Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

The banquets held in the homes of dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty are similar with minor differences. In winter, they hold banquets in the Nuan Pavilion, and in summer they hold banquets in the Water Pavilion.

In the north at the beginning of April, just as the ice and snow melted, the plum blossoms bloomed and the apricot blossoms were in full bloom, just like the concubines and concubines in the capital of Zhou Dynasty tonight.

The news that the [-] students taught by Princess Ye are going to compete with the [-] students taught by the court's first dancer Asiya has already been known in the backyards of the palaces.

Concubine Ye had taught concubines like Song Miao in seven days, so no one could be sure that the students taught by Concubine Ye would definitely lose.

However, with the deed, if the students taught by Princess Ye lose, Princess Ye will refund all the tuition fees for each student, so it would be no surprise that Princess Ye would win.

Those aunts are all poor ghosts, and they will definitely do anything to get back the 10 taels of tuition, so~~haha, I saw a joke.

So the wives from all the houses went to the prime minister's house early for a banquet.

Princess Su and Princess Jingjun came first with their daughters and concubines, and then Xuanping Hou Mansion, Ronglu Hou Mansion, Shangshu Mansion and other other mansions all came.

Those who came to watch Princess Ye's jokes very actively were all given by Mrs. Zhou's handkerchief. Seeing that Princess Ye hadn't come yet, everyone whispered while drinking tea.

"She won't stop coming, right? I want to refund 200 million taels of silver, how can she have it?"
"If you don't, just go to Penglai Restaurant, Yunlai Inn, and go to the leisure teahouse to collect~~ The business is so good, and they are all collected within two days."

"Yes, that's right, the deeds have been signed, even if she sues the emperor, she can't justify it."

"This is a good idea. Isn't there a concubine in my mansion who signed up with Ye Wangfei? If Ye Wangfei can't afford the money, I will send some people from the mansion to go to restaurants and teahouses to collect money."

The wives are talking a lot, and the ladies are not quiet.

Concubines always sat down, so most of the students taught by Shen Yu'an sat together and discussed this matter with each other.

Everyone's thoughts are exactly the same, that is, if you don't show all your dancing skills in the competition for a while, you will lose to your opponent, and then ask Princess Ye to refund the money.

And the students Asiya accepted were all prostitutes with good dancing skills. During this time, Asiya gave them all-round guidance and their dancing skills improved by leaps and bounds, so they didn't pay attention to these prostitutes at all.

The Nuan Pavilion was bustling, and Shen Yu, Princess Rui, and Princess Leyang came in. Everyone calmed down, got up and greeted each other, and sat down.

According to the usual practice, dinner is still served first after the guests arrive.

Ladies are naturally unwilling to use too much, how can they dance if they eat too much?

Madam used it slowly, but it was used up soon, and everyone was waiting to see Princess Ye's trick of being forced to refund the money, and everyone couldn't wait.

The table was quickly cleared, and after drinking a cup of tea for a while, Mrs. Zhou smiled and spoke.

"Some time ago Princess Ye received 10 taels of silver for 2 students each to teach dance skills, while the first court dancer Asiya received [-] taels of silver for [-] students each."

"Today, all the young ladies have accomplished a lot in their studies, and we are going to have a dance competition here. Alas, ladies, we can broaden our horizons today."

The other wives also responded one after another: "Yes, yes, it is really our honor."

After some yin and yang, Mrs. Zhou looked at Shen Yu'an: "Princess Ye, why don't you decide the rules? How about a competition?"

Shen Yuan smiled indifferently, and said nonchalantly, "I don't care about this princess, any comparison is fine, and it's up to the dancer Asiya to decide."

Asiya stood up, blinked her deep eyes, "Since Princess Ye said so, let's draw lots." After speaking, she explained in detail.

Two groups, one group of prostitutes, one group of prostitutes, write down the names of the two groups of ladies and put them in the box, grab them at will, and compete with whose name you catch, fair and just.

The wives and ladies all thought that this method of competition was good, so they decided on it.

Soon, the list of forty young ladies and twenty comparison tests was finalized.

It is not too embarrassing for a concubine's daughter to be inferior to a prostitute's daughter, and why not do it if she can get back the tuition fee of 10 taels? Therefore, the concubines are quite happy to chatter.

"Girl Shen, what should I do?" Prince Rui and Princess Rui were anxious at the side, those concubines who were learning to dance under Princess Ye obviously planned to get their tuition refunded, look at their joy? There is no conscience at all.

If you think it's expensive, don't go to learn it at the beginning, but now you think of "free food" after studying for so long, your character is really bad.

Seeing that Princess Rui was fidgeting anxiously, Shen Yuan hurriedly leaned into her ear and whispered: "It's okay, His Royal Highness will come."

"That's good." Prince Rui breathed a sigh of relief, her hanging heart finally fell to the ground.

The reason why these concubines spend a lot of money to learn dancing skills from Princess Ye is because they want to take the shortcut of "Song Miao"? Once they become famous, they fly up to the branches and become phoenixes! So as long as the prince comes, they will never lose on purpose. .

However, with the passage of time, Prince Wei Yuande never came, and Mrs. Zhou had already started to read the list at this time, and the lady who was the first to compete got up and appeared.

Soon there was the sound of silk and bamboo, cloud sleeves fluttered, and the competition officially began.

Although the concubine's figure was soft, she frequently made mistakes in her movements, and she looked nervous, causing the audience to laugh from time to time.Shen Yuan clenched his fists with both hands, sweating out his palms, bit his teeth and looked towards the door.

What's going on? Didn't His Highness King Xuan clearly say that Wei Yuande would come? Why hasn't he come at this time?
If he really doesn't come, he will definitely be planted here today!
It was the first time for Shen Yuan to face such a predicament after traveling for so long. It seemed that he still had to do what he could control and not place his hopes on others.

"Miss Shen, don't worry, Aunt Huang brought 30 taels of silver here~~Maybe the crown prince is late~~" Prince Rui leaned closer to her ear and whispered.

She knew that all the money from the Yewang Mansion was used to buy food and grass and send it to northern Xinjiang, so when she heard about the refund of tuition fees, she made preparations early and brought all the money from the mansion, and said it under the table Stuffed a small box for Shen Yu'an.

Shen Yuan nodded slightly at her moved, not knowing what happened to Wei Yuande, if he didn't come tonight, he would have to fall here tonight.

After a while, the first pair finished dancing, and the students taught by Shen Yuan were completely defeated.

As soon as Mrs. Zhou announced the result, the concubine's aunt quickly stood up and said with a smile: "Princess Ye is generous, Miss Fifth~~ Why don't you go to Princess Ye to get the tuition refund she gave you?"

The fifth young lady hurriedly walked up to Shen Yuan with a look of joy on her face, and curtseyed.

"Thank you, Queen of the Night, for refunding my little girl's tuition."