"Wait, stop."

Wu Dehou put down his pen and suddenly shouted.

Wen immediately stopped and turned around, "Master Hou, what else do you command?" ”

Wen said with a smile on his face.

Yuan Qiongyu didn't have to go to the banquet with her, she picked up a big bargain, and Jiang Jingjing, as a concubine, couldn't follow her into the palace, Wen thought about it and became more and more happy, as if fireworks had exploded.

"If something goes wrong at tomorrow's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, this Mrs. Hou Mansion, you don't want to be it!"

Wen hurriedly nodded, "Please also rest assured that the concubine will take the lead and take Miao Ling into the palace, and her safety will be guaranteed." ”

Wu Dehou nodded when he heard this, and let Wen go.

The Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is the largest banquet held in the palace in a year, and almost all officials bring their families to attend, even harem concubines, princesses, princes, empresses, and emperors.

Therefore, the preparation time for the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is also very long, and the preparation of ingredients and tableware has begun almost a month in advance.

On the carriage heading to the palace, because of the cold weather, Wu Dehou did not ride a horse but rode in the carriage with Wen and Qu Miaoling. Although he had warned the Wen family last night, Wu Dehou thought about it, and he still had to say it again to her: "Wen, Miao Ling is our daughter, you must take good care of her, if something happens again, I will not spare you." ”

The last time a palace banquet was held, an assassin was mixed in, Qu Miaoling almost lost his life, but Wen and Wen Qingqian came back intact, which made Wu Dehou not angry.

Now that he has no official position, if Qu Miaoling makes any mistakes again, the emperor who is difficult to protect the calf will not take the Wudehou Mansion and kill them all.

I was already reprimanded last night, and today in front of Qu Miaoling, Wu Dehou still reprimanded himself like this, which made Wen's face a little unbearable, her face immediately sank, and she was already dressed with white fat powder, but now it looks even whiter, not red at all.

But in the face of the imposing Wu Dehou, the Wen family should have nothing else to say except for it.

"Please also ask Master Hou to relax, even if the concubine loses her life, she will not let Miao Ling have an accident."

When he said this, Wen's heart hurt like a knife.

As soon as this Qu Miaoling came back, Wu Dehou's heart was boundless, she was Wu Dehou's wife, she had shared the bed for more than ten years, and she couldn't compare to a girl who just came back?

Wen's heart was extremely unbalanced, but he and her face were reluctantly smiling.

Because the palace gate arrived, they had to get off the bus quickly, and time waited for no one.

When entering the palace, the female dependents first followed the eunuchs to the Tai'an Palace, and all the female dependents stayed here to wait for the banquet to begin.

The men, on the other hand, were to enter the court and wait to follow the emperor to the banquet.

Here the three separated, each going his own way.

Qu Miaoling followed Wen step by step, the two were silent the whole time, and the little eunuch seemed to sense the tense atmosphere, so he just lowered his head and led the way, without saying a word.

"Mrs. Hou, Your Royal Highness the County Lord, the Tai'an Palace has arrived."

The little eunuch knelt down and saluted the two of them, and then went away, and there were other ladies and ladies who needed his guidance.

Qu Miaoling looked around, and saw that there were heavily armed guards everywhere: their faces were red from the bitter cold wind, but their posture was still tall, standing like a straight pine tree.

It seems that the safety of today's banquet is guaranteed, unlike the last time, when the Assassin swaggered in.

During the waiting time, Wen's face was blue and white, and when she thought of Wu Hong's serious face, the fire in her heart could not be controlled, and if she hadn't taken care of the current occasion, she would definitely have dropped the cup and teacup.

Qu Miaoling, Qu Miaoling, he will only care about Qu Miaoling.

Where did he put her, she was his wife.

Wen Shi thought, the anger in his heart almost couldn't be suppressed, and sent it towards the clumsy slave just now.

In fact, Wen Wen's heart didn't understand that the reason why Wu Dehou treated him like this had something to do with his brother Wen Hongzhi.

Last time, because of Wen Hongzhi, Wu Dehou was almost caught by the emperor and lost his life, but fortunately, he only lost his position and did not implicate his family.

Wen had a faint guess in his heart, maybe his brother just wanted to hold Wu Dehou in the palm of his hand and let him use it for himself, but his abacus was not right and was broken, and Wood seemed to know that Wen Hongzhi was involved in this matter, so he was so cold to her during this time.

As soon as he thought of this, Wen's resentment towards his brother increased a lot, if it weren't for him, he and Wu Dehou would definitely still be in love, even if Yuan Qiongyu intervened, she would not have fallen to such a passive position now.

But it's too late to say anything now, Wen Hongzhi's thing has already been done, and now all she can think about is how to save it and bring Wu Dehou's heart back.

She didn't want any more cats and dogs to drill into the Hou Mansion.

It took a long time for Wen's breath to stabilize, but Qu Miaoling didn't observe Wen's face, just listening to her uneven breathing, she knew that Wen's heart must be turning over now, and she didn't bother to disturb her, focusing on talking to the little sisters around her.

Finally, the banquet began, the table and delicious food were all put up, the concubines and princesses also sat down one after another, and the important ministers of the court also slowly walked in and sat down.

Just when everyone was seated, the eunuch outside the door suddenly shouted sharply: "The emperor has arrived, and the queen has arrived." ”

Everyone hurriedly knelt down and shouted continuously: "Long live the emperor, long live, the queen's mother, thousand years old, thousand years old." ”

With a "flat body", everyone stood up.

Qu Miaoling held the hem of her skirt in one hand, but she felt that there seemed to be some piercing gaze above her head, and she faintly raised her head slightly and saw that the queen mother who had been made was looking at her, with an inexplicable look in her eyes, looking a little infiltrating.

Qu Miaoling's face was silent, but her heart was full of turns, she had noticed the queen's hostility towards her early on, but the identities of the two were very different, the other party wanted to make a stumbling block for herself, she couldn't hide if she wanted to, so she could only cover up the water and earth with soldiers.

I don't know how the seats in the palace are arranged, the Wen family is actually separated from Qu Miaoling, and Qu Miaoling's position is still in front of her, which makes Wen's face even more unbearable.

Although she also knows that Qu Miaoling's current identity is not what it used to be, although she was the county lord before, she was not recorded on the royal jade in the end, but now she has entered the temple to worship her ancestors, she is the royal highness of the county lord, and her status is several levels higher than herself, so it is normal to be arranged at the top.

Reason told him that this was the way it should be, but emotion told him that Qu Miaoling's little slut would always ride on his neck in the future, which made Wen how could he swallow this breath.

She was angry, and several noble ladies walked towards her, all with unkind faces, and Wen had a stiff face and wanted to play Tai Chi with them.

"Ouch, isn't this Mrs. Hou? Why didn't your good sister come today? ”

Hearing this noble lady's words, Wen Shi was surprised for a moment, where did she come from her sister?

But Wen's face immediately darkened, she knew, the other party was talking about Yuan Qiongyu.

"Yes, anyway, Yuan Qiongyu is also the daughter of the former general, it's not good if she doesn't come on such a big occasion today."

"Mrs. Wen, since this Yuan Qiongyu has entered your Hou Mansion and you are a sister, you should be kind to others, this woman's biggest taboo is jealousy!" These people were ridiculing her inside and outside the words, where could Wen not hear it, she casually echoed a few words and didn't speak.

But those people didn't let her go.

Just when the Wen family was struggling to deal with it, Qu Miaoling was also dragged away, but it was the concubine Niangniang who called her away.

Although she didn't come to the palace often before, she didn't know a few noble concubines well.

But whoever makes the emperor look at her differently, in the eyes of the concubines, she is a piece of fragrant braised pork, and whoever grabs it and eats it is a great blessing.

Who doesn't want the emperor's mercy?

Although they are not young and have their own sons, if they find such a daughter-in-law for their son, they will not be mothers in vain.

With such thoughts, they were very careful when talking to Qu Miaoling, and they were still asking if Qu Miaoling had a favorite person.

Where can Qu Miaoling tell the truth, it's just a matter of being a snake with them.

"Miao Ling, you're not too young, do you have a fancy son?"

"What nonsense, the most important thing in my daughter's family is the name, isn't it bad for Miao Ling's reputation if you say this!"

Several concubines were still bickering between words, and no one would let anyone.

Qu Miaoling didn't even have a chance to interject, so she could only listen to them with her head down.

Finally, the concubines finished fighting, and when they thought about the matter, they looked at Qu Miaoling and said: "Miaoling, you are at the same age as a flower, you should choose a wishful husband, but your identity is here, where can an ordinary boy get into your eyes?" Let's see, do you have any princes here that you like? ”

Just now, I was secretly probing, but now it has become on the surface.

Qu Miaoling's eyes swept and saw Situ Huaiju, who was sitting in the third position, he was also looking at her, and the eyes of the two collided, crackling and burning.

The concubines didn't see it, but Qu Miaoling was really looking at it seriously.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Miao Ling hasn't finished yet, and it's too early to mention marriage."

All the concubines choked, Qu Miaoling was right, they followed a little girl who didn't have any hair to talk about marriage?

It's ridiculous!

But they don't want Qu Miaoling to marry into another prince's mansion, so they can only have a good relationship with her at present, so that she doesn't have a bad feeling for her son.

Seeing that the topic was back on track: Qu Miaoling's tense expression eased, and they casually started talking, and she followed up to say something that was not.

Wen looked at Qu Miaoling's unusual harmony here, and the jealousy in his heart was about to turn into water.

Why is this Qu Miaoling held by people everywhere she went, but she had to be blamed and ridiculed by everyone.

Looking at the few noble ladies surrounding him, the resentment in Wen's eyes deepened.

Just when Wen was mad with anger, Wen Qing walked over in a shallow step, and she forced those noble ladies away in a few words.

"Ladies, the queen is looking at this, do you still want to talk nonsense?"

The men looked over to where the queen was sitting, and saw that she was indeed looking here.

Everyone hurried away with their heads down, gray.

"Auntie, what's wrong with you? Even these few people can't argue. ”

Wen sighed heavily, she looked at Wen Qingqian as if she saw someone close to her.

"You don't know how sad my aunt's life in the Hou Mansion is during this time, Qu Miaoling, Jiang Jingjing, and the newcomer Yuan Qiongyu, plus the old lady are all targeting me, every day I am in the middle of fire and water, and I am very tormented."

The more Wen said more, the more bitter she became, Wen Qing listened lightly, there was no expression on her face, she just grabbed Wen's arm and whispered: "Auntie, you are thinking about it, the more they treat you badly, you should also fight back strongly!" ”

Seeing that the Wen family was still sullen, Wen Qingqian continued: "My good aunt, no matter what happens, you will boldly let it go, and the Prime Minister will support you, I believe that my father will definitely help you." ”