for His Majesty? Everyone is curious, and I am also curious. Please tell me quickly."
Yan Ning leaned over and whispered the poem in her ear.
Liu Baoluo blinked his eyes and said softly: "I thought your poems must be of a new style, but I didn't expect that you copied the ancient poems and borrowed flowers to offer Buddha to His Majesty. But why is it the afternoon of the hoeing day?
The soil is under the grass, but who knows that every grain of food on the plate has been worked hard? What does this have to do with recovering rivers and mountains?"
Liu Baoluo did not forget that before Yan Ning wrote the poem, he said that he would write a poem for His Majesty about recovering the rivers and mountains.
Yan Ning said with a smile: "I just happened to see this song, so I wrote this song. I personally feel that there is no difference between hoeing and regaining the country."
Liu Baoluo: "..."
Her forehead twitched, the corners of her mouth twitched, and after a long while, she let out a long sigh: "...Okay, okay, I accept your sophistry... No wonder His Majesty just refused to read out the poem you wrote.
I would be embarrassed to think about it if you leave me alone."
Liu Baoluo reached out and poked Yan Ning's head: "Don't do such nonsense next time."
In Liu Baoluo's view, Yan Ning just wrote a poem casually, but she insisted on forcing the poem to recapture the rivers and mountains.
In fact, it was indeed a very ordinary poem without any mystery. Yan Ning was just trying to cope with this matter.
Yan Ning smiled, nodded in agreement, and the topic was dropped.
Liu Baoluo asked Yan Ning again what gift she planned to give to His Majesty. Yan Ning asked her: "What do you want to give?"
Liu Baoluo said: "I haven't thought about it yet, but I should give you a painting." She explained: "As I said before, Your Majesty is not lacking for anything, and I have no intention of competing for favor, so I don't want to do any tricks and give it as a gift.
Painting is the safest."
Yan Ning felt that Liu Baoluo was right and nodded: "Then I will also send paintings."
The two of them talked and returned to Fengluo Palace. Yan Ning and Liu Baoluo parted ways and went back to rest.
Qi Hengyuan was left in Fengyue Palace by Yang Qianyue. Because it was a little late, Qi Hengyuan did nothing else and followed Yang Qianyue into the inner palace.
The inner hall is divided into an inner room and an outer room. Yang Qianyue slept in the inner room and Qi Hengyuan slept in the outer room. There was only a screen between them.
As soon as he stepped into the door of the inner hall, Qi Hengyuan smelled a strong aroma of incense.
He frowned and glanced at Yang Qianyue.
Yang Qianyue smiled and said, "Brother Hengyuan, what's wrong?"
Qi Hengyuan smelled something wrong with the fragrance in the room, but he was not sure what the problem was for the moment. He just felt that the fragrance was very strange and he had never smelled it before.