"Thank you for your help, Concubine Xian."

"Serving the Empress is my duty."

"It's rare that you have this kind of heart. Prepare well. At the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, I will help you win the favor."

"I am going to play the song 'Owl and Heron Forget Me Not'."

“This track is not good.”

"What about 'Flowing Water' and 'Autumn Wind Lyrics'?"

"None of this is good. If you want to gain the emperor's favor, you must humble yourself. I remember that you can dance the waist drum. When the actors finish singing, you can go up and dance."

“Your Majesty…”

Concubine Xian Guipin was so aggrieved that she almost cried. The Queen forced her to perform on the same stage with the actors, which was more painful than beating her with twenty sticks.

"Why, you don't want to?"

"I am willing."

"Go down and make good preparations. I'm exhausted."

Concubine Xian Guipin walked out of the gate of Qiwu Palace and shook her handkerchief vigorously.

As the old saying goes, actors are heartless and whores are disloyal.

Actors belong to the lowest class, while the ladies of noble families live in the inner chambers, never leaving the house. They only invite troupes to perform on stage during festivals.

If the performance was good, he would be rewarded with gold and silver; if the performance was bad, he would be rewarded with fruits and snacks.

The actors traveled all over the country with the troupe, sleeping in the open air. Many of them could not even speak Mandarin and could only speak dialects.

Concubine Xian Gui was sitting next to the eight-immortal table with a vase of blooming camellias at her side. She took out the flowers, plucked off the leaves one by one, tore off the petals, and then stomped on them viciously.

"Damn it, it's really damned, actually making fun of me by comparing me to an actor. Just wait and see, when I give birth to a prince, I will definitely turn things around."

Concubine Xian Guipin took out her anger on the flowers, drank another bowl of tea, took out a hand drum, tied it around her waist, and started dancing and beating the drum.

The banquet started at 3:00 p.m., and after the seats were arranged, Concubine Xian arrived first. She ordered the palace servants to set up the tables and chairs, and serve tea, cakes, and appetizers one after another.

Gu Yinwei and Gu Yingxia came hand in hand, and the four card partners Zhao, Qian, Sun and Li waved warmly to Gu Yinwei and her sister.

"Second sister, when did you become so familiar with them?"

"They are familiar with whoever is close to the emperor."

"That's right. You can sit in a corner. I'll sit here."

Gu Yingxia sat down and started cracking melon seeds, crunch bang.

"Give you some too. It's crunchy and fragrant."

"Eat less, be careful not to get angry."

"I get angry because I can't eat."

Gu Yingxia didn't eat the dishes or snacks at the banquet, but kept cracking melon seeds.

Ah Qing peeled a handful of melon seeds, placed them in front of her, and tried to persuade her earnestly.

"Master, please eat less melon seeds when the banquet begins."

"I know."

She said she knew, but her mouth kept making a crunching sound. Concubine Xian Gui rubbed her cheeks. Gu Shurong was such a big eater, she would definitely have fat cheeks in a few years.

There was a dark circle under Concubine Rou's eyes. Shuanglu bent down to lift her skirt. Concubine Rou put on a layer of light makeup. Concubine Xian Guipin secretly observed her makeup and outfit.

It was a close call, there was no color clash.

Just as Concubine Rou sat down, Concubine Yi arrived.

Wen Qin, the maidservant of Concubine Yi, was dressed in purple, which made her look a little cold.

Soon, Concubine Jin arrived. She was wearing a goose yellow skirt, a sparrow bun, and a sky blue bracelet on her wrist.

The virtuous concubine was determined to show off today, and her attention was always focused on the clothes and appearance of the concubines.

Gu Yinwei sat quietly, her eyes glancing at Concubine Xian's face. Her nose was slightly sunken, and her facial features were not three-dimensional enough, so she needed to use makeup to cover up her flaws.

Her makeup today was just right, but it was a pity that she shouldn't have worn blue. In the entire harem, the only person who could wear blue so ethereally was Concubine Zhen.

Xian Guipin had been on good terms with Zhen Fei before, but now that Zhen Fei was in trouble, she was busy dressing up and trying to curry favor with her. Zhen Fei would definitely not let her do as she wished.

As expected, Zhenfei also wore blue.

Concubine Rou lowered her head and took a sip of wine, her eyes cold.

There was a zither table in front of Concubine Yi, with an ancient zither on it. She turned the tuning pegs to tune the instrument. Wen Qin held a clean cotton cloth in her hand, brushing it across the Dragon Pond and Phoenix Swamp.

Concubine Jin looked at the stage, where the actors in painted costumes came on stage one after another.

Gu Yingxia stopped cracking melon seeds and stole a glance at Zhenfei.

Concubine Xian didn't want to conflict with Concubine Zhen, so she hid whenever she saw her.

Zhen Fei called out, "Stop."

The virtuous concubine seemed to be under a spell of immobilization, and was fixed in place without moving.

"Xian Guipin, who gave you permission to wear a blue dress?"

There are many unwritten rules in the palace. For example, when meeting Concubine Rou, you cannot use gardenia hair oil, when meeting the Empress Dowager, you cannot wear a dragonfly hairpin, and when meeting Concubine Zhen, you cannot wear lake blue clothes.

"I know I was wrong. I will change it right away."

Concubine Xian was very scared. The Queen had clearly said that Concubine Zhen would not attend the banquet, so why did she come? Not only did she come, but she also wore the same clothes as Concubine Zhen.

The Queen held Xia Chan's hand and sat steadily on the throne that belonged to her. There was a cold look in the eyes of Concubine Xian. The Queen lied that Concubine Zhen would not attend and instigated her to wear this dress in order to cause her to have an argument with Concubine Zhen.

"Xian Guipin, why is there no place for me at the banquet?"

"I have been negligent, and I will make up for it for you, Your Majesty."

"Can it be solved with just one word of negligence?"

Concubine Zhen was arrogant, her eyes fell on her dress, "Xiaoyu, I want to drink sour jujube juice."

Xiaoyu picked up a cup of jujube juice nearby, and Zhenfei took it and poured it on Concubine Xian's dress.

"How dare you wear a curved skirt? You're asking for trouble."

Xian Guipin's dress was soaked with water. She was so ashamed and angry that she covered her face and ran away. Xian Guipin ran very fast without looking at the road and knocked down a palace maid. She raised her hand and slapped the palace maid, breaking her face.

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