The powerful princess arrives with a space warehouse

The time for the banquet was approaching, and a group of noble ladies took their daughters to bid farewell to the Queen and rushed to the Imperial Garden.

Coming out of Fengfei Palace, Ouyang Yunyao and the Crown Princess walked together. The Crown Princess whispered to Ouyang Yunyao, "Sister-in-law, the Second Prince's Concubine has been targeting you today. It's best if she and Feng Lina are keeping each other company. You should be on guard."

Ouyang Yunyao knew that the Crown Princess had good intentions, so she said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I will pay attention."

Ouyang Yunyao and the Crown Princess followed the others into the Imperial Garden. As soon as they stepped into the Imperial Garden, the refreshing fragrance of flowers filled their noses. Looking around, the entire Imperial Garden was larger than they had imagined. The spring sunshine shone on the blooming flowers. Peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, crabapple blossoms, peonies, pear blossoms, and magnolia blossoms were in full bloom, competing for splendor. The entire Imperial Garden was a sea of ​​flowers.

The banquet was held in a large open space at the entrance of the Imperial Garden, which was a special place for the imperial palace to hold various flower-viewing banquets. In front was a large rectangular pavilion which was a little higher, where those in high positions sat. Fruit plates had been placed on the table in the pavilion, and on the two sides below were seats for ministers arranged according to their ranks. At this time, the ladies of honor had basically arrived.

Ouyang Yunyao came to the seat belonging to Prince Jing's mansion. Her seat was next to the seat of the Crown Prince. Ouyang Yunyao sat down and looked around. Sitting opposite the Crown Princess was Princess Yu, the Second Prince's wife, and sitting opposite her was the Fourth Prince Chu Chenyan, whom the original owner had met before. The other princes and princesses had also arrived.

At this time, she saw Feng Lina and the third princess Chu Chenlan sitting at the table next to the second prince's wife. The third princess was the daughter of the concubine and was not a good person. She seemed to be on the boat that day. When she looked at Feng Lina, Feng Lina was glaring at her fiercely.

Ouyang Yunyao was sipping tea while watching her without saying anything. At this moment, a voice rang out: "Yunyao." Ouyang Yunyao raised her head and followed the voice to see a noble lady with two young women who were about to come over to greet her. She thought of the original owner's second aunt, eldest sister-in-law, and eldest sister, and she couldn't help but shouting "Second aunt, eldest sister-in-law, eldest sister." Ouyang Yunyao stood up and was about to greet them.

The sharp voice of the eunuch at the door echoed throughout the palace: "The Emperor has arrived, the Empress has arrived, the Crown Prince, Prince Yu, and Prince Jing have arrived. The Empress Shu, the Empress Rou, and the Empress Rong have arrived..." Eunuch Hong read out a long list of names of noble families.

Hearing the father-in-law's voice, everyone hurried back to their seats.

Soon the emperor and empress Ning Wenying appeared in their best attire, followed by the emperor's three sons and several of his concubines.

Everyone quickly stood up and knelt down to greet him.

Ouyang Yunyao lamented that the ancient times were really bad, as people had to kneel everywhere. She had no habit of kneeling, so she only bent her legs symbolically.

"Long live the emperor, and a thousand years for the queen."

After a round of kneeling, Ouyang Yunyao heard the emperor's voice: "My dear ministers, please stand up!" The civil and military officials kowtowed in thanks before sitting up straight in their seats.

The princes returned to their seats. Chu Chenjing sat down next to Ouyang Yunyao and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, it's okay. What's the problem?"

The emperor's voice rang out: "Today is the annual Spring Flower Banquet. I will enjoy it with all the ministers. Please don't be too formal." Although the emperor had a smile on his face, the kingly aura he exuded could not be ignored.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Then the Queen announced the start of the banquet, and the Spring Flower Banquet finally began.

Ouyang Yunyao looked at the high platform. The emperor sat at the top, with the empress on his right, and the concubine Shu and other concubines dressed up in fancy clothes on his left.

The emperor was sitting on a high seat, with a panoramic view of all the civil and military officials below. When he saw Chu Chenjing talking to Ouyang Yunyao, an imperceptible smile flashed across his eyes.

The palace banquet began with a piece of court song and dance carefully prepared by the palace musicians and dancers. It was quite novel for Ouyang Yunyao to see such a banquet for the first time after traveling through time. She ate and watched, but she was still not satisfied. Why did it end? She muttered, "I haven't seen enough yet?" Chu Chenjing looked at her and smiled and said, "The competition will start soon."

Feng Lina, who was on the opposite side, saw Chu Chenjing talking to Ouyang Yunyao, and she was so jealous that she wanted to go up and beat Ouyang Yunyao away so that she could sit next to Prince Jing.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone's face was filled with happy smiles. The talent contest was about to begin, and the boys and girls began to get excited. The girls hoped to become famous through this contest and be noticed by the princes and the crown princes. The men hoped that their talents would be noticed by the ministers and would be helpful for their official careers. Some hoped to marry the girls they liked.

The talent contest is decided by drawing lots on site every year, but the poetry writing contest is fixed every year. Men and women compete separately and participation is voluntary.

The drawing of lots was done by the emperor, empress, and crown prince, each drawing a lot, and there were four items in total, including writing a poem.

This year's draws were pot-tossing, zither and dance (zither and dance together), and painting competition.

The Emperor asked everyone to show their best skills, and I will reward those who perform well. "

All the young ladies from the noble families began to get excited and rushed to sign up. Feng Lina, who was sitting opposite, looked at Ouyang Yunyao with her head raised proudly and her eyes shone with malicious calculations.

Ouyang Yunyao continued to stuff food into her mouth. The competition had nothing to do with her. The right thing to do was to enjoy delicious food.

But someone just won't let her go.

Feng Lina saw Ouyang Yunyao eating leisurely and whispered a few words to Chu Chenlan. Chu Chenlan stepped out and walked to the middle: "Father, I have a suggestion."

"Lan'er, go ahead."

"Your son thinks that this competition is an activity and we should make it more lively so that you can challenge other people." After hearing this, the queen said to the emperor, "Isn't this a good omen?" The emperor also said that it was not a good omen.

"Father, what's wrong with this, mother? If you don't want to be challenged, just admit defeat."

Concubine Shu continued, "Your Majesty, Lan'er's suggestion is very good. This will make the competition more lively." At this time, several ministers also said that this was a good idea. Ouyang Yunyao knew what they wanted to do as soon as they opened their mouths. Didn't they just think she was a fool? Didn't they want her to embarrass herself here so that Chu Chenjing would divorce her? She also wanted Chu Chenjing to divorce her and give her freedom, but it wouldn't go as they wished, right?

Seeing that many people supported it, the emperor agreed. "Okay, Lan'er, father agrees to your proposal, but each project can only be challenged twice at most."

"Thank you, Father."

The registration for the competition has been completed, and the competition is announced to begin. Feng Lina stood up and said, "Princess Jing, this county lord wants to challenge you."

Ouyang Yunyao continued to eat without saying anything. Everyone looked at Ouyang Yunyao with contempt. "You are so greedy. A fool is a fool."

"She definitely doesn't dare to accept the challenge." Many women below were discussing loudly.

At this time, Cheng Xiaoqing, the legitimate daughter of Cheng Taishi, said: "Princess Jing, if you don't dare to accept the challenge of the princess, just admit defeat."

Another girl in light yellow also said: "Yes, admit defeat to the princess quickly."

The Queen looked at Ouyang Yunyao with a worried look, and the Crown Princess also looked at her worriedly.

At this time, Ouyang Yunyao put down her chopsticks, wiped her hands, and slowly stood up and looked at Feng Lina. Everyone thought that Ouyang Yunyao had given up. But Ouyang Yunyao said, "When did I say I would not accept the challenge, huh?"

Princess Yu quickly said, "Third sister-in-law, stop being so stubborn and just admit defeat."

Ouyang Yunyan: "My sister didn't say she wouldn't fight, why would she admit defeat?"

Ouyang Yunyao smiled at her elder sister and said, "Sister, you understand me better than me." Then she said to Feng Lina, "My Lady, I have accepted your challenge. How can we compete? Come on. And Second Sister-in-law, I, your sister-in-law, also challenge you."