The little cannon fodder kept releasing melons, and people lined up to eat melons

Song Qianning and others returned to the women's seats. After a while, the Cuju competition officially began. The team headed by the Crown Prince included the Third Prince, the Fifth Prince, Prince Liang, Prince Xiao and others.

The team headed by the Second Prince included the Fourth Prince, Song Chengyan, Song Chengzhou and others.

As the horn sounded, the two teams began to chase for the ball. The competition on the field was in full swing and people outside the field watched with great concentration.

Gu Mingyou, who was sitting in an inconspicuous position, looked at the new prince Xiao Tiance, then looked at Song Chengzhou, smiled bitterly, shook his head, and drank the wine in the glass.

At the beginning, he, Fei Yanwen and the former prince Xiao Tianyi tried their best to destroy Song Chengzhou, but in the end, it was Fei Yanwen and Xiao Tianyi who were destroyed. These days, every time he woke up in the middle of the night, he was secretly thankful that he had injured his leg that day and did not participate in the palace banquet.

Later, when word got out that Fei Yanwen and Xiao Tianyi were having an affair with Qingyin and the other two in the palace, Gu Mingyou knew that they were finished. Whether the emperor punished them or not, they would not be able to escape the fate of dying from festering all over their bodies.

So from that day on, he drew a clear line between himself and the two of them, and became increasingly low-key.

But he didn't expect that the news of their death would spread soon after. He felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar. Others would believe that it was an accident, but he knew it was not. He also didn't expect that Prince Huai and Minister Fei could have the heart to harm their own children.

From this moment on, he understood that all family affection was fake, and once the interests were lost, he would become an abandoned child. Sometimes he didn't dare to think if he was there that day? ? Would his father also understand him like this?

Gu Mingyou, who understood what was going on, became more calm. He had been trying hard to avoid Song Chengzhou these days. After all, he didn't want to become the second Fei Yanwen.

He always felt that Song Chengzhou seemed to have a master helping him behind the scenes, and no matter what he had planned before, it had no effect on him at all.

Just look at the fate of Xiao Tianyi and Fei Yanwen, especially Xiao Tianyi. As soon as he died, King Huai immediately appointed a new crown prince.

Song Chengzhou had no idea what kind of luck he had. A few days ago, it was suddenly revealed that the new top scholar Liang Xiuzhuan was actually an impostor. The real new top scholar Liang Yize had long been killed by his brother Liang Yifu.

After finding out the truth, the emperor was furious and ordered Liang Yifu to be beheaded in public. Song Chengzhou was originally just an editor of the Hanlin Academy, but after this incident, he easily took over the position of editor. Now he is Song Xiuzhuan instead of Song Bianxiu.

Gu Mingyou smiled bitterly again. The person who had spent so much effort to scheme against him went to hell, while the person who was schemed against was unscathed and even rose steadily. It was really fate that played tricks on people...

In the future, he should stay away from these disputes. The most important thing is to have a stable and good future. I hope he will not have any intersection with the Song family in the future.

Ling Yanran, who was sitting next to Princess Yongning, followed Song Chengyan on the field, watching him run quickly and easily avoid obstacles to shoot directly, and applause and cheers rang out all around.

"Yanran, have you seen that Second Young Master Song? Is he a handsome man?"

Princess Yongning Murong Xin fell in love with Song Chengzhou at first sight. Not only was he good-looking and intelligent, but most importantly, Song Chengzhou never drank wine or visited brothels, and he didn't even have a maidservant.

Compared to her elder brother, Prince Liang, there was a world of difference. Her elder brother had not yet married a wife, but he already had several maids. He often lingered in the Paradise Pavilion.

Ling Yanran understood immediately and leaned in to ask in a low voice: "Does the princess like him?"

Murong Xin blushed and said angrily, "You're so annoying. Why are you so blunt... What about you? Do you have a favorite young man? I heard that your father is eager to arrange a good marriage for you."

Ling Yanran sighed softly: "My father only values ​​the matching of family backgrounds. What I care about is whether the person can treat me the same as before."

"But who in this world can do that? No matter how sweet it is at the beginning, people will eventually give in to temptation and welcome new people into the house one after another. All we women want is mutual affection, and the next best thing is to be someone we like. What we fear most is that the person is both affectionate and not someone we like, which is really torture."

Ling Yanran murmured to herself: "The person I like may not like me..."

"What did you say???"

"Huh?? No! Let's watch the game!"

There was constant applause all around. It turned out that the prince had shot the ball into the goal...

Princess Changle was clapping happily, and her eyes accidentally glanced over. Liu Yujiao saw that Princess Changle was staring at one place, and following her line of sight, she saw the seats for the women of Marquis Song's mansion.

Liu Yujiao asked in confusion: "Why is the princess staring at the women of the Marquis's family?"

Xiao Jiayi came back to her senses and said, "I always feel that the third daughter of the Song family looks very familiar, but I can't remember where I have seen her???"

Liu Yujiao smiled and said: "I think it was just an insignificant meeting. If it was really a big deal, how could the princess, who is so smart, not remember it..."

Xiao Jiayi nodded in agreement and stopped thinking about it because her attention was now back on the game...

As Song Chengyan scored another point, Song Qianning rubbed her hands excitedly, her facial expressions showing excitement, but her body remained as steady as a rock and she never left her seat.

It wasn't that Song Qianning and the others were safe, but whenever they made any big moves, the old lady and Jiang's eyes would sweep over them. How could the three dare to do anything out of the ordinary? They could only sit and watch.

This made Song Qianning very depressed. It was like going to watch a football game. Not only could you not cheer for your own team, but you couldn't even get excited when a goal was scored.

This is pure mental torture...

The game lasted for nearly an hour, and the second prince's team won the game with a slight advantage of two points.

Although the prince smiled and said that there would always be winners and losers in a competition, and he generously congratulated his second brother and the others, he was actually quite unhappy in his heart.

When the dinner started, everyone was drinking. When they were having a good time, Princess Zhaoyang suddenly suggested that the girls present draw lots, and those who were drawn would perform their own talents to liven up the atmosphere.

At Princess Zhaoyang's command, the maids went to the seats for the women of each family with bamboo tubes, and all the girls who were not yet engaged had to draw a wooden stick.

The maid walked up to Song Qianning and the other two with a bamboo tube. Song Qianxue reached out and pulled out a wooden stick, and Song Qianyu followed suit. When it was Song Qianning's turn, she also pulled out a wooden stick.

When all the noble ladies were holding a wooden stick, Princess Zhaoyang announced the rules: "Everyone has a word on the wooden stick in their hands. I will randomly say a word, and the person who gets it right will have to perform a talent. Now I announce that the first word is Moon..."

The crowd began to get agitated, checking to see if the words on their sticks matched. At this time, Princess Xiao Jiayi of Changle stood up and held up the stick and said, "Princess, my stick has the word 'moon' on it..."

Princess Zhaoyang smiled and said, "Then please show us your talent!"

Xiao Jiayi played a song called "Remembering Lovesickness". When the song ended, the audience burst into warm applause. Xiao Jiayi looked at the prince, and he was also looking at her. She maintained a decent smile and returned to her seat.

Princess Zhaoyang said the second word "An" again, and Lin Qingge stood up and saluted the princess. She took the pipa handed over by the maid. As expected of the second daughter of the Minister of Works, she played the pipa so well that everyone present could not help but nod and praise.

Princess Zhaoyang then drew a few more words, and the noble ladies who were drawn showed off their unique skills, including long flute, piccolo, guzheng, pipa, and painting.

Each of them tried their best, and they all understood that this was not only to show their talents to those young masters, but also to win the favor of those noble mistresses.

Princess Zhaoyang began to announce a new round of candidates - the character Rou.

Liu Yujiao stood up and saluted, then left her seat and walked slowly to the center, where she improvised a graceful dance.

Liu Yujiao's figure was naturally light and graceful, coupled with her charming looks, her dance made all the men present stare at her in amazement.

Even the prince couldn't help but be amazed. He always preferred charming and seductive women. This Liu Yujiao was right in his heart.

When Xiao Jiayi saw that the prince was staring at Liu Yujiao, she felt very uncomfortable with the desire that could not be concealed. She tightly clenched the handkerchief in her hand.