The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

Surrounded by a group of palace maids and eunuchs, there was an old woman standing in the middle. She was the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother wore a purple dress embroidered with hibiscus flowers, and her silvery hair was piled high. Her beautiful face showed the baptism of time, and even with her light black brows, one could still see the traces of her youthful beauty.

The Queen Mother had an elegant and noble temperament, and her round eyes were faintly kind and gentle.

She smiled faintly, "I also wanted to join in the fun."

The emperor was very surprised to see the empress dowager. He never expected that the empress dowager would show up at the palace banquet. You know, the empress dowager seldom goes out and always politely refuses his greetings.

The Emperor and Empress strode forward to greet the Queen Mother, while the others performed profound obeisances.

Yun Mujiu glanced at Ye Xiaohan and saw that Ye Xiaohan was still sitting there calmly. The last time she entered the palace and met the Queen Mother, she was still very polite and gentle to her, so she was wondering whether she should bow to the Queen Mother and greet her.

Ye Xiaohan said: "Mu Mu can perform a simple ceremony."

Yun Mujiu nodded, then bowed in the direction of the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother waved her hand at everyone and said, "Stand up."

The emperor asked with concern: "Why did the Queen Mother come here suddenly? Are you okay?"

The Queen Mother replied, "I didn't want to come, but later I thought of coming to see you. Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am still in good health."

The Queen Mother glanced around and said, "I came here by chance just now. I was attracted by the dancing performance of you young people and stopped watching until now."

What the Queen Mother meant was that she watched all the dance performances at the corner of Biquan Garden without showing up.

"It's unexpectedly interesting!" The Queen Mother walked into the crowd and then cast her eyes on Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu.

Ye Xiaohan nodded slightly and said nothing. In the past, the Queen Mother was polite and courteous to his biological mother and had never done anything bad, but he still had no contact with the Queen Mother and was not familiar with her.

Yun Mujiu responded to the Queen Mother with a gentle smile and nodded.

The empress dowager took an inadvertent glance and noticed the golden phoenix hairpin on Yun Mujiu's head.

In the blink of an eye, the Queen Mother withdrew her gaze from the long hairpin and said calmly, "Mu Jiu, your sword dance really amazes me."

The Emperor, Empress and many others were surprised that the Queen Mother addressed Yun Mujiu in a more intimate way. However, considering that the Queen Mother was the most senior person in the palace, they could understand why she addressed the younger Yun Mujiu.

"Your Majesty, you are too kind. Mu Jiu was just performing casually." Yun Mu Jiu replied modestly.

Upon hearing this, many people twitched their lips.

Especially Bei Liyi and Yun Shirou, whose lips were almost bitten. Yun Mujiu performed so well, and he still had the nerve to say it was "casual"?

If Yun Mujiu is so powerful without any effort, then wouldn't it be even more ridiculous for them to be so powerful even though they have to work so hard but are still far from being able to catch up with Yun Mujiu?

The Queen Mother glanced at Yun Mujiu's golden phoenix hairpin again, her eyes were somewhat deep, and she said casually: "Mujiu's outfit today is very beautiful..."

The Queen Mother then turned to look at the Emperor and Empress and asked, "What is the next competition?"

Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu have sharp insights and find that the Queen Mother seems to be interested in Yun Mujiu's golden phoenix hairpin. And that hairpin was given to Yun Mujiu by Duke Meng...

The emperor said respectfully, "It has not been chosen yet. Perhaps it would be okay for you, the Empress, to choose a project?"

The Queen found an opportunity to speak and continued, "The first project was chosen by Princess Beihan, and the second one should be chosen by our Zhongyue."

Bei Liyi's lips twitched but she still didn't say anything. After all, the Queen Mother of Zhongyue Kingdom had a high status and naturally she didn't have any extra choices.

More importantly, Yun Mujiu just happened to have such an exquisite sword dance. As for other talents, how could Yun Mujiu be as good as her? So others could choose any project, anyway, she had prepared and practiced for each project in advance.

The Queen Mother looked at Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu, asking for their opinions, "What do you think?"

Yun Mujiu replied decisively: "It's up to you, Queen Mother, to decide."

"Then how about choosing 'Qin'?"

"it is good."

Yun Mujiu turned around and gave Ye Xiaohan a reassuring look. She had studied the piano for several years. Although she was not a master of the instrument, she was still okay. At least she was not completely incompetent...

Bei Liyi forced herself to cheer up, tried to calm down, and then sat down.

In front of her was a lyre.

As soon as the zither was put on display, some knowledgeable old ministers recognized it.

"Isn't this the seven-stringed harp that is unique to Beihan?"

"It looks like that's right."

"This seven-stringed lyre is in the form of a linked bead style, with black lacquer covering the entire body, without any cracks. The body of the lyre is made of cedar from the northern cold snowy mountains, and the body of the lyre is slender and heavy."

The queen looked at the zither and said with emotion, "It is such a good zither."

Bei Liyi came well prepared and had such good tools, so it would probably be easy for him to defeat Yun Mujiu.

The queen heard that Yun Mujiu had studied medicine with an old man and learned some medical skills, but so what? It was impossible for the old man to teach Yun Mujiu piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, right?

But Yun Mujiu calmly accepted the challenge, which made the queen and the other onlookers curious. What tricks is Yun Mujiu playing?

"Everyone, the piece I'm going to perform is Red Plum and White Snow."

Bei Liyi plucked the strings of the piano flexibly with her fingers, then closed her eyes, and the melodious sound of the piano spread everywhere.

Some young ladies listened and commented: "She played with her eyes closed. How exquisite must Princess Beiliyi's piano skills be!"

"This piano sounds great. It makes people feel as if they are in love with each other."

"Why does it sound to me like they are not lovers in the passionate love phase, but rather a young girl confessing her love to her lover in a subtle way..."

...

Bei Liyi played the piano while listening to people's discussions, with a slight smile on her lips.

Humph! I have practiced the art of playing the piano for many years, what can a fool like Yun Mujiu compare with?

When the piano reached its most intense stage, the sound became louder. Bei Liyi suddenly opened his eyes, and his gaze swept around. When his gaze fell on Ye Xiaohan, he lingered for three more breaths.

However, Ye Xiaohan didn't even look at Bei Liyi. Instead, he was chatting with Yun Mujiu and even handed Yun Mujiu a cup of tea.

Bei Liyi was angry and hateful, and her fingertips moved faster.

It took a quarter of an hour for the song to end and applause broke out immediately.

Bei Liyi stood up and looked over, and found that Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu were not looking at her either. Her face turned pale, and she shouted to Yun Mujiu: "Princess Ye, I'm done. I look forward to your performance..."

Yun Mujiu handed the cup to Chunlan and walked onto the stage. "Don't expect too much. Don't be too disappointed when I hit you hard in the face."

Bei Liyi gritted her teeth and said, "I hope Princess Ye can really play the piano and play a complete song."

Others were amazed at Yun Mujiu's arrogant tone. Bei Liyi was quite powerful. What ability did Yun Mujiu have to make him so confident?

"Eh," Yun Mujiu was surprised, "You don't think I can't even read music scores? To tell you the truth, I know thousands of difficult music scores."

"What!" Many people, including Bei Liyi, were shocked. Is he so arrogant?

At this time, two guards from the Night Palace carried a guqin onto the stage.

After everyone saw clearly what kind of piano it was, they rubbed their eyes and looked at it a few more times.

The emperor felt a little unbelievable, "I am not mistaken, that zither..."