Chapter 58: Lack of Skills
As expected, Pei Jinyu stepped forward and performed the standard etiquette of a lady from a noble family, then took a wooden sword with no offensive power and began to move slowly.
Pei Jinyu's movements are graceful and flexible, and it can be seen that she has indeed learned dance and has learned it quite well.
Therefore, everyone looked at Pei Jinyu curiously, wanting to see this newly created dance and see how Shaolin Kung Fu was combined with the graceful female dance.
However, after Pei Jinyu performed several beautiful dance moves in succession, everyone waited for a long time but did not see any trace of Shaolin Kung Fu.
"Isn't this just an ordinary dance? How can it be combined with Shaolin Kung Fu? Is she bragging?"
"If she doesn't show us her Shaolin Kung Fu after she finishes dancing, it's not just bragging, it's deceiving the king!"
"That's right. Pei Jinyu is crazy for wanting to be in the limelight! She must want to steal the limelight, so she's talking nonsense! After all, Song Xiao'er was supposed to be dancing the first dance of the day!"
At this time, the people watching couldn't help but complain.
Pei Jingchuan looked at his sister who was dancing in the hall with a serious face, wondering how he would deal with Pei Jinyu if the emperor held her accountable for deceiving the emperor later.
But while Pei Jingchuan was still thinking, Pei Jinyu's dance steps in the hall suddenly changed. The soft dance moves just now suddenly became sharp, and the wooden sword began to whistle.
Pei Jinyu's brows were solemn, and his steps were quickened. He first made a few stunning sword moves, and then did two somersaults. At this time, the original questioning voices were gradually replaced by exclamations of praise.
"Ah!" Suddenly, a scream was heard, and Pei Jinyu seemed to slip for some reason, and his body tilted and fell onto the Eighth Prince's table.
The eighth prince reacted quickly. When Pei Jinyu was about to fall on his table, he quickly stood up and put his arms around Pei Jinyu's waist.
Pei Jinyu became anxious when she saw this. Seeing that she had not touched anything on the Eighth Prince's table, she deliberately staggered a few times and sat down on the table.
In an instant, things fell from the table with a crackling sound, especially the wine jug and wine glass, which fell to the ground and shattered.
At this moment, Pei Jinyu's gaze visibly relaxed.
At this time, the Eighth Prince took Pei Jinyu's expression into his sight. He couldn't help but frown slightly, but in the end he pretended that he knew nothing.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I just slipped and lost my manners in front of the palace. Please punish me!" After the Eighth Prince let go of Pei Jinyu, Pei Jinyu immediately knelt in the hall and apologized to the emperor.
Pei Jinyu did it on purpose just now in order to knock over the poisoned wine on the Eighth Prince's table. She couldn't find a reason to approach the Eighth Prince at the moment, so she could only resort to this last resort and think of this method.
The third prince, who was sitting at the side, saw the broken wine jug on the ground, his eyes were filled with sinisterness, and his heart was filled with anger. However, he could not say anything!
After all, he spent a lot of money to buy this miraculous medicine! You know, this kind of poison that can control people to lose their minds is hard to find in this world. He spent a lot of money to find this little bit, and this time he used it all on the Eighth Prince, but he didn't expect that it would be destroyed by someone now? He didn't see that Pei Jinyu did it on purpose, so his anger towards her was only on the surface, and he didn't think about it more deeply.
"Your Majesty, I didn't expect that my daughter's good intentions would backfire. It's indeed because she is not well-trained, but it was definitely not intentional. I will teach her well when I return. I hope Your Majesty will be lenient with her." Before the emperor could speak, the Duke of England immediately stepped forward, knelt down and begged for mercy.
Pei Jingchuan naturally knelt down as well and said sincerely: "I am also willing to be punished on behalf of my sister. If the emperor wants to punish me, I can take the punishment on behalf of my sister."
The emperor just glanced at them, and after a moment of silence, he said, "This is a breach of etiquette in front of the palace, and it is indeed punishable! However, it seems that your daughter did not do it on purpose, and the first half of the dance was indeed good. So I will not punish her severely, and I will punish Pei Jinyu to go back and reflect on her mistakes for a month, and copy the "Female Training" a hundred times."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. I obey your command!" Pei Jinyu was delighted when she heard this and kowtowed to express her gratitude. After all, this punishment was indeed light enough!
When Pei Jinyu returned to his seat, he heard Xu Qingyan's complaints again: [This time, Pei Jinyu really saved the Eighth Prince by accident! The poison has been spilled, so it's gone. Just now, looking at the dark face of the Third Prince, he must have been so angry that he wanted to kill someone! However, the Third Prince is not someone who gives up so easily. If this plan doesn't work, he will definitely come up with another plan! I just don't know what other ways he will think of to frame the Eighth Prince. ]
After Pei Jinyu heard this, her face suddenly fell. She didn't expect that the Third Prince could be so bad! She had already destroyed his poison, but he was still thinking of other ways to harm the Eighth Prince? What was he thinking of?
At this time, Pei Jinyu looked towards the Eighth Prince with some worry.
The Eighth Prince naturally noticed Pei Jinyu's gaze. Similarly, he had just discovered that something was wrong with the Third Prince. With his own feelings, he quickly guessed that there must be something wrong with his wine, and Pei Jinyu had just saved his life! Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little complicated. Could it be that she also...
The banquet continued, and the palace servants quickly cleaned up the mess left by the Eighth Prince. Everyone continued to drink and chat as if nothing had happened.
Although the following programs were extremely exciting and the hall was filled with joy, Pei Jinyu was the only one who was absent-minded. She would check on the Eighth Prince's situation, then chat with Xu Qingyan. She wanted to eavesdrop on something.
After a while, Pei Jinyu suddenly saw the Third Prince accidentally pour a glass of wine on the Eighth Prince while drinking with him. Then, the Eighth Prince got up and left to change his clothes.
"Sister-in-law! The third prince just poured wine on the eighth prince. He is wet and it seems he is going to change his clothes." Pei Jinyu said nervously to Xu Qingyan immediately after seeing this.
Pei Jinyu didn't know how the third prince would harm people, but she would tell Xu Qingyan and let Xu Qingyan guess.
Originally, Xu Qingyan did not pay attention to these things, but just happily tasted the fine wine and delicacies in the palace.
Suddenly, after hearing what Pei Jinyu said, Xu Qingyan said nonchalantly, "Change clothes? Are you going to the harem to change clothes?"
Xu Qingyan complained excitedly in her heart: [Wow! I think I can guess what the Third Prince is up to! Based on my experience of reading palace fighting books over the years, the Third Prince must have set a trap for the Eighth Prince in the harem! After all, as a prince, the most common and taboo method of framing is to defile the harem. Could the Third Prince have arranged for someone to knock the Eighth Prince unconscious and throw him into the palace of a concubine in the harem, or did he have sex with a senior maid? ]
When Pei Jinyu heard this, she felt her scalp go numb! This Third Prince was so vicious! If the Eighth Prince was caught cheating by the Emperor later, then the Eighth Prince would definitely be dead!
In this urgent situation, she didn't have time to answer Xu Qingyan's words, and she hurriedly said that she needed to go to the toilet and left.
Afterwards, Pei Jinyu turned around and immediately followed the Eighth Prince.
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