In the main hall, the honor banquet has begun. The top three candidates in the provincial examination, the deputy examiner and others are all present. The next step is to wait for the emperor, queen, prince and princess to enter.
"Nalan, why are you so worried? The Emperor and the Sixth Prince have both approached you and praised you very much. It can't be because of nervousness." Jin Xiaolan, who was second in the list, saw that Nalan Jin, the top pick on his left, had been talking since he entered the hall.
Absently, he poured the wine on the table several times.
"Oh, no, probably because I've been too tired recently."
"The emperor is coming soon. You are the number one scholar, so cheer up."
"You two, I heard that Princess Dou of the Sixth Prince will be attending today's Rongan Banquet. I have long wanted to see her beauty." Li Xunhuan, the girl on Nalanjin's left, waved her palace fan in anticipation.
"Looking for pleasure, disaster comes from the mouth, and illness comes from the mouth. It is not a small crime to make irresponsible remarks about the princess." Jin Xiaolan advised.
"Xiaolan, you are too timid. You will be scared to death when you become an official in the imperial court."
Li Xunhuan is actually a disciple of the third prince Liu Yan, while Nalan Jin and Jin Xiaolan are disciples of the sixth prince Liu Hao. Naturally, the two often don't get along, although Liu Yan has always advocated using the methods of Huang and Lao.
In governing the government, the emperor was very fond of the Confucianism proposed by Liu Hui, so he also secretly cultivated a group of disciples who accepted Confucianism. This is called being prepared. Li Xunhuan was the most outstanding disciple among the disciples he trained.
If one of them wins the top prize this time, his future career will definitely be protected by the Third Prince. Therefore, there is always a sense of arrogance in his speech. Of course, this is also his biggest shortcoming.
"Xunxuan, the Sixth Princess will really attend." Nalan Jin, who was silent at the side, suddenly asked.
"Nalan, why are you..." Jin Xiaolan immediately perked up when she saw Nalan Jin talking about the Sixth Princess, and she was filled with confusion.
"The Emperor has arrived - the Queen has arrived - the Sixth Prince has arrived -..."
The three of them were chatting. After a long procession, the emperor, queen, princes and concubines all arrived. The emperor sat on the dragon chair, the queen sat on the phoenix chair, and the three princes Liu Yan, Liu Yong, and Liu Mian sat on the left.
The princes sit on the right side, and their respective princesses or personal maids sit behind the respective princes.
Naturally, Dou Yacai sat behind Liu Hao, but today the Sixth Prince's posture was a little more grand than usual, because he authorized two beautiful concubines to also attend, so behind Liu Hao were the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
The tripartite form is just that the two pots of braised pork dressed up are more impressive than the plain bean sprouts. For those who don’t know, they would think that the concubine is the princess and the princess is the maid.
"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor, and the Queen is a thousand lives, a thousand lives, a thousand years..."
"All the gentlemen, please sit down on your own!"
"Long live thanks!"
Nalan Jin looked over and saw that Xiao Yacai was tilting her head and saying nothing. The Sixth Prince did not even look at her from the beginning to the end, but the two concubines looked radiant.
Did the Sixth Prince really let down the Sixth Princess?
Nalan Jin's mind flashed to Dou Yacai's innocent and shy appearance when they first met on the street. Seeing this scene, he felt a distressed feeling spreading in his heart, and at the same time there was a complicated emotion.
She was growing, and he didn't want to pitifully fall out of favor, and he also hoped that the Sixth Prince wouldn't even look at her.
"Master Nalan, what are you looking at? You are so focused."
The emotions in his heart were undergoing a fierce tug-of-war. Jin Xiaolan pulled his sleeve several times, and then he came to his senses and heard the question from the Sixth Prince Liu Hui.