set of flowers

Half a month later, the finished product came out. Xu Taiyuan didn't want his ancestor's painstaking efforts to be destroyed by clumsy outsiders, so he did it himself, and even had to reject all other commissions because of the rush of time.

Hua Qianyu was overjoyed by Xu Taiyuan's enthusiasm - he obviously didn't want to work for the royal family, but obviously, it had always been his dream to carve the "Phoenix Yufei" by himself. Only the best can own it, and it cannot be made without a commission, so this dream can only be put aside and ignored.

Today is the queen's birthday, and the dinner will be held in Qinghe Hall.The emperor doesn't like extravagance, and the empress is gracious, and there is no fanfare on Qianqiu's day. Apart from the royal family, only the empress's natal family is invited - her elder brother is the current prime minister Hua Juexuan's family.

Emperor An Qingxuan and Empress Hua Yaxi sit facing east from the west, Crown Prince (third prince) An Mingjing, second prince An Mingxin, Prince Gong An Qingfeng, Hua Jueming, Hua Qianmo, and Hua Qianyu sit on the north and south in turn. Princess Qing, Concubine Jin, Concubine Yu, Concubine Xuan, and nobleman Liu sat facing south and north—there was an empty seat between An Mingxin and An Qingfeng. nowhere to be seen.The emperor and queen also seemed to be invisible, and said nothing about it.

At the beginning of the dinner, everyone presents congratulatory gifts one by one. The female relatives are only accompanying and do not need a gift. If the concubines have gifts for the queen, they will be presented privately after the banquet is over.

Hua Qianyu was the last to present the gift, and a court lady followed behind with a plate. After Hua Qianyu saluted and celebrated his birthday, he got up and uncovered the red cloth on the plate. Two lifelike golden phoenixes flew between them. It was carved so meticulously that even the lines of the feathers could be clearly seen all over the body, and the tail feathers were light, as if the wind blowing, even the fire jade embedded in the pieces of tail feathers would be blown away... The moment I saw the phoenix hairpin, my original Hua Yaxi, who abides by etiquette and only keeps a smile, almost stands up——

"Phoenix flying?"

Hua Qianyu nodded: "Although I don't know if there is any discrepancy with the empress's memory, but this is Xu Taiyuan, the descendant of Duke Xu, who recreated it according to the blueprints passed down. Xu Taiyuan's skills are also well-known in the capital, so I don't think it will be too far behind."

"It's not only the same, it's even better than before!" Hua Yaxi was overjoyed, and she was full of praise for Hua Qianyu. If there were not so many people at the banquet, she would have pulled Hua Qianyu in front of her like in the past, and then It's holding hands and pinching the face.

The emperor An Qingxuan who was seated with Hua Yaxi was as cold-faced as ever, and was out of tune with the atmosphere of the banquet. After all, people other than him would pretend to be at ease even if they were unhappy.However, it's not that he doesn't lose face, but that he has always been like this, and he is much more respected and loved than the emperor who comes and goes with uncertainties.After Hua Qianyu returned to his throne, he scanned the crowd and asked coldly, "Where is the fourth prince?" It seemed that he had finally noticed such a person.

Ah Jiu, the little eunuch who followed the fourth prince An Mingxi all the year round, bowed his body, walked out with his head down, knelt on the ground, threw his body to the ground, suppressed the trembling of his throat, and replied: "Your Majesty, Your Highness is preparing for the birthday ceremony."

"Are you ready at this time?" An Qingxuan frowned.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have been preparing for a long time, but... this birthday gift is a bit special... not an item."

An Qingxuan silently looked at Ah Jiu whose forehead was still pressed against the ground. Ah Jiu didn't hear him for a long time, sweating coldly and flustered at the same time: His Highness should have been stopped!You should stop His Highness!

He was afraid that An Mingxi's actions would make the queen, the protagonist of the birthday banquet, furious. What kind of punishment would An Mingxi receive?

He advised His Highness!He just won't listen!

No, he should try harder to prevent His Highness from being stupid...

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Ah Jiu's mind until the emperor said, "Forget it, you go down."

"Yes." Ah Jiu raised his head, kowtowed again before showing his face, and then bowed his head and retreated.

Hua Yaxi behaved gracefully, as if she didn't mind An Mingxi's late arrival, or in other words, if An Qingxuan hadn't mentioned it, she didn't intend to mention such a person at all.

After Hua Qianyu finished watching this innocuous farce, he leisurely ate some snacks—well, it wasn't too sweet.

He was not at all curious about the fate of the fourth prince, but he was still a little interested in this person himself. After all, he often appeared in the mouth of Prince An Mingjing, but he had been in and out of the harem many times, but he had never seen such a person.This is the first time that Hua Qianyu, who will have her hair tied up this year, attended the queen's birthday banquet, and then bumped into it when An Mingxi was away. It seems that the two really have no fate.

That person is even more reclusive than the ladies.

The music sounded, and the dancers came to the center of the palace, and the deserted dinner slowly became lively.The distance between the adjacent tables was not too far, and the banquet guests began to chat and laugh with others.

Hua Qianmo leaned slightly and approached Hua Qianyu, and asked in a low voice: "Little Qianyu, isn't Xu Taiyuan not doing things for the emperor? How do you persuade him?"

"Beauty plan."

Hua Qianmo didn't hold back, let out a "puchi" laugh, and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Hua Qianyu was helpless: "Brother Mo, what are you thinking?"

"Isn't that so?" Hua Qianmo asked back.

"Of course not—Xu Taiyuan likes Chang Xi Yuan's sister."

"I just said, how could you make such a big sacrifice?" Hua Qianmo sat upright again.

"Brother Mo, stop playing." He didn't believe that Hua Qianmo would really think that way.

Hua Qianyu looked at the center of the hall—the waists of the daughters were as soft as willows blown by the north wind, and their dancing postures were elegant and charming, especially the girl in pink who was the main dancer in the middle, whose every frown and smile touched people's hearts.

Hua Qianmo saw that he was concentrating on watching, and joked: "Anyone interested?"

Fourteen or fifteen years old is the age when love begins.

"N-dances pretty well." Not uncommon, though.

"Don't you think people are beautiful?"

"Well, no."

"What kind of person can get into your eyes?" Hua Qianmo said to herself helplessly.

"Brother Mo, it's too early to say." He was still young, so he didn't worry about these things.

Seeing his absent-minded appearance, Hua Qianmo shook her head—why did he start caring about Xiao Qianyu's life-long affairs so early?

After a dance, the dancer stepped down, and the music came to an abrupt end. It was so quiet that people couldn't get used to it. Later, the sound of the pipa was played solo. Few people frowned—how could this be a song that could be played at a birthday banquet?What's more, it's the queen's birthday banquet?Everyone couldn't help looking at the queen, wanting to see her reaction.The queen frowned displeasedly, but did not lose her temper.

Wait a moment, a young man and an old woman sang in the middle of the hall with an opera accent—this is ingenious, who knows that the queen likes to listen to opera?

The queen's brows stretched, she looked at the emperor, thinking it was a surprise arranged by him - otherwise, who would dare to be so presumptuous?

When the young man and the old lady stepped back, a slender girl in red, with the red sleeve on her left hand raised high, her right hand in front of her nose, covering her face, came slowly.The woman lowered her arms gently, while looking forward to the entrance of the main hall, as if looking for someone again.When she turned her head and showed her full face, everyone almost forgot to breathe when she lowered her eyebrows and raised her eyes——

What a beautiful face it is, with long eyebrows and big eyes, thick eyelashes protruding from those captivating bright eyes, which are filled with falling starlight, this starlight does not seem to need to be touched, just look at it a few more times Seeing out, just a pair of eyes can express the four characters "delicate and charming" to the fullest, not to mention the straight and clever nose, the thick and light lips with a smile, and even the ears are so charming... …

Hua Qianyu looked dumbfounded. He, who was closest to this person, strongly wanted to reach out and touch her to see if this lovely person was real, but he was afraid that if it was real, the fairy should return to her. It was heaven, so he could only sit, his eyes filtered out the other corners of the stage, and only her softly chanted little song was in his ears, and he didn't even notice that the dumbfounded queen dropped the cup.

The charm of the woman in red seems to be innate, and she can raise the heart of a man to her throat with every gesture, but that kind of weakness makes people unable to help but slow down her movements according to her temperament, for fear of being a bit abrupt. she weeps.

——It also makes women jealous.

Hua Yaxi dropped the thin cup, but even the music stopped abruptly, but the women on the stage continued to perform as if they hadn't heard it.The eunuch lay on the ground, packed the quilt, and almost left on his stomach.Hua Yaxi looked at An Qingxuan, even he didn't seem to notice her movements.

Since the queen didn't blame her, and the woman in red was still performing, the people in the band had no choice but to continue playing.

What do you mean?

Hua Yaxi ignored the performance and looked at An Qingxuan.

What's the meaning?Invite someone so similar to piss her off?

An Qingxuan didn't seem to pay attention to Hua Yaxi's gaze, he was still expressionless while watching the drama.Hua Yaxi rearranged her new expression, and once again put on a soft smile——

I'd like to see what tricks you're up to.

The woman tells her sorrows and joys in an ethereal and clear voice, and reproduces a woman's tragic life with her meticulous acting skills——

She and Langjun really love each other, but Langjun's mother broke them up and made him bigamy, marrying a rich daughter.So they could only meet at night in the gazebo by the lake, until his mother and wife found out what was going on between them.Together they sank her alive into the lake.From then on, a woman in white often appeared at night on the lake, singing a sad song, year after year, looking forward to seeing her husband...

The story of "The Girl on the River" has long been familiar, but this scene is more vivid because of the interpretation of the woman.When the curtain ended, Hua Qianyu shed tears along with the "River Girl" who had already changed into white.

Hua Qianmo looked back at him, laughing at his childish nature, which could make him cry.But not long after she thought he was cute, Hua Qianyu said with tears in her eyes: "I want her." Her eyes were still fixed on the beauties who were still on stage.

Hua Qianmo was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed: "I have high vision, but I like women anyway, brother don't worry."

But look at the queen's reaction, the emperor's attitude, and this Huadan who is not afraid of death...

Hua Qianmo felt that things were not simple.

Danjiao lined up to leave the Hall of Qinghe, but before the woman left, Hua Qianyu just stared at it, and he was startled by the sound of An Qingxuan beating the table angrily——

"Bullshit! Simply bullshit!"

The dan roles were so startled that they immediately knelt down, only Hua Dan was slow to kneel.Compared with others, he did not bow down and bury his head timidly, but straightened his body and faced the emperor.

"You majestic fourth prince of Daning, what are you doing here! You really lost the face of the royal family!"

An Mingxi's expression was cold, without the previous coquettishness and frailty, he only asked: "Is the empress happy?"

The clear and cold voice did not raise the tone deliberately, it really sounded like a man's voice.

This is Hua Yaxi's unexpected ending—even though she hasn't seen her for a long time, why can't she recognize An Mingxi?

Isn't this directed by An Qingxuan deliberately?

An Qingxuan didn't give Hua Yaxi a chance to reply, and announced in a cold voice: "Go down! You will be fined for a month of confinement, and you will not be allowed to step out of the Anren Hall!"

When An Mingxi looked at the two guests, the corners of his lips curled up, making Hua Yaxi feel chills in his heart.After seeing her face change, An Mingxi bowed his head to receive the punishment——

"Yes."