The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 162 General Election
"Oh! Where are you savages, don't be careful! Concubine Li is something you can rush against!" Eunuch Huang scolded a family member in a pink palace dress in a shrill voice.

Everyone who was talking and laughing stopped discussing and looked over there, only to see Concubine Li flicking her skirt and smiling, "Why are you so careless?"

"Concubine Li, please forgive me, the young girl was joking with the sisters, and she didn't see her coming, so she bumped into her, please don't count the fault of the villain!" The family knelt on the ground in fright, and huddled together.

"It's no big deal!" Concubine Li turned around and walked towards the queen, raising her hand.Seeing this, a group of family members next to him were relieved, everyone saw that Concubine Li had let her go, talking and laughing spread out again.

"Drag out to play [-] boards, and disqualify her from the general election!" Concubine Li said in a graceful manner, without haste.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they heard the family screaming like begging Concubine Li to spare her, Concubine Li didn't comment, and sat chatting with Meiren Liu behind the case.

"That woman is also unintentional. Sister Li Fei's punishment is a little too heavy!" The queen looked at the gorgeous Li Fei and said earnestly.

Concubine Li chuckled, and said through the crowd: "The Empress has ruled the Six Palaces for many years, and knows the truth that the rules can be established and cannot be broken. If you don't punish, how can you show the majesty of the royal family?!"

"The majesty of the royal family is not demonstrated by torture!" the queen said slowly.

Concubine Li said: "Your Majesty has given me the power to assist the Six Palaces. These trivial matters are so small that I can still take charge of them. Please don't worry about it, Empress Dowager!"

"Troubleshooting will cause wrinkles!" Liu Meiren added.

The queen snorted heavily and ignored it.

The rest of the family saw Concubine Li contradicting the Queen in public, and then dragged her companion out to beat the empress twenty times in full view, until the woman was wailing again and again. His power and influence shocked a group of newcomers who had just entered the palace.

"Concubine Li wants to show her prestige, but she has suffered a lot!" Meiren Xiao sat next to Chang Xi at some point, and said with regret, "The poor concubine saw that woman in Ye Ting Bureau yesterday, she was good at bragging, It’s a pity that I can draw again!”

Chang Xi was startled when she heard the sound, and when she saw that it was her, she slowly said: "Being disqualified may not be a bad thing!"

"Oh?" Xiao Meiren asked suspiciously, "What does Zhaoyi mean by that?"

Chang Xi said: "Didn't you hear about the white-headed palace lady?"

Only then did Xiao Meiren understand, she nodded and said, "It's Zhaoyi who thinks farther!"

Chang Xi picked a peony in full bloom on the bank, and said: "This flower has been praised by people, and it has been given the reputation of national flower, because it is so expensive, just like the beauty and the sisters of Shangguan." Pointing to the wild flower path in the grass over there, "Those flowers are also colorful, but because of their inferior status, they are not only inferior to peonies, but also trampled by others." The florets are crushed.

"You and the Shangguan sisters are both officials from foreign courts, with noble family backgrounds, and these family members are all women from poor families who are selected into the palace based on their appearance. , stay in the palace for the rest of your life, and your hair will not turn gray. I think sister Xiao, who is also a woman, can understand the taste of it. Blessing!" Chang Xi was talking, and actually choked up slightly, thinking that it would be difficult to find true love in his life!But to accompany this capricious and ruthless emperor.

Xiao Meiren nodded dejectedly, "I will be imprisoned here for the rest of my life, and it is really meaningless to live!"

"Your Majesty is here!" Gao Lishi's clear voice caused a group of Yingying and Yanyan to look at Li Longji, some pretending to be shy, some smiling, always hoping to win the emperor's favor.

"It's really boring!" Xiao Meiren said helplessly when she saw the appearance of those people.

Chang Xi was a little surprised when she saw her say that. It seems that Beauty Xiao didn't care much about Li Longji, maybe the family sent her to the palace for profit!He took her hand and said, "Sister Xiao, let's go!"

Li Longji took majestic steps and walked to the Qingyu case from the kneeling of the women. When the queen saw Li Longji coming, she also sat beside him and said with a smile, "Why did your majesty come so late?"

"It's not that stubborn Zhang Jiuling, who quarreled with me all morning because of the envoy of flowers and birds!" Although Li Longji called Zhang Jiuling stubborn, his expression clearly admired this outspoken courtier.

Concubine Li said displeasedly: "It's just sending a few flower and bird envoys to various places to find family members for His Majesty. Can Prime Minister Zhang do this?"

"Sister Li Concubine knows about this?" The queen was surprised that she was not well-informed, and she didn't know what Li Concubine already knew!

Concubine Li smiled and said: "My uncle just entered the palace yesterday, did the empress mention this matter? Seeing that His Majesty is busy with state affairs all day long, Lord Xiao took this opportunity to send a few flower and bird envoys to various places to choose concubine."

"So that's how it is!" The queen said slowly, thinking to herself that her elder brother Wang Shouyi just entered the palace yesterday, why didn't she mention this matter to herself.

Chang Xi sneered secretly in his heart: This Xiao Qing really doesn't do good things. He sends some flower and bird envoys to the folks to choose concubines. He dares to do such a waste of money and money.

The queen didn't take it seriously, she didn't persuade her, she just said: "The whole family is here, Your Majesty, let's start!"

"Yeah!" Li Longji nodded.

"Third brother! I'm not too late!" Li Ye walked leisurely, waving a paper fan, and approached everyone's sight.

Chang Xi saw that he was holding a paper fan, and wondered if it was the one with the unscrupulous and voluptuous scenes, but after a closer look, it really was!Beauty Xiao beside her also saw it, and her face turned red quickly!

King Ning laughed and said, "Fifth brother is late again! How should I punish you this time!"

King Qi immediately said: "Punish him to be the last choice today!"

"Haha!" Everyone laughed out loud.

Li Longji held back his laughter and said, "Fourth brother has become a lot smarter by attacking his weakness!"

Everyone laughed again after hearing this, and the queen said: "In this general election, the ministers and concubines have changed their method, let's see if His Majesty likes it or not!"

Li Longji heard that the queen had a new trick, so he said: "Okay, let me see!"

The queen clapped her hands, and the five family members in the first row stepped forward, reported their state capitals and surnames, and danced on the grass.

They wear palace costumes of various colors, with wide sleeves and long stretches. Their movements are sometimes slow and sometimes high-pitched. They dance with hands together and sing while stepping on the ground. Their twisted shoulders and slender waists present a perfect arc, which is soft and graceful. With soft water sleeves on her arms, she brushed across the flowers, bringing out bursts of floral fragrance.

"Look at the girl on the left, how well she dances!" Shangguan Cairen pointed at the girl and praised.His sister Shangguan Jieyu smiled contemptuously and made no comment.

After dancing to a song, the queen said: "Your Majesty, is this "Tage" dance good?"

"It has some taste, but it's still not ready!" Li Longji pointed to the first woman on the left and said, "What's your name?"

"Yun Surong!" the woman said shyly.

"Give the peony!" Li Longji's simple words aroused the jealousy and envy of a group of women towards Yun Surong.

"Give Peony!" Gao Lishi shouted loudly.

The woman knelt on the ground with a happy smile and shouted a few long live.The rest of the women stepped aside dejectedly.

The family members in the second row saw that the sisters in front had their results. They came here from all over the Tang Dynasty, and after being reprimanded by the Yeting Bureau for several days, it was finally their turn to play. They were all extremely nervous. Seeing The queen nodded slightly, then carefully stepped forward to choose her best musical instrument, and then stood in a row to announce her name. Just when she read the last one, she only heard the gentle and clear voices of a few women: "Slaves, please come a little later, please Your Majesty forgive me!"

Xue and Shi knelt down on the ground, fearing that Li Longji would be blamed.

The queen was slightly displeased and said: "How can you be late for such a big event, clear out!" The servants heard the queen's order, and they were about to step forward to make a move, and the two families were so frightened that they kowtowed like garlic, and explained: "The servants have cut their heads. The palace attire for the audience, I went back and changed my clothes, so I came late, please give the slaves another chance."

The queen just wanted to reprimand, but found that the other woman who came with them was still proudly standing aside, unmoved.Her expression and behavior have already attracted the attention of the other concubines, and everyone is talking about it, but Li Longji's eyes have already surpassed Xue Shi and Shi Shi to look at the elegant and refined woman behind him.

Seeing this, the queen was furious and was about to reprimand when the woman stepped forward and said to the family members who had just finished dancing: "What dance did you do just now?"

""Tegge"!" Yun Surong said with a smile, quite a bit of complacency.

Jiang Caiping shook her head, and said sternly, "You are dressed so gorgeously, how can you do "Tage"!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar, Li Fei sneered and said, "Why not?"

Jiang Caiping smiled faintly, "Tage dances by the waterside for folk women's worship festival. Naturally, they should wear elegant and refined clothes, which show the beauty and gentleness of the women in the Jiangnan water village. Such heavy makeup is really imitating!"

"You!" Yun Surong heard her disdainfully commenting on her dancing posture, her eyes were red, and she was about to cry.

Feng Lu was born in Jiaofang and is also a person who is good at dancing. Hearing her say this is both curious and dissatisfied. I think I have been dancing for many years without knowing this rule. How can a little country girl know so much? Asked: "Who are you, talking nonsense here!"

"Putian Jiang Caiping!" The woman raised her head proudly, her eyes filled with autumn water, and she answered Huangfu Xianyi's words neither humble nor overbearing.

The queen said in a deep voice: "You haven't been punished for your negligence, but you judge her first, and you are so flamboyant as a family member, you know...!"

"Queen, let her continue!" Li Longji interrupted the queen's words in a deep voice, nodded at her and said, "I think what you said is reasonable!"

Jiang Caiping's eyes lit up, as if she had met a bosom friend, she showed a rare smile, "Your Majesty, if you can't say enough, why don't you dance!"

"Okay!" Li Longji happily agreed.

"You can't dance without songs!" Jiang Caiping looked around, "I've heard that all the concubines in Xingqing Palace are extremely talented, I don't know which one can compose a song for Caiping!"

(End of this chapter)