The reborn businesswoman is the queen

Chapter 244 Provocation, singing and dancing competition

Nangong Jin nodded briskly: "What's the matter?"

"The banquet will start later, you can toast Zhao Yan a glass of wine for me." Mu Yunge smiled slyly, and squeezed his eyes: "A glass of strong wine."

Nangong Jin's eyes widened, and when she understood the meaning of her words, she suddenly laughed.

Zhu Yiru and Zhao Yan didn't even know that Mu Yunge had dug a trap for them to jump into, and they were still complacent.Zhu Yiru returned to Mrs. Zhu's side, and obediently waited for the banquet to start, her eyes shone with excitement that she was determined to win.Seeing her radiant face, Mrs. Zhu couldn't tell what she felt, and her smile was a bit forced.

The expressions of the two fell into Xiao Shi's eyes. Xiao Shi was not stupid, so he naturally took his heart, but his face was steady, with an expression that he didn't notice at all.

Mu Yunge and Nangong Jin didn't stay by the rockery for too long.

Wei Shi entered the palace this morning to pay his respects to Concubine De Gui, and also went to congratulate Empress Zhao on her birthday.The Pei family is too powerful to offend easily, and the two sons of Concubine Degui have never participated in the struggle for succession, so they have no conflict of interest with Queen Zhao. The other princes stayed in Zhengyang Palace to talk, but they allowed him to go out to play alone, and only ordered him to go to the garden before the banquet.

Wei Shi knew that Mu Yunge was coming too, so he had been waiting earlier, and when he saw Mrs. Xiao, he didn't see anyone. After asking a few confidantes, the internal eunuchs, he found out that she was here, and followed the road to find her.

As soon as Wei Shi came, Nangong Jin smiled narrowly at Mu Yunge, and took a step forward knowingly.

When Mu Yunge saw Wei Shi, she felt a little happy in her heart. After the envoy entered Beijing, she hadn't seen anyone else for several days. It was said that Emperor Wu called his name and asked him to take the envoy around for fun.

Wei Shi turned away from the rockery with Mu Yunge, in a good mood, holding Mu Yunge's soft little hand, his soul almost flew away, and the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't stop at all.The two stayed quietly for a while, and the atmosphere was really good. Wei Shi put his arms around Mu Yunge's waist, but she didn't push him away as usual, but obediently leaned her head on Wei Shi's shoulder.This made Wei Shi more like rolling in a honey vat, it was too sweet to describe.

Just as he was feeling flustered, he heard Mu Yunge say in a low voice, "Do you know that Prince Zhao is in the mission?"

"Yeah." Wei Shi responded in a low voice, and then he was surprised: "You also know? I was going to tell you!"

"Zhao Yan told Shen Jingyu." Mu Yunge smiled sullenly: "You probably don't know that Shen Jingyu changed her name and entered the capital with the Liaozhou governor. They came to me again and played tricks. They also planned to get me Send it to the crown prince's bed!"

She didn't even realize that her tone was soft, she was acting like a spoiled child to the man she loved.

"Hmph, if you want to send them off so much, I'll send them there!" Wei Shi couldn't bear the tone, and suddenly became furious: "Are they planning to do something at the banquet?"

Mu Yunge told Zhao Yan and Zhu Yiru's plans over and over again. Wei Shi calmed down after listening, thought for a while, and then laughed: "Good Yun'er, just watch and see what I do later. Help you avenge!"

Mu Yunge's eyes lit up, and the smile at the corner of his mouth became even more schadenfreude.

She is looking forward to this palace banquet even more!
The two didn't stay for too long, the bell for the palace banquet rang, and the three tones fell, everyone had to go to the imperial garden.Mu Yunge's footsteps were slow, Wei Shi asked her to take a step ahead, and he chose a long way, going around in circles to the imperial garden.Even so, the two came to the Royal Garden from different directions almost in tandem. Away from the crowd far away, Wei Shi smiled brightly and patted his chest with his hands, which seemed to be a guarantee, but also more like letting him know. Don't be afraid of her.

Mu Yunge received the signal of love, her pretty face blushed, and she hurried back to Xiao's side.

The seats for the banquet have been arranged long ago. There are three rows of female relatives sitting up, and there are twenty short couples in each row.Mu's seat is the seventh in the first row, and Nangong Jin is in the first row, next to the queen and Zhao Yan.Zhu Yiru's seat was the fourth from last in the first row, and no one was next to each other.

On the right is Zhao Guolai's mission, a group of four, accompanied by Mu Ruyan.In addition, the only few sons of Emperor Wu and the three protons of the Huainan Palace each sat at a table, next to Empress Zhao and Emperor Wu.There are no more than a dozen tables on the right side, making it extraordinarily spacious.

There is a large open space on the left and right sides, where music and dancing are performed.

After everyone was seated, Mu Yunge saw Mu Ruyan glance at Wei Shi quickly, but Wei Shi didn't look at her, and as soon as they sat down, he smiled and said something to Wei Yin at the next table, which made Wei Yin laugh again and again .

Mu Ruyan dressed up meticulously today, but Wei Shi didn't even look at her, she was breathless, and her eyes fell on Mu Yunge involuntarily.Fortunately, Mu Yunge is very simple today, if you don't look closely at that face, you won't feel that it is the most beautiful face.But she still felt uncomfortable, and couldn't help but want to draw a few strokes on that face.

Before the killing intent arose, a cold gaze fell on him, and he couldn't help shivering.Looking back, it was indeed Nangong Jin who was squinting and looking at him warningly.

Mu Ruyan curled her lips, innocently suppressing her resentment.

Zhao Yan and Zhu Yiru quickly exchanged glances, Zhao Yan made a gesture quietly, and Zhu Yiru lowered her eyes.

Empress Zhao and Emperor Wu came hand in hand, and everyone stood up to greet them. Emperor Wu was very happy, and said no courtesy, let everyone sit down.At this time, it was the third quarter of the clock, and the maidservants began to serve the dishes. After finishing, Emperor Wu said some blessings, and rewarded Queen Zhao with a lot of things, and then he smiled and said: "Let's start the banquet."

Emperor Wu and Empress Zhao moved the first chopsticks before everyone below could move.

But everyone knows that in today's banquet, the meal is fake, and the choice of concubine is the main course. It depends on how Emperor Wu starts it.

Sure enough, after drinking for three rounds, Emperor Wu smiled and said to the leader of the embassy from Xizhao, "Your Majesty Ru came to Wei for the first time, so I'm afraid you're not used to the diet? I heard that your country attaches great importance to singing and dancing. This kind of banquet is like chewing wax without singing and dancing, but really?"

"Yes." Lord Ru, who was named, puffed out his chest, and said proudly, "In Xizhao, singing and dancing are our soul, and you can order any child who is good at singing and dancing for the first time." He said with some contempt He glanced at everyone present: "Unlike Dawei, I heard that your women don't like these things very much, let alone men. Even though you are all nobles, most of you are not proficient in music theory. people?"

His arrogance and conceit immediately angered everyone, and many people on the side of the women's family showed dissatisfaction, frowned and whispered about Xi Zhao's rudeness to the people around them.

Emperor Wu laughed, and his eyes became colder: "Master Ru's words are wrong. Although my Great Wei does not have the open customs like yours, if it comes to singing and dancing, no one will lose to you, right?"

"Really?" Lord Ru obviously didn't believe it, curled his lips and said indifferently: "Then His Majesty the Emperor dares to make a bet with me?"

"What kind of gamble do you want?" Emperor Wu leaned forward interestedly.

Master Ru clapped his hands, and the thirty beauties standing behind the group took a step forward. Master Ru smiled and pointed at them and said, "This is a gift from the Emperor Xizhao to His Majesty. There are 30 people in total. Your Majesty Randomly choose three from the midpoint, and I will also randomly pick three people from your country's nobles, and compete one by one, two wins in three rounds, what does your Majesty think? If we win, the princess's dowry will be doubled, and two more will be given away. How about a city?"

"What if you lose?" Emperor Wu said.

Master Ru raised his chin: "We won't lose!"

Before the words fell, there were some voices from the female relatives. They are all daughters of aristocratic families, and their hearts are arrogant. How can they stand up to such a provocation?

Empress Zhao was also extremely displeased with the rudeness and arrogance of the mission. Looking at Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu snorted coldly and fell into a groan.

"Why, don't you dare, Your Majesty?" Master Ru made it clear that he would not stop until he achieved his goal, and began to provoke Emperor Wu.

This matter is related to the face of the country, and it is more related to the separation of the city and the dignity of marrying the princess. Emperor Wu sneered and agreed: "This is fairer. If you lose, the princess will add two cities to the dowry, how about it?"

Master Ru was taken aback, as if he didn't expect Emperor Wu to agree, he was a little undecided, and quietly glanced at a young envoy behind him.The envoy was about 24 to [-] years old, with a well-defined face, even if he deliberately kept a low profile, he still had a natural power.He nodded, Master Ru dared to reply to Emperor Wu's words: "That's very good!"

Mu Yunge's eyes fell on that young man. He must be the crown prince of Xizhao, Mu Qingrui, and he would not be the second choice.

The two parties reached an agreement, which was immediately written in black and white and exchanged for preservation.

Emperor Wu looked at Wei Shi with a smile: "Shi'er, why don't you pick someone?"

Among his sons, Wei Wuzhen and Wei Quan grew up in the center of power since they were young. It is okay for them to choose someone to be their adviser, but it would be too risky to ask them to choose someone who sings and dances.As for Wei Shanzhi... Emperor Wu didn't count on it. This son seems to be good at everything, but his music theory is not good enough!Wei Yin is a good candidate, but from the beginning of the banquet until now, his eyes have been on the young envoys of the mission, where did he notice what happened?
Wei Shi took the order, stood up immediately, looked over one by one, and quickly ordered three beauties to come out.

Master Ru is not nervous, the beauties they brought are all outstanding in appearance and extraordinary in skill, no matter how they compare, they will not lose, he still has this confidence!
Seeing that Wei Shi had chosen someone, he couldn't wait to stand up: "King Yu has chosen someone, so it's time for us to choose someone, right?"

Emperor Wu nodded in agreement, Master Ru immediately looked at Mu Qingrui and winked.

Mu Qingrui stood up, his eyes turned around all the female relatives opposite.

Mu Yunge saw that his eyes were focused, and he swept across the young girls' faces one by one, and suddenly felt a strange feeling, and kept sneering in his heart.I see!It turned out that the crown prince wanted to take this opportunity to take a good look at these rich ladies and choose the one he likes...

From the looks of it, today's match was planned for a long time!
Just as she was thinking, Mu Qingrui's eyes moved to her face.The four eyes met, Mu Yunge didn't have time to look back, and saw Mu Qingrui's eyes suddenly widen, and a flash of astonishment flashed quickly...

(End of this chapter)