Having made up her mind, the queen put on a dignified smile and spoke slowly.
"The ancient poems said it well: the peach blossoms on the human face complement each other. It is rare that the peach blossoms are blooming so well this year, and all the ladies here are young, beautiful and talented. I fall in love with you when I see you."
She paused and turned to look at the emperor.
"It's just that drinking alone is inevitably boring. I heard that all the ladies here are very talented. Why don't you take this opportunity to demonstrate a few things and add to the fun of the peach blossom banquet. Your Majesty, Queen Mother, what do you think?"
When the emperor heard this, he immediately said with great interest: "This is a good idea, just follow the queen's idea!"
The Queen Mother also nodded.
This is originally the purpose of the Peach Blossom Banquet, to gather the rich ladies, and then look at their appearance and education, and let them show off their talents and talents.
All the wealthy ladies in the audience also reacted immediately, and their spirits were shocked.
They have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time and want to show their faces in front of the emperor and their highnesses!
The queen added: "The banquet has just begun. We are still focusing on talent performances. Whether it is singing, dancing, calligraphy, painting, or poetry, anyone can come up to perform. Those who perform well will be rewarded by this palace, the emperor, and the queen!"
Apparently no one dared to object.
The queen looked around the audience, her eyes best resting on Huang Yueli.
"Since everyone has no objection, let's proceed according to the seating arrangement! First of all, the first one is Miss Bai San, who is sitting at the top. What talents are you planning to perform?"
Everyone's eyes fell on Huang Yueli, and they all felt a little gloating about his misfortune.
Everyone knows that the third lady of the Wuwei Marquis Mansion is a real loser. She cannot practice cultivation and has basically never learned the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs that ordinary ladies have to learn.
Marquis Wuwei deliberately wanted to cripple her, so he never hired a decent teacher for her since she was a child.
But externally, it was said that this niece was stubborn and had a bad temper, which made even the famous teachers who had finally been invited go away!
In the past, Bai Ruoli's limited experience of attending such gatherings of wealthy ladies could only be described as miserable.
While others were winning applause with their talents, she couldn't even dance the most ordinary dance, and she was ridiculed by many people openly and secretly!
So, this time, everyone quickly thought that the third lady of the Bai family might be embarrassed again this time!
Moreover, it is still embarrassing in front of the emperor, queen and queen mother!
Bai Ruoqi couldn't help but slightly raised the corners of her mouth.
Isn't this little bitch very proud to be assigned to the first seat? I don’t even think about whether I am worthy of this position!
Well now, even the talent show has been arranged first, without even a little buffer time!
Look how this damn girl will step down!
Huang Yueli noticed the looks coming from all directions, but she didn't feel panic or nervous at all.
She showed a sweet and gentle smile, showing her ladylike demeanor, then slowly stood up and bowed to the emperor and others.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the Empress, your highnesses, the daughter of the common people is Bai Ruoli, the daughter-in-law of Wuwei Marquis Bai Liufeng. Since the Empress personally summoned her, Li'er will not be polite to show off her embarrassment!"
The queen looked at her in surprise.
The first person to call her name was that she had heard of her reputation as uneducated and unskilled.
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(End of chapter)