In the evening, Gu Ziqing was reading a book in the house, but Gu Rongzhan hurriedly entered the courtyard at this time.

Gu Ziqing saw his father, came to the courtyard, hurriedly stood up, and blessed him, "My daughter has seen her father, I don't know why my father came to find his daughter in such a hurry?"

Today, Your Majesty held a banquet in the palace and summoned all the courtiers from Jiangnan, as well as wealthy businessmen and magnates, to attend the banquet. Gu Rongzhan said slowly.

Hearing his words, Gu Ziqing couldn't help but be a little puzzled, the emperor set up a banquet to entertain them, and his father went, so why did he come here to find her?

Thinking of this, Gu Ziqing looked at his father and asked, "What does my father mean here?"

"For my father, I want you to dress up quickly!" Gu Rongzhan said with great eagerness, "Today, the Holy Lord has appointed you to go to the banquet." ”

As soon as these words came out, Gu Ziqing couldn't help but be stunned, and then pointed to his nose and said uncertainly: "Father, did you hear me right?

Gu Rongzhan shook his head, "Lord Song came to deliver the decree, is it still fake? It's just that my father can't understand why the Holy Lord just appointed you to attend the banquet?"

Gu Ziqing couldn't figure out this question, since Song Su came to deliver the decree, then this matter must be wrong.

But if it is true, she has nothing to do with the emperor, how could she be hand-picked by him to attend the banquet?

Thinking of this, Gu Ziqing suddenly had a flash of inspiration, could it be that the gossip between her and Ying Heng reached the ears of the emperor, so she was summoned to go?

The more Gu Ziqing thinks about it, the more likely this is that under normal circumstances, the emperor will not easily summon the female dependents, so this banquet has become a reason for the emperor to see her.

While she was pondering to herself, Gu Rongzhan urged again: "No matter why Your Majesty summoned you to the banquet alone, we are all going to go, so don't think about it so much, no matter what it is, won't you know when you get there?"

Hearing his father say this, Gu Ziqing also nodded approvingly, after all, it is difficult to guess what the saint means, so don't think about it so much, it's better to go to the banquet as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Gu Ziqing blessed her father, "My daughter will go to freshen up and dress up, and then go to the banquet with her father, please wait for a while." ”

After that, Gu Ziqing walked into his boudoir, went to change into more formal clothes, and then went to the palace with Gu Rongzhan for a banquet.

When they arrived at the palace, there were already many people gathered there, Jiangnan officials, dignitaries, and dignitaries all sitting in their places talking and laughing.

Gu Ziqing followed Gu Rongzhan and greeted him in turn, and then found his place and sat down.

There were many people at this banquet, but there were only scholars and businessmen, and such a gap between the songs and the end made Gu Ziqing suspicious.

Under normal circumstances, the gathering of bureaucrats would not invite a businessman to attend, no matter how powerful the businessman is, it is impossible, let alone such a large banquet.

Gu Ziqing has a feeling that the banquet held by the emperor is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface, he gathered all the rich businessmen in Jiangnan at this banquet, and he definitely has a plan, but he doesn't know what the emperor is plotting?

Just as Gu Ziqing was thinking to himself, he suddenly remembered the summons outside the door, "The emperor has arrived." ”

With a shout, the emperor slowly walked towards the hall surrounded by everyone, and everyone immediately got up, knelt down and shouted, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

After the emperor stepped into the throne, he waved his hand and said, "Zhongqing is flat." ”

Everyone stood up according to the words, and then sat down, and Gu Ziqing also sat down together.

She peeked at the few seats next to the emperor, and sat the four princes Ying Hao, the emperor and grandson Ying Heng, and the little marquis of Yong'an Hou Mansion Zhou Chengjin, Gu Ziqing looked at these people and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

This person who has something to do with his past and present lives is sitting here, God really likes to joke! It makes Gu Ziqing feel that such a scene is very unreal.

Feeling her gaze, Ying Heng also looked at Gu Ziqing, and the eyes of the two collided in the air, which couldn't help but make Gu Ziqing stunned, and then reacted, and immediately bowed slightly towards Ying Heng, and then shifted his gaze.

Ying Heng looked at her and couldn't help but smile slightly, then turned his head, picked up the wine glass in front of him, and took a sip to hide his unusual emotions.

Ying Hao on the side has been paying attention to the movements on his side, and naturally has a full view of this series of movements.

He couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips, and then turned his head to look at Ying Heng on the side, "Nephew, who is that woman?"

Hearing his question, Ying Heng was stunned for a moment, then put down the cup in his hand, and said with a slight bow: "Uncle Huihuang, that woman is Gu Ziqing, the daughter of Gu Rongzhan, the richest man in Jiangnan." ”

"That's this woman!" Ying Hao said meaningfully.

In fact, he had heard earlier that the current saint had called the daughter of the Gu family, and there were not many female dependents in this hall, so Ying Hao recognized the woman as Gu Ziqing early in the morning.

And the reason why he still asked Ying Heng was just to find out his tone, and he wanted to know if those rumors in Jiangnan were true?

Since the death of the crown prince, the position of the East Palace has been vacant, which proves that among the other princes, it is possible for anyone to inherit the throne.

And Ying Hao has always been obscure and does not reveal the slightest intention of seizing the heir to outsiders, but in fact, he is secretly colluding with the ministers of the DPRK and China to participate in the seizure of the heir.

And what he fears the most, and what he thinks is the strongest opponent, is Ying Heng, who is now sitting next to him.

Because Ying Heng is the only son of the crown prince and the best candidate to succeed to the throne, and he has been stationed at the border for many years and is in charge of military and political power, his own strength is far higher than that of Ying Hao.

This is also the reason why Ying Hao is probing his tone all the time, because he wants to find an opportunity to trip Ying Heng, and then enter the East Palace smoothly.

As long as Ying Heng falls, then there will be no other stumbling blocks on his way to the throne.

Ying Heng on the side, hearing Ying Hao's words, noticed the unusualness in his tone, and then said casually: "Listening to Uncle Huang's meaning, did you hear this woman's name before this?"

Ying Hao looked at him for a long time, "Of course I have heard of it, but this woman's name is so resounding in Kyushu, thanks to you, the imperial nephew!"