Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Xia Luoluo's heart was fluttering, and the servant's father-in-law sang loudly at the door of the warm pavilion: "The emperor is here, and the empress is here."

As soon as the father-in-law finished speaking, all the guests in the warm pavilion got up one after another, knelt down and kowtowed.

"Long live the emperor, and a thousand years for the empress."

"All the guests will live forever." The emperor waved his hand, entered the warm pavilion together with the queen, and took their seats at the main seats in the male guest area and the female guest area respectively.

After the emperor and empress sat down, the guests also sat down one after another.

After Emperor Qi Heng said a few opening remarks, the court ladies began to serve dishes in an endless stream, and a group of musicians and dancers came up in the center of the stage.

Shen Yuyan knocked melon seeds and watched the dance, which was the only fun in ancient times.

Xia Luoluo, who was next to him, looked over with a smile at this moment, "Princess Ye has been to Daqi, do you know that Daqi has a skilled incense maker?" "I have indeed heard of it." Shen Yuan looked at Xia Luoluo calmly.

Xia Luoluo smiled: "That night, the princess smelled the fragrance of my concubine, is it familiar? This fragrance was made by the perfume maker himself, and it is unique." She spoke quietly, but her heart was full of temptation and verification .

At this moment, she really wanted to reveal the relationship between the Night King and her, and force the Night King to make a choice.

She couldn't stand the "Night King" who was so passionate about her on the bed and treated her so coldly, and couldn't stand the "His Royal Highness the Night King" who kept saying that she was only a woman, was as tender as water to Shen Yu'an!
So as long as Shen Yuan suspects her relationship with the Night King, she will tell Shen Yuan everything and break her relationship with the Night King!
Shen Yuan smiled and said: "I've smelled it, I've smelled it just now." He shrugged his shoulders strangely, "It seems that it's not unique as the princess said."

Xia Luoluo asked: "Didn't you smell it in other places?" If Shen Yuan said no, it would be a deliberate lie. She clearly smelled it on His Royal Highness the Night King that day.

She really hoped that Shen Yuan would answer no, that would prove that she was deceiving herself and dare not face it.

It's a pity that Xia Luoluo was disappointed, and Shen Yu'an generously admitted: "On the day of the Ice Lantern Festival, my family Ah Xun had this scent in the palace. By the way, the princess wants to know where it got it?"

"Where is it?" Charlotte asked, wanting to provoke Shen Yuan's doubts about her and the Night King, so as to take the opportunity to break up her relationship with the Night King.

"Where is it? Let me think about it." Shen Yu'an propped his chin and thought for a while, then smiled apologetically at Xia Luoluo, "I'm sorry, Crown Princess, I forgot."

After a pause, he added, "Anyway, other people have this scent on them, so my Ah Xun must not have gotten it from the Crown Princess, right?!
Xia Luoluo gritted her back molars hard, and all words were blocked. This country girl is much more cunning than she imagined.

The dishes were ready soon, the emperor and queen each said some polite words, and the feast began.

The meal-sharing system is still implemented. There are twenty or thirty small dishes in front of each person, and there are various dishes in the small dishes.

Shen Yuan tasted it, and it tasted good, and it seemed that it had been carefully prepared.

After all, it was a palace banquet, and no one dared to whisper to each other. Everyone enjoyed the food silently while watching the dance.

About half an hour later, the emperor and queen were full and stopped their chopsticks, and all the guests also put down their chopsticks one after another.

Soon, the dishes on the table were removed, and after cleaning up, the maids brought melon and fruit snacks and made steaming hot tea.

Shen Yuan felt that at this time, the palace banquet would officially begin.

The princes and brothers on the opposite side, after drinking and eating, they kept looking at the ladies here, looking at which one is beautiful and which one is virtuous, and if they see each other, they will pay attention to each other's talents later .

When showing their talents, the ladies will face the male guest area, and there will be a servant and father-in-law loudly introducing the identities of the ladies, so that the ladies can be seen clearly and carefully, and it is convenient to choose.

At this time, the dancers in the middle of the stage finished dancing, bowed their bodies and retreated.

The empress spoke at the right time: "Today, all the guests are gathered in the palace. It is rare to be so lively. I heard that all the young ladies have prepared their talents, so I am eager to open my eyes."

The emperor answered: "Then let all the ladies in the boudoir of waiting to perform on stage, so that I can appreciate it too." Emperor Qi Heng deliberately highlighted the words "boudoir of waiting" in order to save Princess Ye from the siege.

The queen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this palace banquet is specially prepared for the Crown Princess and Princess Ye. As the protagonists of this banquet, the two of them must do their part! They must go on stage to show off their dancing skills."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou and the ladies next to her looked at each other and smiled, see? Even the empress wants to see Princess Ye's jokes, so why don't everyone follow along?
Everyone looked at Shen Yuan and His Royal Highness Ye Wang with great interest, to see how they shirked.

The King of the Night didn't speak, but Emperor Qi Heng spoke again: "I heard that Princess Ye is proficient in swordsmanship, and I want to see Princess Ye dance sword!"

"Your Majesty~~" Empress Zhou said relentlessly, "Dancing swords and knives is the business of young masters, and it's fine for Ms. Jin to show her dancing skills, so it's settled like this."

The emperor frowned, knowing that Empress Zhou deliberately wanted to make things difficult for Princess Ye, and he couldn't get involved in the affairs of the back house, so he leaned on the cushion and looked at King Ye.

That look seemed to say, your own daughter-in-law can take care of herself, and your father can only help you so much.

Empress Zhou was afraid that King Ye would insist on protecting Concubine Ye and would say something that would be embarrassing, so she didn't wait for King Ye to smile and stop him.

"Ye Wang, if Princess Ye doesn't know how to dance, then she doesn't need to perform, just let her enjoy the performance of the princess and other ladies."

In Dasheng Kingdom, 'Qinqi, Calligraphy, Painting and Dance' is a criterion for judging everyone's beauty. If a dignified princess does not know 'dance', it means that she is not good enough to be on the stage and is not worthy of being a concubine.

Empress Zhou wanted to force King Ye into a dilemma, admitting that Princess Ye was not worthy of being a concubine if she couldn't dance, otherwise she wanted to show off her dancing skills on stage, which would be embarrassing.

Xia Luoluo looked at Shen Yuan with a smile: "Princess Ye Wang can't dance, right? If not, admit it yourself, why bother His Highness Ye Wang and ask him to answer?"
Shen Yuan smiled lightly: "It's nothing, my husband is willing to answer for me."

Charlotte's heart felt sour.However, Shen Yu'an was almost a duck to be forced to go on the shelf, and she could still be so calm and as usual, which made her feel terrified. She almost lost to her in this respect, so she quickly restrained her emotions and regained her composure.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, waiting for his answer, the Night King slightly curled his lips. "Dancing, Princess Ye also learned it, she can dance."

"Since Princess Ye can dance, that's fine." The queen answered immediately, as if she was afraid that King Ye would regret it, "I will select the three best dancers, and reward them with three treasures."

After speaking, he glanced at the scene, and said to the servant next to him: "According to the above list, perform on stage one by one, then let's start."