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Nanyue Country is located in the south, and the spring and autumn stages are extremely short. Just after spring, it seems to touch the tenderness of summer.
Stepping on the tail of spring, the queen held a poetry competition in the imperial garden of the harem, specifically, a poetry competition for ladies in the capital.
All the ladies who have not left the court in Beijing are present, and they are all dressed up, not only to compete for beauty, but also for another reason - it is said that the princes and princes will attend.
Although it was widely rumored that King Li, the crown prince and the second prince had been granted marriages by the emperor, it would be an extremely honorable thing to be a side concubine if they could fall into the eyes of the princes.
Since Concubine Qin woke up, King Li is no longer so violent, and has a much more gentle temperament. In addition, the emperor has valued and cultivated him, and he has become a popular candidate for the heir to the throne. The emperor is still young, the prince may not be the future emperor, everyone knows this truth.
As a result, King Li, who was originally an unpopular candidate for husband-in-law, suddenly rose in the rankings.
But the second prince suffered a lot and became the target of public criticism.
The second prince was not young and good-looking, but he was idle all day long. The emperor repeatedly entrusted him with important tasks, but he refused to accept them, or he just messed up. After a long time, the emperor let him go.
Everyone thinks that the second prince is the most unpromising among all the princes, so the ladies have no interest in the second prince.
After entering the palace, Gu Qianxue was first called to the Ci'an Palace, where she poured a bowl of medicine without saying a word, and after belching bitterly, she accompanied Concubine Xilan to the Imperial Garden.
Along the way, Concubine Xilan kept talking to Xinyuan, but it seemed that the confidant lady was the future family member, not Gu Qianxue.
There are countless gardens in the harem, but the one that can be called the imperial garden is the one closest to Weiyang Palace and the largest in the entire palace.
But I saw that a hundred flowers bloomed, the face was fragrant, the bridge was flowing, and the fish were swimming.
Under the small bridge and beside the flowing water, thin bamboos were pulled out without any trace, adding a poetic flavor to the spring scenery.
There is a square in the center of the imperial garden, surrounded by promenades and pavilions of various sizes. There are many hanging yarns, some are pink, some are water green. Generally speaking, they are so tender and lovely. The entire imperial garden is as dreamy and beautiful as a heavenly palace.
More colorful than flowers are women, ladies are red, green and green, Yingying and Yanyan, so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off them.
The eunuchs sang loudly, Concubine Xilan arrived, Princess Qianxue arrived.
All the ladies greeted the two of them together, and Gu Qianxue followed Concubine Xilan to greet the queen and others without saying anything.
When Concubine Xilan arrived at the banquet venue, she waved her hand casually, "Qianxue, go find a girl you can talk to, I don't need you to accompany me here." She hurriedly sent her away.
Gu Qianxue readily agreed, and hurriedly slipped aside with oil on her feet.
However, seeing that the ladies were in twos and threes, all of them had good friends, Gu Qianxue sighed, and suddenly realized that she was really unpopular, Qin Hui had three friends, but she didn't.
At this moment, four women walked over quickly.
"Meet Princess Qianxue, do you still remember me?" The person who spoke was a round-faced girl with snow-white skin, and her eyes were watery and her smile turned into crescent moons, which was very pleasing.
Gu Qianxue saw that his eyes were familiar, and then suddenly realized, "It's Song Qintong, Miss Song, right?" His father is the servant of the Ministry of War, and he met him at the banquet before.
This person is Song Qintong, who originally followed Princess Anran, but was slapped by Qiu Anran at the Bilin Lake Douyi Conference, so he stopped following, and has always had a good impression of Princess Qianxue.
The other three were Sun Siwen, Meng Hanlin, and Liu Junning. At first, she wondered whether princess Qianxue would forget them too much, but unexpectedly, the princess remembered them and was very happy.
Liu Junning said, "Master Qianxue, there are rumors that the emperor married you to the second prince, is it true?"
Gu Qianxue didn't hide anything, "It's true."
"Ah? Why? Princess Mingming and King Li..." Before Liu Junning could finish speaking, Sun Siwen pinched her hard.
Sun Siwen said, "The second prince is the most handsome. I have seen him at a banquet before. He is prettier than the one in the painting. The princess is very lucky."
Gu Qianxue smiled dryly, "Yes." But she said in her heart that Gong Ling'an really had no other advantages besides being good-looking.
After all the people arrived, the banquet began.
Everyone was seated one after another, but if you looked carefully, you could see Ying Weiyi, a lady from the Ying family, sitting beside Concubine Qin, the two were chatting in low voices, while Qiu Anran and Pei Qianrou were on the left and right, taking the queen as their own .
Concubine Ceylon and Concubine Ying chatted happily, so they had no time to talk to their future daughter-in-law.
The ladies are all sensible people in the inner house, and they soon realized that Princess Qianxue didn't like Concubine Ceylon's heart, but it was also understandable that Princess Qianxue had such a bad reputation. Can you like it
For a moment, there were countless ridicules, among which Qiu Anran and Pei Qianrou were the happiest.
Qiu Anran also knew that Pei Qianrou was appointed to be a side concubine, so she was unhappy in her heart, but her mother Jiao Shi comforted her, that even if Pei Qianrou didn't become a side concubine, there would be someone else, so she endured it.
What's more, Pei Qianrou is very good at handling Qiu Anran's temper, whenever Qiu Anran finds fault, she will say something bad about Gu Qianxue, Qiu Anran must have forgotten about finding fault, and starts scolding Gu Qianxue together with Pei Qianrou.
During the banquet, they were bored, but fortunately, Qianxue was accompanied by these four ladies.
After the singing and dancing is over, it is natural to enter the theme.
The queen clapped her hands, and everyone fell silent, looking together.
"Since today is the fighting poetry meeting, it is natural to focus on fighting poetry. Which lady is willing to start the first poem?"
The first poem is the opening poem, and there are often two kinds of people to do it.
The first one is the person with the highest status in the audience, but unfortunately the empress didn't want to enter the arena to fight poems, so she gave up.
The second is the most talented person. In other words, if the first poem is done well, it will become a blockbuster. If it is not done well, it will be overtaken by the next generation, and it will be ashamed to go to grandma's house.
Qiu Anran naturally didn't let Gu Qianxue go, and said directly, "Empress Empress, the number one talented woman in our capital is here, so naturally we want the number one talented woman to be here."
Everyone was in an uproar, and all looked at Ying Weiyi.
Although Ying Weiyi has a cold personality, she is very talented, and even the emperor is full of praise.
It's a pity, Qiu Anran immediately said, "The number one talented woman in the capital is not our Princess Qianxue, who is it?"
Everyone was in an uproar again.
Gu Qianxue sighed, and muttered, "This Qiu Anran is really a fly, I can't even shake it off, I didn't provoke her, she insisted on stinging on me."
Song Qintong hurriedly said in a low voice, "The princess must not be fooled. Qiu Anran is trying to provoke the relationship between you and Princess Li. Although the princess has a reputation for talent, Princess Li's talent is recognized by the world."
The words "Concubine Li" not only hurt Gu Qianxue's ears, but also seemed to hurt her heart. She nodded, "Thank you, Miss Song."
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