PFC Chapter 231 Embarrassing
Chapter 231 Embarrassing
Yin Yichen smiled and said to Princess Xiangyu, "Your Highness, just now I got the flowers, but it was my wife who played the piano. Now that my wife has got the flowers, it would be better for me to perform and make my colleagues in the court laugh."
Princess Xiangyu refused bluntly after hearing this, "Prime Minister, we said at the beginning that it was the ladies' place. If the Prime Minister were to come on stage, it would be a violation of the rules. This is not allowed. The Prime Minister's wife must come."
Seeing this, Yin Yichen narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "In this case, I am being rude."
Princess Xiangyu clenched her palms, looked at Song Wanning beside him and said, "Madam Prime Minister, please."
Song Wanning knew that this was definitely the last time. If Princess Xiangyu let her get the third time, it would be too obvious. In this case, Princess Xiangyu would definitely show her some power this time.
But Song Wanning was also curious about what tricks Princess Xiangyu would use to embarrass her. Thinking of this, Song Wanning stood up neatly and said with a smile, "Thank you, Princess, for your kindness."
Song Wanning stepped forward, reached into the basket, took out a paper ball and handed it to Princess Xiangyu. Seeing this, Princess Xiangyu immediately took out another paper ball from her sleeve and opened it. She coughed twice and said slowly, "Madam Prime Minister, please perform a sword dance for us to enjoy."
When Princess Xiangyu said this, all the ladies and men present were quite surprised.
After all, very few ladies in the dynasty could dance with swords. If it was dancing, it would probably be passable. But now they actually asked Song Wanning to dance with swords. I'm afraid they wanted to see Song Wanning make a fool of herself.
"Sword dancing?" Yin Yichen frowned and said in a deep voice, "I'm curious, which lady wrote this talent of sword dancing?"
Yin Yichen turned around and looked at the ladies sitting below, but none of them stood up. The ladies looked at each other, all with puzzled expressions.
Princess Xiangyu pulled the corner of her mouth and tried to excuse herself, "Now I'm afraid that the lady who wrote the sword dance can't come forward. It was originally said to be anonymous. I'm afraid it's against the rules for the Prime Minister to ask like this."
"You can't ask in the game of passing the flower, right?" Yin Yichen had a smile on his face, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. He said slowly, "I'm just a little curious about who the lady is who is so confident in her sword-dancing skills in the capital. I hope the officials and wives present here can also open their eyes."
But even after Yin Yichen said this, all the ladies shook their heads and no one came out to claim the title.
Seeing this, Yin Yichen's eyes fell on Princess Xiangyu again, and he slowly said, "Princess Xiangyu, there is not a single lady in the whole hall who wants to accept you as a lady. I just don't know where this sword-dancing skill came from? It can't be that Princess Xiangyu added it herself, right?"
"How could it be?" Seeing Yin Yichen being so aggressive, Princess Xiangyu immediately said anxiously, "Prime Minister, please don't slander me like this. As the drummer, how could I do such a thing?"
Yin Yichen smiled and said slowly, "If Her Royal Highness the Princess says so, can you take out all these paper balls and count them? Ask these ladies to claim the ones they wrote and see if there are any left."
Yin Yichen usually confronts everyone in the court, and now he didn't even give Princess Xiangyu any face at all.
Princess Xiangyu was now unable to end the situation for herself. At this moment, Prince An Xie Ke laughed and said, "Prime Minister, this is just a game. It would be embarrassing if the three officials were to hold a trial. I'm afraid it doesn't have to be that way. If the Prime Minister's wife can't do it, just say so."
Yin Yichen turned his head and responded to Prince An calmly, "Prince An may not know that the whole capital is saying that Princess Xiangyu is making things difficult for my wife because she cannot get love. I am now trying to clear Princess Xiangyu's name."
As soon as Yin Yichen said this, all the ladies in the palace laughed. Yin Yichen has always been a thick-skinned man, but now he actually said such shameless words in public, which made everyone around him feel particularly embarrassed for him. However, Yin Yichen was completely unaware of it.
After hearing this, Princess Xiangyu became even more angry and jumped to her feet. However, she couldn't ask anyone to check this place right now. If they did, it would confirm her reputation.
"If the princess doesn't want these rumors to spread, she might as well check in court to see which lady wrote it. Once the truth is revealed, Princess Xiangyu's reputation can be cleared." Yin Yichen was now talking to himself, "What does Princess Xiangyu think?"
Just as the two were in a stalemate, the virtuous concubine next to Princess Xiangyu stood up and slowly said, "Prime Minister, this note about sword dancing was written by me. I learned sword dancing in the past, but now my skills are not so good, so I thought of showing it to everyone to make them laugh. I wrote this, so you won't have any objection, right?"
"Of course not." Yin Yichen's smile remained unchanged as he slowly said, "Since it was written by the Imperial Concubine, then my wife should dance it this time, just as if she were dancing for the Imperial Concubine to see."
This time, Concubine Xian stood up to speak up, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was only trying to cover up for Princess Xiangyu.
At this point, the emperor sitting on top felt embarrassed and coughed, "Xiangyu, you said you wanted to play this game at the palace banquet, so I let you host it. Who would have thought that you would do these things in this game? It really makes me lose face. Go back to the palace and reflect on your mistakes. Don't go out for a month and reflect on yourself."
Xianfei only realized now that she had made a mistake, and immediately stepped forward to ask for the emperor's forgiveness, "Your Majesty, I have been a little lenient with Xiangyu on weekdays, but she would not do such a thing. I am afraid that this matter is a misunderstanding, please look into it clearly."
The emperor was really angry now, and said coldly, "I have already investigated clearly. As Xiangyu's mother, you did not discipline her, but instead helped the tyrant to do evil and cover up for her. Why don't you get out now?"
It's no wonder that the emperor is angry about this matter. Now that the matter is almost brought to the surface, wouldn't it tell all the civil and military officials in the court that the royal family has no credibility and undermine the royal dignity?
Song Wanning looked back at Yin Yichen and waved her hand helplessly.
Now that Princess Xiangyu was gone, the sword dance naturally stopped. Soon the banquet was over, and Song Wanning followed Yin Yichen out of the palace.
As soon as Song Wanning stood at the door of the carriage, Cui Xiaoxiao ran towards her.