Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Spring in the Palace

Jinbao scoffed, with a "are you kidding me" expression on his face, "How can a cat only bite so lightly?"

Jinzhong kissed the red mark on his hand and said innocently, "I don't know, maybe it's because she likes me."

Jinbao looked disdainful and said, "How is that possible?"

Jinzhong raised his eyebrows, widened his eyes and said, "Don't you believe me?"

Jinbao looked puzzled and shocked, "Is it true?" Could there be such a magical thing?

Jinzhong laughed.

Jinbao was speechless and said, "You really did lie to me, didn't you?"

*The emperor went on a southern tour and visited Jiangsu and Zhejiang in person. The ministers in the court were afraid that the palace was short of staff, so they wanted to send some women to serve the emperor in order to gain his attention.

When the Queen Mother found out, she wanted to take this opportunity to arrange for her own people to receive the emperor's favor, but then she thought, what's the point?

She was already the Empress Dowager, could she go one step further and become the Emperor? Besides, the Empress Dowager had no intention of ruling the country from behind the scenes.

Ever since she figured it out last time, she decided not to get involved in these boring and troublesome things anymore.

So the Queen Mother gave up the idea of ​​arranging some matters and said to the Queen that the court officials wanted to select some servants for the Emperor and present some singing and dancing girls to entertain the Emperor. Firstly, they wanted to avoid doing things that would damage His Majesty's merits, and secondly, as long as the Emperor was happy, the rest would be up to you to arrange.

"Langya, you are the queen. You don't need to ask for my opinion on everything." The queen mother said casually. She had already planned to gradually let go of the things in her hands and just enjoy her remaining years, without letting the Niuhuru clan go from prosperity to decline.

As for Concubine Mei, Concubine Shu, and Noble Lady Qing, the Empress Dowager no longer needed them to do anything. She just wanted them to remember her kindness in the past and ask for mercy if the Niuhuru clan was in trouble.

Langya still had to prepare for tomorrow's singing and dancing ceremony, so she left first.

The Queen Mother folded the Buddhist beads in her hands and said sarcastically, "I know exactly what the court officials are planning."

"Those who have daughters give their daughters, those who have sisters give their sisters, and those who have neither daughters nor sisters will try to send women who are related or not."

The queen mother had a look of disdain and disdain on her face. She looked at the koi swimming in the West Lake, snorted coldly, and said, "They all want to rely on women to please the emperor, but they don't think about those women who enter the palace to serve and are favored. They will be trapped in the palace for the rest of their lives and cannot escape."

Fujia said, "The Queen Mother is kind-hearted. The Queen will certainly understand what the Queen Mother means."

The Queen Mother smiled slightly and said, "I hope so."

*The next night, family dinner at West Lake.

The Emperor, the Empress Dowager and the Queen sat in the front, and the court officials below congratulated and blessed the Empress Dowager on her 60th birthday next year. The Queen said that someone had carefully prepared a gift for the Empress Dowager, and she also wanted to make the Emperor and the Empress Dowager smile.

This aroused the emperor's interest. He was somewhat curious about who had made the queen take so much trouble to recommend her. He smiled and asked the queen mother, "Madam, from what the queen said, she is a filial person. Madam, will you give her this opportunity to perform?"

The Queen Mother stroked the teacup in her hand, nodded, and said, "Since she is a filial daughter, I will give her this opportunity."

The queen smiled slightly, then glanced at Su Lian, who winked at a palace maid who was waiting in the distance.

Then, several small boats came from the center of West Lake. Someone in the middle of the boat held a huge piece of plum blossom cloth, blocking the people on the boats. Suddenly, a fire lit up. The pattern on the boat in the middle was the most dazzling and exquisite, with red plum blossoms that were gorgeous and captivating.

There were plum blossom-shaped lanterns on both sides of several boats, and the sound of musical instruments rang out. The silk on the boats on both sides of the middle boat was pushed down with a bang. After completing their task, two maids in light blue clothes squatted on both sides of the person sitting in the middle.

On the two boats, one person was holding a pipa and the other was singing. They were Bai Ruiji and Lu Muping.

Lu Muping's soft singing voice sounded, and the silk in the middle suddenly slipped off, revealing a figure behind.

It was Yan Wan in a red dress.

Behind Yan Wan was a huge bronze mirror, which was round and bright in the light of the fire. At this time, there were three moons in the sky, on the ground and in the water: one crescent moon hung in the sky, one crescent moon reflected in the water, and one round moon standing behind Yan Wan.

Yanwan was dressed freshly today. Her rose-red dress made her look delicate and fresh. In her hand she held a bunch of half-opened plum blossoms.

The wind blew across the lake, and the picture of the beauty under the moon instantly captivated the emperor's eyes.

The red dress fluttered in the wind, the red lips were as red as blood, and the skin as white as snow made her look like a fairy who had stepped on the moon and fallen into the human world.

The emperor's inner restlessness could no longer be quenched by wine. Such a lively person danced just for him.

Jiapin pulled up the corner of her mouth and smiled, saying disdainfully, "What are you doing? I didn't know that the concubines in this palace have become actors."

Concubine Chun frowned. Although her tone was gentle, her words made Jin Yuyan want to roll her eyes. She said, "Shh, stop making noise."

Jin Yuyan pursed her lips, glanced at Concubine Chun speechlessly, and snorted coldly, "Why, Concubine Ling failed to charm the emperor, but she charmed you first?"

Then she saw that Concubine Chun's face was flushed and she was speechless, and she knew that this person who was not good at speaking naturally could not think of any words to respond.

Ever since the sound of the pipa began, Jinzhong's smile has never disappeared. He looked at the center of the lake with anticipation and nervousness, watching Yanwan's every move, fearing that something might go wrong.

Fortunately, everything went more smoothly than they had rehearsed.

Yan Wan's dance moves were powerful and graceful, and her postures were light and natural, far surpassing her performance in her previous life. She was already extremely talented, and with the accumulation of two lives, her performance was exceptionally outstanding.

Like a flying butterfly, like a swallow in a storm, like a trumpet creeper blooming in the cracks of rocks, it is so vibrant and shining.

It was not raining, but Jinzhong's eyes were covered with a layer of mist. He was deeply moved by all the beauty of Yanwan.

The sound of the pipa faded, the ethereal singing stopped, and the fairy in the center of the West Lake also bowed out in a graceful manner.

The emperor laughed so hard that his eyes could not open. He praised her repeatedly, "This Yanwan is really talented, smart and studious. I knew she was not good at dancing, but I didn't expect her to dance so well today."

"The dance of Concubine Ling, the pipa of Concubine Mei, and the singing of Concubine Qing all make me feel relieved from the fatigue of busy state affairs." The emperor drank a glass of wine and shouted loudly.

"Reward!"

"Come here." The emperor said with a smile.

Seeing that the emperor was very pleased, Jiapin said unhappily, "You just do these seductive things every day, you really have no shame."

Concubine Chun chuckled and said, "Sister Lingfei is not as good as Sister Jiapin was back then."

She covered her lips and smiled, "Didn't you also perform long drum dance, fan dance, flute, and northern harp back then? Why do you feel so jealous when you see Yan Wan dancing?"