Soon it was time for Su Linghao to come back, and on the day he came back, Sikong Mubai and the crown prince both went to the gate of the imperial city to greet him.

This majestic appearance is rare for many years, and it is enough to see the joy in the emperor's heart now.

"General Su Xiao is back now, it is the end of the year, but it is really a pleasant thing, my father has set up a palace banquet in the palace, just waiting to welcome you, General Su Xiao, please follow us." Sikong Mubai said with a smile while making a gesture of invitation to Su Linghao.

However, Su Linghao was very familiar with it and patted him on the shoulder twice.

"Your Royal Highness is still so polite, I haven't seen you for so long, I don't know if you're okay here?" Su Linghao pulled Sikong Mubai as he spoke, and walked straight towards the imperial city, just saying hello to the prince.

Needless to say, everyone can see who this little general of the Su family is more familiar with.

The prince followed the two of them, and it was clear that his status was the highest, but now he was the one who was ignored, and the most important thing was that no one had reminded him, which made him in a very embarrassing situation.

The prince wanted to interject between the two of them several times, but when the two of them were talking, the intimacy was so close, and the prince didn't know what he could say to them after thinking about it.

It can be regarded as arriving at the gate of the palace, and the prince finally had the opportunity to turn his head and look at Su Linghao and said, "Please": "Today's palace banquet was organized by the queen mother herself, and it took a lot of effort, let's see if you are satisfied." ”

The palace banquet organized by the queen mother herself, even if she is not satisfied, then you have to say that she is satisfied, when Su Linghao heard this, he hurriedly nodded and said yes.

But I have to say that today's palace banquet is really grand, probably to gamble with the concubine, so the queen requires them to do everything as well as flawlessly.

After Su Linghao and the prince just said a few words, they turned their gaze back to Sikong Mubai.

As soon as the prince had not spoken a word to Su Linghao, he saw that he had started talking to Sikong Mubai again, and the feeling in his heart almost made him crazy.

However, the palace banquet soon began, and Su Linghao also sat in the place where he should be sitting.

As the crown prince, he sits closest to the emperor, at the foot of the steps, above everyone, which is enough to show that the prince's current status is above ten thousand people under one person.

"General Su Xiao is back today, I am very happy, this palace banquet is specially set up to welcome the return of General Su Xiao, it is the time of the New Year, and General Su Xiao is just able to have a good year when he comes back." As he spoke, the emperor raised the wine glass in his hand.

When everyone saw the emperor raise his wine glass, they also raised their wine glasses and toasted Su Linghao with the emperor.

Su Linghao stood up a little flattered, holding the wine glass in his hand with both hands, and looked at the emperor with a happy face: "The emperor raises love, and Weichen will live up to his mission." ”

Su Zhiyuan just sat there, quietly looking at Su Linghao's high-spirited appearance, with a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth.

She originally had a lot of things she wanted to say to Su Linghao, but at this moment, with so many people, she knew that it was a little inconvenient, forget it, let's talk about it after returning home.

Left, Su Linghao wants to live a good year in the mansion.

In the end, the emperor is old, but after drinking a few glasses of wine, he feels a little dizzy.

"I'm a little unwell today, and I'm not strong enough to drink, so please take care of yourself." The emperor stood up as he spoke, and the big eunuch beside him immediately understood and helped the emperor up.

Seeing that the emperor's body was a little uncomfortable, the queen immediately got up and said that she would accompany the emperor back.

"The queen doesn't need to, you can stay and take care of all the Aiqing here for me." The emperor glanced at the queen as he spoke, and then at the people below and said.

The emperor has already said so, if the queen still insists on leaving, it is really a little too much.

The queen could only stand up, answer "yes", and then deal with the ministers below for the emperor.

She originally thought that the concubine would accompany the emperor back to the palace, but she didn't expect the emperor to leave the concubine here alone, which made the queen's heart feel a lot more comfortable.

The emperor has already left, and it is not interesting for everyone to stay here, so they said a few words casually, and after chatting with Su Linghao for a few words, they all got up and wanted to leave.

The queen herself didn't like to deal with these people, and when she saw that they were all leaving, after a few polite words, she ordered the palace people to send them out one by one.

Su Linghao is the protagonist of today, he waited for everyone to be almost gone before he got up and said goodbye to the queen.

However, just before he finished his farewell, he saw a palace man hurriedly walking to the queen's side, and he didn't know what to say in her ear.

When the queen heard this, her face changed suddenly.

Thinking that something big had happened in the harem, Sikong Mubai and Su Zhiyuan glanced at each other, and they both saw a bit of solemnity in each other's eyes.

However, after the queen lost her mind for a moment, the corners of her mouth hooked up a sneer, which made Su Zhiyuan a little unpredictable.

However, things in the harem are never something that can be guessed just by looking at it, and after thinking about it slightly, Su Zhiyuan put this matter aside.

However, not long after the two of them said goodbye to the queen, they heard about what had just happened.

"I heard that when His Majesty came back just now, he met a show girl on the road, so he spoiled the show girl, and now he is ready to make that show girl a palace concubine." Someone was whispering about it.

In this harem, if you can be favored by the emperor, it is a great honor, not only to be able to survive, but also to become a phoenix.

So not long after this incident happened, it had already spread throughout the harem, and many palace maids wondered why this lucky person couldn't be herself.

"I think when we were going to leave today, the queen's face changed suddenly, just for this matter." Su Zhiyuan listened to the palace maids chatting and gossiping, and said with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

The queen has just recovered from the grounding, and now she has encountered such a thing again, how can she not be annoyed?

But Su Zhiyuan was still a little worried about Yun Ge in his heart, and Yun Ge's situation in this harem was only more difficult than that of the queen.

"You can rest assured, although this concubine has been completely forgotten by the emperor now, but no matter what, she is just a concubine, there are many things in this harem that need the queen to come forward, if she doesn't like these things, she can live well without looking at them or asking." Sikong Mubai knew that Su Zhiyuan was starting to worry about Yun Ge again, so he couldn't help but say.

Now the only person in this palace who can touch Su Zhiyuan's heart is only Yun Ge.

"I know, you don't have to comfort me like this anymore, it's not a big deal, you still comfort me like this every day, which makes me a little embarrassed." Su Zhiyuan said as he looked up at Sikong Mubai and smiled sweetly.

It's not early today, and I'm embarrassed to disturb Su Linghao after I go back, so Su Zhiyuan has a lot of words, so I can only stay until a few days later, and then talk about it when he is sober.

However, on the second day, some such words were circulated in the palace.

"This queen is old and decrepit, Your Majesty will spoil these palace maids, look at these concubines in the palace recently, which one is not younger and more beautiful than the queen?" A palace maid said when she was sprinkling and sweeping.

Although it was said in a whisper, when these words reached the queen's ears, it was only half a day.

The queen had just gotten up in the morning, and before she could dress up, she looked at herself in the mirror, yes, she had long lost the beauty she had when she was young.

When Ah Qiu brought over the grooming things, the queen suddenly stared sideways at the rouge gouache that Ah Qiu brought in.

"Is Hongu that old now? Do you need to use these pompous rouge gouaches to hide the aging look on your face? The queen looked at the rouge gouache viciously, as if she had seen some enemy.

Ah Qiu was taken aback by the queen's appearance: "Queen Mother, these things have always been what you are used to, and they have never changed." ”

However, Ah Qiu's words were useless, the queen was still staring at those things viciously, eager to throw them all away.

"Queen Mother, I think it's the rumors outside that have provoked you, in fact, you don't have to care at all, you are the lord of the six palaces, the mistress of the world, the mother of the world, no one can change it." As she spoke, Ah Qiu timidly walked to the queen's side, ready to groom her.

But the queen pushed Ah Qiu away.

She pointed to herself in the mirror, the bronze mirror could not see the human face very clearly, but she could see the wrinkles on her face and the whiteness of her temples.

"You spend one or two hours a day grooming the palace, but the fine lines at the corners of the eyes and eyebrows in the palace, you may be able to cover the palace? The white hair on the sideburns of this palace, you can't hide it all for this palace, to put it bluntly, this mother's ceremony in the world is just a good name, and if you lose the emperor's favor, this palace is nothing in this harem. The queen sneered and looked at herself in the mirror and said.

Ah Qiu didn't know how the queen suddenly became like this today, but she had vaguely heard the words of the palace ladies in the long street.

Except for Mama Chang, only Ah Qiu has been with the queen for the longest time, and she is also the palace maid who knows the queen's heart the most.

At this moment, Ah Qiu didn't care about the coldness on the ground, and knelt on the ground with a thud.

"Queen Mother, everyone will age, Your Majesty has reached this age now, so many years have passed between you and Your Majesty, what you see is no longer appearance, but the love of mutual affection and common hardship for so many years." Ah Qiu looked at the queen cautiously and said.

She knows what she says to the queen now, and the queen will only think that she is just coaxing her, so she simply comes to play an emotional card, maybe it will be useful?

However, when she heard this, the queen suddenly held her cheek and laughed.

"The love of each other, the love of common suffering, do you see that Your Majesty cares about these in his heart? All he cares about is those young and beautiful concubines, and Concubine Yun Guifei, who has been favored for so many years, once said that she forgot it, these women in the harem can do whatever she wants, but what she should never think about is the emperor's sincerity. The queen sneered and looked at herself in the mirror and said.

She hates it so much now, she hates those palace maids and those show girls, if there are no show girls, I am afraid that there will be more warmth between her and the emperor, but since they entered the palace, the emperor is afraid that he has long since forgotten the feelings between the two of them.

"Queen Mother, you better hurry up and dress up, this show girl was favored by His Majesty yesterday, and today I want to come to Fengyi Palace to greet you, if you look like this, you can't see them." Ah Qiu cautiously reminded her beside the queen.

Although I know that letting the current queen go to see the show girl is tantamount to a huge blow to her, but it can't be seen either.

When the queen heard this, she sneered twice, and she glanced at the hourglass under the porch.