The flowing clouds in the sleeves, the fragrant starlight, and the gorgeous palace lanterns lead out rows of red water rivers. Here is the Xiangyue Garden facing the water. Tonight, candlelight, starlight, and waterlight complement each other, setting off the water and mountains beside the lake.
Pretty outside.
Xia Jie sat high on the jade platform in the garden, and Xia Yunshen and the Crown Princess sat on a step slightly below Xia Jie. Yi Fang accompanied him on the left under the jade platform, while Concubine Shu, with the prince who was about ten years old, sat on the
To the right and below Xia Jie, Concubine Shu was as quiet as ever, making it impossible to feel that she was one of the four concubines in the harem. On both sides, there were noble wives of clan ministers, with numerous gems and jades on their heads.
Under the color, it shines with luxurious fluorescence.
The palace maids shuttled back and forth, serving plates of delicacies, and Xia Jie and the courtiers close to him talked and laughed loudly. It looked like a happy scene.
After drinking three glasses of wine, his eyes focused on Yi Fang. Yi Fang chuckled lightly and covered his face with a fan, like a shy flower stamen, with its luxuriant flowers shining brightly.
"Your Majesty, can't you wait to admire the grace of our noble ladies from Great Xia?"
Xia Jie laughed loudly at this joke, picked up the luminous wine glass, and drank the contents of the glass in one gulp without saying a word. The courtiers and wives saw this and inevitably had their own thoughts in their hearts.
Today's Hundred Flowers Banquet is an excellent opportunity for them to send their family's daughter to the palace, otherwise they will have to wait another three years. By then, most of the noble ladies who have been carefully cultivated will have passed the draft age and need to find new candidates.
What's more, at the beginning, most of them chose the women in the family with the attitude that a concubine would serve the emperor with sex and would not last long. Therefore, in addition to appearance, the women they selected also had blood status.
This is the deep-rooted idea of the Daxia family. However, today, when I saw Xia Jie in the palace regardless of what others said, and even ignored the imperial censor's participation in the music, when he gave Yifang the title of a troublemaker, he could not help but feel something in his heart.
Other calculations.
Concubine Yi is extremely beautiful, and the emperor is a man after all. Men often focus on color over others. Moreover, Concubine Yi’s mother was originally from a wealthy Hua family, and she was promoted to an equal wife. Concubine Yi’s status is not
She is half a legitimate daughter. With her current popularity, if she fails to send her daughter to the palace this time, in three years' time, Concubine Yi may have given birth to a prince, and Concubine Yi's status will no longer be shaken.
.It is better to form a good relationship with Concubine Yi first. If a woman from your family can enter the palace and be favored, then slowly argue with Concubine Yi. If not, it can be regarded as leaving a way in the harem. Concubine Yi will always grow old.
, the beauty will always fade, and we need to find some beauties to train.
After making up their minds, the wives who had always been hesitant to look down on Yifang came forward to make jokes one after another and gathered around Yifang.
"Your Majesty has a natural beauty. Today, these noble ladies are just here to have fun. How can they take away your Majesty's glory?"
"Yes, everyone in the world knows your appearance."
After listening to these flattering words, Yifang glanced at Xia Jie. At this moment, the emperor was talking to the Minister of Rites who came to him to offer him wine. He didn't seem to notice what was going on here. It was just when Yifang turned around that he noticed it keenly.
, There was a fiery gaze behind her, and Yifang was stunned. He covered his face with his fan again, turned his head slightly to look, and saw Xia Jie sitting on the dragon throne, and Xia Yun's eyes were filled with meaning.
But he collided with her.
Yi Fang's heart skipped a beat, and he froze for a moment, looking at Xia Yunshen, seeing him raising his wine glass across from him, smiling slightly, and drinking it down in one gulp. Suddenly, a cold feeling of being penetrated by someone arose in his heart.
"What's wrong with Concubine Yi?"
Xia Jie's calm words drifted into his ears, and Yi Fang hurriedly came back to his senses. Seeing the displeasure hidden in Xia Jie's eyes, he was shocked and lowered his head, "I just looked at the beautiful scenery tonight and lost my mind for a moment.
."
"I see."
Xia Jie's tone was calm, even with a hint of a smile, but in Yi Fang's ears, it felt like a heavy stone was hitting her, making her uneasy.
"I also think that my beloved concubine has prepared tonight's Hundred Flowers Banquet extremely well. It shows that she has put a lot of effort into it."
Xia Jie stared at Yifang closely. He saw the panic in her eyes. It was this panic that made him even more angry. He was sitting on the high platform, and Xia Yunshen's gaze made him unable to help but see it, which made him even more angry.
He couldn't watch it calmly, but at the same time, Xia Jie felt a sense of uneasy joy in his heart. That was a move he had planned from the beginning, and today, it finally paid off!
But the joy of this harvest could not offset the anger he felt after seeing Yi Fang in the same trance. How could his concubine look at other men and be stunned and stunned, no matter what the reason was, it was not allowed.
Xia Jie originally wanted to say a few more words, but after seeing Yifang's panic, he softened his heart and endured it until the end, so he could only change his words.
Yifang had already realized that Xia Jie had just noticed the glance between her and Xia Yunshen. After a tremor in his heart, he straightened his expression, turned his head slightly, no longer looking at Xia Yunshen, and patted the cat twice in the air. Dozens of mentioners
A woman wearing a glazed palace lantern came out from behind the stage in the distance. Her slender figure was covered with a five-color gauze dress, and a layer of Yuluo veil covering her face. In the blowing of the night wind, she had the clear air of a fairy from the Nine Heavens falling into the mortal world.
Feeling of spirit.
Waves of fragrant wind blew in, and dozens of women stood in a row in the field, accepting everyone's looks. Yifang stood up, walked to the center, and bowed down with dozens of women.
"See your Majesty, long live your Majesty."
With a voice like an oriole's thrush, a graceful figure, and dozens of shy women like flowers, standing under the summer night sky, the sky suddenly burst into bright and colorful colors, and countless fireworks rose into the sky, breaking into pieces.
After the fireworks cracked, there was a beautiful tapestry of colorful clouds flowing down one after another. There were more and more fireworks, and they gradually connected into one piece, forming a continuous and beautiful fairyland picture.
No matter men or women, at this moment, they were all staring at the sight of human faces and fireworks, deeply intoxicated.
"Okay, okay, my royal concubine of Daxia is indeed different from others!"
Xia Jie's mellow voice echoed in the air, with a smooth smile, which caused the noble ladies below to be overjoyed. Looking at the emperor above, there were endless expectations and desires in those bright eyes. If he could grow up
Accompanying the king, ascending the nine-layered phoenix tower, and leaving one's name on the jade certificate in the history books is the ultimate glory for a woman.
When the pleading eyes collided, fighting broke out. Even Yi Fang, who was standing with his back to her, could not help but curl up the corners of her mouth. She was waiting, waiting for the scenes that these noble ladies were about to appear on.
It's a good show, but I don't know how much better the performance of dozens of noble daughters from the top noble families in Daxia can be compared to the performance of the concubine's daughter after careful selection.
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