Soon, the Shangyuan Festival arrived, and palace lamps were hung in front of the gates of large and small palaces in the palace, and the door gods were pasted.

Outside the palace is a lively scene, the flags in the city are dancing, and the streets are full of children. The bucket handle returns to Yin, and ten thousand households sing and do fun; And they rejoiced.

Du Ruosheng also changed into a gorgeous dress early in the morning and prepared to welcome the palace banquet in the evening.

After the Shangyuan Festival, she can return to Dongchuan, and she feels a lot more comfortable when she thinks of this.

"Senior sister!" Du Ruosheng had just put it on and was putting it on in front of the bronze mirror, when suddenly a familiar voice came into his ears, and when he looked back, a young man with beautiful eyebrows and eyes and a lively spirit stood not far away.

"Xu Ling! How did you get back here? When she saw Xu Ling, Du Ruosheng was surprised, she never expected Xu Ling to appear in the palace.

"Uncle Shi brought me into the palace." Xu Lingxi smiled, and he could see that his joy could not be concealed.

When Du Ruosheng saw him, he was also happy in his heart, and with a smile on his face, he got up and walked towards Xu Ling.

As soon as he walked to Xu Ling's side, Yan Qinghan also walked in from the inner hall, and seeing Du Ruosheng's happy appearance, he knew that it was indeed a good decision to let Xu Ling enter the palace.

"The concubine has seen the emperor." Hearing Du Ruosheng's greeting, Xu Ling turned his head to look at the man in front of him who was dressed in a black robe and surrounded by golden dragons, it turned out that he was the king of a country, and when he thought that he had spoken disrespectfully to him when he was in the light of Xiao everywhere, Xu Ling became a little nervous.

"Why, I really let you see your senior sister, are you still so unhappy?" Yan Qing asked in a cold voice.

"No, I'm very happy, the emperor can let Xu Ling see the emperor, Xu Ling is grateful." Du Ruosheng heard the nervousness in Xu Ling's tone, and said to Yan Qinghan with disgust, "Your Majesty, don't scare Xu Ling." ”

"Your senior sister is really protecting you!" Yan Qing said coldly.

Xu Ling looked at his senior sister in front of him, and then looked at Yan Qinghan, it turned out that the thing that the senior sister was busy with was to enter the palace and become the emperor's concubine, although he couldn't understand the reason for this, but he also understood that his senior sister's identity at this moment was not as good as before.

"Okay, you are here to accompany your senior sister, and when the palace banquet is in a while, I will come to look for you again." After Yan Qinghan instructed, he left.

After Yan Qinghan left, Xu Ling looked at Du Ruosheng again, Du Ruosheng was dressed in a black and red satin robe, embroidered with a phoenix pattern, extremely luxurious, "Senior sister, when did you enter the palace and become the emperor's wife?" ”

The doubts in my heart still kept asking.

"Hmm... It was a long time ago, Xu Ling is still young, and many things are still not understood, and when you grow up, your senior sister will slowly inform you, okay? Du Ruosheng patiently explained.

"Niangniang, who is this child?" Luo Yu, who was standing on the side, was confused by the sudden appearance of Xu Ling, and he didn't understand why Xu Ling's name for Du Ruosheng was so strange.

"I'll talk about this later, it's just that I'm always a very important person to this palace." Du Ruosheng said lightly.

"Luoyu, you go outside and see what else you have to prepare, you don't need to wait in the hall for the time being."

Subsequently, Luoyu walked out of the dormitory, and only Du Ruosheng and Xu Ling were left in the hall.

"Xu Ling, senior sister asked you, did your senior uncle follow you into the palace? Are the disciples of Qingxiao okay? Xu Ling appeared in the palace, presumably this must have a lot to do with Xiaoyi, and now only Xu Ling can answer the doubts in her heart.

"Uncle Shi said that the emperor invited us to the palace to participate in the palace banquet, as Master's family, Uncle Shi should be staying with Master now."

Sure enough, as she expected, but Du Ruosheng still didn't understand what Xiaoyi's actions meant, was it really just for Xu Ling, or if he had something to discuss with Chen Yi, this question made her feel more doubtful.

"Since you have entered the palace, you have to stay by your sister's side all the time, if your sister is not there, you should stay by your master's uncle's side obediently, remember not to run around!" There are a lot of fish and dragons in this palace, Xu Ling just entered the palace like this, Du Ruosheng is still a little worried in his heart, if he meets Lu Lan or Fang Lanzhi's people, I am afraid that something will happen.

"Xu Ling remembers, senior sister rest assured, Xu Ling will take care of herself."

Du Ruosheng nodded, she still believed in Xu Ling's cleverness.

Soon, the palace banquet was about to start, Yan Qinghan came as scheduled, Xu Ling was also taken down to find Xiao Yi Chenyi, when Xu Ling left, Du Ruosheng was still a little worried.

The two went to Chengyuan Hall together, and on the way, Yan Qinghan held her hand tightly and relieved her:

"Don't worry, it'll be fine."

Du Ruosheng nodded slightly, "The situation in the palace is complicated, he is not by my side, I am indeed a little worried." ”

"You've really done your best for this junior brother." Yan Qing said coldly.

"He lost his father and mother since he was a child, I am not only a senior sister to him, but there is no female apprentice in Qingxiao, he is still young and lacks his mother's love, so he will rely on me a little."

Speaking of this, Du Ruosheng's eyes flickered, Yan Qinghan knew that she had remembered the past again, and listened to her quietly, without saying more, when the two arrived at the Chengyuan Palace, the ministers and family members were already seated, waiting for the two.

When Yan Qinghan and Du Ruosheng approached the Chengyuan Palace, everyone greeted in unison: "See the emperor and the queen." "Let's search for books

Xu Ling under the seat knew at this time that the senior sister in front of him was actually the noble queen mother, and his little heart was indeed affected a lot, and the two people walking on the long road at this moment were so dazzling and noble, and the momentum was compelling, so that people did not dare to look up.

And Du Ruosheng saw Xu Ling sitting quietly next to Xiaoyi in the banquet, and she was relieved.

After Yan Qinghan and Du Ruosheng slowly ascended to the main seat of the high platform, the Queen Mother Lu Lan also entered the palace.

There was another respectful voice in the hall: "See the Queen Mother!" ”

Lu Lan was wearing a black Huajin palace dress, and the red border on the neckline was particularly gorgeous. The outer batch is a bright red floor-sweeping robe, the neckline and sleeves are embroidered with gold thread auspicious clouds, the whole onion finger is wearing armor made of cold jade, inlaid with several pigeon's blood rubies, carved into the shape of Manzhu Sahua, beautiful and incomparable.

The beautiful appearance shows no signs of aging, and she is still very good. A long hair was pulled up, combed into a loose Flying Star Moon bun with an ivory carved comb, and two red gold cloisonné warm jade fire phoenix pearl hairpins were inserted, and thin mutton fat white jade tassels hung down, showing gorgeous honor.

Chen Yi under the table is so close to his father-killer for the first time in many years, looking at her arrogant appearance, the hand under Chen Yi's table is tightly clenched into a fist, Xiao Yi obviously noticed Chen Yi's change, and secretly held Chen Yi's wrist under the table, signaling him to calm down.

The Empress Dowager Lu Lan slowly walked to her place and sat on the side of the emperor, the concubine Fang Lanzhi also sat down early in the morning, wearing a milky white satin skirt mixed with bright red with a peony flower pattern, irregularly made with many gold and silver lines of snow beaver fluff, a colored chain on the waist or string or inlaid or embedded with many treasures and strange things, gorgeous and dazzling, covered with purple and black inlaid with gold edges, slightly mixed with light yellow lines of brocade robes to cover up the beauty of the skirt, today Fang Lanzhi is not as showy as usual.

However, she looked at Du Ruosheng with a look that was still full of jealousy, and Du Ruosheng also looked at her, her eyes were cold, as if she was warning this Fang Lanzhi something, but Fang Lanzhi didn't understand what it meant.

After the palace banquet began, the banquet was lively and vulgar, singing and dancing were leveled, and the sleeves were fluttering; The bell rings and the chime is struck, and the music is melodious. The sandalwood lit on the pedestal was smoky. The sound of silk and bamboo is endless, and the banquet is staggered, the words are cheerful, and the joy is harmonious.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that everyone is bored, and they are just perfunctory greetings with each other, and singing and dancing are not fake, but they are not uncommon things in the palace, which makes people only annoying.

Du Ruosheng didn't do it long and felt a little boring, so she began to look for an opportunity to slip away for a while.

"Your Majesty, the concubine Xu drank too much hot wine, and felt a little dizzy, and wanted to blow the wind in the imperial garden to relieve boredom." Du Ruosheng said to Yan Qinghan with a slight drunkenness.

Yan Qinghan could see her thoughts at a glance, and said softly: "Then the queen is slower, don't catch a cold, Luoyu, follow your mother." ”

"It's the emperor." Luo Yu responded.

Before Du Ruosheng left the table, he gestured to Xu Ling under the seat, Xu Ling successfully received Du Ruosheng's meaning, bowed slightly, and then, Du Ruosheng put on a thick cloak and left first.

Xu Ling whispered to Xiaoyi on the side: "Master, I want to come up with Gong." ”

"Do you know if you want Uncle Shi to accompany you here?" Xiaoyi turned his head and asked.

"No, no, I know." Xu Ling waved his hand and said, if Uncle Shi followed him, then it would not be so easy for him to see his sister.

Du Ruosheng left the Chengyuan Hall and waited in a hidden place, leaving Luoyu to stay in front of the palace and wait for Xu Ling.

Xu Ling found an opportunity to leave the table, but she didn't expect that her and Du Ruosheng's every move was watched by Fang Lanzhi.

Fang Lanzhi has been curious about Xu Ling for a long time, as soon as she entered the hall, she noticed the two people beside Xiaoyi, Chen Yi and Xu Ling, how could this Du Ruosheng know Xiaoyi's family, he was still a child, this aroused Fang Lanzhi's great interest.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is a little unwell and wants to retire first." Seeing that Du Ruosheng and Xu Ling had left the palace, Fang Lanzhi also hurriedly opened her mouth to Yan Qinghan.

Yan Qinghan didn't care about what happened to Fang Lanzhi or where he was going, so he just replied casually: "Go ahead." ”

Fang Lanzhi also left her seat and quietly followed Xu Ling.

As she expected, Xu Ling came out of the hall, Luo Yu was waiting at the door, and when he saw him, he directly led him out of the Chengyuan Palace, Fang Lanzhi followed closely behind, cautiously for fear of being discovered.

Xu Ling's follower Luo Yu turned left and right and walked in this huge palace, I don't know how long he walked, and came to a leisurely garden, presumably this is the imperial garden.

Entering the Imperial Garden, Xu Ling saw Du Ruosheng standing not far away.

"Senior sister!" It was the same voice again, Du Ruosheng turned around, saw Xu Ling, and opened his arms to him, Xu Ling ran quickly to meet Du Ruosheng's arms.

Fang Lanzhi hid behind a rockery and watched this scene just right, but she was a little far away and didn't hear what Du Ruosheng and the others said.

"Xu Ling, what do you think of this palace? Is the food at the palace banquet delicious? Du Ruosheng asked with concern.

"Hmm... There are a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, but I still miss what my sister made for me, and I haven't eaten the delicious food that my sister made for me for a long time! Xu Ling, who is in front of Du Ruosheng, seems to be innocent at this age, and will be coquettish like a child, and Du Ruosheng also enjoys this moment very much.

Once she was deprived of the right to be a mother, but now the feeling Xu Ling gave her seemed to make her realize what it would be like to be a mother if she really became a mother, she stroked Xu Ling's head dotingly, and said softly: "Since Xu Ling wants to eat, how about Senior Sister take you there now?" ”

Xu Ling nodded happily, and then, Du Ruosheng pulled him out of the imperial garden.

And Fang Lanzhi, who was still eavesdropping in the distance, also followed quietly, seeing the various actions between Xu Ling and Du Ruosheng, she was even more curious in her heart.