Chapter 569 Thank You Princess Ye for Refunding My Little Girl's Tuition Fee
Chapter 569 Thank you to Princess Ye for refunding the little girl’s tuition fee
Author: Doraemon
The banquets held by the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital city of the Great Zhou Dynasty were all similar. In winter, banquets were held in the Nuang Pavilion, and in summer, banquets were held in the Water Pavilion.
In the north in early April, the ice and snow are just melting, the plum blossoms are blooming, and the apricot blossoms are blooming, competing for spring beauty, just like the ladies and concubines in Kyoto tonight.
The news that the twenty students taught by Princess Ye were going to compete with the twenty students taught by Asiya, the first dancer in the palace, to compete in dancing skills, had already spread to everyone in the backyards of the princes.
Princess Ye had taught a concubine like Song Miao in seven days, so no one could be sure that the students taught by Princess Ye would definitely lose.
However, there is a contract, if the students taught by Princess Ye lose, Princess Ye will refund all the tuition fees of each student, so it is strange that Princess Ye can win.
Those aunts are all poor people, and they will do whatever they can to get the one hundred thousand taels of tuition back, so~~haha, there is a joke.
So the ladies from various houses came to the Prime Minister's house early for the banquet.
Princess Suqin and Princess Jingjun came first with their legitimate daughters and concubines, followed by Xuanping Marquis, Ronglu Marquis, Shangshu Mansion and other lords and mansions.
Those who were particularly motivated and rushed to see Princess Ye's jokes were handed over by Mrs. Zhou's handkerchief. Seeing that Princess Ye hadn't come yet, everyone was whispering while drinking tea.
"She won't stop coming, right? She has to withdraw two million taels of silver at once, how can she have it?'
"If you don't have any, just go to your friend's restaurant, Yunlai Inn, Xianming Tea House to collect it~~ Business is so good, we collected everything in just two days."
"Yes, that's right, the deed has been signed, and even if I brought it to the emperor, she couldn't explain it.'
"This is a good idea. Isn't there a concubine in my mansion who has signed up for Princess Ye? If Princess Ye can't come up with the money, send a few people from the mansion to go to the restaurant to collect the money."
The ladies were talking a lot here, and the ladies were not quiet either.
Concubines always sit down, so most of the students taught by Shen Yuyu sat together and discussed this matter with each other.
Everyone has the same idea, that is, if they don't use all their dancing skills during the competition, they will lose to their opponents, and then they will ask Princess Ye for a refund.
And the students Asiya accepted were all legitimate daughters with good dancing skills. During this period, Asiya gave them all-round guidance and their dancing skills improved by leaps and bounds, so she didn't take these concubines seriously at all.
The Nuan Pavilion was busy. Prince Shen Yurui, Consort Leyang and others came in. Everyone calmed down, stood up, greeted each other, and sat down.
As usual, after all the guests arrive, dinner is served first.
Naturally, ladies don’t want to use it too much. How can they dance after eating too much? It’s just a taste.
Madam used it more slowly, but she also finished it quickly. They were all waiting to see Princess Ye's trick of being forced to refund the money, and everyone couldn't wait.
The table was quickly cleared, and after drinking a cup of tea to eat for a while, Mrs. Zhou smiled and spoke.
"Some time ago, Princess Ye paid 100,000 taels of silver to recruit twenty students to teach her dance skills, while Asiya, the first dancer in the palace, paid 20,000 taels of silver to recruit 20 students each."
"Today, all the ladies have learned a lot, and we are going to have a dance competition here. Alas, ladies, we can have an eye-opening experience today."
The other ladies also agreed: "Yes, yes, it is really our honor."
After some back and forth, Mrs. Zhou looked at Shen Yuyu: "Princess Ye, how about you set the rules and how to compete?"
Shen Yuyu smiled indifferently and said nonchalantly, "I don't care, Princess. You can compete in any way. Dancer Asiya will decide."
Asiya stood up and blinked her deep eyes, "Since Princess Ye said so, let's draw lots." After that, she explained in detail.
Two groups, one group of concubines and one group of legitimate daughters, write down the names of the two groups of ladies and put them in the box, grab them at will, and compete with the one whose name you catch, which is fair and just.
The ladies and ladies all thought that this test method was good, so it was decided.
Soon, the list of forty ladies and twenty contestants was determined. It was always a concubine versus a legitimate daughter.
It’s not too shameful for a concubine to be inferior to a legitimate daughter. She can also get her 100,000 taels of tuition back, so why not? So the concubines were chattering quite happily.
"Girl Shen, what should I do?" Princess Rui was worried at the side. Those concubines who were learning to dance under Princess Ye were obviously planning to refund their tuition fees. Look at their joy. They really have no conscience at all.
If you thought it was too expensive, you shouldn't have studied it in the first place. Now that you have studied for so long but still think about it, you are a "freeloader." It's such a bad character.
Seeing that Princess Rui was fidgeting with anxiety, Shen Yuyu hurriedly leaned into her ear and whispered: "It's okay, His Royal Highness will be here."
"That's good." Princess Rui breathed a sigh of relief, her hanging heart finally settled.
The reason why these concubines spend huge sums of money to learn dancing skills from Princess Ye is because they want to take the shortcut of "Song Miao". Once they become famous, they fly up the branches and become phoenixes! So as long as the prince comes, they will never lose on purpose. .
However, as time passed, Prince Wei Yuande never came, and Mrs. Zhou had already begun to read the list. The first lady to compete stood up and appeared.
Soon the sound of silk and bamboo was heard, cloud sleeves fluttered, and the competition officially began.
Although the concubine's figure was soft, her movements frequently made mistakes, as if she was nervous, which made the audience laugh from time to time. Shen Yuyu clenched his fists with both hands, pulled out the sweat on his palms, bit his teeth and looked at door.
What's going on? Didn't His Highness King Xuan clearly say that Wei Yuande would come? Why hasn't he come at this time?
If he really doesn't come, he will definitely end up here today!
Shen Yuyu has been in time travel for so long, and this is the first time she has faced such a dilemma. It seems that she still has to do what she can control, and cannot place her hope on others.
"Don't worry, Girl Shen. The emperor's aunt has brought three hundred thousand taels of silver here~~Maybe the prince is late~~" Princess Rui whispered into her ear.
She knew that all the money from the Yewang Palace was used to buy food and grass and sent it to Northern Xinjiang, so when she heard about the refund of tuition fees, she made preparations early and brought all the money from the palace. He gave Shen Yuyu a small box.
Shen Yuyu nodded slightly at her with emotion. She didn't know what happened to Wei Yuande. If he didn't come tonight, he would be in trouble here.
After a while, the first pair of dances was completed, and the students taught by Shen Yuyu were completely defeated.
As soon as Mrs. Zhou finished announcing the results, the concubine's aunt stood up quickly and said with a smile: "Princess Ye is generous, Miss Fifth~~ Why don't you go to Princess Ye to collect the tuition fee she refunded to you?"
The fifth lady hurriedly walked up to Shen Yuyu with a happy face and curtsied.
“Thank you, Princess Ye, for refunding my little girl’s tuition.’
