Harem Competing Raiders 1
"Xiao Lang, Xiao Lang."
Tao Yuan heard the cry, slowly opened his eyes, and turned to look at the person standing by the bed.
"Xiao Lang should wake up, and enter the palace today, he should make preparations early."
"Daddy Wu..." Tao Yuan sat up from the bed, looking sleepy.
Behind Father Wu stood seven or eight maidservants, with trays in their hands containing washing utensils.
Seeing Tao Yuan sit up, Father Wu stepped back sideways, and two servants stepped forward to serve Tao Yuan to wash up together.
After washing his face and rinsing his mouth, Tao Yuan stood up and walked to the dressing room, the maids retreated, Wu Daddy and two attendants followed, and they entered the dressing room together to serve Tao Yuan to change clothes.
The two attendants opened the cabinet, Father Wu brought out the light red robe with silver thread patterns, and prepared to serve Tao Yuan to put it on.
Tao Yuan looked at the suit and said, "Don't wear this suit."
Daddy Wu was stunned for a moment and said, "This suit is Xiao Lang's favorite. I have already chosen it two days ago. Why don't you wear this suit again?"
"This set is not suitable for a flower viewing feast, it's too grand..." Tao Yuan said.
"For the Empress Dowager's flower viewing banquet, it is natural to wear something grand, not to mention no one is more suitable for red than Xiao Lang. The ladies and young men of officials' families in the imperial city and other places will go, and Xiao Lang's clothes are more eye-catching. It's more conspicuous, isn't it?"
Tao Yuan shook his head and said, "Although it's the Empress Dowager's flower viewing feast, it's too late. Too conspicuous will make people feel bad. Open all the closets, I want to choose another clothes."
The person Tao Yuan was referring to was naturally the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager did not like overly gaudy attire.
The two attendants had no choice but to open the wardrobe full of formal clothes, and asked Tao Yuan to choose again.
Tao Yuan chose a warm orange formal suit with moiré patterns. Although this suit is not as grand and conspicuous as the one just now, it is formal yet bright, and it is just right to wear to the flower viewing party. Moreover, the warm orange color added a soft glow to the original owner's snow-white skin.
After getting dressed inside and out, Tao Yuan ate something to fill his belly.
After rinsing his mouth again, he walked to the dressing table and sat down, letting the attendant comb his hair.
Songzhi opened the large and small wooden boxes on the table, and wanted to put on makeup for Tao Yuan, Tao Yuan said, "I will do it myself."
Most of the brothers in this world have a more neutral appearance, but there are also a few men who are more masculine or more feminine.
Tao Yuan looked at the face in the mirror, the original owner's appearance was a little more feminine, because his outline was soft and delicate, and his appearance was more charming. But the original owner was born in the family of generals, and his behavior and behavior are more masculine. Because this face is so beautiful, as long as he sits still, he looks like a woman, but when he talks and moves, he can be seen as a brother.
Although my brother is not like a girl who needs to wear makeup when going out, but on more formal occasions, my brother will also put on some light makeup to modify his appearance, not to mention that on occasions such as the queen mother's flower feast, it is disrespectful to the queen mother to wear a bare face.
The face of the original owner had its own makeup effect, the skin on the face was pink and tender, the lips were rosy like bleeding, the eye sockets were deep and the bridge of the nose was straight. Tao Yuan only needs to put on a little makeup so that people can see that he is wearing makeup.
After everything was ready, Tao Yuan walked outside the gate of the Marshal's Mansion, got into the carriage, and took the pine branches and bamboo shadows to the palace.
Along the way, many carriages were also heading towards the imperial palace. The carriages were filled with noble daughters and gentlemen of officials from the imperial city and officials from other places. The empress dowager's banquet this time was actually a large-scale blind date event, because the emperor had just ascended the throne, and the harem was empty. Not only had there not been a concubine, but many concubines and monarchs had not yet been chosen. Several princes have not yet married, so among the officials in the imperial city and other places, all the daughters or young men of officials above the sixth rank, as long as they are of the right age, can all enter the palace to participate in the flower viewing feast.
Many carriages had already parked outside the gate of the palace. Horse carriages were not allowed to enter the palace. The ladies and gentlemen got out of the carriages one after another and entered the palace on foot with their maids and attendants. In this world, there are the most men, followed by women, and the least number of brothers. Therefore, in this flower viewing feast, the number of noble ladies is much more than that of noble men.
After entering the palace, everyone first went to the imperial garden to wait. The imperial garden of this imperial palace is very large, not like in the costume drama, but a slightly larger yard with some flowers and plants. The Royal Garden of the Imperial Palace in this world has pavilions, terraces, pavilions, corridors, pavilions, lotus ponds and fish ponds.
They were taken to the place where the banquet was held by the maidservants, and then they waited for the Empress Dowager and the concubines to appear.
Although there were many people who came to the flower viewing feast, Tao Yuan and the other person were not overwhelmed by the crowd. The two of them were obviously the most outstanding regardless of their appearance and temperament.
Ye Rong walked up to Tao Yuan, bowed slightly and saluted, "Mu Xiaolang."
Tao Yuan also bowed slightly to return the salute, "Ye Xiaolang."
After the two greeted each other, they looked at each other calmly.
Ye Rong is wearing a light yellow robe today, with a white jade sachet on his waist. Compared with his usual cooler-colored clothes, today's outfit fits the current warm spring colors, and it can be seen that he has put his heart into it.
When Ye Rong looked at Tao Yuan, he was a little surprised. He thought Tao Yuan would wear a red robe, because the charming and flamboyant red was the original owner's favorite color. But today's warm orange formal suit, although it still sets him off brightly and dazzlingly, it doesn't look too ostentatious. Even the flowers in full bloom in the garden have become his foil, not to mention that other appearance and temperament are not as good as his Your daughter and your man are gone.
There were a lot of people attending the flower viewing banquet today, but behind Tao Yuan and Ye Rong, there were a small number of people standing respectively, and the two sides were clearly separated.
After the queen mother and several concubines came over, everyone quickly stood up and saluted, and Tao Yuan and Ye Rong stood at the front.
The original owner's father was a marshal with a heavy army in his hand, so the original owner was born in the family of generals. Ye Rong's grandfather was the prime minister, so he was born in a civil servant family of a scholarly family. Just like civil servants and generals look down on each other in their hearts, these noble ladies and noble men are also divided into two factions, looking down on each other.
The Empress Dowager looked at the two people standing at the front, and was very satisfied with their decent attire today, she nodded and said, "Free from courtesy."
"Thank you, Queen Mother." Everyone said in unison, and then returned to their positions.
Although the folk customs in this world are open, unmarried women and brothers can walk all over the street, and there is no rule that unmarried noble women and noble men cannot see foreign men, but even if they can meet, they have to be different occasions. On an occasion like today, everyone knows what they are here for, so even the emperor and princes are not good at showing up.
This flower viewing banquet is to select beautiful girls and servants to enter the palace, but they, the children of officials, are very different from the beautiful girls and servants who enter the palace.
After entering the palace, the beautiful girls and servants in the folk are to be palace servants and palace servants, that is, servants who serve others. If someone has a very good appearance, he may be lucky enough to become a harem concubine by the emperor, but there are very few of them.
When the children of these officials enter the palace, they will either become high-grade concubines, or be betrothed to the prince as the main concubine or side concubine. Either become high-grade female officials and servants, and most of the servants, after staying in the palace for a few years, will let them go home and be betrothed by their parents.
Members of the royal family are naturally the most honorable existence, and they are here to be selected. The others knew very well that the candidates for the empress and the emperor had already been decided, and it would definitely not be their turn. Taijun is also very lucky. Even if you can't enter the harem, you can be regarded as a noble member of the royal family if you can become a princess or side concubine.
Moreover, the court is full of turmoil, and the harem is even more turbulent. If you are lucky, you may be able to benefit from it.
On the pavilion opposite the lotus pond, the emperor and several princes were sitting in the topmost room. Through the open window, they could be seen clearly, but because of the angle, they could not see the emperor and those princes.
Since it was a flower viewing banquet in name, it was actually a selection of people to enter the palace, so naturally they couldn't just sit and chat, and performances were definitely indispensable. And with the Queen Mother and other concubines present, not everyone has the qualifications and opportunities to perform in front of them.
Those who can have the opportunity to show themselves are either those who have outstanding talents and have long been famous in the circle of noble ladies and noble men, or whose father or grandfather is in an important official position and is highly valued.
After seeing the dancing of other noble ladies and the flute and flute performances of noble men, the Empress Dowager looked at Ye Rong and said, "I haven't heard Ah Rong play the guqin for a long time. Today's spring is just right, a hundred flowers are blooming, and Ah Rong is also playing the guqin." It's a fitting song."
Ye Rong immediately got up and saluted, "No."
Ye Rong's attendant put the guqin on, and the palace maid brought water for him to wash his hands. After Ye Rongxi washed his hands, he dried his hands with a cloth towel and concentrated on playing.
The sound of the piano is light and melodious, like the warm sun in the cold, which makes people feel very comfortable, and it just corresponds to this bright spring.
The queen mother was very satisfied, and looked at him with a smile on her face, enjoying such a moving piano music.
Others may be envious or jealous in their hearts, but they all have to admit that he really plays very well. No matter how hard they practiced, they still managed to develop such good piano skills. No wonder the queen mother was full of praise for his guqin playing.
The queen mother liked Ye Rong more in her heart, and wanted Ye Rong to be the queen, not only because Ye Rong was the grandson of the prime minister, but also because he felt that Ye Rong was more suitable to be the queen than the original owner in all aspects.
But because the first emperor favored Yu Wang, even if the emperor has successfully ascended the throne, the throne has not yet been firmly established, civil servants and generals have to win over, and then slowly take back the power into their own hands. And now that the border war is urgent, in order to appease and win over Mu Yongsheng, the queen mother and the emperor decided to make Mu Xi the queen.
The sound of the piano floated to the opposite side of the lotus pond, and the emperor and princes in the pavilion could also hear his melodious sound of the piano, and couldn't help admiring his piano skills in their hearts.
Only King Yu Xiao Yuyang was in a complicated mood, he just woke up a bit late, everything that should belong to him was gone, the throne was gone, even the beloved one would soon become someone else's.
Although the current emperor is the eldest son and the crown prince, before the death of the former emperor, he already had the idea of abolishing the crown prince and making Yu Wang the crown prince. It's just that the prince has never made any mistakes, and he has performed very well in all aspects. The former emperor has no excuse to abolish the prince, so he can only let King Yu go to the border to make military exploits and get the support of more courtiers.
However, King Yu was seriously injured at the border and remained in a coma. The emperor suddenly fell ill and passed away so suddenly, and then the crown prince ascended the throne smoothly. When King Yu woke up, everything had settled down, but he still couldn't give up, thinking that he should be the one to sit on the throne.
Looking out of the window, Xiao Yuyang looked at Ye Rong's back from a distance, thinking that he would soon become the emperor's man, he couldn't help but feel pain in his heart. Although Ye Rong told him that even if he entered the harem, he would definitely guard his body like a jade for him, but in this life, it is impossible for them to be together in an open and honest manner.
Ye Rong is actually a time traveler. Before time travel, he was an otaku who especially liked to play strategy games. Because he likes men, he played mostly erotic games. In the original world, because of the unsatisfactory real life, he could only find a sense of existence in the game, so he played all kinds of strategy games.
One day he bought the latest strategy game. There are many characters in this game that can be conquered, and different characters will have different endings. After reading the game introduction, he directly chose the highest strategy, which is the strategy of the harem.
The real meaning of this harem strategy is that the player first enters the harem to fight, then becomes a young queen step by step, and finally collects all other targets to be captured in his harem. And this harem, of course, does not refer to the real harem, but refers to those who are captured by him, are fascinated by him, and are willing to like him with others.
Before the game started, he spent money to buy various skills that he needed to use, such as the eighth-level talent, which also includes piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the fifth-level pharmaceutical skill, which allows him to prepare various drugs and antidotes. Among them, the most expensive is the halo of the protagonist, which can make people unable to help but be attracted to him, and can save the day in dangerous moments.
After he had a general understanding of the characters to be captured, he immediately started the game, and then he transmigrated into the game world.
After a short period of disbelief, he quickly accepted the fact that he traveled through time, and he was also very happy. Because in this world, he is a brother, and he can like men openly and aboveboard. The most important thing is that he not only has great skills, but also the aura of the protagonist, who can truly and personally experience the feeling of reaching the pinnacle of life.
The only thing he regrets is that he didn't buy more skills and detailed strategy process in order to save money. But after serious thinking, he felt that it didn't matter too much, he already had the aura of the protagonist, even if the process might be a little more difficult, the possibility of completing the strategy was very high. And he has played so many strategy games, and he knows the routines of this kind of game like the back of his hand, so he has nothing to worry about.
After Ye Rong finished playing a piece, the queen mother and concubines all praised his improvement in piano skills.
Ye Rong stood up and saluted, then returned to his seat, seeing other people's envious or jealous eyes, he felt extremely proud. He thought, spending so much money to buy skills is really worth it, but unfortunately, he still has some money in the original world that has not been used up.
"Ah Xi, why don't you play a piece too?" The queen mother looked at Tao Yuan again and said, since she asked Ye Rong to play a piece herself, she naturally asked Tao Yuan to play a piece too, even if she was more inclined towards Ye Rong in her heart Some, but it can't be too obvious in front of so many people, otherwise it will embarrass the Mu family.
Tao Yuan stood up and replied, "Go back to the Queen Mother, I recently learned a new pipa piece, and I want to present a piece for the Queen Mother."
"Oh?" The queen mother thought, so he can play the pipa, and since he asked for it, she agreed, "Okay, then you can play a piece for Aijia and everyone to listen to."
Song Zhi hugged Tao Yuan's pipa, and Tao Yuan took the pipa after cleaning his hands, and then sat on the chair in the middle, ready to start playing.
Pipa is a very difficult and amazing musical instrument. It can play a variety of different styles of music, and it doesn't sound like they are played by the same instrument. Since today is a flower viewing feast, what Tao Yuan wants to play, naturally, it should be according to the situation.
Tao Yuan first plucked the strings lightly, and the artistic conception brought people the feeling like a pattering spring rain, giving people a feeling of being nourished. As the sound of playing becomes louder and louder, it feels like the clouds are clearing and the sun is coming out, which makes people feel very comfortable.
Sometimes the sound of the pipa is light and smooth, like the sound of ice melting and spring water flowing, and sometimes it is crisp and cheerful, like the wonderful sound of birds singing and warblers singing. In an instant, a hundred flowers bloomed, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, and those who felt the artistic conception in the music looked around, as if they really saw the flowers gradually blooming, which made people feel joy in their hearts.
All the princes looked out through the open windows, and their hearts seemed to be moved by the pipa music, and they couldn't help but burst into admiration in their hearts.
The emperor Xiao Junye stood up, walked to the window and looked out. He thought that the Guqin music just now was in front of him, and everything else was just a foil. He didn't expect that he would not be able to remember the Guqin music just now after listening to this pipa music. .
These two people, one will be his empress, and the other will be the emperor, they both want to marry him in order to stabilize his throne, whether they want to or not, they have no choice. Even as the emperor, he still has a lot of helplessness and involuntary control, let alone them.
After the song was over, Tao Yuan got up and saluted with his pipa in his arms.
The queen mother nodded and said in admiration, "Such exquisite piano skills are exciting and fascinating. It seems that you have put in a lot of effort. Why haven't you heard you play before?"
The reason why the Queen Mother asked this is because such superb piano skills cannot be practiced in a day or two. When she was a queen, she held a flower viewing banquet every year, but she never heard him play the pipa.
"In the past, the courtiers felt that they were not good enough to play the pipa, so they didn't dare to make a fool of themselves in front of the Queen Mother. Recently, after practicing the pipa hard, they finally felt that they could catch their ears, so they wanted to present a song for the Queen Mother." Tao Yuan replied.
"It's not just that it can be heard." The Queen Mother smiled and said, "You are so caring, and the Ai family will reward you."
Two palace maids came up with trays, and the queen mother asked one of the maids to bring the contents of the tray to Tao Yuan, and said to Tao Yuan, "This set of tea sets has been treasured by the Ai family and is reluctant to use. The Ai family feels that only this A tea set is worthy of the song you just presented, so I will give it to you as a reward."
"Thank you Queen Mother for the reward." Tao Yuan saluted the Queen Mother, took the tray, and returned to his seat.
The queen mother asked the palace maid to bring the contents of another tray to Ye Rong, "You are as good as Ah Xi in playing. This incense burner of white jade lotus is also a favorite of the Ai family. Now I reward you, you Let’s burn incense when playing the piano in the future.”
Ye Rong quickly stood up and saluted, "Thank you Queen Mother for the reward."
As expected, the Queen Mother was partial, the piano skills of the two were not equal at all, and Tao Yuan was much better than Ye Rong in playing. But there is no way, she is the Queen Mother, if you can act like a bowl of water is flat, instead of showing a completely eccentric attitude, you should be grateful to Dade.
Ye Rong was calm on the surface, but actually his heart was already ups and downs. He has been in this world for more than a year, and he didn't know that he has such superb piano skills. The four talents of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, it seems that he lost the piano, but it doesn't matter, there are other three, he will definitely not lose all. He thought, since he chose the most difficult strategy, the opponent must be a little stronger, but the attraction that talent can get is limited, and it can't compare with his protagonist's aura, so he doesn't have to worry at all.
"The spring is just right today, and there are hundreds of flowers in full bloom in the imperial garden. Ladies and gentlemen, go and enjoy the flowers. If there is a poetic interest, I will write a poem and send it to your majesty, so that your majesty will reward you with the best literary talent." Alright one." The queen mother got up and said, "Aijia is going to rest for a while, you go and play."
"Congratulations to the Queen Mother."
After the Empress Dowager and several concubines left, these noble ladies and gentlemen also slowly dispersed to enjoy the flowers.
"Axi, you played the pipa just now really well, compared to just now...," Yu Qianyun wanted to say how many times better than the guqin player, but Tao Yuan stopped him with his eyes, because the queen mother just said The two are equal, if she said this, she would be slapping the queen mother in the face, which is a crime of disrespect, so she could only change her words and say, "better than, better than others."
When Ye Rong passed by them, he glanced at Tao Yuan. The two looked at each other for a moment, exchanged eyes, then turned away at the same time, and walked in different directions.