"Now that you see it, how do you feel?" Xiao Guifei asked again.

"Concubine Xiao Guifei is more majestic than the people think in their hearts."

Seeing that she was clever and cautious in her answers, and she didn't make any mistakes, Xiao Guifei's hook was red. lips, smiled, beckoned her to come closer, and sat down beside her.

When he raised his eyes to look at Ye Lixuan, his voice changed and said, "This small. The mouth is so sweet, but it is a pleasing one, no wonder my son loves you so much, and brings people directly to the palace. ”

Yu Zixuan heard a trace of displeasure in her words, and said obediently: "The concubine Niangniang misunderstood the Nine Emperors, in fact, the Nine Emperors agreed to bring the concubines to Qionghua Palace because of the people's exquisite cooking skills and wanted to let the concubines feast their mouths." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Guifei seemed to remember something, and asked, "The person who gave my son a menu earlier and let him prepare for His Majesty's birthday banquet smoothly is you?" ”

"Well, it's a folk girl, but that's just a gesture, not enough to worry about."

is so humble, but it makes Xiao Guifei's worries less a little.

But after all, it was someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she had no way not to doubt the purpose of approaching Ye Lixuan.

The emperor is getting older, and the most taboo thing is the behavior of the government and the opposition to form a faction, and Yu Hongcai, the prime minister, speaks very weightily in the court.

It may be just a small matter, and it will be easily magnified, in case it affects Ye Lixuan's position in the emperor's heart, it will be worth the loss.

Naturally, she didn't want that to happen.

But fortunately, it was not the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion who brought it, but just a concubine, and she couldn't set off any waves.

"Today is Your Majesty's birthday banquet, you came to the palace to go to the banquet, don't go to the kitchen to be busy, if you really have the heart, let my son enter the palace in the future, just come together."

Yu Zixuan got up to thank her, and she raised her hand to help her.

"There are no outsiders here, there is no need for so many courtesies, and the time is not too early, my son will go to your Lingxiao Hall to check the banquet layout at the end, and the palace will not leave the two of you alone." With that, she leaned back against the jade.

"The son-in-law retired, and the concubine had a good rest." Ye Lixuan took her out of Qionghua Palace.

After sitting back in the carriage again, Yu Zixuan spoke again: "The concubine is very thoughtful, and it is not so easy to be fooled. ”

And she looked at Xiao Guifei's attitude towards herself just now, she looked kind and kind, but her words were full of speculation and alienation.

Obviously didn't like her.

She could probably guess why.

It's just that Ye Lixuan has always been careless, and he doesn't seem to care at all about what Xiao Guifei thinks or thinks.

The two clusters of eyebrows couldn't help frowning, and they looked at him without saying a word.

There was still a bit of disgust in her cold eyes, which made Ye Lixuan dissatisfied.

"What a bold man, dare to look at this king like this."

"The folk girl is bold and daring, and she dares to act with the Nine Emperor Princes to deceive Concubine Xiao Guifei." She sneered with a cold face.

Ye Lixuan raised his hand with a smile and put it on her shoulder.

She reacted very quickly to avoid it sideways, and glanced directly at the past: "If you have something to say, don't move your hands and feet, follow a stinky stream. Hooligans at a glance. ”

"This king sees that you are very well-behaved in front of your mother, it seems that you have rich experience in acting, but this king can't tell the difference, are you really angry at this time, or do you want to indulge in this king?" The wicked smile on the corner of Ye Lixuan's mouth was even stronger.

Want to get away with it?

"I'm sorry, but the folk girl is not interested in the Nine Emperors at all."

"You woman, up and down, this face has a bit of merit, and the rest are shortcomings, if anyone marries you, sooner or later they will be angry to death by your poisonous mouth."

Yu Zixuan cursed herself to be a widow when she heard him say this, and couldn't help laughing: "How good it is to be angry, the family wealth belongs to the people alone, and you can live the rest of your life in style." ”

Ye Lixuan was really amused by her words, and he planned to convey this sentence to Qi Yuan as it was.

I don't know what kind of expression that kid will have after listening to it.

At least the face won't look good, that's for sure.

Which man in the world would like to listen to his own woman and wish to die by himself?

He thought it would be so interesting that he couldn't wait.

The carriage stopped in front of the long steps outside the Lingxiao Palace.

After the two got out of the carriage, a middle-aged man dressed as a father-in-law, with a dozen little eunuchs, greeted them.

"Slave Fushou, please say hello to His Royal Highness Nine, the arrangements in the palace have been arranged, can Your Highness go to inspect again with the slaves?" Fushou asked respectfully.

"Well, it's enough for you, and you don't have to follow the others." Ye Lixuan doesn't like such a big battle, these servants in the palace always like to make their own decisions.

"Yes." Fushou nodded, turned around and pushed the other little eunuchs away, glanced in the direction of Yu Zixuan secretly, and asked with a smile: "I don't know what this girl next to His Royal Highness the Ninth is called?" Does the minion need to make another arrangement next to His Highness's seat? ”

Ye Lixuan immediately swept over with a cold gaze.

Fushou was frightened and had goosebumps, and quickly lowered his head: "It's the slave who talks a lot, and the slave will give himself a slap." ”

"Get out of here, let Annan serve."

"Yes, the minion will go." Fushou ran away with a roll.

Looking at it like that, it's scary.

Yu Zixuan felt strange, the Nine Emperor Princes didn't say that they would be punished, why were they so nervous, could it be that they could still eat him?

When the two of them walked to the door of Lingxiao Palace, a eunuch with white skin and tender skin who looked like a woman came to them and knelt down to say goodbye.

"Your Highness the Nine, the matter of this birthday banquet is all handled by the father-in-law of Fushou under you, and the servants have only served in front of the emperor all along, I am afraid that they will not be able to make their own decisions and serve His Highness the Ninth here."

is also a eunuch, Yu Zixuan thinks that this An Nan does not make people feel annoying from speaking out.

Ye Lixuan waved his hand and asked him to get up.

"This king is asking you to check the dishes that your father will use in advance."

"When the banquet is held, there will be three tests in the order, it is good for His Royal Highness the Ninth to be cautious, but before the banquet has started, the servants touched the meal, which is also a precedent that has never been precedent, I am afraid that it is not in accordance with the rules." An Nan shook his head.

But then he said: "The servant understands that His Highness is worried that there will be people who will make small moves at the threshold of the three inspections in a while, so I want to keep a back hand in advance, just in case." ”

"You understand, this king doesn't need to say more."

"It is the blessing of the slave to win the trust of the emperor and the Nine Emperor Princes, but this matter is done by the slave, I'm afraid it is not appropriate, if something really goes wrong, let the slave stand up and clarify for the Nine Emperor Princes, Your Majesty will definitely be suspicious, the slave and the Nine Highnesses have a close personal relationship, which may not be a good thing."

Jade is really a eunuch who can serve in front of the emperor, and this brain is faster than other eunuchs, and it can be said that it is very rare to think of this layer.

is thoughtful, and he will definitely be able to be a chief eunuch or something in the future.

Ye Lixuan seemed to have expected him to refuse so politely, but he didn't get angry: "You just listen to the words of this king and do things, those worries have already been arranged by this king, so you don't need to worry too much." ”

"Yes, the minion went."

When An Nan came back from checking the meal, Ye Lixuan and Yu Zixuan had also finished patrolling the main hall, and finally confirmed that there was no mistake in the positions arranged by the various perfunctory ministers.

An Nan was careful, and noticed some anomalies on the way, and also replied: "The slave just saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invited from outside the palace this time, there are two people sneaky, and there seems to be some problems. ”

As he spoke, he described the appearance and clothing of the two people, and said: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to this birthday banquet, and has specially invited foreign envoys who stayed in Kyoto, and His Royal Highness Nine is so attentive that he is not afraid of ten thousand ......."

"Well, you go back first."

An Nan stepped back.

Yu Zixuan glanced at the sky outside, it was less than an hour, and the birthday banquet was about to start, but now she hadn't seen a single guest coming, and she faintly felt that something was not right.

I waited for half an hour with Ye Lixuan, and a pot of tea was almost finished.

There was a steady and powerful sound of footsteps outside the hall.

She looked up and followed the prestige, and the person who came was Qi Kite, who she had never seen again after meeting in the pharmacy that day.

Today, Qi Yuan has high black hair, a dark pattern green bamboo robe, a tall and elegant figure, and is handsome.

Those wise eyes interlaced with hers, and then moved away, and walked quickly in front of Ye Lixuan.

"As you expected, the prince arranged another show and left everyone in the Imperial Garden."

"This king goes to take a look, you stay here and greet Miss Zixuan for this king."

"Nature." Only then did Qi Yuan turn sideways to Yu Zixuan, and said in a deep voice: "Sixth Miss, do you know why Xiangye took you into the palace today?" ”

The matter of entering the palace was decided by the old lady before Yuhong returned to Kyoto.

Yu Zixuan has always only thought that the old lady wanted to make good use of her chess piece, so she had such an arrangement, but she didn't think much about it.

When you mention it, it means a lot.

She remembered that Yu Hongcai said that the people from the General's Mansion would also enter the palace for a banquet today, so that she could behave well.

lest the substitute marriage be found out in the past, and it will be out of control.

As long as the people in the General's Mansion can be satisfied, then even if Yufu is not married, it will not hurt.

Who made the eldest son of the General's Mansion look ugly, otherwise he wouldn't have even left the gate of the General's Mansion for so many years, and the impression of people outside on this Qi Yuan Gongzi was just a rumor.

She said calmly: "I'm just an insignificant concubine, what can I do except listen to my father's arrangement." ”

"Miss Zixuan, this is self-indulgence." She was humble at this point.

"I'm just telling the truth, I don't know what Qi Kite wants to say?"

"Yesterday, the General's Mansion has sent someone into the palace to ask for a decree, and at today's banquet, the emperor will personally announce the decree." Qi Yuan's eyes stared at her.

Yu Zixuan always felt that he was a little different today, and seemed to be more serious than usual.

Just because the Prime Minister's Mansion is going to marry the General's Mansion, there is such a change in attitude?

Her instincts told her it wouldn't be that simple.

But......

"The eldest sister and the son of Qi Yuan have made an oral marriage contract since they were children, which is also something that everyone has known for a long time, the son of Qi Yuan cares so much, is it because he likes the eldest sister, and it is difficult to speak because of this relationship, so he came to me and wanted me to pass on something?" She asked tentatively.