peaceful ancient life

Chapter 74
After the palace maid reminded that it was time for the banquet, the queen empress took the wives and ladies of each family to get up and head to the Qinghua Hall.

This time Emperor Qianyuan hosted the banquet for the ministers and did not have separate banquets for men and women as usual. Instead, he followed the Queen's suggestion and put the banquet venue in the Qinghua Palace. This Qinghua Palace is a place specially used for large-scale state banquets in the palace. It is very large, and it is more than enough to accommodate many ministers, their princes and family members.

After arriving at Qinghua Hall, Yang took An Nuan Nuan and An Ning away from the people in Shengyang Hou Mansion. After all, the seats here are arranged according to their official positions. Arranged at the very end.

In the main hall of the Qinghua Palace, the first row on the left and right sides are the ministers and their princes, the second row is the imperial court wives, and the third row is the ladies from various families.The empty space in the middle is used for performances by the Palace Orchestra.

Not long after everyone was seated, Emperor Qianyuan brought the ministers in. After the ministers sat down in their respective seats, the banquet began.

Although this time it was a banquet in the palace, and Emperor Qianyuan was sitting at the top, the ministers did not dare to let go of drinking, for fear of losing their dignity in front of the palace, but as time went by, it was the minister who was cautious and cautious. Also slightly drunk.

During the banquet, the ministers toasted and toasted, and the aroma of wine was overflowing. The wives and ladies from various families watched with great interest the musicians in the band playing drums and the dancers singing and dancing.

When a musician's piano performance was over, the queen suggested to Emperor Qianyuan that the sons of each family should show their masters to entertain everyone. Emperor Qianyuan nodded and agreed by the way, and asked the ladies from the lower families to show their skills. .Of course, if any son or lady has no intention of going out to perform, there is no need to force it. This performance is entirely voluntary.

The sons and ladies below are eager to try, after all, they have received information from their respective families before, knowing that Emperor Qianyuan and the empress intend to select the fourth concubine and two concubines from the people attending the banquet, so those marriages are still undecided The young master and the ladies in the waiting room were all very happy, looking forward to being able to shine in the upcoming performance, so as to be in the eyes of Emperor Qianyuan or the empress, and then have the opportunity to become a concubine or concubine.

The impromptu performance was started by the sons of various families. Some of them performed a section of martial arts, some used knives, some wrote, some wrote poems, and they were all capable of writing and martial arts.Emperor Qianyuan looked at the performances in the field and nodded secretly. Although some performances were not satisfactory, many of them were still very good.

When it comes to ladies, play the piano, draw pictures, play the flute, and dance in turns.

An Ning, who was sitting at the bottom, was quietly eating the pastries on the table, watching the performances of the ladies, looking leisurely.The pastries in this palace are delicious, it's rare to come here once, so you can't miss it.

At this time, after a young lady in the scene finished playing the piano, a girl sitting under the queen turned her head to look at the queen, and said with a smile, "The girl's piano skills are quite good just now, but if you come again Dancing is even better, and the sound of the piano is better with dancing." After a pause, he continued: "I heard that there is a girl named An Ning who is very good at dancing, I wonder if you can show it, let us have the honor to see it today. ?” Huanxiang pretended to glance at An Ning casually while speaking.

Emperor Qianyuan, the empress, and the princesses were sitting in the top seats. From the top down, she could clearly see the words and movements of the people below. From the moment she came in and sat down, she could see the eyes of the princes in the palace. Floating towards the end position, looking up, sitting there is a beautiful girl in red.

What annoyed her the most was that Xiao Jinyan, whom she liked, was also looking at the woman in red. Seeing this, she was so angry that she almost tore off the veil in her hand.

From the mouth of the maid beside me, I learned that it was An Ning, the daughter of a petty official who was accused of being married to Changlehou. It was thanks to Tang Yan that she could enter the palace today. Otherwise, her father's seventh-rank official position, even the palace gate You can't even touch it, let alone enter the palace to attend a banquet.

Thinking of the news I heard from Qing Yu, this An Ning is not a good person, she has a vicious mind, if she hurts Qing Yu, marrying that kind of dude will ruin her life in the future.Thinking of this, she wanted to give An Ning some color, thinking that as a village girl from the countryside, even if her father was a Tanhua Lang, it might be possible for her to learn some piano skills, but she would definitely not learn to dance.That's why he said that he wanted to make a fool of her.

And An Ning, who had just finished eating a piece of pastry, was stunned when she heard the words, is this talking about me?It should be... isn't it?

When Emperor Qianyuan heard the words above, he only felt that the name An Ning was very familiar, but he didn't care about it because he didn't remember who it was for a while, but the empress was very happy because it was the sixth princess who spoke, and the sixth princess's mother, Concubine Lan, was still a favorite. She said in a face-saving manner, "Oh, I wonder who this An Ning girl is?" He smiled and looked around, waiting for An Ning to stand up by himself.

Seeing that everyone was looking in her direction, An Ning knew that she was talking about herself, got up and walked out, knelt down and saluted, "Go back to the empress, the servant is An Ning."

The queen looked at the girl in red kneeling on the ground, said with a smile, and said, "You look really juicy, I heard from Xiner that you are good at dancing, why don't you show it to everyone?"

The An family, everyone in Shengyang Hou's mansion, Wei Xueqing and others looked at An Ning worriedly, but saw her bow her head and respectfully said: "Go back to your mother, the servant girl actually only learned one dance, and she is not good at it, but since the princess wants to Look, that court lady is making a fool of herself." Although I don't know where I offended the princess, but since the queen empress has said so, then I must not be able to refuse, since I can't refuse, then dance, anyway. No no.

The queen nodded casually, "Since that's the case, then you are ready to start."

An Ning was about to respond when a voice came from the side.

"Wait a minute." Wei Xueqing saw that An Ning's performance of the dance was unavoidable, so she stood up and came out to salute the queen, and said, "I want to tell you what the sixth princess said just now, the servants also feel that there are pianos and dances." How about letting the courtier play the piano and Ms. An dance?"

"Just do as you say." Emperor Qianyuan responded directly without waiting for the queen to speak.

After answering respectfully, An Ning and Wei Xueqing looked at each other with a smile, then called for the little maids, and asked them to put the qin beside them. Sit on the back of the piano, and put your hands gently on the strings.Knowing that An Ning can only dance once, he knows which piece to play.

Seeing that Wei Xueqing was ready, An Ning came to the hall and stood still, and nodded slightly to Wei Xueqing. After the piano sounded, An Ning stepped on the beat in the beautiful melody accompanied by the sound of the piano, dancing Dance, dance gracefully.

Everyone in the hall looked at An Ning, who was dancing lightly in the hall covered with red carpets, and they were all amazed by her beautiful dancing posture. They watched her turn around and dance in a moving dancing posture.Such a brisk figure, such an elegant dancing posture, turning around and turning around, looking back and smiling with eye waves flowing, one Yan and one Yanran, one smile and one Xiao Ran.It's so beautiful.

(End of this chapter)