Dressed like a loser and went to raise a baby

Chapter 70
Changle Hall.

After the juggling show was over, the two juggling performers knelt on the ground and said some birthday wishes, received the silver reward, thanked them and left the hall.

The Queen Mother looked at her brother's family, and her eyes fell on her niece Qi Yan. After retracting her gaze, she glanced at the emperor next to her with her peripheral vision, and said with a smile: "Look at these young girls sitting below, Ai Jia then remembered her own youth. When she was young, Ai Jia often sang, danced and recited poems with her little sisters."

"It's boring to just eat and drink at this birthday banquet. Why not let the noble ladies sitting here have a lively singing and dancing competition."

Concubine Li lowered her eyelids. There were many young gentlemen sitting down here. Why didn't the Queen Mother want to let them compare poems?Instead, let the noble ladies below compete in singing and dancing.Who is she setting up a stage for?It's self-evident.

The eyes of the ladies sitting below lit up, and their faces showed excitement.They naturally wanted to be able to show off their talents in front of the emperor and the most distinguished young men in Kyoto.

Maybe he could even be favored by the emperor and become a concubine in the palace!

Princess Chang'an smiled and continued: "The Queen Mother's suggestion is very good, so that everyone can appreciate the grace of our Tianyuan ladies."

The Queen Mother made it clear that she was setting a stage for her Yan'er, so she naturally had to follow what the Queen Mother said.

Those ladies who wanted their daughters to perform well also echoed the Queen Mother's suggestion.

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "After the competition, everyone will choose the first place. The winner of the first place will be rewarded with a good thing by the Ai family."

When they heard that there were good rewards, the ladies' competitive spirit was aroused.If you can become number one, you will not only receive a reward from the Queen Mother, but you will also attract the attention of more princes and princes and become famous in Kyoto.

Rong Qinlan moved her wrist, twisted her neck, and decided to participate in the competition.She has been learning to dance since she was a child, and she is not bad at dancing. She will definitely get the first place later and let His Highness King Jue be amazed by her.

"Which noble ladies want to participate? Come forward first!"

The ladies all stood up one after another under the encouraging eyes of their parents and stood in the middle of the hall.

There were more than 20 noble ladies participating in the competition, and Qi Yan was naturally among them.

The Queen Mother looked at her niece who was standing among the noble ladies. Among all the ladies, Yan'er was the one who stood out the most.

When Qi Yan saw her aunt looking at her, she smiled at her.She also knew that her aunt's proposal to let the noble girl compete was actually setting up a stage for her to show her talents in front of everyone and make the emperor's cousin attracted to her.

Therefore, these people around her are just her foils.No matter how well she dances, Auntie the Queen Mother will make her the number one.Thinking of this, Qi Yan raised her chin proudly.

"Mother Cui, take them to the side hall to prepare."

"Yes."

After the Queen Mother gave her instructions, she said to the ladies standing below: "If you want to change into dance clothes or want any musical instruments, you can tell Aunt Cui."

"Yes." The ladies blessed the Queen Mother.

Concubine Li stood up and said: "Empress Dowager, this birthday banquet was prepared by my concubines. It is up to me to take them to the side hall."

The Queen Mother glanced at her and thought that she was now in charge of the harem, and she had also prepared this birthday banquet. If the ladies needed anything, they could ask her for it, and she would be better at arranging it.He nodded and said, "Okay."

Concubine Li led the ladies to the side hall. At the same time, she also asked people to go to the warehouse and bring some dance clothes for the ladies to choose from.

After turning down the side hall, Concubine Li smiled generously and looked at the young and excited faces in front of her and said: "If you need anything for your performance, you can tell me and I will go find it for you." "Concubine Li, your empress. , I want the pipa."

"My daughter wants the guqin."

"My maid wants a fan and a white dance dress with wide sleeves."

Concubine Li smiled and said: "I have ordered people to go to the warehouse to get this dance costume. As for whether there is the white wide-sleeved dance costume you want, I don't know. Anyway, the dance costume will come later, you can choose the right one for yourself. That’ll do.”

"Ah..." The noble girl's face showed a look of disappointment. If she had known that the Queen Mother would let them compete, she would have brought her dance clothes with her.

Concubine Li smiled and didn't care about the disappointed noble girl. She said, "The one who plays the piano and sings doesn't need to change into dance clothes. When the instrument arrives, he can play it first!"

A dozen noble ladies said in unison: "Yes."

After a while, the dance clothes were brought and hung on poles for the ladies to choose from.

Concubine Li said: "These dance clothes are newly made by Si Zaofang this year. They have been kept in the warehouse and no one has worn them yet. You can wear them with confidence."

After hearing this, the ladies who wanted to dance felt relieved. They were worried that the dance clothes sent to them to choose would be worn by dancers.They are all noble ladies, so naturally they cannot wear the dance clothes worn by the dancers.

"Thank you, Concubine Li." The ladies blessed Concubine Li.

Concubine Li nodded, then sat on a chair nearby and watched them choose clothes.

"I want this." Shen Ruyu, the daughter of Ping An, grabbed the red gauze dance dress.But while she was grabbing the dance clothes, she was also grabbing the dance clothes with her other hand.

Shen Ruyu moved from that hand to the face of the owner of that hand. After seeing the person clearly, she immediately said angrily: "Du Luyan, let go of your hand quickly. This is what I saw."

Du Luyan, the daughter of Marquis Yong'an, clutched her clothes tightly and said with a fair face, "What you saw first was the one I caught first. It should belong to me. It's you who should let go."

Shen Ruyu frowned, grabbed Wu Yi and pulled it in his direction.This Du Luyan always goes against her, and she will never give in this time.

Du Luyan didn't show any signs of weakness and pulled Wu Yi towards her.

Concubine Li's personal maid Jing Yu saw this, lowered her head and called softly: "Your Majesty," motioning for her to look over there.

Concubine Li raised her eyes and glanced over, smiled as if she hadn't seen him, got up and walked out of the side hall.

Make a fuss!She wished that these noble ladies would make more trouble, the better!Don't let them show off in front of the emperor and seduce him.

They started to quarrel, and she, the concubine, naturally had to take care of it here.In order to make them cause more trouble, she naturally had to pretend not to see it and leave the side hall.

Rong Qinlan has a good relationship with Du Luyan and Shen Ruyu. Because she is a few months older than them, she usually calls herself sister in front of them.Now that the two of them were quarreling, she naturally wanted to persuade them.

"Two sisters, stop fighting. Concubine Li is here..." She swallowed the word "there" before she could say it.The place where Concubine Li originally sat was empty, and no one was in the side hall anymore.She originally wanted to convince the two of them that Concubine Li was here, but she didn't know that Concubine Li was gone.

(End of this chapter)