The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 812 Relieve Your Worry (5)
After drinking for three rounds, the banquet was still amicable, but Mianyue was young and energetic after all, and said provocatively again: "I have heard for a long time that women who work hard are raised in boudoirs, and they are not allowed to see men with foreign surnames before they leave the court. They only know embroidery, calligraphy and painting." , I don’t know how to ride horses and archery. Just now I saw Your Majesty archery, who taught you how to do this? Do you dare to come out and compete with Mian Yue?”

The folk customs of Daxia are tough, and there are not so many rules and regulations between men and women. Most of the women are brought up as men, so they are all physically strong, and their martial arts are as strong as men. It is precisely because of this that Mianyue looks down on her side even more These delicate and weak court ladies.

Qingchen always had a gentle smile on his face, turned his head to look at Xiao Jun beside him, his eyes were even more tender, and said in a warm voice: "The little tricks of this palace and the maids around me are all taught by the emperor, but But this palace can't compete with the princess in martial arts, it's not suitable, why not replace me with a maid beside me?"

Qingchen knew that a proud girl like Mianyue would never let it go if she didn't frustrate their spirit once and for all.

Sure enough, she stood up suddenly, and asked dissatisfiedly: "Your Majesty, what does this mean? I said before that this princess is not qualified to be received by the queen, and now I will let the maid next to me compete with the princess in martial arts instead of you. Ma'am Are you really not paying attention to me, or are you afraid to fight, or are you afraid that after losing, your emperor will lose his face and lose his favor?"

Naturally, Qingchen wouldn't care about such a provocative method, but pursed his lips lightly and said: "Princess, I am serious, I don't mean to despise you, and it's not because I'm afraid of losing your favor, I just think it's not appropriate, princess It's a distinguished guest, the empress sent me to entertain the princess, if you start a fight, you know it's a martial arts competition, if you don't know it, you think it's a fight between the host and the guest, people's words are terrible, if it spreads, Wouldn't it affect the relations between the two countries?
In other words, if the princess can't even beat this little maid next to me, why is there any need to challenge me?Could it be that the princess is afraid of being defeated by a maid in the palace, and if the word spreads, the world will laugh at her?Thinking about it, a dignified princess is used to being complimented on weekdays. If she really loses, she will lose her face. Wouldn't it be detrimental to the princess's reputation? "

Xiao Jun leaned over and said in a low voice: "You are treating another person in the same way as others, and you are a quick learner. I don't know since when, you have become more and more eloquent and refused to forgive others. .”

Qingchen slightly covered her face with a veil, this slight movement seemed to be mocking to outsiders, but she really just wanted to speak to the emperor.

"If the concubine doesn't say that, wouldn't it be worthwhile to go out and be beaten? The concubine is not a fool."

Seeing her sniggering, Mian Yue was so angry that she took out her whip and strode out without waiting for King Anding to persuade her, "Competition is about whom to be afraid of? If this little palace maid of the empress loses, this princess will go alone Challenge the empress!"

Qingchen nodded slightly, "I agree."

Qingchen knows Jinxiu's kung fu well. She has been practicing martial arts since she was six or seven years old. How many years of uninterrupted wind and rain have she suffered? How can this unruly princess be able to bear it?
Therefore, before Jinxiu went down to prepare, Qingchen secretly told her, "Just click as far as you want, don't let her lose, don't let her win, just make a tie, otherwise she will make trouble."

Jinxiu secretly responded, and heard the emperor laugh again: "Princess Mianyue is my guest, if we accidentally hurt the princess during the martial arts competition, wouldn't it mean that we violated the way of hospitality? So for the sake of fairness and safety, I suggest you two use wooden swords, what do you think?"

Jinxiu hurriedly said: "What the emperor said is that the servants obey the order."

Seeing Jinxiu, Mianyue picked up the wooden sword first, fearing that people would say that she was invincible, so she threw the whip in her hand to Anding Wang Yuanyou behind her, and then picked up another wooden sword.

Looking at the sword-wielding competition in the field, Xiao Jun whispered to Qingchen: "Are you so sure that Jinxiu will win? What if she loses? Mianyue's kung fu is also good."

Qingchen said with a smile: "Jinxiu will not lose, if she loses, the concubine will ask the emperor to compete with her personally."

"You..." Xiao Jun coughed twice, and withdrew helplessly.

The two fought in the field for a long time without deciding the winner. Finally, the emperor said impatiently: "Okay, stop fighting. It seems that you two are very skilled and evenly matched. If this continues, it will be difficult to tell the winner. .Princess Mianyue really opened my eyes, and I admire her a lot.”

On the field, Jinxiu's breath was stable and her face was calm, but Mianyue's face was slightly flushed, a dense layer of sweat dripped from the tip of her small nose, she lifted her chin slightly and replied, "I am What's the matter, in our Great Xia, all the girls are very skilled, and my meager kung fu is not worth mentioning at all."

These words were clearly belittling Jinxiu, Qingchen shook his head lightly to signal her not to speak, it's fine to take advantage of words, everyone has eyes, some things are just tacit understanding.

Xiao Jun nodded, with a smile on his face, and sarcastically said: "Isn't it true that Da Xia is a martial artist, everyone is a soldier, but Da Gan pays more attention to etiquette in poetry and books, and emphasizes the way of benevolence and harmony, so many times the two countries will have political opinions. It seems that it is necessary for us to learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses. I should revitalize the army and sharpen the soldiers, and you should also read more poems and books, understand the way of sages, be true to your words, and rob others at every turn It's not a good habit."

King Anding saw that he was losing the upper hand in everything today, and it wouldn't make much sense to take another action to win the round, so he didn't plan to make another attack, raised his wine glass and said: "The emperor is broad-minded and has the capacity to tolerate others, so naturally he won't Concerned about my little sister's rash actions, Xiao Wang will offer a toast to the emperor, if there are any inappropriate words and deeds, please forgive me."

When Princess Mianyue heard Yuanyou's words, she was somewhat displeased, so she snorted softly and turned her face away.

Xiao Jun pretended not to see it, but raised her glass and said, "Princess is innocent and lively, with a hearty disposition, I don't mind, King Anding please."

Yuan You bowed slightly to show respect, "Please, Your Majesty."

Was the meal lively? With a temperament like Mianyue, who knows what tricky ideas she would come up with, so Qingchen didn't dare to be careless. With a polite smile, he was always on guard, and took a few bites with him in a dull manner.

After drinking and eating, the emperor wanted to lead the people into the forest to hunt. Qingchen sent him on the horse. Xiao Jun bent down and said: "You accompany Princess Mianyue to Fenglu Palace and wait for me. If she continues to make trouble for no reason, you don't have to." Take care of her, if there is anything else, I will talk about it when I come back."

(End of this chapter)