The queen died unjustly and was reborn as the empress.

Bai Lan followed Wang and moved forward slowly along the line.

After walking for a long time, we finally entered the palace and walked towards the garden under the guidance of the nuns.

In the garden, the flowers are blooming and the fragrance is pleasant. All the daughters are exquisitely dressed and walking among the flowers.

Bai Mei stepped into the garden before Bai Lan and squeezed into the circle of ladies.

After several years of careful planning, she had gained a reputation as the second most beautiful lady in the imperial capital, and the ladies all moved closer to her when they saw her.

Especially the concubines of the petty official families, who saw her as noble as their legitimate daughter and took her to read poems and appreciate flowers. For them, it was a great honor to be sisters to the prime minister's concubine.

In the crowd, a girl with a ponytail and an heroic appearance had her hands on her waist. She impatiently pushed away the girls who were crowding her, and angrily found a remote seat to sit down.

He muttered: "A bunch of idiots!"

Bai Lan was very curious that there were people who didn't like to join in the fun as she did, but this person seemed unfamiliar to her, and she didn't have any information about her in her mind. If she didn't know him, he didn't know him. It was none of her business.

Wang did not like to be high-profile, so she chose a seat at the top and sat down. Bai Lan and Baizhu followed and sat down behind Wang.

After a while, several young eunuchs came out and stood at the top with solemn faces.

Everyone knew that this meant that the Queen and others were coming, so they all found their own seats and sat down.

Bai Mei dragged on a bright red dress and sat down elegantly amidst the dissatisfaction of everyone.

"The Queen has arrived~~" A sharp and harsh voice sounded.

Everyone stood up and saluted the three women who came above.

The empress is graceful and dignified, and she is also the prince's biological mother; Concubine Yuan is charming but has no heirs; and the last one is Concubine Zhao, Yun Ye's biological mother and Yunyuan's adoptive mother.

Concubine Zhao was quiet and timid. She never participated in palace battles and only planted flowers and birds in her own palace.

Outsiders thought that summoning a concubine was useless and would only bring down the third prince's status in the emperor's heart.

Bai Lan doesn't think so. Someone who can find a place in the palace and live a carefree and unrestrained life is definitely a person with great wisdom.

The three people above sat down one after another. The queen raised her hand and said, "Sit down! Everyone, please sit down. Today is the annual Hundred Flowers Banquet. You don't need to be restrained. Just be happy."

The queen is surrounded by the queen, and the most eye-catching ones below are Gao Nianxin, the legitimate daughter of General Gao, and Bai Mei, the daughter of Xiang Bai's family.

With a hint of displeasure, the Empress looked directly past Bai Mei and looked at Gao Nianxin, then showed a kind smile: "I heard that Miss Gao is the most talented woman in the imperial capital. She is not only proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also has outstanding dancing skills."

Gao Nianxin stood up: "Thank you, the Queen, for the compliment!"

The queen nodded with satisfaction, and the little eunuch behind her dragged a small brocade box to the queen.

The queen opened the brocade box, took out a jade hairpin, and said: "This is my beloved white jade phoenix hairpin. If anyone at the Hundred Flowers Banquet wins my heart with outstanding literary talent, I will give this white jade phoenix hairpin to her." "

The queen gave the phoenix hairpin as a gift, and the meaning couldn't be clearer. Whoever comes out on top today will be the crown princess, the future queen.

Below, the ladies from each family whispered, everyone hoped that their daughter could win the queen's praise.

Only Wang was drinking tea lightly, with white orchids and white bamboos, and the petty-tempered woman was eating the fruits on the table one bite at a time regardless of her image.

The fruits of this era are natural, pollution-free and very delicious.

The queen turned to the eunuch beside her and asked softly: "Why hasn't the prince come yet? Where is the third prince?"

Concubine Zhao trembled slightly and said timidly: "Back to the queen, Yun Ye is a little slow due to inconvenience. I will send someone to rush her immediately. Please forgive me, the queen."

The queen smiled gently and said: "Yun Ye is physically inconvenient, so it doesn't matter if he is late. But the prince, how can he be late as a prince?"

Concubine Yuan Guifei covered her mouth and smiled softly, and said in her usual charming tone: "Queen, don't be anxious, no one will compete with you to steal the crown princess."

The voice was very soft, but several people on the stage heard it clearly.

The queen's face remained calm: "Yes, a mother always has endless things to worry about. She has to worry about her child's studies since she was a child, and she will also worry about his marriage when she grows up. Concubine Yuyuan will never experience this in her life. Oh, by the way, Concubine Zhao, Yun Ye is away at war all year round, so you must choose a virtuous daughter-in-law to take care of her husband."

Concubine Zhao nodded and said, "As long as Ye'er likes it."

Concubine Yuan's onion-like fingernails were dug into her palms. Having children had always been a sore point for her, and she didn't know why she still had nothing to do after more than ten years in the palace.

She touched her belly without trace. Even if the emperor continued to favor her, it would be of no use. The emperor would always grow old, and she would have nothing to rely on but to be slaughtered by others.

Concubine Yuan's little gesture of touching her belly was noticed by Bai Lan.

Bai Lan remembered that the day after the emperor died, the queen forcibly tied up the childless Concubine Yuan and buried her with him.

Although she couldn't hear what they were talking about, she could guess that they were definitely talking about the issue of heirs.

"The prince has arrived~ The second prince has arrived! The third prince has arrived~"

All the young women straightened up and adjusted their clothes again. They all hoped that the prince would take a fancy to them. If not, there would be a second prince, as long as he was not a third prince with disabled legs.

The prince, second prince, and third prince sat down in their seats.

"Spring is already halfway through, and hundreds of flowers are blooming. I would like to offer you a butterfly dance."

It was Gao Nianxin who spoke. She slowly walked to the middle of the stage and spread her hands like a butterfly spreading its wings.

"I am accompanying Sister Gao." Gao Yuan, the concubine of the Gao family, stepped forward and bowed.

As the piano played, her dance clothes fluttered, and Gao Nianxin's every body movement was so light and fluttering. She was indeed the most beautiful woman in the imperial capital.

Not to mention men, even women are fascinated by this graceful figure and cannot take their eyes away.

Bai Lan was fascinated by what she saw. Compared to her time, this was truly original classical dance.

The queen enjoyed the dance music, her eyes full of joy.

At the moment, her favorite is Gao Nianxin, the legitimate daughter of General Gao.

General Gao holds one-third of the Ning Kingdom's troops. With General Gao's help in the future, the crown prince's position will be stable and he will be able to successfully ascend to the throne in the future.

Prince Yunming stared at Gao Nianxin on the court, salivating with greed.

Although there are many beauties in his palace, they were all trained by the queen before being sent to him, and they are all very boring.

Bai Mei sat below, watching the prince being fascinated by Gao Nian, his little face twisted together with anger.

She was thinking that she must perform on the second one. There were so many people there, and each person had twenty or thirty dances. How could the queen and the prince be in the mood to continue watching.

As soon as Gao Nianxin finished dancing, there was a round of applause.

Bai Lan also clapped her hands hard. She really thought Gao Nian's heartbeat was beautiful.

Although Bai Mei smiled and clapped her hands, she kept cursing Gao Nianxin in her heart. Her legs were half-bent, ready to run up and dance at any time.

But contrary to expectations, the queen just kept holding Gao Nian's heart, praising him and giving him money.

"I haven't seen such a beautiful dance for a long time. Come on, I'll reward you with a thousand taels of silver." "Sit over here and let me take a good look at you."