The music of "Three Lanes of Plum Blossoms" is concise and calm, with overtones as the main tone, and the tone is clear and melodious.

It focuses on expressing the plum blossoms in bud in the morning, crystal white and fragrant.

The plum blossoms are in full bloom at noon, with brilliant fragrance and welcoming smiles.

The plum blossoms in the evening are accompanied by the setting sun, the fallen flowers are colorful, and the scenery is charming.

At the end of the song, the girl softly chanted: "The Taoist only indulges in secluded meditation, who can bring smallpox to his eyes?"

If you insert copper bottles randomly and watch the sun run out, you will eventually have good karma for others."

Jiang Changning laughed again. The last three words of this poem were probably what this girl wanted.

Good karma, good marriage.

Is it a good marriage to enter the palace and become the emperor's concubine?

Jiang Changning took his hand out of Emperor Xuanzhi's palm, picked up the teacup, took a few sips, and put it back on the small table.

At this time, the Queen Mother asked Emperor Xuanzhi, "How is it?"

Emperor Xuanzhi remained indifferent and "added more than necessary."

If you play the qin, just play the qin. Recite some poetry to show off your talent and learning.

After hearing this, she knew that he didn't like this either, so the Queen Mother signaled the eunuch to let the third girl perform.

It's still Fuqin, Fu's first minor tune, "Smell the Green Plums".

This tune is adapted from Li Qingzhao's "Dian Rou Lip·Ku Ba Swing": After kicking the swing, get up and straighten your slender hands. The dew is thick and the flowers are thin, the sweat is thin and the clothes are light. When the guests come in, the socks are cut and the gold hairpin slips away. He walks away in shame.

, leaning against the door and looking back, sniffing the green plums.

The little girl has a voice like an oriole, and she sings crisply and beautifully. When listening to the music, it feels like seeing a cute little girl.

The Queen Mother always felt that her son was too calm and her daughter-in-law was too elegant, so she smiled and said: "This one is quite lively, isn't it, Emperor?"

"Noisy." Emperor Xuanzhi was still cold.

The corners of the Queen Mother's lips twitched, she thought it was too noisy? Okay, the officials talked too much in the court, and she really needed to be quiet in the harem, "Next."

Emperor Xuanzhi reached out to hold the cup, and Jiang Changning hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, that's the cup I drank from."

"I know." Emperor Xuanzhi did not put down the cup, but put it to his mouth and took a few sips.

The others seemed to be listening to the music, but their attention was on the emperor and empress. Seeing this, the married woman who did not want to send someone to the palace smiled heartily, but the married woman who wanted to send someone to the palace felt heavy in her heart.

Zhao Xifang curled her lips in disdain. This couple was really good at acting. She didn't believe that the emperor and empress could be so loving.

Just as disbelieving as she was, the fourth girl was a talented performer. The song she played was "Feng Qiu Huang".

Expressing his feelings so straightforwardly shocked everyone present.

"Mother, my son still has memorials to read, so I won't accompany you to enjoy the flowers." Emperor Xuanzhi said, got up and left.

The Queen Mother couldn't keep anyone around, so she could only look at everyone and salute and say: "Best farewell to Your Majesty."

As soon as Emperor Xuanzhi left, Jiang Changning had to continue socializing with his wives.

After finishing the five pieces of music, the painting done by the two painting girls was also finished.

The two girls painted chrysanthemums, closely following the theme of today's banquet.

A painting of broken branches of chrysanthemums, in four colors, pink, light yellow, dark red and white with blue.

The composition is complex, as brilliant as brocade, and exudes wealth and nobility.

Jiang Changning could tell at a glance that this girl was imitating the painting "Flying Butterflies on Chrysanthemums" by Zhu Shaozong of the previous dynasty.

This girl is really smart. She only drew chrysanthemums with folded branches, not the butterflies flying up and down. However, without the dynamic butterflies and bees, the chrysanthemum picture is a little less lively and a little dull.

Or maybe there is not enough time, the petals, leaves and other areas that need to be carefully dyed are not dyed well, and the three-dimensional effect is not enough.

Of course, given this girl's age, it's pretty good to be able to draw like this.

The Queen Mother praised: "The colors are bright and the brushwork is smooth. It is a good painting."

"Thank you for your compliment." The girl and her mother were very happy.

Jiang Changning turned to look at another painting. This painting did not use so many colors, with thick ink painting on chrysanthemum leaves and thin strokes on petals.

This painting can also be seen as a result of studying the painting techniques of the famous painters of the previous dynasty, but he was still young and not yet able to shape it casually, showing his craftsmanship.

There is no painting that depicts the long charm and lofty artistic conception of chrysanthemums.

But again, the girl is still young, so it is already good to be able to draw like this.

After looking at the paintings, it was the turn of the last girl, Wang Miaoyun, to play the zheng.

After Emperor Xuanzhi left, Wang Miaoyun lost interest in performing, but she had to perform.

Wang Miaoyun played "Water Lotus", which is also an ancient song with simple and elegant tones and beautiful lyricism.

In terms of fingering, gorgeous long finger strings are rarely used, and short strings are mostly used.

This piece of music mainly expresses the noble character of the lotus, which emerges from the mud but is not stained, and washes through the ripples without being evil.

Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows slightly. The songs chosen by the girls all had a purpose. Did Miss Wang want to express that she was a flourishing lotus?

Now that the girls' talents have been displayed, this chrysanthemum feast can come to an end.

The Queen Mother "treated them equally" and rewarded the seven girls with the same things: a pair of Yingluo, a golden handle, a piece of brocade, a box of new palace flowers, and a pearl bracelet.

She gave it up and asked, "Queen, what do you want to reward them with?"

Jiang Changning smiled, "I don't reward you as much as my mother does, I'm afraid they will dislike it."

"How dare they?" the Queen Mother smiled.

Jiang Changning smiled, and Xiulan handed the prepared things to the seven girls.

The girls thanked her and left the palace together with their wives.

"Mother, my daughter-in-law will take you back to the palace." Jiang Changning stretched out his hand to support the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother patted her hand gently and said, "Queen, you used to be in the palace and you were the princess. It's okay for you to act eccentricly. Now you are the empress who honors the world, so you can't act so petty."

Jiang Changning's eyes flashed slightly, "Daughter-in-law understands that daughter-in-law listens to her mother."

The Queen Mother nodded slightly with satisfaction, "Of those seven girls, which one do you think is better?"

"Queen Mother, they have to serve His Majesty. Whatever His Majesty thinks is good, that one will be good." Jiang Changning would not choose personally.

"You are right, I will ask the emperor when we wait for dinner." The Queen Mother made up her mind to get someone into the palace.

Jiang Changning calmly helped the Queen Mother onto the phoenix chariot and sent her back to Ciren Palace.

After leaving the palace, Zhao Xifang did not return to Prince Yu's Mansion, but returned to her parents' home. She wanted to persuade her parents not to send someone into the palace to compete with Jiang Changning for favor.

But before she could say anything, Prince Zhao said, "If I had known that King Jin had such a great fortune, I shouldn't have asked your grandmother to go to the palace and tell the Queen Mother to point you to King Yu."

Zhao Xifang was stunned, "Mother, what do you mean by this?"

"When you entered the palace for the draft, you knew that the palace was going to marry several princes and princes. Your grandmother thought that Prince Jin was marrying a step-brother who was not worthy of you, so she went to the palace to ask the queen mother to marry you.

King Yu."

Zhao Xifang was stunned, "In other words, if my grandmother doesn't go to the palace to ask for help from the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother will point me to the King of Jin, right?"

"yes."

"Why, why don't you ask me about this?" Zhao Xifang asked sadly.
Chapter completed!