Yin Lihua said that she had been tired of traveling for days, and she needed to freshen up and rest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although Liu Xiu was reluctant, he saw that Yin Lihua's face was tired, and there was still government affairs to deal with, so he left the West Palace without looking back and went back to the Xuanshu Hall to deal with political affairs. If he could look back, he would be able to see Yin Lihua with tears streaming down her face.

Liu Fangru didn't know when she came to Yin Lihua's side, she looked at the direction where Liu Xiu was going and said to Yin Lihua: "Noble, hurry up and put away your tears, showing your true feelings here will only cause trouble." ”

When Yin Lihua heard this, she smiled bitterly with tears in her eyes, followed Liu Fangru's words, turned around and went back to freshen up and rest as if nothing had happened.

It was night, and the lights in Changle Palace were brilliant.

Tonight's banquet is not only a banquet for Yin Lihua and her party to receive the wind and wash the dust, but also a palace banquet for the first time after the capital Luoyang. So for this banquet, Guo Shengtong put a lot of thought into it. She knows that Liu Xiu is now the Son of Heaven, and it is inevitable that there will be three palaces and six courtyards in the future, and if she wants to stand out in this, she must either be favored or powered. Now she and Yin Lihua are both nobles, and the back position is vacant, although it can be seen from the residence of the two of them at the moment that Liu Xiu prefers Yin Lihua, but she believes that as long as Liu Xiu sees her ability, she is not afraid of Yin Lihua being favored, she has everything she should have, and she is confident that Yin Lihua cannot be compared with herself in many places.

After Guo Shengtong arranged everything and inspected it in person, night had fallen. While she was dressed up, the ministers had already begun to take their seats in an orderly manner. Tonight, Guo Shengtong's dress and makeup are completely in accordance with the grade of the nobleman, pure ethereal (light cyan) silkworm clothes, deep clothes, big hand knots on the head, ink tortoiseshell, plus hairpins, noble but dignified and delicate. It took her a lot of time to dress up like this. Along the way, she came with a smile, but when she saw Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua talking and laughing in Changle Palace, her smile suddenly froze, and when she saw Yin Lihua's dress, a smile reappeared on the corner of her mouth, and she walked away.

"See Your Majesty. The concubine was late, and asked His Majesty for forgiveness. Guo Shengtong came to Liu Xiu and confessed in fear.

Liu Xiu saw that Guo Shengtong was finally here, although he was a little unhappy, but remembering that tonight's banquet was her alone, he temporarily forgave Guo Shengtong for letting him and the ministers for a long time, seeing Guo Shengtong's solemn dress, he took a deep look, and then thought about his clothes and Yin Lihua's clothes, he didn't know what he thought, and his face was faintly uneasy, but he calmly let Guo Shengtong sit down.

Guo Shengtong kept hanging his head, since he didn't see Liu Xiu's hidden unhappiness, seeing Liu Xiu allowing her to sit down, she walked to her position, she secretly said to herself, no matter whether Yin Lihua sat on Liu Xiu's left is Liu Xiu's meaning or Yin Lihua's own meaning, it doesn't matter, and she looks at the meeting and the future.

When Guo Shengtong sat down, a eunuch sang loudly: "The banquet begins." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw the palace maids in uniform serving the dishes in an orderly manner. Tonight's dish is three meat and one vegetable, which are boiled calf tender meat, plus bamboo shoots; Fatty dog meat and soup, covered with a layer of stone fungus; Cook the bear's paws and mix them with fragrant sauce; Green mustard greens. The rice is made of carved rice from Chudi, which is grasped into a ball and dispersed in the mouth, plus orchid fragrant wine. Such dishes in Luoyang, the first year of Jianwu, can be described as sumptuous and exquisite.

For tonight's banquet, Guo Shengtong was completely prepared in accordance with the palace banquet of the Western Han Dynasty. To be able to do this in a short period of time, when supplies are scarce, is really capable.

Seeing this, Liu Xiu and the ministers couldn't help but bow their heads one after another, and they appreciated it in their hearts.

Guo Shengtong saw it in his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart. Liu Xiu used Kuang to restore the Han uprising, so all of her tonight must be in line with Liu Xiu's intentions. At this moment, she couldn't help but set her eyes on Yin Lihua, wanting to see how Yin Lihua reacted. Looking sideways, I saw Yin Lihua looking at the dishes in front of her with a heavy face. Guo Shengtong saw it in his eyes, thinking that Yin Lihua was unhappy when he saw that she was appreciated by everyone, so thinking about it, Guo Shengtong was even more happy in his heart, but he looked at Yin Lihua worriedly and asked: "Yin Guiren's face seems to be inappropriate, but he is unwell?" ”

As soon as Guo Shengtong's words came out, everyone couldn't help but turn their eyes to Yin Lihua, but Yin Lihua's face was a little unsightly.

Yin Lihua knew that she was out of shape, and in the face of everyone's eyes, she hurriedly returned calmly: "Xie Guo Guiren cares, my body is fine." ”

"It's not unharmed, why is your face so ugly, but what are the shortcomings of tonight's banquet, if the Yin nobles have a high opinion, please don't hesitate to give advice." Guo Shengtong said sincerely.

Yin Lihua didn't look at everyone's faces, nor did she think about their thoughts, and replied without changing her face: "Guo Guiren is so painstaking tonight, everything is very good, forgive me for being stupid, I can't see any shortcomings, and I even talk about high opinions, I am afraid of laughing and being generous." ”

Before Guo Shengtong could respond, Zhou Ruyi beside her took the lead and said: "Obviously, Guo Guiren prepared clothes for you, but you abandoned them, if you are not dissatisfied, why not." The body is fine, but there is no joy in the slightest, if it is not dissatisfaction, then why. Aren't you embarrassed by Guo Guiren like this? ”

After everyone listened, the gaze that fell on Yin Lihua was full of inquiry, and some faintly showed disdain.

When Liu Xiu heard this, he also looked sideways at Yin Lihua, he was just curious, not that Yin Lihua was embarrassing Guo Shengtong.

Yin Lihua can not care about the eyes of others, but how can she not care about Liu Xiu's gaze, looking at Liu Xiu's deferential appearance, she looked at it in disbelief, and then slowly raised the corners of her mouth, unintentionally justifying herself.

Seeing this, Liu Huang knew that Liu Xiu had hurt Yin Lihua's heart, and immediately glared at Guo Shengtong and Zhou Ruyi successively, she looked at Zhou Ruyi coldly and said: "Where did the slave and maid come from, dare to speak so rudely, even if the Yin nobles are at fault, how can you be a slave and maid who can be questioned!" ”

When Liu Xiu heard this, he glanced at Zhou Ruyi with a little dissatisfaction.

Zhou Ruyi hurriedly knelt down and said, "The slave and maid have overpassed, and I also ask the Yin nobles to forgive their sins." ”

When Yin Lihua was about to say "it's okay", Liu Huang took the lead and said: "Now that you know that you are guilty, just kneel down." After that, he looked at Guo Shengtong coldly, "The gentleman is frank, the villain is often related, and the ancients are honest and do not deceive me." ”

Guo Shengtong knew that Liu Huang's words were aimed at herself, but she didn't say it explicitly, so she couldn't speak, so as not to attract more criticism.

Everyone present knew that Liu Huang, the eldest princess, was targeting Guo Shengtong, and those who supported Guo Shengtong were dissatisfied with Liu Huang's approach. Geng Chun was the first person to speak out to defend Guo Shengtong, and he said to Liu Huang: "Ming people don't say anything, if the eldest princess is dissatisfied with anyone, she can say it bluntly." ”

Liu Huang glanced at Geng Chun coldly, sneered, and said to Guo Shengtong with a solemn face: "Guo Guiren has always been protected by His Majesty, and he must have never seen the suffering of the people. On the road to Luoyang, you can see displaced people everywhere, using the earth as a bed, the sky as a quilt, without clothing, without food, and even worse, eating the flesh of the dead. They were scrawny, lifeless, and lifeless. The princess doesn't know how Guo Guiren feels or does this, but this princess knows that after seeing the Yin nobles, she will do her best for His Majesty with her own wealth, in exchange for food for the displaced people, and teach them to open up the wasteland and grow grain and make them rekindle. For this reason, the Yin nobles gave up the elixir and jade dishes, gorgeous clothes and brocade silk, just to relieve even one more refugee. The refugees all said that this is His Majesty's grace, and I hope that His Majesty will dominate the world as soon as possible so that he can live and work in peace and contentment, but His Majesty and Guo Guiren are living in such luxury in Luoyang, which really makes the princess cold. Yin nobles don't wear fancy clothes tonight, they don't like elixir, you think you are too much, but the princess is very happy. Speaking of this, she looked at Liu Xiu with a disappointed expression, "Your Majesty is still the son of the Liu family who cherished Li Min in the past?" ”

Liu Xiu replied without hesitation: "Yes." None of this was my intention tonight. Liu Huang's words made Liu Xiushen feel embarrassed, although this was really not his intention, but he praised Guo Shengtong for this.

Guo Shengtong didn't expect that it would be Liu Huang's trouble, she never expected such a situation, so not only will her plan tonight be frustrated, but even her recent hard work will be in vain, thinking of this, she can't help but be angry with Liu Huang in her heart, but she knows that the current priority is not to think about these consequences. I saw Guo Shengtong hurriedly get up, walked quickly, knelt down straight in front of Liu Xiu, she said: "Everything is the fault of the concubine, the concubine steals that His Majesty takes Kuang Fu Han as his own responsibility, and now the great cause is just beginning to be completed, everything is waiting to be prospered, Your Majesty is in charge of the dynasty, forgetting to sleep and eat, and the concubine does not dare to disturb everything in the palace, so she is good at making claims, and everything is done according to the Han system." Now that the people are suffering, the concubine has no shame, and asks His Majesty to condemn it. With that, tears flowed out.

Seeing this, Liu Xiu couldn't help but feel pity in his heart, after the capital was settled, he was busy with court affairs, everything in the palace was taken care of by Guo Shengtong, everything slowly became orderly, there must have been a lot of hardships in this process, although Guo Shengtong never complained to him, but how could he not know. Today's incident, in his opinion, was not Guo Shengtong's fault, so he stood up and walked down to help Guo Shengtong up, saying: "Those who don't know are not guilty, and Concubine Ai doesn't have to be responsible for this." The concubine is only out of good intentions, I know it in my heart. After he took Guo Shengtong's hand and sat down again, "Since the dish has been made, all Aiqing must not abandon it, but we must remember to take it from now on." Liu Xiuru said to the ministers.

"Whoa." The ministers responded in unison.

When Yin Lihua saw this, she felt a faint pain in her heart.

After such a small episode, the delicacy is like chewing wax, and it is not even a taste. After eating silently, Liu Xiu took the lead and left with Yin Lihua.

Guo Shengtong's warm heart suddenly became cold because of this. Such a result was far from what she imagined, thinking of this, she glanced at Liu Huang quietly, she knew that she owed it this time.

Here, Liu Xiu led Yin Lihua out of Changle Palace, then took Yin Lihua's hand, and he asked Yin Lihua: "Why didn't you tell me?" ”

Yin Lihua said: "It's not insignificant, how can I have time to talk to you about this." ”

Hearing this, Liu Xiu nodded, hooked the corners of her mouth slightly, looked at Yin Lihua and said, "It's a good fortune to have Jiaoyue as your wife." ”

Yin Lihua smiled at this.

This night, Yin Lihua and Liu Xiu finally became a veritable husband and wife. Yin Lihua is not only beautiful, but also has a body that Liu Xiu can't stop, Liu Xiu can't help but think that the so-called stunner is like this, but the spring night is short.

And Yin Lihua feels that this night is also a little longer, when will it be dawn?