Chapter 167 I like Master Xiyun

"Lipin, what's wrong with you? I'm asking you." The Queen Mother's face looked a little ugly.

The Queen Mother had asked to this point, and it was no longer possible to play dumb. Lipin could only bite the bullet and answer: "Master Xiyun usually covers his face with a veil during performances, and no one has seen his true face."

"But his singing voice is like the sound of nature, his eyes are very moving, and his figure is even taller. So people think he must be very handsome."

After Lipin finished speaking, she lowered her head silently, with a sense of resignation.

"Okay! Okay! I'll come and see how well this Master Xiyun sings." The Queen Mother clasped her hands, her eyes sparkling, as if she was looking forward to something.

Then, she took out a golden hairpin from her bun and handed it to Lipin: "Here, this is a reward for you!"

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Lipin murmured, her face was already shocked beyond words.

Emperor Mingxi and the Queen Mother both gasped in their hearts.

They remembered that their daughter had mentioned before that the Queen Mother had some unpresentable hobbies in private, and she always liked those young handsome boys.

Seeing the Queen Mother's inappropriate reaction just now, they felt anxious.

The Queen Mother should not do anything out of line later.

Only to hear the melodious sound of the guqin, everyone looked up at the stage, and the guqin player had already started playing.

After a few piano sounds, several graceful women began to dance around the stage.

Then, a man in a pink and green robe walked onto the stage gracefully.

He wore an exquisite feather crown on his head and a veil on his face.

The beautiful singing voice sounded, and everyone was surprised.

Xia Miaoyuan stared blankly at Master Xiyun on the stage, feeling very anxious.

[No way, is this Dongfang Lingyun stupid? He has to go to the palace to sing on New Year's Eve. What if the Empress Dowager takes a fancy to him?!]

In the book, Dongfang Lingyun was spotted by Jiang Hui, who asked him to be her male favorite, but Dongfang Lingyun was unwilling, and ended up in a miserable situation.

[God bless Dongfang Lingyun, please don't let the Empress Dowager take

a fancy to him.] The concubines at the banquet were already fascinated by the performance. Xia Zhengqi secretly glanced at the Empress Dowager, and saw that her saliva was about to flow out.

Ahhhhhh!

Xia Zhengqi clenched his fists fiercely.

Damn it, who invited this Master Xiyun? I will demote him three levels later.

After singing two songs, Master Xiyun stepped down from the stage and saluted the nobles.

The Empress Dowager was so excited that her eyes were filled with tears: "Xiyun, you sang so well that I almost cried. There will be a huge reward!" After

the Empress Dowager finished speaking, a string of eunuchs came out, holding trays in their hands. On the trays were piles of gold ingots, jade ruyi, pearls, and gems.

[Wow! This is bad, the old woman must have taken a fancy to him.]

...

The dinner party has not yet ended, and several young princes can't wait.

"Come on, Miao'er, Fifth Brother will take you to ask for New Year's money."

Xia Miaoyuan was still standing there in a daze, worried about Dongfang Lingyun, and the Fifth Prince grabbed her little hand.

"What for?"

"It's New Year's Eve, and children have to ask for New Year's money. Like ordinary children, they will go to their neighbors' homes in groups to pay New Year's greetings, and the neighbors will give them candies or New Year's money." The Fifth Prince said seriously.

"Then we live in the palace, and we go to each palace to ask for New Year's money."

Xia Miaoyuan nodded: "I see."

The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth princes, together with Xia Miaoyuan, ran happily on the palace road, and behind them, more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs followed.

The group of people who were hullabalooing were particularly conspicuous in the palace.

At this time, the concubines were still at the palace banquet, so they went to the concubines' bedrooms later.

Several concubines in the palace who had no children did not attend the New Year's Eve family banquet, and they all spent the New Year in their own palaces, so they had to go to the concubines' palace first.

The concubines had already prepared candies and red envelopes.

Several little princes and princesses were noisy and ran into the bedroom of Concubine Yu first.

"The children are here! Oh, there's an extra little one this year!" Concubine Yu touched Xia Miaoyuan's head affectionately.

Several children knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Concubine Yu: "I wish Concubine Yu good luck and happiness!"

Concubine Yu pulled up several children with a smile on her face, hugged this one, touched that one, and enjoyed the time with the children very much.

Finally, Concubine Yu stuffed red envelopes into their hands one by one, and several children ran away saying auspicious words.

In this way, they went to the bedrooms of three concubines in a row.

Xia Miaoyuan stuffed three red envelopes into his arms and pulled his collar tightly.

[Hahaha! Another day to make money! ]

"Ouch, my stomach hurts!" Xia Miaoyuan suddenly felt a stomachache and bent over.

"What's wrong with you?" the fifth prince asked with concern, while the other princes did not notice that Xia Miaoyuan had stopped and had already run away.

"My stomach hurts!" Xia Miaoyuan looked at the fifth prince aggrievedly.

"Madame Li, Yingxue! My sister said she has a stomachache!" the fifth prince hurriedly shouted to the back.

Madame Li and Yingxue were following ten steps behind Xia Miaoyuan. When they heard the fifth prince shouting that the little princess had a stomachache, they hurried over.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you? Where does it hurt?" Madame Li squatted down.

Xia Miaoyuan touched her lower abdomen and whispered, "It's here!"

Madame Li touched it gently and said, "Let's go back to the palace and go to the official room. Maybe it's because I'm holding it in."

"No, I have to save the New Year's money!" Xia Miaoyuan shook his head like a rattle.

She had just followed several princes to three houses, and the rest had not yet been there. If she went back to Kunning Palace to use the restroom, wouldn't it delay the rest?

"Sister, it's okay. Can I accompany you? After you finish using the official room, I will accompany you to other palaces." The fifth prince held Xia Miaoyuan's hand, his voice gentle and earnest.

"Yes, yes, I keep my word!" Xia Miaoyuan pulled the fifth prince's hand.

The fifth prince smiled heartily: "Fifth brother, keep your word!"

Seeing that the fifth prince was accompanying him, Xia Miaoyuan agreed to go back to Kunning Palace first.

After Xia Miaoyuan sat in the official room and worked hard, her stomach really felt better.

Li Ma and Yingxue were relieved and cleaned her up again.

When she was about to leave, Maomao and Xiaojuzi followed Xia Miaoyuan closely, and Maomao even bit her skirt.

Xia Miaoyuan didn't play with them in the palace all day, and they were very dissatisfied. Seeing that the young master was going out again, they wanted to follow.

"I'll take you with me!" Xia Miaoyuan said in a baby voice.

"Your Highness, do you want to take them out with you?" Yingxue looked embarrassed.

"Just find a rope to tie Maomao up, as for Xiaojuzi..." The fifth prince said, picked up Xiaojuzi from the ground and put it in his arms.

Yingxue then relaxed her frown and asked the eunuch to find a rope and tie it around Maomao's neck, neither too loose nor too tight.

Maomao was quite human. Seeing that the young master was willing to take him out to play, he cooperated very well.

The fifth prince's eunuch held a lantern in front to illuminate the way. The fifth prince and Xia Miaoyuan walked hand in hand behind. Little Juziwo was in the fifth prince's arms, curiously sticking his head out to smell the air. Xia Miaoyuan was still holding Maomao in his hand.

Li Mama, Yingxue and other followers followed behind at a leisurely pace.

"Let's go to Concubine Shu's palace now." The fifth prince said, holding his sister's hand and walking towards Concubine Shu's bedroom.

As they walked, they heard a cat's cry of "meow..." coming from the palace wall.