The Spring Festival banquet was held by Queen Liu, and this location was also arranged by her. In the past, Concubine Qi sat next to Queen Liu, even if she was now a concubine, she could only sit opposite Concubine Qi at most, but now, opposite her was Concubine Shen.

What the hell is going on?

Su Zixu secretly observed every move in the hall, and after a while, she found that Xing'er whispered a few words beside Queen Liu, Queen Liu nodded, and she walked out.

Su Zixu lowered his eyes and secretly took in all this.

As soon as the concubines took their seats, there were a few screams in the imperial garden, and everyone's eyes looked at them in unison.

Dozens of palace people came over with more than a dozen iron cages and put them on the ground. There are some strange animals inside.

If there is a rabbit, it is half a man tall and has a sharp horn on the top of its head.

If the other one is a tiger, it is fluffy and looks very docile, but it looks like a cat.

"Queen Mother, where did these animals come from, and how did they move into the palace?" Qi Guifei said loudly, looking at the iron cages with interest.

She was not surprised, but she was just puzzled, there are many big families in Nanfeng Country who have pets, lions and tigers, and some people have sacrificed them to the palace, but it is the first time that they have been directly brought into the harem like this.

"These animals are raised in the human and animal farms, they are all docile, and the most important thing is that they are all caught from the Valley of Ghosts, which is hard to find, and they are not biting and very docile. Today's show takes them as the top prize, and the winner gets to take away one of their favorite animals. Queen Liu smiled.

The beast field is a place where the royal family specializes in raising beasts, and when he has time, Emperor Yan will take the harem concubines to the beast field to watch some rare beasts.

Empress Liu paused and added: "These animals have been inspected by the palace people in this palace, and they have also been reported to the emperor, there is no danger, everyone can rest assured and enjoy it." ”

"Today's reward is unusual. Concubine Qi said with a smile. In the past, the first prize was all silver, jewelry, jade pendants and the like, and animals were never used as rewards.

The animals in Ghost Valley are not only peculiar-looking, but also difficult to catch, and extremely valuable, and the temptation to take one home as a pet is still quite big for those present.

The people in the arena were eager to try, and some of the animals looked at them with sleepy eyes, and for some people who like to have pets, they were completely defenseless.

"Mother, Yao'er wants to see it. The third prince craned his neck and looked at the animals curiously.

Su Zixu suddenly became vigilant, Queen Liu would never take these animals out for no reason, things were not as simple as they seemed.

"Yao'er, sit here and don't move. Su Zixu reminded.

She glanced sideways at Queen Liu, wondering what she had in mind.

Unexpectedly, Queen Liu's question this time was also strange, and she actually wanted the people present to come forward to touch those animals, saying that the animals would recognize the owner, and if they were willing to go with whomever they wanted, who could take one.

As soon as the words came out, the people present looked at each other, and no one dared to step forward to try. Although Empress Liu repeatedly reminded that there was no danger, it was not known whether it was safe or not.

After a while, the daughter of an old general of Zhishi stood up in advance, walked in front of the iron cage, and took away the animal that looked like a rabbit. With a precedent, the others emboldened themselves and went up one after the other. I didn't expect those animals to be really spiritual, those who didn't want to recognize the Lord were screaming and roaring in the iron cage, and those who were willing to recognize the Lord were as docile as little sheep.

Su Zixu observed every move in the field, and when he turned around, he found that the third prince was gone, so he hurriedly looked around the hall to find his figure, and found that he went to the opposite side to play with the second prince, and was relieved.

"Mother, my son-in-law wants it. The second prince grabbed Concubine Shu's arm and begged her.

"Hao'er, those animals are not safe, you are still young, you can't approach them easily, and you can't keep these things in the palace. Concubine Shu shook her head, willing to let go.

The second prince pouted dissatisfiedly, looking at her aggrievedly, and Concubine Shen looked like she couldn't move.

"Mother. The second prince continued to plead there.

Empress Liu noticed the strangeness of the second prince, and said with a smile: "Ze'er wants to come forward and give it a try? If you want to try, it's okay, those animals won't hurt people, and there will be no danger if you let a few more palace people follow you." ”

When the second prince heard that Queen Liu agreed, his eyes sparkled, and he looked at Concubine Shu expectantly.

Concubine Shu suddenly looked at Su Zixu, Su Zixu saw that she wanted to ask for her opinion, and was about to refuse, but after thinking about it, she nodded lightly.

She wanted to see what tricks Queen Liu was playing.

Concubine Shu was annoyed by the quarrel of the second prince, and saw that Su Zixu also agreed, so she had to relax and said, "You can go up and take a look, but you can't get close." ”

The third prince ran to Su Zixu in a hurry, and said in a milky voice: "Mother." ”

Before the words could be spoken, Su Zixu responded, "Go, with your second emperor brother, be careful, don't get hurt." ”

More than a dozen palace people guarded the two of them and led them to the iron cage. After all, they are children, and those animals are strange when adults see them, let alone them.

They stood in front of the iron cage, looking left and right, curious and happy. Su Zixu's brows furrowed, and he didn't dare to look away for a moment.

The more the third prince took a step forward, the tighter her heart tightened.

The second prince and the third prince walked around in front of the iron cage, and nothing happened, but she still felt that something was wrong.

"Sister Concubine Yue, a few days ago, when you were a concubine, this palace wanted to congratulate you, but you were sick and couldn't come to congratulate you. Today, taking advantage of the celebration of the banquet, this palace is here to say hello to you. ”

Queen Liu's words made everyone's eyes turn away, and those concubines remembered that Su Zixu had been crowned a concubine, and then looked at where she was sitting, her face changed, and her expression was complicated.

Su Zixu replied lightly: "The queen is very polite, thanks to the grace of the queen, the concubine is allowed to sit in this position today, and the concubine is terrified." ”

The others suddenly realized that Su Zixu's eyes were a lot more complicated. It turned out that the position was arranged by the queen mother, no wonder they said that the position where Concubine Yue sat today was more noble than that of Concubine Qi.

They know the grievances of Concubine Qi and Queen Liu, as long as the two of them are in the same room, they will definitely be sarcastic.

Concubine Qi has always been in the harem, and she doesn't even take the queen in her eyes, the queen has ulterior motives in this arrangement, she must want to secretly warn Qi Guifei to pay attention to her identity and not to cross the rules.

Thinking like this, their eyes turned to Qi Guifei, but Qi Guifei sat there eating and drinking like nothing happened.

Suddenly, a roar of rage spread throughout the Imperial Garden. Su Zixu hurriedly turned his head.

"How did the Blood Lion escape?"

"Quick, protect the second and third princes. ”

The Imperial Garden was in chaos in an instant, and at some point a blood lion in an iron cage came out, raising his head and roaring angrily. Its eyes were bloodshot, and its mouth spat out streams of blood-like liquid, making people want to vomit when they saw it.

In a flash of lightning, the blood lion suddenly jumped up and rushed towards the place where the banquet was held. Those palace people were rushing back with the second prince and the third prince, but they couldn't run past the blood lion, and several palace people were knocked away by it.

The Blood Lion didn't know what to provoke, and knocked down all the guards who rushed to help. Everyone panicked and fled in all directions, and no one cared about the safety of the second and third princes.

"Mother, mother. The third prince stood there stiffly, crying in fright.

Before Su Zixu could run over to stop him, the blood lion had already rushed towards him, and with a heavy flick of his tail, he threw his body into the air.