After the noblewoman's daughter finished playing, another noblewoman stood up immediately. Also using the excuse of celebrating her birthday, she proposed to let her daughter perform for fun. There was also a bold daughter of aristocratic family who stood up and proposed gracefully.
ask.
Concubine Shu was in a very good mood and accepted all the guests.
Xiao Lingyue watched helplessly as a birthday banquet seemed to turn into a talent competition. The noble ladies from various families took turns to perform, playing chess, calligraphy and painting, and even the daughter of a military general's family performed an ingenious performance.
Sword dance.
At the male guests' table opposite, many gentlemen's eyes lit up, obviously they were shocked.
But at the female guests' table, the expressions on the faces of some noble ladies were not very good, and the corners of their mouths were pulled down.
There was an invisible undercurrent in the atmosphere.
Xiao Lingyue remembered that Chu Yuanqi had told her that Concubine Shu intended to choose a concubine for Prince Xiang at the banquet, and she immediately understood what these rich ladies were trying to do.
She was amused in her heart, she held her chin up to watch the excitement, and looked at Prince Xiang who was on the opposite side of her hand.
I saw that Prince Xiang, who usually loves to admire beauties the most, seemed to be blind at this moment. He was looking at the sky and the ground at the table, but not at the center of the stage. He was sitting upright, not at all as casual as usual. He wished he could be more reserved than Liu Xiahui.
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Comparing it with Cheng Wang who was watching with gusto next to her, Xiao Lingyue almost laughed.
At this moment.
Prince Xiang, who was full of trouble but couldn't express it, seemed to have noticed her gaze and looked at her with a frown.
Xiao Lingyue's eyes were teasing, and she raised her glass to him through the singing and dancing.
It's too awful.
My mother's birthday celebration turned into a large-scale marriage promotion scene.
Who else is more miserable than King Xiang?
King Xiang: "..."
He seemed to understand the meaning of Xiao Lingyue's toast, the corners of his mouth dropped, and he weakly returned the greeting to her.
"Second brother, what are you doing? Who are you toasting to?"
King Cheng noticed it immediately and turned around curiously: "Shen Wan? Is she here too today?"
Prince Xiang drank the wine in one gulp and said in a depressed voice, "No! Thanks to my mother and concubine, even she came to see my joke."
King Cheng couldn't hold back: "Pfft..."
King Xiang looked at him coolly.
King Cheng coughed twice and comforted in a low voice: "Concubine Shu is also concerned about you. After all, how old are you, second brother, and you still refuse to marry. Concubine Shu is anxious to have a grandson, so why don't you give up the girls of the right age in the capital?"
I found them all for you..."
Prince Xiang gritted his teeth and whispered: "Do you want this kind of care?"
King Cheng: "..." What is he here for?
"Okay, I will go back to see Concubine De Mu, and tell her that you are eager to get a wife, and ask her to arrange a flower viewing party for you, and call all the suitable girls in the capital...
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Before King Xiang finished speaking, King Cheng's face turned dark and he rushed over to cover his mouth: "Second brother, you can be a human being!"
"Humph." King Xiang slapped his hand away.
Let him gloat.
Emperor Zhaoming, who was sitting on the high seat, saw the two brothers fighting, put down his wine glass and said: "Old/Second, Old Fifth, what are you two arguing about?"
King Xiang and King Cheng froze and quickly stopped.
King Xiang stood up and replied: "Father, I was joking and joking with my fifth brother, which made my father laugh."
Emperor Zhaoming said: "It's your mother-in-law's birthday banquet. You don't give your mother-in-law a good birthday, but you also fight with Lao Wu. It's even more outrageous. I heard that you are not doing errands these days, and you go to sing every day.
"Fang Tingqu, all the impeachment notes have been handed to me, is it true?"