Chapter 135 Return to Princess Qiang

This grand palace banquet was arranged in the east courtyard of Renshou Palace, where the empress dowager lived, in front of the Grand Theater of Changyin Pavilion.

The banquet tables were already filled with banquet tables, and several tables and chairs in the center of the front were in the middle of Emperor An, and important royal relatives, princes, ministers, and several princes and marquises who had won the victory and triumphant success were surrounded by them.

In the back, the seats were the Empress Dowager, the Empress, the Imperial Concubine, the Four Concubines, Princess, Princess and the invited court wives.

Fu Xuechen found that the seats were arranged very cleverly. The Empress and Concubine De were arranged on the left hand of the Empress Dowager, and the Imperial Concubine and Concubine Yi were arranged on the right hand of the Empress Dowager. Xie and Fu Xuechen's seats happened to be behind Concubine Yi. Princess Zhiling, who was next to Concubine Yi, could whisper to Fu Xuechen when she turned around.

I wonder if the seating arrangement was specially requested by Princess Zhiling. Fu Xuechen also found that the left side of her seat was the wife of Duke Zhenguo, and the right side was the wife of the former Zhenxihou. This time, the Marquis of Zhenxihou was also promoted to Duke Ding for his merits. The second daughter of the newly promoted Duke Ding was Chen Wei, Fu Xuechen's friend in the boudoir.

The further away from the position of the empress dowager, the lower the title of the adults in the female guests' houses in the seat. However, only two or three banquets were gone, Fu Xuechen saw the wife of the Minister of Revenue and Cui Xiaoyue, the legitimate daughter of their family.

Needless to say, acquaintances meet and say hello to each other in private. This is the first time Fu Xuechen has the opportunity to see Chen Zijin, the youngest daughter of Duke Zhenguo, one of the four great ladies in Beijing. She immediately took the opportunity to look over.

Because it was a palace banquet, Chen Zijin did not have the habit of covering her face with a gauze, and revealed her true face.

How to say it! Beautiful and pretty, the overall facial features seem to have a fairy spirit, but they just look a little reserved and arrogant, with a slightly sharp look, and it feels like it is difficult to get close to.

I heard that the uncle of the country did go to propose marriage to the socialite for the fourth prince, but for some reason, the Duke of Zhenguo neither agreed nor rushed to marry Chen Zijin. After staying there for more than two years, Chen Zijin was almost nineteen, and no one knew what their family had planned.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Hui Qiang brothers and sisters bowed and thanked each other.

I saw a man from Hui Qiang standing in front of Emperor Yuan'an at some point and bowing to Emperor Yuan'an, saying, "... To show sincerity, Princess Hui Qiang is willing to present a holy dance among our clan to the emperor and all the nobles present, and wish the priests who live forever and the prosperity of the Darong Empire!"

As soon as these words were said, Fu Xuechen keenly saw a little stiffness on the face of the young man returning to Qiang.

"No gift!" Emperor Yuan An was so kind that he waived the little girl's gift, and suddenly turned around and called out loudly: "Yongshi, Yoonghi, Yoongzhen, Yoongqi, come here!"

Her brother, the young man who returned to Qiang, looked relieved and bowed to Emperor Yuan'an and said, "Dear Emperor, you don't need to obey the unrealistic ideas of a little girl. My father's intention is to present his most beloved little daughter to His Majesty, and beg His Majesty to accept my father's wishes!"

Fu Xuechen's interests were all drawn out at once. I wonder if this princess is beautiful or not?

"You really have you! If you can't marry my sixth brother, you will just marry my father?" Princess Zhiling burst out and Fu Xuechen felt that if it weren't for the palace banquet, Princess Zhiling would have cursed in front of everyone.

The young man from Qiang bowed and replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the opportunity to return to Qiang and surrender. When I came, my father gave me an explanation. I would like to marry the royal family with my sister. I will return to Qiang and the Han people in the Central Plains, and I will always make brothers together from now on! Let's work together!"

Oh! Everyone here understood it. It turned out that there was something like this before. Zhongyuan paid attention to the orders of parents and matchmakers. Hui Qiang probably couldn't get through with the Sixth Prince, so he wanted to come to the imperial court to ask for an order to give a marriage?

Although he told Fu Xuechen that the second prince was trying to win over Yoonzuo in such an attempt or was afraid that Yoonzuo would be supported by the seven guards of the Hui Qiang through marriage, he couldn't help but feel a little affection for him.

Many people secretly speculated that the Duke of Zhenguo probably felt that the position of a concubine was a little aggrieved, so he was unwilling to make a marriage, but Chen Zijin was getting older and could not delay it until he was twenty years old. There must be a result in this or two years. However, except for Chen Zijin, the fourth prince's other concubine, I don't know who the queen will fall in love with.

On the large stage with lanterns, many Kongming lanterns suddenly slowly rose. Then, the unique sound of piano and the distant whimpering sound of Hu Zi drifted over with the wind, and instantly, a unique stream of sky and clouds that returned to Qiang swung back to the stage.

Yeglika looked over the four princes one by one, and his eyes remained on Yoongzhen for a short time, but said to Emperor Yuan'an: "Your Majesty, you still have a prince who is not here!"

It is indeed beautiful and charming! It has a bright and charming character with a Uighur girl. Her eyes are particularly big and not very old. She looks like she is sixteen or seventeen years old, and she is unexpectedly young.

Emperor Yuan'an laughed and nodded repeatedly, "Okay! Since you said this, I will feel relieved. Go back to my seat! Tomorrow I will send you the imperial edict to the Lifan Courtyard and officially register you as a concubine."

Emperor Yuan'an was different from Qianlong in the film and television drama. He smiled and nodded repeatedly, not intoxicated. After the dance, he looked away at the young man who returned to Qiang just now, and praised: "I have the intention to return to Qiang!"

However, the candidate for the fourth prince's concubine was roughly decided at the end of last year. He was the young granddaughter of Prime Minister Qi Ge's hometown. Although Master Qi had retired, Emperor An of Yuan even canceled his position as Prime Minister and set up another military aircraft cabinet. However, there was a seat in this military aircraft cabinet, and the Grand Secretary of Wenhua Palace was the son of Master Qi.

Fu Xuechen was secretly amused. He thought too much and thought he was in the world of the Condor Heroes? There was a princess incense dance. Then he suddenly felt that the surroundings were quiet, and many people looked at the emperor.

Emperor An of Yuan laughed loudly and said, "Okay, okay! Then I will see and finish the Holy Dance of Returning to Qiang!"

Eight Hui Qiang women with white upper bodies and water-green dresses below danced like green lotus in the water, and clustered like strong grass in the field, appearing in the center of the stage in a spiral dance.

Emperor Yuan'an looked surprised and couldn't help but glance at the other party's brother. The young man from Qiang looked a little embarrassed. He glared at his sister and said helplessly to Emperor Yuan'an: "Your Majesty's sixth prince is a natural warrior. We have lost many soldiers under him, so my sister admires it very much."

Confucianism emphasizes the establishment of the crown prince as a legitimate prince. If the second prince had not been in the army and was somewhat inconsistent with the civil officials, these civil officials would not resist the establishment of the second prince as the crown prince, and instead went to support the current queen's legitimate son.

Regardless of whether these words were against their will, whether Yeglika was performing or not, they were always very pleasant and decent, leaving the guests speechless.

It was Emperor Yuan'an who called the princes out first and prepared to let his son take over the princess Hui Qiang. Ye Gelika then took the opportunity to ask if she could marry the sixth prince, Yoonzuo, she knew.

The granddaughter of the Ge Lao Qi was a little young. He was only fifteen years old this year, four years younger than the fourth prince. He could only wait next year when the woman officially became an adult and the fourth prince also gave the ceremony to officially hold the wedding.

Before he could agree or not, the second prince Yoonghi over there suddenly spoke: "Father! If this princess wants to choose my sixth brother, it may be inappropriate!"

Princess Zhiling reacted at this time and turned back in shock and said to Fu Xuechen: "She has fallen in love with my sixth brother?" Her tone was full of resistance. Her sixth brother had not even decided to have the official concubine yet! Where was the turn to determine the concubine first?

"It seems." Fu Xuechen replied in a low voice, but couldn't help but grind his teeth secretly. He really didn't know what happened on the front line. Yoongzuo actually had an intersection with the Princess Hui Qiang, but he didn't mention it in the letter.

Yeglika raised his head, his expression became serious and admiring: "Your Majesty! You fought in the world, expelled the Wala, and recovered the Central Plains. Even the seven guards of the Qiang were crawling at your feet. You are the greatest hero in the world! It is Yeglika's honor to be able to serve you. If you ask me what you want, Yeglika tells you, I am willing!"

The sacred feeling was only a moment. After completing a series of prayer and blessings as the music, the girl also danced a lively and beautiful dance until the last Hu Xuanwu, against the backdrop of eight girls in green skirts, kept spinning in the center... until the music suddenly stopped.

I happily chatted with Princess Zhiling and Chen Wei for a few private gossips, and the banquet was quietly spent while watching the wonderful performances on the stage and drinking.

Marriage! When Fu Xuechen heard this word, he felt more and more that he seemed to be in a film and television drama, but in fact there were still many differences. The biggest difference was that Emperor Yuan'an was too calm and rational, not like the fascinated Emperor Qianlong in the play, and there was nothing Qing'er Ziwei Little Swallow here.

The warm applause was filled with a few roars from someone: "Okay! OK!"

Yoonghi looked at Princess Hui Qiang in front of him, and his expression showed a bit of condescending sarcasm: "In the two days when the peace talks came to an end, the princess's father, King Hui Qiang, had already proposed that he wanted to bring Princess Xu and my sixth brother, but my sixth brother refused, so he had to send the princess to the capital."

"So that's it!" Emperor An of Yuan raised his eyebrows, looked at Ye Gelika with a smile, and asked in a harmonious voice: "But I don't know what you are thinking about, Princess? Don't force me, I have to listen to the truth!"

When the four princes heard the name, they looked at each other, stood up from their seats, took a few steps forward, stood around Emperor Yuan'an, and looked at the Hui Qiang Princess who was close to him with different eyes.

Fu Xuechen tried hard to open his eyes wide to identify the face of the girl on the stage.

Emperor Yuan'an did not make a statement immediately. Soon, the Princess Hui Qiang who was dancing on the stage came over and crossed his arms in front of Emperor Yuan'an to salute: "Princess Hui Qiang Ye Gelika, who was dancing to the Emperor of the Darong Empire!"

The crowd behind Emperor Yuan'an immediately caused a small noise. No one expected that the goal of King Hui Qiang was not to let the Princess Hui Qiang and the prince of the Darong Empire, but to directly send her to Emperor Yuan'an's harem.

Fu Xuechen took several breaths secretly and indeed smelled a faint fragrance, but the fragrance was not unique. It was a fragrance of spices with the characteristics of the northwest ethnic group, which made people a little disappointed. After all, it was not the famous Xiangfei Concubine in front of him, but just an ordinary Hui Qiang girl.

Emperor Yuan An raised his eyebrows: "Why do you say that?"

Speaking of which, Emperor Yuan'an is a bit bullying. Although he was beaten to surrender, the little girl was considered a princess at least, and took the initiative to marry, and could only change the position of prince and concubine. It can be seen that Emperor Yuan'an did not take Hui Qiang seriously in his heart, which is right! The founding monarch, the emperor, is no match for Emperor Qianlong after all.

It can be seen from this that the queen's power on the side of civil officials was really huge. The former Chief of the former Minister agreed to marry his granddaughter to the Fourth Prince as his concubine, which was precisely to express his attitude towards the establishment of the crown prince. He supported the Fourth Prince.

The expressions of the three princes, Yoonghi, Yoonghi, Yoonghi, Yoonghi, all changed slightly, one was surprised, the other frowned, and the other was curious. Only Yoongzhen was cold and his eyes were distant.

Emperor Yuan An raised the corner of his lips and smiled, "You have a good look. Yoongzuo is my best son!"

Emperor Yuan'an glanced back at the seventh prince Yoongyu, who was only fourteen years old, and immediately understood: "Are you talking about Yoongzuo?"

Everyone just watched the development of the situation with inquiry and curious eyes.

There is really a dance! But it’s not a princess, but a princess, right! Hui Qiang has surrendered, and the leader of the people under his rule is a prince, so where is his daughter worthy of being called the princess?

Although he had retired and his son was about to be ignored by Emperor An of Yuan to become a marginal person in the military cabinet, but in the entire Shilin, the potential influence of Ge Lao Qi is still huge and cannot be ignored.

"Yes!" Yegli Kamian looked forward: "Can I choose him?"

Emperor An of Yuan smiled slightly and said to Yeglika with sympathy: "Did you hear it? My Liu'er has rejected Ling Zun's proposal. He is now guarding the border for me in the distance, so I can't stab him in the back."

Her voice sounds crisp like a cuckoo. It is rare that she speaks Chinese well, with a slight accent, but not serious.

Yeglika lost the light of expectation in his eyes, lowered his eyes, lowered his head and stopped talking.

Emperor Yuan'an smiled at Ye Gelika and introduced: "Okay! These four are my sons. Who do you like? I will promise one of you as a concubine, how about it?"

Fortunately, in this era, she lost her myopia and saw very far away with five-point eyesight. In addition, the stage was not particularly far from the banquet, so she could see clearly the appearance of the Qiang girl.

As the music gradually became louder, the women danced more and more rapidly. The sudden dance stopped suddenly. The eight people stretched their waists like a flash of cereal bloom, bent backwards, and a beautiful girl in the center was covered with snow-white dress and even her hood was covered with white velvet. The girl looked pious, her arms were folded and raised high, as if she was praying to the sky, and with the music that slowly turned and became solemn, the whole scene was also full of sacred ritual, dignified and fairy-like.

That time, the young Qiang was about to lead Ye Gelika back to the banquet and sit down, but Ye Gelika suddenly bowed to Emperor Yuan'an and asked expectantly: "Your Majesty, can you satisfy Ye Gelika's small wish? I am willing to repay Your Majesty with a special gift!"

Emperor Yuan An kept smiling and asked, "Oh? What wish?"

Ye Gelika looked up and said, "I heard that there is a girls' school in the capital of the Darong Empire. You specially created it for the princess to learn knowledge. Can I also go in and open my eyes and learn the knowledge of the Han people in the Central Plains there?"

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