The Fourth Lady

Chapter 303 The Banquet (Ⅰ)

The guests arrived one after another. Most of them were people that Qingyan knew, but she didn't

expect that both the members of Su Mansion and the Luo Mansion would also attend the banquet at

the same time.

Chai Yiyun also brought Su Qingwen to the banquet. Su Qingwen dressed like the principal concubine.

She was about to marry the Third Prince after next spring.

But she had never expected that Xuanyuan Yvzhe would bring Shaoyao with him to attend this

banquet.

When Shaoyao saw Qingyan standing beside Jingshu, she whispered in Xuanyuan Yvzhe's ear, "Your

Highness, Junzhu will marry Wenxuan Lord's son, so we should have a good relationship with them.

It's not worth to scramble for the throne."

Shaoyao nodded earnestly. In fact, Shaoyao's words made sense. Moreover, he didn't want to be the

emperor, especially after he knew his identity. And the only thing he wanted to do now was to spend

the rest of his life with Shaoyao.

"Uncle, aunt." Xuanyuan Yvzhe walked to them and spoke loudly, "I thought it's your birthday today, so I

gave this gift to you."

As soon as Shaoyao saw the expression on Xuanyuan Yvzhe's face, she immediately handed over the

box in her hand. "I hope you like it."

"You're welcome. It's a family banquet today, but don't be so restrained," said Jingshu with a smile,

taking the box from her hand.

Xuanyuan Yvzhe looked at her and nodded seriously and then stood aside with Shaoyao. At the sight

of this, Su Qingwen showed an unpleasant expression.

Xuanyuan Yvzhen and the other young men also presented their birthday gifts. Then, they sat together,

waiting for the start of the banquet. This birthday banquet didn't look different from the previous ones.

The opening ceremony of song and dance performance quickly made them lost their interest, and they

were chatting with the people around them.

Seeing this, Murong Jingxuan walked to the center and said to Jingshu with a smile, "mother, I heard

that the girls in the Capital City are more talented than the girls in the south region. Why don't you allow

them to perform one by one? It will also be an unexpected surprise to mother."

Hearing Murong Jingxuan's words, Jingshu nodded with a smile and said, "that would be great." All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Qingyan looked at Murong Jingxuan and then at Jinshu. She walked down Jingshu with a smile and

bowed to her, "May I perform a dance for you?"

Jingshu nodded with a smile, "okay."

Qingyan on the stage. The whole stage was covered by the long, melodious sound of flute. When the

lantern was lit up, Qingyan in a red dress standig up in the middle.

Qingyan danced very casually. Her red dress fit her very well, and with the dim candle light thrown out

by the long sleeves and the light gradually showed in the sky, as if everything just happened was like a

dream.

Then only the girl in red stood in the middle of the room. "Mother, do you like it?"

Jingshu didn't expect that Qingyan could offer such an excellent performance. SQingyan walk to her

slowly and take her hand. Qingyan smiled at them and said, "As the daughter of Marquis Dingguo, you

deserve the tile and qualified to marry my son."

With the wonderful performance of Qingyan, no one else, no matter how excellent the performance

later was, was valued JIngshu anymore. The girls who liked Murong Jingxuan always wanted to show

their talents, especially under such circumstances.

But they all knew in their hearts that no one could compete with Qingyan.

Su Qingyuan might be able to compare with Qingyan, but she had already passed away.

Su Qingwen looked at Shaoyao and then at Xuanyuan Yvzhe. She was not reconciled. She clenched

her fist and stood up. She looked at JIngshu and said with a smile, "Your Highness, I once heard that

the Third Prince's inferior concubine is good at music. May I ask her to perform for us?"

Hearing this, Qingyan turned to look at Shaoyao. At the same time, Shaoyao also shot an

understanding glance at her. This was Su Qingwen's prelude to teach her a lesson, and Su Qingwen

also saw the warning in Xuanyuan Yvzhe's eyes.

"Your Highness, after all, Su Qingwen is your future wife. Don't make her afraid of you." Shaoyao

whispered in Xuanyuan Yvzhe's ear, "what's more, you should know this is what I have to do.''

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Yvzhe withdrew his gaze and gently looked at Shaoyao."I kneow."

After giving Xuanyuan Yvzhe a reassuring glance, Shaoyao slowly walked to the center and bowed to

lady Jingshu. "Then I'll perform a melody for you."

Then she played a tune of plum blossom for lady Concubine Jingshu.

Su Qingwen had investigated the family background of Shaoyao. She thought that Shaoyao just relied

on her body to get the Third Princee's attention. But she didn't expect that Shaoyao had such a skill.

Thinking of this, she could only embed her fingernails into her skin.

"Ha! Like I said, it was common for a prostitue to be able to some music.'' A man's voice rang behind

him. Xuanyuan Yvzhe looked at him and found that it was none other than Cui Hanqun.

Looking at the smile on Jingshu's face, Shaoyao said, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Mother, although Shaoyao was from a brothel, but she was not a prostitute. I have heard that Shaoyao

was a very talented and charming girl.'' "But it seems that Mr. Cui is trying to making things difficult for

the inferior concubine."

Hearing what QingYan said, Jingshu looked at the man and said in a low voice, "Cui Chujun, is this

how you discipline your son?"

When Cui Chujun heard this, he quickly stood out. "Your Highness, please forgive us. He's still young."

"Of course I mind. Since you don't want to teach your kids, I'll definitely help you teach them well."

Looking at Zijuan, JIngshu said with a smile, "Zijuan, fetch my whip."

A few moments later, a thick whip was sent to her. Looking at the whip in her hand, Qingyan's lips

slowly curved into a smile. There used to be two whips. One was kept by her, and the other was sent to

Jingshu. She did not expect to see this purple whip after so many years.

"Shanghui, let your son come out and be taught."