The Queen has arrived: An Lingrong does not want to fight in the palace after her rebirth

The Qianqing Palace was brightly lit.

The Fourth Prince waited for a long time, but only got two faint words from the Emperor. He felt frustrated and thought that the Emperor still didn't like him. But he was immediately overjoyed because the Emperor raised his hand and asked Su Peisheng to put away this simple terrain.

The Fourth Prince suddenly felt as excited as climbing a mountain. Empress Wen was right. As long as he worked hard, the Emperor would eventually see him.

With the Third Prince’s excellent gift as an example and the Fourth Prince’s unique idea, the Fifth Prince’s gift can only be described as mediocre.

He presented the emperor with a white jade hand-held figurine of a god of longevity that he said he had carved himself, but the carving was really not good enough, with a lump of jade material squeezed together and not recognizable as a god of longevity at all.

But because the emperor was thoughtful, he accepted it.

The princesses presented sachets they had embroidered themselves, and the two babies were held by their wet nurses and kowtowed to celebrate the birthday.

After his children showed their filial piety, the emperor turned his attention to the concubines. However, most of the concubines gave him birthday gifts of clothes and accessories. The queen was not in a position to show them in front of everyone, so she had to proceed to the next item:

"Your Majesty, today is the Emperor's Birthday. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has introduced a new song and dance, which I find quite innovative."

The emperor is the birthday boy today, so naturally everything goes as he pleases: "Okay, summon him to have a look."

At a command, string music started, and a soft, dreamy dance floated into the hall.

But after the dance, the emperor didn't notice anything different.

"Good wine needs to be savored slowly, and good things need to be presented slowly. Your Majesty, please watch the next song."

After the Queen finished speaking, she clapped her hands lightly, and immediately the sound of stringed instruments rang out again. Ten graceful dancers slowly walked out from the back of the hall, all covering their faces with round fans, and walked slowly forward in a V-shaped formation. The nine dancers around her were all wearing light yellow dance costumes, and only one of them had an especially enchanting figure wearing a pink and purple dance costume. Her face could not be seen clearly due to the round fan covering her face, but she made people feel inexplicably charming.

When the ten people walked to the center of the hall, a clear and melodious song sounded:

"The jianjia is green and the white dew is like frost. The so-called beauty is on the side of the water."

As the singing progressed, the dancers slowly twisted their slender waists and moved their snow-white wrists up and down, revealing their delicate and pretty faces like lotus flowers in full bloom.

These dancers are all charming and seductive, with faces that could show either happiness or anger behind their fans. Especially the leader, Noble Lady Qi, whose dance moves to the singing are as attractive as smoke in the water.

The emperor's eyes suddenly lit up, but after looking at Concubine Qi, he began to look for the person singing in the hall. Seeing An Lingrong standing quietly in a corner singing calmly and confidently, the emperor raised his glass and toasted to her from a distance.

The Queen regretted it the moment An Lingrong opened her mouth. She had heard An Lingrong's singing during rehearsal. Although her voice was nice at that time, it was mixed with nervousness, and it inevitably sounded a little lacking in artistic conception.

But now her voice is calm, her timbre is soft and melodious, like flying pearls and falling jade, making people want to follow the song to the center of the water to find out what's going on.

What’s even more hateful is not that An Lingrong deliberately concealed her strength, but that An Lingrong’s singing voice sounds too much like Chun Yuan’s.

For a moment, the Queen couldn't help but classify An Lingrong as a scheming person. Being able to keep this matter secret in the harem for so long was a reflection of An Lingrong's ability, as well as the Queen's carelessness.

But after tonight, it won't be so easy for An Lingrong to fool me again.

After a brief moment of distraction, the queen put on a decent smile again. She didn't care about gains and losses in a day or a night, but was fighting for long-term victory.

The people in the stands were totally absorbed in the song and dance.

If we say that Concubine Qi's dance is gentle and pure, it can arouse men's desire to protect her.

An Lingrong's singing voice is like the scenery of snow-capped mountains. It makes people want to explore with the singing, to find the beautiful woman trapped in the middle of the water that they have been longing for. This beautiful woman can be the young and wanton self, or a confidant who once added fragrance to her heart, or the truth that they have been pursuing for many years.

The emperor listened to it deeply. The song reminded him of many past events, which was also a good thing on his birthday: "Good!"

He praised repeatedly, and the people below followed suit and applauded.

Even the Empress Dowager looked at An Lingrong with some interest. It turned out that this Concubine Wen was favored not only because she was sensible and well-behaved, but also because of an old friend.

After the performance, Concubine Qi danced with a rosy face, looked at the emperor with spring in her eyes, and said tenderly:

"Your Majesty, I wish you a long life. I have no talent, so I can only come up with this. I hope Your Majesty likes it."

As soon as she finished speaking, the Queen chimed in, "Yes, Your Majesty, Concubine Qi has been practicing for more than a month for tonight's dance, just to please Your Majesty. I found it pleasing to the eye just now. What do you think?"

The Queen praised Concubine Qi but did not mention An Lingrong at all.

The Emperor had nothing to understand after seeing this. The Queen was simply offering her beauty to him. Over the past year or so, the Queen had done things that pleased the Emperor very much, especially in the affairs of the Zhen family. She had never interfered too much and had always taken good care of Zhen Huan before she left the palace.

Today, the emperor was happy to give the queen a chance to save face in front of everyone. He narrowed his eyes and smiled, saying:

"The Queen has a unique vision. I think so too. Good wine and beautiful women complement each other. I am very happy tonight. Thank you for your hard work, Queen."

Seeing that the Emperor had accepted her kindness, the Empress put aside the shock An Lingrong had just brought her. She smiled gently and said:

"As long as Your Majesty likes it, I'm glad. However, I still want to ask for a reward for Concubine Qi who has worked so hard for so long."

It turned out that she was waiting here. An Lingrong had already returned to her seat. This was exactly the Queen's purpose.

The emperor's eyes flashed:

"You deserve a reward. Lady Qi has served me wholeheartedly. You should be promoted to Concubine Qi. What do you think, Queen?"

The Queen had a satisfied smile on her face, and shouted to the dumbfounded Concubine Qi:

"Why don't you thank the emperor?"

Guarjia Wenyuan likes to kneel down and express gratitude immediately.

The smile in the emperor's eyes became even more intense. He had wanted to raise Concubine Qi's position long before after E Min exposed Zhen Yuandao's crimes. However, when he remembered that Zhen Huan was also made a concubine for her merits, he wanted to suppress it so as not to spoil her and make her become ignorant of the immensity of the world.

The Queen's words tonight were a win-win for all three parties. The Emperor felt very proud and drank another glass of wine.

As for An Lingrong, although her singing performance amazed everyone, the emperor seemed to have forgotten about her and did not give her any reward.

She was calm and didn't care about it, but the concubines looked at her with a bit of amusement in their eyes.

An Lingrong smiled and didn't take it to heart.

The rest of the process is just eating and drinking.

When the banquet finally ended, there was no sign of Prince Guo, but the emperor had never heard of any errands for him to leave the capital.

An Lingrong couldn't help but think