Chapter 662

The banquet was held in the afternoon, and it was in the Taiji Hall. Luo Qingyan and Yunshang entered the banquet, but the empress had not yet arrived. Yun Chang raised her eyes and looked around, but found that many officials in the palace were completely unfamiliar.

Yun Chang's eyes paused for a moment, and she understood in her heart that after Su Qi's incident, Xia Huanyu, together with Luo Qingyan, carried out a big cleansing of all the court officials. She was not in court, so she didn't feel deeply.

All the officials changed, and the family members also changed. Yunshang noticed that many people were secretly looking at her, so she also looked at the young women in the banquet. But they found that what they were looking at was Luo Qingyan beside them.

Yun Shang raised the corners of her mouth and laughed.

"What are you looking at? Smiling so happily?" Luo Qingyan turned his head and saw Yunshang laughing, followed her gaze, but saw nothing, and asked softly.

When Yun Shang heard this, she lowered her eyes slightly, and the smile on her face remained undiminished: "His Highness is now thirty, but he is still charming in his 30th year. His Highness is just sitting here now, doing nothing, I'm afraid Most of the women in this hall have already secretly agreed. Seeing that His Highness is so popular, I am honored to be His Highness's wife."

When Luo Qingyan heard the words, he couldn't help laughing, raised his hand and took a pear, asked someone to bring a dagger, peeled it carefully, and handed the peeled pear to Yunshang.

Yun Chang raised her eyebrows, and took it over. She didn't understand what Luo Qingyan meant, and was guessing, when she heard Luo Qingyan say: "Madam's words are wrong, but I think it's my husband. If Madam continues to laugh like this I'm afraid that there are not a few men in this palace who are secretly coveting the wife. My husband has just brought Liu Yinfeng under his command. If there are more, it will be too much. The lady still concentrates on eating pears and bypassing these newcomers. People in the officialdom. Otherwise, they may be suppressed by me, and they don’t know the reason. Madam definitely doesn’t want it. They feel that the officialdom is dark because of their husbands.”

When Yun Shang heard this, she couldn't laugh or cry, she raised her eyes and glared at Luo Qingyan, but she quietly finished eating the pear in her hand.

"The emperor is here, and the empress is here." Liu Wen'an's voice came from outside the hall.

Everyone in the hall got up quickly and knelt down on the ground, only to hear the sound of their robes scraping the floor, and everyone in the hall hurriedly saluted: "Greetings, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, and the Queen's Empress."

It took a long while before I heard Xia Huanyu's voice coming from above. The voice echoed in the silent Taiji Hall, without any emotion: "Pingshen."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Empress Dowager." After thanking everyone, they stood up one after another and sat down in their respective seats.

Xia Huanyu glanced at everyone, then quietly took it back, and after a moment of silence, he raised his voice and said: "Today's banquet is to celebrate the imperial examinations and gather talents, and to have fun with all the lovers. Today is just a palace banquet. , it’s not a state banquet, so don’t be overly formal, let’s have a feast.”

Liu Wen'an folded his hands in front of him, raised his head when he heard the words, and said loudly, "Let's go."

The palace people filed in and filled the tables with melons, fruits and pastries. The wine was also filled before they were pushed aside. The palace musicians next to the palace gate began to play, and the dancers came out gracefully.

Yun Chang raised her eyes, looked at the dancer in the palace, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly. She thought that those concubines in the palace had given up fighting for favor, but found that women in the palace were born to fight for favor. Will give up easily. Among the more than twenty dancers, there are three or four familiar faces, each more enchanting than the other, it is really wonderful.

Yun Shang looked at Xia Huanyu on the dragon chair, but saw that his eyes almost never fell on the dancing girls in the palace, and he was always talking softly to Empress Hua, but Empress Hua watched with interest and nodded from time to time , indicating that you are listening.

Yun Chang withdrew her gaze and looked at the man beside her who had been looking at the glass of wine in front of her. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and her heart was a little more stable. If it was unintentional, so what?

Luo Qingyan seemed to have noticed Yunshang's gaze, raised his head and smiled gently at Yunshang, pulled Yunshang's hand on the table with his hand, Yunshang turned his head, and heard Luo Qingyan's deliberately lowered voice The voice came from beside my ear: "Look, Chang'er, I have never touched this table, and the wine in this glass has made waves."

"..." Yun Chang raised her eyes and looked at Luo Qingyan, with a bit of helplessness in her eyes.

"Your Highness, it's the music. The music is too loud, and there are dancers dancing. The table is shaken, and the wine will naturally make waves."

Luo Qingyan looked at Yunshang with burning eyes, his eyes were full of smiles.

Yun Shang's cheeks became hot from his gaze, so she lowered her head and sighed softly, she really is a monster.

At the end of the song, Yunshang suddenly heard Xia Huanyu say: "I heard that the younger sister of the number one scholar Du Houjun is famous in Lucheng for her talent and appearance. Most of the people in Lucheng are good at singing and dancing. I wonder if I can show it to everyone?"

Yun Shang raised her eyes when she heard the words, Xia Huanyu's intentions were too obvious. Just as Yunshang had thought before, Xia Huanyu deliberately ordered everyone to bring their family members, in order to choose some people who he felt could be used by Luo Qingyan, and let Luo Qingyan tie them up by means of marriage. in their own hands.

Xia Huanyu's heart was good, and she was completely thinking of Luo Qingyan, but she just wanted to force people into the prince's mansion, but she, Ning Yunshang, would never agree.

A woman stood up from the table, her body was graceful, her face was outstanding, and she was wearing a lotus color long dress, which made her look even more graceful.

"This girl looks gentle and elegant, what's her name?" Empress Hua asked suddenly with a smile.

The woman hurriedly saluted and said: "To the Empress, the name of the civilian girl is Du Wanyan."

Empress Hua was even more gentle: "Du Wanyan, this name is elegant, and it matches your person."

Seeing this, everyone looked at Du Wanyan more thoughtfully. Yun Shang lowered her head and raised the corners of her mouth to laugh. It is rare for Empress Hua to praise others so gently. I am afraid that others are well aware of the purpose of this banquet. Seeing this situation, it is natural Thinking that the empress is very satisfied with Du Wanyan, the position of the crown prince's side concubine might fall on this girl. But Yunshang knew a lot about Empress Hua's temperament, and she understood that Empress Hua was afraid that the one who hurt others would still be behind.

When the music started, Du Wanyan held a fan in her hand and danced to the music, sometimes relaxing her bare hands, sometimes bending her slender waist, sometimes raising her wrist, and sometimes lowering her eyebrows. Hold the fan in your hand and spread it out, and the jade sleeves are blown by the wind, which is too beautiful to behold. The sound of music is clear and cool, and the folding fan dances in the hand, turning, swinging, opening and closing, flowing clouds and flowing water.

After a dance, everyone in the hall hadn't recovered yet, but Du Wanyan had already bowed and stepped aside.

"Okay!" Xia Huanyu was the first to say hello, and everyone came to their senses and applauded.

Empress Hua smiled and said: "It's really beautiful, what do you think, Crown Princess?" Then they looked at Yunshang, and everyone in the palace looked at Yunshang, some with scrutiny, Some looked gloating.

Yun Shang was picking up the plums on the plate, and after listening to Empress Hua's words, she put the plums back on the table, and replied with a smile, "I also think it's very good, the fan dance is elegant, like a fairy."

As soon as Yun Chang said this, everyone's eyes were different.

Empress Hua laughed: "Shang'er also thinks it's good. I'm a rough person, I'm not good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I only know about marching and fighting, but this dance, I think it's very good, it's better than what I've seen in my life. All the dancers here are dancing well."

After Empress Hua finished speaking, Du Wanyan's complexion changed. Everyone was also a little surprised. What Empress Hua said seemed to be a compliment, but in the end she said that she danced better than all the dancers she saw. This sentence is somewhat inappropriate. Du Wanyan is the younger sister of the new top scholar, and also a serious lady, how can she be compared with the dancing girl.

But if you think about it carefully, if it is a piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, it is a talent if it is displayed in public. However, this dance is only performed by dancers in public.

Everyone looked at Du Wanyan, thinking a little bit, thinking that Du Wanyan was a little impatient, for the sake of the crown prince's side concubine, she did all the dancing girl's affairs, but she lost her reputation The lady is reserved.

Xia Huanyu frowned, but he couldn't blame Empress Hua, he just looked at Luo who seemed to have nothing to do with him and said lightly: "The prince thinks, how is this dance?"

Everyone's eyes moved to Luo Qingyan again, but Luo Qingyan didn't even look up, so he smiled and said: "Not as good as someone." After speaking, he looked at Yunshang with a smile.

Everyone was still wondering who the person Luo Qingyan was talking about, but when they saw Luo Qingyan's eyes, they suddenly understood.

Yun Shang also couldn't help laughing, but she wasn't laughing at Luo Qingyan's praise, but was thinking in her heart that Luo Qingyan looked indifferent and majestic, and when he told a lie, he didn't even bat an eye one time.

She has never danced in front of Luo Qingyan, it should be said, she has never danced in front of anyone, but Luo Qingyan can say such things without blushing.

Yun Chang had to say that she was really happy.

Xia Huanyu frowned, smiled and said, "Oh? The princess is also good at dancing?"

Luo Qingyan smiled, and didn't answer yes or no, he just said: "Whether you are good at dancing or not, it's good for only one of you to know."

What this means is that you don't want others to see it.

Empress Hua laughed, and turned her head to look at Xia Huanyu with a smile: "Our child is like you back then. He cared about only one person, so he couldn't tolerate other people anymore. It's just that he can't speak. ..."

Hearing what Empress Hua said, Xia Huanyu was taken aback for a moment, then fell silent.

Empress Hua laughed, "The Crown Princess is also a top-notch player in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Back then, the Prince and Crown Princess played the song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" to confirm their love, which was a widely circulated story." <