Chapter 267

Xiao Xixi answered truthfully: "I read a few military books when I was a child, and I threw them away after reading them."

Reading that kind of book is not as interesting as reading words.

Concubine Jing continued to smile: "It seems that my sister is not very interested in the art of war, which is also normal. Most of our daughters' family likes female red cooking, or piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and few women like to dance with knives and guns. ."

Xiao Xixi agreed: "Yes, yes, how comfortable it is to sleep, why do you have to dance with knives and guns? How tiring!"

Concubine Jing: "..."

Why was the topic turned back to sleep? !

Seeing that this day was about to be talked about to death, Concubine Jing had to change the subject: "The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. As usual, the palace will hold a Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet. What program will my sister perform at that time?"

Xiao Xixi shook her head without hesitation: "I have no talent to perform."

Concubine Jing side smiled: "Sister is really modest. You can be loved by His Royal Highness, how can you not have any talent at all?"

Xiao Xixi is actually not without talent at all.

She can count and sing a few modern pop songs, but these can't be performed in public.

She hesitated before saying, "I can play musical instruments, is this a talent?"

Concubine Jing side immediately became energetic: "Of course! I don't know what musical instrument my sister is good at? Is it a guqin or a flute? Or is it a pipa?"

Xiao Xixi shook her head: "Neither."

"what is that?"

"Sournay."

Concubine Jing and Duan Liangdi were both stunned.

They have been tutored by famous teachers since they were young, and they are proficient in painting and calligraphy, but they have never heard of such an instrument as Surnai.

Concubine Jing wanted to ask what musical instrument was this? But I felt that asking directly would make me seem particularly ignorant.

In order to maintain the erudite and talented woman, Concubine Jing Side did not ask about Surnai, but said with a smile.

"My sister is really amazing, even Sournai can do it."

Xiao Xixi was embarrassed to be praised: "Sister praised me wrongly."

Concubine Jing thought for a while and then said, "We are thinking about what program to perform at the Mid-Autumn Festival Family Banquet? I plan to play the piano. If my sister doesn't dislike it, we can sing a song together."

Duan Liangdi also said, "I can dance, and then I will dance for the two sisters."

Xiao Xixi imagined the scene and shook her head decisively to refuse.

"no need."

The good intentions were rejected, and the expressions on Concubine Jing Side and Duan Liangdi were stiff.

The two were a little unhappy in their hearts. They felt that Concubine Xiao was deliberately protecting them, for fear that they would steal her limelight.

She is indeed a thoughtful woman!

Concubine Jing side smiled gently: "Since my sister doesn't want to, then we can't force it."

Duan Liangdi's eyes swept across Concubine Xiao's head, and she smiled charmingly.

"The golden butterfly on my sister's head is really beautiful. It must have been given to my sister by His Royal Highness, right?"

In the past, when she got along with her sisters at home, as long as she complimented the other party's beautiful clothes and jewelry, the sisters would be very happy, even some people who were originally hostile to her would involuntarily relax their vigilance.

Who doesn't like to hear good things these days?

Presumably this Concubine Xiao is no exception.

When she was combing her hair just now, Xiao Xixi was still half asleep, and she didn't notice what pearl hairpins the maids put on her head.

Listening to Duan Liangdi's question, Xiao Xixi simply raised her hand and took off the golden butterfly on her head, looked down, and suddenly didn't remember where the golden step came from?

She called Baoqin over to ask.

"Is this Jin Bu Yao rewarded by the prince?"

Baoqin nodded: "Yes, when you were promoted to concubine, the Crown Prince rewarded you, don't you remember?"

Xiao Xixi said with a bitter face: "There are so many things, how can I remember them."

The speaker has no intention of the listener.

When Concubine Jing and Duan Liangdi heard this, it was as if they were forcibly poured into a large glass of lemon juice, sour!

How many good things did the prince reward Concubine Xiao? It actually made Concubine Xiao too much to remember!

As expected of a favorite concubine, this treatment is really unusual!

Concubine Jing covered the emotions in her eyes by lowering her head and drinking tea.

Duan Liangdi felt that Concubine Xiao was deliberately showing off, and while she was envious and jealous, she was also a little angry.

Isn't it because of the prince's favor that there are so many good things? What's so great to show off like that? !

Baoqin helped to insert the butterfly golden step back into Concubine Xiao's hair bun, and then asked, "Do you want something to eat?"

Xiao Xixi nodded vigorously: "Okay, okay!"

She has been dressing since she woke up, and she hasn't had breakfast yet, and now she's starving to death.

Baoqin went to prepare food for her.

Concubine Jing side bid farewell in a timely manner.

Then Duan Liangdi also said that she should go back.

Xiao Xixi did not hold back, and said with a smile that she would leave or not.

As soon as he left the Qingge Hall, Duan Liangdi couldn't help it and complained indignantly.

"It's just a golden step, what's there to show off? Look at her smug face, it's as if we've never seen such a good thing. I brought a lot of jewelry from home, among them Many of them are more valuable than her golden step, and I haven't seen me show it off to others?!"

Concubine Jing side comforted: "She is the daughter of a general's family, and her cultivation is naturally a little short, so it would be better if we were more tolerant."

Duan Liangdi hummed, "Why should I tolerate her? I'm not her mother!"

Concubine Jing shook her head with a helpless look on her face.

Duan Liangdi said softly: "Since Concubine Xiao is not willing to perform with us, then we don't need to pay attention to her. Our sisters will set up a show, which will definitely shine at the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet!"

Concubine Jing nodded with a smile: "Okay."

...

Baoqin brought the prepared breakfast.

Xiao Xixi ate with relish.

Baoqin asked, "Next month is the Mid-Autumn Festival. What program are you going to perform, Niangniang?"

Xiao Xixi said while eating, "I don't know."

In fact, she doesn't really want to perform shows. Isn't the most important thing to attend a banquet is to eat? Performing shows is laborious and time-consuming. She still prefers to sit under the stage and eat delicious food while watching other people's performances. Thinking about it makes me feel good~

Baoqin asked again, "What kind of surnai did you just say? What kind of musical instrument is it? The slaves have never heard of this kind of musical instrument, why don't you just perform a surnai at the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet?"

Surnai is actually another name for suona. She used to be bored in the mountains and learned to play suona with the third senior brother.

This thing is fine to play in private, but if it is put on a Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, it will immediately turn a Mid-Autumn Festival into a mourning convention. Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle.