When Liu Xuan heard this, she immediately understood Empress Cao's intentions, she deliberately mentioned that she was one of the double pearls in the capital, and naturally some people would think who the other pearl was, she glanced at the emperor quietly, and saw that he didn't open his mouth to ask, and couldn't help sneering in her heart, Queen Cao's wishful thinking was wrong again.

Li Che's deep eyes looked at Liu Xuan and asked, "Is your body better?" If you don't feel comfortable going to dinner, you can rest at the queen's place. ”

He did not call Empress Cao, Liu Xuan was keenly aware of this, she smiled and shook her head: "Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, Xuan is already very good now, and she doesn't dare to sweep away the interest of the saint and the queen." ”

Empress Cao glanced at Liu Xuan lightly, and was about to speak, but the emperor opened his mouth: "Since this is the case, let's go to the banquet together." ”

After he finished speaking, he got up, and even if Empress Cao had a thousand words, she had to get up and follow, and the voice of the eunuch came from outside: "The saint is driving." ”

Liu Xuan bowed his head to the side, the emperor and the empress went first, Li Che followed behind, and said lightly when he passed by Liu Xuan: "Go with the palace." ”

Liu Xuan bowed her head and walked to his side, and was slightly half a step behind, before walking out with him.

Because of the cold weather, the dinner party is not set in the outer room, but in a water pavilion, the water pavilion is surrounded by a veil to block the cold and also separated from the cold, the water pavilion in the palace naturally does not have to be ordinary people, this water pavilion is as big as half a palace, and the stove is lit around for heating.

Today is a royal family banquet, Liu Xuan thought that he was only half an outsider, but he never thought that he would see a tall and arrogant figure from a distance, Liu Xuan was slightly surprised. King Ning was also there.

King Ning also saw Liu Xuan, but he just swept it away without any expression, as if he didn't know her, seeing that he just arched his hand to the emperor, Liu Xuan had a trace of helplessness, such an attitude really complained that King Ning was unconvinced.

The emperor was also unimpressed by King Ning's actions, and said, "Take a seat." Then he sat on the upper seat with the queen, and all the concubines sat on the first side of the queen, and the emperor's concubines were not many, and one side was not finished.

Li Che sat down under the emperor's head. Liu Xuan had been following him all the time. Now that he was seated, he stepped back, never thinking that he would see Li Che looking back at her just a few steps back, and Liu Xuan didn't stay for a while.

King Ning, who had never spoken, opened his mouth to call her: "Girl Xuan, sit next to this king." Lest you be deceived by some thoughtful bastard. ”

Liu Xuan thought to herself, and now she has been branded with Li Che's mark. No matter how much you move, you can't get rid of it. However, King Ning's words still relieved her, and she immediately smiled and nodded at King Ning: "Thank you for your love." Then he took two steps and sat down beside him.

King Ning was actually sitting under Li Che, and there was only one King Ning between her and Li Che.

Everyone sat down, and there were already eunuchs and palace maids who began to serve wine and food one after another. The emperor glanced at everyone under the seat and frowned, Li Che's appearance was seven or eight points similar to the emperor, but this frowning action was like a mold carved out, and the emperor frowned, and everyone was silent.

"Why hasn't King Gong arrived?" The emperor frowned and asked, he snorted heavily: "Isn't it still messing around with concubines in the mansion?!" ”

The emperor snorted coldly, all the concubines bowed their heads, Liu Xuan also bowed their heads half-bowed, and Empress Cao said on the side: "Xu'er is going to enter the palace early this morning to meet Your Majesty, but I met someone from the Cao family on the way, and the Taishi has not seen Xu'er for a long time, so he specially invited him to Cao's mansion for a while, which may have delayed the hour." ”

When the emperor heard this explanation, his face not only did not improve, but became even more cold: "Could it be that Taishi Cao is more important than me in his eyes?" ”

This he naturally refers to King Gong Li Xu, Queen Cao's smile stiffened and she was about to open her mouth to explain, but she heard the voice of the eunuch outside: "King Gong has arrived." ”

Liu Xuan followed the voice and looked out, only to see a purple-robed man walking in, his appearance was handsome and his eyebrows were somewhat similar to the emperor, but the emperor and Li Che were both handsome and cold, but he was a little cynical.

King Gong entered the tent and saluted the emperor and queen: "The son has seen his father and the queen mother. He saw Li Che in a blink of an eye and said, "I've seen the prince." ”

Li Che snorted in response, and the emperor looked at him and snorted coldly: "What is it that delays you until this time?" ”

King Gong didn't care about the emperor's cold snort, and said with a smile: "The prince didn't know where to find a starling brother, and he just learned a lot of new words recently. ”

Hearing him say this, the emperor's face turned a little pale, and he only glanced at him coldly and said, "You can't change your playful temperament, take a seat." ”

Liu Xuan looked at this scene and had a strange feeling for King Gong in his heart, this King Gong clearly said the joke, but the emperor did not blame him, if this King Gong was not by nature, he deliberately said this, and everyone in the royal family could not be underestimated.

King Gong listened to the emperor's words and instead of taking a seat, he smiled and said: "Father Qi, today I went to the Cao Mansion and found that my son's cousin had learned a new thing that was very interesting, and my son thought that it was Chinese New Year's Eve, so he brought her here so that his father and emperor could see and relieve his boredom." She was outside the pavilion at the moment. ”

Liu Xuan immediately lowered her head slightly when she heard this, she just lowered her eyes and felt the gaze cast from the upper seat, Liu Xuan half-lowered her eyes and did not move a little on her face, but she sneered in her heart, what a mother and son, Queen Cao saw that she couldn't take the initiative to mention it, so she simply asked King Gong to bring someone directly, and now the person is outside the pavilion, even if the emperor is not interested in the so-called novelty, it is not good not to see it.

Sure enough, she heard the emperor's voice: "Since everyone has arrived, let it be passed in." ”

King Gong said hello, and then ordered the eunuch to pass on.

Liu Xuan raised her head and looked out, only to see Cao Ying wearing a water-blue dance skirt, walking into the pavilion with a graceful posture, her appearance was outstanding, and this water-blue dance skirt showed her waist, she wore a golden step, and swayed slightly as she walked.

Cao Yingjin wanted the emperor and the empress to salute in the hall. The emperor didn't say anything, only lightly ordered to calm down and then disappeared, but Empress Cao looked at Cao Ying with a smile and said: "It's a good fortune to have a palace today, and I actually saw the double beads of the capital at the same time." ”

With her simple words, she immediately focused everyone's attention on Liu Xuan and Cao Ying, and also put Liu Xuan and Cao Ying in the same position, Liu Xuan is now the emperor's concubine, even if Cao Ying wants to enter the prince's mansion, she is just a side concubine, but Queen Cao compares Liu Xuan and Cao Ying, although this does not sound inappropriate. But everyone knows the deep meaning.

Liu Xuan smiled slightly at everyone's eyes: "The talent of the folk girl is not as good as Sister Cao's half a point. I really don't deserve the title of this double pearl in the capital, and this title is just that everyone looks at the people's daughter for the sake of the righteous father and mother, and it can't be true. ”

Although she was humble, she separated herself from Cao Ying. Empress Cao's face stiffened when she heard this. Liu Xuan said that she was talented and vulgar. If she forcibly tied Liu Xuan and Cao Ying together, wouldn't it mean that Cao Ying was also talented and vulgar?

Empress Cao glanced at Liu Xuan and didn't answer her words, but said to Cao Ying with a smile: "I heard that Xu'er said that you learned something new. This palace sees that you are wearing a dance costume, is it not this novelty or a dance that can't be done? ”

Cao Ying smiled: "It's a dance, if Your Majesty and the Queen don't give up, please let the courtiers go down and prepare, and then present a dance for Your Majesty and the Queen." ”

"Well, let's go down." The emperor waved his hand expressionlessly, and Cao Ying retired.

Empress Cao said to King Gong: "You can also take a seat, today is a good day, it is difficult for you to have the heart to offer treasure to your father." ”

King Gong smiled lazily and walked towards the table, he usually sat under Li Che, because he was late today, Li Che's next head had already sat on King Ning, and King Ning was sitting next to Liu Xuan, although Liu Xuan's identity had been decided, but after all, he was not married and could not let the dignified prince sit under her, so he got up and prepared to give up his seat.

However, as soon as she got up, she heard the emperor's voice say, "Sit down." ”

Liu Xuan was slightly stunned, but she had to sit down again, she couldn't understand it, after all, this King Gong was the emperor's own son, why did the emperor degrade him so much?

She had to nod slightly and show an apologetic smile to King Gong, who seemed to be unimpressed, and took a seat under Liu Xuan as soon as he lifted his robe.

Seeing King Gong seated, the emperor raised his glass: "Today is a family banquet, although it is royal, it is always a family word, everyone here today is my family, there is no respect and humility etiquette today, it is arbitrary." During the Spring Festival, I wish the country prosperity and the people live in peace. ”

Everyone raised their glasses one after another: "May the country prosper and the people live in peace." ”

The emperor and queen drank the wine first, and everyone drank it one after another, Liu Xuan secretly complained in his heart while holding the wine glass, and he didn't know how strong this wine was? She is not strong enough to drink, and the drunkenness of that day is still vivid, she doesn't want to lose her honor in front of everyone today, but everyone has drunk, she can only close her eyes and drink the wine in the cup.

The wine entered her throat but made her heart relax, the thing in her cup was not wine but water, she looked slightly at the palace maid who poured wine for her on her side, only to see that the palace maid almost invisibly raised her chin towards Li Che.

Liu Xuan immediately understood that this was Li Che's special arrangement.

Everyone put down their wine glasses and began to follow suit, Liu Xuan just tasted a bite of the dish under the service of the palace maid, and was called by a crisp female voice to raise her head.

A woman sitting at the head of Empress Cao was getting up and raising a glass to her: "In previous years, the family banquet saint always had a lot of dissatisfaction with the prince's singleness, His Royal Highness the prince is the dragon and phoenix among the people, and the vision of the dragon and phoenix is naturally very high, and our concubines often joke that they don't know which girl can enter the prince's eyes, and after waiting for many years, I finally waited for Miss Liu, the prince took good care of the girl, and everyone saw it with their own eyes." ”

When the woman got up, Liu Xuan hurriedly got up, and the palace maid beside her whispered in her ear: "This is Mei Guifei Niangniang." ”

Liu Xuan waited for the concubine to finish speaking, then bowed her head slightly and made a shy appearance, and only raised her glass and said to the concubine: "It is Xuan's blessing to be able to get the prince's eyes, and Xuan respects the concubine with a cup." ”

She drank the water in the cup, and the concubine also smiled and drank the wine and sat down, seeing her sit down Liu Xuan sat down, but as soon as she sat down, the concubines began to raise a glass to her, again and again, and the concubines were able to sit down after saluting Liu Xuan one by one, she sighed in her heart, fortunately, there are not many concubines in the saint today, otherwise she can drink water alone to fill her with water.

She just breathed a sigh of relief, but she heard King Gong beside her looking at her with a smile, Liu Xuan was about to toast him, but he raised his eyebrows and said, "Miss Liu is so drinkable." ”

What he said was very meaningful, Liu Xuan's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't pay attention to his words, but raised a glass to him with a smile: "I heard that the prince is the real thousand cups and is not drunk, Xuan respects the prince with a cup." ”

King Gong looked at her deeply, a smile rose on the corner of his mouth, and he drank the wine glass in his hand.

Liu Xuan also drank the water in the cup, she looked at King Ning, who had been silent beside her, and called him after thinking about it.

King Ning saw that she had the intention of toasting, and waved his hand at the moment: "Today's wine is not drunk by this king." ”

Liu Xuan's hand holding the wine glass stiffened slightly, so she had to put it down again.

Seeing this, Queen Cao smiled and said: "I heard that King Ning and Miss Liu are very close to each other, and Miss Liu's industry is a good piece of incense, and King Ning not only inscribed a plaque for it, but also personally came to congratulate him. ”

King Ning snorted coldly: "The king likes it tightly, and the queen is too worried." ”

One sentence unceremoniously blocked Queen Cao, and Queen Cao laughed dryly: "Since the prince likes it, why don't you even want to drink her toast?" ”

When King Ning heard this, he snorted coldly at Queen Cao: "This king can drink if he wants, and if he doesn't want to drink, he won't drink, and the queen is too wide." ”

Liu Xuan listened to this familiar tone and familiar words, and her heart suddenly became happy, when Deng Yu kidnapped her on the boat, she asked Deng Yu why she was kidnapped, and Deng Yu also replied in the tone of King Ning that she wanted to be taken captive. Although the appearance of the father and son is different, the tone, the tone and the temper are exactly the same.

These merciless words completely slapped Queen Cao's face, and Queen Cao's face was cold and she was about to attack, but King Gong beside Liu Xuan suddenly said: "King Ning is a man of temperament, this wine naturally wants to drink it, and if you don't want to drink it, you won't drink it." ”

Empress Cao listened to King Gong's words, swallowed that breath back, her chest rose violently several times and then calmed out, she pulled out a smile: "King Ning's temperament is naturally like this." ”

After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at King Ning, obviously this anger was not finished.

After King Ning's trouble, the originally lively banquet instantly quieted down, and a flute sound came, and everyone looked out.

Seeing this, Empress Cao hurriedly ordered the veil to be opened, and as the veil was rolled up, everyone immediately saw the appearance of the boat. (To be continued......)