coobybook Chapter 184 Palace Banquet 3
Chapter 184 Palace Banquet 3
Su Yueyao and Yang Jialuo walked into the hall together. There were already quite a few people in the hall, and everyone looked at them immediately.
After all, these are the only two women that the Institute of Literature has evaluated in recent years, especially Su Yueyao, who made a stunning debut.
When the palace servant saw the two people, he immediately stepped forward to lead the way.
Because this banquet was prepared for the literati who had been evaluated, the seats were not arranged according to the rank of the officials, but were prepared according to the order in which the literati had been evaluated at that time.
The middle of the hall is the place for performances, and on both sides are seats prepared for officials. The seat in the middle is for the empress, next to it is for the queen, and a little lower is the seat for Xie Guijun and the eldest prince.
Generally, only the queen and the nobles can accompany the empress to attend formal banquets. Girls who have not reached the age of marriage and men who have reached the age of cap are not allowed to attend the banquet.
The first two rows on both sides are the seats for the masters of the Hall of Literature. Then in the third row, on the right is Su Yueyao's seat, and on the left is Yang Jialuo's seat. Because they are women and are noble in themselves, their seats are already the closest to the front. Behind and beside them are other literati who have been evaluated.
Below are the positions of officials, which are determined according to their ranks.
Su Yueyao sat down as the palace servant led her to, and found that her seat was very close to the empress. She could see the empress as soon as she raised her head, so she couldn't even think of being lazy at this moment.
At this moment, there were only some whispers in the hall, and everyone's eyes looked at Su Yueyao or Yang Jialuo intentionally or unintentionally, but fortunately, they did not come forward.
Yang Qianxun sat next to Su Yueyao and poured her a cup of tea.
"Ayao, have some tea!"
"Well, Qianqian, I'm afraid there will be a lot of people coming today!" Su Yueyao said in a low voice while looking at the rows of tables.
"Yes! In such occasions, the women who come here are all here to choose their husbands, and the men who come here today all want to pounce on you and your sister."
"Qianqian, why do I sound happy in your tone?" Su Yueyao glanced at him.
"I'm very happy now! A-Yao defended me just now, of course I'm very happy."
"Yang family, Xie family, we have completely torn our relations apart, and there is no need to maintain appearances anymore. When I saw your mother and Yang Fuchen today, I felt that they are not good people." Su Yueyao said in a low voice.
Although Yang Fuchen didn't say a word, his expression never looked good from beginning to end. He looked particularly gloomy, like a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity to strike. A man like this has so many disciples, so it seems that he will not be a good official.
"Ayao, we still have to be on guard against them. The Xie family will definitely take action today."
"Then wait for them to make their move." Su Yueyao said in a firm tone.
They will take action sooner or later. Su Yueyao hopes that they can act sooner so that she doesn't have to worry every day and be on guard against any moment they might harm her!
Gradually, more and more people came to the hall, including all the officials, except for the literati who had passed the evaluation with her and the teachers from the Academy of Literary Men who were not present.
Just when Su Yueyao was about to ask them why they didn't come, the teacher from the Academy of Literature appeared at the entrance of the hall with the literati who had participated in the competition.
"Qianqian and the others are here together! Did they forget about me and my sister?" Su Yueyao asked subconsciously.
"That shouldn't be the case! Those literati should have gone to the Writers' Hall early in the morning. A Yao and my sister are women, and they don't need to participate in many things." Yang Qianxun explained.
"Then do I not have to get up early to go to the Literary Museum in the future?" Su Yueyao said with her eyes lighting up.
"I'm afraid that won't work. The specific arrangements still need to be made by the master of the painting studio."
"All right!"
Su Yueyao looked at those literati and found that they were all good-looking men, probably literati with a scholarly air.
"Ayao, the one walking in front is Master Huan, who is now in charge of the Academy of Literature. The Huan family has always been the empress's confidant." Yang Qianxun said in a low voice.
"Among them, there are two Li masters in the Literary Hall. They are from the Li family, the mother's clan of the empress, and should be the direct lineage."
"I don't know the other masters, and ordinary people can't see them." Yang Qianxun explained.
When the people from the Hall of Literature came over, Master Huan deliberately looked at Su Yueyao several times.
Su Yueyao did not notice Master Huan's eyes. She was curious about who would be sitting on her left and right.
Finally, the person sitting on her left was Master Li from the Poetry Workshop, and the person sitting on her right was the Second Master Xun.
"Miss Su, Lord Su." Xun Haoxuan greeted them with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Xun, did you go to the Museum of Literature specifically and come here together?" Su Yueyao asked curiously in a low voice.
"Yeah! We went there at daybreak!"
Well! When the sun rose, she was still fast asleep! Women still have some privileges, and waking up early has always been her weakness!
"Your Majesty has arrived."
"The Queen has arrived."
"Thank you for coming, Mr.
"The eldest prince has arrived."
The palace maid suddenly shouted.
Everyone in the hall immediately knelt down and saluted to the Queen at the door.
"Your Majesty, Holy Ann."
The Queen, the Queen Mother, Lord Xie, and the First Prince walked to the middle.
After the Queen and the others were seated, the Queen said, "Everyone, stand up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone stood up and sat down.
As soon as Su Yueyao stood up and looked up, she saw Cui Yiyang behind His Majesty who was sitting on the throne. The two of them exchanged glances.
Afterwards, Su Yueyao felt a pair of sinister eyes looking at her. She followed the gaze and found that the eldest prince had a smile on his face, but why did he look so fierce in her eyes? She hadn't offended him today, had she?
"Today I have specially held a banquet to celebrate the writers who have been selected in this selection of the Writers' Hall. I hope you will study hard, enter the court as officials as soon as possible, and benefit the people." The Queen suddenly spoke, causing Su Yueyao to immediately look away from the eldest prince.
Afterwards, Su Yueyao saw that all the writers in the Hall of Literature stood up, and Su Yueyao also stood up immediately.
"Students will definitely work hard to study and live up to your Majesty's expectations."
"Okay, okay, sit down!"
Su Yueyao sat down again. It seemed that the scholars were practicing how to respond to the Queen's words. Otherwise, why were they so consistent?
Afterwards there was singing and dancing, and in the hall there were sounds of clinking glasses and whispers.
Su Yueyao looked at the people dancing in the middle of the stage and was stunned for a moment. These men were so beautiful! If it weren't for the flat middle, she would have thought they were women.
"Ayao..." Yang Qianxun looked at Su Yueyao's dazed expression and pulled her.
Su Yueyao reacted immediately. She was really shocked. How could those men look so much like women and yet look like men?
It’s worthy of being a palace, they can find anyone for you.
"Qianqian, they are men, right?" Su Yueyao asked Yang Qianxun in a low voice uncertainly.
"They are men. These are the ones who have been learning skills in the Imperial Palace's Jiaofang Division since they were young. The men selected are all more feminine."
"..."
"Lady Su, I see that you are very curious about the dancers in the palace. Why don't you pick a few and bring them back to your house to serve you? But I heard that there are only three people in your backyard now!" said Xie Guijun suddenly.
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