"So it's from the Dingyuan Marquis family. Come here, give me a reward."
The Empress Dowager didn't say what the reward was, so the eunuch handed over a big red purse in a proper manner, which contained some gold and silver cakes.
Su Honglang knelt down to express his gratitude, but he felt very uncomfortable.
Others would be rewarded generously for reciting a poem, but why is it that for him, it’s just gold and silver coins?
The Queen Mother clearly disliked Su Honglang. The noble ladies looked at Su Honglang with a bit more disgust in their eyes, and their daughters' shyness disappeared.
As soon as Su Honglang left the stage, Ji Yonglian rushed up impatiently.
She danced, and the butterfly hairpin on her head trembled, as if it was about to flap its wings and fly away.
Ji Yonglian knows how to show off her strengths. As she spins, her clothes flutter and her light body seems to be about to take off with the butterfly, which is quite eye-catching.
The gentlemen sitting on the right side all stretched their heads to look, with ambiguous smiles on their faces, and commented on it quite a bit.
The Queen Mother felt that the dance was enchanting and sensual, and she did not like it. However, she did not show it, but only asked:
"Whose girl is this? Why haven't I seen her before?"
Ji Yonglian was overjoyed. She stood there on the high platform in a daze and said in a light tone, "I am the daughter of Ji Gongming, the Minister of Revenue. It was the Empress Dowager who issued the Hundred Flowers Invitation to invite me into the palace."
Nanny Yan leaned over and explained something in the Empress Dowager's ear, and the Empress Dowager's face turned cold.
If she had known that the Ji family had such a concubine's daughter, she should have invited Huan'er into the palace by name instead of vaguely writing that she was a daughter of the Ji family.
Nanny Yan knew what the Queen Mother was thinking. She stepped forward, displayed the authority of a palace lady, and sternly rebuked:
"How dare you! Why didn't you kneel when the Queen Mother asked you?"
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