Daughter's favorite concubine: Don't come here, the black-bellied prince

Chapter 55
Shen Yunluo sat on one side and played the piano, taking time to look at Xinmeng in the middle of the martial arts field from time to time. After watching for a long time, she still couldn't understand what her sister-in-law was doing.

Let’s say it’s dancing. How can anyone use a branch to swipe in the air, swiping left, right, up, and down, sometimes drawing a long trace, and sometimes poking forward a few times quickly.

But if it's not dancing, she moves lightly in lotus steps, leans up, bends, turns, and rolls, and what she dances is clearly a dance step.

At first, Xinmeng's movements were a little jerky, she stopped after a short jump, thought about it, and then continued.Gradually, her movements became more and more coherent and smooth, and they matched Shen Yunluo's piano sound just right.

Shen Yunluo once guessed that Xinmeng danced the sword dance.But the branch in Xinmeng's hand is less than three feet long, and the sword dance is obviously much harder than Xinmeng's dance.

With full of doubts, after many days of observation, Shen Yunluo finally figured out that Xinmeng used branches to draw pictures in the void, but she couldn't tell what the pictures were.She asked Xinmeng with a shy face, but Xinmeng smiled and didn't answer.

In a blink of an eye, it was the emperor's birthday, and there was a grand banquet in the palace.

The seats have long been arranged according to the rank and rank of the knight.The higher the title, or the higher the rank of the official, the closer the seat is to the emperor.

On such occasions, officials usually bring their regular wives and legitimate sons and daughters to attend.The couple sit at the same table, and the children sit behind.

Shen Ji is the general of Zhenguo, the second rank of official residence.Compared with Lin Xiangye's seat, his seat is farther away from the emperor.Because Shen Ji did not return from the expedition, and the general's wife was pregnant, it was not convenient to attend, so only Xinmeng was seated at the table in the general's mansion.

Shen Yunluo was not included in the invitation, but because she wanted to perform with Xinmeng, she was arranged in the most remote corner, sitting with concubine daughters who had the same mission as her in other houses, even at the table behind Xinmeng. can't even touch the sides.

Looking at the brightly lit and bustling side from a distance, Xin Meng's figure was not very clear, but it was enough to make Shen Yunluo feel strong jealousy.But what if you are not reconciled?

At this moment, Xinmeng, who was sitting upright with her hands on her knees, always looked straight ahead with a decent smile on her face.She could feel several eyes falling on her body, some of them were sizing up, some were appreciative, and some were disdainful...

The guests who came to the table one after another were often a little surprised when they first saw Xinmeng, and then showed a clear expression.There is no need to ask anyone, as long as you look at the rankings, you can easily guess that this girl in a floral satin dress with pink twigs and lotuses and phoenix makeup is none other than Shen Xinmeng, the eldest daughter of General Shen Ji.

Today, she represents Shen Ji and the entire General's Mansion.

After all the ministers and their families were seated, the father-in-law in the palace squeezed his throat and began to announce the arrival of the princes, princesses, empress dowagers, concubines, princes, concubines and women above the concubine rank.Concubines with lower ranks were assigned to side halls.

Every time a master came, everyone stood up and paid homage.Xinmeng didn't dare to be negligent, and followed the crowd to salute respectfully.

This ritual seems to never end.At the back, Xinmeng has no intention of listening to who it is, and just follows others.When others kneel, she kneels; when others get up, she also gets up.

She didn't even notice when the seventh and eighth princes came in.

Surprised to find a hot gaze resting on her body for a long time, Xinmeng raised her eyes and followed that gaze, only to see Xiao Yi sitting on the seat above which belonged to him, staring at her fiercely.

Seeing Xinmeng looking at him, Xiao Yi nodded to her.

Xinmeng bowed her body to show her response, she turned her gaze away, but unexpectedly met another gaze that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.That enchanting handsome man was still wearing a white brocade robe, sitting at a table next to Xiao Yi, leaning on the low table with his arms bent and holding his chin, looking at her lazily.

He was the only one in the whole hall who was not sitting upright, but no one dared to criticize the eighth prince who was most loved by the emperor.

The moment Xinmeng looked at Xiao Lang, he suddenly hooked his finger towards her, then put his finger on his lips and nodded.

This series of actions happened in the blink of an eye.Others don't notice it at all.

He, he actually made such an ambiguous move towards her in public.

Xin Meng only felt blood rushing up all of a sudden, and her cheeks were hot.If it weren't for the fact that she was performing a show today, she deliberately put on thicker makeup than usual, and her rouge was redder, she couldn't hide her embarrassment at all.

"The emperor is here! The empress is here!" The host of the birthday banquet finally appeared.

All the people present except the emperor's elders knelt down in unison; "See the emperor, long live the emperor! Long live the emperor! See the empress, the empress is a thousand years old!"

"Everyone is flat!" The majestic voice came from a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance and incomparable dignity.He has a white face and short beard, wears a curly cloud crown on his head, wears a light yellow gauze robe with cloud and dragon patterns, and a gold jade belt around his waist.

The beauty beside her, wearing a phoenix crown and a crimson brocade gown with double-breasted and large sleeves, is graceful and luxurious, and she is Empress Lin.

The current empress Lin Yuechang is the sister of the current Lin Guogong. She entered the palace at the age of 15 and has given birth to one son and two daughters. They are the prince Xiaoqian, the third princess and the ninth princess.

After the empress was seated, the banquet officially began.

Thinking about the performance tonight, Xinmeng dared not eat or drink.Except for the three glasses of wine that everyone congratulated on the emperor's birthday, she only lightly touched her lips and did not drink it all up.

A court lady in light yellow palace attire tapped the wine jug to the wine glass, and whispered something close to Xinmeng's ear: "Miss Shen, please come with the servant, someone wants to see you."

"Who wants to see me?" Xinmeng was slightly startled, and when she turned her head, she saw that the maid had put down the wine pot and was walking outside the hall.She got up and left the hall, and found that the maid was standing under a pillar, beckoning to her, turned around and left.

The maid walked so fast that she couldn't keep up.After turning a few turns, in the blink of an eye, the palace lady was no longer in sight.

Xinmeng stopped, and was hesitating whether to find the whereabouts of the maid or turn around, when she saw a white figure slowly walking out from behind a rockery bonsai.

"The eighth prince has something to do with my courtier?" Seeing Xiao Lang here, Xinmeng naturally took him as the person the palace maid said she wanted to meet.

"Yes." He nodded slightly, "I just want to ask, are you ready for tonight's performance?"

It turned out that he sent someone to lure her here to ask this question.Xinmeng smiled lightly: "Eighth Prince, please rest assured, the minister is ready, and at least [-]% sure."

"The prince will wait and see." Xiao Lang waved his sleeves, "The palace is too big, be careful not to get lost. The prince will go back with you."

"Yes." Xin Meng followed behind Xiao Lang.

Just behind the bonsai that Xiao Lang walked out of before, there was a court lady in light yellow palace dress lying impressively, with her eyes closed, she was obviously knocked unconscious.

(End of this chapter)