In the past, foreign ministers were not allowed to set foot except for the royal family, concubines, and princesses, but Cui Yi made an exception to invite the heroes at the Lanyue platform this time, which not only gave these heroes enough face, but also secretly reminded others in the court that he was not a conservative person, and he should not carry the names of his ancestors and ancestors all day long to restrain him.

The day Cui Yi ascended the throne is planned to be on November 15, seven days later, so there will not be many opportunities for everyone to get together for dinner in the future, after all, when you are a prince, you can ignore your identity, and you can't be an emperor.

There were twelve seats in the middle of the hall, six on the left and six on the left, and everyone waited for a quarter of an hour, and Cui Yi and Zhi Yingcai were late with their children and daughters.

"All here? Have a seat. After everyone saluted, Cui Yi waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down.

Zhiying hugged Xiao Cui Hao and sat on his right side, while Xiao Cui Xian was taken care of by Mama and sat on the left side, and the two children slept well in the afternoon. When Xiao Cui Xian saw that Nian Jiaojiao was also there, she couldn't sit still, pulled Cui Yi's sleeve, and said in a milky voice: "Father, I want to be by my aunt's side last year." ”

Cui Yi happily agreed: "Go ahead." Xiao Cui Xian immediately jumped off the ground from the chair and trotted all the way to find Nian Jiaojiao, who played with her the most on weekdays.

Nian Jiaojiao sat next to Xu Cheng, she had always seen her wearing a skirt, but recently she changed into a curved skirt, looking slightly older than her actual age, but her smile exposed her innocent side. "Xian'er is here for my sister." Nian Jiaojiao clapped her hands and beckoned her over.

Wang smiled: "You should call your aunt." Nian Jiaojiao's eyes fluttered, and she pouted: "I'm not that old, I want to be a sister." It made everyone laugh.

"Sister is sister, Jiaojiao is only less than a round older than Xian'er, and she is screaming," Zhiying said jokingly, "But this palace had an agreement with Sister Cheng at the beginning, if you give birth to a pair of daughters, you will become sisters, you have to be Xian'er's sister, and when you see Sister Cheng when you look back, you have to change your name to Aunt Cheng." ”

Nian Jiaojiao said with a smile: "That Sister Cheng didn't pick up a big bargain, she grew a lifetime out of thin air." ”

Bailizan laughed and said: "Mrs. Cheng didn't pick up much cheapness, it was General Xu who followed you and suffered a loss, and we all have to be called uncle when we see you in the future." There was a burst of laughter during the banquet, Xu Cheng blushed, and was just about to distinguish a few words, when his little servant came in from the back door, walked behind him, and whispered something to him.

Xu Cheng's expression changed suddenly, and then he quickly covered up the past, asking the little guy to retreat first, and talk about it later.

And Nian Jiaojiao didn't notice his abnormality, and immediately jumped up after listening to Bailizan's words: "No, no, no!" This is absolutely not a no-go! It doesn't matter if I call Mr. Uncle, Yuan Ke is a person who works for the emperor with Mr., how can he be a generation shorter than Mr.? You say yes, Yuan Ke? ”

"Huh? Ah, yes, yes, yes. Xu Cheng was summoned back to his senses by her, and nodded in agreement without hearing clearly.

Zhong Yuanshan on the opposite side let out a burst of loud laughter and said, "The young girl hasn't passed the door yet, why did General Xu become a strict wife first?" If you want to take one or two concubines in the future, I'm afraid it will be impossible. ”

Xu Cheng's expression was embarrassed, Ai Aidi didn't know what to say, but fortunately, Cui Yi took the words in time: "If the husband and wife are in deep love, why do you need to take a concubine, I look at Nian's very good, I have a good temper, and I will defend my man, if I am not satisfied with marrying such a woman, Yuan Ke, I am going to criticize you." ”

Xu Cheng touched the sweat on his nose and smiled: "The last general will not dare." ”

His expression was very unnatural than before, and he looked at it in his eyes, and he was puzzled, thinking that it must be the little guy who said something terrible to him, which made him sit still, and he had the heart to ask, but he was afraid that it was someone else's family matter, and it was not good for an outsider to speak too abruptly, so he dispelled this idea.

After three rounds of wine, Zhong Yuanshan suddenly asked: "The emperor will ascend the throne in a few days, and after ascending the throne, it will be followed by the canonization ceremony, the queen's candidate, can the emperor decide?" ”

The banquet hall was cold for a moment, and everyone looked at each other.

Since Cui Yi entered Zizhang City, almost everyone has decided that the position of the queen is already in the bag of the holding profit, so no one expected Zhong Yuanshan to ask such a question.

Cui Xiang's eyes squinted, and his voice was dissatisfied: "There is only one eldest grandson by the emperor's side, although he is a concubine, he has a son and a daughter, both of whom are lively and lovely, so he is naturally the best choice for the queen." Brother Huang said yes, right? ”

Cui Xiang will say this, naturally it will not be because of maintaining the profit, but because he is worried that Zhong Yuanshan will throw bricks and lead jade, in order to arch his daughter Zhong Luhuan to the position of queen. Cui Xiang doesn't care who is the queen, but this person must not be Zhong Luhuan, how can he be a stepping stone for the Zhong family to climb to a high place after he has been pursuing for so long? This is absolutely not a no-go!

"I have my own plans for the selection of the queen, and I don't have to worry about my second uncle." Regarding Cui Xiang's words, Cui Yi neither admitted nor denied it, but coldly rejected Zhong Yuanshan's concern.

Fortunately, Zhong Yuanshan is a measured person, and when he didn't want to mention it, he said: "It's good that the emperor knows it in his heart, and the minister lost his words, and I ask the emperor to forgive me." ”

Cui Yi snorted and raised his wine glass: "Drink." The crowd hurriedly toasted and pretended nothing had happened.

After a while, Zhiying left the table on the pretext of coaxing her son to sleep, Zhong Luhuan received the signal, and also turned around and ordered the personal maid a few words, and the maid quietly retreated.

When Zhiying returned to Yaohua Palace with her son in her arms, Cheng Fengyi had just arrived, and a cup of tea was still steaming, but she didn't drink a sip, only staring at the red parrot on the shelf in a daze.

"I've kept my sister waiting." Zhiying handed over Xiao Cui Hao to the nurse, and walked forward with a smile.

The matter of the dinner in the palace was so that Zhong Luhuan didn't have to tell her specifically, so Cheng Fengyi only thought that she was going to Wansheng Palace to ask An to come back, smiled slightly, and said: "What did my sister say, you are now the queen, although there are no people in this harem, but there will be no shortage of things to be busy, which is like me, I am just an idler, it doesn't hurt to wait." ”

Zhiying took her hand and sat down, sighing softly: "The emperor is a sure emperor, but I may not be the queen." ”

Cheng Fengyi's face was surprised: "How do you say this?" You are the only one by the emperor's side, if you don't be the queen, who will be the queen? ”

Holding Ying smiled, Zhong Yuanshan's question just now made her somewhat suspicious, but she didn't talk about this tonight.

"Where's Shu Jin?" She asked.

Cheng Fengyi's eyes darkened, and she said softly: "I used to play in the yard, I thought she was too noisy, so I asked Mama to take her to the imperial garden." As he spoke, he couldn't help adding: "When she went out, Mama specially put on a fox fur jacket for her, and the child is very active, although it is windy this night, she will not catch a cold." ”

Zhiying smiled helplessly, thinking that what Zhong Luhuan said was really good, Cheng Fengyi has now treated Xiao Shujin as a hedgehog, holding it in his hand hurts, and he is worried about it when he is far away, it is really useless.

"Let's take it back and rest, it's been a day of playing, and it's time to be tired," Zhiying said, stopping Xiaoqiu, who was about to go out with the teacup down, "Xiaoqiu, you go to the imperial garden, ask Mama Zhang to take Miss Zhai back to the side hall to rest, and I will talk to Sister Cheng for a while." ”

Xiaoqiu took the order, Cheng Fengyi smiled bitterly: "Where is she still Miss Zhai now, the people of the Zhai family dislike me, and even dislike her, I don't matter, I just pity my Jin'er, I first lost my mother at a young age, and then I lost my father, so I can't live my life too peacefully." ”

Zhiying held her hand across the table: "Sister, I want to ask you something." ”

Cheng Fengyi's eyes drooped: "You say." ”

"Sister, do you remember when I told the prince about kissing? At that time, I went to my sister's place, and my sister once said that if Brother Zhai wants to marry another one day, you will not give up, but now why do you give up on yourself and don't fight for it? ”

Cheng Fengyi smiled silently, his eyes were dim, and said, "Fight? How? I am a woman with sins, from the moment Huerhana forcibly took me away, I knew that my life was completely over, but I was not reconciled, I fought, just because I had a glimmer of hope, maybe one day I could return to the Central Plains, maybe Zicheng is not such a worldly person, I will not care that I have been defiled by other men......"

Looking at her disheartened expression, Zhiying felt a pain in her heart and couldn't help but clench her hand.

"It's a pity that I'm too naïve, how can there be a man in this world who doesn't mind his wife being spoiled by other men? Even if he really doesn't mind, the people around him will point fingers at him and make irresponsible remarks, he doesn't mind right now, but it's hard to say what will happen in the future," Cheng Fengyi lowered his head and sighed, "What's more, ......"

Zhiying cautiously asked tentatively, "What?" ”

Cheng Fengyi took a deep breath, her eyes were slightly red, and her voice choked: "When I was in Changyao, that dog thief was ...... day by day Although I had 11,000 reluctances in my heart, I finally got pregnant. ”

"I didn't want to give birth to such a seed, so I did everything possible to beat the child, in order to prevent future troubles, I deliberately angered the queen of the dog thief, and got a bowl of cold and damaging decoction, this life...... I'm afraid I won't be able to have children anymore. ”

Zhiying trembled in shock: "This ——! ”

Cheng Fengyi smiled miserably and asked rhetorically: "If it were you, would you rather be turned away from the house as soon as you come back, or wait for a long time and see his wives and concubines in groups, and his children and grandchildren around his knees?" ”

Zhiying nodded silently: "I understand." ”

Cheng Fengyi put her other hand on the back of her hand, and said softly: "Zhiying, the emperor is a person who values love and righteousness, such a man is rare in the world, you must cherish it, even if he is under pressure and cannot make you the queen, you must remember that as long as he loves you and respects you, you still have a chance, after all, you are the person who accompanied him all the way, and you are the mother of the emperor's eldest son, no one can compete with you, endure for a while, everything will be fine in the future." ”

Zhiying was very uncomfortable by her, although before Cui Yi rebelled, she was ready to lead the harem in the future and endure his preparations to stay in different women's palaces every day, but after witnessing Cheng Fengyi's tragic experience, she couldn't help but ask herself from the bottom of her heart - is it really good to see her beloved men and concubines in groups? Maybe I really should retire and never see each other again?