Chapter 286: State Banquet
Chunru and Bai Meng both lowered their heads and chuckled, but there were many people present waiting for Zhou Xinzhi to have a problem.
Zhou Xinzhi's back was full of cold sweat at the moment, and she pursed her lips: "Back to the emperor, the minister is just thinking about the plague, after all, if this matter is not completely solved for a day, the minister will not be comfortable for a day!" ”
"I have already sent someone to investigate this matter, Xinzhi, you can stay at ease today, rest assured, everything in this city is under my nose." Emperor Xuanjing raised his eyebrows and spoke.
Emperor Xuanjing's words sounded like he was comforting Zhou Xinzhi, but the few princes present understood that the emperor was beating himself, and Empress Jiang's face turned even pale.
"In this way, the minister will be relieved." Zhou Xinzhi blessed her body, she raised her head, and a pair of eyes were shining at the emperor's gaze.
When the emperor heard Li Jinyu's words, he laughed twice: "Recently, you and the second child have made a lot of efforts, and I feel that it is the end of the year, so I have prepared these for you."
As he spoke, the emperor raised his hand and motioned for the eunuch beside him to bring something up.
Zhou Xinzhi didn't expect the emperor to give her a reward, and she was stunned for a while, but Qin Qianyu stood up and came to Zhou Xinzhi's side, dragged her and knelt down all of a sudden: "Father Xie." ”
Chunru's face was a little ugly when she sat in the crowd, her fingers on her knees kept tightening, and her eyes became cold, what kind of ability did Xinzhi have this week, which made Qin Qianyu so fascinated!
Fortunately, nothing went wrong next, and the two of them returned to their positions safely, because of Zhou Xinzhi's identity, so naturally they couldn't sit with Qin Qianyu, at this moment she could only sit obediently next to Zhou Bilian, listening to Zhou Bilian's babbling speech with some irritability.
"The second brother is really a blessing." Qin Shuyu chuckled, he picked up his wine glass and touched Qin Qianyu's wine glass.
These few trips have made Qin Shuyu look a lot thinner, the plague at the border has not been completely dealt with, and Qin Shuyu only stayed for a day or two when he came back this time and left.
Qin Chaoyue chuckled, his gaze swept over Zhou Xinzhi opposite, and his fingers kept tapping on the table, as if he had something in his heart.
The atmosphere between the three of them suddenly became tense, Qin Shuyu lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking, but Qin Chaoyue pursed his mouth and greeted the people around him.
"I want to go out for a walk." Halfway through the banquet, there was a sudden heavy snow outside, Zhou Xinyi had no intention of taking it in the house, she turned her head sideways to look at the heavy snow outside the window, hesitated for a while and secretly said to Qiaocui.
Qiao Cui looked out the window and then at Zhou Xinzhi, hesitated for a while, but fortunately, no one was looking at them now, and the two of them discussed a few words and found an excuse to slip out.
The snow outside was not small, and the buildings in the entire palace were covered flutteringly, and Zhou Xinzhi gathered the small shirt on his body.
"County Lord, do you want to go and sit over there, I see that there are few people over there, and I'm afraid it's a little eye-catching for us to stand here." Qiao Cui raised her hand and pointed to the pavilion not far away, now the place where they are standing is a junction, this maid comes and goes, it would not be good if someone with a heart said a few words.
Zhou Xinzhi blinked, raised her eyebrows and nodded: "Let's go." ”
The snow fell silently on Zhou Xinzhi's shoulders, wetting the clothes on her shoulders, Zhou Xinzhi pursed her lips, and the pace under her feet was much faster.
"Sister, why don't you call me when you come out!" Zhou Bilian's voice came from behind the two of them, her brows furrowed slightly, and her eyes were full of sly smiles.
Zhou Bilian came with Qin Qianyu today, she wore a lake blue shirt today, she looked very flattering at the moment, Zhou Xinzhi raised her hand and rubbed her temples a little impatiently, but the pace under her feet was getting faster and faster.
"Sister, slow down, what are you doing in such a hurry!" Zhou Bilian's coquettish voice came, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.
"What are you doing here, isn't it warm enough in the house? You have to come out with me! Zhou Xinzhi originally wanted to come out to breathe, who would have thought that Zhou Bilian would follow, and for a while, the snow scene that was still refreshing was meaningless at the moment.
Zhou Bilian licked the corners of her lips and pursed her lips unhappily, she was not angry, she kept her head down and followed Zhou Xinzhi, and she also accelerated her pace when Zhou Xinzhi walked fast.
"What the hell is going on with you?" Zhou Xinzhi finally didn't hold back, she blinked, stopped, stared at Zhou Bilian and said helplessly.
Zhou Bilian smiled, she grabbed Zhou Xinzhi's arm flatteringly: "Sister, I told you before that I want to take my mother over, this year is coming, how lonely my mother is in the town alone!" ”
"What does it have to do with me if she is lonely, if you want to take it, don't live with us, I'll give you the opportunity to choose." Zhou Xinzhi snorted coldly, she reached out and pulled out her arm, there was no warmth in her eyes.
Zhou Bilian never thought that Zhou Xinzhi would refuse herself so simply again, she blinked, seeing that tears were about to fall. Fly Lu
Zhou Xinzhi didn't eat this, she shook off Zhou Bilian's arm and strode towards the plum garden not far away.
At this moment, most of the people in the palace are in the banquet hall, and this plum garden is empty at the moment, and there is no one there, Zhou Xinzhi finally found peace, and her irritable heart has relaxed a lot at this moment.
Zhou Bilian has been following Zhou Xinzhi, she just thought about thinking about Zhou Xinzhi at first, but when she saw Zhou Xinzhi sitting in the plum garden, a plan suddenly came up in her heart.
"Who's there?" Just when Zhou Xinzhi was in a daze, a man's voice suddenly came from the entrance of the plum garden.
Zhou Xinzhi frowned, and hurriedly pulled her sleeves to cover her face: "Who is it?" ”
"Now that everyone in the palace has gone to the banquet hall, what are you doing here?" The man got closer, and his voice became clearer.
Zhou Xinzhi was stunned for a moment, only to realize that the person who came turned out to be the emperor.
The emperor was a little drunk at the moment, and he was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhou Xinzhi, probably because he didn't expect to meet Zhou Xinzhi here: "What are you doing here?" ”
"See the Emperor." Zhou Xinzhi hurriedly leaned down, who knew that the emperor would also appear here.
Emperor Xuanjing waved his hand, he obviously didn't pay attention to Zhou Xinzhi, all his attention was on a red plum next to him.
"Then the emperor ......" Zhou Xinzhi retreated backwards, her eyebrows and eyes were cold, and her feet moved towards the direction of the door little by little.
"Ahh Just when Zhou Xinzhi was about to leave, Zhou Bilian suddenly ran out of the darkness and hit Zhou Xinzhi's body hard.
Zhou Xinzhi didn't have a focus under her feet, her body shook, and she accidentally fell on the red plum that the emperor noticed.
Hongmei was originally waiting to be released, but she didn't expect Zhou Xinzhi's body to smash over, it trembled twice, and then broke off from the root.
The red petals drifted in the air twice, and finally landed on Zhou Xinzhi's body, making Zhou Xinzhi's skin even fairer.
"Sister, sister, what's wrong with you, why are you so careless!" Zhou Bilian's voice sounded in the dark, the chatter was annoying, Zhou Xinzhi rubbed her temples impatiently, and stood up on Qiaocui's support.
The emperor was staring at the red plum petals scattered on the ground at the moment, his cold face was cold, his fingers hanging by his side were constantly tightening, and his eyes were full of commands.
"Zhou Xinzhi!" Emperor Xuanjing's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth, and he didn't raise his head, but the coldness in his body made several people present tremble.
Zhou Bilian also felt that something was wrong with the emperor, she gritted her teeth and came to Zhou Xinzhi's side, and her tears fell down all of a sudden: "Sister, why are you, why are you so careless!" ”
"Shut up!" Zhou Xinzhi lowered her voice and turned her head sideways and scolded Zhou Bilian, when this is brainless, is it time to say this!
Sure enough, the emperor's face was even more ugly, his gaze swept over the two people, and his displeasure was obvious.
"Your Majesty, this flower ......" Zhou Xinzhi didn't know what the meaning of this red plum was, so she didn't know what to say to make up for her mistakes, and at this moment she was all angry with Zhou Bilian in her heart.
Zhou Bilian didn't dare to say anything, she swallowed her saliva, and the arm holding Zhou Xinzhi loosened a lot.
"Zhou Xinzhi, why are you so careless! You don't know this thing...... This thing ......" The emperor's voice was a little choked, and he turned his head sideways, his black eyes full of coldness.
Zhou Xinzhi bit her lower lip, her eyes rolled twice, and she quickly thought of countermeasures in her heart.
The movement here alarmed the people patrolling outside, and soon, the entire plum garden was crowded with a lot of people, Zhou Xinzhi knew that it was her own problem anyway, so she knelt quietly and did not speak.
"It's really a wild girl raised outside, why are you so careless, this flower is the emperor's favorite, Zhou Xinzhi, I'm afraid it's going to be over." Chunru's schadenfreude voice sounded behind Zhou Xinzhi, and at this moment the voices were noisy, and everyone couldn't hear Chunru's words.
Zhou Xinzhi raised her head and glanced at Chunru, her heart was full of sneers, the emperor scolded her twice at most, some punishments that did not hurt her bones, as for killing her, after all, those two political achievements were there.
The emperor was cold, his eyes were lowered, and he didn't say a word.
Zhou Bilian, who was on the side, blinked her eyes, and suddenly cried: "Sister, I didn't expect you to be powerful at home, and you don't know the rules so much when you come to the palace, I advised you not to come here, why don't you listen to me!" ”