Yin Yichen smiled and said to Princess Xiangyu, "Your Highness, just now I received the flowers, but it was my wife who played the piano. Now that my wife has received the flowers, why not let me perform my humble performance to make my colleagues in the court laugh."
Princess Xiangyu flatly refused after hearing this. "Prime Minister, we said from the beginning that this was the ladies' place. If the Prime Minister were to come on stage, wouldn't that be breaking the rules? This won't work. The Prime Minister's wife must come."
Seeing this, Yin Yichen narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "In that case, I am indeed being rude."
Princess Xiangyu clenched her palms, looked at Song Wanning beside him and said, "Madam Prime Minister, please come in."
Song Wanning knew this was definitely the last time. If Princess Xiangyu let her get the prize a third time, it would be too obvious. This time, Princess Xiangyu would definitely show her some power.
Song Wanning was also curious about what tricks Princess Xiangyu would use to embarrass her. Thinking of this, Song Wanning stood up swiftly and said with a smile, "Thank you, Princess, for your kindness."
Song Wanning stepped forward, reached into the basket, pulled out a paper ball, and handed it to Princess Xiangyu. Seeing this, Princess Xiangyu immediately pulled out another paper ball from her sleeve and opened it. She coughed twice and slowly said, "Madam Prime Minister, please perform a sword dance for us to enjoy."
When Princess Xiangyu said this, all the ladies and men present were quite surprised.
After all, very few ladies in the dynasty could dance with swords. If it was dancing, they might be able to do it. But now they actually asked Song Wanning to dance with a sword. I'm afraid they just wanted to see her make a fool of herself.
"Sword dance?" Yin Yichen frowned and said in a deep voice, "I'm curious, which lady wrote this talent of sword dance?"
Yin Yichen turned around and looked at the ladies sitting below, but none of them stood up. The ladies all looked at each other, each with a puzzled look on their faces.
Princess Xiangyu curled her lips and excused herself, "Now I'm afraid it's difficult for the lady who wrote the sword dance to come forward. This was originally said to be anonymous. I'm afraid it's against the rules for the Prime Minister to ask this."
"Even the game of passing the flower doesn't say I can't ask, right?" Yin Yichen smiled, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. He said slowly, "I'm just a little curious about who this lady is who is so confident in her sword-dancing skills in the capital. I'd also like to open the eyes of the officials and wives present here."
But even though Yin Yichen said this, all the ladies shook their heads and no one came out to claim the title.
Seeing this, Yin Yichen's gaze fell on Princess Xiangyu again, and he slowly said, "Princess Xiangyu, there is not a single lady in the whole hall who has come to claim you as a wife. I just don't know where this sword-dancing skill came from. It can't be that Princess Xiangyu added it herself, right?"
"How could it be?" Princess Xiangyu was a little anxious when she saw Yin Yichen being so aggressive. "Prime Minister, please don't be so slanderous. As the drummer, how could I do such a thing?"
Yin Yichen had a half-smile on his face and said slowly, "If Her Royal Highness the Princess says so, would you dare to take out all these paper balls and count them, and ask these ladies to claim the ones they wrote, and see if there are any left at the end."
Yin Yichen usually complains to everyone in the court, and now he doesn't even give Princess Xiangyu any face at all.
Princess Xiangyu was now at a loss for words. At this moment, Prince An Xie Ke laughed and said, "Prime Minister, this is just a game. If it escalates into a trial by the three ministers, wouldn't that be embarrassing? I'm afraid that's not necessary. If the Prime Minister's wife can't dance, just say so."
Yin Yichen turned his head and replied calmly to Prince An, "Prince An may not know, but the whole capital is saying that Princess Xiangyu is making things difficult for my wife because she can't get love. I am now trying to clear Princess Xiangyu's name."
As soon as Yin Yichen said this, all the ladies in the palace laughed. Yin Yichen has always been a thick-skinned man, but now he actually said such shameless words in public, which made everyone around him feel particularly embarrassed for him, but Yin Yichen was completely unaware of it.
After hearing this, Princess Xiangyu was even more angry and jumped to her feet. However, she couldn't ask anyone to check this place right now. If they did, it would confirm her reputation.
"If the princess doesn't want these rumors to spread, why not check in court to find out which lady wrote it. Once the truth is revealed, Princess Xiangyu's reputation can be cleared." Yin Yichen was now talking to himself. "What do you think, Princess Xiangyu?"
Just as the two were deadlocked, the virtuous concubine beside Princess Xiangyu stepped forward and slowly said, "Prime Minister, this note about the sword dance was written by me. I learned sword dancing in the past, but my skills are not so good now, so I thought I would share it with everyone for a laugh. I hope you, Prime Minister, don't mind me writing this?"
"Of course not." Yin Yichen's smile remained unchanged as he slowly said, "Since it was written by the Imperial Concubine, then my wife should dance it this time, just as if she were dancing for the Imperial Concubine to see."
This time, Concubine Xian stood up to speak up, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was just to cover up for Princess Xiangyu.
At this point, the emperor, sitting above, could no longer maintain his composure. He coughed and said, "Xiangyu, you said you wanted to play this game at the palace banquet, so I let you host it. Who would have thought you would resort to such behavior in this game? You have truly embarrassed me. Go back to the palace and reflect on your mistakes. You are not allowed to go out for a month and reflect on your mistakes."
The virtuous concubine only now realized that she had made a mistake, and immediately stepped forward to ask for the emperor's forgiveness, "Your Majesty, I have been too lenient with Xiangyu on weekdays, but she would never do such a thing. I am afraid this matter is a misunderstanding, please Your Majesty, please look into it."
The emperor was now truly angry, and said coldly, "I have now made a clear investigation. As Xiangyu's mother, you did not discipline her, but instead aided and abetted her evil deeds and covered up for her. Why don't you get out now?"
It's no wonder that the emperor is angry about this matter. Now that the matter is almost brought to the surface, isn't it telling all the civil and military officials in the court that the royal family has no credibility and undermines the royal dignity?
Song Wanning looked back at Yin Yichen and waved her hand helplessly.
Now that Princess Xiangyu was gone, the sword dance naturally stopped. Soon the banquet dispersed, and Song Wanning left the palace with Yin Yichen.
As soon as Song Wanning stood at the door of the carriage, Cui Xiaoxiao ran towards her.
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