A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

After lunch, Su Qingyu returned to the west courtyard to bathe and change clothes, preparing to enter the palace in the afternoon.

She changed into a honey-colored brocade long skirt with peony patterns, and also replaced her jewelry with a newly made top-quality jadeite headpiece.

After leaving the house, Shen Zhixiu looked her up and down several times and praised her: "This color suits you. Make more clothes of this color in the future."

Su Qingyu originally thought that he was a grown man, how could he understand clothes and jewelry. But recently she found that Shen Zhixiu had a good eye in this area. Whenever she couldn't make up her mind, she would ask him.

In Shen Zhixiu's words, although he doesn't wear skirts or jewelry, he can still tell what is beautiful and what is ugly.

Two carriages from the Shen family entered the palace one after the other.

When the few people arrived at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, it was already crowded with people inside and outside.

Su Qingyu looked around and saw that they were all familiar faces from the previous palace banquet. There were only a few people in Beijing who were qualified to attend the palace banquet, and they all looked familiar after coming and going.

The Pingning Marquis Mansion was also among the invited guests this time, and Pingning Marquis Su Chengye came alone.

Families like the Su family have titles, but they have little presence in front of the emperor. Whether or not to attend the palace banquet is usually a matter of the emperor's whim, and today the emperor thought of the Su family.

The father and daughter met in the palace. Su Chengye wanted to show off his fatherly style and angrily scolded Su Qingyu for not going back home to visit her grandmother and serving her by her bedside.

But for some reason, seeing Su Qingyu's stern expression, he swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

He always felt that based on his understanding of his daughter, even if he asked, it would not end well. If he was not careful, he would be ridiculed by her and finally laughed at by his colleagues.

He couldn't afford to lose face, especially when the palace was holding a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

So the prepared words finally turned into, "Your grandmother misses you, go back and visit her more often."

Seeing that he didn't say anything nonsense today, Su Qingyu gave him the face he deserved. She bowed and said "yes", which was quite respectful.

Before the palace banquet began, Shen Zhixiu was constantly being talked to by his colleagues. Su Qingyu also chatted with the wives of several first-rank officials. The exchanges within the inner palace were also helpful to her husband's career.

These skills of dealing with people are what these noble ladies have learned since childhood. They may not know other things, but they must know how to be a lady of the house.

Only Consort Xian and Consort Rong came to the harem today. Among the princes, in addition to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, there was also His Royal Highness the Third Prince, Prince Cheng. The Second Prince was stationed at the border town, and the other princes were minors and did not attend.

After Emperor Xuande came in with the two empresses, everyone knelt down and saluted before taking their seats.

"Today, regardless of whether you are the emperor or his subjects, you should just treat it as a family dinner. It will be a good story for us to be reunited as emperor and his subjects and enjoy the beauty of the full moon together."

The emperor was polite, but others could not take it seriously. They stood up and knelt on the ground, thanking him together.

Shen Zhixiu and Su Qingyu were seated next to several royal princes. After a few rounds of toasts, the atmosphere in the hall became much more cheerful.

Xianfei sat on the left hand side of Emperor Xuande, wearing a lake blue palace dress and a high flying bun. Her hair was full of pearls and jade, and she looked luxurious and elegant.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Lord Shen and his wife can play the piano with both hands. I wonder if Your Majesty is interested in listening so that we can learn more."

Given Shen Zhixiu's status, it was difficult for Concubine Xian to give orders directly, so she brought up the matter while joking with the emperor.

Firstly, she was curious about how to play the piano together, and secondly, she also wanted to know whether Su Qingyu was just trying to please her last time.

When Su Qingyu heard Concubine Xian finally bring up this matter, she let out a long sigh, and there was an inexplicable excitement in her eyes.

After two months of hard training, it finally paid off. If Concubine Xian hadn't mentioned it, she would have felt that she was at a disadvantage.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xuande also looked at Shen Zhixiu, "Oh? Mr. Shen and his wife have such a refined taste? Would you like to let us see it?"

I thought that given his personality, he would definitely refuse, and Emperor Xuande didn't want to force him.

Unexpectedly, Shen Zhixiu and Su Qingyu looked at each other, then nodded and said, "Since the emperor doesn't mind, then my wife and I will perform our duties."

The eunuch chief Hu Lu ordered someone to bring up the piano table. Shen Zhixiu and Su Qingyu stood up and sat down behind the piano table together.

The two usually played "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix", and they played the same piece today. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunion, so it was appropriate.

Before playing, the two looked at each other out of habit. The moment their eyes met, they were filled with affection.

Su Qingyu's green fingers stroked the strings twice.

Then, they each used one hand to play together, and placed their two adjacent hands under the piano table, interlocking their fingers.

The melodious tune flowed along the strings of the zither, and many people were stunned, including Emperor Xuande.

Few people know that the former queen entered the palace and fell in love with him because of the song "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix".

Hearing this again today, the late queen has passed away, Emperor Xuande felt sad. Looking at Su Qingyu and Shen Zhixiu sitting together, with such affection, he felt lonely and envious. If he could have done that back then... Zi Ning would not have been separated from him forever.

This scene was also seen by Concubine Xian.

No one knew more about the affairs of the Emperor and the late Queen than she did.

Concubine Xian gritted her teeth and glanced at Shen Zhixiu and Su Qingyu. Did these two do it on purpose? Why did they play "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" when there were no other options?

In fact, she had wronged Shen Zhixiu. The emperor and the late queen had fallen in love because of "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" nearly twenty years ago. Not many people in the palace knew about it back then, and now no one knows about it.

But Concubine Xian didn't care about all that. She just felt that the handsome and beautiful couple in the center of the hall were particularly dazzling.

Her mind seemed to have returned to the past, she was watching the emperor and the late queen being affectionate while she was standing beside them, feeling sad and depressed.

The two people back then were beaten up by her, so naturally she couldn't expect to have any luck with the two people in front of her.

When the song is over, the lingering sound lingers in the air.

Emperor Xuande spoke first, "You played well, reward."

Concubine Xian smiled and said, "If your majesty wants to reward us, you should give us something good. Don't just give us some gold and silver and send Lord Shen and his wife away."

Emperor Xuande's original intention was to reward her with some gold, silver and ornaments as per custom. After hearing what Concubine Xian said, he smiled and asked, "Then according to Concubine Ai, what should I reward her with?"

The virtuous concubine pretended to ponder for a moment, and then acted as if something suddenly dawned on her.

"Your Majesty, didn't Xiyue send two beauties to the palace a few days ago? The beauties in Xiyue are all proficient in music and understand romance."

"In my opinion, it would be better to give those two beauties to Lord Shen. A talented man and a beautiful woman complement each other."

"Mrs. Shen is a virtuous woman, she won't refuse, right?"