Chapter 68 Poetry

Princess Jinxi held the fan in one hand, and stretched out the other hand to catch it. Hearing the sound of the drum suddenly stopped, the hand that had touched the lotus with its fingertips immediately retracted, and said to Ke Chaoruo with a smile: "It's you, my princess can't help you!" Haven't caught it yet!"

Poor Ke Chaoruo participated in such a banquet for the first time, and he was afraid of losing face, but now he was completely dumbfounded holding the lotus.

After being reminded by the princess, she smiled awkwardly, pulled the ribbon on the skirt, and stood up cautiously.

Then she felt the gaze from all directions, making her wish she could die on the spot...

"This elder sister is so new." She has only been back for a short time, and she is too busy learning the rules, so she is not familiar with the circle of noble girls in the imperial capital.

In fact, if it's a girl from another family, even if I don't get to know her well in the circle, I still have sisters or young aunts to support me. However, because of the low-key requirement of the Ke family, the children of the Ke family usually do not participate in the entertainment.

Boys like Koch, after all, are going to inherit the family business. The knowledge that should be gained and the connections that should be accumulated should not be wasted after all, and there should be less restraint.

The female family members are generally kept at home, only interacting with a few old family members, and rarely deal with the back houses of high-ranking officials, and even deliberately avoid these families.

In this way, although Ke Chaoruo sat in the front seat, even next to the only princess of the royal family, no one knew him.

At first everyone saw it out of curiosity, but now it was their turn and they got up again, and someone inevitably asked, "Who is the lady?"

They whispered to each other, but they didn't mean any malice. In other words, any girl with a little brain would not show any malice on this occasion.

After all, at times like this, boys are stronger and more reckless, and it can be said that they are youthful; if girls are aggressive, it is inevitable that they do not conform to the mainstream "virtuous and virtuous".

So they all covered their mouths with round fans in an extremely elegant manner, exchanging news in a graceful and demure manner.

From Ke Chaoruo's perspective, not only are everyone looking at him right now, but everyone is still talking about it...

What are they talking about? Why do you look at me while discussing?

Is it to see that I have never been to such an occasion? Is it obvious that my etiquette is a surprise? Or can it be seen that I have been free-range in the frontier before, just like a wild girl...?

Ke Chaoruo was full of distracting thoughts for a while, he was so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

Upstairs in Zezhi, the empresses and concubines had such vicious eyes that they could see her mood immediately.

At this time, you can see the importance of family background.

If a girl from an ordinary family behaved like this, the queen and the others probably would have told them not to invite petty girls like this to a banquet next time, there is no need to disappoint.

But at this moment, the Queen took the lead in saying: "This Miss Ke family has the heart of a child."

Yun Fenghuang nodded in agreement: "The Ke family is very good at raising children. This child is innocent and cute, and I like it just by looking at it."

This is not a lie.

Whether it is the queen or Yun Fenghuang, they all like such girls.

Because it is easy to control, easy to win over, easy to deal with...the premise is to have a strong and valuable family.

Otherwise, there are so many naive and foolish girls in this world, who cares?

The empress started with the concubine, and no matter what they thought in their hearts, the others followed suit one after another, praising Ke Chaoruo one after another, thinking that she had various virtues that he hadn't discovered.

"It's just that she seems to be a little too reserved." Amidst the rush of tongues, Jing Jieyu said weakly, "Will it be awkward if this continues?"

The queen immediately ordered: "The weather is hot, go and cut up all the fruits in the palace's order, and send them to the banquet."

The queen's share of rewards will go on, the palace will announce it, and everyone will thank them, let Zhaoqing or other emperor's heirs introduce the origin of the fruit, etc... It should be delayed for a long time, enough for Ke Chaoruo to think of a talent to prevaricate?

And Yun Fenghuang waited for the Queen's people to leave, and then slowly told Hong'e: "I wrote a few poems because of my feelings, and they are all difficult to be elegant. Fortunately, I am having fun today." Lord, you don’t have to take it too seriously. You just take it and go to consult with Miss Ke’s family.”

The queen and other concubines looked at their master and servant for a moment.

Seeing Yun Fenghuang's calm expression, Hong'e went there immediately after taking the order, as if it was just a very common thing... The queen said with a sullen face, "It's boring for you to do this, concubine. It's agreed to give the children out." How about you, have you told the answer to Miss Ke's family?"

"Young Empress, when we set the question before, we agreed not to disclose it to each other." Yun Fenghuang explained calmly, "The current question was written by Defei's younger sister, how would I know? It's just a coincidence. Speaking of which, what the concubine does is not the same as what the empress does? I just can't bear to see the little girl's family, because when I first returned to the imperial capital, I was not used to the palace banquet, and I lost face, so that I have no place to feel ashamed. .”

The queen's face was sullen: "I just asked someone to help her delay for a while, but there is no one who openly ghostwrites like the imperial concubine!"

Does Concubine Min have any shame? !

The person has not been hired yet, so he goes off to help be the shooter himself? ? ?

"Your Majesty, be careful, when did the concubine tell you to write for Miss Ke's family?" Yun Fenghuang said seriously, "It's just for that child's reference!"

"For details?" The queen sneered, staring at her, and said slowly, "How many poets have written by masters throughout the ages, isn't it enough for Ms. Ke's family to review? But I don't know when did the imperial concubine's poems become so outstanding? Or maybe Take it here first, let the people in this palace see a thing or two?"

Yun Fenghuang calmly said: "Your Majesty misunderstood. Naturally, my concubine's poems can't be compared with everyone else. However, Miss Ke's family is new here, and she is not used to it. If you know how much I love you, you must be able to comfort me. So the poems are not good. What matters, what matters, is attitude."

The Queen said: "Then there's no need to send the poem over there, just send someone over to give condolences."

"Your Majesty, no." Yun Fenghuang said, "Have you forgotten the example of Yun Tao just now, Your Majesty? Is it possible that you want Miss Ke's family to follow Yun Tao's footsteps? The concubine sent someone to send a poem, and she just stuffed it in private and left. Finding an unfamiliar little palace lady will not attract anyone's attention. If a servant with a low status tells her in the past, Miss Ke's family may not believe it; if she has a high status, wouldn't she deliberately isolate Miss Ke's family?"

The Queen's eloquence has never been as good as hers, and now she feels that she can't beat her, but she doesn't want to just let the concubine get her wish: I also know that the so-called poems for Ke Chaoruo to read in detail are actually prepared by the concubine for this girl on purpose .

And if Ke Chaoruo used the poem provided by the noble concubine on such an occasion and spread it, it would be hard not to be branded as a noble concubine.

Furthermore, can Concubine Min's hospitality be enjoyed for nothing?

"...Go and tell Jue'er about it." The queen was silent for a moment, finally sighed, turned her head and told her confidants in a low voice, "See what she says."

Gu Jue is very low-key today...

No, it should be said that she just didn't make a high profile on purpose.

Although she and the former Gu Jing had always been cautious in their words and deeds in the palace and did not dare to make mistakes.

But among the many noble girls, being able to be raised by the queen in person, this treatment itself makes them stand out and be different from others.

Today, although she did not intentionally show off, a group of people naturally gathered around her, chatting and laughing with her, and flattered her as quietly as possible.

Right now they were whispering about Ke Chaoruo.

Others don't know this one very well, but Gu Jue definitely knows it.

After all, be it her aunt or her family, these days they are trying every means to tell Ke Chaoruo to the tenth prince.

Now someone asked in a low voice, Gu Jue took a sip of the plum wine, and said casually: "That's Miss Sun from Ningguo's family, her maiden name is Chao Ruo, she's the same age as me, she grew up in the frontier, she just came back recently Imperial capital."

"Oh..." Although they didn't know Ke Chaoruo, everyone knew who the most wanted daughter-in-law was, whether it was a queen or a noble concubine.

Now that the name was matched, several girls responded meaningfully.

So he looked at Ke Chaoruo more intently, and a girl who was relatively shallow in the city muttered in a low voice: "Not a top beauty."

"And it seems a bit darker." Her companion subconsciously agreed.

Gu Jue smiled, and said: "I heard that she often rides with her father and brother on horseback trips in the borderlands. She probably got too much sun exposure. It looks like her skin is still fair. Now that she's back, she will recover after a few days."

In fact, Ke Chaoruo can still be regarded as fair-skinned and dark-skinned, but most of you here are young ladies who are raised in deep boudoirs. They are fair and tender compared to each other. In contrast, her white and rosy skin The skin does not look so white.

"Does Sister Jue like her very much?" The people around Gu Jue originally said to belittle Ke Chaoruo. On the one hand, they were upset that she was also a girl. Can please Gu Jue.

Hearing that Gu Jue had no hostility towards Ke Chaoruo at this moment, he couldn't help being curious.

From their point of view, since the empress especially wanted Ke Chaoruo to be her daughter-in-law, then Gu Juehe probably didn't like this young lady of the Ke family.

The reason is very simple. After Gu Jing left, Gu Jue was the default concubine of the Tenth Prince's future concubine.

How many people will like their future mistress?

In particular, Gu Jue's family background is not low. As the queen's niece, if the goal is not the next emperor's harem, then she must marry anyone who is in the royal family, even if it is an ordinary prince.

In the end, because the queen's strength was insufficient, she had to rely on Ke to support the tenth prince to enter the East Palace. She was also a noble daughter at home, a daughter of a descendant, but she had to prostrate at Ke Chaoruo, the daughter of a general who was at a loss at the moment. In the past, he regarded himself as a partial house, and even brought the heirs he had to bow the other side... How could there be no resentment in this heart?

"I don't know her yet. Is there anything I like or don't like?" Gu Jue shook her fan, smiled, and said, "But I look at her temperament, anyway, I don't hate her now."

"Oh..." The female companions were thoughtful, quickly trying to figure out what this Miss Gu family and the queen's niece were thinking.

Could it be that Ke Chaoruo's performance, even if he got caught in the eyes of the secretly observing ladies by virtue of his family background, his demeanor and demeanor would not be respected at all. Even if he became the tenth prince's main concubine, he would not be able to threaten Gu Jue, the quasi-concubine ?

If you think about it this way, it makes sense...

The female companions then smiled and said: "That's true. Although it looks like a goose with all hands and feet tied up, it's better than that screwdriver Qiao Zhang."

As he spoke, he glanced at the bottom.

It's been a while since the banquet started, so it's fine for all the unfamiliar guests who haven't been ordered. There are too many people today, and everyone can't care about being curious about each of them.

Now that it was ordered, everyone had to inquire about each other.

The Feng sisters didn't have much backing in the palace, and the details of their origins soon became known to everyone. At this moment, everyone had already ridiculed them in private, but now they were drawn out to compare with Ke Chaoruo.

Gu Jue just smiled and didn't answer. At this time, her sleeves were pulled, and when she looked sideways, she saw her maid bowed down and said in a low voice, "Miss, someone came from the empress's side and said... "

Gu Jue listened, frowned slightly, then let go immediately, and said, "I see, does Auntie have any other orders?"

Seeing the maid shaking her head, she thought for a while, and then stood up suddenly.