My Beloved Concubine Only Wants to Eat Melons [MTL]

Chapter 3

It was the first time Yu Wenlan found out that someone knew his secret.

He looked up at the seemingly inconspicuous woman in the far corner.

Who is she?

It didn't take long for the concubines to discover that the emperor's eyes seemed to be always looking in one direction.

Looking along, I saw that it was a table near the gate of the palace, and there were two women sitting there, one was as plain as a court lady, and the other was dressed up like Zhou Guifei, Ning Fei and others.

Everyone guessed in their hearts.

Liandong also whispered to Yan Shu, "Master, why do I keep watching His Majesty looking at you?"

Yan Shu didn't take it seriously at all, and just said casually, "I can't, maybe I'm looking at Zhang Cairen, how conspicuous she is!"

As he spoke, he tasted the newly served West Lake Vinegar Fish. Well, the fish was soft and tender, sweet and sour, with a few wisps of umami taste of crab, it was really extraordinary.

The voices of the two spread to the side, and Zhang Cairen became more and more determined in his guess.

Ever since the Empress Dowager arrived, the emperor had been looking here intentionally or unintentionally, she felt that her attire today must have had an effect.

The brocade with a thousand gold feet and the gemstone hairpin with a thousand gold pieces are really the finishing touches.

It's just that the distance is still a bit far, she still has to find a way to make the emperor remember her, and she must not miss this great opportunity in vain.

So she called Chun'e, the maid who accompanied her, to fetch the pipa, picked it up and walked into the hall, and said, "On this beautiful occasion, I would like to sing a song for Your Majesty and Empress Dowager, and wish you both happiness and well-being."

Not to mention, the pipa is also inlaid with mother-of-pearl gemstones, which complement her eye-catching attire.

Concubine Zhou Guifei, Concubine Ning, Concubine Li, and the others had eyes blazing with jealousy and resentment.

Yu Wenlan said absently, "Sure."

The palace people hurriedly moved the round stool, Zhang Cairen sat down holding the piano, plucked the strings with his fingers, and began to sing with his thin voice.

"A straight purple bamboo seedling, give Ye Wulang to make a pipe flute..."

If you don't listen to it, you don't know, it turned out that Zhang Cairen actually played and sang a Jiangnan tune, the tune is mellow, the lyrics are soft and charming, and it is sung in Suzhou dialect, which is really impressive.

After a song, everyone had to applaud.

The Queen Mother also specifically asked, "Are you from Jiangnan?"

Hu An, the chief inspector of ceremonies, introduced, "To the Empress Dowager, Zhang Cairen's father is the weaving envoy of the capital, and their family is all serious people from the capital."

Zhang Cairen also laughed and said, "I heard that the Queen Mother likes Suzhou Tanci, so I specially learned one or two. You can laugh at me if I don't sing well."

The queen mother nodded, "I have a heart."

Looking at the emperor from the corner of his eyes while speaking, he saw that he just picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, his expression was calm, and there was still no disturbance.