The reborn poisonous woman is hard to abandon

Chapter 189 Talent Competition
He naturally knew why Xiao Ruan came to ask for his opinion.

If the crown prince is really interested in Lu Heng, Lu Heng may become the crown princess, and it is not impossible to become a queen in the future.

But the situation in the court was treacherous and ever-changing. Whether the Lu family could produce a princess or a queen required him to stand in the camp and think carefully.

"The prince is my student. I can't understand his character very well. Lu Heng seems to be out of touch, but he is actually very assertive. If the two can really get together, it would be a good thing, but Heng If the son is unwilling, the grandfather will not force it."

After pondering for a moment, Mrs. Lu finally spoke slowly.

"Thanks to my grandfather for making it clear, Ruan'er knows what to do."

Hearing that there was no objection in the other party's tone, Xiao Ruan was overjoyed, saluted Taifu Lu, and immediately left the room to look for Lu Heng.

"I will never go to participate, why do you bring this up again?"

Lu Heng was extremely happy to learn that Xiao Ruan had come to the Lu residence, but when he heard that the other party came to persuade her to attend the banquet in the palace, he immediately pouted.

"Don't you like the excitement? It's not easy to see all the daughters vying to show their talents. You can just accompany me to watch the excitement!"

Xiao Ruan's eyes flashed, and he took her arm affectionately, trying to touch her with affection.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Lu Heng's face suddenly showed a look of embarrassment, and he didn't know how to reject Xiao Ruan.

Seeing this, Xiao Ruan pursued the victory even more, and immediately made a decision: "Cousin Heng, I knew you were the best for me, and I will be waiting to go to the palace with you tomorrow morning..."

"No, I can't go there tomorrow when I'm sick!"

Just when Xiao Ruan thought she had convinced Lu Heng, she heard Lu Heng's voice of refusal.

Hearing that she used illness as an excuse again, Xiao Ruan suddenly felt a mouthful of old blood choked in his throat, and was speechless.

And Lu Heng's scalp felt numb when Xiao Ruan looked at her, and he glanced at her vainly, then turned his gaze to other places: "You...don't look at me like this... Anyway, no matter what you say, I am won't be participating."

Seeing that the other party is so stubborn, Xiao Ruan deeply felt that if he stayed here any longer, he might be so angry that his stomach hurts and he had to return home.

The next morning, after Lu Heng washed up, he sat in front of the window in a daze, when he suddenly saw his mother walking in with a group of maidservants.

"Mother, why are you here?"

Because of Lu Hanrui's strict discipline, Mrs. Lu Mrs. Zhao did not ask much of Lu Heng on weekdays, and rarely came out to see her early in the morning like today.

"The Empress held several banquets, but you didn't attend. You must go with me today."

Mrs. Lu got straight to the point, and asked the little maid to clean up for Lu Heng.

Lu Heng looked at Mrs. Lu's face for a long time, and couldn't believe that the other party really wanted to take him to the palace, so he screamed.

"Mother, my daughter has already told you that she is not feeling well today..."

"Damn girl, you still dare to lie to me, Ruan'er told me that you are pretending to be sick, you think I don't know?"

When Mrs. Lu heard Lu Heng's words, her face turned black with anger.

Before the queen hosted a banquet, she thought that Lu Heng was really unwell, but she didn't expect to know from Xiao Ruan that Lu Heng was pretending to be sick, and the purpose was to hide from His Royal Highness.

Everyone knows that this talent election is actually to choose a concubine for the prince.

The daughters of other families are eager to show their best side in order to win the favor of the prince, but this daughter of my own family is so unbelievable, and she is still hiding from the prince, which is really annoying.

Although Mrs. Lu didn't think that Lu Heng would be favored by the crown prince, there was a contingency in everything.If Lu Heng really falls into the eyes of the prince, then he will be the life of the princess and queen in the future, such honors can be obtained by ordinary people.

When Lu Heng heard Mrs. Lu's words, his face immediately turned red, and he felt a little anxious.

I don't know what Xiao Ruan said, if she told about her beating the prince, she might be punished by her mother and Lu Hanrui again.

However, while she was worried, Mrs. Lu had already helped her choose a suitable dress, handed it to the little maid to change it for her, and found suitable jewelry for her to wear.

After slapping Lu Heng up and down, left and right, Mrs. Lu nodded in satisfaction and led Lu Heng into the palace.

The time was just right, Xiao Ruan saw Lu Heng entering the banquet hall with Mrs. Lu sickly in the palace, and immediately asked someone to lead the two of them to his side.

Lu Heng ran away angrily because of Xiao Ruan's informant, and wanted to sit away from Xiao Ruan, but Mrs. Lu was pleasantly surprised and looked for her.

Lu Heng had no choice but to sit with Xiao Ruan honestly under Xiao Ruan's smiling eyes.

"Why, are you still angry?"

After Lu Heng sat down, he deliberately didn't look at Xiao Ruan, the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed into a line, his eyes were on his nose, his nose was on his heart.Facing the white porcelain wine glass on the table in front of him, he remained silent, as if he and Xiao Ruan were strangers.

Xiao Ruan warmly exchanged greetings with Mrs. Lu for a moment, noticed Lu Heng's strange behavior, suddenly curled the corners of her lips, turned her head to look at her for a long time, and then covered her mouth and smiled lowly.

"Are you too embarrassed to laugh?"

Lu Heng was still waiting for Xiao Ruan to give him a reasonable explanation, but when he saw that Xiao Ruan could still laugh, his face turned dark immediately.

She doesn't want to participate in any talent competition, let alone come to see the excitement here, she just wants to hide at home and avoid the prince completely!

Searching quietly in the banquet hall, seeing many noble children sitting across from him, but no prince was there, Lu Heng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to question her in a low voice.

"Cousin Heng, who used to be like a tigress, has turned into a kitten. Naturally, I can't help but laugh."

"you……"

Lu Heng knew that the other party was deliberately provoking him, but when he heard that he was compared to a tigress, he couldn't help but burst into anger. Since Mrs. Lu was on the side, he had no choice but to suppress her.

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. To tell you the truth, do you think I insisted on letting you come? It was the crown prince who insisted on letting me bring you here."

Seeing that she was really unhappy, Xiao Ruan simply stopped teasing him, and approached her ear to tell the truth.

Hearing this, Lu Heng was stunned for a moment: "He, what does he want me to do here?"

"Maybe I want you to apologize to him? After all, you beat the prince up and down."

Glancing at Lu Heng sympathetically, Xiao Ruan suppressed her smile again, not expressing her guess.As expected, Lu Heng's face showed a look of hunger and panic, and his eyes were also a little anxious.

"Are you sure he really wants me to apologize to him, not because of anything else? If he deliberately troubles me, what should I do?"

Lu Heng always felt that the man was trying to punish him on purpose, and he felt uneasy, and unconsciously wrung the silk handkerchief in his hand.

Seeing this, Xiao Ruan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Where is it as scary as you think? Don't say that there is an aunt here. Looking at the face of the grandfather, the prince will not do anything to you. You should quickly put your heart in your stomach!"

It seems to be the truth, but that person...

Confusion flashed across Lu Heng's eyes, and then he remembered the oolong incident that happened that day, and after thinking about it carefully, he found that he had no choice but to comfort himself in this way.

"The Queen is here! The Crown Prince is here! King Huai is here!"

The eunuch's sharp voice came from a distance, and everyone immediately saw the figures of the queen, prince, and Duke Huai approaching the venue.

The empress was still wearing the bright red palace dress today, and the phoenix embroidered with gold silk was faintly visible as she walked. Needless to say, she was full of elegance, and the crown prince and Duke Huai followed her, attracting the attention of all the noble ladies.

Today, the prince is wearing a bright yellow prince's suit, a purple gold crown on his head, and his black hair is tied up high. He is a modest and easy-going jade-faced gentleman.And Duke Huai liked the white robe, with the jade hairpin tied in his hair, with a smile on his lips, his appearance as warm as jade made people feel extra warm.

After several people were seated, the queen immediately announced the start of the talent competition.

But Xiao Ruan felt that a fiery gaze was staring at him firmly, which was especially uncomfortable.

Following that line of sight, he immediately met the focused gaze of Zhao Yan, the head of the seat in front of him.

As if waiting for Xiao Ruan to look up, a warm smile appeared on that person's face immediately, and the corners of his mouth were raised high, causing all the girls around her to stop breathing, and Xiao Ruan could even hear a gasp the sound of.

Frowning, Xiao Ruan immediately looked back.

Since the farewell to Wanfushan, Zhao Yan's attitude towards her can almost be said to be completely reversed.

Regardless of whether that person is sincerely thanking him or has ulterior motives, Xiao Ruan will never trust him again in this life.

Otherwise, when she lowered her head and meditated, she didn't notice a cold gaze not far away was heading directly towards her...

The sound of silk and bamboo soon rang out, and the first person to show off his talents was Zuo Qianxue, the daughter of Chaozhong Zuo Shilang's family.

As the first daughter to perform on stage, Zuo Qianxue obviously made enough preparations. She was dressed in a pure white gauze, ethereal like a fairy, and only her lips were tinged with bright red on her elegant and graceful face. The white clothes set off against each other, making people unable to move their eyes away.

Zuo Qianxue was good at playing the guqin, her voice like pearls and jade resounded in everyone's ears, like a brisk stream meandering in, or like a flock of birds staying in the forest for a while and then gliding away.

At the end of the song, everyone seemed to be immersed in the sound of the other party's piano. After a while, there was a burst of thunderous applause.

Because Zuo Qianxue amazed everyone at the beginning, when a noble lady performed on the Guqin later, everyone would compare her with Zuo Qianxue.But for half an hour, that noble girl performed easily, but no one could surpass Zuo Qianxue.

Afterwards, everyone seemed to know that it was difficult to surpass Zuo Qianxue in piano skills, and some people gave up the written test directly. On the other hand, there was no one who was particularly outstanding in other singing and dancing performances.

Xiao Ruan sat on the court for half a day, seeing the talents of so many court ladies, she couldn't help feeling visually tired for a while, even Lu Heng smacked his lips and yawned.

"This is the excitement you said, it seems to be nothing more than that?"

(End of this chapter)