Not long after she sat down, Yanqing Palace sent an attendant to pick her up.

Xu Wanzhen was in an envious gaze, followed the inner servant to the shoulder, and went to Yanqing Palace to see the Empress Dowager Xiao. Compared with the last time we met, Empress Dowager Xiao was in good spirits, and when she arrived, she let people watch.

"If there's anything you want to eat, I'll ask you to make it. Empress Dowager Xiao looked at Xu Wanzhen with a smile, as if she saw her own granddaughter.

Xu Wanzhen nodded with a smile and said, "Mama said that my arms are very good." There is no morning sickness and the appetite is good. If I didn't know that I had a body, I really felt the same as usual. ”

Seeing that everything was fine with her, Empress Dowager Xiao laughed and said, "This is called good people have good rewards." Think about how many lives you've saved, and everyone is thanking you. ”

"Where is my credit, my mother is really overrated. Xu Wan was really busy.

She had almost forgotten the thrill of the plague a few years ago. What's more, she was just offering advice, and it was the Queen Mother who believed in her in the end, it was Emperor Qinglong who adopted her strategy, and it was the Tai Hospital and Su Liangzhi who implemented it.

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled meaningfully and said, "You don't have to be humble, it is precisely because you have the heart of others that you have the blessings of this world." ”

In her life, she has read countless people and experienced a lot of winds and waves. There are really few women with such a heart as Xu Wanzhen.

All she does is follow her heart.

Xu Wanzhen accompanied the Empress Dowager Xiao to drink a round of tea, and Empress Cao sent someone to invite the Empress Dowager to Baolin Garden.

The garden is at its busiest.

The horizon is almost inky blue, and the sunset hides the last glimmer of golden light in the horizon. The palace people lit up lights everywhere, and the well-made lanterns were reflected in the courtyard, and they were full of light.

This winter, Emperor Qinglong's body became weaker and weaker, and he spent most of his time lying in bed and falling asleep, and he didn't have much time to be awake. For this Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the place where he should appear has been given full authority to the crown prince to take over.

The front hall is brilliantly lit, and on the colorful high platform in the middle, the female music of the teaching workshop department dances, and the cups are staggered in the banquet.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the emphasis was on a lively and festive celebration, the prince raised his glass and toasted the toast, and everyone raised their glasses and drank it all.

After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere has reached its climax. With the help of wine, the nobles and nobles began to talk loudly. What the royal family loves to see is a prosperous scene full of flowers, and everyone seems to have no grievances between them, and they seem to be very affectionate.

Next to a table of wine far away from the prince, Wei Mingqiang, the commander of the Gyeonggi camp, smiled and drank with his head down. There were several delicate and delicious dishes on the table, and he didn't even look at them, and just drank them one after another.

"What kind of cup is this, it's too enjoyable!" Wei Ming's weather-colored face showed no drunkenness at all. He held the cup steadily, his eyes staring at the green jade wine cup tightly, as if he had a grudge against the wine in the cup.

Only when Lu Dahai, who was sitting beside him, could see from the bloodshot red eyes that he was already very drunk.

"General, give me the cup, and I'll get you a big one. "The wine glasses in the palace are not large, but such fine wine is more intoxicating than what they drink every day.

Wei Ming has a good amount of wine, although he was greedy for wine in the palace in the past, he also knew that he was greedy for a cup and made a mistake. And today, the news he just received made him unable to let go, so he could only seek to get drunk.

Lu Dahai coaxed him to put down the wine glass in his hand, and asked the waiter waiting behind him to bring a bowl of hot broth.

He knew that Wei Ming was in a bad mood, and if he was in the camp, he would have nothing to do with how he wanted to drink. But now it is the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the palace, if he dares to show resentment, it is inevitable that someone will make a fuss.

The two were born recklessly, and they spent their flesh and blood to accumulate military merits to achieve today's status. But after many years of being an official in Beijing, the two have not been able to penetrate this sinister officialdom. Relying on the protection of Emperor Qinglong, Wei Ming was able to secure the position of the number one in the Gyeonggi battalion.

And now, seeing that the crown prince is participating in more and more political affairs, the emperor has not appeared for a long time. At the time of the change of power between the old and the new, because the two were only loyal to Emperor Qinglong and were far away from the core of the capital, although they had heavy troops, they had been excluded from the prince's team.

This can also be seen from the position of the two of them at the banquet.

Therefore, at this time, Lu Dahai couldn't let Wei Ming make mistakes. Although, his heart is also full of grief and indignation.

"Come on, come on, come with the big bowl. Lu Dahai handed the hot soup to Wei Ming.

Wei Minghu was stunned and asked, "What kind of wine is this, it's still steaming." ”

Although the overseas surface of Lu Da is extensive, it is actually an organic talent. After a while, he found a reason and hurriedly said: "The special boiled wine in this palace can't be drunk outside." ”

Wei Ming nodded and believed it, the two of them were iron buddies who came out of the battlefield together, and they couldn't trust it the most.

He took a big gulp of the broth, and praised it again and again: "Good wine!" His tongue was numb, and the wine had already confused his mind, and he could no longer tell that what was in this bowl was not a good wine at all.

Seeing him drink it, Lu Dahai finally breathed a sigh of relief. In this bowl of soup, he had just given some sweat medicine commonly used in the army. It wasn't enough to put him to sleep.

Before the tea was ready, Wei Ming fell on the table, his head touching the wooden table and making a "bang" sound. But he didn't realize it, and he fell asleep.

Falling asleep at a banquet is certainly a loss of etiquette, but it is not a big deal when the wine is familiar. It's a hundred times better than him taking advantage of the wine to say the stuffy things in his heart.

Lu Dahai looked at Wei Ming, who was sleeping carelessly, and shook his head slightly, but a trace of envy rose in his heart.

Wei Ming is such a reckless man, and he has no city in his heart. Drink when you're uncomfortable, and drink when you're happy. And he had to think about one more layer and plan in many ways.

It's a pity that even if he thinks that he has thought it through, he still can't match the calculations behind it. In this kind of day, not only Wei Ming is aggrieved, but he also can't wait to go to the battlefield with real swords and real guns, which is stronger than these silent open and secret battles.

Lu Dahai held on to the wine glass, and tonight he only touched his lips slightly, and he was very sober.

The place where he looked was the central figure of the whole banquet - the prince who was becoming more and more powerful. Beside him, close to him were the young men of the Four Great Mansions, and the elegant ministers led by Fang Xiaoyu.

These people, including the crown prince, are reminded of an old saying: Since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth.

Yes, they are all very young. Even Fang Xiaoyu is only in his forties, and he is in the best age of a courtier.

Looking at them from a distance like this, Lu Dahai felt as if they were covered with a halo of light, making it impossible for him to get close. He sighed slightly in his heart, it turned out that the Gyeonggi camp had fallen unconsciously.