Marquis Ningyuan just smiled: "After all, I only have one girl like this, so I can't get married easily."
Xu Qingmo had been standing on the side with her head lowered from the beginning to the end. She didn't want to get involved in this matter at all. Now that she was still young, her father and mother would intervene in many things. All he had to do was stand obediently. Just be a good kid on the sidelines.
Sure enough, after talking for a while, the emperor and empress let them go back.
The family banquet in the palace is actually quite boring. It involves serving food, performing, and drinking. It's just these things. Xu Qingmo really has no interest in the dancers on the stage, but the royal dining room of the palace , the things made are truly delicious.
Whenever Xu Qingmo ate something that tasted good, he would quietly feed it to Hua Ying, and then tell Hua Ying to hide some of it and bring it back to Qu Lian to eat.
The movement was very small, just because of the previous things, the people on the side kept staring at them. While they were toasting, a daughter of an unknown family deliberately passed in front of them, and said with a mocking look on her face: "Or Where is the daughter of the Hou family? She looks like she has never seen the world. She eats something in the palace and takes it away, which is really shameful!"
The girl's voice was a bit loud, and the kind people sitting nearby heard it. Xu Qingmo was stunned for a moment, but he didn't take it to heart. However, after the prince who happened to come over heard this, he took the initiative to walk to Xu Qingmo and smiled. Then asked: "Miss Xu, do you think these vegetables are delicious?"
"The food cooked in the imperial dining room is naturally the most delicious!" Xu Qingmo smiled, but still spoke with a bit of alienation. After all, every time she saw Xie Suxian, the things from her previous life flashed through her mind. memory.
"If Miss Xu likes to eat, just tell the palace maids, and they will help prepare a portion for Miss Xu to take back!" After Xie Suxian finished speaking with a smile, he gave instructions to the palace maids beside him, and then went to drink.
Xie Suxian was busy making friends with those ministers at this time, so naturally he had no time to care about her. However, it was precisely because of what he said that the palace people kindly prepared a lot of things for him and put them on the She put it in a small box on the side so that she could take it back when she left the palace.
Xu Qingmo originally thought that the family banquet would end like this, but he never thought that there would always be a few women who wanted to stand out with their beauty to perform!
Whenever this happens, Xu Qingmo will hide quietly and try not to let others see her, because she is famous for having no talent, and there are always a few people who want to stand out and deliberately Call your name to perform.
It's just that these years, because Ning Yuanhou has been traveling outside, she rarely attends such palace banquets, so she almost forgot that such a thing would happen.
At the palace banquet, there were not only emperors and princes, but also the heirs of some powerful people. Then there would be some officials who had no ability and wanted to use their daughters to rise to power. They would take the opportunity to let their children perform, so as to win the favor of a certain powerful person.
But most famous families look down on such women. In real famous families, women learn what a serious wife should know, such as housekeeping and settling accounts, instead of these romantic things. Some women will learn some of them because they like it. , but no matter how exquisite it is, it is impossible to compare with the maids in the palace who have learned this since they were young!
"...My daughter learned a dance a few days ago and was very successful. I want to show the Queen the dance..."
This was the third woman to perform. Xu Qingmo was also very bored and began to hold his chin and knock melon seeds in an imageless manner!
Just like this, you sang, I danced, and she played the pipa. After about half an hour, the queen couldn't stand it anymore. Looking around, there were many women who were ready to move. She frowned slightly, and her eyes were very unfortunate. It fell on Xu Qingmo who was yawning.
The queen paused for a moment, then said, "Miss Xu, didn't you prepare anything?"
Xu Qingmo, who was suddenly called, couldn't believe it. He looked around and finally found that she was indeed the only one with the surname Xu. She stood up immediately, but her face was still blank.
"Back to the Queen, my daughter is just a little monkey. How can she have any talent if she has no education or skills?" Mrs. Xu quickly came out to save the situation.
The queen really had no intention of letting Xu Qingmo go: "Back then, you were a famously talented girl. How could the daughter you raised by yourself know nothing?"
The queen had already said this. If Mrs. Xu continued, she would probably make the queen unhappy. In the end, she could only look at Xu Qingmo with helplessness on her face: "Mo Mo, just perform a show!"
Just... outrageous!
But after all, he was a big boss, so Xu Qingmo couldn't refuse. After thinking for a long time, he finally said: "Well, if everyone dances, let me dance too!"
Mrs. Xu was very surprised. When she accompanied Xu Qingmo to change clothes, she couldn't help but secretly asked: "When did you learn to dance? Why don't I know about it at all?"
"Which one do I know how to play music, chess, calligraphy and painting?" Xu Qingmo asked, "Anyway, it's just to embarrass myself. If it doesn't work, I can still count as dancing if I do a set of boxing!"
Mrs. Xu had no choice but to choose a red dance dress for Xu Qingmo to put on: "It doesn't matter if you're embarrassed, don't embarrass yourself too much."
Xu Qingmo agreed and went on stage.
It is true that Xu Qingmo can't dance, but she has been locked up in Ruyun Pavilion for so long, and she can see those people singing and dancing every day, and she can even watch them.
Xu Qingmo chose a foreign song with a faster tempo and greater effort, which was more suitable for someone like her who was born into martial arts.
Xu Qingmo recalled the dance steps, then nodded to the musician and started dancing.
Xu Qingmo's dance was far less light than those of the women, but it had a lot more power, and the music was quite rhythmic. Most of the people present had been drinking and were already a little drowsy. This kind of music actually cheered them up. For a moment.
But those aristocratic ladies who were originally waiting to see Xu Qingmo's jokes are now worried. After Xu Qingmo grows up, his appearance will be improved, and his status will be high. He will definitely stand out in this capital.
These girls thought that Xu Qingmo was vulgar and could always outdo him in playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so when the queen asked her to perform, they all thought it was a joke.
It's just that they never thought that Xu Qingmo could actually dance, and it was an obviously foreign dance style. Look at the young masters here, it was really a mistake, a mistake!
