"Your Majesty, many ministers are here today, and they have also brought their families."

"Yes, I'm still a little strange, why is there more minister's name in the queen's guest list, I don't know what the queen's intentions are?" It turned out that the guest list of the harem banquet had always been drawn up by the queen, and then submitted to the emperor.

"The concubine thinks that this prince and Haoxuan have already accepted concubines, and even Haoyu has accepted concubines last year, Haojie and Haozhe are still young, so they don't have to worry about it, but this Haoqing ......" said the queen's gaze and looked at Shenyue Haoqing.

"Queen Xie's good intentions, this king has no intention of taking a concubine for the time being." Shenyue Haoqing took a sip of wine silently with a wine glass and said.

"Yes, it's better to see what I mean in this matter." Concubine Xian saw her pointing at Shenyue Haoqing, so she opened her mouth to speak for him.

The queen smiled slightly, as if she was waiting for her there, "Sister can't say that, although Haoqing is not my sister's biological son, but it is also the only bloodline left by my sister's sister, so I can't ...... it."

"Queen." Shenyue Cangting interrupted her in a slightly cold tone.

"The emperor doesn't want to be angry, the concubine body just says whatever comes to mind in her heart, besides, Haoqing, as a prince, has the responsibility to open up branches and leaves for the royal family, so it is not feasible to push the matter of accepting a concubine again and again." After speaking, he looked at Shenyue Haoqing,

Shenyue Haoqing was not angry at this time, and sneered, "The world knows that this king is ugly, what woman is willing to spend the rest of her life with this king after seeing this king's appearance?" ”

"You are the prince of Tianyang Kingdom, what other woman would not want to?"

"The concubine this king wants, not a maidservant."

The queen was slightly stunned when she saw him speak, and then said with a soft smile, "Haoqing, you don't have to be in a hurry to decline first, maybe you have something you like." ”

"Yes, why should the Fourth Emperor Brother refuse in such a hurry? Shenyue Haojie, who had always been silent, spoke at this time, he was sitting under the pillar in an ink-colored brocade robe, his face was cold and his eyes were gloomy. "Is it really true that such rumors are going to be confirmed to tarnish my father's face?"

"Sixth brother, don't talk nonsense!" When the prince heard this, he was the first to interrupt him.

"I'm also for the good of the imperial brother, after all, it's about the reputation of the imperial brother." Shenyue Haojie shrugged his shoulders, "However, the imperial brother has also heard another version of the rumor, which is even more unfavorable to the imperial brother." ”

"Oh, I'm interested in hearing it." Shenyue Haoqing was interested at this time, and his voice was slightly raised, and there was a lazy feeling.

"Then don't blame me for talking nonsense. Father, we haven't seen the faces of the Four Emperor Brothers since they were nine years old, and the Four Emperor Brothers have been using the destruction of their appearance as an excuse to shirk the matter of taking concubines, but we don't know whether this appearance has been ruined......"

"Are you saying that Haoqing is lying to me?" Shenyue Cangting looked at these sons of his own, his brows furrowed slightly.

"Erchen just heard rumors. The royal brother shouldn't do such a deceptive thing, right? ”

"That's nature." Shenyue Haoqing leaned over slightly, "The queen mother and the royal brother are so concerned about the marriage of this king, if this king continues to refuse like this, I'm afraid it's not good, right?" ”

"Haoqing ......" Concubine Xian wanted to stop him.

"That's right, after all, it's time to marry a concubine." The queen smiled and said first, and then she couldn't wait to rush down and order, "Then please ask all the ministers' daughters to come forward." ”

Li Anyue looked at Shenyue Haoqing, who was still sitting in his position, and didn't understand what he was having, he had refused so resolutely before, but now he suddenly compromised, and this queen, why did she want to give him a concubine so actively? The emperor didn't even react to what had just happened...... These people are complicated enough.

Waiting for the daughters of the ministers to stand up, Li Anyue looked at the big class, secretly counted them, and found that there were almost twenty people, and the youngest woman looked to be only about eleven or twelve years old.

Everyone's eyes fell on Shenyue Haoqing's body, Shenyue Haoqing drank a glass of wine, slowly stood up, walked to those women and examined them, where had they been looked at by men so closely, they all lowered their heads involuntarily, and most of them blushed shyly.

"I believe you have all heard the words of this king, and you must have heard of such a thing as the ugly appearance of the four princes of this dynasty." Shenyue Haoqing glanced at these women, "So, you want to become the concubine of this king no matter what your appearance is, right?" ”

The women secretly glanced at each other, their faces were embarrassed, such a direct question made these famous daughters who were accustomed to the education of ladies not know how to answer for a while, and after a while, a woman said, "I am willing to serve Your Highness." Other women responded.

"In that case, the king will take off his mask in front of everyone today to see if there is really such a woman who is willing to accept a husband with such a look." Shenyue Haoqing turned her back to Li Anyue's direction and faced the women, reaching out to remove her mask.

Everyone looked at him expectantly, was this prince, who had not shown his true face in front of people since he was nine years old, really as ugly as the rumors said, or was there actually a handsome face hidden under that cold mask as many girls imagined?

Originally, Li Anyue didn't have any curiosity in this regard, but seeing that everyone's eyes were staring at him like torches, and seeing the exaggerated expressions of those women after he took off his mask, several women fainted with excitement for a while, and some couldn't help retching for a while, and her curiosity was also aroused.

Those women originally had some anticipation, but they were lucky to live, but the moment Shenyue Haoqing took off her mask, she suddenly became like a straw thrown into the flames.

Shenyue Haoqing glanced around at everyone, then turned to face the emperor, "Father, this is the appearance of the son who has been hidden for many years. ”

Li Anyue stood diagonally opposite him, and could clearly see his face, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Shenyue Haoqing's face from the forehead to the lips has no good skin, many scars are rampant on it, and there are many places where new flesh grows, one by one flesh pieces protrude, blood vessels are clearly visible through the skin that has not seen the sun for a long time, and the red, red, green and green are intertwined very terrifying. No wonder those women have such expressions, Li Anyue can't help but feel a little pity for him, I'm afraid that such a look is difficult for him to accept.

"Emperor's ......" Shenyue Cangting was also a little surprised, he knew that his son had suffered a lot, but he didn't expect that his face was really unbearable to look at to such a point, and Concubine Xian couldn't help but cry in distress when she saw him peel off his scars in front of everyone like this.

Shenyue Haoqing turned around and glanced at Li Anyue, it was the first time that Li Anyue looked directly at Shenyue Haoqing's eyes like this without any obstruction, and couldn't help lowering his gaze in his heart.

Shenyue Haoqing's body stiffened, put on his mask again, and bowed down to ask the Shenyue Court for instructions, "Father, the son is unwell and wants to leave the table early." ”

Shenyue Cangting nodded, and said with some sadness, "Go ahead." ”

After Shenyue Haoqing saluted, he walked out of the Tianhua Hall in the eyes of everyone, and his head was never lowered from beginning to end.

Shenyue Haozhe came over and pulled Li Anyue's clothes, "Sister An Yue, go and see the fourth brother, he must be sad now." ”

Li Anyue hesitated for a while, and Concubine Xian wiped away her tears and nodded, "You go and take a look, it's okay to stand far away." ”

Concubine Xian spoke, Li Anyue nodded and quietly retreated, keeping up with Shenyue Haoqing's pace. Shenyue Haotian's gaze kept falling on Li Anyue's body, and as she walked out of the hall together, a trace of loneliness flashed in her eyes. And in the same way, Yu Wenyun's gaze also fell on him, but his mind was now being pulled by another person, so he didn't notice it at all, and Qin Shiyu and Lin Lin, who were sitting on both sides of the prince, looked at Yu Wenyun, Yuwen Yun glanced back at them, and pulled the corners of his mouth disdainfully.

Shenyue Cangting glanced at the people with different expressions at the banquet, and his face sank, "It's rare to hold a banquet, but now I'm not interested at all!" Concubine Xian, accompany me back to the palace! ”

"The emperor ......" The queen never thought that the emperor would let Concubine Xian accompany him back, instead of her, her face was a little embarrassed, and Shenyue Cangting didn't pay attention to her, so she took Concubine Xian and left.

Everyone didn't dare to make a sound, so they could only kneel on the ground and say in unison, "Congratulations to the emperor!" ”

The atmosphere in the main hall suddenly became awkward and cold, and they all looked at the queen's face, and they didn't know whether to leave or stay.

"What are you doing in a daze? Le Yan still doesn't continue your performance? The queen eased her expression and ordered, and the musician slowly came on the stage again, and the musician also began to play the music, and the Tianhua Hall still looked like a warbler singing and dancing in the eyes of outsiders, and only the people inside noticed the taste, but they still pretended not to know.

Li Anyue followed behind the purple clothes from a distance, and Shenyue Haoqing did not stop her, but she did not leave the palace, but turned back to Changchun Palace, standing in the pavilion next to the Lone Tree Lake, looking at the lake in the moonlight from afar, Li Anyue also looked at him from afar.

"How long are you going to stand there?" After a long time, Shenyue Haoqing turned his head to look at her. She was slightly stunned for a moment before slowly walking over under his gaze.

"Do you think this king is ugly?" Shenyue Haoqing asked when he saw her bowing her head and not speaking.

"Your Highness's appearance is naturally different from ordinary people."

Shenyue Hao smiled coldly, "Your answer is also thoughtful, but a few words were missing, it should be 'ugly is not the same'." ”

"The prince cares so much about the eyes of others?"

"You should have seen everyone's eyes and the face of this king." I don't care about other people's eyes, but I care about yours.

"The slave thinks that the prince is not a person who lives in the eyes of others."

"This king also thought that you would be different from those people."

Li Anyue was silent for a while, "Slaves and maids, like everyone else, love beautiful people and things. ”