The ceremony of the twelve concubines offering tea to the prince and princess was held in the flower hall of the east courtyard.
When Song Shiyao took Yu Jinshu's hand and walked to the flower hall, he saw that it was already full of people.
Yu Jinshu noticed that Song Shiyao's face looked unhappy.
She asked, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"
Song Shiyao said: "There are too many people."
In his palace, only the princess was enough. Just looking at these women from afar, he felt the same annoyance as before.
Yu Jinshu didn't know what to say.
Over in the flower hall, Fang Hongyu came to greet him.
"Prince Wei, the tea has been changed five times."
Yu Jinshu saluted Fang Hongyu.
Fang Hongyu stopped him with his hand and quickly bowed to Yu Jinshu, "Your humble servant greets His Majesty and His Majesty."
Yu Jinshu smiled and thought that this uncle was really funny.
She and Song Shiyao sat down at the main seat in the flower hall.
The twelve concubines were all dressed up and stood in front of them.
Yu Jinshu's gaze first fell on Yu Xiangwei's face.
Yu Xiangwei seemed to be much more obedient. She stood silently at the back with her head lowered.
However, Yu Jinshu felt that this was not right.
Yu Xiangwei was imitating her on the day of the audition.
The twelve concubines have not yet been divided into different ranks, and they are all concubines of His Royal Highness Prince Wei.
If you have merits in the future, such as gaining the prince's favor or giving birth to a child for the prince, your position can be raised.
The highest rank among concubines is the second concubine, which is equivalent to a co-wife.
The second highest position is Madam.
Next comes the concubine, and the rest have no higher status.
The first person to serve tea was the concubine named Liu Xiangjun.
Liu Xiangjun held the teacup and handed it to Song Shiyao first, "Your Highness, please have some tea! I, Liu Xiangjun, wish that Your Highness and Your Highness will be in love forever!"
Song Shiyao took the teacup, but picked up the handkerchief to hold the place where Liu Xiangjun's hand had touched. He just pretended to drink it but did not drink it.
Liu Xiangjun frowned slightly. Does the prince dislike her?
She felt very uncomfortable.
My brother and I had planned everything last night. As soon as the prince drank the wine, my brother would take him to her bedroom.
When the prince favors her, he will surely know how good she is and will love her like a treasure.
But for some reason last night's plan failed. The prince drank the wine and was fine.
The maid handed the second cup of tea to Liu Xiangjun.
This cup of tea should be dedicated to Yu Jinshu.
Liu Xiangjun suppressed the discomfort in her heart and forced a smile on her face. She looked at Yu Jinshu and handed the teacup to her, "Princess, please have some tea! I, Liu Xiangjun, will definitely assist you in serving the prince and help you solve your problems in the future."
Yu Jinshu didn't know what happened last night. She just smiled faintly, took the teacup, took a sip, and asked the maid to give Liu Xiangjun the gift that she had prepared earlier in the Governor's Mansion.
Liu Xiangjun took the gift, which was a fine jade hairpin, but she didn't care about it. She thought about finding a place to sell it so that she wouldn't feel uncomfortable having it in front of her.
The next one was the daughter of the local county magistrate, named Li Ru. Perhaps because her father was a low-ranking official, she had a humble and submissive look, and looked very harmless.
Song Shiyao still looked disgusted when he took the teacup.
Yu Jinshu just saw that Li Ru was deliberately pushed to the front by several concubines, and guessed that they wanted Li Ru to explore the way.
She rewarded Li Ru with a pair of gold and jade earrings.
The third concubine who offered tea was Bai Luoxue, the eldest daughter of the Left Governor. She was the most beautiful among the twelve concubines.
Yu Jinshu couldn't figure out Bai Luoxue's intentions for the time being, so he rewarded her with a hairpin made of gold and jade.
The gifts she chose this time were not much different in value.
After Song Shiyao took Bai Luoxue's teacup, although he did not use a handkerchief to cover it, he put the teacup aside after taking it, dipped the handkerchief in the water in the teacup, and wiped his hands carefully.
Yu Jinshu got a headache reading this.
After what Song Shiyao did, it would have been better for him not to take the teacup from his concubine. It was really infuriating.
Sure enough, Bai Luoxue's face turned red with anger, but she didn't dare to say a word.
The next person was Yu Xiangwei. When she picked up the teacup and was about to hand it to Song Shiyao with great trepidation, Song Shiyao simply stood up.
"I have something else to do, so I'll leave this to the princess."
Song Shiyao left after saying this.
Fang Hongyu, who was "supervising the battle" on the side, became anxious and stood up and shouted, "Prince Wei..."
But King Wei Song Shiyao ignored his nosy uncle.
Yu Xiangwei's hand holding the teacup hung in the air, feeling very embarrassed.
Yu Jinshu smiled and said, "Sister, why don't you give me the tea?"
The way I called myself "this palace" deeply hurt Yu Xiangwei.
However, Yu Xiangwei has reflected on herself and decided that she should not be so flamboyant in the future. She must first establish a good relationship with her sister and then seek opportunities.
Yu Xiangwei forced a smile and handed the teacup to Yu Jinshu: "Sister, please have some tea! I will love you and help you serve the prince from now on."
Yu Jinshu just smiled faintly.
They all said they would help her serve the prince, but it all depends on whether Prince Wei is willing to let them serve him!
Yu Jinshu took a sip of Yu Xiangwei's tea.
She took an antidote pill on the way here because she was worried that drinking so much tea from her rivals would poison her.
Yu Jinshu gave her a jade comb.
Yu Xiangwei never lacked these good things, but she held the jade comb and looked very happy, "Thank you, sister!"
Yu Jinshu felt something was strange when he saw Yu Xiangwei like this.
This is definitely a case of playing tricks, or playing the long game to catch a big fish.
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