Hearing him say that he had prepared a palace banquet for his birthday, Yu Ruyi was stunned, unable to believe what he had heard. Because according to the customs of the Bailiao Kingdom, holding a palace banquet is a very strict thing, only when there is a grand event worthy of the celebration of the whole country, the lord of the country will convene the ministers to hold a palace banquet, so as to spit out the importance of this matter, and only the birthday of the lord of the country is in line with such a grand event, and the ladies of the harem do not even have such an honor.

So after hearing Xiao Nansheng's words, Yu Ruyi couldn't react for a long time, and after a while, she finally found her voice: "Lord, are you telling the truth?" ”

"When did I lie to you?" Xiao Nansheng raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at her and asked rhetorically.

"Of course not!" Yu Ruyi subconsciously replied, and finally realized that he was not joking with himself, and he didn't know what to say except for being moved for a while.

"That's it." Xiao Nansheng stretched out her hand and gently patted her jade hand on the table, "As long as Concubine Ai can be happy, my thoughts will not be in vain!" ”

Yu Ruyi had already recovered from the initial shock at this time, and soon realized the inappropriateness of this, and couldn't help but feel a trace of worry in her heart, "But there has never been such a precedent before, will the lord of the country suffer from the criticism of the ministers of the court and the central government by making an exception for his concubines?" ”

Hearing her ask, Xiao Nansheng didn't answer her immediately, but lowered his eyes and stared at the cup in his hand for a moment, before replying softly: "If I make this exception for others today, they may try their best to raise objections, but your words are different, even if they don't look at my face, they will look at your brother's face, so Concubine Ai doesn't have to worry about this problem." ”

Yu Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, but she couldn't help frowning again soon, what he said just now sounded like he was comforting her at first glance, but after thinking about it carefully, he thought that he meant that he could say that Yu Feilong's status in the hearts of the ministers was more important than that of him, the lord of the country!

Since ancient times, the most taboo thing to be a courtier is to be a master of high merit, and Yu Feilong is a great hero who single-handedly pushed Xiao Nansheng to the position of the lord of the country, and after the success, he not only did not retire smartly, but instead formed a gang and formed a party in the court, and did not know how to restrain at all, no wonder Xiao Nansheng was dissatisfied with what he did!

Thinking of this, Yu Ruyi's heart panicked, if Xiao Nansheng really had any dislike for her brother, wouldn't the favor she had so hard to get disappear again?

No, she would never allow that to happen!

"The lord of the country said this, he really wronged the dead!" After calming down a little, Yu Ruyi said in disgust, "Where does the concubine's brother have such a big face?" Those ministers naturally looked at the face of the lord of the country, so they didn't dare to beak their concubines at will when they received such a great favor. ”

"Really?" Hearing her words, Xiao Nansheng smiled noncommittally, "I hope so." ”

His perfunctory attitude and tone made Yu Ruyi feel more and more uneasy in his heart, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand to grab him, and said eagerly: "Lord of the country, you must believe the words of the concubine, brother, he has absolutely no intention of being a minister, but you must not listen to the slander of someone with a heart, and wronged your brother!" ”

Xiao Nansheng's face sank when he heard this, "Could it be that in the heart of Concubine Ai, I am a faint gentleman who listens to the villain's slander?" ”

These words made Yu Ruyi completely panicked, thinking that he had finally stepped into his palace today, if he annoyed him because he said the wrong thing......

She shook her head violently, refusing to let herself continue to think about it, but she didn't know how to redeem it, so she could only say in a loud voice: "That's what the concubine meant, what the concubine meant...... It means ......"

Seeing that she was so frightened that she couldn't even speak coherently, Xiao Nansheng couldn't bear to hold her hand, "That's it, today is Concubine Ai's birthday, let's stop talking about these unhappy things." ”

Hearing his words, Yu Ruyi raised her head and looked at him in a daze, "Will the lord of the country be angry with his concubines and then ignore his concubines?" ”

"Naturally not!" Xiao Nansheng stretched out his free hand and gently wiped away the tears on her face, "Didn't I say it all, I did it wrong before, your brother is your brother, you are you, I shouldn't be angry with you because I am unhappy in my heart, and I will never be again!" ”

"Is the lord angry with his brother?" Yu Ruyi heard the hidden meaning of his words.

Xiao Nansheng was silent for a moment, and suddenly sighed, "To be honest, I am indeed a little angry with your brother. After a pause, he continued, "If he wants to be the lord of this country, I am willing to give way to him, but he can't play with me like a fool." ”

"Tricking you?" Yu Ruyi was slightly stunned, in fact, she didn't know much about the previous dynasty, and she didn't know what Yu Feilong did to make Xiao Nansheng misunderstand him like this, but she felt that she should still help her brother say a few good words, "The lord of the country you misunderstood, brother he definitely has no intention of being the lord of the country, if you don't believe it, the concubine can call him into the palace now, let him swear in front of the lord of the country!" ”

When she said this, the nervous look on her face didn't look like a fake, Xiao Nansheng stared at her for a long time, and then shook her head and said, "No need, I believe in you!" ”

He deliberately brought up this topic, the purpose was to test the things that Yu Feilong was doing in secret, whether the woman in front of him knew it, now it seems that she should not know much about her brother's thoughts, and in this matter, she is obviously on her side, which makes his heart settle down a lot, after all, if her heart is more inclined to herself, it will also be a great help for him to contain Yu Feilong.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Xiao Nansheng no longer held on to this topic, "Okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about Concubine Ai's birthday." ”

Next, the two of them chatted for a while about the part of the palace banquet in the evening, and Xiao Nansheng was ready to leave, "I still have some things to deal with, so I'll go back first, and Concubine Ai will also prepare, and I will let someone pick you up in the evening." ”

Although Yu Ruyi still had a lot to say to him in his heart, he also knew that he couldn't delay him in dealing with the government, so he could only hold back the reluctance in his heart, stood up and saluted: "The concubine respectfully sends the lord of the country!" ”

"No need to send it." Xiao Nansheng waved his hand and strode out.

Long after he left, Yu Ruyi was still immersed in the joy of losing and regaining, and the red parrot on the side couldn't help but say: "Madam, this can be regarded as a bittersweet come!" ”

"Who's to say it isn't?" Yu Ruyi came back to her senses and sighed softly, "But I think the lord of the country still doesn't seem to let go of his sincerity towards me, probably because of my brother." ”

"Did General Yu do something to make the lord of the country unhappy?" The red parrot asked curiously.

Yu Ruyi sighed again when she heard this, but did not answer her question, but ordered: "You ask someone to send a message to the General's Mansion, so that when my brother is free to enter the palace, I have something to ask him." ”

"Yes!" The red parrot nodded, "The slave will arrange it." ”

It's night.

Because it was the birthday of General Yu's sister, and it was arranged by the lord of the country himself, almost all the civil and military officials attended the palace banquet tonight, and the front of the palace was very lively, and the sound of silk and bamboo almost resounded throughout the entire palace.

In contrast, the harem was very quiet, Xiao Qiao'er sat in her Qifeng Palace, with a stack of delicious snacks in her hand, twisting a piece and throwing it into her mouth from time to time, and on the table not far away, there were a few empty plates.

If people who don't know see this scene, they think that she is angry about Xiao Nansheng's re-pampering of Yu Ruyi, and she will only use these pastries to satisfy her hunger if she doesn't use dinner, but the fact is that she didn't take this matter to heart at all, and she has already eaten a lot of dinner, but it hasn't been over for a while, and she feels hungry again.

When Qu Wurong came in, he saw such a scene.

A few days ago, when she knew that she was pregnant and picky, Qu Wurong specially taught Huang Ying and Huang Li to make a few things to eat for her to satisfy her hunger, but now it seems that there is no need for this, the stage of picking mouths seems to have passed, and she is now completely like being possessed by gluttony, and there is only one mouth left in her body.

"Sister Qu, are you here?" Seeing her enter the door, Xiao Qiao'er hurriedly swallowed the food in her mouth, said hello with difficulty, and pointed to the position next to her, "Come and sit!" ”

Qu Wurong sat down on the chair next to her and looked at her strangely, "Why didn't you go to the palace banquet tonight?" "The mother of a country behind her, it doesn't seem appropriate not to appear on such an occasion, right?

"I'm not going to participate!" Xiao Qiao'er shook her head vigorously, "Listening to a lot of people say things I don't understand, I'll be bored to death!" ”

"Then you won't be bored when you stay in the palace?" Qu Wurong said, looking at the stack of empty plates next to her, and then at the plates that only had one-third left in her hand, "Didn't you have dinner?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Qiao'er said as she twisted another piece of snack and threw it into her mouth, "But I'm still hungry." ”

Seeing her look of being satisfied, Qu Wurong suddenly remembered that when she was pregnant with Xiao Shen Li, she was also very able to eat for a period of time, and she almost wanted to take everything and fill it in her stomach, but later the doctor said that she couldn't eat too much, otherwise when the child was too big, the risk of giving birth would increase much more than usual.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but remind: "You eat a little less, otherwise the baby is too big, and you will have to bear it when the time comes." ”

"Huh?" Hearing her words, Xiao Qiao'er's hand stretched out to the plate couldn't help but pause, and then looked at her in surprise, "How could my sister know?" ”

Qu Wurong froze slightly when she heard this, and she didn't want to mention those sad pasts, so she casually found a reason to prevaricate: "That, I also heard what others said." ”

"Oh." Xiao Qiao'er didn't have any doubts about her words, but the expression on her face became tangled, and she also felt that she had eaten too much, but if she didn't eat, she would be really hungry!

Seeing her staring at the dim sum in front of her, with a look on her face that she wanted to eat but didn't dare to eat it anymore because of her own words, Qu Wurong suddenly felt a little unbearable, "Otherwise, you should finish eating this." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Qiao'er's eyes immediately lit up, and she nodded again and again: "Well, I won't eat this plate after I finish eating!" After speaking, she even picked up the plate, for fear that others would grab it from her.