Harem Daily Life

The sudden proposal from Yan State really affected the mood of everyone present. In the second half of the palace banquet, not only were the people of Yan in a low mood, but the royal relatives of the Great Zhou were also relatively quiet.

Someone from the Department of Rites and Music came up and asked if they wanted to perform the play "Loyalty to the Country" as originally planned. Tao Yanyan thought about it and finally decided to perform it.

The dancers have been rehearsing for so long, there is no reason for them to give up just because of Yan State's sudden mischief.

When the music started and the female generals, dressed in heroic manners, came up to the beat, the whole audience was shocked.

The little girls had changed their usual weak and frail image and were all dressed in tight clothes. Their dancing moves were extraordinary and heroic. The singing and music of the chorus were even more eye-catching.

"The smoke of war rises, the mountains and rivers look northward, the dragon flag is unfurled, the horses neigh, the sword energy is like frost... I wish to defend the land and open up the borders... How many loyal brothers and sisters have buried their bones in a foreign land, why hesitate to die a hundred times for the country, the horses go south and the people look northward."

It was as if a shocking battlefield scene appeared before people's eyes. The army of the Great Zhou was stationed on the border with great momentum to protect the peace.

The Yan State delegation was also deeply shocked, and the song seemed to bring them back to the battlefield.

One of the envoys was quite knowledgeable about music and said with delight: "This piece of music is exquisite. I wonder who composed it. It is really magnificent and inspiring!"

The birthday banquet was prepared by the Queen, so He Linzhang looked at her. The Queen forced a difficult smile and said, "The program arrangement is all in the charge of Concubine Tao. I guess she must have found the song somewhere."

He Linzhang looked at Tao Yanyan with a smile in his eyes. Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "This is a piece of music I have heard before. I went to the Music Department to watch the rehearsal that day. I thought the dancers' movements were very beautiful, but the music was a little weak, so I temporarily changed it to another one."

He Linzhang nodded: "You are thoughtful. This song is very good. Come here, reward Concubine Tao with a thousand taels of silver, and everyone in the Ministry of Rites and Music will be rewarded with three months' salary."

Everyone immediately thanked them, this was the first time they received any reward for their performance!

Everyone was very happy and looked at Concubine Tao with gratitude.

Tao Yanyan thanked him and sat quietly aside, with no expression of sadness or joy on his face.

Princess Yan couldn't help but look at Tao Yanyan again. She really didn't expect that this young concubine who seemed to have no life experience actually had such good abilities.

"It seems that your majesty's harem is indeed full of talented people. Come, I'll toast you a glass." Princess Yan picked up the wine glass and filled it up, looking at Tao Yanyan coldly.

Tao Yanyan bowed and said, "Thank you, Princess Yan." Then she picked up the teacup in front of her and said, "I don't know how to drink, so I'll use tea instead of wine to toast Princess."

"Well, how can that be? It's okay to have a glass of wine occasionally." Princess Yan insisted that Tao Yanyan drink, and her attitude was firm.

Tao Yanyan shuddered when he recalled how he once drank a glass of wine, sang and danced, and clung to He Linzhang. But the other party wouldn't give in, so Tao Yanyan had no choice but to pour a small glass and drink it quickly in one gulp.

He Linzhang wanted to stop her, but Tao Yanyan drank too fast and had already drunk it all. He had no choice but to look at the little concubine worriedly from time to time.

After drinking a glass of wine, Tao Yanyan felt a spiciness in her throat and began to feel drowsy. She tried to support herself and not fall, but her flushed cheeks and slightly slowed reaction speed revealed everything. She was drunk after just one glass of wine!

Qingfeng immediately stepped forward and knelt beside Tao Yanyan, supporting her and letting her lean on his shoulder.

He Linzhang's heart was in his throat and he looked towards Tao Yanyan from time to time.

Tao Yanyan seemed to be having a dream. In the dream, a handsome guy slowly walked towards her, bent down, and picked her up horizontally.

There were three cute elves around her, two female elves and one male elf, all of them looked very cute and kept chattering at her. She couldn't hear what they were saying, but she saw them clinging to her cutely, so she went up and kissed each of them, causing the three elves to chatter around her again.

People kept calling her name, but she seemed to hear nothing, just falling into a warm embrace. She pinched the handsome guy's face and seemed to say something, causing the people around her to no longer dare to speak.

The world was quiet. There were no more elves chattering and no other sounds. She just put her arms around the handsome guy's neck, kissing his left cheek, then his right cheek, and then his chin. She was very busy.

The handsome man's voice seemed to come to her ears, but it was not clear, but it sounded a bit bitter. She felt so wronged that she complained to the handsome man: "It's all your fault, it's all your fault. Why do you look so pretty and take me away at will? You flower thief, send me back quickly, my husband will be jealous."

As soon as she finished speaking, her lips were blocked, and the stronger smell of alcohol disturbed her breathing, and she seemed to be even more drunk.

When Tao Yanyan woke up the next day, she felt a splitting headache. There was no one around her. She stayed on the couch for a while, felt dry mouth, and called for the breeze a few times.

Qingfeng, who was standing guard outside, heard the voice and immediately poured a cup of tea and handed it over, saying worriedly, "Your Majesty, is your head still hurting? His Majesty has asked someone to make some hangover soup. I'll go get it."

After a while, Qingfeng brought a bowl of warm hangover soup for Tao Yanyan to drink.

"Are you okay last night? Was I drunk later?" Tao Yanyan had no recollection of how he came back, nor did he remember when the palace banquet ended, so he was sure that he must have been drunk and unconscious.

Qingfeng blushed and said with a smile: "The Queen's alcohol tolerance is really unbearable. How could she get so drunk with just a small glass? And in front of so many people..." Qingfeng thought of the scene at the palace banquet and was unable to speak.

Tao Yanyan narrowed his eyes and thought carefully about whether he had done anything rude, but he couldn't remember anything, so he asked, "What happened in front of everyone? Did I sing again?"

Last time, she kept singing love songs and confessing to He Linzhang, which made her lose face. Would she sing love songs at the palace banquet this time as well? Tao Yanyan had a bad feeling.

Qingfeng bit her lip and said, "Maybe it would be better if you sang."

After that, in front of Tao Yanyan's shocked eyes, he said, "His Majesty saw that you looked ruddy and seemed drunk, so he ended the palace banquet early. But who knew that when he came to hug you, you... hugged His Majesty and called him little brother, and... even kissed him passionately in public."

Tao Yanyan quickly covered her mouth and almost screamed out.

Qing Feng shook her head and said helplessly, "You moved too fast, and I couldn't stop you. Fortunately, His Majesty quickly took you out of the palace. But you were not calm along the way, calling me little brother and little young master. Anyway... I guess it has spread all over the palace now. My queen, why don't you stay in the palace for a few days and don't go out!"