Halfway through, the banquet was about to start, Su Qingluan, Su Qingsong, and Su Qingyu were accompanying Fu Mingkong to drink tea and chat, Qu Zitian and Concubine Lin had been staying in the resting place of the ladies since they entered the house, and by the way, they helped Su Qingluan, the irresponsible host, entertain the guests. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Su Qingyuan and Mei Yihua had already found an excuse to go out, like the two of them, sitting here with them to act and smirk was really a punishment. And they have more important things to do, which is to see who the girl Mei Yihua knows is, how old she is, where she lives, which lady she is, and whether she is married......

Of course, except for the first point is Mei Yihua's thoughts, the rest are all added by Su Qingyuan in his heart.

And Su Qingyu also disliked this kind of occasion very much, but with Su Qingluan here, he thought, he could also bear it. But if you want him to talk to a few people, sorry, I'm not interested.

When a few people were 'talking happily', the chief manager of the mansion walked over quickly and whispered in front of Su Qingluan, "Your Highness, Your Majesty and the Empress Mother's chariot and horse honor guard are almost here, and they have arrived at Yuhu Street." ”

The arrival of the emperor and the empress was expected by Su Qingluan's sisters and brothers, so there was no surprise expression, and the expressions of the other people were a little subtle, as if they thought of it, but they didn't seem to expect it, it should be both reasonable and unexpected.

Su Qingluan motioned to the housekeeper to step back, "Go and invite the crown princess and the side concubine, let's go first." ”

After the housekeeper retreated, Su Qingluan, as the host, opened his mouth at this time, "Since it is the father and the queen mother who are here in person, let's go to the door to greet us!"

"That's how it should be, the eldest princess please" Fu Mingkong took over with a smile.

Su Qingluan strode towards the gate of the mansion first, but there were some doubts in his heart, Yuan Junyao hadn't said a word since they met, as if he wanted to be an invisible person like this. Of course, she didn't want to talk to Yuan Junyao, but wasn't it strange that she had been silent when she came to someone's house? But now she can't take care of it, and the most important thing now is to greet the emperor and empress at the door.

Walking in the garden, the guests also heard the news of the arrival of the emperor and empress, and they all followed Su Qingluan and the others towards the door. Su Qingyuan and Mei Yihua also came out of nowhere to follow Su Qingluan, and Qu Zitian also came with Concubine Lin and stood quietly behind the prince.

Out of the door, everyone stood behind Su Qingluan and the others in turn according to the rank of their father and brother, who were officials in their respective families, waiting for the arrival of the emperor and empress.

For these famous ladies and ladies in Beijing, in addition to the palace banquet once or twice a year, there are really not many opportunities to meet Tianyan directly.

After waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, the emperor and queen's chariot and horse honor guard could already be seen, and everyone behind them was even more bated and stared, not daring to make a mistake.

Seeing that the honor guard of the emperor and queen was still three zhang away from the position where the three people were standing, all the hulala knelt down and shouted, "Long live the emperor, long live the queen." ”

In addition to Mei Yihua on one knee, even Concubine Lin, who was pregnant, and Qu Zitian also bowed deeply. Su Qingluan and the others bowed down after the emperor and the empress got off the luan.

"See Emperor Jing, Queen Jing. ”

"See Father, Mother. ”

"No courtesy," Emperor Jing Kang's words fell, and all the kneeling people got up one after another, but they all stood quietly respectfully and did not dare to say anything, Emperor Jing Kangdi turned his head to look at Yuan Junyao and the others who were standing side by side with Su Qingluan's sisters and brothers, and said slowly, "Prince Fu, the eleventh prince and the third princess are coming to Dajing for the first time, so let's enter the palace with King Yuan tonight to attend the dinner." Emperor Jing Kang was not the slightest surprised that Fu Mingkong and the others were present, and it seemed that he had already known the whereabouts of several people. In this regard, Fu Mingkong and the others are also in their hearts, this Jinghuang, or the intelligence agency of Dajing, should not be underestimated.

Although he was curious about Emperor Jingkang's familiarity with Yuan Junyao in his tone, Fu Mingkong's face did not reveal the emotions in his heart, but said gently, "Emperor Jing opened his mouth, and the little nephew is better to obey his fate." ”

Gong Chuli also looked like Yan Yan with a smile, and said, "Chu Li is not polite." ”

Different from Fu Mingkong and Gong Chuli's deliberate lowering of their figures, Yuan Junyao's face was calm, "Xiao Wang will definitely come as promised." ”

Su Qingluan saw that a few people were almost polite, and said with a smile, "Father and Queen Mother, if there is anything you have to stand at the door to talk about, let's go in first." ”

Emperor Jing Kang smiled loudly at Su Qingluan's words and said, "Yes, I came to your house as a guest today, so I listened to the words of the master." ”

The queen stood aside and smiled silently, but no one could ignore the favor in her eyes.

Su Qingluan listened to the emperor's quip, and just smiled, "Then I respectfully invite my father." ”

The emperor turned his head slightly, looked at the queen who also turned his face and smiled. The two stepped into a place they once thought they would never set foot in again.

Emperor Jing Kang and the Empress walked in front, Su Qingluan accompanied a few people behind, and the famous ladies who came to the banquet today walked at the end, and one or two whispers were heard from time to time.

Fu Mingkong talked politely with a few people, but he had his own plans in his heart. They only stepped into the Imperial City of Dajing today, and the emperor already knew about it, so it can be seen that Dajing's spies have spread all over Dongjing, and even more, there are also other three kingdoms.

In fact, the spies of the four countries who only see each other are tacit secrets, but the spies who can keep abreast of the movements of the royal families of other countries are probably the only ones who became famous thirty years ago.

Xiaoyaowei is subordinate to Dongjing, no one knows how many years they have existed, vaguely the establishment of the Great Jing State not long after, but it was really exposed to everyone thirty years ago, in a big war between Dongjing and Western Qin, Xiaoyaowei's powerful, bloodthirsty performance still appears in the minds of the leaders of various countries from time to time.

Thirty years ago, in a big battle between Dongjing and Western Qin, the Duke of Fuguo was the commander-in-chief, but he was poisoned and injured and comatose by the fine work that Western Qin placed in the army of Dongjing, so Dongjing's army suffered setbacks again and again, although the Duke of Fuguo woke up and turned the tide, but it was too late, and the entire 300,000 army of Dongjing was less than 80,000, surrounded by the 200,000 troops of Western Qin. At the last critical juncture, a mysterious team appeared in the rear of the Western Qin army, which was also the weakest point in the defense of Western Qin.

A team of no more than 8,000 people miraculously disappeared from the rear of the Western Qin, and reappeared in the surrounded Dongjing camp, but in half a day, the Fuguo Gong recovered, the morale of the Dongjing soldiers was greatly boosted, and the Xiaoyaowei was only 990,000 people because of the Xiaoyaowei appearance like a ghost and the morale of the Western Qin army fell to the ground.

It can be said that the biggest reason for the defeat of Western Qin that time was the appearance of Xiaoyaowei, and for a time Xiaoyaowei became famous among the four countries, but since that war, Xiaoyaowei disappeared in front of everyone's eyes again. After years of investigation, some forces in the other three countries, including Beijing's own, vaguely learned that Xiaoyaowei was indeed a secret guard of the Dongjing royal family, and his methods of handling things were clean and neat, and his methods were cold-blooded and cruel. According to legend, the control of the Easy Guard has always been in the hands of the queens of all generations.

Fu Mingkong quietly observed the queen who was side by side with the emperor, with a gentle and dignified face, according to the news collected by his secret guards, the current queen is dignified and virtuous, and most of the harem affairs are handled with a gentle and generous attitude, how can such a person be suitable for controlling the Xiaoyaowei, who is known for his cold-blooded cruelty, so Xiaoyaowei should still be in the hands of the queen mother.

And the queen mother is now old, and the queen is unable to control the heavy responsibility of the free guard. As we all know, the Queen Mother loves Su Qingluan more than the crown prince, so Xiaoyaowei is likely to be handed over to Su Qingluan, or it may have been handed over to Su Qingluan.

Therefore, the purpose of his envoy to Dongjing this time was to capture Su Qingluan's heart, and I believe that with his own conditions, coupled with the position of the crown princess of Western Qin, Su Qingluan will gladly agree.

Although Su Qingluan is the eldest princess in Dongjing, she is a widow who has lost her husband after all. The position of the crown princess of Western Qin, even if Su Qingluan has never been married, it is more than enough to match her.

Thinking of this, Fu Mingkong couldn't help but increase his confidence in his heart, but he knew that Su Qingluan was not an ordinary woman, and she was liked by the emperor and the queen mother.

Just as Fu Mingkong was thinking, they had already arrived at the banquet hall, and everyone sat down after Emperor Jing Kang and the empress were seated. Then, the servants of the eldest princess's mansion rushed in, and all kinds of delicacies were presented like flowing water, and there were bursts of silk and bamboo, and beautiful maids danced.

Halfway through the feast, the sound of silk and bamboo stopped, and the dancers also went down to change their clothes and rest, and the emperor spoke.

Seeing that the emperor put down the jade chopstick, everyone quickly stopped. The emperor smiled and said to Su Qingluan, "Today is your birthday, and the Queen Mother originally intended to come with her, but after all, the Queen Mother is old, so I persuaded her to stay in the palace, but the Queen Mother still brought me a gift." After saying that, he clapped his hands, and a group of eunuchs carrying mahogany boxes entered outside the door.

There are eighteen boxes carried by four people, and they are placed in the open space where the dancers danced just now, and the eunuchs open the wooden boxes one by one, and the seven or eight boxes in front are similar, all of them are some jewelry, although the materials are rare and precious, most of them are a complete set of heads. Red gold, purple gold, pearls, eastern pearls, all kinds of jade, gemstones are countless. But the people present are all ladies who grew up in Beijing, although these things are precious, but they have not never seen them, but such a huge number of them really made them realize the wealth of the royal family. In the back two boxes each was a red coral tree that was more than four feet tall.

The blood-red coral trees were specially placed for everyone to see, and it was the first time for everyone to see such a large coral tree. Dajing, including Southern Chen, Northern Qi, and Western Qin, are not close to the sea, but this kind of red coral tree is basically collected by the royal families of various countries.

There is a small nation on the sea, with which Shikoku has been friendly for many years, and every year many gifts unique to the sea are sent to the royal family of each country, so that their merchants can trade with the merchants of Shikoku, sell their specialties, and buy the goods they need.

Last year, when the small maritime country sent an envoy to Xiqin, it also sent a few coral trees, and it was the first time to see such a large coral tree, and the queen of Xiqin loved it very much, but now compared with the two in front of her, it is a few points worse. Although he was annoyed by the differential treatment of that small country on the sea, Fu Mingkong, as the prince of a country, would not show it on his face at all.

Fu Mingyue was different, when she saw these two coral trees for the first time, Fu Mingyue's hand under the table couldn't help but clench, turned her head to look at Fu Mingkong, and said in a low voice, "Brother Huang, that sea barbarian is really too deceitful, when he first offered those coral trees in Xiqin, he obviously said that they were the best ones, but if you look at Dongjing, it is clearly much better than ours." ”

Fu Mingkong turned his face slightly, "Shut up, don't look at what kind of occasion this is." Although he was reprimanding him, Fu Mingkong's face didn't show it at all, and others only treated them as if they were discussing the beauty of the coral tree with everyone else.