Shen Chenxuan saw that her son and Feng Ningyan were kneeling side by side, both of their expressions were firm and their attitudes were respectful.
The green stone ground beneath his knees was not even, Feng Ningyan raised the tea cup and waited quietly, his eyebrows lowered and his eyes fine, he did not reveal the slightest bit of pain or impatience.
In the end, he still felt sorry for his son. He slowly reached out to receive the teacup in Feng Ningyan's hand, took a sip, and placed it on a tray.
"Get up."
Feng Ningyan finally heaved a sigh of relief and stood up, trembling with fear, before offering her tea to the empress.
The empress dowager smiled. "Alright, after drinking your new wife's tea, you'll be family from now on. In the future, I will need to visit the Wailing Home frequently, do you understand? "
Feng Ningyan thought, could it be that the empress dowager still didn't know about the ban?
Seeing that the emperor didn't mention the ban, she smiled and agreed. In any case, whatever the empress dowager said was the truth, there was no need for her to not mention it.
The empress then suggested, "The red leaves are very beautiful, it would be even better if there was a song and dance to liven things up. Imperial Mother, what do you say?"
The empress dowager knew that the empress must have arranged this, so she nodded. "Mm, then let's take a look."
The Queen looked at Hua Ruoyu who was seated far away, and Hua Ruoyu happily accepted her orders. She then walked to the empty space in the middle of the osmanthus trees, located outside the pavilion.
It was only then that Feng Ningyan understood that the one who invited Hua Ruoyu to the maple meeting was the Queen.
Strange, Hua Ruoyu had never been to the capital before. She had been married into the capital this time and had always lived in the Prince Yu's Mansion.
The chance to dance was not something that just anyone could obtain. This meant that the Empress not only understood Hua Ruoyu's abilities very well, she also trusted him a lot.
Feng Ningyan had to admire Hua Ruoyu's god-like ability.
Hua Ruoyu's dancing skills were needless to say, but every time she appeared on stage, she would shock everyone. She was an expert in spinning and dancing with water sleeves, and also danced in the middle of the laurel tree. Once she started to spin, her figure became light and agile.
The emperor's harem was fat and thin, three thousand beauties, he was used to all kinds of wonderful dances, so he did not pay much attention to Feng Ningyan's cousin, but everyone else was mesmerized by it.
Even the empress dowager was smiling as she told the empress, "This child dances very well. It looks like he's been training hard since he was young. Reward."
After dancing this dance, Hua Ruoyu walked into the pavilion gracefully and kneeled on the ground. The Queen got Duke Zhai Quan to give her a silver ingot of one hundred gold.
"The empress dowager said that the Flowers's dancing skills are extraordinary, and that he's rewarded her with a hundred silver taels." Zhai Quan declared loudly.
Hua Ruoyu was overjoyed. She raised her head and bowed deeply to the empress dowager again to show her gratitude.
The empress dowager asked, "I heard that you're Yuwangfei's cousin?"
Hua Ruoyu hurriedly replied, "Reporting to the empress dowager, that's right. General Feng is the uncle of this humble daughter, this humble daughter grew up in the General's Estate since childhood. "
Her Majesty nodded. "Very well."
The empress laughed, "Empress Dowager, Flowers is very dexterous and dexterous. She made some scented sachets to prevent wind and cold. I found it exquisite and cute, do you like it? "
Two palace maids brought a tray, on the tray were neatly arranged multi-colored scents, the fragrance was very fragrant, and the smell was very unique. Moreover, every scented bag embroidery worker was of the highest quality.
Her Majesty was full of praise, and the Empress immediately ordered people to send the scented sachet to the people seated.
In that moment, everyone around was discussing about Hua Ruoyu.
"As expected of the Yuwangfei's cousin. She is graceful and charming, her dancing skills are outstanding, and she is extremely clever and dexterous. She is truly the epitome of a noble woman …"
"I heard that the Flowers is about to enter the palace for the Elite Tournament soon. With such a person's talent and cultivation, he will definitely be selected from a high position."
"Since they are cousins who have grown up together, why do they not behave like each other at all... Flowers is gentle and virtuous. Other than her slightly inferior appearance, the rest of her beauty far surpasses Yuwangfei … "
Although these voices were soft, they more or less traveled into Feng Ningyan's ears. She had long known that Flowers was good at bribing people, so she only smiled faintly and picked up a grape, putting it into her mouth as if she didn't hear anything.
Just then, the empress suddenly asked, "Yuwangfei's cousin is so outstanding, what does esteemed wangfei usually study? Do you have any specialties in zither, chess, painting, or female dance? "
Feng Ningyan was startled, she did not expect the topic to suddenly shift to her.
She stood up and replied without hiding anything, "Reporting to Imperial Mother, the Wife knows nothing about zither, chess, calligraphy, or dancing."
"What?"
The empress looked at her in astonishment. She had never expected that the daughter of the general's estate had never learned any of these skills before.
The emperor also stared at his son Shen Lingjue in astonishment. He didn't know why his usually astute and capable son would choose such a woman as his concubine.
Seeing that the emperor had also raised his eyebrows, the eunuchs and palace maids in the crowd couldn't help but laugh.
Not to mention those Concubines and Life Wives of the same rank looking at Feng Ningyan, it was as if they were looking at a girl chopping firewood in a ravine.
"How can the family of generals' daughter be so ignorant and unlearned?"
"He can become a Yuwangfei just like that?"
"How is she worthy of being the number one beauty in the Great Yue State, the astonishing and talented His Highness King Yu?"
Hua Ruoyu returned to her seat holding the silver, and looked at the stuttering Feng Ningyan, and thought: Feng Ningyan, listen to those sounds, now you finally know that you don't have the qualifications to be the daughter of a general, and marry the His Highness King Yu!
Hearing Feng Ningyan's reply, Shen Lingjue smiled slightly, she turned and looked at Feng Ningyan with extreme gentleness and gentleness, then gently held her hand, as if they were loving, as though they were praising each other, and as if they were comforting each other.
Feng Ningyan felt that his hand was so steady and warm, a great confidence rose up in her heart.
The empress dowager was also a little curious. "Since you two sisters grew up together, why is it that while Flowers is proficient in everything, she doesn't know anything?"
Shen Lingjue laughed, "Reporting to the empress dowager and empress, Yuwangfei had lost her mother when she was young, and followed General Feng to guard the border.
When the Empress Dowager heard it, he looked at Feng Ningyan with a complicated gaze. However, it was not clear whether he was happy or angry, it was just that he was unfathomable.
The Empress asked again, "Then you must have read some of the books, right?" "Women's virtue, women's law, and the teachings of women should always be kept in mind."
Feng Ningyan had never even heard of these books before. She lowered her head and said humbly, "After I return to my mother, Wife has read quite a few books because the books in my father's study focused on military formations, historical records and biographies. My father said that the history book is a mirror, with ancient texts, now, can you know loyal adultery, dialectical right, good self-reflection, as a model, look up to heaven and earth, no shame in the heart. As for those books that mother said, since it's a good book, Wife will definitely buy it and read through. "
Emperor Shen Chenxuan heard what Feng Ningyan said and was greatly moved.
Only because these words were personally taught to Feng Ningyan by Feng Wei, hearing Feng Ningyan's narration, the Emperor seemed to have heard Feng Wei himself saying these words in front of him.
If such a father and daughter pair had the intention to rebel, then perhaps no one in the throne room would be able to trust the civil and military officials of the imperial court.
This saying of a 'fiend' was indeed somewhat ridiculous.