Chapter 57: Escaping Danger
Then he said loudly: "Who is Xue Zhonglan?"
Yu Mengqing was stunned, as if she didn't expect the emperor to ask this question. At the same time, she was also very curious. Who is Xue Zhonglan?
In fact, Yu Mengqing also admires this woman very much.
It is said that she is a woman who is both talented in literature and martial arts. That's right. If she can be called the most talented woman in the capital, how bad can she be?
However, Yu Mengqing was not curious about her because she was a talented woman, but because she dared to reject Chu Shiwei in person and refused to be the Crown Princess.
With this courage, Yu Mengqing also looked at her with admiration.
It was precisely because of her refusal that Yu Mengfen was favored by the Queen Mother.
Of course, it is precisely because of this that Yu Mengfen is so proud.
You know, this Crown Princess is the person most likely to become the Queen.
That’s the queen, the head of the entire imperial palace backyard, who wouldn’t want her?
However, Yu Mengqing really wanted to see what would happen to her, the future Crown Princess, when everyone knew that Yu Mengfen's mother Feng Peizhi had an affair.
Thinking of this, she found it even more interesting.
However, today, when Yu Mengqing heard the emperor mention Xue Zhonglan, she realized that the legendary woman had also come today.
So he glanced around, trying to find the legendary woman.
At this moment, the woman sitting diagonally opposite Yu Mengqing suddenly stood up. Yu Mengqing was extremely shocked at this moment.
It turned out that the woman who had been looking at him was Xue Zhonglan.
Xue Zhonggui stood up gracefully, walked to the middle of the hall, looked up and looked at the emperor in front of the hall.
"Your humble servant Xue Zhonglan greets His Majesty. Long live the Emperor!"
This ceremony really opened Yu Mengqing's eyes.
Thinking about the etiquette I just followed in the Yangxin Palace, it was really not decent enough.
"Stand up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Raise your head and let me take a good look!"
Xue Zhonglan had just stood up when the empress dowager spoke to him. It was not difficult to hear the gunpowder in her tone.
It was Empress Dowager Jiang Chunqiong who originally arranged for Xue Zhonglan to be betrothed to the crown prince.
But he never thought that his most proud grandson would be rejected by the daughter of a royal tutor.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt dissatisfied, especially when he saw that she had actually raised her head gracefully as he was told, without a trace of affectation in her eyes.
The Queen Mother's qi, which was already congested, was now even more congested.
Her grandson is a prince. It is her great fortune that he likes her. How could she refuse?
"Looking at your appearance, it's fine, but I heard that you are both civil and military, what skills do you have prepared to show you today?"
"Your Majesty, I've prepared my piano skills. I hope Your Majesty won't laugh at me during the performance!" Xue Zhonglan replied obediently.
After hearing these humble words, Jiang Chunqiong felt better and let her go for the time being.
"Please step back first!"
"Yes, Zhonglan thanks the Queen Mother!"
Chu Murong looked at the woman in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.
Then he asked, "I heard that you rejected the Crown Prince. Today is a state banquet, as well as a family banquet. Why did you refuse? Why don't you tell me?"
Hearing this, everyone was stunned. They obviously didn't expect the emperor to ask so directly.
You know, now it is his own son who has been rejected, and he is the crown prince. If the emperor asks this, isn’t it a slap in the face of crown prince Chu Shiwei?
"Father..." Upon hearing this, Crown Prince Chu Shiwei walked out immediately, trying to stop the emperor from saying anything else.
"Hey, I just said that since this is a state banquet and also a family banquet, there is nothing that cannot be discussed. Zhonglan, please speak."
Xue Zhonglan looked at the emperor's expression, then turned to look at Chu Shiwei with a gloomy face, and sighed helplessly in his heart.
It seems that my refusal of marriage has really become a tool for the open and secret struggles in the court.
However, she is known as the most talented woman in the capital, and she is not so easy to fool.
It took only a moment for Xue Zhonglan to reply, "Your Majesty, can Zhonglan really tell the truth?"
"My words are as good as gold. Just say it, and I will forgive you!"
"Zhonglan thanks His Majesty, but what I want to say is that the Crown Prince is the Crown Prince of the Great Xia Kingdom, and Zhonglan is just the daughter of a Grand Tutor. No matter how you look at it, I don't think I am worthy of the Crown Prince's status. Not to mention that the Crown Prince is both civil and military, in terms of appearance alone, Zhonglan feels inferior to him."
This statement was indeed powerful. It not only saved the prince's face, but also kept him out of the court struggle. It was simply killing two birds with one stone.
Even Yu Mengqing, who was standing by, had to look at this woman with admiration.
When everyone in the Tihe Hall was waiting to laugh at her, she turned decay into magic and easily avoided these problems.
Chu Murong nodded again. The more he looked at Xue Zhonglan, the more satisfied he became. It was just a pity...
At this time, Eunuch Huang took a step forward and said loudly:
"The Emperor has decreed that today is the Empress Dowager's seventieth birthday. All competitions at this banquet are open to both men and women. The winner will not only receive one hundred taels of gold, but can even make a request to the Emperor."
Hearing this, everyone became excited, and even the generals stood up excitedly.
This is a request to the emperor, such a prize is really tempting.
Moreover, this year's competition includes many martial arts tests, which are the strengths of these military generals.
Among these excited people, of course, Yu Mengqing was also included.
No one else could see the expression behind her veil, but her bright eyes were shining at this moment, and Chu Shiheng, who was standing beside her, could see it clearly.
Chu Shiheng was very curious. Yu Mengqing was so excited. Was she planning to make a request to the emperor after winning the competition?
But according to his understanding, in these competitions, although she was good at martial arts, her literary and artistic aspects seemed to be a bit hard to describe.
Yu Mengqing did not ignore the expression in Chu Shiheng's eyes.
So she turned her head and glanced at him, her eyes full of confidence.
"What? Do you think I can't win?" Yu Mengqing asked with a raised eyebrow.
Chu Shiheng: "..." Can he say that he really feels that way?
Looking at Chu Hengheng's speechless expression, Yu Mengqing knew what he was thinking at the moment even with her toes.
But she didn't care, as long as she won the competition.
That is the emperor's request. As long as she wins, she can make a request to the emperor.
You know, this is said to be a request, but in fact it is a promise made by the emperor to himself. Such a request can be said to be giving himself an extra life.
Because of this requirement, when necessary, we can also put forward conditions to the emperor.
She didn't know if she would be able to use them in the future, but if she could, it would certainly be better to have more amulets.
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