Traveling through famine years, peasant girls hold space in their hands to store food

"This princess just doesn't understand. Is the purpose of your coming to Yuan Dynasty just for me?" Lu Qingqing tilted her head with an indifferent expression and asked Princess Yan Xi.

Yan Xi didn't expect Lu Qingqing to play by her own rules. She froze for a moment, but she recovered quickly.

She asked Lu Qingqing with confidence: "Are the rumors outside all false? Princess An Ning is not really talented, so..."

Chu Haochen glanced coldly at the princess and said with a chill in his voice: "Are you worthy?"

Yan Xi didn't understand Chu Haochen's meaning for a moment, until she heard the whispers of people around her, she glared at Chu Haochen with an embarrassed look on her face: "Prince Chen is too arrogant?"

Chu Haochen picked up the teacup and blew gently on the warm tea. He only heard him say coldly, "At least you don't deserve it!"

Princess Changning looked very unhappy at this time, and said in a cold voice that her daughter-in-law's piano skills were for anyone who wanted to listen, and no one could come and step on her without fear of stepping over her feet.

At this time, the Queen Mother came out and tried to smooth things over.

"Your Highness, may I dare to suggest that each noble lady present a small performance of her own?"

The Queen and the Emperor looked at each other, and before they could say anything, they heard Concubine Yu suddenly speak.

"Your Majesty's sister's suggestion is a good one. How about everyone perform their own art?"

The emperor glanced at Concubine Yu beside him, but she didn't notice the cold light that flashed across her eyes and continued talking smugly.

Liu Ling'er, who was sitting below, also had a smug look on her face when she saw this. She raised her chin and glanced at the noble ladies around her, as if she was showing off something.

"Look how proud she is."

"Stop talking, my sister is now the emperor's favorite concubine."

Several young ladies around began to chatter and talk, looking at Liu Ling'er with disgust in their eyes. Normally, she always relied on her sister's position as the favorite concubine in the palace to embarrass them and was very domineering.

The Queen glanced at Concubine Yu, then turned to Liu Ling'er who was sitting below her and said, "Since it was Miss Liu who proposed it, then let Miss Liu start."

At this time, Concubine Yu jumped out again and asked the emperor in a coquettish manner:

"Since the emperor has performed, there should be rewards. Don't you think so?..."

The emperor raised his lips to give a meaningful smile, nodded slightly, and then waved his hand and said majestically: "In this case, the winner will be awarded as a princess!"

When the people below heard this, they immediately became excited. Even the ministers below did not understand whether the emperor's reward was too big...

Everyone below looked embarrassed. They saw several shrewd ministers in the court instructing their daughters not to fight for the title of princess. Although the children in the family did not understand what they meant, they still followed the wishes of their elders and agreed.

When Liu Ling'er heard the emperor's words, she immediately became full of energy, with a look of joy in her eyes. She looked up at her elder sister, Concubine Yu, and the two sisters exchanged glances and nodded slightly.

At this time, a group of noble ladies began to go to the side hall to prepare.

Liu Ling'er also walked out of the hall with her maid at this time.

At this time, Lu Qingqing looked at Chu Haochen and his wife, and started chatting in a low voice with Princess Changning beside her.

Based on Princess Changning's understanding of her younger brother, the title of princess is not easy to obtain, and even Chu Haochen and his wife think so.

Chu Haochen helped her peel the grapes in front of her and fed them into her mouth one by one.

The two brothers Xiao Ziyi on the opposite side looked at the two people helplessly, feeling speechless in their hearts. This couple always acted as they pleased and looked down on everyone no matter where they were.

"What are you thinking about?"

Chu Haochen's voice interrupted Lu Qingqing's thoughts, and she raised her head and smiled slightly.

"I was wondering if the poison in the emperor's body also affects him in waves?"

Chu Haochen shook his head helplessly, stuffed a grape into her mouth, and told her not to think too much.

Lu Qingqing smiled and then looked towards her parents' table. She saw her mother chatting with Tiantian about something, while Xia Qi was holding the green hairpin.

She understood that her younger sister would also go up to perform in a while, so she instructed Zi Yao behind her to inform Tian Tian that there was no need to compete for the first place.

Zi Yao was slightly startled, then nodded slightly, slowly walked around to Lu Mansion from the back, leaned over and whispered behind Tiantian and Liu.

Tiantian raised her eyes and looked over. The two sisters smiled at each other. Everything was said without words. The two sisters had developed a tacit understanding in their daily interactions and could understand everything through eye contact.

Soon the first person to come on stage was Liu Ling'er. She was wearing a golden dance dress and walked forward shining with golden light. At this time, the musicians began to play, and beautiful music sounded, and the hall instantly became quiet.

After posing, Liu Ling'er began to dance with a graceful figure, spinning lightly and attracting a lot of attention.

"It seems that this unruly young lady of the Liu family was trained in the wrong way."

"I never realized that the Liu family had such big ambitions before."

The discussions below did not affect the Liu family's secret joy.

The emperor at the top of the table was always paying attention to the people below him. He looked at his sons from time to time. He saw that Xiao Ziyi was still looking casual and chatted with the concubine beside him from time to time.

Xiao Zimo on the side still had a nonchalant look on his face, drinking by himself. Sometimes even he couldn't understand his son, but it was undeniable that he was the most suitable candidate to succeed the throne.

Xiao Zihong looked at him with a complicated look in his eyes. Although he was not the child he had been looking forward to, as the royal family had few offspring, every prince who was born would be settled.

But he was indeed an accident, and he didn't even know of his existence until he was seven years old.

He had witnessed with his own eyes the difficult situation he was in in the palace, so when the imperial sister tried to help him, he did not stop her. However, it seemed that the child still harbored hatred for what happened back then and hated all of them.

"Miss Liu's dance is truly unique." The Queen's voice interrupted the Emperor's thoughts. Seeing Liu Ling'er leaning down below him, he nodded slightly. At this time, the next person was the Prime Minister's daughter and Miss Cheng from the Shangshu Mansion.

One of them plays the piano while the other dances, cooperating with each other!

Lu Qingqing was already tired by this time. She said hello to Chu Haochen beside her, then stood up and walked out of the hall.

After leaving the hall, Lu Qingqing brought Zi Yao slowly to the pavilion in the garden, sat on the stone bench and let out a long sigh.

"Master, are you tired?"

Zi Yao watched her master rubbing her shoulders, she walked forward and offered her hand to help her master relax.

“I really don’t like occasions like this.”