Wear It with Space

After a month, the Ministry of Rites finally selected a good day and set the date in July.

A few days after the date was set, Shen Ling received an invitation, inviting her to attend the hibiscus flower banquet held in Weiyuan on the 15th of next month.

In order to be cautious, Shen Ling sent someone out to inquire about it.

Those who came back said that this hibiscus banquet was similar to the peony banquet of the Song Dynasty. Most of the participants were those noble girls who had not left the pavilion, but this hibiscus banquet had one more content than the peony banquet.

The girls participating in the banquet must prepare at least one program, and then decide the order of appearance according to the draw, and then the five judges will decide the ranking. The first one can make a request to Queen Li, who is hosting the hibiscus flower banquet. Under normal circumstances, as long as the request is not excessive, Queen Li will agree.

For this request, the noble girls who participate in the flower banquet every year will put their energy to the full. Therefore, every year in this flower banquet, many ladies are famous for their outstanding talents in Yecheng.

After Shen Ling listened to it, she didn't take it to heart. Although Princess Yifang was raised up spoiled, she didn't fall behind on the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Shen Ling felt that he would just choose one of them to participate in the competition at that time, as long as he didn't shame Song Guo. As for the number one, whoever loves fights whoever fights.

Therefore, Shen Ling should learn Beiqi language to learn Beiqi language, and if he should practice Hanyue exercises, he should practice Hanyue exercises, making his daily schedule full.

That day, she followed Ruoyan to learn Beiqi language all morning, took a nap in the afternoon, and when she woke up a little thirsty, Ruolan brought a plate of cut melons.

Shen Ling took a fork and ate two yuan. When she saw a court lady coming in from outside, she whispered back, "Princess, the prince is down."

Gao Zhen would come to the Sifang Pavilion every few days. Shen Ling was used to it and said without thinking, "Please come in!"

In less than half of the incense stick time, Gao Zhen strode into Shen Ling’s living room, but instead of leaning forward to ask for warmth, he walked around hesitantly, seeming to have something to say. But it was a little hard to tell.

During this period of time, Shen Ling had basically figured out his temperament, knowing that he generally couldn't hide things in his heart, put the fork down, wiped his mouth with the kerchief, and asked: "Have your Royal Highness encountered any problems?"

After hearing this, Gao Zhen raised his head and glanced at Shen Ling, and smiled embarrassedly: "It's not a problem, it's just..." He hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "I have a I have to confess the matter with the princess. I had a fiancée before I became engaged to the princess." He saw Shen Ling's eyes widened and said hurriedly, "It's not what you think, this marriage is the wishful thinking of my foster father, I Never promised."

Shen Ling couldn't help but snorted. Since he didn't agree, why did he orally call his fiancée.

Gao Zhen continued: "But because my adoptive father is so kind to me, I have never found a chance to reject his old man, but in my heart I have always regarded He Ying as my sister. Later, I persuaded my father to be married to Song Guohe. He Ying and my foster father returned to the prairie. Until recently, my mother was going to hold a hibiscus feast, and she came back from the prairie. My third brother said that she would also attend the hibiscus feast next month. Her temperament is the best. Clearly, I’ve been very strong since I was a child. This banquet, if she doesn’t go, she will go for the first place. If she wins the first place, she will probably ask my mother to let me marry in public. She, that's why I came to discuss with the princess."

Shen Ling couldn't help but squinted at him, thinking for a while, the only way is to prevent that He Ying from getting the first place, if she can't say she has to fight for the first place.

This Gao Zhen would really cause trouble for her, Shen Ling finally sighed, originally having Gao Zhe as an opponent would be enough for her to be busy for a while, and there is another He Ying, I am afraid that the rest of the day will not be quiet.

After Gao Zhen left, Shen Ling closed his eyes and thought about it. What Princess Yifang is best at is the most popular phoenix dance in Song Dynasty. However, this kind of dance is not only extremely popular in the Song Dynasty because of its simple and easy-to-learn movements and graceful posture, but also many aristocratic women in the Northern Qi Dynasty can dance this kind of dance. It is hard to guarantee that there is no one who dances better than Princess Yifang. So it must not be selected.

Shen Ling closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and decided to choose a dance that had never been seen in this era. In this way, because people had never seen it before, they might be attracted and get praise from the referees.

The reason why I chose dance instead of other projects like piano art and chess is because Shen Ling himself does not have a high talent in piano art and chess art, and cannot guarantee that he will win the first place.

But the possibility of choosing dance is much higher.

She has seen a lot of dances that have been passed down to later generations in the previous worlds, such as the Jinghong Dance and the Neon Dress Dance. These dances have not yet been born, and you can choose any one of them and you can smash all four.

As long as she practiced more in these few days, she would definitely be able to achieve good results.

Next, Shen Ling used to create a dance as an excuse, and practiced dancing in the room every night.

On May 15th, Shen Ling came to Weiyuan early in the morning.

As the royal garden of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Weiyuan was planted with many famous flowers and other plants.

Shen Ling walked through a long path in the willow forest, passing several pavilions in the middle, and finally came to the place where the banquet was held, Qunfang Pavilion.

Half of the Northern Qi noble girls who participated in the Furong Banquet were already sitting inside.

When Shen Ling entered, she saw a girl with a dark complexion and big eyes on her oval face appearing more and more, with a slightly reluctant look in her eyes, and she looked up and down at Shen Ling, "You are the Song Princess of the country?" Before Shen Ling could speak, he said again, "It's nothing more than that!"

Shen Ling learns Beiqi language every day these days. She almost understands the two sentences she said, and a decent smile appeared on her face, "You should be the girl He Ying said by the prince! I often hear what the prince said. Upset you."

He Ying's eyes lit up, and the whole person suddenly added a bit of brilliance, "The prince and I have been childhood sweethearts since childhood. If it weren't for the emperor's sudden decision to make peace with Song State, I'm afraid I and the prince are married."

Shen Ling smiled and replied: "You are right. The prince did say that he treats you like a sister."

He Ying couldn't help but stunned, and then stomped her feet, showing her coquettish willfulness, "Don't think that if you say these two words, I will give up fighting for the first place in the competition. Let's wait and see! If I can get the competition. For the first place, the queen must be the master for me."

Shen Ling still smiled and replied: "I'll wait and see!"

A few short conversations between the two attracted everyone's attention.

After Shen Ling casually found a seat to sit down, a girl who had seen Shen Ling Jianwu took the initiative to talk to her: "That He Ying relied on her father to be the prince's foster father, and she used to hit those girls who admired the prince. Now she can be regarded as suffering."

Shen Ling listened to what she meant, and seemed to be at odds with He Ying. Holding the idea that the enemy's enemy was a friend, she took the initiative to lead her to say more, and quickly figured out the origin of He Ying.

He Ying's father was Chang Xinhou from Beiqi. The prince studied the art of war with him for several years when he was young, and later saved his life when he was hunting for a year. Therefore, the relationship with the prince is very close.

As the only daughter of Chang Xinhou, He Ying grew up in the palace because of the relationship between her father and the prince. Empress Li once said with a smile that she would promise her to her son. Both Chang Xinhou and He Ying thought that the person the empress was talking about was the prince. Since then, He Ying has regarded herself as the prince’s fiancée and easily prevented other noble women from approaching the prince. .

But I didn't expect that just when Chang Xinhou was about to mention the marriage between the two to the queen, things suddenly turned around. Princess Yifang fell from the sky and directly shattered He Ying's dream.

Fearing that his daughter could not think about it, Chang Xinhou took He Ying to the Ulan Grassland, where autumn hunting activities are held every year in Beiqi, to relax.

Xu was the air in the Ulan Grassland that made He Ying's mind clear. She soon had a new idea and planned to take the opportunity of the Furong Banquet to ask the queen to be the master for her.

Shen Ling looked down and recalled the queen's attitude towards her at the last banquet. She didn't seem to like her very much, but her face was faint, presumably she was not too satisfied with her daughter-in-law, the queen. If He Ying can really win the first place, and then ask the queen to be the master, I am afraid that the queen will probably choose a compromise and let her and He Ying serve together.

No, this will definitely not work.

Shen Ling could tolerate that Gaozhen had a woman before, but he would never allow a woman to stand between them after the two got married.

It seems that I can only win but not lose in this battle.