The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 164 General Election
Mengyao frowned and nodded, feeling very bad!If Jiang Caiping can still be as brilliant as before, her only ability to invite pets will be gone!

Everyone waited for a long time under the scorching sun, only to see Gao Lishi trotting all the way back, and the little servant behind him was holding a simple Zhongniqin in both hands.

"It's all right this time!" The Queen said displeasedly.

Jiang Caiping smiled slightly, took the Guqin, and said, "Qin'er, Qin'er, you have worked hard again!" After finishing speaking, she sat on the ground with her ten fingers slender, and the beautiful sound of the piano flowed out from her fingertips, like the murmur of a stream passing by a mountain, and The sound of the breeze and pines on both sides of the strait spread to everyone's ears like fairy music.

Li Ye put Chun Gongshan on the back of his collar, closed his eyes and shook his head in admiration, King Qi made an exception and put down his favorite crab roe, and stretched his neck to listen.

The family members standing on the ground saw Jiang Caiping's tendency to steal the limelight again, so they sat down hurriedly and fiddled with the strings in their hands. Their participation disturbed the sound of the piano, which was originally round and heavenly, and Li Longji frowned slightly when he heard the chaotic music.

Jiang Caiping sat there peacefully, unmoved, still immersed in the wonderful music created by her fingertips, gradually everyone recognized her piano sound from the complicated music, and all smiled with satisfaction.

Seeing this, the rest of the family were so anxious that their foreheads were covered with sweat, and they desperately fiddled with their own strings. This impatience was in sharp contrast to Jiang Caiping's leisurely, the more anxiously he waved, the more chaotic the tune, and that woman no matter what No matter how messy the sound is, it can make your piano sound stand out.

Chang Xi shook her head secretly, "Playing so impetuously, how can I play the feeling of "Spring River Flower and Moonlight Night"!"

Sure enough, Su Hanyan, who played the pipa the best among the family members, was the main force of this song. Seeing that under his leadership, the sisters couldn't overwhelm Jiang Caiping, her face flushed red with anger, and she was anxious for a while. After a few sounds of 'du tu tu du', the strings of the pipa were broken, causing laughter from the concubines nearby.

Holding the broken pipa in shame, Su Hanyan shyly retreated to the couple who had left the scene just now, and the rest of them also left the scene with sighs in despair.

Jiang Caiping gave up the song, and there was no one else on the field except herself. The outcome was decided. She smiled slightly and handed the Guqin to Gao Lishi, who was listening fascinated but still not sober.

Gao Lishi was hit by the guqin before he came to his senses. Unexpectedly, Jiang Caiping dared to command him, and he became a servant who was sent out in embarrassment.

"Your Majesty, do you want to give me peonies?" The queen carefully watched Li Longji's face.

"No!" Li Longji's indifferent reply made those family members hate Jiang Caiping to the top of their hearts!Su Hanyan thought that he could win the favor with his superb pipa skills, but he didn't know that he was on the verge of failure. He stood tearfully behind the defeated family and squinted at the elegant and arrogant Jiang Caiping.

Seeing that she was invincible, the queen winked at You Lan, and whispered in You Lan's ear while everyone was admiring Jiang Caiping's piano sound.

You Lan understood what she heard, and quietly walked out of everyone's line of sight. Before leaving, her eyes kept wandering on Chang Xi's body.At that time, Chang Xi was thinking about the countermeasures to deal with, Meier saw You Lan's gesture, and lightly bumped into Chang Xi.

Chang Xi got up and said: "The concubine feels a little unwell, I want to go there for a walk!"

Everyone's eyes were focused on Jiang Caiping, the family member in the field, Li Longji just nodded, and Chang Xi was able to slip out of the grass without everyone paying attention.

"What's the matter?" Chang Xi used a bouquet of tall peonies to block the figure of herself and You Lan.

You Lan said: "The empress ordered you to prepare a few good poems, and you must suppress her limelight later!"

After hearing this, Chang Xi thought for a moment, then sighed, "Good!"

Seeing that she had agreed, You Lan returned to the venue contentedly.

Chang Xi wandered outside for a while, Fang Jin went back to the Furong Garden, and saw Li Longji still sitting behind the imperial case, watching the woman on the right side of the court, that woman was Jiang Caiping, but seeing her holding her hands in a leisurely manner, and On the left side of the field, the family members in pale pink palace clothes were sweating anxiously.

Ning Wang twisted his beard and said: "The time has come, please ask Mrs. Zhao to recite your poems!"

"Jiang's song was very good just now, let me listen to yours!" King Qi put his hands on his lap and looked expectantly.

After listening to King Ning's urging, Mrs. Zhao became even more anxious. She wiped the sweat off her forehead with trembling hands, and subconsciously looked at those defeated sisters. A proud woman, Mrs. Zhao pursed her lips, and said with a trembling voice: "The eyes are flowing, and the wind is returning... Sending back... Xi." After saying a few words, I couldn't read any more.

Li Ye yawned and said, "This poem in Chu Ci style is not well done!"

After hearing Li Ye's comments, Mrs. Zhao became even more nervous, and kept wiping the sweat on her forehead with her sleeve, but couldn't speak. Chang Xi saw that the queen used some method to get the family's competition On the poem, he took a step forward and said with a smile: "Sister Zhao has never seen a holy face, she must be nervous this time! Why don't I do it for you!"

Li Ye was the first to slap his hands and praise loudly, and Li Longji also nodded and said: "Chang Xi is the most talented, so you can do it!"

Seeing Chang Xi coming forward to fight, Jiang Caiping was very happy, as if she really wanted to know if Wu Zhaoyi had any real talents. Chang Xi looked at the peonies in the distance, thinking of the cold palace where Meier and herself lived, thinking As soon as he moved, he said: "Although this poem is written on behalf of Zhao's younger sister, the content of the poem is what Meier wants to tell His Majesty!"

"Oh?" Li Longji was quite surprised, with a pair of star eyes, he looked at Mei'er, who was a palace maid behind the wooden case, with lowered eyebrows.

When Mei'er heard this, she suddenly looked up, wondering what Chang Xi was going to do?Why didn't you discuss it with yourself in advance!But suddenly his eyes met Li Longji's, and his heart was still throbbing.

"The Big Dipper hangs in the west building in the sky, and there is no one in the golden house." Chang Xi took delicate steps, folded a half-bloomed peony in his hand, tears in his starry eyes, "Moonlight wants to reach the Nagato Hall, Don't worry about being in the palace!" After speaking, Yingying bowed down, put the peony on the golden plate where Gao Lishi rode the peony, and looked at the emperor quietly.

This poem tells the story of Chen Ajiao and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty loved the queen Ajiao at first, and promised that if he got Ajiao, he would build a golden house to hide it. A-Jiao was sad and lonely, so she asked Sima Xiangru to write an "Ode to the Long Door" for her, hoping that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would change his mind, but Emperor Wu was heartless. Although Chen A-Jiao was a queen, she still died of old age in the palace, which was extremely desolate.

After reciting a poem, the audience was silent. Jiang Caiping seemed to be affected by the resentment of the poem, and the aloofness in her body dissipated a little. Infatuation has come to such an end, is it really the emperor who is unfeeling?

The queen also thought of the shy time when she and Li Longji were newly married, but the good times didn't last long. Ever since he brought back the goblin Li Concubine from Luzhou, she had never been favored again, and Li Concubine thought of her humble background, fortunately Rescued by Li Longji, it should have been harmonious. If it wasn't for the empress's old woman blocking the way and Chang Xi's troubles, how could there be no concubine now, but it would be difficult to regain the state of the year's favor. For a while, everyone has their own thoughts , but they were invariably moved by Chang Xi's poem.

"It's my fault! I'm sorry for you!" Li Longji was silent for a long time, and slowly spit out this sentence from his mouth.

Chang Xi knelt down and said, "It's not my concubine who suffers so much, but Mei'er!"

Li Longji looked at Mei'er, moved his lips lightly, trying to say something, but remained silent after all.Two lines of clear tears slowly slid down Meier's cheeks.After waiting for such a long time, returning to Chang Xi's side as a female official also has a small selfishness. I hope that Li Longji can see him and accept him again. Her affection was nothing more than that, but at this time Chang Xi had fully revealed such affection, but he was still unmoved.

It turned out that from the beginning to the end, it was just "never loved".

"Wu Zhaoyi is so talented, Caiping is willing to bow down!" Jiang Caiping pulled back her clothes as a gift, and performed a perfect palace ceremony to Chang Xi.

Seeing that Chang Xi had finally suppressed Jiang Caiping's limelight, the queen couldn't hide the smile on her brows and eyes, and praised: "As expected of your majesty's cousin, she is really talented! Your majesty, the election is coming to an end soon, it's time for you to give her title !"

"Will the Zhao family give peony?" Gao Lishi asked Li Longji, looking at Li Longji's face.

Li Longji hesitated for a moment, Chang Xi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, since the concubine is writing poetry on behalf of Zhao's younger sister, it should be kept!"

"Okay, just as my cousin said!" Li Longji smiled lightly, and ordered Gao Lishi to give the peonies that Chang Xi put in the gold plate to his family's son, Zhao.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mrs. Zhao was overjoyed, no matter whether the broken peonies in the gold plate were auspicious or not, she hurriedly took the gold plate.

Concubine Li shook the palace fan in her hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the three younger sisters Jiang, Yun, and Zhao have all been given peonies, please give them titles again!"

Everyone looked at Li Longji, knowing that this was the most critical moment. They saw Li Longji fiddling with the white jade teacup in his hand, and his eyes slowly swept across the eyes of those women. Jiang Caiping's Yun family and Zhao family were very nervous. After a long while, Li Longji said slowly: "Zhao family bestows a fifth-grade talent with the title Hua; Yun family bestows a fifth-grade talent with a surname."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The second daughter knelt down and gave her the seal.Yun Surong was very upset when she was named a talented person. What made her most aggrieved was that the Zhao family, which was selected by Chang Xi, was also named a fifth-rank talented person, and she was even given a title, and she still used her surname as her own. No, I am really wronged!

The Queen knew that these two family members were of no importance, what she and everyone wanted to know most was what position Jiang Caiping would be given!
Concubine Li smiled and said: "Your Majesty likes the Jiang family so much, and put her at the end to suppress the situation. According to my concubine, it doesn't matter whether her family background is humble or not, just break the rules and make her the ninth concubine!"

After hearing this, Li Longji shook his head slowly. The queen was very pleased when she saw this, and speculated what Li Longji meant: "The ninth concubine is a position that only noble women can have. , the seniority is still young, how can I become a concubine? If you don't make a Jieyu, it is already a kindness!"

(End of this chapter)