unruly princess

Chapter 38

I dodged Chu Yuntian's hand without a trace, and gave him a mischievous smile: "Don't worry about me, I have a thick skin!" Chu Yuntian stared blankly at his missing hand, as if he couldn't believe himself There will be a move just now.After a while, he recovered his calmness.

I looked at the seat opposite with a little guilt, but he turned his head and didn't know where to look.Proud guy!I hummed in my heart.I don't even know why I care what he thinks.Maybe it's because he resembles Zhanyuan!

"The Emperor is here! The Empress Dowager is here! Concubine Yu is here!" a eunuch shouted loudly with a broken voice.The noisy hall suddenly fell silent, and they all got up and knelt down and shouted: "Long live my emperor! Long live the queen mother! May the queen mother be as blessed as the East China Sea and live longer than Nanshan!"

"Okay, get up!" The Empress Dowager's voice could not conceal the joy.Everyone got up and returned to their seats, and I sat back obediently.

"Huh? Isn't this King Hui? I didn't expect you to come here to celebrate Aijia's birthday. Aijia is very happy! I heard that your body has been slightly swollen recently, are you okay now?" The Queen Mother saw it at a glance. Orient Ran who sits with side first.

"Thank you Empress Dowager for your concern. I'm much better now. How can I not come for the Empress Dowager's birthday?" Dongfang Ran's voice seemed to be very respectful without any twists and turns.

"It's fine." The Queen Mother said and looked at the position next to him. "This is the king of Nanjun, right? He's already this big, and he looks pretty good. Have you got a wife?" The queen mother seems to be very interested in his marriage, and it doesn't matter if you are interested!But it will be bad if we mess up the mandarin ducks like me and Chu Yuntian.

"As for the Queen Mother, I have not yet married a wife." Dongfang Haoxuan replied flatly.

"This is a bit bad. Now you seem to be one year older than the emperor's son. Why haven't you married yet? Look at so many ladies here, why don't you choose one for you?"

"Thank you Queen Mother for your kindness. It's just that I have no plans to get married yet!"

"That's it!" The queen mother's tone was slightly disappointed, "If that's the case, forget it. You must have worked hard to come here from Nanjun! How many days have you been here?"

"If you go back to the Queen Mother, Weichen has been here for two days. You really deserve to die if you didn't come to see the Queen Mother right away."

"It doesn't matter!" The Queen Mother smiled slightly.I stared at Dongfang Haoyuan in astonishment, why did he lie when he came early tomorrow?Besides, the King Fan who is sealed in other places can't enter Beijing without being summoned?
When I was in a daze, I suddenly felt someone pushing my arm. "Ah, what are you doing?" I came back to my senses, looked at Chu Yuntian in confusion and asked, but unexpectedly found that Chu Yuntian's handsome and resolute face twitched slightly. body.I also stared back stupidly, what happened?

"Hehe, it seems that our Siyu is still as cute as before!" The queen mother's voice broke the silence, with a faint smile in her tone.

"Too... Queen Mother!" I stood up and looked at the Queen Mother at a loss, with a questioning look in my eyes, did I miss something?

"Queen Mother, Yu'er has been feeling unwell recently, so she hasn't come to see you, it's not..." Chu Yuntian hurriedly explained to me.

"Not feeling well? Could it be that she already has a child? No wonder! Hehe" the queen mother suddenly realized with joy on her face.

"No, no, queen mother, don't think too much about it. How could I possibly have a child?" I was blushing and waved my hands in denial.Now I can be 100% sure that my nobility and elegance are all broken!Cry~ I managed to maintain the image!
"Impossible? How do you know it's impossible?" The Queen Mother asked with a slight frown.After the Empress Dowager asked, even the Emperor, who hadn't paid much attention to me since he came in, looked at me.Of course, I didn't ignore the probing gaze from across from me.

I hurriedly lowered my head, "That's because... because he doesn't want to have a child so early." I pointed to Chu Yuntian and explained.In desperation, he had no choice but to drag Chu Yuntian into the water.

Chu Yuntian seemed to be taken aback by my words, "When will I..." Seeing that Chu Yuntian wanted to defend himself, I had no choice but to use my spicy trick - Invincible Whirlwind Kick.She stomped on his foot hard, and finally succeeded in stopping him from continuing.

"Yes, Queen Mother. I don't want to have a child too early, I want to wait two years!"

"How can this be done! There are three types of unfilial piety, and the worst is to have no offspring. You have to leave a bloodline for your Chu family as soon as possible."

"Mother, today is your birthday, why do you keep talking about it forever! I have prepared some programs for my mother to cheer her up. It can be regarded as a gift from my son! Xiao Dezi , Singing and dancing!" The emperor changed the subject in a timely manner, which made me breathe a sigh of relief.

"Yes!" A little eunuch shouted, "Sing and dance!"

As soon as the words fell, sixteen beauties in pink clothes came along with the pleasant music, divided into two rows.There were [-] people on one side, and another four people carried a huge peach that was as tall as a person and put it in the center of the hall.The beauties danced around the peaches, and the music was full of joy.Their dancing postures are fast and slow in line with the music, but the part near the end is very fast. All the girls point their left fingers to the big peach in the center, and raise their right hands high and twirl around it quickly.

Suddenly white smoke rose from the top of the peach, and with a bang, the peach split open.The girls had also left Taozi not far away and formed a circle.What surprised everyone the most was that there were actually two children hidden inside the peach, both [-] or [-] years old.

The couplet held high in the boy's hand on the right fell quietly, and a few large golden characters came into view--Yaochi Spring is not old.The couplet of the boy on the left also fell down—Shou Yu Ri Yi Xiang.Horizontal batch - flat peach birthday.

"Okay, the emperor is really caring, and the Ai family really likes it. It's hard for you to think of it." The Queen Mother praised with a smile.

"Thank you, Empress, for the compliment! As long as the Empress likes it."

"Queen Dowager, I also have a gift for the Queen Mother." Hui Wang got up and said respectfully, "It's just that the gift from the humble minister is much more vulgar than the emperor's."

"King Hui is too polite. You are already very happy to be able to participate in Aijia's birthday. Besides, how can a person like King Hui give you tacky things!" The queen mother is more polite to King Hui than anyone else. many.

"Come on, hurry up and get me from the comfort pillow for the empress dowager." A servant came in from the outside and saluted the empress dowager before handing over a very gorgeous box in his hand to the little eunuch.He presented it to the Queen Mother.The queen mother opened the box, was taken aback, and took out the contents.It is a white jade pillow!

"Queen Mother, I heard that the Queen Mother often suffers from insomnia, and I was very worried. So I sent people to search for a cure for insomnia, but the results were unsatisfactory. Later, I heard that there is a thousand-year-old Anshen Jade on Tianshan Mountain. I specially ordered someone to find it and make it into a pillow shape and present it to the queen mother. I hope the queen mother can sleep at ease every night in the future."

"Thank you King Hui for your trouble. I believe that with this jade pillow, Ai's family will be able to sleep until dawn every day." The queen mother said politely.

Seeing that King Hui offered gifts first, everyone also offered their own gifts one after another.It is nothing more than antique jade, calligraphy, painting and sculpture, jewelry Ruyi Millennium Ganoderma lucidum, exotic flowers and herbs, etc.The Empress Dowager had seen many of these things, and when she received them, her face was indifferent.Only Chu Yuntian's obedience made her eyes brighten, and she had a very gratified and appreciative smile.It was a small brocade box, as for what was inside, the Empress Dowager didn't say anything, neither did Chu Yuntian.

"Queen Dowager, besides the gift prepared by Weichen for the Queen Mother, my daughter is also willing to play a song for the Queen Mother as a gift." The person who spoke was Qi Shizhong, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, my father's immediate boss.My dad's seat is right behind him.

"Okay! The Ai family is feeling bored! Come and perform." The queen mother said very excitedly.Judging by the Queen Mother's appearance, she really intends to choose a concubine for the emperor, and these adults certainly hope that their daughters will be chosen, and maybe they can even become queens!
With a beginning, the daughters of all the adults have performed their performances one after another.Except for the cold and arrogant woman in pale white.That is, the one who is ambiguous with Chu Yuntian.And she is actually Lin Wanjun, in fact, I should have thought of it earlier.Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind—could she be the woman who made the wedding scene that day?
These girls sang or danced or played or chanted or painted, etc., and each performance was very hard and wonderful.I watched and cheered again and again.If it wasn't for Chu Yuntian pulling me, I would have stood up and shouted loudly.

However, the emperor's expression seemed indifferent, as if he had no interest.Concubine Yu is probably the most unhappy here, her face turns green and pale for a while, maybe she also has a sense of crisis!Facing so many women who are both talented in color and art.deserve it!Who made you so arrogant.Secretly gloating in my heart.

"Not bad, not bad. Sure enough, all of them are women with both talents and looks. Are you right, Your Majesty?" The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor with satisfaction and asked.The emperor hummed, which was the answer.Seeing that the emperor was not very interested, the queen mother didn't seem to give up.

"However, to be honest, although their talents are good, they don't have much novelty. Aijia still remembers the song Siyu sang that day!"

In my heart, I am glad that I don't have to perform a show today!The queen mother's words and the ulterior motives made me realize that my dream could not come true. She said this intentionally to make me sing another song.But what should I sing?

Sure enough, "Didn't Yu'er prepare any presents for Ai's family?"

"Of course, Queen Mother." In desperation, I stood up and said calmly. "I... my concubine prepared a song for the Queen Mother long ago, but I just didn't have the chance to perform it for the Queen Mother just now."

"Okay, you really didn't disappoint the Ai family. Then what song are you going to sing for the Ai family?" the Queen Mother asked with great interest.Even the emperor looked at me expectantly.I faintly felt a puzzled and curious gaze fixed on me from the right.It should be said that the eyes of the hall are almost all focused on me now.

I haven't had time to answer, "Please wait a moment!" I turned my head and saw a woman in white approaching gracefully, standing still not far from me, "Long live the emperor Lin Wanjun, and a thousand years old queen mother."

"Excuse me!" The emperor said lightly, without any emotion in his tone.

It was Concubine Yu who was nervous or something. I'm afraid her self-confidence disappeared a lot after meeting Lin Wanjun!To that arrogant and glamorous woman like Mei.As for me, even if I threaten her a little bit, she doesn't care anymore, after all, I'm married.

"Queen Dowager, just now my daughter felt a little unwell, so I couldn't perform for the Queen Mother. Now that my daughter is much better, I will perform a song for the Queen Mother first. I wonder what the Queen Dowager and the Emperor think?" Although she didn't watch I glanced at her, but I always felt that she was demonstrating to me, and she was just pretending.As for the reason!Naturally not for the emperor.

But I'm not easy to bully. If you demonstrate to me, won't I?I also stared at her without showing any weakness.

"Look, the two beauties in the capital are going to compete on the same stage!"

"That's right, this is a rare and beautiful event! We all caught up with it." Although their voices were very small, they still reached my ears clearly.

"Okay, I'm sure!" The emperor was now in high spirits.

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Yu, who was sitting at the top and bottom of the emperor's head, said not to be outdone: "The concubine also wants to perform a show to celebrate the queen mother's birthday!" She seemed to be here for Lin Wanjun.Now it's interesting. "Since you have this kind of filial piety, then I agree!" The emperor clearly said it to him, but he looked at me.I hurriedly lowered my head, not looking at him, and dodged if I could.

"The three of you who come to perform first or talk about what to perform first." Although the emperor and queen mother are present, there is still some confusion below.The buzzing sound is endless.I'm afraid we are all excited for the three of us to compete against each other.

Although none of us said that we wanted to compete, the meaning was very obvious, that is, we will never lose to each other.Our minds are different, but our purpose is the same.

I was forced to ask by the Queen Mother; Lin Wanjun came out to perform for Chu Yuntian, just to prove that she is better than me in front of my sweetheart.Naturally, Concubine Yu didn't want Lin Wanjun to steal her limelight, and she was even more afraid that her appearance and performance would tempt the Emperor!
Since there is going to be a competition, of course I can't shame Mu Siyu's face, after all I occupy his body!It would be too bad for her to ruin her reputation, so I can't lose either.

"Great, it seems that the Ai family is lucky today. Who will start first among the three of you?" The Queen Mother asked enthusiastically.

The three of us looked at each other, but didn't speak.

"In that case, let's draw lots to decide!" The queen mother waved her hand, and a young eunuch immediately brought a pen and paper.It seems that the queen mother has long known that it will be used, and has already prepared to be there.

"It's marked with a number, whoever gets number one will come first." The little eunuch started from Concubine Yu's side, and Concubine Yu took one first, followed by Lin Wanjun and me at the end.I gently opened the neatly folded paper in my hand, and a big "three" came into my eyes.Looks like I'll be the last to perform.

(End of this chapter)