Empress Xue looked at the glass bracelet, Xiao Jinxuan was actually silent, she had already seen everything in her eyes, and even the trace of satisfaction in the depths of the other party's eyes was captured by her.

After all, when she came back from falling off the cliff, when she entered the palace for the first time, the Gu worm was hidden in the jade Ruyi that Empress Xue gave her.

So even if the glass bracelet containing Gu liquid was personally delivered to her by Xiao Jinyu afterwards, in this matter, Empress Xue will definitely be involved, and there must be no doubt that she is the real mastermind behind it.

Originally, after Meng Mian recognized Acacia Gu, he helped her analyze and scrutinize, thinking that Empress Xue wanted to get rid of her quietly.

After all, the characteristics of Acacia Gu are male and female Gu, after boarding in the human body, as long as one of them dies, the other will also release a deadly toxin, and then poison both themselves and the host.

Therefore, if a Gu worm is drilled into her body, Empress Xue will find a random man and put the female Gu into the other party's body, and then as long as the other party kills this man, then she Xiao Jinxuan can die quietly.

But the fall from the cliff had already involved Empress Xue's mother and son, and if she died at this time, even if the lovesick Gu was secret enough.

But if she dies, she will show signs of poisoning, even if she dies in front of everyone, but the first object of people's suspicion is definitely Empress Xue's mother and son.

This kind of thing that ignites the fire, no matter how Xiao Jinxuan looks at it, she doesn't think that Empress Xue will do it.

However, she didn't dare to take Meng Mian's analysis lightly, so this Gu was not wasted, so Xiao Jinxuan directly sent the Gu liquid bracelet, and Xiao Jinyu, who obviously had bad intentions, used it.

In this way, no matter what Empress Xue does, Xiao Jinxuan can see the true intentions of the other party as long as she pays attention to her sister-in-law.

And now that the Gu worm has lodged in Xiao Jinyu's body, no matter what vicious plans Empress Xue's mother and son have, she Xiao Jinxuan has already found a shield, and she will not be hurt in the slightest.

As for Xiao Jinxuan, until now, she still wears this glass bracelet when she participates in the palace banquet, in fact, she deliberately shows it to Empress Xue's mother and son.

Only when she disguises herself as a Gu will the other party have the next move.

When the other party's fox tail is revealed, that is when she Xiao Jinxuan collects the net and hunts.

This bureau set up with Gu worms now seems to be going on according to Xue Hou's thoughts on the surface.

In fact, when this game was discovered long ago, it became a situation controlled by Xiao Jinxuan, who was hidden in the shadows. And she has also changed from the original prey to a hunter who is now ready to collect the net.

But for his own layout, Xue Hou has no idea about it.

Therefore, I saw that Xiao Jinxuan was not only wearing a glass bracelet, but also had small red spots on the back of her hand that Gu worms would leave behind after entering her body.

With these two points, she has already determined that Xiao Jinxuan has undoubtedly fallen into the Gu.

Thinking of the Yunhai Hall for a while, when Xiao Jinxuan was about to become his son and a loyal dog who had served for a lifetime in the Yunhai Palace, when the champion of civil and military affairs stepped forward to meet Emperor Ming, Empress Xue rarely showed a satisfied smile.

Then I saw that she not only personally helped Xiao Jinxuan up, but also turned her head slightly, with an undisguised rebuke, and said to Concubine Hui admonishmently:

"The queen is still here, whether Miss Jinxuan is wearing an illegal manner, does she still need to be reminded by Concubine Hui. The matter of King Yongchang's recognition of his daughter has already been mentioned by the Holy Lord to this queen. Therefore, Jinxuan, you will be regarded as a member of my royal family in the future, remember to walk around with the queen for a long time, you girl has a beautiful atmosphere, and you will see people like it when you look at it. ”

With Acacia Gu as a restraint, unless Xiao Jinxuan doesn't want to live, she can only be at the mercy of her and act according to orders.

But forcing a person is far less convenient than recovering people's hearts and making them willing to serve you.

Therefore, it has been determined that Xiao Jinxuan is about to become Xue Hou, who is about to become someone on her side, and now she naturally wants to ease the relationship with the other party, so that they will get along much more harmoniously in the future.

After all, Xiao Jinxuan can be connected to the Shuai Mansion behind her, and she herself is also resourceful, and it is also very convenient for a woman to enter and leave the harem.

Xue Houfei thought so much about calculating her, also because she really wanted to take Xiao Jinxuan under her command for her own use.

Now that she sees that the plan has succeeded, she doesn't care about a concubine at all, and reprimanding the other party for leaving a good thought for Xiao Jinxuan, which is still very necessary in Empress Xue's opinion.

And Concubine Hui saw that Xue Hou, who had given her poisonous wine and asked her to kill Xiao Jinxuan, would actually talk and laugh with the other party, and she was stunned immediately.

But if she is embarrassed, Concubine Hui doesn't dare to say a word, after all, Xiao Jinxuan will not only be protected by Concubine Liang, but Empress Xue will also behave like she is close to her.

The two most noble people in this harem both defend each other like this, and Concubine Hui knows that if she wants to live in this palace for a long time, she can only suppress her resentment and shut up obediently.

And when it comes to Xiao Jinxuan, at Zhou Xianyu's celebration banquet last time, she was still an unknown Xiao family.

Because she has no rank status, she can only sit in the entire palace banquet, in the small place at the end, there is no mountain or water, and no one can notice her existence after a banquet.

But now Xiao Jinxuan was not only held by Empress Xue herself, but also walked to the precious position where the royal family dependents were seated.

And because of Concubine Liang's arrangement, she is still sitting with Xiangping, and Princess Qingxiang, who is the daughter of Concubine Hui, is even seated behind her.

Looking at the entire palace banquet with such an honor, it is estimated that Xiao Jinxuan is the only one, and not long after they sat down, Empress Xue and Concubine Liang arranged the Yunhai Hall more perfectly.

Emperor Ming brought a group of civil and military officials, royal relatives, and the envoys of Fanbang who participated in the ceremony together, and walked in in an orderly manner.

And after Emperor Ming, the families of civil and military officials, and the daughters of the nobles of the family who were invited.

Wait until everyone comes in. Xiao Jinxuan sat on the stage and looked down very clearly.

Therefore, as soon as Princess Cheng'an came, she saw Zhuxin following behind the other party, and Cheng'an, who was the sister of Emperor Ming, was naturally a few points higher than Xiao Jinxuan and Xiangping.

However, when passing by Xiao Jinxuan before taking a seat, Cheng An still nodded and smiled at her kindly, and left Zhuxin silently.

Then he took Aunt Biyun and sat opposite Concubine Liang in the position of Empress Xue's hand.

On the side of Xiao Jinxuan and Xiangping, the people sitting were all royal ladies, and sitting opposite were Zhou Xianyu, these princes and princes, and in their lower positions, the people who sat were the envoys of various countries.

After everyone sat down, Emperor Ming, as the protagonist of today, was the king of a country, so he was naturally the first to stand up and make a statement.

Then there were the three princes and six kings, the harem concubines, the princesses and princesses, and the envoys of Fanbang, who took turns to congratulate Emperor Ming on his birthday.

Some offer rare treasures, some light songs and dances to show their talents, and more envoys of small countries in Fanbang bring countless beauties to the Ming Emperor, what they want is to be harmonious between the two countries and not to have war.

And Xiao Jinxuan naturally prepared a birthday gift, her gift is an inkstone with auspicious patterns, which is not outstanding, but also handful, just in line with her identity, and will not cross too many others.

After all, this birthday gift to the emperor is also very particular, what status, you have to give what gifts, and it is by no means the most expensive and valuable, it is the best.

Take the unremarkable inkstone presented by Xiao Jinxuan, it is not that she can't get something better, nor is she stingy and perfunctory Emperor Ming with an ordinary thing.

First of all, because Xiao Jinxuan is a woman of the Xiao family, her birthday gift must not be higher than that of Mrs. Xiao and her eldest aunt Zhao.

Even Xiao Jinwen and Xiao Jinyu, the two older sisters, should not be able to surpass them on their birthdays.

And on this state banquet, those princes and generals, the concubines and princesses of the harem, all of them have a higher rank than Xiao Jinxuan, so this birthday gift must not exceed theirs.

Otherwise, as soon as she took out a birthday gift for the daughter of the Xiao family at this state banquet, she would suppress the limelight of these people, and then Xiao Jinxuan would be infinite for a while, but in private she would be hated.

These reasons for giving gifts, when Xiao Jinxuan was still Princess Ling in her previous life, Ji Lingfeng invited someone to teach her specially in order to go out without losing her sense of proportion.

So what Xiao Jinxuan can give away today, except for this inkstone, she must not take out any good things as a birthday gift.

Sometimes go with the flow, be introverted and never grandstand, this is a means of self-preservation.

And after this gift was over, Emperor Ming stood up again with a smile on his face, and he was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, and his bearing was even more majestic and auspicious and said:

"My annual birthday, because it is not far from the triennial Golden Autumn Imperial Examination, is not far after the list is issued, so every time this civil and military champion enters the palace and is enshrined, it will be held together with this state banquet. This year's rule is not excluded, on top of such a celebration, on the day of my birthday, I was awarded the champion of civil and military affairs, and I am very happy to add talents to my big Zhou! ”

Seeing Emperor Ming's dragon face and great joy, everyone naturally got up one after another and said auspicious words of praise and virtue together.

And Deng Chang, who was the head of the imperial palace, also personally led this year's civil and military champions and walked in from outside the palace.

The champion of each Jinke, once he gets grace in front of the palace, he will be the protégé of the Son of Heaven in the future.

Therefore, after Meng Mian and Ji Lingfeng entered the palace, the two of them were in unison and knelt down to greet Emperor Ming.

The two of them are rare heroes among people, and now they are in a brocade robe, and they are really dignified and extraordinary.

And after Emperor Ming asked the two of them to get up, he immediately pointed at Meng Mian, and then said approvingly:

"In this year's Wenju papers, the top three were all approved by the Emperor. Meng Mian, your father, Meng Hang, is a famous Confucian scholar, and as his son, you really live up to my expectations. The article is not only written incisively and fluently, but also the many governing methods mentioned in it, as well as those lists that quote scriptures, make me feel that I have benefited a lot from reading it. Your father used to be the prince's master, and now you are serving in the court, tell me what you have to reward, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it. ”

It is not easy to have a ten-year cold window, and the triennial imperial examination is even more difficult to win the title of the top prize list among the national candidates.

Therefore, for each session of the civil and military champions, Emperor Ming has always promised the other party a grace when he announced it in front of the palace, which is also to show that he is thirsty for talent and respects the hearts of students.

After hearing Emperor Ming's words, Meng Mian, who had already stood up, knelt down again, and then he glanced at Xiao Jinwen, and then said without hesitation:

"My emperor Shengming, although Meng Mian is the champion of the golden branch, he should not ask for any reward with this, but his subordinates do have a reluctant request, and I hope that my emperor will fulfill it. Weichen has always admired the Shuai Mansion Xiao family, Miss Jinwen's elegance is peerless, if the saint can give marriage to the two of us, then Meng Mian has no regrets in this life, and remembers the grace of the saint's fulfillment. ”