Long Live the Empress

Chapter 120: Treasure of the House

Several noble ladies from aristocratic families went up to perform their talents. Some painted, some recited poems, and some played the piano, but no one danced. They would not provoke Fan Ronghua.

"The Concubine has arrived, the Crown Prince has arrived." The eunuchs' announcement rang out loudly, and everyone quickly put down their wine glasses. The singing and dancing stopped, and they all knelt on the ground, shouting, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and to Concubine Shu."

The prince was wearing a golden dragon robe today and a golden crown on his head, looking extremely noble.

The Concubine Shu wore a seven-tailed phoenix hairpin on her head and dressed in a gorgeous red palace dress with gold thread. Her style was almost as good as that of the Empress.

After Concubine Shu and the Crown Prince sat down, they said "Stand up", and everyone stood up and sat back in their seats.

The happiest person among them was Fan Ronghua, whom her aunt loved the most. Now let's see if her cousin dares to treat her perfunctorily!

Fan Ronghua's mother, Madam Fan, had not spoken to anyone at the banquet. Even when Fan Ronghua was performing, she just stared at the Second Prince. Now that Concubine Shu was here, a hint of coldness flashed in Madam Fan's eyes...

Concubine Shu glanced at the Second Prince and said calmly, "Don't drink too much!" Then she looked at Fan Ronghua lovingly, "Hua'er, come to your aunt!"

Fan Ronghua was waiting for these words. Without even saying hello, she threw herself into Concubine Shu's arms and started to act like a spoiled child. "Aunt, Huaer misses you so much! Look, Huaer has lost weight because of missing you!"

Concubine Shu was amused by Fan Ronghua and laughed loudly. She held Fan Ronghua's hand and kept asking questions. On the contrary, Concubine Shu's son, the second prince, did not receive any concern from Concubine Shu.

The Crown Prince and the Second Prince clinked their cups and drank the wine in one gulp. However, while drinking, the Crown Prince glanced at Yue Jinghong. Yue Jinghong only nodded slightly and looked away. The Crown Prince understood and pulled the Second Prince to drink a few more cups.

The noble lady who was kneeling in the hall and performing continued playing the song she had just played.

Concubine Shu was delighted to see the graceful and elegant Fan Ronghua, "Can Huaer perform?"

Fan Ronghua glanced at the second prince who was drinking and nodded shyly, but Concubine Shu was not satisfied, "Auntie hasn't come yet, why are you performing? Auntie won't agree!"

Fan Ronghua quickly took Concubine Shu's arm and said, "Then Hua'er will play another piece of music. What do you think, aunt?"

Only then did Concubine Shu nodded in satisfaction, waved her hand, and asked the noble lady who was halfway through her performance to leave.

Shufei's behavior was a great shame for the noble lady, as if her talent was so unbearable that she was driven off the stage.

Fan Ronghua didn't care about all that. He just took out a dark-black guqin and tuned the sound.

"Look, Miss Fan is using a piano made of thousand-year-old sunken wood!"

"More than that! The strings are made by repeatedly rubbing several Kun whiskers. Such strings will not break even after hundreds of years of use!"

"..."

Everyone's conversation revealed their jealousy of Fan Ronghua and envy of the Fan family's financial resources!

This time, Fan Ronghua played a song called Feng Qiu Huang, and sang while playing the zither:

Phoenix, Phoenix, return to your hometown.

Travel around the world in search of the phoenix.

The time has not come yet, and I have nothing to do.

How can I realize that I am ascending to this hall now?

There is a beautiful lady in the boudoir,

The people near and far away from me hurt my heart.

Why do they embrace each other as mandarin ducks?

Hu Jie and Xi Fei fly together!

Phoenix, Phoenix, please come and live with me,

She was able to entrust her with the title of concubine.

Friendship and harmony of mind,

Who knows who is with me in the middle of the night?

Both wings rise and fly high,

The lack of feeling in my thoughts makes me sad.

Such a blatant confession made the Second Prince extremely angry. He still had a smile on his face, but his fingertips turned white because he was holding the wine glass too tightly.

The other noble ladies were extremely embarrassed. The customs of the Wei people were conservative. How could a woman ever propose to someone so boldly?

Mrs. Fan's chest rose and fell rapidly with anger, and her breathing became heavier!

Concubine Shu was listening with great interest. When Fan Ronghua finished his song, she was the first to clap her hands, "Hua'er, you have great talent! Give it a try!"

The eunuchs and palace maids held up brocade boxes and displayed the treasures in front of everyone. The yellow one was gold, the white one was silver, the green one was jadeite, the red one was bloodstone...any one of them was a treasure to protect the house!