6, prince

The queen died ten years ago. Since then, there has been no queen in the palace, and the emperor has never set up an imperial concubine, so the highest status in the harem is the four concubines. Among the four concubines, according to the grade, the number of concubines is the highest, so this birthday banquet is led by concubine Hui.

After living in the palace for half a month, Yuanjia also roughly figured out the birth of each prince. The queen has a son, ranking third among the princes. Now he has been crowned as the crown prince of the East Palace. He is twenty-one years old. Concubine Hui has a son, the eldest son of the emperor. He was awarded the title of King of Wu. She is 24 years old this year. Because of her bravery and good at fighting, she is now leading troops to guard the northern border. Concubine De has no children, but she has two daughters, all of whom are crowned princesses. One is married to the youngest son of the left prime minister, and the other is still young. The virtuous concubine has a son and a daughter. Her son is the second son of the emperor. She is the king of Qi. She is 22 years old this year. Because she has a title, she can no longer live in the palace. At this moment, she does not come with her mother. Princess Changlin, the daughter of the virtuous concubine, is 15 years old and is deeply loved by the emperor. However, because she did not entertain any princess at this family banquet, she could not go forward. Come on. At this moment, the prince who follows the virtuous concubine is the seventh son of the emperor. He is not born to the virtuous concubine, but the son of a low-ranking daughter in the harem. At the age of 13, he has been raised by the virtuous concubine. Instead, he is close to the virtuous concubine and her. The virtuous concubine also treats him as herself, so this time it is also brought with it. Concubine Shu has two sons, the eighteen-year-old fifth son and the ten-year-old ninth son, all of whom are by her side at this moment.

Because there was no princess present at the banquet, Yuanjia became the only young woman who attended. In addition, she had been sitting next to the empress dowager, which made the eyes of the imperial concubines and princes looking at her full of surprise.

The Empress Dowager has never had time to introduce Yuanjia. At this time, a few people who should have come were finally here. Then she pointed to Yuanjia and said, "This is Qinrou Junjun, the niece of the Ai family. This time I went to the palace to relieve my boredom and stayed for a while. Yuanjia, I came to see you imperial concubines and princes.

Yuanjia walked to the middle and bowed to the left and right, "My daughter Cheng Yuanjia has seen all the ladies, Your Highness."

"The gentleman doesn't need to be polite. Speaking of which, we are not outsiders." Concubine Hui came to help Yuanjia and said, "Four years ago, the Junjun went to the capital. Before I met the Junjun, the Junjun had returned to the south of the Yangtze River. Today, I finally met the Junjun, but I fulfilled my wish."

"The Empress Huifei is in love, and Yuanjia is flattered." Yuanjia smiled at Concubine Hui and said.

"What a beautiful woman with national beauty." Concubine Hui was shocked by the beauty shown by Yuan Jia and couldn't help sighing, "I just don't know which lucky person can be your husband."

After admiring, Concubine Hui saluted the empress dowager and said, "Empress dowager, my daughter-in-law wants to ask you for a favor. I especially like Qinrou Junjun. Can you let her sit next to me?"

The Empress Dowager laughed and said, "Well, it's not polite to let her sit next to me. Let her sit next to you."

Concubine Hui was overjoyed. After thanking the empress dowager, she quickly pulled Yuanjia to her table and asked her to sit next to her.

Yuanjia has no problem with where she sits, and she also feels that it is a little inappropriate to sit on the edge of the empress dowager and look at these imperial concubines condescendingly, so she doesn't think it's inappropriate to be a Huifei. As soon as she sat down, she suddenly felt tight in her heart. There was a feeling that made her feel inexplicable enveloped her whole body without warning, making her cold hair stand up all over her body. This is not a danger or panic, but a deep joy that made her almost jump up.

He hurriedly stabilized his mood and looked around. On the opposite side sat Concubine De and Concubine Shu. At this moment, they were looking at themselves curiously, and the two princes were obviously suppressed by their beauty and looked at her with dull eyes. On the left is the seat of the virtuous concubine. When Yuan Jia turned her head and looked over, she met a deep look. The source that brought her this inexplicable feeling was the owner of the gaze.

The virtuous concubine sat a handsome teenager of her age, who was different from the dull pig brother of the fifth prince and others. He looked at her with clear and wise eyes. He was not confused by her rare beauty, but admired with an appreciative look.

Although he is far from Zhou Qianyun's appearance and does not have Qianyun's unrestrained temperament, it makes her feel like being watched by Qianyun. At that time, even if she could fascinate all the men in the world, she could not make Qianyun show an obsessive look. When Qianyun looked at her, she always used a faint appreciation, as if the person in front of him was not an unparalleled beauty, but an exquisite handicraft.

What confuses her more is the familiarity from the depths of her soul. Because she doesn't want to be too frightening, she suppresses her cultivation in the yuan god. At this moment, her yuan god is jubilant in her body, as if she has found her home. However, the teenager in front of her was obviously not Qianyun. Except for her eyes, she couldn't find the same place as Qianyun.

Being able to sit next to the virtuous concubine, only the seventh prince Wei Yihao, who was not tall but was raised by Shufei, is said to be an all-round prince among the princes, whether it is literature or martial arts, and is praised by the masters.

Forced to calm down, Yuanjia nodded slightly to the seventh prince on the side, which was a greeting. The seventh prince smiled and withdrew his eyes.

Although the seventh prince no longer looked at her, the shock in her heart did not decrease with the departure of his eyes. Even when he looked away, there was a feeling of loss, which made her frightening.

At this moment, Yuanjia's heart is extremely contradictory. Reason has been telling her that this is not Qianyun, but the deep feeling in her heart wants her to approach him, as if this can she get spiritual comfort.

Although there are great contradictions in her heart, Yuanjia's face has not changed. In the eyes of others, she is still the beautiful girl with elegant manners, with a faint smile and whispering to Huifei.

At the door, Cheng Yuanjia's father, Cheng Yuhang, also came to the hall at the invitation of the empress dowager. He asked the empress dowager to be seated in the corner. In this environment where the imperial concubine and prince are everywhere, he could not attend as a foreign minister, but because he was also the nephew of the empress dowager and had the identity of a county horse, he could barely sit aside.

"The emperor is here, and the prince is here." There was a shrill voice of the waiter at the door.

Two figures in yellow robes walked into the hall one after the other.

"The emperor wishes her mother a happy birthday and wishes her a healthy and happy life." The emperor bowed to the empress dowager and congratulated her.

"Grandchildren wish the emperor's grandmother a happy birthday and wish the emperor's grandmother a happy life like the East China Sea." The prince knelt down to the empress dowager and said.

"Get up and wait for you." The empress dowager smiled, pointed to the two seats beside her and said, "We are all hungry and waiting for you two. I can't say, I'll punish you two cups."

"The penalty, the penalty, let the mother fall." The emperor laughed and sat in his seat. His eyes turned around the hall, and finally settled on Yuan Jia, who was sitting next to Concubine Hui.

"Let's have a table." Seeing that everyone arrived, the Empress Dowager issued an order to announce the opening of the birthday banquet.

Except for the father and daughter of the Cheng family, they are all a family, so there are not too many restraints on each other. Especially today is the birthday banquet of the Empress Dowager. Even the emperor is not the biggest, so everyone is happy and happy. Even the emperor is punished for drinking, and the others have no restraint.

After opening the banquet, the Empress Dowager said to Cheng Yuanjia, "Good little Yuanjia, didn't you mysteriously rehearse a dance for the Ai family? Why didn't you take it out and show it to the family at this time?"

"Wanjia also wants to jump for my aunt in private, so as not to be teased by your majesty and the ladies. Since my aunt wants to see it, Yuanjia is ugly. If it's not good-looking, you can't laugh at me." Yuan Jia stood up and bowed to the Empress Dowager Yingying.

The Empress Dowager said happily, "Don't laugh, absolutely don't laugh. Who dares to laugh? Don't walk out of this hall today. I have to punish him for drinking and drilling under the table."

Yuanjia smiled and went down to prepare.

In fact, this dance is only for her occasional rise and use it to make the Empress Dowager laugh. Since she wants to be an ordinary person, she needs to have a little ordinary person's consciousness and maximize the benefits in her own way and technique, which is what she wants to do now.

Put on a peach-colored dance dress, Yuanjia returned to the hall with the accompanying woman and danced according to the dance steps rehearsed in the past few days. Yuanjia was originally an unborn talented woman in the world of cultivation. She was born with a temperament like a fairy. In addition, the ribbons were dancing, and the stars held the moon. She was even more beautiful. As soon as she raised her hand, she moved her posture. Everyone looks greedily at the beautiful scenery at this moment, hoping to remember each picture and slowly recall it in the memory in the future.