Qian Jiujiu started to laugh: "Is it wrong to like someone who is pretty? Besides, she is already pretty."
Yuan Chun caught the eye of Princess Bing Jian. After the performance, Yuan Chun left cleanly. But from today on, everyone knew that General Yuan had a little girl.
Not to mention Qian Jiujiu, even the Queen likes this little girl very much. Yuan Fei's sister couldn't help but look at Yuan Fei. Yuan Fei felt nervous. What does the Queen mean by looking at me? This matter has nothing to do with me.
With Yuan Chun's participation, the next thing was the performance of the young men and women. They also performed during the annual banquet. It was always the same group of people who performed over and over again. The empress dowager felt it was boring, and seeing that time was almost up, she spoke.
"I am a little tired. I need to go back and rest."
The Emperor knew that the Empress Dowager was happy today, and was probably a little tired now that she had calmed down. It was normal for her to feel tired after sitting here for such a long time.
"Your son will take you back?"
The Queen Mother shook her head: "No need, just let Jiuer accompany me back."
The emperor nodded his chin slightly: "Okay, since the Queen Mother likes my sister-in-law, let her accompany you."
The Queen Mother stood up, and Qian Jiujiu also stood up and walked to her side: "Are you tired, mother?"
Jiuer is indeed considerate. The Queen Mother thought about it and nodded: "That's right. I have been sitting for such a long time and my waist hurts a little. Let's go back to the palace and lie down for a while."
Qian Jiujiu raised her lips and chuckled: "Then how about my daughter-in-law come back to the palace to give you a massage?"
The Queen Mother was naturally happy. After all, Qian Jiujiu's massage skills were very good. "Okay, let's go. What are you waiting for?"
After Qian Jiujiu helped the Queen Mother out, they got on the sedan chair and walked towards the Cining Palace together. When they returned to the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother lay down on the soft couch and looked at Qian Jiujiu.
"Jiu'er, thank you for your hard work."
Qian Jiujiu found it funny to see the Queen Mother being so enthusiastic, so she rolled up her sleeves and started to work. The Queen Mother couldn't help but squint her eyes and started to enjoy it. The palace people were moved when they saw this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
It's rare to see such a good relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the palace. While enjoying Qian Jiujiu's massage, the Queen Mother asked curiously: "When does Jiuer plan to go out this time, and where do you plan to go?"
If the Queen Mother hadn't felt that she was too old, she would actually want to go out and play! She didn't know martial arts, and her health wasn't as good as Gu Xiong and the others, so she felt a little uncomfortable.
Qian Jiujiu did not hide anything and told her plan early on: "I plan to ask my husband to ask the emperor for a small official position."
Being a minor official? The Queen Mother stared at Qian Jiujiu with wide eyes: "What's the point of being a minor official? What fun thing have you thought of?"
Qian Jiujiu chuckled: "I have almost finished my journey in the Great Zhou Dynasty and have also been overseas. So I plan to find a remote place and let my husband become a ninth-rank official, and I will be his wife."
Are you so free that you want to be a ninth-rank official? The Queen Mother was actually a little eager: "I also suddenly want to go. How about I go with you? Have you chosen a place?"
Qian Jiujiu thought about it and nodded: "I've thought about it. There's a place I've been to before. It's beautiful with mountains and rivers. I plan to live there for a few years. It's also suitable for health preservation."
When the queen mother heard the word "health preservation", her eyes lit up: "No, I must go with you."
Qian Jiujiu didn't mind bringing an old man along, and they had all gone out together before, so she nodded with a smile, "Okay, as long as you can convince the emperor to agree."
This is a problem. The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and thought: "Okay, leave this matter to me. I will definitely persuade the Emperor."
The Queen Mother was in a good mood after planning to go out with Qian Jiujiu and the others. She fell asleep quickly after being massaged by Qian Jiujiu. Qian Jiujiu made a gesture to silence her. The Queen Mother got up early in the morning, so it was just right for her to take a nap in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, the elderly people at the banquet also rested in the places prepared by the palace. Only the young men and women were still performing at the banquet, and it turned into a competition between men and women.
The leader was Yuan Chun, who looked at the young masters and said, "Since no one is willing to give in to the other, let's have a competition. After all, we girls can be both civil and martial, so why can't we be better than men?"
As everyone knows, after Princess Xiao Qian Jiujiu appeared, the status of women has skyrocketed, but in the eyes of some people, women are still inferior to men. Just now, a young lady from a general's mansion was ridiculed when she was imitating Yuan Chun to perform a sword dance.
"Haha, it's just fancy moves. Good things have been turned into performances and entertainment by you women."
When Qin Qianqian heard this, her face instantly turned red. She learned this sword dance because she saw Yuan Chun's sword dance being praised by the Queen. She just didn't expect to be ridiculed.
Yuan Chun frowned. Didn't this mean she was being scolded? She was tough to begin with, and her expression turned ugly when she heard Ling Yue's words: "Fancy moves? It's better than some people who can do nothing at all."
Ling Yue is the son of Lord Ling's mansion. Lord Ling is also a military commander, so naturally the people in the mansion are both civil and military, but Ling Yue is different. He is spoiled to the point of being stupid. As the son of Lord Ling's mansion, it's ok that he doesn't know martial arts, and his body is also very delicate.
Hearing Yuan Chun's words, Ling Yue was also a little angry: "Who are you talking about?"
Yuan Chun smiled and said, "Of course I'm talking about you. You said that we girls only know fancy moves, so you, who can do nothing, are just a fool."
No one expected that they would do it on the spot, which was quite interesting. Beibei had never seen such a scene before, and found it very interesting and watched it with great interest.
Ling Yue's words just now made her feel a little uncomfortable, and she admired Yuan Chun even more. Ling Yue looked at Yuan Chun angrily: "What does Qin Qianqian have to do with you? Besides, women should stay at home to take care of their husbands and children. What are you doing fighting and killing each other? Don't you agree?"
Don't mention the education these people have received since childhood, it's really like this. Girls stay at home to take care of their husbands and children, many gentlemen nodded, and some people fanned the flames: "That's right, Ling Yue is right. I think you might as well take advantage of today to find a good husband, so that you can be favored for life."
"What you said is true. Aren't these ladies from wealthy families just putting on a good show today, hoping that someone will take a liking to them?"
This was quite an exaggeration. Beibei snorted, "The quality of the young masters in Kyoto is just like this. It's worrying."
Beibei's words were relatively quiet, so they didn't attract the attention of others. But Yuanchun's words were louder, and she directly made an invitation, which led to what she said just now.
Ling Yue agreed directly: "Okay, it's just a competition, I still don't believe that the men of the Great Zhou are not as good as you girls. Tell me, how do we compete?"
Now that the men and women have been separated, Yuan Chun was generous and spoke directly: "This is easy. We each send one person to choose an opponent. We can compete in literature or martial arts. Who will go first?"
Hearing this, Ling Yue spoke directly and generously: "Then let you go first, so that you won't be accused of bullying you. Do you have any objections?"
Now that it's been said, there's nothing we can do about it. Everyone else could only nod and say, "Yes, you're girls, we should give in to you."
Yuan Chun sneered and turned to look at the girls: "Who will go first?"
These girls are not as united as everyone imagines. Yuan Chun has taken all the limelight today. If there is a problem or someone wants to embarrass them, let them do it. Who would be stupid enough to be fooled
Yuan Chun waited for a while and found that no one spoke. When he was about to speak, he heard Qin Qianqian's voice: "I'll do it. Since Ling Yue said it was just fancy moves, then today I will let you see my skills and see if it is fancy moves or not."
Bei Bei raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Qin Qianqian is going to suffer a loss."
Hearing this, a little girl next to him suddenly spoke up: "Princess, you haven't been in the capital for many years, so you don't know that Ling Yue is just a playboy who relies on his good family background. He can't do anything! He is definitely not as good as Miss Qin."
When Beibei heard this, he turned around and looked at the little girl who was speaking. The little girl stuck out her tongue and said, "Princess, you don't know me, right? My name is Zheng Xiangyi, and my father is the commander of the palace guards."
Although I still didn't know her, the girl who took the initiative to talk to me seemed very happy and nodded: "Zheng Xiangyi, it's a good name."
While Beibei was talking, two people had already gone on stage. Beibei's eyes were on Ling Yue. Ling Yue's martial arts were good, and she could see through him at a glance. But Zheng Xiangyi shouldn't lie to her, so Ling Yue was just pretending.
Sure enough, at this moment on the stage, Ling Yue had easily dodged Qin Qianqian's moves, and even grinned and taunted: "Look, you can't even hit a playboy like me, what is this but fancy moves?"
Isn't this bullying? Beibei said that she was unhappy. Looking at the beans on the table, Beibei smiled, took a bean and quickly threw it towards Lingyue.
But he was knocked away by another bean. Beibei looked over and saw that it was Nannan. Beibei became even angrier and grabbed a handful of beans. "Let's see how you can block it."
There were even a few beans that flew towards Nannan. Nannan's mouth twitched, knowing that Beibei was even angrier. Beibei had ignored him for several days, which made Nannan feel uncomfortable.
He concentrated on resisting the beans thrown by Beibei, while Qingyue behind him took the place of Beibei. When Qin Qianqian attacked and Ling Yue was about to dodge, a burst of internal force instantly hit Ling Yue's knee.
Ling Yue received a solid slap from Qin Qianqian, and the whole scene instantly became quiet. Qingyue did not expect this accident to happen.