The Queen found it a little funny to see how angry the Concubine Chen was: "Okay, whatever the Emperor does is his business, don't worry."
The Concubine Chen said angrily: "I'm not anxious, I'm angry, I look down on him. You look at him with relish, and you look at him for such a long time, it's really..."
She really wanted to say that he was shameless, but that would be too disrespectful to the Emperor, so Empress Chenfei swallowed the words in the end.
The emperor just sat there, watching Wei Yuanyi dancing until beads of sweat began to appear on Wei Yuanyi's forehead and she felt a little tired. Only then did the emperor call for her to stop.
"Okay. Stop now. I see you are tired. Let me tell you this. I can't just watch you dance for so long. In front of us is the Jinxuan Pavilion where the Queen invited me to enjoy the flowers. Please accompany me in. By the way, what's your name?"
So the emperor didn't recognize me at all, even though I had clearly said my name. Wei Yuanyi's cheeks flushed, well, it was because of the heat from dancing. She quickly bowed and said, "My name is Wei Yuanyi."
The emperor said, "You said so, right? Okay, are you willing to accompany me to see the flowers?"
Being able to accompany the emperor was naturally what Wei Yuanyi wanted. She immediately replied with a smile: "It is my honor."
The emperor laughed: "You are an interesting person."
Wei Yuanyi just smiled and didn't say anything. In fact, she was really tired now. Her legs and hands were weak. After all, she had been dancing for an hour.
The emperor stood up and walked towards Jinxuan Pavilion, and Wei Yuanyi followed behind him. When the concubine saw this scene, her eyes widened.
"Your Highness, what does the Emperor mean? It's not enough to just watch that woman dance, but now he wants to bring her to the banquet? What's going on? Is he really attracted to that woman?"
The queen also shook her head: "I don't know. Well, everyone is about to come in, let's go and greet them first."
The concubine snorted unhappily: "I don't want to go to greet them!"
Even so, the Empress had already stood up, and she was just a concubine, so she could only stand up as well, still trying to argue: "I stood up because I respect you, Your Majesty."
The queen's lips curled up slightly, and she was obviously in a good mood: "Well, just think of it as giving me face, okay."
The concubine muttered, "That's how it is."
The two of them walked down from upstairs with the palace maids beside them. When they arrived at the door of Jinxuan Pavilion, they saw the emperor and Wei Yuanyi walking over. The two of them stepped forward to greet him.
"Greetings to His Majesty. Why did His Majesty arrive a little later than the agreed time today?"
The emperor smiled and said, "Because I met an interesting person on the road. Why don't I go forward to greet the Queen and the Concubine Chen?"
Wei Yuanyi then stepped forward and bowed, "I greet the Queen and the Consort."
The Empress Chen raised her eyebrows and said, "Why? Didn't the nanny who taught you the rules tell you that you should kneel down and salute the Empress when you see her?"
Wei Yuanyi's face turned pale instantly, but she found that the emperor was looking at her. Wei Yuanyi quickly knelt down and kowtowed to the queen: "Yuanyi greets the queen, may the queen live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."
The Queen smiled gently and said, "This is one of the new sisters in the palace. Come on up. Since the Emperor brought her here, I believe the Emperor must be very satisfied with her. Since she is here, come in and join us."
The emperor walked into the Jinxuan Pavilion first. The decoration inside the Jinxuan Pavilion was very warm, with large patches of winter jasmine flowers hanging on the columns beside it and everywhere in the hall. It was obviously specially arranged by the palace people, and it looked very beautiful.
The Queen pointed to a spot and said, "Your Majesty, that is your seat. You can see the flowers in the entire hall from there, and you can also see what everyone is doing. Do these flowers look good?"
A bright color makes people feel particularly happy. The emperor nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, beautiful. The queen is kind and elegant. It's just right. I just met Wei Yuanyi outside, right? She is very good at dancing."
"Look at her red dress. She is so dazzling in this sea of bright colors. Wei Yuanyi, stand in the middle and dance for everyone to see. The Queen also likes to watch dancing. I brought her here specially to dance for you."
When Wei Yuanyi heard this, her face turned even paler. So the emperor didn't fancy her at all, but because he thought the queen might like to watch her dance, so he brought her in.
The Queen smiled and said, "So that's how it is. Your Majesty is thoughtful and cares about me so much. I don't know what to say. I originally thought that we would just be alone today, quietly appreciating the flowers and drinking tea, so I didn't arrange any dancers. I didn't expect that Your Majesty would like them. It's my fault for not arranging them well."
The meaning behind this was very clear. Wei Yuanyi was the dancer brought by the emperor. After hearing what the queen said, Concubine Chen almost laughed out loud. As expected, when it comes to killing people and destroying their hearts, the queen is the master in all kinds of ways.
It was not that Wei Yuanyi almost couldn't stand when she heard this, it was too infuriating. This was humiliating her, but she had just entered the palace and her voice was not taken seriously, so she could only bear it. You see, everyone said that the queen was kind-hearted, how could a kind-hearted person say such a thing.
She is indeed a hypocritical woman. Just wait and see. Sooner or later, she will be able to let the emperor see the true face of this woman.
She kept thinking about how to deal with the queen in the future. Isn't it just giving birth to a child? She also has the means to give birth to the emperor's child. Now it seems that she still has to think of a way to bear the emperor's favor.
She continued to dance with her hands moving constantly. She seemed to be treated as a joke by everyone present, so she could only stand there and continue dancing, watching the emperor, the queen and others talking and chatting.
No one knew how long they had been dancing like this. The emperor and the queen stood up and left, and in the end no one came to inform Wei Yuanyi.
The maid who was cleaning came forward and said, "Miss Wei, the Emperor and the Empress have already left. You can stop and go back."
The maid who came up to remind her was actually a little scared. After all, Lady Wei had tried so hard to flirt with the emperor, and she thought she had won his favor, but in the end, she turned out to be a joke.
She came up to remind them, ready to be slapped. But there was nothing she could do, they had to clean up the place, and if Wei Xiaozhu kept dancing here, it would interfere with their behavior.
Who knew that Lady Wei stopped, with a blank expression on her face, and looked at the maid: "Thank you for the reminder."
Then he left. The maid breathed a sigh of relief: "This young lady Wei seems to be a good person. At least she doesn't hit anyone."
The maid next to her rolled her eyes at her when she heard this and said, "Just do your job."
When Wei Yuanyi returned to Chuxiu Palace, she saw groups of young ladies pointing at her. She didn't know what they were talking about, and she couldn't help frowning.
Could it be that the matter of Jinxuan Pavilion was known to these people so quickly? Wouldn't that be very embarrassing? As soon as I returned to the door of the room, I saw Gong Shanshan eating and asking.
"Wei Yuanyi, have you really been appreciated by the emperor? Why didn't he take you away and reward you? Why did you come back alone?"
According to her thoughts, Wei Yuanyi was taken by the emperor to participate in the flower appreciation. She must be given a title, at least a concubine, or something like that, there must be one.
In the end, she came back like this. Wei Yuanyi looked at Gong Shanshan with a bad face: "What does it have to do with you!"
Gong Shanshan's mouth twitched. This man is so fierce. What does he mean? A person came out of the room next to him. It was Lin Zhi who was chosen by Princess Yuan.
Lin Zhi came out because she heard the voices outside, and all the things that happened in Jinxuan Pavilion were reported back, and she was one of the people who knew about it.
"Of course it doesn't matter. You're probably too embarrassed to say it, right? You went to the emperor to lick his face, but the emperor just thought that the queen liked to watch people dancing, so he brought her in to be a dancer. Who would be so embarrassed to say it out loud?"
"My dear Miss Wei, you must have danced for two or three hours today. Are you tired? Do you want me to rub your shoulders? Otherwise, you may not be able to get up tomorrow."
Wei Yuanyi frowned. It seemed that she and Lin Zhi had no grudge against each other. Why did this person come up and act like he wanted to confront her? It was inexplicable.
Qin Fei, who was beside Lin Zhi, suddenly reached out and pulled Lin Zhi: "Sister Lin Zhi, please don't say that about Sister Wei. Sister Wei was just a little anxious, so she wanted to attract the emperor's attention. Although she didn't get the emperor's reward, at least the emperor knows that she dances very well."
This person is a soft knife, and Wei Yuanyi knows this. After she was taken down by Chen Fei first, Yuan Fei pointed at Qin Fei who was standing next to her.
Could it be that Qin Fei was instigating this behind the scenes? Wei Yuanyi snorted, ignored these people, and turned directly into her room.
Zhang Miaoer was still in the room, watching Wei Yuanyi come in, she just raised her eyebrows and didn't say anything. Wei Yuanyi was a little surprised: "Why don't you say something to mock me?"
Zhang Miaoer was speechless after hearing this. "What's there to mock? I think what Qin Fei said just now is right. At least the emperor now knows that you are a good dancer. If you dance again at the banquet in half a month, the emperor will definitely reward you. Why are you so nervous?"
Wei Yuanyi's eyes lit up, yes. This was heard at the door again, and after Lin Zhi heard it, her face darkened.
Qin Fei felt like speaking: "Look at what I said. At the banquet, if Sister Wei dances again, who among us can compete with her? Otherwise, is it too late to flatter her now?"
The faces of the people around who heard this gradually looked a little strange.