Chapter 189 Ready to Peek
However, there are also people like Gu Siqing and the others who have no intention of becoming a royal family. The families of these concubines often give greetings.
While practicing dancing, Yin Miaoyin was a little absent-minded and accidentally tripped over the hem of her skirt. Her mistake was not obvious, but unfortunately, the instructor walked right in front of her.
"Mammy." Yin Miaoyin smiled awkwardly, knowing that it was too obvious that she was trying to take advantage of the situation.
"Ms. Yin, you need to put more effort into your practice. When you are performing a group dance, your actions may affect others. It doesn't matter if you don't stand out, but you have to do the basics well. Do you understand?"
The nanny's reminder was very subtle, but Yin Miaoyin understood it.
She could handle all the processes of the talent show, but she couldn't affect others and mess up the situation.
When she performs the dance before His Majesty, if anything goes wrong, she will not be the only one to be punished.
"Yes, Miaoyin understands." Yin Miaoyin lowered her head embarrassedly, and paid attention in the subsequent practice without any trouble.
The nanny didn't care much about noble ladies like Yin Miaoyin who didn't want to be chosen. As long as there was no trouble, she would turn a blind eye and let them do what they wanted.
Before they started fighting for the throne, the atmosphere between the princes could be considered harmonious, and they would even talk to each other in private.
After the court session ended that day, Chi Hongyuan walked out of the hall slowly. Whether attending court or leaving court, his usual style was not to come too early or leave too fast, and to try his best to hide himself in the crowd.
He walked behind the court officials and when he stepped over the threshold of the hall, he heard several footsteps approaching from behind.
"A Yuan is walking so fast, I can hardly catch up with him." The one jogging to catch up was the eighth prince Chi Hongqi.
The other princes also hurriedly followed. Usually after the morning court, they would walk together. Sometimes they didn't speak, and sometimes they spoke a few sarcastic words to each other. It was not tense, but it was a bit far-fetched to say that the situation was harmonious.
"Royal brother, are you catching up?" Chi Hongyuan didn't even turn his head, but slowed down his pace.
The fifth prince, the sixth prince and the crown prince walked behind and soon caught up.
The brothers walking together, each with their own unique looks, and standing together are a sight that is hard to look away from.
"The beauties who passed the first round of selection yesterday have settled down in the palace. I wonder which families the beauties who stayed this year are from." The fifth prince took out a fan from his sleeve, unfolded it and began to fan.
"Fifth brother, where did you hide the fan? Fan me. It's very hot this day and I hate it the most." Chi Hongqi said as he was about to snatch the folding fan from the Fifth Prince's hand, but the Fifth Prince rolled his eyes and slapped his hand away.
But he still stood beside Chi Hongqi and fanned himself so that both of them could keep cool.
"Not only the noble ladies from the capital, but also other cities will have eligible women of marriageable age sent here. The temperament and features of women from other places are somewhat different from those in the capital. At this time, Tu Mi Garden must be full of spring."
Speaking of women, the prince was most interested and brought a few people closer to discuss with them.
The talent show is held every three years. Most of the people who participated in previous talent shows did not participate because of their age difference. This year, they are just of the right age, and they can enter the palace to watch the talent show.
Among the princes, except for the younger ones who don't have a principal wife, the older ones, such as the crown prince and the fifth prince, all have a principal wife, but the position of concubine is vacant or one or two concubines should be chosen.
In this selection, several princes will choose one or two people to keep by their side, so everyone is interested in this topic.
Several people were joking about who liked what kind of woman, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Among the group, only Chi Hongyuan remained silent. The prince laughed and glanced at Chi Hongyuan, then went over and put his arm around his shoulders: "Ninth brother, why don't you say anything?"
After the Queen's repeated and painstaking advice, the Prince finally came to his senses.
Although the prince was unwilling, he knew in his heart that his abilities were limited. He could not compete with other princes, let alone Chi Hongyuan. For example, Chi Hongyuan could go to the battlefield and kill the enemy, but could he?
After coming to his senses, he became very close to Chi Hongyuan. Although the other party had a cold personality, he had no ill will towards him, and he still liked talking to Chi Hongyuan.
Among the several princes, Chi Hongyuan has the most outstanding ability and is most likely to ascend the throne in the future. The prince has long made up his mind to establish a good relationship with him.
"I was listening to what my brothers said, so I didn't interrupt." Chi Hongyuan said calmly.
Chi Hongyuan would not take the initiative to provoke the princes until they showed obvious ill will towards him.
Even if it was the Fifth Prince and the Sixth Prince who disliked him, as long as they did not speak sharply, Chi Hongyuan was happy to go along with the situation and maintain his image of not competing with others.
"Your personality has also become quiet." Chi Hongrui was careless and started to complain in front of himself.
Chi Hongyuan smiled and was not disgusted by Chi Hongrui's straightforwardness: "Your Highness is right."
"Ninth brother, what kind of women do you like? We have never heard you mention women before. If you have a type of woman you like, you can tell me and I will ask my father to help you keep an eye out for her."
Chi Hongyuan was tall, and the prince was half a head taller than him, so it was easy for him to hold him.
Regarding the selection of concubines, not only Concubine Rong, but even the slow-witted Crown Prince could understand that Chi Hongyuan had reached an age where he would need to choose a principal wife to take care of the household affairs, and the candidate should be chosen from among the concubines.
"I seldom come into contact with women, so I have no idea what kind of woman I like. If I were to choose a wife, I'd want someone with a gentle and virtuous temperament."
Chi Hongyuan's attitude was very indifferent, and it was obvious that he was not concerned about choosing a queen.
The prince thought about what he said and felt that it made sense. Since they were choosing a queen, if she was not virtuous, there would be chaos in the inner house.
Several people were discussing at once. This was the first time they had so much to say since Chi Hongyuan returned to Beijing. It seemed like they could never finish talking.
When everyone was talking excitedly, Chi Hongqi interrupted and said, "Why don't we go to Tumi Garden to take a look? Just do it secretly, without anyone knowing. Isn't there a lot of crabapple windows in Tumi Garden?"
The crowd fell silent, and everyone's eyes fell on Chi Hongqi.
Chi Hongqi shrank his head awkwardly and scratched his head, saying, "I just said it casually..."
"Eighth brother's suggestion is very good! Let's go and take a look. Just take a look. No one will know."
The prince held Chi Hongyuan on his left and pulled the fifth prince with his right hand, and was about to go to Tumi Garden.
The Sixth Prince was a little scared and whispered, "It's not appropriate for us to do this."
As soon as he finished speaking, the prince covered his mouth and said, "What's the matter? Didn't we go there three years ago?"
Although the prince was unruly, he was too embarrassed to publicize the fact that he had secretly visited the concubines.
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