87_87886 Soon after Princess Chang's birthday banquet, it was Chinese New Year's Eve.

According to the rules of the past, a palace banquet will be held in the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve, inviting all royal family relatives to participate, in addition, all foreign officials above the third rank and Beijing officials above the fourth rank can bring their families into the palace to participate in the night banquet.

Rong Jing, as the thirteenth prince of Southern Chu, was naturally invited to the palace, but at this time, there was an extra teenager in his carriage.

The boy looked thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed in a moon-white silk robe, his long hair tied behind his head with a golden headband, and a slightly immature face with red lips and white teeth, and a handsome end.

Rong Jing looked at the young man with blank eyes, and the young man also turned his head to look at him.

"Thirteenth son, you've been looking at me like this since you beat me, don't you want people to misunderstand that you like men?" Xue Rou asked.

Rong Jing sighed, he really couldn't overlap the gentle young man in front of him, who was completely different in terms of voice and appearance and temperament, with the woman who smiled gently, if an ordinary person was a woman dressed as a man or a man dressed as a woman, there would be a kind of weirdness and incompatibility on his body, but Xue Rou couldn't see it at all, as if she was born like this.

Her men's appearance looks smaller than that of women's clothes, and her long hair is tied back in a bun, making her whole person look more delicate and gentle, but her temperament will never make people think she is a woman.

"Rourou's dress is really unrecognizable."

If he hadn't seen her enter the house with his own eyes, and saw her come out after changing her costume, he wouldn't have dared to recognize her for a while.

Xue Rou raised her beautiful lips, if it was really so easy to recognize, she would not enter the palace so lightly.

In the palace, the palace that was always quiet in the past is lively today, because it is Chinese New Year's Eve, the entire palace is lit up, the palace eunuchs say auspicious blessings when they meet people, and even the palace walls and the front of the palace gate are hung with festive red lanterns.

Xue Rou and Rong Jing entered the palace not early, and the ministers and ladies had already gathered in the main hall where the banquet was held.

The concubines in the palace, Concubine Yue, and Concubine Rong were already sitting at the top, and the other concubines who were tall enough to attend the night banquet also sat in the hall in turn, and not far from them, there were all the princes.

As soon as Xue Rou stepped into the hall, she immediately felt that the eyes of almost everyone in the hall fell on Rong Jing in an instant, and compared to her standing next to Rong Jing, she also got a lot of attention.

Many people looked at the gentle young man beside Rong Jing in surprise, wondering who this person was, and the ladies of various families looked at Xue Rou with colorful eyes, and even couldn't help whispering to their close friends.

They were all surprised when there was such a handsome little boy in Beijing, although this young man's appearance was not as good as Rong Jing, but he was dressed in white and stood next to Rong Jing in a gold embroidered moire black shirt, and he was not hidden by him at all.

The Third Prince, the Fifth Prince, and Sun An frowned when they looked at Xue Rou who walked in, and they always felt that the young man was a little kind, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

"Thirteen, it's a good day today, why are you late again?" Concubine Yue said with a smile after seeing Rong Jing.

Rong Jing glanced at Concubine Yue, and said a little impatiently: "My son doesn't like to participate in this banquet, but His Majesty Emperor Zhou is unwilling to let go of my son every time. ”

The subconscious meaning of the words is that it would be good for my son to come, and I still expect him to be on time?

The smile on Concubine Yue's face stiffened slightly.

Concubine Shu on the side said with a smile: "Sister Concubine Yue doesn't have to be like this, His Majesty Xià also knows that the thirteenth prince can't stand the restraint, but he always thinks that today is Chinese New Year's Eve, so he wants the thirteenth prince to enter the palace to make a scene, it is not a big problem to come early and late, besides, His Majesty and the empress have not yet arrived, and the thirteenth prince is not too late." ”

"Sister Shuguifei is right, this banquet hasn't started yet, Sister Yuefei, you're too anxious." Concubine Rong sat on the side and covered her mouth and smiled happily.

Concubine Yue has always been strong in the palace, and she has always been unforgiving, although Concubine Shu is of a higher rank, but she rarely has a domineering time, so Concubine Rong is most unaccustomed to Concubine Yue, at this time, she is naturally happy to see her deflated, ignoring her slightly dull face and saying: "Thirteen princes, you have always been used to being alone, where did you deceive a handsome young man this time?" ”

A smile flashed in Rong Jing's eyes, "He is a friend of Ben Gongzi when he was in Nanchu, and he came to Beijing to visit Ben Gongzi this time." ”

The three of them glanced at Xue Rou in surprise when they heard this, and Concubine Rong even asked, "Is it from Southern Chu?" ”

Xue Rou replied with a light smile: "Hui Niangniang, in Xia Ning Ziqing, is not a person from Southern Chu, but when he was young, he spent a period of time in Southern Chu when he was doing business with his father, and he knew the thirteen princes at that time. ”

Concubine Rong nodded and said with a smile: "The friends of the Thirteen Princes are indeed the same as the Thirteen Princes, and they are talented. ”

"That's nature." Hearing this, Rong Jing naturally put his hand on Xue Rou's shoulder, "Ziqing is naturally different from others. ”

For Rong Jing, who was more and more fond of doing things to her, Xue Rou twitched the corners of her mouth speechlessly, and let go without a trace.

At this time, the shrill voice of the eunuch came from outside the hall, "Your Majesty has arrived, and the queen has arrived!" ”

The people in the hall who were originally whispering were suddenly silenced, and they knelt down one after another, and when Emperor Zhengde and the empress stepped into the hall, they shouted one after another.

"See Her Majesty Queen Mother!"

"See Father, Queen Mother!"

Emperor Zhengde's perennial cold face rarely had a smile, and after walking to the right seat with the queen and sitting down, he said: "Flat." ”

"Xie Majesty (Father)!"

Everyone thanked them in unison, and then got up.

Rong Jing and Xue Rou were originally standing in front of the hall, he did not bow to Emperor Zhengde, and Xue Rou only bowed, and when she got up, she was facing Emperor Zhengde.

When Xue Rou saw the face that had been dyed with traces of time after twenty years, the hatred in her heart was almost irrepressible.

She desperately told herself that she couldn't be impulsive and couldn't show the slightest difference, otherwise she would be discovered by Emperor Zhengde, but when her eyes fell on the dignified and noble queen beside Emperor Zhengde, her eyes couldn't help but shrink sharply.

It's her?

How could it be her!。