"Your Majesty, Miss Wan's dancing is graceful and elegant, and she is as beautiful as a flower in the clouds. Master Seventeen is charming and talented, and he is worthy of being the dream lover of many ladies in the capital. The sound of the flute that expresses longing for each other is matched with the sound of the piano that expresses longing for each other, which is really wonderful."

After the dance, Concubine Cao was the first to praise the emperor before he opened his mouth.

As soon as the voice fell, Hua Fei also immediately had an expression of sudden enlightenment: "Your Majesty, I can't describe the posture of playing the flute and dancing together, but it looks a bit like the harmony of the zither and the harp."

Her words made Zhen Huan and Prince Guo's faces change. The emperor's expression also immediately changed from the joy that Zhen Huan brought him to coldness. He just looked at the two of them without saying a word.

Prince Guo then realized that he had been reckless and quickly apologized: "Forgive me, my Royal Brother. I just heard the sound of Chang Xiangsi's zither outside the palace and thought it was played by a master in the palace. I was itching to play the zither and wanted to try it out. I never thought that it was my two new sisters-in-law performing on the same stage. I was rude."

As soon as Prince Guo finished his words of apology, Prince Dun couldn't help but speak up: "I don't know what happened outside the palace, but why didn't you stop after entering the palace?"

Prince Dun's words made the emperor's face even colder. At this time, the queen spoke up to smooth things over: "Your Majesty, you know that Seventeenth Brother is the most unruly person. Today is Wen Yi's first birthday celebration, and all the people who came are his relatives, so Seventeenth Brother is being casual."

The emperor's expression finally eased a little, and he chuckled, "You always come last to the family banquet, today you have to drink three glasses of wine as punishment."

Prince Guo finally felt relieved. He smiled and said, "Your Highness, I obey your order. Today is Wen Yi's birthday. I must drink thirty cups, not just three. First, I wish Wen Yi a safe and long stay, and second, I wish my brother the emperor a happy marriage."

The emperor seemed to have forgotten what happened just now, and said to him with a smile: "Let me introduce you, the one who plays the piano is Concubine Hui Shen, and the one who dances is Concubine Wan Zhen. You all take your seats."

The three of them then prepared to take their seats.

However, Concubine Cao spoke again: "Your Majesty, you see what I said was right, sister Wan can really dance in a way that ordinary people can't do, it really gave us a big surprise."

Lipin, who had been holding back for a day, immediately chimed in: "I'm sure Lady Wan practices this dance often. Her dancing posture is no less than that of Empress Chunyuan back then."

The Queen was not happy. Chun Yuan's trump card was not something that anyone could use. She said in a cold voice, "When my sister performed this dance, you, Lipin, had not yet entered the palace. How do you know how Queen Chun Yuan's dance is? How can you compare it with Concubine Wan's dance?"

Lipin bowed and admitted her fault: "It was my fault. I just heard that the late queen's dancing was so beautiful that it made people intoxicated. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

The emperor seemed not to notice Lipin's attitude of apologizing. He looked at Zhen Huan and asked a question abruptly: "Lady Wan, have you ever seen Jinghong Wu anywhere else?"

Zhen Huan was secretly annoyed that Hua Fei's party was setting traps everywhere. If she didn't answer the emperor's question well, she would be accused of being disrespectful to the late queen. Even worse, it would imply that she had bad intentions and dared to covet the position of queen. She answered carefully: "I have never seen this dance anywhere else. I am unlucky and have no chance to see the late queen's wonderful dance of Jinghong Dance. It is a great pity. The Jinghong Dance I performed today is an old piece imitating the posture of Mei Fei. How can the light of fireflies compare with the brilliance of the bright moon when the late queen danced Jinghong Dance."

The emperor's eyes flickered as if he was satisfied with her answer, and he said, "You are tired of dancing, go down and rest first."

In the end, I was not able to sit in front of the emperor like in my previous life.

An Lingrong lamented the toughness of Concubine Hua's team. With just a few words, she made the Emperor suspicious of Zhen Huan and successfully implicated Prince Guo. It seemed that during the incident in the Imperial Garden, the Emperor pretended to be Prince Guo and met Zhen Huan for the first time, which was known by Concubine Cao, and this led to today's blatant provocation.

It seems that Zhen Huan's people are not united, and the only people who can betray her are those few people. Doesn't Zhen Huan hate betrayal the most? Let's see how she will deal with this traitor in this life.

Zhen Huan sat back in her seat with a worried look on her face. What happened today was still a thorn in the emperor's heart. She had to find a way to remove it from his heart, otherwise it would become a hidden danger in the future.

Shen Meizhuang looked at Zhen Huan with concern. Although there was no swordplay in today's events, the danger was no less than fighting on the battlefield. She touched her belly gently. Favor was ultimately illusory, and only with a child could she have support. Today, Cao Moqin dared to plot against Huan'er openly, relying on the emperor's love for Wen Yi. After her child was born, the situation where she and Huan'er were surrounded by enemies would change.

What happened just now seemed to be just a small episode. Everyone had their own thoughts and started toasting each other again. The scene was quite lively for a while.

Only Concubine Hua looked lonely, holding the wine jug and constantly refilling her wine, and she looked drunk.

The Queen was feeling quite uncomfortable today. Seeing that Concubine Hua was about to lose her composure, she immediately got angry and said, "Concubine Hua, what's wrong with you? Why do you want to spoil the fun on a day like this?"

An Lingrong was quite helpless towards the Queen at this time. She was cunning and could treat everyone as pawns, but sometimes she was arrogant and unaware of it, and often fell into the trap of the other party because of this. At this time, she could not see that Concubine Hua was waiting to act, and as long as someone opened the mouth, Concubine Hua could start acting.

As expected, Concubine Hua stood up weakly, her face extremely miserable as she spoke: "I have no grievances, it's just that when Concubine Wan mentioned Concubine Mei just now, I was touched and lost my composure."

Hua Fei has always been lively and proud. The emperor has never seen her so sad before. He suddenly recalled the countless times he had spent with Hua Fei. He realized that he had ignored her for too long because of Zhen Huan's poisoning. He couldn't bear it and asked, "What emotions have you touched?"

Upon hearing this, Concubine Hua's eyes welled with tears as she recounted the story of Lou Dong Fu. She spoke in a sad voice, thinking of Lou Dong Fu when she saw Jinghong's dance. She felt sad for Concubine Mei and sighed that the mountains and seas are always there, the sun and the moon never stop, and she could not help missing her love for him.

The emperor felt even more sorry when he saw the usually resolute Concubine Hua crying in public. Even Su Peisheng couldn't find out anything about Zhen Huan's poisoning. He shouldn't have ignored Concubine Hua for no reason. He said gently, "Concubine Hua, you have never been good at poetry and literature. It's really hard for you to do this. Come sit next to me."

An Lingrong took Hua Fei's behavior to heart. It was not easy for anyone to be a favored concubine. She should learn the essence of Hua Fei's favor.

Concubine Hua sat beside the emperor, showing her gentleness and consideration. The emperor enjoyed it very much and drank several glasses of wine in succession.

"Noble Lady Hui, what's wrong with you?" Concubine Qi's startled voice suddenly resounded throughout the palace.

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