The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

Sure enough, after the two dances ended, the music also stopped.

Princess Gaoyang smiled and praised it.

Bei Manji burst out laughing: "Could this be the grace of Zhongyue Dancer?"

Princess Gaoyang's face froze: "Princess Manji, what do you mean?"

Bei Manji said calmly: "I just think that this dance looks good, but it actually lacks some characteristics. It is beautiful, but it is not perfect."

Everyone began to discuss quietly, and some recalled a dance adapted from the Tianji Dynasty that Bei Liyi had danced at the palace banquet, which was magnificent and exquisite. In such a comparison, it was indeed obvious that the dancers in Princess Gaoyang's mansion were much inferior.

Princess Gaoyang looked at Bei Manji with cold eyes, but saw her stand up. She glanced around and her gaze fell on a woman who was leisurely sipping tea.

"Princess Ye, what do you think of these dancers?"

"Princess Manji, I have never paid much attention to these things. I am also an ordinary person, so I don't know how to comment on them." Yun Mujiu said lightly, obviously not wanting to continue the conversation with Bei Manji.

Are you saying that the dancers of Gaoyang Mansion are not as good as those of Beihan? Wouldn't that be a disgrace to the host banquet of Gaoyang and the Cao family, and also a disgrace to the country of Zhongyue against Beihan?

Are the dancers in Gaoyang Mansion better than those in Beihan? The truth is not so. She saw that the dancers today were from Gaoyang, but it was obvious that these people had a hard time because the mansion had been running out of money. Their overall condition was also very bad. Moreover, their abilities were actually average, which made it hard for people to praise their dancing skills against their will.

More importantly, she was too lazy to get involved in the secret competition between the two princesses and didn't want to give them face.

Bei Manji saw that Yun Mujiu looked intelligent and smiled without getting angry.

"Princess Ye is indeed extraordinary."

“Thank you so much.” Yun Mujiu said generously.

Everyone wanted to laugh in their hearts. Princess Ye, look at the Beihan Grand Princess. Is she really praising you? It must be said that Princess Ye is really thick-skinned and a little cute.

Bei Manji pursed her lips and continued, "I've heard that Princess Ye is multi-talented and good at both literature and martial arts. Today, we, the Beihan people, have seen the gracefulness of the Zhongyue dancer with our own eyes. Why don't we also see the beautiful singing voice of the Zhongyue people?"

Here they come again. The monkeys are jumping around again, Yun Mujiu thought.

Yun Mujiu glanced at Ye Xiaohan, shook Ye Xiaohan's big hand, and signaled Ye Xiaohan not to move.

She knew that Gao Yang would not stop caring about Princess Manji. The last time at the Spring Festival Banquet, Gao Yang, Bei Liyi, Yun Shirou, Yao Leyi and others urged her to sing a song, but she used her eloquence to fight them back.

At that time, she first let Fuso go on stage and sing better than Yun Shirou, and then she used her own arguments to strongly counterattack them: the precious thoughts rooted in the depths of the soul, the importance and significance they carry far surpass those so-called talents and skills.

Skills like playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are just common skills that can be mastered by professional technicians. However, the wisdom of a person's thoughts is truly unique, which is the essence of thought that others cannot obtain and cannot pass on to others.

Yun Mujiu stood up and looked directly at Princess Manji. Needless to say, she already knew in her heart that Bei Liyi didn't dare to confront her directly because she asked her to treat her illness, but Bei Manji had wanted to confront her for a long time.

This time, Bei Manji came to Zhongyue not only to hand over a fine of 500 taels of gold to the Night Palace, but also probably wanted to come to Zhongyue to enhance the prestige of Beihan, extinguish Zhongyue's arrogance, and to find a place with her, the princess of the first rank.

Princess Gaoyang was delighted, thankful that she had managed the banquet by herself, and now Yun Mujiu's enemies had already jumped out before she had to do anything. She was happy to watch the show.

Princess Gaoyang remained silent and stopped the Cao family from speaking up to smooth things over. Her silence implied that they, as the head of the family, would not interfere too much.

The emperor and empress sitting in the main seats had indifferent expressions, and obviously wanted to see what Yun Mujiu would show.

Yun Mujiu calmly looked at those who wanted to speak up for her, such as Meng Ning, Lang Ye, Chu Feng and others, and she glanced at them to stop them. Then, she met the various gazes of the people around her.

She repeated what she said at the spring outing banquet, and her profound insights also shocked Princess Beimanji. At the same time, the eldest son of the Ling family, the second prince, Master Du and other people who had recently arrived in the capital also showed some astonishment and amazement.

What a saying: “Thoughts rooted in the soul will never die”!

However, Yun Mujiu's next reaction surprised everyone even more.

She looked directly at Bei Manji's stunned and slightly nervous eyes and said calmly, "Princess Manji, the reason why I didn't sing at the banquet is not because I really can't. It's because I didn't intend to do so."

With a raised tone, he glanced back at the cold-faced prince, then turned back and said, "Your Majesty, since you are accompanying me to the banquet today, I will sing a song for you, and let everyone hear how I, Yun Mujiu, sing."

Ye Xiaohan paused while holding the glass teacup, and a hint of emotion flashed across his eyes. Other people like the princes, princesses, and the Meng family who had some contact with Yun Mujiu were also surprised. They had never heard that Mujiu could sing, and they had always thought that Mujiu had learned these skills unintentionally.

"Dad, can Yun Mujiu sing?" asked the masked woman in a gray skirt who looked like a maid in the corner.

The square-faced middle-aged man wearing a veil snorted coldly, "Your singing skills were taught by someone I hired. Yun Mujiu, this evil girl, has no music teacher to teach her, so she can't do anything..."

Yun Shirou breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

In another corner, there was a hunched-over maid with her hair covering her face. This person was Wu Mingwei, who had fallen to the lowest position in the Grand Princess's residence. Seeing that Yun Mujiu was being troubled again, she rarely showed a gloating look. If she didn't have a good life, Yun Mujiu wouldn't have a good life either.

Bei Manji saw the surprised looks of many people at the scene and guessed that Yun Mujiu couldn't sing at all, or that Yun Mujiu didn't sing well at all.

Yun Mujiu smiled at Bei Manji and took the initiative: "But it would be bad if I sing alone. How about asking Princess Manji and Princess Liyi to show us?"

The two hesitated for a moment, then quickly accepted it. Could it be that the two princesses could sing worse than a woman who didn't know any music?

Soon, a musician from the Beihan envoy group came on stage and played the piano to accompany the two princesses. The two princesses, under the pretext of celebrating Old Madam Cao's birthday, began to sing and show off the singing voices of Beihan women.

Yun Mujiu thought to himself: You guys are so anxious about whether I can sing or not. Since you always want to use this project to crush me, I might as well slap you in the face all at once.

I’ll let you guys see and hear whether I, Yun Mujiu, can sing!