Harem Empress

Chapter 18 Family Banquet ([-])

After the queen finished speaking, she glanced at Emperor Jingyang above, but Emperor Jingyang got up and walked down at this time, reached out to help Concubine Yuan who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "Ying'er is good at dancing! I still vaguely remember Ying'er's dance is still a little green, but today's dance is less youthful but more charming. Tu Dehai passed on my will, conferring on Concubine Yuan as Concubine De, Yue Changyi bestowed a colorful cloud brocade and a hundred taels of gold. "

After speaking, she took De Concubine's hand and returned to the table, but left Dongyue playing the pipa aside. Dongyue stood awkwardly in the center of the dance floor, still holding the pipa in her arms, her face flickering. There was a trace of hatred, but the hatred was fleeting and turned back to being cute and pitiful. I didn't expect that my volunteering this time would be a stepping stone for her. I thought that I would be able to do it after I successfully put Concubine Jin together this time. He was on the rise, but following the advice of the concubine Yuan, he was still too impatient. He should have understood when he saw Dongmei waving at him secretly just now, he was still too stupid!
Nothing happened. Could it be that I was worrying too much.He squinted at the pale Concubine Jin in the hall, probably because he was shocked by the decree that Concubine Yuan was conferred the title of Concubine Virtue because of a dance at the family banquet. In the end, Gao Yi made a big favor to Concubine Yuan. If the person who played the pipa was replaced by her, she should be the person who is now conferred by the Jin Dynasty, so that Dongyue, that bitch, would lose face.

The hearty laughter of Emperor Jingyang once again sounded in the hall. Emperor Jingyang smiled and turned to look at He Guifei who was sitting on the left and asked kindly: "I still remember when I promised you to reward the painting in the garden. Since I have said so, I will definitely reward that 'Master' who paints, but is he in the palace now?"

Listening to Emperor Jingyang's originally hidden heart "thump", and the noble concubine looked at me below gracefully and said, "Long live, the 'Master' is in the palace at the moment, but I don't know how long live to reward this 'Master'." What is it?" Emperor Jingyang and his imperial concubine were playing charades with the people in the hall, at this time the concubines in the hall began to whisper, some people wished that the "master" in Emperor Jingyang's mouth was themselves.

The queen sitting above also glanced blankly at the concubines below, and immediately turned her head to look at Emperor Jingyang above and said gently: "Oh! There is such a master of painting in the harem, who can win the favor of Long live Long live, this 'Master' must be properly rewarded!"

As expected, the queen is not a light-saving lamp. The word "harem" has already told the concubines present that the "master" that Emperor Jingyang and the noble concubine spoke of is actually a woman, and she is also a hidden master in the harem. Slowly stood up and walked slowly into the hall, bowed his head and lowered his body to salute: "The concubine Qin Shuang greets the emperor, the emperor is auspicious!" Kneeling alone in the hall, I can feel the gunshots coming from all over the place. There are surprise, jealousy, and hatred in the eyes, and there is still a generous and decent smile on the face. I think Concubine Jin must have the intention to kill me at this time, and she was first plotted by her slaves, and then It was Concubine Yuan who was canonized, and the whole family banquet had nothing to do with her An Jingyun, how could she not hate me, if I was favored by Emperor Jingyang again at the family banquet, I would definitely go to her first .

At this time, Concubine Jin's complexion had already recovered, and she looked at Emperor Jingyang above with affection and said softly: "Long live, although my concubine is not blessed to have seen the painting of Ya Fu in the Hundred Gardens, but since Long live The concubine can tell that the painting must be the best painting in the mouth, otherwise it will not be rewarded at the family banquet, it would be better for the concubine sister to show it to the sisters, but this Lanxiang Palace is far away from the Qinghuan Palace. It's so far away, how can I let Wan Sui wait here for so long."

After Concubine Jin finished speaking, she looked proudly at me who was still kneeling below, and secretly raised her eyes to look at Emperor Jingyang above. It can be heard that Concubine Jin is saying that the painting may not be drawn by me at all, but that what she drew was based on my favor. Emperor Jingyang looked at the gentle Concubine Jin with suspicion and said: "Oh ! Then according to Aifei's opinion, what should I do!"

Seeing that the time has come, Concubine Jin immediately looked up at Emperor Jingyang with joy and asked: "In my opinion, why not just trouble Sister Qin once?" Emperor Jingyang nodded in satisfaction and said: "Tu Dehai Then come the Four Treasures of the Study."

After a while, the painting tools had already been placed, and when she quietly walked to the painting table and wanted to pick up the brush, the concubine De who was above said coquettishly: "Long live, the time for painting is very long. How about Wansui watching the singing and dancing below while waiting for the painting!" Concubine De said it was for the sake of Wansui, but she actually wanted to disturb my thoughts with the noisy sound of singing and dancing, after all, Concubine De did not want to see I am spoiled.

How can I not understand the thoughts of the two of them, if I can't draw, Emperor Jingyang will punish me for a capital crime of deceiving the emperor, and I can't even escape the relationship with the imperial concubine, so let's wait and see.

Accompanied by the sound of singing and dancing in the hall, the paintbrush in his hand began to wave. When the second dance in the hall was over, the paintbrush in his hand just stopped, and he gently picked up the painting on the table and blew it lightly I looked at the painting in my hand with satisfaction, whether you can win Emperor Jing's favor this time depends entirely on you.

Tu Dehai presented my painting in front of Emperor Jingyang, and secretly glanced sideways at Emperor Jingyang above. Emperor Jingyang nodded in satisfaction, but there was no surprise in his deep eyes, as if As early as he expected, he smiled and said: "This painting is different from the one in the imperial concubine's palace!"

Walking to the palace, Fu lowered his body and saluted, saying: "Long live, the painting in the imperial concubine's sister's palace is an impromptu work by the concubine to comfort my sister's lovesickness, but today happens to be the reunion on August 15th. In the past few days, the concubine wondered how she could bear to see Yafu standing alone in the painting, so the concubine made this 'family portrait' on her own initiative, and wished Long Live to appease her anger!"

Emperor Jingyang laughed "haha" after hearing this and kept patting his legs and said, "It's too late for you to thank you, why are you so angry, what a 'family portrait'! Deep my heart, I I like it, I like it very much! Tu Dehai passed on my decree, from now on the nobleman of Qin canonize her as a concubine, and give her the title of 'Dan', from today onwards she will be my concubine Dan! By the way, I will give the four treasures of the study presented by the governor of Yunnan to concubine Dan .”

After listening to Emperor Jingyang's words, she was stunned. At this time, the queen in the palace said softly: "What? I was so scared that I even forgot to thank you." Then she came back to her senses and quickly thanked her. At this moment, Concubine Jin in the palace was already shocked Speechless, I didn't expect that my second entry to the palace still failed, and Concubine Yuan sat in the banquet with a blank face and drank the fine wine on the table. It's over, according to the palace rules, the emperor will stay in the queen's palace tonight.

(End of this chapter)