To put it simply, this kind of medicine could meet people’s demands deep inside their hearts. Of course, dirty thoughts were excluded.
“Such a unique flying dance. Prince Yu, you truly invite the Goddess from Heaven for us?”
Among those guests, someone made a joke.
Long Tianyu politely threw an eye at him, neither nodding nor shaking his head.
He had made it clear that those 10 dancers were chosen noble ladies. After the show, their status must have been improved.
After all, the beautiful blessing dance made them become a symbol of luck. Those young men who were in their marriage ages would try best to marry them.
“Oh? I feel less pain in my waist. How?”
Similar sounds of being surprised gradually came from guests.
“Right! I feel my shoulders to be less painful.”
Lin Mengya looked down. Not long after, she told Baishao and Baisu to wait outside the hall and shut all windows.
It became warm inside the hall, as they silently got aromatherapy. She and her teacher had specially made it for them and added 10 sorts of medicine inside. It could cure one’s disease, or improve one’s physical health if there was no disease!
Lin Nansheng was not informed of Lin Mengya’s plan, but he was her elder brother. It stood to reason that he came to understand her plan after thinking about it.
He lowered his head and calmly said, “It seems that the blessing dance can really make our prayers come true and bring us blessings.”
It sounded like it was not a big deal, but in a moment, everyone felt silently overwhelmed.
“Is it true that Buddha hears our prayers because of the blessing dance?” Only one thing to be confirmed true was that they found themselves comfortable indeed.
So they almost believed his words.
“I don’t think so. It’s not because of the blessing dance. It’s because of the wine the Empress and Crown Prince prepared for us that we feel comfortable.”
Those people standing on the Crown Prince’s side refused to let go of the opportunity to flatter him.
But no one was stupid. Some valuable medicine was added into the wine, but it wouldn’t make them comfortable.
It was only what the Crown Prince’s people were saying.
Soon after, those people got no reply and fell silent. They felt frightened because any topic involving ghosts and gods couldn’t be made up.
At the moment, Lin Mengya held up her glass and gently said, “The flying dance brings us the Buddha, and the wine is also one of oblations offered to Buddha. All of us feel comfortable, I suppose, because Buddha thinks that our prayers are devout enough, as well as the wine. I know, beyond the sea, a country claims the wine as God’s gift. So, why not raise our glasses to pray for His Majesty to recover and for Buddha to protect Dajin?”
Lin Mengya spoke gently and melodiously. But it was known that the Buddha had to observe lots of disciplines, let alone drinking wine. Only a few words softened the awkward atmosphere.
Lin Muzhi and Lin Nansheng were wondering why Lin Mengya chose to speak at such a time, she being someone who refused to push herself forward before.
From today on, every official and relative of the royal family would know who Princess Yu was.
Lin Mengya raised the glass and sighed silently.
She wanted to keep a low profile, but if she was just a nameless Princess Yu, nobody in the court would believe that she was able to cure the Emperor.
Then, it would be difficult for her to enter the palace.
It was good to be low-key while it was also good to act high-key. At least, the Empress had to take something else into consideration before she made a plan.
Then, Lin Mengya would not be killed easily. Of course, at the same time, the Empress would come up with more invisible and cruel ideas to kill her. She had to pay the price.
After her speech, Lin Mengya started to be quiet again. But because of the blessing dance, the rest of the shows looked so dull to arouse the guests’ interest. All of them felt dispirited.
Many madams and ladies intended to build a relationship with Lin Mengya. Only a show that Princess Yu prepared was able to make those dancers reach a higher position.
If they could find favor in Princess Yu’s eyes, they might be able to be more famous.
So loads of words of good wishes and flattery were poured toward Lin Mengya, as if they were free.
If she was not strong-willed, she might be shot down by those sugar-coated bullets.
“Your Highness, the Flying for Blessings dance really widened our view. But could you let us know which lady got the honor to be one of them?” a madam whose daughter was one of those dancers deliberately asked.
Lin Mengya got what she meant. She was asking for praise. So Lin Mengya silently said something to Baiji and then gently answered.
“Sorry, Mrs. Duan. Actually, your daughter didn’t show up, but not because she couldn’t hold the drink. That’s because I secretly borrowed her from you. See, those ladies who just came in were the dancers of the Flying for Blessings. How lucky of you, Mrs. Duan, to have such a clever, lovely daughter.”
Lin Mengya was sophisticated. Since Mrs. Duan didn’t expose her, she had to show her thanks.
“Ah, see? As her mother, she really kept it from me.”
It sounded false. “Others didn’t know it, but as her mother, wouldn’t it be possible for you to not be in the know?”
Immediately, Mrs. Duan received lots of contempt. But there was something they could obtain just by jealousy. It was known that the Duan family was a staunch supporter of Prince Yu. For the moment, the Duan family was pushed down, but nobody could be sure that they would never rise up again.
Besides, Miss Duan was already at her marriage age. Well, she was of a higher position than their daughters.
Those ladies, who already got dressed, still had the fairy topknot on their heads. For one thing, to avoid someone from making a profit in a troubled situation, for another thing, their graceful hairstyle made them unique.
They got made-up under the guidance of Lin Mengya. Instead of the conventional heavy white makeup, the light water-like makeup made them look like there were nothing different from who they really were.
A beauty looked beautiful due to 30 percent of her good-looking appearance and 70 percent of her makeup.
“My dear princess, could you tell me how did you come up with the idea of the Flying for Blessings dance?”
Lin Mengya was surprised by the sudden voice behind her. She turned back and winked at Long Tianyu.
“Of course it was when I read those Buddhist scriptures. Otherwise, how do you think I knew about the glamour of Flying Goddesses?”
Lin Mengya was calmly telling a lie. But Long Tianyu cracked a smile silently.
Lin Mengya always did something frightening. But he couldn’t figure out any pattern.
Looking at them laughing, the Crown Prince got angry.
In the blessing banquet, Lin Mengya and Long Tianyu showed them off. Those officials and relatives were all talking about the blessing dance.
He silently winked at the Fifth Prince. Then, Long Yingchu, who was unable to contain it any longer, immediately picked up a wine pot and approached the table that Lin Mengya was sitting near, as if he was drunk.
“Come on! For you, my sister-in-law. I’m impressed today. Sister, you’re a beauty, as well as a good dancer. I believe that those restaurants have no need to continue. If any one of us wants to find fun in dancing, why not go to Prince Yu’s Mansion?”
Long Tianyu turned cold, and then, stepped forward in front of Lin Mengya.
“You’re drunk, brother.”
His icy voice made Long Yingchu shudder. Long Tianyu was always emotionless, cool, and heartless.
But today, he was determined. He already made an offense to him in the Imperial Ancestral Temple anyway. So he had to hold on straight to the end.
“Br-brother, don’t misunderstand me. It’s a compliment. How lucky of you to have such a beauty for your wife. No wonder you have no concubines. It seems that sister-in-law can wear many hats!”
Long Yingchu’s words irritated many people.
Not only did he belittle Lin Mengya and compare her to those singers and dancers, but he also claimed that Long Tianyu was a lecher.
In the hall, the warm atmosphere became frozen again.
Long Tianyu narrowed his eyes, and said coldly, “Say it again.”
His disguised killing intent made Long Yingchu realize at once that as long as he continued, Long Tianyu would kill him on the spot.
So he swallowed his slobber and couldn’t help stepping back. The smile, which he tried to keep, froze on his face.
He was just the Prince who had been living under others’ protection, while Long Tianyu had an aura of killing out of blood and corpses.
Immediately, he stopped.
When everyone was thinking that Long Tianyu would not spare Long Yingchu, in an instant, the screams of guards and eunuchs came from outside.
“Ah! Ah! Zhaohe Hall is on fire! Fire! Help!”
All the relatives changed their faces. Zhaohe Hall was used to serve the Buddha and display ancestral tablets! It would be big trouble if it was burned.
“Your Highness, go and have a look!”
Lin Mengya didn’t want something new to take place. She instantly grabbed Long Tianyu’s sleeves and comforted him by looking at him.
Long Tianyu turned back and saw her anticipation. He had to spare Long Yingchu for now, and then he went out in big strides.
