The Empress Dowager

Chapter 193 Palace Banquet ([-])

The first person to perform on stage was Jiang Xinru, a talented girl. Jiang Xinru not only draws beautifully, but also dances quite well. I saw her wearing a multicolored dress, dancing to the music, with long sleeves relaxed, her figure flowing, and her dancing posture light. The colorful clothes fluttered like dancing butterflies, and her beautiful face made everyone mesmerized.

At the end of the song, the hall burst into applause and voices of praise. Jiang Xinru blessed everyone, and moved off the stage with lotus steps.

The next performer was Song Ruoning. I saw Song Ruoning holding the pipa in her arms, fingering the strings with white jade-like fingers, and a burst of melodious piano sounds filled the entire hall, the sound was ethereal and beautiful!
Nangong Yue thought of a poem: still holding the pipa and half covering the face
That's about it.

Nan Gonglin played the guqin skillfully, and the sound of the piano was euphemistic and pleasant.

……

By the time the ladies on Eunuch Lu's list finished their performances, it would be getting late. Nangong Yue thought that the banquet should be coming to an end!Who ever thought that the next thing is the main purpose of this banquet.

"The Eighth Prince is also twenty this year, and he's not too young. It's good for my concubine to look at Ruoning in General Song's residence." Empress Jiang poured a glass of wine for the emperor and said with a smile.

The emperor nodded, his eyes swept across the crowd, and fell on Song Ruoning, with a majestic expression on his face: "Song Ruoning, the general's mansion, has a dignified character, a noble heart, and is specially bestowed on the eighth prince, Murong Ling, as his concubine."

Nangong Yue was stunned for a moment, it turned out that this palace banquet was not an ordinary palace banquet, but a wedding banquet!Nangong Yue looked at Song Ruoning, and saw that she looked a bit unsightly, it's no wonder that Song Ruoning liked Murong Yu, and when she suddenly learned that she was going to marry someone else, no one would be happy if this kind of thing was left on anyone's shoulders.

In the main hall, Murong Ling and Song Ruoning stepped forward to thank him one after another. Song Ruoning walked off the high platform without looking at Murong Ling, feeling very angry in her heart, she doesn't like Murong Ling, she doesn't want to marry Murong Ling, no, she has to find a way, Let the emperor dissolve the marriage.

Murong Ling didn't change his expression much, as if he didn't care, he thanked him, and went back to his seat to drink. The ministers congratulated Murong Ling one after another, and Murong Ling didn't refuse the toasting officials. Pick up the glass and drink it down.

"The prince is not young anymore, we should talk about marriage!" After finishing speaking, the empress looked at Murong Xuan, seeing Murong Xuan's complexion, she said a few more words in the emperor's ear and then stopped talking.

Prince Murong Xuan is fourteen this year, if he was in an ordinary family, he would have married and had a child long ago.The queen was also worried about the prince, and often nagged in Murong Xuan's ear, asking if there was any girl Murong Xuan liked?However, Murong Xuan always made various excuses after hearing this.

"Prince, among the daughters here, is there anyone you like? I think Jiang Xinru, the daughter of the prime minister's mansion..."

"Father, empress, I'm a little drunk, I'm leaving first!" Before the emperor finished speaking, Murong Xuan stood up and saluted the emperor and empress, then walked out.

Unexpectedly, the emperor didn't get angry, but just shook his head.

After Murong Xuan left, everyone came back to their senses. Does this prince dislike women?How else would you reject Na Fei?You know, what the emperor said just now was Jiang Xinru, the most talented woman in Jiuli, and the crown prince blatantly refused!It's incredible!
The faces of Prime Minister Jiang and his wife were very ugly, and Jiang Xinru's complexion was slightly condensed, and a strange look flashed across his jade-like eyes, and then disappeared.

(End of this chapter)