Concubine Contest arrived as scheduled.
Today is one of the feast days in the harem, from the concubines down to the court ladies and eunuchs, all are well-dressed and look energetic.
The members of the women's official room tracking team were also pulled over to act as guards, while those of the detective team were in the dark to ensure the normal holding of the competition.
After lunch, the concubines rushed to the competition place one after another.
When Lin Shu got there, all the concubines who had been selected for the competition from each palace had already arrived.
They were divided into factions and sat on both sides, each talking their own way, and each had their own care in dressing.
The high-ranking concubine sat closer to the emperor and queen, while the low-ranking concubine had no background, so he could only look at Longyan from a distance.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is here—"
Following Eunuch Lin's voice, everyone sat up from their seats.
The emperor walked over slowly holding the queen's hand, and then sat on the upper seat.
The queen is dressed very plainly today, but the phoenix hairpin on her head is a little different from the previous ones, you can't tell if you don't look carefully.
This hairpin is only a pair with the one given to her by the queen, and Lin Shu can recognize it quickly.
While Lin Shu was observing everyone, seeing Su Ziting, Su Ziting made a face at her.
Lin Shu looked helpless.
After all, this is a more solemn banquet. Although she is not the princess herself, she should act dignified...
Lin Shu thought so in his heart.
After everyone sat down, Lin Shu saw Concubine Xiao winking at the emperor, but unfortunately the emperor kept looking at the queen.
Concubine Pan Gui, who was sitting next to Concubine Xiao, covered her mouth and smiled decently. Concubine Xiao sat down with a frown and clenched her fists.
After the emperor exchanged a few pleasantries, Eunuch Lin announced the official start of the concubine contest.
The concubines in front tried their best, but the emperor always had the same expression, but the sixth prince below watched it with gusto.
Lin Shu whispered a few words beside the queen and went to Su Ziting's place.
The emperor glanced at the queen from time to time, just when Lin Shu was whispering to the queen, he happened to meet Lin Shu's eyes.
Lin Shu smiled at the emperor, and the emperor also caught her smile.
He looked at the queen's hands with their fingertips intertwined, sat up straight, and wanted to move over there, but his body was a little stiff, but his body moved.
"Keep an eye on him." Lin Shu stood behind Su Ziting and said expressionlessly.
Su Ziting played with the jujube in her hand, and glanced at the sixth prince from time to time.
"Keep an eye on the ground. Concubine Xiao will be on stage later. I heard from the maids in her palace that she has made enough preparations this time. I want to see what she will do again." Su Ziting threw the dates into her mouth and began to chew.
Lin Shu sighed inwardly, and said, "Why are you like a child, Xiao Yun hasn't grown up yet, you haven't grown up either? Anyway, you just keep an eye on him."
When Lin Shu's nerves were slightly tense, she found that Eunuch Lin was also looking around.
She looked at the Gu worm that wandered to her hand, and covered that hand with her other hand.
After a little concubine played the piano and sang, several dancers entered the stage, but the protagonist Xiao Concubine was not seen.
After dancing the prelude, the dancers gathered together and then dispersed.
When they spread out, the colorful petals exploded with a roar in mid-air.
Concubine Xiao wore a red dress and floated down with the petals.
Everyone applauded.
The emperor also smiled and applauded, then turned to the queen and said, "Yun'er is a good idea, queen, don't you think so?"
The queen smiled quietly, "As long as His Majesty likes it."
These words made the emperor unable to continue, he picked up the tea on the table to moisten his dry throat.
At this moment, he was expecting that Lin Shu would act as a wingman between him and the queen as he did that day.
He glanced at Lin Shu and found that she was extremely nervous.
Concubine Xiao's dancing skills are good, coupled with some of her small designs, the whole competition has entered a fever pitch.
Concubine Xiao was soon followed by Concubine Pan.
When Concubine Pan went to prepare, Lin Shu caught her looking at the sixth prince.
Although this gaze seemed natural, Lin Shu still read out some information.
Just you.
Lin Shu smiled, whispered something to Su Ziting, and then left the arena.
Not far from the arena is the place where the concubines are preparing to play.
Lin Shu followed Concubine Pan all the way in the dark. She noticed that Concubine Pan was walking in a hurry, leaving a small distance from the maid behind her.
The maid next to Concubine Pan Guifei looked a bit unfamiliar.
Lin Shu rubbed his chin and thought for a while, and suddenly figured it out.
She watched the maids change clothes for Concubine Pan Gui, and then went back to the front.
"What's going on here?"
Lin Shu saw Su Ziting squeeze the jujube tightly in her hand and kept looking at Concubine Xiao.
Concubine Xiao was barefoot, with small bells on her ankles.
The jingling sound followed her footsteps, and slowly moved towards the emperor.
She twisted her graceful figure in front of the emperor, her face gradually approached the emperor, and when she approached, she wanted to refuse and return the welcome.
"I'm so pissed off..." Su Ziting squinted her eyes at Concubine Xiao, gritted her teeth and said, "I just don't like seeing her so proud."
"You are really enemies." Lin Shu crossed his arms, tapped his arms with his fingers, and pursed his lips, trying to look at Concubine Xiao with Su Ziting's attitude.
"I once knew someone, kind." Su Ziting slapped the crushed dates on the table, "She was also merciful in every way, and in the end..."
Su Ziting paused and did not continue.
"Aren't you sleeping before me? How can you know other humans?" Lin Shu said.
Su Ziting squinted at the clouds covering the moon in the sky, and replied without blinking: "The data is asleep, and I can still move."
"Oh?" Lin Shu pretended to be skeptical.
Su Ziting nodded, "Yes, that's why I don't like those emperors who have many wives and many children."
After Concubine Xiao finished dancing and stepped back, Lin Shu looked at the emperor.
The emperor smiled and looked at the empress, and leaned towards the empress, "Concubine Xiao looks like a girl who hasn't left the court yet, I didn't expect to be able to dance in such a foreign land."
The queen replied politely: "Yes, I heard that Concubine Xiao specially learned this for Your Majesty."
Hearing this, the emperor sat upright, without changing his face, and said: "I really like the weed dance that the queen danced that year, it is gentle and generous, smart and interesting."
"As long as His Majesty likes it."
After listening to the conversation between the two, Lin Shu shook his head, there was no way for people to continue talking.
At this time, Su Ziting pulled Lin Shu's trousers.
Lin Shu looked over.
Concubine Pan Gui has already entered the stage ahead of schedule.
Her talent competition has been sword dancing since entering the palace, and this time is no exception.
But what is special is that this time she brought a few court ladies who danced swords with her.
The maids all looked sharp-eyed, not like ordinary maids in the palace.
When Concubine Pan entered the arena, the folding fan held by the Sixth Prince unconsciously clenched a little.
With the playing of the pipa next to it, Concubine Pan Guifei and her court ladies moved fast and slow, from far to near.
Lin Shu glanced at the queen, stepped forward and leaned over to speak a few words in Su Ziting's ear.
After speaking, before Lin Shu got up, Su Ziting grabbed her sleeve.
"Is this the only way? We can have other solutions..." Su Ziting knew that even if it didn't really happen, her eyes were still wet.
"This is the best one." Lin Shu put his hand on Su Ziting's, grabbed her hand, and broke free.
She walked to the side of the queen, and the queen turned her head and smiled at Lin Shu.
Lin Shu leaned next to the queen's ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Sister, no matter what happens later, don't move, and don't be so excited that you lose your composure."
"What's the matter with you?" The queen was puzzled by what Lin Shu said, as if something big was about to happen.
The queen's reaction was a little louder, and the emperor looked this way.
Lin Shu stood up straight and said, "Mother, Lin Shu has been afraid of swords since she was a child, so..."
Her voice became smaller and smaller, so small that even the emperor couldn't hear it.
Only then did the emperor realize that his mind was on the queen's side, and he quickly sat up straight.Then he waved to Uncle Lin and whispered something to him.
Eunuch Lin nodded, and stepped forward to stop Concubine Pan Guifei's performance.
Concubine Pan Gui, who was getting closer and closer to the emperor, was taken aback for a moment.
Of course, the tactful Eunuch Lin took the opportunity to ward off the ceremonial department who served as the judges, and asked them not to give Pan Guifei's performance a low score just because His Majesty stopped.
"Your Majesty..." The queen knew that the emperor might have stopped because of Lin Shu's words, and she felt a little bit sorry for Concubine Pan Guifei.
"I don't want to see weapons tonight." The emperor said with a little deep meaning.
At this time, Concubine Pan and the others stood there motionless, and Concubine Pan who was standing in the middle seemed a little at a loss, and occasionally glanced at the Sixth Prince.
Lin Shu didn't expect that the emperor would stop at this time. She just said casually, but how could the emperor listen to her, and interrupted the sixth prince's plan, making her first plan go to waste.
"Sixth brother, you usually like to watch these the most. You shouldn't blame me for disturbing your pleasure, right?" The emperor smiled at the sixth prince.
The Sixth Prince shook his head, "I'm a little tired of seeing those things that fight and kill, and the emperor and my brother really have a good understanding."
After the sixth prince finished speaking, he heard a sound around the arena.
As the noise grew louder, the sound of the collision of cold weapons gradually drew closer.
The forbidden army directly under the emperor surrounded the entire arena.
Everyone didn't know what happened, and everyone panicked.
The atmosphere here has also turned from festive to tense.
There has been a saying in the palace for a long time: When the forbidden army is out of its sheath, it will be collected at the sight of blood.
Apart from the emperor, those sitting here are either the ladies of the various palaces or their personal servants, it is uncertain whose blood the imperial army will be stained with.
Concubine Pan Gui and the maids behind her, who hadn't retreated, turned cold. The maids slowly moved their hands to their waists in case they needed to fight.
The queen looked up at Lin Shu, as if asking if this matter had anything to do with her.
Lin Shu smiled at her to comfort her.
At this time, the emperor who had been silent all this time stood up, and before he got up, he patted the queen's hand as if to comfort her.
"All concubines and courtesans, please don't panic. The female official's room has found out that the former assassin has infiltrated the arena. After General Jin finds out the assassin, all the courtiers can leave safely."
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Lin Shu saw the sixth prince calmly putting the folding fan on the table. She could even hear the crisp sound of the bamboo folding fan colliding with the table through the layers of sound.
At this moment, Lin Shu must not understand standing there, and the time seems to have slowed down extremely.
There seems to be something wrong.
Lin Shu played back the expressions and movements of the sixth prince, the emperor, and Concubine Pan from the start of the competition to the present in Lin Shu's mind.
Today is one of the feast days in the harem, from the concubines down to the court ladies and eunuchs, all are well-dressed and look energetic.
The members of the women's official room tracking team were also pulled over to act as guards, while those of the detective team were in the dark to ensure the normal holding of the competition.
After lunch, the concubines rushed to the competition place one after another.
When Lin Shu got there, all the concubines who had been selected for the competition from each palace had already arrived.
They were divided into factions and sat on both sides, each talking their own way, and each had their own care in dressing.
The high-ranking concubine sat closer to the emperor and queen, while the low-ranking concubine had no background, so he could only look at Longyan from a distance.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is here—"
Following Eunuch Lin's voice, everyone sat up from their seats.
The emperor walked over slowly holding the queen's hand, and then sat on the upper seat.
The queen is dressed very plainly today, but the phoenix hairpin on her head is a little different from the previous ones, you can't tell if you don't look carefully.
This hairpin is only a pair with the one given to her by the queen, and Lin Shu can recognize it quickly.
While Lin Shu was observing everyone, seeing Su Ziting, Su Ziting made a face at her.
Lin Shu looked helpless.
After all, this is a more solemn banquet. Although she is not the princess herself, she should act dignified...
Lin Shu thought so in his heart.
After everyone sat down, Lin Shu saw Concubine Xiao winking at the emperor, but unfortunately the emperor kept looking at the queen.
Concubine Pan Gui, who was sitting next to Concubine Xiao, covered her mouth and smiled decently. Concubine Xiao sat down with a frown and clenched her fists.
After the emperor exchanged a few pleasantries, Eunuch Lin announced the official start of the concubine contest.
The concubines in front tried their best, but the emperor always had the same expression, but the sixth prince below watched it with gusto.
Lin Shu whispered a few words beside the queen and went to Su Ziting's place.
The emperor glanced at the queen from time to time, just when Lin Shu was whispering to the queen, he happened to meet Lin Shu's eyes.
Lin Shu smiled at the emperor, and the emperor also caught her smile.
He looked at the queen's hands with their fingertips intertwined, sat up straight, and wanted to move over there, but his body was a little stiff, but his body moved.
"Keep an eye on him." Lin Shu stood behind Su Ziting and said expressionlessly.
Su Ziting played with the jujube in her hand, and glanced at the sixth prince from time to time.
"Keep an eye on the ground. Concubine Xiao will be on stage later. I heard from the maids in her palace that she has made enough preparations this time. I want to see what she will do again." Su Ziting threw the dates into her mouth and began to chew.
Lin Shu sighed inwardly, and said, "Why are you like a child, Xiao Yun hasn't grown up yet, you haven't grown up either? Anyway, you just keep an eye on him."
When Lin Shu's nerves were slightly tense, she found that Eunuch Lin was also looking around.
She looked at the Gu worm that wandered to her hand, and covered that hand with her other hand.
After a little concubine played the piano and sang, several dancers entered the stage, but the protagonist Xiao Concubine was not seen.
After dancing the prelude, the dancers gathered together and then dispersed.
When they spread out, the colorful petals exploded with a roar in mid-air.
Concubine Xiao wore a red dress and floated down with the petals.
Everyone applauded.
The emperor also smiled and applauded, then turned to the queen and said, "Yun'er is a good idea, queen, don't you think so?"
The queen smiled quietly, "As long as His Majesty likes it."
These words made the emperor unable to continue, he picked up the tea on the table to moisten his dry throat.
At this moment, he was expecting that Lin Shu would act as a wingman between him and the queen as he did that day.
He glanced at Lin Shu and found that she was extremely nervous.
Concubine Xiao's dancing skills are good, coupled with some of her small designs, the whole competition has entered a fever pitch.
Concubine Xiao was soon followed by Concubine Pan.
When Concubine Pan went to prepare, Lin Shu caught her looking at the sixth prince.
Although this gaze seemed natural, Lin Shu still read out some information.
Just you.
Lin Shu smiled, whispered something to Su Ziting, and then left the arena.
Not far from the arena is the place where the concubines are preparing to play.
Lin Shu followed Concubine Pan all the way in the dark. She noticed that Concubine Pan was walking in a hurry, leaving a small distance from the maid behind her.
The maid next to Concubine Pan Guifei looked a bit unfamiliar.
Lin Shu rubbed his chin and thought for a while, and suddenly figured it out.
She watched the maids change clothes for Concubine Pan Gui, and then went back to the front.
"What's going on here?"
Lin Shu saw Su Ziting squeeze the jujube tightly in her hand and kept looking at Concubine Xiao.
Concubine Xiao was barefoot, with small bells on her ankles.
The jingling sound followed her footsteps, and slowly moved towards the emperor.
She twisted her graceful figure in front of the emperor, her face gradually approached the emperor, and when she approached, she wanted to refuse and return the welcome.
"I'm so pissed off..." Su Ziting squinted her eyes at Concubine Xiao, gritted her teeth and said, "I just don't like seeing her so proud."
"You are really enemies." Lin Shu crossed his arms, tapped his arms with his fingers, and pursed his lips, trying to look at Concubine Xiao with Su Ziting's attitude.
"I once knew someone, kind." Su Ziting slapped the crushed dates on the table, "She was also merciful in every way, and in the end..."
Su Ziting paused and did not continue.
"Aren't you sleeping before me? How can you know other humans?" Lin Shu said.
Su Ziting squinted at the clouds covering the moon in the sky, and replied without blinking: "The data is asleep, and I can still move."
"Oh?" Lin Shu pretended to be skeptical.
Su Ziting nodded, "Yes, that's why I don't like those emperors who have many wives and many children."
After Concubine Xiao finished dancing and stepped back, Lin Shu looked at the emperor.
The emperor smiled and looked at the empress, and leaned towards the empress, "Concubine Xiao looks like a girl who hasn't left the court yet, I didn't expect to be able to dance in such a foreign land."
The queen replied politely: "Yes, I heard that Concubine Xiao specially learned this for Your Majesty."
Hearing this, the emperor sat upright, without changing his face, and said: "I really like the weed dance that the queen danced that year, it is gentle and generous, smart and interesting."
"As long as His Majesty likes it."
After listening to the conversation between the two, Lin Shu shook his head, there was no way for people to continue talking.
At this time, Su Ziting pulled Lin Shu's trousers.
Lin Shu looked over.
Concubine Pan Gui has already entered the stage ahead of schedule.
Her talent competition has been sword dancing since entering the palace, and this time is no exception.
But what is special is that this time she brought a few court ladies who danced swords with her.
The maids all looked sharp-eyed, not like ordinary maids in the palace.
When Concubine Pan entered the arena, the folding fan held by the Sixth Prince unconsciously clenched a little.
With the playing of the pipa next to it, Concubine Pan Guifei and her court ladies moved fast and slow, from far to near.
Lin Shu glanced at the queen, stepped forward and leaned over to speak a few words in Su Ziting's ear.
After speaking, before Lin Shu got up, Su Ziting grabbed her sleeve.
"Is this the only way? We can have other solutions..." Su Ziting knew that even if it didn't really happen, her eyes were still wet.
"This is the best one." Lin Shu put his hand on Su Ziting's, grabbed her hand, and broke free.
She walked to the side of the queen, and the queen turned her head and smiled at Lin Shu.
Lin Shu leaned next to the queen's ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Sister, no matter what happens later, don't move, and don't be so excited that you lose your composure."
"What's the matter with you?" The queen was puzzled by what Lin Shu said, as if something big was about to happen.
The queen's reaction was a little louder, and the emperor looked this way.
Lin Shu stood up straight and said, "Mother, Lin Shu has been afraid of swords since she was a child, so..."
Her voice became smaller and smaller, so small that even the emperor couldn't hear it.
Only then did the emperor realize that his mind was on the queen's side, and he quickly sat up straight.Then he waved to Uncle Lin and whispered something to him.
Eunuch Lin nodded, and stepped forward to stop Concubine Pan Guifei's performance.
Concubine Pan Gui, who was getting closer and closer to the emperor, was taken aback for a moment.
Of course, the tactful Eunuch Lin took the opportunity to ward off the ceremonial department who served as the judges, and asked them not to give Pan Guifei's performance a low score just because His Majesty stopped.
"Your Majesty..." The queen knew that the emperor might have stopped because of Lin Shu's words, and she felt a little bit sorry for Concubine Pan Guifei.
"I don't want to see weapons tonight." The emperor said with a little deep meaning.
At this time, Concubine Pan and the others stood there motionless, and Concubine Pan who was standing in the middle seemed a little at a loss, and occasionally glanced at the Sixth Prince.
Lin Shu didn't expect that the emperor would stop at this time. She just said casually, but how could the emperor listen to her, and interrupted the sixth prince's plan, making her first plan go to waste.
"Sixth brother, you usually like to watch these the most. You shouldn't blame me for disturbing your pleasure, right?" The emperor smiled at the sixth prince.
The Sixth Prince shook his head, "I'm a little tired of seeing those things that fight and kill, and the emperor and my brother really have a good understanding."
After the sixth prince finished speaking, he heard a sound around the arena.
As the noise grew louder, the sound of the collision of cold weapons gradually drew closer.
The forbidden army directly under the emperor surrounded the entire arena.
Everyone didn't know what happened, and everyone panicked.
The atmosphere here has also turned from festive to tense.
There has been a saying in the palace for a long time: When the forbidden army is out of its sheath, it will be collected at the sight of blood.
Apart from the emperor, those sitting here are either the ladies of the various palaces or their personal servants, it is uncertain whose blood the imperial army will be stained with.
Concubine Pan Gui and the maids behind her, who hadn't retreated, turned cold. The maids slowly moved their hands to their waists in case they needed to fight.
The queen looked up at Lin Shu, as if asking if this matter had anything to do with her.
Lin Shu smiled at her to comfort her.
At this time, the emperor who had been silent all this time stood up, and before he got up, he patted the queen's hand as if to comfort her.
"All concubines and courtesans, please don't panic. The female official's room has found out that the former assassin has infiltrated the arena. After General Jin finds out the assassin, all the courtiers can leave safely."
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Lin Shu saw the sixth prince calmly putting the folding fan on the table. She could even hear the crisp sound of the bamboo folding fan colliding with the table through the layers of sound.
At this moment, Lin Shu must not understand standing there, and the time seems to have slowed down extremely.
There seems to be something wrong.
Lin Shu played back the expressions and movements of the sixth prince, the emperor, and Concubine Pan from the start of the competition to the present in Lin Shu's mind.
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