After entering the book, he stole the heroine's charming attributes

"Your Majesty, are there any special arrangements this year?" Gu Chengdao said.

No wonder, Shen Li felt that if it continued like what happened just now, it would be really awkward. There were a whole room of people just sitting there, and even when eating, they didn't dare to make too much noise.

It turns out there were performances in previous years.

"It's not a special arrangement. In previous years, the performances were all performed by the palace music troupe. I believe that you are tired of watching them, so I wanted to change it this year." After Emperor Ruikang finished speaking, he looked at a woman on the side.

Only then did Shen Li see that there were several women sitting on both sides of Emperor Ruikang. They should be his concubines. He had not appointed another queen since the death of the previous queen.

"I know that every year the daughters of various families come here, and they learn some music, chess, calligraphy and painting since they were young. Why not let them perform some shows to liven up the atmosphere? Wouldn't this be much more interesting than the performances of those music troupes? What do you think?"

The person who spoke was the woman closest to Emperor Ruikang. Shen Li felt that she must be a very favored concubine.

"The Imperial Concubine is right." Gu Cheng said.

After Gu Cheng finished speaking, the other officials echoed him.

"Since everyone agrees, let's get started." said the imperial concubine.

Start? Who should start? Not only Shen Li had this question, but probably everyone present had the same question.

"Prime Minister Gu, I heard that your daughter plays the piano very well. Why don't you let her come up and play a song first?" Emperor Ruikang said.

At this time, the woman next to Gu Cheng'an stood up and bowed: "Your servant Gu Xiruo obeys your order."

The imperial concubine spoke again: "My dear ladies, you can all take the initiative to perform from now on, and if anyone performs well, the emperor will reward them."

Shen Li heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. Fortunately, all the daughters present were not forced to perform, otherwise what would they do if they didn't have any talents to show?

Although she plays the pipa well now, she doesn't want to attract attention. For example, there are more than ten officials' daughters in the hall, and they are probably all talented. She is not sure that her pipa can stand out.

If you can't go up or down, it's better not to go.

Besides, she was just here to join in the fun, so she'd better not attract attention. Also, Huo Nanlian's family was there, and she didn't want to give them the chance to cause trouble.

But it is estimated that women who are confident in their talents will choose to perform. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. All the high-ranking and powerful people in the entire Qi Dynasty are here. If they can show their faces in front of them and be praised by them, then their reputation will spread.

It would be even better if we could get first place.

While Shen Li was thinking, Gu Xiruo's piano music rang out.

Gradually, everyone was immersed in it.

Shen Li is no longer a rookie. She learned pipa from Qingshuang, but she also knows about guqin. Gu Xiruo plays really well, but if compared with Shen Yanyan, she seems to be a little worse.

When the song ended, Ruikangdi was the first to say hello.

Then all the ministers said yes, but I don’t know how many of them were sincere.

After a while, someone else came up. Shen Li saw that the woman was wearing a dance costume with a cloak on the outside. She took off the cloak when she went on stage.

Did she already know she was going to perform?

What this means is that everyone already knows that there will be a performance at today's palace banquet, and the people who want to perform have already prepared.

No wonder when Gu Xiruo was called to perform first, she didn't even have the slightest bit of extra expression, as if she knew everything.

If that’s the case, I guess anyone present who has a talent to show off would choose to perform.

"Brother, do you know about the performances of the daughters of various families?" Shen Li asked in a low voice.

"Well, it has been reported before that the emperor listened to the imperial concubine's suggestion and asked the daughters of each family to perform at this year's palace banquet. This would allow them to showcase their talents and provide something new to watch." Shen Han also whispered.

"Then why didn't you tell me?"

"You want to perform too?" Shen Han asked in surprise.

"No, at least I'm prepared." From what Shen Li heard, he knew that she didn't want to perform, so that's why she didn't say anything?

Shen Han knew that she could play the pipa, but he didn't know what level she was at. In addition, she had no other talents except the pipa, and because of her personality, he thought she would definitely not be able to perform.

Qin Yu must have known about it, but he didn't tell her. He also seemed not to know that she had learned the pipa, so he didn't tell her because he thought she couldn't perform?

"What's there to prepare? You're not going on stage anyway. Ali, don't underestimate the women in Kyoto. They all have some talent. They have been practicing music, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood. Just look at the dozen or so people present. I guess they are all going to perform. I don't know if anyone will come from outside the hall." Shen Han said.

Shen Li glanced at the people outside the hall. There were very few women among them. They probably knew the location and did not want to come and suffer the cold, so there were very few of them.

More than half of them are wives from various families, and there are really few young women.

At this time, the woman on the stage had finished dancing. Shen Li thought that she danced gracefully, but not stunningly. However, many people applauded. This dance seemed to be more popular than Gu Xiruo's.

Then another woman came on stage. She had seen this person before. It was Hu Yinyin. She had always looked down on her in Jin Duobao's jewelry shop. And she actually played the pipa as well.

Shen Li looked at her and glared at her, then started playing the piano with an arrogant look on his face.

She listened carefully and felt that his playing was not as good as hers. It was not because they had a conflict before that she felt this way, but it was a matter of fact that her playing was really not as good as hers.

But what I didn’t expect was that after I finished playing it, many people thought it was good, including Shen Han.

"Brother, this is good?"

"Yes, Ah Li, you may not know that the pipa is much more difficult to play than the guqin. Let's put it this way, it's easy to learn like you, but it's not easy to play well. This lady's pipa, you can tell she has worked hard on it, and she plays it really well."

"Oh." What else could Shen Li say? If this level was applauded, wouldn't her skills be even more amazing?

Then there were more talents being performed, including poetry writing, painting, and calligraphy. Of course, the most popular one was playing the guqin, and there were also a few dancers.

It seems that everyone can play the guqin.

But among so many people, only one person played well. Shen Li thought that he could play as well as Shen Yanyan, or even slightly better in skills.

As for the pipa, really no one plays it anymore. It may be as Shen Han said, it is easy to learn but difficult to master, so naturally fewer people learn it.

After a round of performances, all the women in the hall went on stage. The one on stage now was the last one, of course there was also her who had never been on stage.

The woman on the stage was performing a sword dance, and it seemed that she had some basic skills in martial arts.

Shen Li didn't like that kind of soft dance, but she thought this one was good.