You are my golden finger

Chapter 119 The Divine Chapter You Don’t Understand (2)

At night, Lin Xijin did not bring An An and the other girls into the palace. After all, the situation was turbulent now, and she didn't know how many potential rivals she had, so it was better to act with caution.

Tonight's palace banquet was open to all officials above the third rank and above, and they could bring their families with them. Many people naturally thought that this palace banquet was for selecting a concubine for the prince, and they tried their best to pile the best things on the girls.

Although it was winter, when one entered the palace, one was filled with flowers, pearls and emeralds, and it was very lively.

Xihui and the others were led to take another path. Lin Xijin and Qiuyan continued to move forward under the guidance of the palace maid.

"Sister Jin, I've been looking for you everywhere. Can I still call you Sister Jin?"

Following the sound, she saw a woman in a lake blue brocade dress with wide sleeves and long skirts walking towards her with a big smile. The girl was dressed simply, with only a pearl hairpin inserted diagonally in her hair, bright eyes, white teeth, and skin as white as cream. Who else could it be but Chu Huiyuan!

"Sister Jin, am I beautiful now? This pearl hairpin was given to me by you." Chu Huiyuan said complacently as she saw Lin Xijin staring at her.

"Well, it's really beautiful!" Lin Xijin praised sincerely. This little girl's skin after conditioning is really very good, which is equivalent to a live advertisement for "Wulin Beauty". It would be a shame not to pay her some advertising fees.

"Oh! Do you think a chicken with a piece of grass stuck in it can turn into a golden phoenix?" someone said sarcastically.

"Zheng Wanyin, you gossiper, who do you say is a chicken? Who talked to you?" Chu Huiyuan said angrily.

Zheng Wanyin? I haven't even looked for her yet, but she came to me on her own.

Lin Xijin looked up. Oh, it was an old acquaintance. Wasn't this the woman who glared at her in a goose yellow palace dress at the last palace banquet? The one next to her was the one in the peach pink palace dress.

Everyone is here, isn't it?

The two of them greeted Lin Xijin reluctantly. After all, Lin Xijin's status was higher than theirs. In this era of strict hierarchy and clear distinction between superiors and subordinates, they still had to maintain superficial etiquette in public, so as not to give others an excuse to attack them.

Lin Xijin was too lazy to argue with them at the moment. It was not the time to lose her temper yet! They would be in trouble later.

Zhu Huiyuan chattered away, digging up all the secrets of the two people.

Zheng Wanyin, the granddaughter of Grand Tutor Zheng, the niece of Concubine Li in the palace, and the cousin of the fifth prince Murong Yan. Her family wanted her to marry the fifth prince as a concubine, but she was obsessed with Crown Prince Murong Xu and wanted to be the Crown Princess.

The other woman was Yu Siqiao, the daughter of Yu Songbin, the Minister of Imperial Households, and Zheng Wanyin's cousin. They usually played together and she was Zheng Wanyin's follower.

Listening to Chu Huiyuan's chatter, the two soon arrived at the palace banquet hall - Qianming Palace.

After entering the hall, everyone sat in the designated seat, but male and female guests were still seated separately.

As soon as Lin Xijin entered the hall, she was led by the head maid beside the empress dowager to sit at the lower right of the center. People who often attend palace banquets know that this position means sitting below the empress dowager or the queen. In the past, only princesses had this honor.

Zheng Wanyin and Yu Siqi who were sitting opposite her suddenly had fire in their eyes. If looks could kill, they could have pierced her with thousands of holes at this moment.

Lin Xijin didn't care. It's better to let others hate you than to hate others yourself. If the other person is in pain and twisted, but you don't know and don't take it to heart, isn't that a happy thing?

Mrs. Wu, Mrs. Lin, and Liang Anru all waved at her from the seats opposite, and Lin Xijin smiled and nodded.

Seeing Xihui and the others sitting in the men's seats on the left, with the eunuchs arranged by Murong Xu taking care of them, Lin Xijin felt relieved.

"The Emperor has arrived! The Empress Dowager has arrived! The Empress has arrived! ..." A series of shrill voices welcomed the group of palace dignitaries. Then the Emperor, Empress Dowager, and Empress took their seats, and everyone knelt down in unison to salute: "Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Empress Dowager! Long live the Empress Dowager! Long live the Empress! Long live the Empress!"

Lin Xijin didn't want to be too special, so she knelt down as well. But she felt a little uncomfortable because Murong Xu was sitting below the emperor, looking at her calmly and even raised his eyebrows at her.

The old emperor announced the purpose of holding the banquet tonight, and praised Lin Xijin and others for their dedication to the country and the people and their bravery as pioneers. He also praised the nobles in the capital, such as the Anguo Mansion, the Lin Taifu Mansion, and the Wujiangjun Mansion, for donating silver and grain to support the construction of the court. He established them as role models for the people and called on everyone to learn from them.

After saying this, he announced the start of the banquet, and from then on the curtain was raised on the banquet with toasts, singing and dancing.

Young ladies from various noble families came on stage to perform their talents. Zheng Wanyin played a piece of guzheng music. Her slender hands touched the guzheng, and the strings were lightly tapped. The melodious and smooth sound of the guzheng flowed like a spring, which made people intoxicated. It must be said that Zheng Wanyin was both talented and beautiful.

But this person is definitely a restless person. Look, she glared at Lin Xijin provocatively, but said nicely: "We have heard that Princess Jiahui is a person of both talent and virtue. We are fortunate to be gathered here today. I hope the princess can teach us a thing or two. It would be our honor to see the princess's talent."

Listen, she spoke politely, but this little green tea girl was such a bitch, and it was obvious that she wanted to make things difficult for her, a country bumpkin.

"Please prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone." Lin Xijin instructed the young eunuch beside him without showing any fear.

He went on stage and splashed ink and wrote a picture of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", majestic and grand, which came to life on paper.

"Great! What a beautiful scene of thousands of miles of ice and thousands of miles of drifting snow! The artistic conception is broad and the momentum is magnificent!"

"To count the heroes of the time, let's look at today! It's really full of heroic spirit!"

The scholars who loved poetry and painting were full of praise, but only Lin Xijin, the descendant of Zhao Zilong, copied it exactly, keeping his merit and fame to himself.

Of course, this skill in calligraphy and painting was something she had acquired in modern times to help her pass the long nights of most of her life. Little did she know that today it actually made her proud.