Even if you try to pretend, it will look very fake.
Only Duan Qingxi was watching with great interest, and it didn't seem like he was faking it.
The queen was more and more satisfied with her.
After seeing the flowers and plants, everyone couldn't wait any longer, so in order to let them get to know each other better, the queen asked them to come forward and show their talents.
For example, let the men demonstrate a set of sword skills, or play the piano and write poems, and let the women come forward to dance, play the piano, the pipa, etc.
In short, just show your best side and let everyone see it.
It was Duan Qingxi's first time attending such a banquet, so he watched with great interest.
It wasn't until the queen called her name that she lost her composure.
After standing up in a daze, he didn't know what to do for a long time.
The Queen thought she was just too nervous and smiled kindly, saying, "Miss Duan is General Duan's daughter. She must be a rare talent. Why don't you perform a song and dance for everyone?"
The Queen had good intentions. General Duan was loyal and a devoted minister. The Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince both admired him highly. Although she was a woman, she also knew that she should try to win him over.
Only then did he think of giving Duan Qingxi a chance to perform, letting her get in the spotlight so that she could find a suitable husband.
But for Duan Qingxi, this is really fatal!
Although she has good academic performance, she knows nothing about ancient songs and dances!
Although if she really danced, it would be acceptable, but she didn't want to dance!
She came here just to help Helian Sheng, not to find her ideal husband.
"Well... Your Majesty, I... I know nothing. I'm not proficient in poetry, songs, music, chess, calligraphy, painting, dancing, or singing..."
"puff!"
Upon hearing this, the Queen did not react, but the other young ladies laughed out loud, and looked at Duan Qingxi with a hint of sarcasm in their eyes.
They all knew something about the Duan family, and many of them were good friends with Duan Shishi.
Although Duan Shishi is a cruel woman, she has always been good at socializing.
The title of White Lotus is not something that anyone can be given.
Therefore, some rich young ladies have always disliked Duan Qingxi and wished she would make a fool of herself.
The queen was also surprised. She didn't expect that Duan Qingxi knew nothing.
Do you really not know how to do it, or are you pretending?
But no matter what, she could only smile and say, "It seems that Miss Duan is too shy. It's okay, after all, singing and dancing are only for temporary enjoyment. Good character is the foundation of being a human being."
This was a good point. The other young ladies no longer dared to laugh at her casually. After all, doing so would show that they had bad character.
After several young ladies came forward to perform, the queen took the initiative to arrange marriages for them.
In the past, the marriages arranged were between young masters and young ladies of less noble status, or the concubine's daughter of a certain family was arranged to marry the son of another family as a concubine.
Those who did not meet the social status requirement could only use concubines to make up the number, which was also very common.
For concubines' daughters, being able to marry a man of prominent status, even if only as a concubine, is considered to be having a support. As long as they give birth to a son in the future, their lives will not be too hard.
It is obviously a sad thing that they have been poisoned by such thoughts for more than ten years, but they are grateful for it.
Duan Qingxi saw all of this and suddenly felt...human beings are really so insignificant, so insignificant that they cannot even control their own destiny.
At this moment, the emperor suddenly appeared.
This is normal. The queen can only arrange marriages for noble sons and daughters of ordinary status. But if it involves the legitimate daughter of a prince or an important official in the court, she is not qualified.
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