Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 334 Talent
Most of the wives who came to the palace for the banquet did not bring their daughters, only a small number of them did, and among them was Zhao Xijun's mother, Zhao Wangshi.

Zhao Wang brought her niece Wang Miaoyun, who was 14 years old, with a beautiful face and a graceful figure.

Zhao Xifang, who was talking to someone, saw this, her face changed slightly, and she went to pull Zhao Wangshi aside, "Mother, why did you bring your cousin into the palace?"

"Bring her here, of course I want her to enter the palace to serve His Majesty." Zhao Wang said bluntly.

"Enter the palace?" Zhao Xifang sneered, "Don't think about it, the empress won't let people enter the palace, even if she does send people to the palace, it won't be good."

"Xifang, you are too jealous, this is not good." Zhao Wang said with a frown.

"I, forget it, it's useless to talk too much. Anyway, you'd better keep her under control and don't let her show up. Otherwise, if something happens, no one can protect her." Zhao Xifang flung her sleeves and walked away.

Just when Zhao Xifang was exhorting her mother, someone found Miao. Jiang Changning was an orphan, and the dealer's family had been defeated. The person closest to her was Miao's grandmother.

The man hoped that the Miao family would help talk about Xiang and send his daughter to the palace to serve Emperor Xuanzhi.

No woman is willing to share her husband with other women. Miao is a woman, and she is still a woman who does not give her husband a concubine. Hearing this, she snorted coldly and said: "Your Majesty is exempt from the draft, just because you don't want people to enter the palace. Sending your daughter into the palace, do you want to resist the decree?"

The man's expression froze, "If you don't want to help, then you won't be able to help. What's the point of protesting?"

After all, he quickly slipped away.

Angrily, Miao picked up the cup and took a sip. It must be the Queen Mother's intention to let these wives bring their daughters into the palace.

After a while, the Empress Dowager and Jiang Changning went to the Imperial Garden together, and the Miao family became more certain of their thoughts.

The two empresses came down from the phoenix chariot, and all the wives bowed down, "Greetings to the Empress Dowager, and greetings to the Empress Dowager."

"You don't need to be too polite, ladies, please get up quickly." The queen mother said with vain support.

Jiang Changning was beside her, smiling gracefully. In the morning, she went to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, and politely asked her if she would attend the Chrysanthemum Banquet.

When she was in the palace, the Queen Mother, who was not keen on attending these banquets, actually wanted to attend, which shocked Jiang Changning.

The Queen Mother wanted to participate, but Jiang Changning couldn't refuse, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came together.

"You don't need to be formal, just sit down." The queen mother took her seat,

The wives thanked them and took their seats.

The eunuch came up with rare chrysanthemums, and put the flower pots on the table with sixteen carved patterns in the middle for everyone to watch.

Next, it's time for all the wives to show off their acting skills.

All of them looked surprised, as if seeing chrysanthemums for the first time, and then they couldn't stop praising the chrysanthemums, as if this flower was a fairy flower in a hundred gardens in the sky.

The queen mother was cheerful, but she didn't look at the flowers, her eyes fell on those young girls.

Jiang Changning knew that the Empress Dowager had always wanted Emperor Xuanzhi to favor some women so that he could spread his branches and leaves. Who among these girls would fall into her eyes?
As Jiang Changning expected, the queen mother made a move, "Whose girl is that little girl in pink?"

"Returning to your mother, the youngest daughter is Mrs. Wuchang's niece. Her name is Chujing. She is missing the moon and hangs Shutong. She is Chujing."

"Chujing, um, it's a good name." The Queen Mother smiled and praised.

"Thank you, Madam, for the compliment."

The queen mother kindly asked about the names of the girls, and after complimenting them, "It's very boring to sit and admire the flowers like this. What talents do you little girls have?"

Chu Jing said modestly: "My little girl has learned piano for several years."

Wang Miaoyun said: "My little girl has learned Zheng for several years."

Seven girls, four play the piano, one plays the zither, and two paint.

The two painters were at the long desk they moved, mixing paint and preparing to paint.

The five girls who wanted to play musical instruments had a dispute over who should show up first, Chu Jing said: "I am the first."

"Why?"

"The empress dowager is the first to ask me."

The other four were silent, and Chu Jing was the first to perform.

As soon as Chu Jing put her hands on the strings, she heard the sound of Qing Dao's whip. It was Emperor Xuanzhi who came.

Looking at the bright yellow figure walking over there, Jiang Changning pursed his lower lip, why did he come?

The Empress Dowager explained to her, "I asked the emperor to come here. I am busy with political affairs all day, so I should take a rest so as not to wear myself out."

"What the queen mother said is true." Jiang Changning said with downcast eyes.

As soon as Emperor Xuanzhi walked over, everyone except the Queen Mother stood up and saluted.

He went straight to Jiang Changning, helped her up, and sat down, "Queen, why are you so interested in coming to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers today?"

"The Queen invited me here." The Queen Mother smiled.

Jiang Changning met his gaze and said with a smile: "It's better to have fun alone than to have fun with others. Your Majesty's is just right, and the girls are about to perform."

Emperor Xuanzhi said indifferently: "Then let's act."

"I respect the holy will." Chu Jing said softly.

She sat down by the piano table, pressed her ten fingers on the strings, and stroked the song "Flowing Water".

Jiang Changning raised her eyebrows. She stroked this song to express her desire to find a bosom friend.

Her bosom friend is not the Queen Mother, but Emperor Xuanzhi.

Jiang Changning glanced at Emperor Xuanzhi, who smiled at her, reached out and grabbed her hand, and played with it in his palm.

The three of them sat at the head of the seat, and only the Queen Mother and the maids and eunuchs standing behind could see Emperor Xuanzhi's small movements.

The queen mother looked at it, frowned slightly, and coughed lightly.

Emperor Xuanzhi didn't let go, and Jiang Changning didn't take his hand away. The couple pretended not to hear.

Seeing this, the queen mother couldn't speak in front of everyone, so she had to turn her attention back to Chu Jing.

"Flowing Water" by Chuqin Fu is a very expressive piece of music with changeable fingering. Her piano skills are good, and she fully expresses the various moods of running water.

The sound at the beginning of the melody appears and disappears from time to time, just like being on the top of a high mountain, surrounded by clouds and mist, erratic and uncertain.

Then it turns into a clear overtone, the rhythm gradually becomes brighter, murmuring, cold current in the secluded space; clear and cold, the trickle of pine roots.

Listening intently to this melody like flowing clouds and flowing water is like seeing a happy spring ringing in a mountain stream, a feeling of joy arises spontaneously.

Waiting for the melody to be ups and downs, wind and waves.

There is a kind of extremely boiling and surging view, with the image of a dragon roaring.

Rest your mind and listen quietly, just like passing through Wu Gorge in a dangerous boat, dizzy and thrilling, almost suspecting that you are already rushing to the mountains, when thousands of ravines are fighting for the flow.

At the end of the song, the sound of flowing water revived and slowly closed, but everyone was still in the artistic conception of high mountains and flowing water, but they still couldn't get back to their senses.

"Emperor, how about this song "Flowing Water"?" asked the Queen Mother.

"General." Emperor Xuanzhi said indifferently.

The Empress Dowager frowned again, did the Emperor not like it?
"next."

The second girl who performed talent, "Three Lanes of Plum Blossoms" by Fu.

The melody of this song is beautiful, and it praises people's noble character through the description of plum blossoms, Lingshuang and Aoxue.

Jiang Changning smiled slightly, the girl was quite clever.

(End of this chapter)