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Hong Luan didn't change his face, and let go of his arms under Song Ru's gaze, Ruan Yunqing didn't notice it, Hong Luan always liked to joke, and after getting along for a long time, he also knew that he was a person who could do whatever he wanted, but his heart was very good.

Song Ru gritted his teeth with hatred, staring at Hong Luan with a cold gaze, wishing he could throw this evil out of the palace right away.There are still important things to do today, so I really can't take care of him, Song Bin snorted coldly, pulled Ruan Yunqing to his side, went into the room and changed his clothes, and took Ruan Yunqing and Hongluan to Tingfeng Tower together.

The Tingfeng Tower is inside the Hong'en Gate. When Song Ren came, many officials had already gathered downstairs.This Tingfeng Building was specially built for Emperor Hongyou to listen to operas. It is two floors high, spacious and bright, and there is a high platform in the middle for the opera troupe to sing and play on it.The opposite side was encircled, and a semi-circular pavilion was built. Sitting in the hall, you can see clearly the situation on the high platform opposite.

Today's palace banquet was to celebrate the meritorious service of the border guards, so it was held in a grand and lively manner.The emperor had a decree, allowing officials to bring their families into the palace together. At night, lights were lit on the city tower, which lasted all night. Fireworks were set off at midnight, and they had fun with the people and celebrated the great victory at the border.

The seats for the palace banquet had been arranged by Guanglu Temple. Emperor Hongyou, Empress Wei and the concubines in the palace had a banquet in the seats facing the stage, and the officials and their families were divided into two groups. For the princes, the seats are arranged on both sides of the emperor and the empress, while the rest of the female family members are all seated on the second floor.

Just outside the Tingfeng Building, a young eunuch came to lead the way. The guards inside and outside the Hong En Gate were heavily guarded. Even inside the Imperial City, the Imperial Forest Army was twice as large as usual to prevent assassins from sneaking into the Imperial City.

All the officials entered the palace through the Hongen Gate, and after arriving at the Tingfeng Tower, they first gathered in front of the building. The female relatives entered the hall and waited, while the officials had to wait in the courtyard until the emperor came and the visit was over before they could enter.

As soon as Song Ren came in, the eunuchs sang loudly, "Welcome Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

All the officials saluted one after another, and even the eldest prince Song Xuan had to bow to Song Bi first with the courtesy of a monarch and a minister.

"Free gift!"

Song Ren raised his hand, so that the officials didn't have to pay attention to the ceremony, and went to Song Xuan again, and returned the gift to his elder brother with the gift of a brother.

Song Xuan smiled, and looked behind Song Bin, Hong Luan was charming and romantic, while Ruan Yunqing was dignified and elegant, two different styles, but both were rare in the world.

Unavoidably feeling a little sour in his heart, Song Xuan pointed at Ruan Yunqing and the two behind Song Ju, and said jokingly: "The prince enjoys the blessings of Qi people, I really envy you as a brother!"

Song Ru chuckled lightly and said, "Brother Huang, what are you talking about? My brother is newly married, brother, I am so envious. I wish I could get married with my beloved as soon as possible and be with you every day."

Song Ren has a graceful demeanor, and he behaves like a king. Even if there is more in him, no matter how jealous Song Xuan is, he will not be able to learn the grace and manners.

Song Xuan's heart became more and more sour, and he reluctantly talked with Song Ren for a few words, then turned to look for Shu Shangshu.

Feng Kui had arrived long ago, together with his twelve generals and a group of generals, they stood outside the crowd, chatting and laughing from time to time.Since Feng Kui came back from the border, he has been sought after by people, making him feel light and light, walking like stepping on clouds, and he doesn't know where to step.

His face is full of pride, his chest is raised high, his jaw is always raised in an arc, and when he talks to people, he always shows some indifference.

That's it, there is still an endless stream of flattering and flattering officials surrounding Feng Kui, one wave passing by, followed by another wave coming up, the compliments poured out as if they don't want money, Feng Kui finally couldn't hold back Stop, laugh out loud.

Seeing this, Liu Tong and the others couldn't help sighing secretly, it was because of these flattering villains in the court that Feng Kui, Shu Shangshu and other treacherous parties who ignored the court's guidelines were released.If Feng Kui is not eliminated today, it will be a disaster in the future.Originally, he had some complaints about Song Bin's strategy, but now seeing such a scene, the hesitation in Liu Tong's heart disappeared immediately.

He came over to greet Song Bi, and without waiting for Liu Tong to bow, Song Bi hurriedly helped him up, and was about to chat some gossip, when the voice of the deacon and eunuch came from outside: "Long live, come here! The empress is here!"

Everyone knelt down and saluted, shouting long live, Emperor Hongyou was in high spirits, his fat body trembling with his steps, he walked in happily, followed by Empress Wei, Concubine Shu and other concubines, but carefully Look, but the only ones missing are Concubine De and Qin Zhaorong who was newly recruited by Emperor Hongyou.

After seeing the ceremony, the emperor and empress sat down at the table together. Emperor Hongyou and his concubines took their seats in the middle seat, and all the officials entered the hall one after another. After everyone was seated, Luo Sixi ordered: "Open the table."

The young eunuchs came in one after another and set up the banquet. Emperor Hongyou asked someone to bring a sea bowl and fill it up with fine wine. He first offered a bowl of thin wine to Feng Kui and all the soldiers who were far away at the border, and consoled them for years of fighting to drive out the enemy. Hold the reins for Dongli.

All the officials stood up to congratulate, and after drinking, the banquet officially began.

With no beauty around him, Emperor Hongyou felt uncomfortable all over. He asked Luo Sixi, "Why don't you see Qin Zhaorong?"

Luo Sixi laughed and said: "Mistress Zhaorong said she would present a generous gift to His Majesty, and she is preparing it in the palace right now."

Emperor Hongyou moved his fat body, turned his head and asked, "Oh, a generous gift? What kind of generous gift?"

As soon as the word "houli" was mentioned, he suddenly thought of the head sent by Feng Kui in the Golden Palace. The excitement just now was swept away, and Emperor Hongyou couldn't help shaking twice, showing displeasure, and said coldly: "There are demon moths! According to my will, let her come and accompany you!"

Luo Sixi quickly complied, and asked his little eunuch to rush to Qin Zhaorong Palace to urge him.

The banquet started, but there was still no movement on the stage. Just as Emperor Hongyou was about to ask questions, he heard a burst of impassioned pipa sound from the stage.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and raised their eyes to look up the stage, only to see a flaming red woman appear when the curtain was raised on the stage.The woman was wearing a crimson double-breasted skirt, and the long skirt dragged the floor, spreading on the stage like a fiery red cloud.She held a pipa in her hand, half covered it, and played for a while, but only a little bit of Furong Mifen was revealed. Everyone watched carefully, but no one could tell who the woman was.

What the woman played was a song of besieged on all sides, and the sound of the qin was resonant. With the woman's slender hands, it seemed that from the sound of the pipa, the thunder of war drums and the fluttering of flags could be heard.

Everyone was fascinated by it, and they didn't realize that the melody changed, the high-pitched piano sound disappeared, and the melody gradually became soothing and melodious, like a woman weeping, expressing Yu Ji's sorrow and reluctance when she parted with the Overlord.

After the music was over, everyone held the strings of the zither, and everyone was still immersed in the sound of the zither, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time.The woman played the pipa in one hand, and she played the pipa like pearls rolling on a jade plate, which was clear and pleasant to the ear.

After a while, the hall was full of cheers, and people couldn't help being more curious about the woman on the stage, and really wanted to know who it was that could play the pipa so superbly.

The woman stood up, holding the pipa in her arms, still covering half of her face.She stepped forward and bowed gracefully on the stage, "See Long live."

The soft words made people's bones crumble. Both Feng Kui and Emperor Hongyou stretched out their necks. Both of them are hungry ghosts. When they see a beauty, they start to tremble and even move their steps. not moving.

The more they watched, the more impatient they became. The two of them were gearing up, wishing they could rush up to the stage, snatch the pipa, and see what the beauty looked like.Emperor Hongyou urged even more, repeatedly saying: "Quickly raise your head and show me!"

The woman chuckled lightly, took down the pipa, showed a pretty face, and said with a smile: "Long live, don't you even recognize Xiaoyun?"

Emperor Hongyou rubbed his eyes, apparently he couldn't believe that the woman who was so heart-stirring just now could be the concubine De in front of him.

Concubine De's makeup is exquisite, she is wearing a red crepe dress, and a red gold phoenix head hairpin with silk and beads is inserted obliquely on her temples. The head of the hairpin is dotted with emerald jade. Stacked and wound.Her head is full of pearls and emeralds, and the makeup on her face is also quite bold. Her red lips and cheeks are all in bright colors. The eye waves flowed from time to time, it was really charming like silk, glamorous and moving.

Feng Kui was very disappointed, seeing that the woman was his own sister, he couldn't help hey, sat down slumped, took a jar of wine, and drank several mouthfuls.

Emperor Hongyou felt pity for Concubine De's small appearance, he laughed and said: "A big reward!" He asked Concubine De to come to him quickly, and drink and listen to the opera with him.

Concubine De was elated, and after two or three days of preparation, she came up with such a way to attract Emperor Hongyou's attention. A bit of a good impression, no longer as cold as it was a few days ago.

Stepping off the stage, he walked towards where Emperor Hongyou was.Unexpectedly, just halfway through the walk, I felt a burst of fragrant wind in the air, I sniffed it lightly, and a white shadow flickered before my eyes, like snow falling.It was only September at this time, and although the weather was bad today, it wasn't time for snow yet.What's more, this is a house, so how could snowflakes come in?

Everyone was puzzled and couldn't help but look up to the sky.

Only after looking at it did I realize that those white things falling down one after another were not snowflakes, but cotton wool.The cotton wool was torn into fine pieces, and it fell down from nowhere, facing the fragrant wind, it was no different from the scene when it was snowing.

"What's the matter?"

Following Emperor Hongyou's inquiry, a pink figure suddenly flashed on the stage.

At this time, people were all attracted by the cotton wool floating down from the sky, and when they realized that there was one more person on the stage, the woman had already flapped her sleeves lightly and started dancing on the stage.

The woman was wearing an ivory-white pleated skirt, and a pink blouse with round neck and wide sleeves. She had a loose bun on her head, and she only held a white jade hairpin on it. Not a single extra ornament.Not only the head, but even the woman's body was clean, only the golden bell on the corner of the blouse, which from time to time made a clear and pleasant bell sound following her movements.

The woman's slender waist swayed lightly, like an elf in the snow, and the melodious flute sound came from her ears, whimpering, accompanied by the woman's agile dance, stepping out a piece of flying white.

Emperor Hongyou couldn't help applauding repeatedly, and the officials in the palace also exclaimed from time to time, and Feng Kui's eyes were straightened.If the Concubine De just now was like a blazing red flame, it was bright and dazzling.Then the woman in front of me is like a fairy walking out of an ink and wash painting, ethereal and moving, taking people's souls away.

Concubine De was gnashing her teeth angrily, because the dancing girl was none other than Qin Ji.