Lord Zheng of Dali Temple came to ask for someone with Emperor Hengde's edict, and Concubine De naturally had no reason to stop her, so Gu Hengzhou took Shen Bai and Concubine Shu to Chu Yi Pavilion together.

Chu Yige is another important place in the palace in addition to the political hall, if there is something big in the harem, it will also be solved in public.

Lord Zheng had a serious expression, but he didn't explain why he came here, and carefully asked Concubine Shu about the details of how she took Shen Bai from Yingze Palace.

Concubine Shu's answer was no different from that in Zhuangxian Palace.

Shen Bai was speechless, and Lord Zheng only asked her a few questions, Shen Bai wrote down the answer with a pen and paper, and when he was arming, Lord Zheng found that there were still small beads of blood gushing out of the thumb and fingertips of her right hand, and asked suspiciously: "Why is Young Master Shen's hand injured?" ”

Shen Bai shook his head and wrote: Lord Xie cares, and the younger generation is fine.

Why did you get hurt when you were really fine?

Master Zheng kept an eye on it.

Gu Hengzhou handed over the fragments of paper collected in Zhuangxian Palace to Master Zheng, and most of the fragments were burned, leaving only words that were not smooth.

Master Zheng has tried the case in Dali Temple for more than ten years, took a look at the fragments, and then looked at Shen Bai's thumb and moist eyes that were still bleeding out, and the scene of Shen Bai being tortured to extract a confession in Zhuangxian Palace inexplicably appeared in his mind.

Isn't this thumb bitten just to press the handprint?

But the harem has never been allowed to interfere in politics, and although Concubine De is the head of the four concubines, she has no right to lynch the only son of the grand master.

Master Zheng's mind turned around countless times, considering that today was the first day of Emperor Hengde's birthday, everything had to be low-key, and he suppressed his doubts and did not delve into this matter.

The sky was already bright, and it didn't take long for Emperor Hengde to return to the palace with hundreds of officials, since Lord Zheng had finished asking, Gu Hengzhou asked people to send Shen Bai back to Lingzhao Palace, and he personally escorted Concubine Shu back to Zhuangxian Palace, without looking at Shen Bai from beginning to end.

However, his clothes today are good-looking and very majestic, and Shen Bai looked at them a lot without any scruples.

Putting gas into gas, beauty still has to be coveted.

At the moment, the palace sounded a thick and melodious horn everywhere, Emperor Hengde took a hundred officials to participate in the sacrifice to return to the palace, the Xuanwu Gate was wide open, a group of people entered the palace in a mighty way, and the envoys of various countries also went to the council hall under the guidance of the palace people, and displayed congratulatory gifts in public to congratulate Emperor Hengde on his birthday.

After Emperor Hengde passed the eyes, these congratulatory gifts were pulled out of the palace by the Praetorian Guards and walked around the city to show the people in the city how strong the national strength of Zhaoling was, and how much respect these neighboring countries had for the emperor of Zhaoling.

In addition to displaying congratulatory gifts, the envoys of various countries also had to speak a high-sounding official speech with the officials of Zhaoling, and the whole process would take an hour or two, which was actually quite boring.

Shen Bai was most annoyed by such an occasion in his previous life, and finally returned to the time when he was not qualified to mix with these, and after returning to Ling Zhao Palace, he did not hesitate to sleep back.

When she woke up, it was already Shen Shi, Cha Bai waited for her to wash her face, and helped her re-tie her hair, as soon as she finished doing this, someone from the palace came to spread the word, saying that the dinner party was already being prepared, and asked Shen Bai to go to Shen Ruxiu first, so as not to let the family members of all the officials enter the palace for a while, and there will be chaos if there are too many people.

For tonight's birthday banquet, the entire Hanjing people have been looking forward to preparing for more than half a year, and they don't want any chaos.

Shen Bai immediately took Chabai out of Lingzhao Palace, and went directly to Huayi Palace without the palace people to guide him.

Huayi Palace is specially used to hold a major banquet place, covers a vast area, there is a large round platform paved with white jade stone in the middle, there are eight carved dragon jade pillars around the round platform, because of this birthday banquet, each of the eight jade pillars put a bowl of big night pearl, the sky is not dark, the light of the night pearl is not obvious, but along the way, you can see the grand luxury of this banquet everywhere.

In the place directly opposite the round platform, there is a large hall with more than ten steps, the main hall is supported by four huge stone pillars, each stone pillar is wrapped with a four-clawed red gold dragon, the golden dragon tail is below, the dragon body spirals up, at the highest point of the pillar, the majestic dragon head looks sharply at the direction of the round platform, like a dragon descending from the sky, is watching the people who come to participate in the banquet.

The palace people began to arrange the Huayi Palace early in the morning, the tables and stools for the banquet had already been prepared, and simple pastries were placed on the table, but there were still many things to prepare, and the palace people's steps were much larger than usual, but they maintained a uniform smile on their faces, and they did not dare to show the slightest tiredness and anxiety.

Now there is still a long time before the banquet, and the palace people just led Shen Bai to pass by Huayi Palace and went to the Huating Pavilion next to it, where all the officials were waiting.

The palace people took Shen Bai and left, and the families of the hundred officials had not yet arrived, and Shen Bai attracted everyone's attention as soon as he appeared.

The content of the previous album was very strong, although Prime Minister Li Deren ordered the people of the Night Patrol Division to collect and burn the album from door to door, and the contents of the album were also printed in everyone's minds.

These people looked at Shen Bai's eyes with burning eyes, and the meaning contained in them was different, Shen Bai had long been used to this kind of scene, and he didn't feel anything at all, and walked over calmly.

Shen Ruxiu's official position was only below the third duke, and Shen Bai could easily see him and walked straight to him.

Since Shen Bai bit his tongue and was brought into the palace by Wei Ruzhao, Shen Bai has not seen Shen Ruxiu for nearly ten days, and when she sees her again today, she inexplicably feels that her father is indeed a lot haggard, not to mention that there are a lot more folds on his face, and there are a few more silver threads on his sideburns.

However, when Shen Bai died in the previous life, Shen Ruxiu's hair was already completely white, and seeing Shen Ruxiu like this at this time, Shen Bai didn't feel too guilty.

Anyway, her father's hair is white, and there is not much difference between worrying about whiteness for the sake of the country and worrying about whiteness for her.

Shen Ruxiu's face sank like water, his face was tense and he didn't say a word, but he just engraved the word "rebel" on his face.

The others knew that he was in a bad mood, and they were already a little away from him, but now when they saw Shen Bai coming, they stepped back a little more.

Everyone else is retreating, but Li Deren and Jiang Dean have been looking at Shen Bai, both of them have suffered a secret loss at Shen Bai's hands, and now looking at Shen Bai, they only feel that the young man in front of him is scheming, and he is a-stirring stick that should not be underestimated.

Shen Bai had dealt with these two old foxes a lot in his previous life, and he had seen more vicious eyes than this, and he didn't take them seriously, his eyes swept around, and landed on Gu Huaijin who was not far away.

Gu Huaijin's face was not as haggard as Shen Ruxiu, but the whole person looked absent-minded, looking preoccupied, combined with the situation that Lord Zheng of Dali Temple had just talked to him, Shen Bai concluded that Zhao Che had arranged for the assassin to go to the Guogong Mansion last night.

Gu Tingge and Gu Hengzhou are not at home, something happened to the Guogong Mansion, and the second room naturally can't hide behind the big room to enjoy the shade.

Gu Huaijin has been a waiter in the Ministry of Officials for many years, and he has always followed the rules and has not made any mistakes, and of course he has not made any great achievements, so he has not had the opportunity to be promoted for so many years.

Now that he is stuck in a mess at this juncture, Gu Huaijin was so worried that he didn't fall asleep last night.

When Lao Tzu is so sad that he can't sleep, his good son should still have a dream of getting ahead.

As soon as this thought came to Shen Bai's mind, Gu Hengxiu walked into the Huating Pavilion under the guidance of the palace people.

Tonight's banquet is grand but there are also identity restrictions, only the family members of officials above the fifth grade can participate, Gu Huaijin is only from the fifth grade, and he is not qualified to bring his family to the banquet, Emperor Hengde only gave a place in the second room for the sake of the face of the prince of Zhenguo, and Gu Heng is definitely not qualified to participate.

Gu Hengxiu came to the dinner party with a quota, but he was the first to enter the palace with hundreds of officials' families, and he was so anxious that he couldn't hold his breath.

Knowing that all the sons and daughters of the family will be dressed luxuriously tonight, Ye Wanyu also specially cut a new dress for Gu Hengxiu, the clothes are cold and elegant cyan blue, the neckline and cuffs of the clothes are embroidered with silver thread with piping dark lines, low-key and luxurious, and the waist is also decorated with fine mutton fat jade, Gu Hengxiu has not yet reached the crown, nor has he achieved fame, he has not tied his hair with a jade crown, and his black hair is only tied with a hairband.

I am going to a banquet today, Gu Hengxiu is radiant, his eyes are three points brighter than usual, and the whole person looks radiant, without the weakness and sickness of some time ago.

The palace people led Gu Hengxiu here and left, Shen Bai kept staring at Gu Hengxiu and didn't let go, Gu Hengxiu sensed her gaze and looked up.

Not far away, the eyes of the two briefly collided in the air, Gu Hengxiu hooked his lips slightly, and then looked away and walked to Gu Huaijin's side.

After Gu Hengxiu stood still, the children of other families also arrived one after another, the young people were full of vitality, after they arrived, Huating Pavilion was lively, these people were basically students of Tai Academy, and Shen Bai was also a classmate, they each talked for a while, and their eyes all glanced at Shen Bai involuntarily.

Shen Bai's eyes were gloomy and looked at the sky pretending to be deep, and after a while, Zhou Jue and Jiang Yinglou walked in one after the other.

Zhou Deshan was ordered to take the people from the captain's battalion and the people from the night patrol division to strengthen the patrol in the city, Gu Tingge and Gu Hengzhou also had tasks to do, Zhou Jue came in to take a look, and walked straight towards Shen Bai.

There is nothing taboo for him to talk to Shen Bai in private, and he still behaves in front of Shen Ruxiu, and first salutes Shen Ruxiu: "My father can't come to the banquet, let the juniors follow Uncle Shen tonight, the juniors must be obedient and never cause trouble to Uncle Shen." ”

After a trip to Donghengguo, Zhou Jue looked a lot more stable, Shen Ruxiu had a good impression of Zhou Jue, and said softly with a relaxed face: "Okay." ”

With permission, Zhou Jue stood next to Shen Bai and poked her vigorously with his eyes.

Shen Bai rolled his eyes when he saw it, Jiang Yinglou just walked in front of Shen Bai, seeing this white eye, Jiang Yinglou took a pause, his eyes slid from Shen Bai's face to his waist, and then he licked his lower lip quickly, and the tails of his eyes were slightly raised, as if he pinched Shen Bai's waist with his eyes.

Shen Bai's eyes narrowed slightly, and Zhou Jue also obviously felt that Jiang Yinglou's eyes were wrong, his brows furrowed, and secretly said that the young master of the Jiang family would not also be infected with any problems, right?

With so many people watching, Jiang Yinglou was sure that Shen Bai didn't dare to do anything, and after reading Shen Bai, he walked to Jiang De'an's side, Zhou Jue looked at him twice, and then took a step back and whispered in Chabai's ear: "Did your young master bite his tongue and bite himself into a dumb body?" ”

All the children of the family did not bring maids or servants into the palace, Cha Bai stood beside Shen Bai and received a lot of strange glances, very uncomfortable, did not dare to talk to Zhou Jue, lowered his head and shook his head.

Zhou Jue didn't give up, and wanted to ask again, but Shen Bai grabbed his shoulders, and the two brothers raised their eyebrows at him, and warned silently: Don't tease the master's maid.

Zhou Jue also saw the album, and his heart was very upset, so he hurriedly pushed Shen Bai away, and said with a disgusted face: "If you have something to say, stay away from the master, don't move your hands and feet!" ”

Shen Bai: "......"

Do you think the master wants to do something to you?

Shen Bai snorted disdainfully as a rebuttal, Zhou Jue had never seen Shen Bai so quiet, knowing that she was probably so injured that she couldn't speak, and had the idea of teasing again, and asked Shen Bai with a smile: "Open your mouth and let the master see what your tongue bites into, don't be dumb or stutter in the future, right?" ”

You are the stammer, and you will be the one in the next life!

Shen Bai slandered, Wu Shouxin came out of nowhere, took out a thumb-sized porcelain bottle and handed it to Shen Bai: "I heard that you hurt your tongue, this is the wound medicine I asked someone to find, I have asked the imperial doctor to check it, they are all good medicinal materials, maybe it can help you recover faster." ”

Look at how people are people!

Shen Bai took the porcelain vase without hesitation, took it to Zhou Jue and shook it, Zhou Jue looked at Wu Shouxin suspiciously and asked, "Didn't you always fight when you were in Tai Academy?" Why is the relationship so good now? ”

Wu Shouxin smiled gently: "Brother Bai and I have already released our suspicions, and in the future, if anyone bullies Brother Bai in the Tai Academy, they will not be able to get along with me." ”

Zhou Jue's face was expressionless, and he inexplicably felt that Wu Shouxin's "Brother Bai" was a little disgusting.

Shen Bai couldn't speak, Wu Shouxin sent the medicine and returned to Wu Zhongyi to stand beside him, the children of all families came soon, and the other family members also arrived at the waiting area.

At the moment, the bell rang in the palace to signal, and immediately someone from the palace came to invite the hundred officials to take their families to the table and wait.

Everyone went from Huating Pavilion to Huayi Palace according to their ranks, and sat down in turn.

The envoys also have female dependents, and it is not good to separate them from the Zhaoling female dependents to sit together, so today's dinner party is the same table for men and women, with the male guests in front and the female relatives in the back, and they sit down in turn, and there is a palace lady at each table to help pour wine and cloth dishes.

According to the rank, Shen Bai and Zhou Jue happened to sit in the first row with Shen Ruxiu, and the tables opposite were all empty, obviously specially reserved for the envoys.

After the hundred officials and their families were basically seated, the palace people led the envoys to the table.

Walking in the front was Hanchen, he was wearing the gorgeous clothes that he had worn exclusively for the high priest when he was in Dongheng Kingdom, the sky was getting darker, the night pearl on the round platform in the middle was faintly shiny, and the flamingo pattern on his clothes also exuded a faint red dark glow.

The Night Pearl was given to Zhaoling by Dong Hengguo in his early years, but at this time, it seemed to echo the clothes on his body.

Donghengguo is the earliest and best relationship with Zhaoling among several neighboring countries, although only Hanchen came to celebrate his birthday, and the seat is also at the front.

Behind Hanchen is the envoy group of Nanxiang Kingdom, the national strength of Nanxiang Kingdom is actually slightly stronger than that of Dongheng Kingdom, their national territory is near the sea, rich in aquatic products, there are many rivers in the territory, waterway transportation is developed, and business activities are very smooth, this time it is Murong Qi, the eldest prince of Nanxiang Kingdom, and Luo Li, the eldest princess of Nanxiang Kingdom, who came to congratulate Emperor Hengde on his birthday.

The monarch of Nanxiang is much older than Emperor Hengde, and after attending Emperor Hengde's birthday banquet this time, Murong Qi will take over the position of monarch of Nanxiang Kingdom, which can be regarded as an experience before he succeeds to the throne.

In addition to the accompanying guards, Murong Qi also brought four young people with good temperament, if nothing else, these four people will be Murong Qi's trusted advisers in the future, this time I brought them here, first, to test their ability, and secondly, I also wanted them to see the current situation of Zhaoling and find out the details.

After Murong Qi and Luo Li were the envoys of Yuexi.

Yuexi is a barbarian land, the national strength is much worse than that of Donghengguo, and it often intrudes on the Zhaoling border pass, if it is not for the king of Hu Xuan to come to congratulate him on his birthday, the position will definitely be in the back row.

Ku Xuan brought twenty-eight guards, and a princess of Hu Yuelan, Hu Yuelan didn't even have a personal maid by her side, she wore a veil, changed into a dress with Zhaoling characteristics and followed Hu Xuan quietly, followed by two Zhaoling palace ladies, at first glance, it looked more like Emperor Hengde chose a beautiful woman from Zhaoling to give to Hu Xuan.

Behind the Yuexi Kingdom is the Beiling Kingdom, the Beiling Kingdom was split from the Eastern Heng Kingdom a few years ago, and has just stabilized, this is the first time to go to Zhaoling, trying to establish friendly relations with Zhaoling, but I didn't expect Hanchen to come to Hengde Emperor on behalf of the East Heng Kingdom to congratulate Emperor Hengde, and the envoys of the Beiling Kingdom lowered their heads and embellished them at the end, for fear of being noticed by the high priest Hanchen.

The envoys also quickly sat down, and the palace people quickly served wine, and after a while, the eunuch of the palace shouted: "Your Majesty has arrived!" The Queen Mother, Concubine De, and Concubine Lady are here! Uncle Guo, His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Second Highness, His Royal Highness the Third Highness, and His Fourth Highness have arrived! ”

As soon as the sound fell, everyone stood up and shouted according to the rules and etiquette: "Greetings to Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Hengde and the Queen Mother walked into Huayi Palace hand in hand, Concubine De and Concubine Shu followed side by side, and Wei Ruzhao and Zhao Che were followed by Zhao Xian, Zhao Li, and Zhao Chou.

The group was all dressed in luxurious costumes, and the jade on their bodies reflected a sparkling luster against the bright lights, all showing the royal dignity and majesty.

At the same time, the palace people of the Si Music Bureau played solemn and majestic music, which was not much different from the battle when Emperor Hengde succeeded to the throne.

Emperor Hengde and the Queen Mother slowly walked to the top of the main hall and sat down, and the others also sat down one after another.

The music stopped, and a beautiful palace lady wearing a thin dress and holding a lamp quickly ran to the steps in front of the main hall and knelt down, and the master of ceremonies of the music bureau shouted: "Please Your Majesty light the sky lantern, may Your Majesty be blessed with the sky, and live with the sky!" ”

The palace people sent the candles, and the palace lady carefully walked up to the hall with the lamp in her hand and sent the lamp to Emperor Hengde.

Emperor Hengde lit the lamp, and Gong E helped hold the lampshade, and after burning for a while, Gong E let go, and the sky lantern slowly rose into the air.

Everyone shouted in unison: "May Your Majesty be blessed with heaven, longevity and heaven!" ”

However, as soon as the words fell, the sky lantern, which had just risen to mid-air, suddenly went out, and the lantern swayed and fell to the ground.

Dead silence in the room!