After the door closed, the eight people disappeared from the hall. Twenty seconds later... the queen on the high platform sighed heavily and buried her face on the armrest of the chair.
"Ah...scared me to death..."
The women in the hall suddenly burst into laughter.
"Shui Xinyuan, how can you be afraid?"
"Queen, you were too domineering just now."
"Who said that last sentence? I couldn't hold back my laughter until the end..."
"It's Sister Mingyan, Sister Mingyan."
The originally neat team dispersed, everyone smiled, clapped their hands, and gathered under the Amyrlin Throne.
Shui Xinyuan finally raised his head, sighed softly again, and looked around at the other women.
"Sisters, the banquet is about to be prepared. I know everyone is very busy. Thank you for coming..."
Shui Xinyuan stood up and bowed to the sisters, and the others laughed again.
"Shui Xinyuan, where did your dignity go?"
"so fun."
"Next time something happens, remember to come back to us."
Those gathered in the palace...are all palace concubines.
In the past, many daughters of noble officials became palace concubines in order to win the favor of the emperor, hoping to become the imperial concubine one day. However, after Shui Xinyuan became the empress and the emperor announced the abolition of the harem, they all left one after another. The current palace concubines are all loved ones.
Dance and music, family background is not ideal, but Shui Xinyuan can get along with peace of mind.
Two days ago, when Shui Xinyuan was resting at Zhuge's house, Zhugeqing's mother suggested to her that if there were people she didn't want to see, she might as well try to prevent them from coming to her door again in the future; she wanted to prevent those people from showing up in front of Shui Xinyuan.
If you say something sarcastic, you must find an opportunity to dampen their spirit. The most effective way is to make them surrender in front of everyone... So Qing'er asked her old friends from the Jiaofang to help.
Originally, only the dancing palace servants were hired, but the palace servants who sang and played musical instruments also found it very interesting and volunteered to participate. As a result, all the palace servants and maids combined formed a formation of more than a hundred people.
"...Okay, okay, now everyone goes back to dance practice!"
"Shui Xinyuan, see you another day."
"Queen, I'm looking forward to your performance tomorrow."
"Thank you very much. I hope you all have a good performance."
Shui Xinyuan waved goodbye to more than a hundred young women who were leaving one after another, and walked down from the high platform.
Qing'er and the maid also greeted each other with relieved smiles.
"Thank you for your hard work, you really said it."
"I don't want it to happen a second time..."
"My dear, don't say that. You should always speak with this attitude."
Chunxiang clenched her fists and said, the other maids also nodded vigorously, and Shui Xinyuan smiled bitterly.
"I can't do it. I only managed to do the scene just now after practicing."
"I have never heard a queen speak in a commanding manner. I still need to practice..."
Qing'er, who had been the first to attack the ladies just now, shrugged her shoulders, and Mingyan snickered and stuck her head out.
"You were very dignified when you spoke just now."
"Sister Mingyan..."
"By the way, she is here too today."
Following Mingyan's line of sight, she spotted Chen Shaowu among the young women who were chatting and walking back to the classroom. The "she" Mingyan mentioned refers to the person behind Chen Shaowu...
"Ah, Yun Shang!"
Shui Xinyuan waved vigorously, and the tall beauty blinked.
She was the Meiyuelou geisha Yunshang who rescued Shui Xinyuan in Chunhua Street.
When Lu Fusu went to Zhuge's house to greet Shui Xinyuan, Shui Xinyuan was the first to ask him to introduce Yunshang to become a palace actress.
Yun Shang said that she really wanted to be a palace concubine... In this case, Shui Xinyuan hoped to help her fulfill her wish.
At least, I currently have this ability...
It's because of Yun Shang that she can continue to have this ability.
"..."
Yun Shang was dressed up like the other court ladies. She walked over with a confused look on her face and stopped.
It's no wonder, because Shui Xinyuan lied about her name before, and Yun Shang never dreamed that the person she saved was the queen.
"I watched her dance."
Chen Shaowu looked at Shui Xinyuan calmly.
"Maybe it's because she has practiced dancing in her own way for many years, and some of her movements are not perfect, but her foundation is very solid. As long as she practices more, she can perform on stage during next year's Enthronement Festival. Of course, it also depends on her own abilities.
effort."
"I think it's okay. Before, I was worried about not thinking of new dance moves, but I found that folk geisha dances are very different from those in the palace, which provided me with a lot of reference."
"Very good."
Shui Xinyuan smiled at Chen Shaowu and Mingyan, and walked towards Yun Shang, whose face was flushed because of nervousness.
"...Yun Shang, thanks to you, I can return to the palace safely. Thank you. I'm sorry for thanking you so late."
Yun Shang shook her head silently.
"And...my name is Shui Xinyuan, you can call me that from now on!"
"You...are...the Queen...?"
"right."
Qing'er poked her head out from behind, patted Shui Xinyuan on the shoulder and asked, "Is she the one who hid you?"
"Yes, yes!"
"You're so lucky in a place like this..."
Yun Shang couldn't associate the scene of those gorgeously dressed women kneeling down with the harmonious scene in front of her, and she became more and more confused.
Qing'er looked up at her and said: "She is a unique queen. If we are too respectful, she will cry. Unless there is something special, she is not willing to sit on a high platform. You might as well treat her as a queen.
Palace concubine."
"Whoa whoa……"
Having said that, it is also very embarrassing...most people will feel this way.
Shui Xinyuan tilted his head and said to Yun Shang, who had a complicated expression on his face: "Uh... Will it cause trouble to the store if I suddenly ask you to come here?"
"How, how could it be possible! Completely..."
Since they could not tell the outside world, the queen wanted to hire folk geishas as palace geishas, so Lu Fusu and Shui Xinyuan used their personal property to redeem Yun Shang's body, left the restaurant on the pretext of going to other restaurants, and moved to Meiyue Tower.
It won't have much impact.
"I should... thank you, empress..."
Yun Shang finally showed a smile.
"I've always been nosy...I've always been laughed at, and helping others on Chunhua Street won't have good results...Indeed, I used to be nosy, and I always got into trouble every time. It never got better.
result……"
This time, I finally got a good reward.
"I will work hard to practice dancing here..."
Hearing her say this with a stronger tone than when she said goodbye that morning, Shui Xinyuan also nodded to her.
"Let's go... Even if we can't perform at the banquet tomorrow, we still have to continue practicing dance."
"Hurry back to the studio! It's time to practice dancing!"
Chen Shaowu and Mingyan clapped their hands and urged Gongji Moslem who was still standing there chatting.
"Yun Shang has also started practicing dancing with everyone, Shui Xinyuan, it would be great if you could come over."
"Okay, I'll go later."
"Wait a minute... Shui Xinyuan!"
Qing'er hurriedly pulled Shui Xinyuan's sleeve and lowered her voice and asked, "Are you okay? No..."
"But I have to dance tomorrow!"
"..."
"I don't feel uncomfortable at all, and I actually feel more comfortable when dancing."
Shui Xinyuan opened the sleeves of his red shirt.
That was the first time she danced "Snow Moon, Wind and Flowers" in front of Lu Fusu, and the emperor rewarded her with the clothes.
"...I want to dance, and I want to dance for the emperor."
Shui Xinyuan looked at the palace where almost all the palace servants had left.
It was here that I reunited with Lu Fusu after three years.
There will also be a banquet held here tomorrow.
"Really...don't be too forced."
"Um."
"I think you look good in this dress, and you look beautiful in pearls too."
"Really? I'll change into this dress after the dance tomorrow."
"I mean, you should always dress up..."
Qing'er had an unbearable expression on her face and lowered her shoulders in frustration.
When will this empress be able to act real and show her majesty as a queen so that the nobles will bow their heads in front of her...