"Forget it, I don't have to. I am tired. Ziyi stood up and twisted his waist, he had been in a bad mood these days, and his health was not good. Now that there is no one to snatch her body from, there will be no one who will come to her for trouble.

Stretching her waist, Ziyi's purple eyes narrowed slightly: she should also rest well.

In the lunar month, the weather is already so cold that people don't want to go out of the house.

But at the end of the month, near the beginning of the year, the whole palace was very busy.

Fu Ziqing was released from the Xuanrou Palace, the queen had a big belly and a sluggish figure, and she became the only concubine in this palace, so she was naturally busy with the affairs of the palace all day long.

At this time, it was already past noon, Ziyi was still shrunk in the quilt, and the position next to him was already cold, and Ziyi couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

In the past few days, Duanmu Kaoru has come back every day after she really can't stay up and sleep, and I don't know when she left in the morning, Ziyi is a little worried, like this, sooner or later, the body will be unbearable.

However, in this palace, there is another thing that makes Ziyi a little worried.

I heard that the Queen Mother is going back to the palace.

I don't know why, after Duanmu Xun sat on the throne that year, the queen mother insisted on ignoring everyone's obstruction and ran to guard the spirit of the emperor, and only returned to the palace once a year during the New Year.

Ziyi heard that the Queen Mother is the queen's aunt, and the two have a very good relationship.

Now this purple dress has offended the queen, although the queen is very honest these days and has not troubled her, but according to Aunt Qiong Yao's book, the queen mother is afraid that the queen will make waves again.

As the saying goes, three women in one play.

She really doesn't want to be swept up on that stage again, fighting to the death with people, and the net is broken.

"Bi'er, why has anyone never heard of the Queen Mother in this palace before?" Although reluctant, Ziyi still escaped from the bed, sat in front of the bronze mirror slowly, and let Bi'er groom her.

"Niangniang, I heard that the queen mother and the emperor had a conflict, so no one in this palace dared to mention it." Bi'er replied cautiously.

Today, the emperor invited foreign guests to a banquet, and only Fu Ziqing and Queen Liu Wanru were above the rank of the concubines in the palace.

It is said that there will be such a banquet every year, and the system of the Luodu Dynasty is relatively open, so at the dinner, these noble beauties can perform. This is a rare opportunity for them to see the emperor, so they all want to show their best side in front of the emperor.

Ziyi yawned, she wasn't interested in this kind of thing.

However, for the sake of etiquette, it is still necessary to dress up.

Duanmu Xun sent someone early to spread the word, and he wouldn't come to Ziyao Hall for lunch today, and Ziyi didn't feel hungry, so he didn't pass the meal.

Wearing a light pink gauze skirt, the outer drape was still the white fox fur, the purple clothes took a picture of the bronze mirror, looked at the bun that Bi'er pulled for her, and nodded incessantly.

"Bi'er's hands are so skillful."

"Niangniang, don't make fun of the slave maid, at this time, it is estimated that the people in each palace have already gone to Fanghua Palace, Niangniang, we have to hurry up, don't be too late to attract criticism." Bi'er said, shoving the stove into Ziyi's hand.

"Hehe, Bi'er, have I been criticized less?" Ziyi raised her eyebrows at Bi'er, and her playful appearance made Bi'er stunned.

It is said that women in love are the most beautiful, and it seems that this sentence is really not a lie.

These days, as long as the emperor is free, he will definitely come to this Ziyao Palace, and his master is also like being reborn, and he looks more beautiful than before.

"Why do you want to go to Fanghua Palace?"

Speaking of Liu Wanru, Ziyi tightened his little brows. The banquet is a banquet, why do you have to go to the queen, when you get there, it's not as simple as three women.

"Niangniang, this is the rule of the palace." Bi'er helped Ziyi out of Ziyao Palace, and the cold winter wind was like having eyes, drilling down her neck into her clothes.

Sitting on the chariot, staggering, it didn't take long to arrive outside the Fanghua Palace.

The hall is rarely lively, Xu is because of the opportunity to perform at the dinner, everyone's mood is very good, seeing the purple clothes coming, no one rejects them, and the gorgeous people even took the initiative to meet them: "Sister, why did you come so late, come in quickly, don't catch a cold." ”

"Participate in the nobles." When the rest of the beauties saw the purple clothes, they saluted one by one, and the purple clothes also respectfully saluted the queen, and Concubine Qing saluted.

Looking around, he didn't see Nie Wanrou, which made Ziyi a little surprised.

"Ling Guiren, get up." The queen waved her hand at the purple clothes, and leaned back on the soft couch.

Ziyi found that the queen's complexion seemed to be even worse, and the seal hall was faintly black, but I was afraid that if the queen wanted to give birth to this child, her life would not be guaranteed.

Frowning, Ziyi found a place to sit down, and everyone in the room formed a small group and greeted each other politely.

"Niangniang, everyone will set off for the Imperial Garden together later."

"Dinner outside?" Ziyi subconsciously shrunk his neck, on such a cold day, if he sat outside for a few hours, I was afraid that the whole person would freeze into a popsicle.

"Hmm." Bi'er replied softly.

Sure enough, not long after Ziyi sat down, the queen got up and walked off the soft couch: "The palace looks at the time and the time is almost up." ”

The queen took the lead, and the group followed in an orderly manner, and the whole team was mighty, and Ziyi found out that there were many beauties in this palace that she had never seen before, and agreed. Looking at the costumes, there are more than ten beauties alone, and there are about thirty below the beauties.

It turns out that Kaoru Duanmu has so many little wives!

I don't know if he will have kidney deficiency when he wanders among these women.

Purple thought evilly.

Out of the Fanghua Palace, the beauties above all sit back in their own chariots, and those below the beauties follow behind the chariots.

Ziyi, a nobleman, was unexpectedly the highest grade except for Queen Qingfei, so Bu Yuan followed closely behind Concubine Qing's Bu Yuan, faintly, Zi Yi always felt that Fu Ziqing seemed to be looking back at herself, with a hint of pride in her eyes.

After walking for about a stick of incense, Bu Yuan stopped outside the Imperial Garden one after another, and when he walked down, Zi Yi almost dropped his jaw in shock.

It was still dark, but the lights were already on in the Imperial Garden, and although it was still some distance away, I could still feel the oncoming heat.

As the queen walked into the garden, there were many small metal birdcage-shaped objects hanging from the branches of the trees in the garden, and it was impossible to tell what they were for.

Walking deeper, he saw a clearing, and low tables had been set up around the clearing, and Ziyi could feel that the heat of this imperial garden was rushing up from the soles of his feet.

"Bi'er, how did this heat come up from the ground?" Curiously pulled Rabier, Ziyi turned his head sideways and asked in a low voice.

"Niangniang, there is not only hot spring water flowing through the underground of this imperial garden, but the emperor has ordered someone to dig underground, and at this time of year, the underground will be burned with charcoal, so that the entire imperial garden is warm."

Ziyi was shocked in his heart, if he wanted to dig underground, not to mention the difficulty of fixing, if he dug shallowly, the ground would easily collapse, and if he dug deep, the heat would not be able to come up.

What's more, it's an open garden, and the heat dissipates quickly.

Secretly smacking his tongue, Ziyi no longer studied how warm as spring was.

All the concubines sat down one after another, except for the purple clothes, Fu Ziqing and the queen sat next to the main seat, and the rest of the beauties agreed to sit in the back of the seat.

Come to think of it, this is close to the emperor, and it should be the position of the guest and the important ministers of the court.

Before everyone sat down, the voice of the little eunuch came from the entrance: "The emperor has arrived-"

Ziyi pursed his lips, got up with everyone, and bowed to Duanmu Xun, who was dressed in yellow outside the door, "See the emperor." ”

"Rise up, everybody."

Duanmu Xun strode towards the main seat, followed by Fuling, Duanmu Qi, and then behind him were some people who Ziyi had never seen, and they should be foreign envoys.

And in the end, it was the rest of the courtiers who followed.

Everyone sat down, and Xiao Dezi shouted: "Banquet-"

When he arrived, the little palace maids wearing pink palace clothes served various dishes one after another.

Looking at the still steaming dishes in front of him, Ziyi couldn't help but smack his tongue again. This is the first time she has participated in a palace gathering, and there are at least a hundred and ten tables here. In modern times, she had heard from her classmates that when she went to a wedding, the food was cold.

It can be seen that compared with the modern hotel, this ancient imperial dining room is simply a heaven and an underground.

Ziyi sat on Duanmu Kaoru's left hand side, the queen sat on the right side, and Fu Ziqing sat on the queen's right side. The position on the left side of the purple clothes is empty, and I don't know who left the place for it.

Looking towards the lower seat, sitting at the head were Fuling and Duanmu Qi, and Ziyi noticed that there was a slightly older man sitting beside Fuling, who looked similar to Fuling Bafen.

Come to think of it, this is Fuling's father.

It's just that this father looks more like Fuling's older brother. With a playful smile on his face, he is definitely an uncle-level handsome guy.

Sitting on the side of Duanmuqi was a young man who looked only ten years old, and beside the young man sat a man in his twenties, and the two looked extremely similar. Bi'er secretly whispered to herself that it was Chilan, the crown prince of the Western Chi Kingdom, and the man in his twenties beside the prince was Chi Su, the eldest son of the royal family of the Western Chi Kingdom.

Sitting on the side of Fuling is the prince of Beichen Kingdom, who is also twenty years old, and he looks very handsome, but he can't stop glancing around with a pair of peach blossom eyes, and even moves his hands and feet on the palace maid who serves the food.

Ziyi frowned slightly, she hated such a man the most.

The people in the back, Ziyi, didn't take a closer look, there were about twenty foreign envoys in this banquet, all of whom came from the small countries around the Luodui Dynasty.

"Brother Huang, Ling'er is back!"

Just as he was looking around, a girl's crisp voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and Ziyi was stunned, puzzled who else in this palace dared to be so presumptuous.

In the distance, a man in a red suit rushed to the main seat.

"Bi'er?"

"Niangniang, this is the emperor's half-sister, Princess Duanmuling of Fenhua, but the people in this palace prefer to call her a grassroots princess." Bi'er replied in a whisper next to Ziyi's ear.

"Oh? Why? "Grassroots princess? Ziyi suddenly became interested.

"The slave maid heard that it was the princess who went against the will of the emperor and insisted on marrying a poor scholar. The slave maid heard that the scholar still had nothing to do. ”

The corners of her purple-clothed lips are hooked, and she is really an interesting princess.

"Ling'er meets the imperial brother and sister-in-law."

Duanmu Ling looks very likable, and she looks like she is only in her early twenties, and her red clothes are very dazzling in this cold winter. Her eyes were shining, and she couldn't see the slightest unhappiness in her marriage.

At the same time that Ziyi looked at Duanmu Ling, Duanmu Ling also raised his eyes to look at Ziyi, and his small mouth suddenly pouted: "This is the Luo Guifei that the imperial sister-in-law said, oh no, it's Ling Meiren, right?" ”

Hearing Duanmu Ling's words, Ziyi made a little face bitterly.

I thought it was hard to meet someone who was quite my age and hearty, but I never thought it would be an "enemy".

was named, Ziyi had to get up and nodded at Duanmu Ling, who knows, this Duanmu Ling didn't even pay attention, and directly stepped forward to hold the queen's hand: "Imperial sister-in-law, why do you look bad at the whole person?" ”

Ziyi sat down with the corners of her mouth twitching in embarrassment, and glanced at Duanmu Kaoru sadly. Duanmu Xun gave Ziyi a helpless look, his younger sister has been in a hurry since she was a child, and she turned the palace upside down in order to marry that poor scholar.

It was his father who finally couldn't resist it, so he reluctantly agreed.

Although Duanmu Xun brought a message to Duanmu Ling, but this Duanmu Ling has always hated gatherings in the palace, except for the New Year's dinner every year, he has never attended any banquet, and he didn't expect that this girl would appear at today's banquet, thinking that the queen should have ordered someone to send a letter to this girl. After clearing his throat, Duanmu Xun said: "Ling'er, go and sit in your place, so there is no etiquette, what kind of system." ”

Hearing Duanmu Xun speak, Duanmu Ling obediently sat back in her place, after all, there were many people here, no matter what she said, she had to give her imperial brother a step down.

However, Duanmu Ling was very unhappy to sit on the left side of the purple clothes.

Taking advantage of the stage when the little palace maid was serving wine, Duanmu Ling deliberately pushed it, and the wine jug in the little palace maid's hand flew straight towards the purple clothes.

Duanmu Xun's eyes were quick, and he took Ziyi into his arms, only to hear the "snap" of the wine pot and smash on the position where Ziyi was just sitting, and shattered.

Ziyi frowned slightly, and pinched Mu Xun's chest fiercely.

Gasping for cold air, Duanmu Xun let Ziyi mess around, and just gave Duanmu Ling a warning look.

Duanmu Ling shrunk his neck.

She knew that Kaoru Duanmu was going to be angry.

Although she is not afraid of heaven and earth, although her imperial brother is never angry, she knows that if Duanmu Kaoru is really angry, it will be very scary.

"Slaves deserve to die, slaves deserve to die!"

The little palace maid was frightened for a moment, and she kept kowtowing to forgiveness.

"Get out of the way, pack up your things and go down."

It wasn't the little palace maid's fault, and Ziyi didn't plan to delve into it, after all, there were still a hundred and ten pairs of eyes looking at it at this time.

After being pardoned, the little palace maid cleaned up the wreckage neatly and retreated quickly.

Ziyi sat down again, only this time, she hid a heart from Duanmu Ling.

Bullying her to embarrass her?

Then she will return the amount.

The feast soon began, first the foreign envoys offered treasures, and looking at the dazzling array of treasures, everyone had different faces.

The queen seemed to be accustomed to this kind of scene for a long time, and just sat quietly on the sidelines.

Fu Ziqing raised her head proudly, expressing her disdain for these treasures.

And the women on the periphery stretched their necks one by one.

To them, these treasures are genuine. If you can get the same, your life in this palace will be much better in the future.

Ziyi yawned wirched, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

I saw that the prince of the Chixi Chi Kingdom stepped forward with a beautiful wooden box in his hand.

The wooden box looks a little old, but the patterns on it are finely carved, and you can tell that it is a good thing at first glance.

Red Blue opened the wooden box, and inside the wooden box was a very inconspicuous flower.

"The dedication of the West Chi Kingdom to the Holy One is the national flower of the West Chi Kingdom."

As soon as Chilan's immature words came out, the whole hall fell silent. Everyone understands what it means to dedicate the national flower! From now on, the Chixi Kingdom will belong to the Luodu Dynasty, and this national flower has the same meaning as the national seal!

Duanmu Kaoru stood up, and actually took the box handed by Chilan in person, and said with a smile: "I have received the heart of the West Chi Kingdom." ”

"Niangniang, I heard that this Xichi country is dry all year round, and the people are not happy. And the current lord of the Western Chi Kingdom is incompetent, and he reached an agreement with the emperor a few days ago, the emperor will ensure that he will have no worries about food and clothing during his lifetime, and that his heirs will have a place in the court of the Luodu Dynasty. Today's handover is just a formality. ”

Cui'er couldn't speak, and at this time she could finally tell herself the gossip she had heard, with a little pride on her face.

He hooked the corners of his mouth, and scolded Duanmu Kaoru in his heart for being an old fox, and he used such simple conditions to change a small country.

After the treasure offering is completed, the banquet officially begins, and the performances of the beauties also officially begin.

"Niangniang, do you know why these beauties are working so hard to promise?"

Ziyi looked at the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the table, and she had no appetite, and Cui'er's voice sounded in her ears again.

This little girl, her gossip ability is really getting stronger and stronger, and it seems that she has been spoiled.

Raising his eyebrows, Ziyi did not speak.

"Because there are many women in this who have never been touched by the royal brother, if they fall into the eyes of these foreign guests or royal relatives today, they may be rewarded by the imperial brother to these people, so that they can be a real card or a side lady." Before Cui'er could speak, Duanmu Ling's voice sounded, and looking at the performance under the seat, Duanmu Ling continued: "Ling Guiren is really powerful, he actually grabbed the heart of the imperial brother to death. ”

"The princess is not bad, I don't know how to get along with the colt?" Ziyi pursed his lips, looked at the seat, and spoke.

"Hmph, don't worry about Ling Guiren, this princess is doing well." After Duanmu Ling finished speaking, he got up and walked to Fu Ziqing's side, and said condescendingly: "This father-in-law wants to change positions with you." ”

A touch of ruthlessness flashed in Fu Ziqing's eyes, and then she smiled and said, "Since the princess is going to sit here, then Qing'er might as well be respectful." ”

Graceful got up and moved to the position on the side of Ziyi, Fu Ziqing sat down, looked at Ziyi, and continued to watch the performance below.

Ziyi is not in the mood to fight with these women, and after a while, she still has a little revenge to revenge.

At this time, the gorgeous people are dancing in the audience, although the temperature of this imperial garden is much warmer than outside, but it is late winter after all. The gorgeous woman only wore a tulle, and the sleeves of her shirt were very beautiful.