The tall and mighty Shenyue Haoqing naturally attracted the attention of everyone in the hall as soon as he entered the door, and the cold mask was also quite brilliant under the illumination of the light. He ignored those who wanted to come to flatter, and walked straight to Concubine Xian and sat down, and the women who had been around Concubine Xian had also dispersed at this time.

Li Anyue obediently retreated behind them and stood with Luzhu. "Where did you just go? Why did you come in with the prince? Green Bamboo grabbed her and asked.

Li Anyue shook her head with a wry smile and glanced around, "Didn't you say it was a family banquet?" Why does it seem that there is still a minister? "This banquet is logically just a family banquet, to be correct it is a royal banquet, and the people who can participate in the banquet should be concubines, nobles, or princes and princesses, but there seem to be some people wearing official uniforms in the palace, and there seems to be family members around them.

Lu Zhu nodded to Shenyue Haoqing, "It's not for the prince, the emperor is a concubine, and I guess I also want to give the princess to the prince." ”

Li Anyue looked at Shenyue Haoqing who was sitting upright, and could only see his straight back, and occasionally when he talked to Concubine Xian, he could also see his cold side face. seemed to feel Li Anyue's gaze, Shenyue Haoqing also turned her head to look at her, and Li Anyue quickly turned her head to look around pretending to be fine.

Li Anyue couldn't help but marvel at this look, he had been running around with Shenyue Haozhe just now, and he hadn't seriously observed the hall. When I first entered the hall, I was just surprised how the hall was as bright as the day, and now I found that there were four night pearls placed in the four corners of the main hall with silver wire lamps, and the treasure top in the hall was hung with a night pearl the size of an adult man's fist, which illuminated the hall as if it was the day, and the pearl curtain in the hall was even more shining on it. In addition, the ground is paved with white jade, each jade brick is carved with a lifelike phoenix flying map, and every pillar in the hall is also depicted with gilt auspicious clouds.

There are also dozens of tables of delicacies, fruits and wines set up on the left and right sides of the palace, and the long banquet also extends to the outside of the palace. Li Anyue also saw at this time that the position of this banquet arrangement was divided according to the level of status, and the higher the status, the closer to the emperor's position.

The emperor is in the middle, sitting on a golden seat inlaid with white jade beads, the queen and the prince sit on the lower left, the virtuous concubine and the fourth prince sit on the lower right, and although the second prince is older, because Concubine Zhuang worships the Buddha all the year round, and is not favored by the emperor, but because he is still the second prince, he and the second princess sit next to the prince's seat, so the regular distribution, that is, the prince, the second prince, the sixth prince sit on the left, the fourth prince, the fifth prince, and the twelve princes sit on the right. The concubines sat behind the princes, and the concubines with heirs had a higher status, and the princesses accompanied their mothers. In addition, some princes and ministers were also seated near the door.

Lu Zhu pointed out to her one by one, that one was the prime minister, that one was the general, and that one was Shang Shu...... Li Anyue remembered the enemies of the Mo family that her mother-in-law had told her before, so she observed it carefully.

Sun Zhi looked like nothing more than an old stubborn old man, and his official uniform also looked inappropriate on his thin body, at this time he sat at the table with a straight face, neither drinking nor eating, but from time to time stroked his beard and responded to the questions of the ministers around him.

Qin Shiqing sat beside him and looked tall and mighty, his face was red, and he let out a few loud laughs from time to time, completely ignoring the eyes of the people around him, and he looked like a military attaché.

Yu Wentao ......, "Sister Luzhu, which one is King Chang?" ”

Lu Zhu craned his neck and looked at it for a while, "King Chang...... It doesn't seem to have arrived. Huh! Here, that's King Chang! ”

Li Anyue followed her finger and looked over, only to see a man dressed in a dark official uniform, wearing a jade official hat, and a two-handful mustache walking in at the door.

Li Anyue looked at his figure and suddenly remembered the scene he saw in the backyard just now, and his eyes couldn't help but look for the figure of the wild goose. Looking in the direction of the new nobles, among the many women in gorgeous clothes, I have to say that the wild goose dressed in red with fair skin is still very easy to attract people's eyes, and some of the men present also glanced at it intentionally or unintentionally. Coincidentally, at this time, Luo Yan's eyes also fell on Li Anyue, the two stared at each other, Luo Yan quickly turned her head and talked to the woman next to her, but Li Anyue was a little stunned, and she had some strange feelings in her heart.

"The emperor has arrived!"

"The Queen Mother has arrived!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"

As the eunuchs spread one by one, the noise in the hall quickly stopped, and everyone prostrated on the ground, "The emperor is auspicious!" The queen is auspicious! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is auspicious! ”

The queen and Shenyue Haotian walked to the seat and waited, and the emperor stepped onto the golden seat in the middle, and waved his big sleeves, "Flat!" ”

"Emperor Xie!"

Shenyue Haotian took off his usual dragon robe tonight, and put on a stone blue collar, sleeves, and a bright yellow body auspicious suit, sewn nine dragon patterns with gold threads, three on the front and back bodies, one on the left and right shoulders, one on the placket, and a auspicious belt around the waist, inlaid with gold-edged dragon pattern white jade in the middle. There is no sense of distance when wearing a dragon robe, but it still does not lose that majesty.

"Tonight is just an ordinary family banquet, all the concubines and Aiqing are at will, don't be too restrained." Shenyue Cangting said gently with a hint of a smile on his face. Of course, this is just a polite remark, and it would be miserable if you were really casual. Then the eunuch read the name and title of the new nobleman as instructed, and then rewarded him as usual.

"Your Majesty, the concubines see that the new nobles canonized this year are excellent in appearance, talent or conduct, and the concubines are really happy for the emperor in their hearts." The queen wore a scarlet and gold peony pattern makeup and large-sleeved brocade robe today, which vigorously demonstrated the dignity of her status. There are not too many taboos in the color of clothing in Tianyang Kingdom, Li Anyue was a little surprised when she saw Luo Yan dancing on the stage in red, because she had always thought that only the queen could wear clothes of such a color in the palace, but later she learned that the only color that needed to be avoided was the bright yellow worn by the emperor.

"I am also very satisfied, but I have to work hard for you, the queen of the harem."

The queen lowered her eyebrows and replied respectfully, "The concubine should share the worries of the emperor, so what's the hard work." ”

"Okay, good, the queen is really docile and considerate, worthy of being the mother of a country, the family is peaceful in the world, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, so where can I have more luxury!" Shenyue Cangting Longyan is happy.

"Everything is the fruit of the emperor's holy wisdom!" Yu Wentao bowed and said.

"The Emperor Shengming!" And they all knelt down in unison.

Li Anyue muttered in her heart, this is really not easy to be the emperor, there are people pouring honey on the side all the time, and they are accidentally fascinated by sweetness, no wonder there are so many faint kings in history, they are all used to it.

Next, the nouveau riche performed, and the atmosphere was a little more relaxed. Li Anyue doesn't have to stand so respectfully, and she can also enjoy their talent show by the way, but coming and going is just some singing and dancing skills, and she enjoyed it at first, and she was a little tired of watching too much.

Women are really bored and easy to find faults, the queen looked at the concubine opposite and smiled, "Why is my sister dressed so plainly on such an occasion today?" I don't know my sister, and I think my sister is a new nobleman! ”

Concubine Xian was not angry, and smiled and said, "This dress was given to the concubine last time by the emperor before, and the concubine looked like it and wore it, and she didn't think about it so much, she just felt that it was okay not to lose her courtesy." ”

"I also think that Concubine Ai's dress today is very suitable for me, although it is simple and simple, but it also does not lose its identity, and in these bright colors, it makes Concubine Ai look very fresh, which makes me feel very comfortable!" Shenyue Cangting's eyes when he looked at Concubine Xian were different from other concubines, more like a sense of intimacy.

The other concubines who were still secretly laughing at Concubine Xian's inconspicuous clothes couldn't help but feel very remorseful when they heard the words of Shenyue Cangting, but Concubine Xian looked indifferent, "Emperor Xie appreciates, as long as the emperor likes the concubine, he will be satisfied." ”

"I haven't been to see you for many days, you don't blame me, do you? I haven't seen each other for many days, but I feel that my concubine has changed a lot, which makes me think of a lot of things in the past. Shenyue Cangting looked at her face, and couldn't help but think of the woman's face in his mind.

Of course, Concubine Xian knew what he was referring to, but replied softly, "The emperor is busy with official affairs, how dare the concubine ask the emperor to come often, just hope that the emperor will take care of the dragon's body." ”

Shenyue Cangting looked at Concubine Xian, and his eyes were grateful, moved, and kind. Concubine Xian looked at Shenyue Cangting, and her eyes were full of concern, affection, and love. The others didn't seem to exist at that moment.

What Li Anyue doesn't understand is that one of these two people is an emperor with thousands of women around him, and the other is a concubine, one of thousands of women. It is impossible for the emperor to favor all the concubines, but the woman can only wait for the emperor alone, and the two people who have this kind of love seem to be far apart, but they seem to have a closeness that others cannot have. Even Li Anyue just looked at this brief moment, and felt very envious.

But the other concubines didn't think so, their envy had slowly turned into jealousy, and even the queen's eyes were dyed with a trace of coldness, but she still smiled coquettishly on her face, "Hehehe, my sister is really considerate, no wonder she is loved by the emperor, with you, it is much easier for the palace to manage the harem." ”

"The queen has won the award, and my sister is just doing her duty as a concubine." Concubine Hyun did not call her sister to show respect for her status as a queen, and also to show her humility.

"Yes, my sister is right, as long as you do your duty as a concubine, you can be a concubine. The other sisters should also learn more from the virtuous concubine! ”

"Follow the teachings of the Queen!"

The queen smiled with satisfaction, and as soon as her eyes turned, she fell on the body of Shenyue Haoqing, who was sitting next to her.