Chapter 263 New Year's Eve Palace Banquet (3)
The crown prince sighed, and lowered his eyelashes numbly.
Next, Shen Mingjiao and the officials of the women's families feasted their eyes and enjoyed a visual feast.
The noble girls who can come here are not bad by birth, have received the top education since childhood, and are carefully selected by their families, so their looks and talents are naturally not bad. In order to attract the attention of the first emperor, queen and prince, these girls can be said to have crossed the sea, each showing their magical powers.
Needless to say, reciting poems, painting paintings, playing the piano and flute, even a daughter of a military general from the Qin Dynasty, in order to attract attention, even found a new way. stop laughing. It's a pity that the prince involved still kept his eyes down and remained motionless.
At this time, it was the turn of Jiang Xueru, the daughter of Zhongshuling Master Jiang, to come on the stage. She was wearing a water-blue flowing fairy dress, holding a lyre, stepping up the steps, and then slowly sat down, cleansing her hands and burning incense, every move, every move, respectful It is calm and elegant. It made many people admire secretly.
Lu Jingshu curled her lips in disdain: "It's really hypocritical!"
Cui Lingling stared at Jiang Xueru's back for a while, then blinked suspiciously:
"Why do I feel, at first glance, this Miss Jiang gives me an inexplicable sense of familiarity!"
Shen Mingjiao ate a new plate of snacks brought by the queen, without raising her head, she said: "You read that right, if you don't look at the face, just look at the demeanor, it is somewhat similar to Su Qing."
She raised her eyebrows inexplicably: "This Miss Jiang has a heart!"
Cui Lingling heard what she said, and looked at it carefully, and found that it was quite similar.
Jiang Xueru is playing (Pingsha Luoyan), she has obviously worked hard, her **** is skillful, and the artistic conception is in place, making people seem to see the peaceful and vast dusk on the autumn river in troubled times.
Sure enough, when the prince heard this song, he suddenly raised his head, and his originally dead eyes suddenly lit up. Then he stared at the young girl sitting quietly in the hall, his eyes dazed.
After the song was over, many people praised Jiang Xueru again and again. Jing and Di looked at the prince last time, and smiled and praised Master Jiang for being a good teacher.
Master Jiang was humble again and again, but a look of joy flashed across his eyes. It seems that he made the right move!
Looking at everyone praising that hypocritical Jiang Xueru, Lu Jingshu clenched her whip tightly in anger. Just about to stand up and perform a show to kill each other's prestige,
Concubine Su, who hadn't talked to her all this time, suddenly turned her head to look over and asked, "Miss Lu, like the girls here, has thoughts about the prince?"
Lu Jingshu froze for a moment, then subconsciously shook her head. "What prince? I don't know him! I just can't understand Jiang Xueru pretending not to care when she's very proud!"
Shen Mingjiao asked: "Then Miss Lu should know what the Lord of the Palace Banquet intends to do today?"
Lu Jingshu nodded because she didn't understand: "I know! My sisters-in-law said that this time the palace banquet, the sage wants to choose the crown princess for Prince Ze."
Naturally, she is not interested in this. Mothers and sisters-in-law gather together to chat and often say that the palace is a place that eats people without spit out their bones...
She just stayed at home too bored to join in the fun.
Shen Mingjiao looked at her with a smile: "Then I have to remind you. If you are such a good-looking girl, if you perform on stage, the Holy One will very likely let you marry the prince as soon as you are happy because of your good performance. You will be trapped in the palace forever! "
This childish statement full of loopholes, if others listen to it, they will definitely sneer. However, Lu Jingshu, who was praised by her sister-in-law and brothers since she was a child, took it for granted.
When I think about performing a show, I have to marry the prince, and I have to go to the place where my sisters-in-law say that I can’t spit out bones.
suddenly shrunk his neck,
But looking at Jiang Xueru who was praised by others, she was a little unwilling.
Shen Mingjiao followed her line of sight and waved her hand nonchalantly: "Don't worry, the Holy Majesty will definitely not like her. When the time comes, you don't need to whip the whip, and she will suffer from collapse!"
Lu Jingshu thought about what she said, and found it quite reasonable. Looking at Jiang Xueru's white lotus face, she was not so angry immediately.
At this time, the performance came to an end, and the queen suggested that everyone could rest by themselves or go to the garden.
Everyone knows that this is an opportunity for the prince and the ladies to see each other.
As soon as the emperor and empress left, Mrs. Lu came over in a hurry, and after a timid salute to Shen Mingjiao, she dragged the reluctant Lu Jingshu away.
Cui Lingling curled her lips: "These people are really! It's like you're going to eat her girl!"
Shen Mingjiao stood up nonchalantly, "It's not entirely true, Miss Lu's temper is a bit delicate and impulsive, and my reputation outside is also bad. Mrs. Lu must be afraid that Miss Lu will start a fight with me if she disagrees."
Cui Lingling asked curiously: "You seem to be very protective of Miss Lu?"
"It's not really a maintenance, but I just can't bear a good girl to jump into the fire pit."
In addition, as the family of military generals, the Lu family does not have the rules and regulations of some noble families, which makes Lu Jingshu's character a bit pampered and willful.
Because of this, even though Lu Jingshu's family background and appearance are not bad, no one dares to come to propose marriage for a long time.
In the previous life, until three years later, seeing that her daughter had passed the marriageable age, she did not get married for a long time. General Lu recruited a good-looking son-in-law for his daughter.
Unexpectedly, within two years of their marriage, the son-in-law who came to the door secretly set up a second room outside.
After Lu Jingshu learned about it, she took someone to the street and broke the legs of the son-in-law who came to the door. Afterwards, the Lu family even kicked him out.
This matter was aroused at the time, and everyone was saying that Lu Jingshu was fierce and mean,
Lu Jingshu didn't care, she set up a female household with her daughter alone, with several older brothers taking care of her, and her life was pretty good.
Although this seems a bit deviant to ordinary people, Shen Ming Jiaoque felt that she lived a more comfortable life than many women.
She once mentioned it when listening to the queen's gossip, saying that Jing and the emperor originally thought of letting the prince marry Lu Jingshu as his wife, saying that the prince's personality is too gentle, and the girl from the Lu family just complements each other. It's a pity that at that time the crown prince had only Su Qing in his heart.
But since Jing and Di have this intention, if Lu Jingshu rushes forward, there is no guarantee that Jing and Di will not have this idea again.
Although Lu Jingshu is a bit spoiled, her nature is not bad, but the prince and her are definitely not good friends.
The two of them left the front hall and walked around to the imperial garden. A little **** winked at Shen Mingjiao.
Shen Mingjiao followed behind the little **** and came to a quiet gazebo. As expected, Feng Shuo was reading a book in the gazebo, with Qin Yan standing beside him.
Shen Mingjiao stepped onto the gazebo, looked at the little guy's light eyebrows, couldn't help but reached out and rubbed his hair:
"How are you doing in the palace?"
In the past few months of getting along with her, Feng Shuo has gotten used to her actions, so he tilted his head uncomfortably.
"It's very good. The emperor's grandmother is very kind to me. The emperor's grandfather knows a lot of things. I can always benefit a lot from chatting with him. There are also Mr. Chongwenguan. I feel that I can learn a lot when I am with them. "
Looking at her eyes that suddenly lit up when she mentioned reading and studying. Shen Mingjiao hilariously stretched out her hand to scratch the little guy's nose, but the other party nimbly dodged it.
Shen Mingjiao withdrew her hand regretfully: "Since you like reading, then stay in the palace and study hard."
The two of them sat in the pavilion for quite a while, chatting intermittently, mainly Shen Mingjiao was talking, and Feng Shuo answered concisely.
Shen Mingjiao is helpless, but his current appearance has improved a lot compared to his previous life, and there is also a youthful look on his face.
She has nothing to do recently, and has read all the books that Miracle Doctor Wen gave her. As the study progressed, she also changed from being careless at the beginning to gradually becoming serious.
Perhaps because of her ability to hypnotize, she has an instinctive affinity for treating mental illness.
She even went to the library in the mansion to find some similar books, but unfortunately, there are too few doctors in the world who can cure mental illness.
Judging from what she has learned so far, Feng Shuo's condition is obviously considered a mental illness. If left unattended, after a long time, you may develop emotions such as world-weariness, which is very dangerous in short.
She also knows that this kind of thing has to be done step by step. Some injuries in her childhood have already been caused. It is impossible to make Feng Shuo have the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of a normal child overnight.
On the other side, Qin Yan's eyes were involuntarily glued to Cui Lingling's body the moment Cui Lingling appeared.
Cui Lingling turned her face away not to look at him, said to Shen Mingjiao, "Go to the garden to get some air", then turned around and walked forward, as if she didn't see Qin Yan at all.
Qin Yan and Shen Mingjiao nodded, then strode forward and grabbed Cui Lingling's wrist, "Lingling, can we have a chat?"
"Let go."
Cui Lingling wanted to shake off his hand coldly, but Qin Yan held it tightly.
Shen Mingjiao looked at the backs of the two pulling away, and asked Feng Shuo suspiciously: "I just took a look, and the young master seems to be in a good mood?"
Feng Shuo nodded, and said like a little adult: "Because I helped Uncle untie his knot."
Shen Mingjiao raised her eyebrows, and didn't ask him how he knew Qin Yan's heart knot. Anyway, with the child's mind against the sky, she would not be surprised by anything she did!
She only said: "So, Qin Yan has confirmed that the incident has nothing to do with the emperor."
When she mentioned this, what did she suddenly think of? Suddenly turned to look at Feng Shuo, and asked as calmly as possible: "Have you encountered any danger in the palace recently?"
(end of this chapter)