Chapter 424: The Queen Mother's Banquet

Fortunately, today's elder brother Gong Liangyao met the innocent and simple-minded Helian Fuling, if he meets a powerful person like the Queen Mother He Lanyan, or other powerful people in the city, then it will be a matter of time before his brother Gongliangyao and his identity are exposed.

Thinking of this, Gongliang couldn't help but start to worry faintly in his heart.

As long as his elder brother Gongliangyao stays in the Imperial City for one day, there will be more danger of exposure, and it will be impossible for Gongliangyao to relax his vigilance in his heart. Because for Gongliang Er, who has been far away from his relatives since he was a child and is lonely, his family is an existence that Gongliang is destined to protect for a lifetime. And his twin brother Gong Liangyao is the most important relative in Gong Liang's heart.

Before Gongliang Jie'er had time to think about how to persuade his brother Gongliangyao to return to the Pingxi Hou Mansion, the emperor Helian Yingche had already set up a good day and an auspicious day, and he wanted to set up a banquet in the palace to entertain Gongliang Jie'er and others to celebrate everyone's achievements.

Gongliang had no time to make arrangements, so he had to postpone the matter of persuading his brother Gongliangyao to return to Pingxi Town. Everything is only necessary to attend the royal banquet and then make a decision.

This time, Helian Yingche's celebration banquet for everyone in the palace was even grander and grander than Gongliang imagined. All this seems to have been deliberately done by Helian Yingche, in order to let He Lanyan, the empress dowager of the Sunshine Palace, know about this, and let Helan Yan know the weight of these people and Gongliang in Helian Yingche's heart. At the same time, Helian Yingche was still secretly planning in his heart, how to skillfully distinguish friends and foes, make friends and enemies in the world, and eliminate the fierce enemies of the Great Flame.

Queen Mother He Lanyan re-examined her life after Queen Helan Diemeng was poisoned by someone and almost died. There is a feeling that life is short for a few decades, so why fight for his length. And although Emperor Helian Yingche was not born to Helan Yan, no matter from the mother-son relationship of more than 20 years or from the binding of political interests, Helan Yan can only fully assist Helian Yingche and let Helian Yingche sit firmly on the hard-won emperor's throne, not to mention that Helian Yingche is virtuous and benevolent, and can be regarded as a generation of Ming monarchs. With Helian Yingche in charge, Dayan can have the opportunity to prosper, and the country can be forever, and the queen mother He Lanyan can "mother and son are expensive" in the second half of her life, live a stable life, and enjoy the joy of family.

Although the Empress Dowager He Lanyan was quite interested in Gongliang, the second son of the Pingxi Hou Mansion, she also sent secret agents into the camp to track down Gongliang's identity. But in the past three months, especially when the Queen Mother He Lanyan experienced the almost loss of her niece Helan Diemeng and her unborn imperial grandson, He Lanyan's heart has undergone subtle changes.

If it is said that He Lanyan secretly sent someone to investigate Gongliang Jie'er before, it was suspected that Gongliang Jia'er was the Ying Concubine Yun Jie'er who was assassinated by her own order, whether it was out of anger and disgust, out of fear that her crime would be exposed, affecting the relationship between He Lanyan and her adopted son Helian Yingche, and threatening Helan Yan's position as the queen mother, Helan Yan's hostility towards Gongliang Jia'er at the beginning mainly came from personal interests and considerations of inner preferences and prejudices.

However, now Helan Yan gradually put aside her personal grievances, and from the perspective of Dayan's century-old foundation, she re-looked at Gongliang Er, who suddenly appeared and had the same face as Concubine Ying'er.

At this time, in the heart of the Queen Mother He Lanyan, Gongliang is a puzzle to be solved, and this mystery is related to the traitor Helian Yunjue on the one hand, and Emperor Dayan and the Great Yan Jiangshan Sheji on the other. In the face of the great right and wrong, He Lanyan did not dare to gamble easily, betting on whether Gongliang was the remnant of the traitor who remained by the emperor's side, and did not want to strangle a person's life because of her own speculation.

At this time, Gongliang is no longer the concubine who was once lonely and helpless, and entered the palace as a singing and dancing girl. The current Gongliang Zhu'er has behind him the great achievements of the war, the Pingxi Marquis with 300,000 elite soldiers in his hands, the favor and protection of the emperor Helian Yingche, and the identity of the proton as a cover, and may even have something to do with Helian Yunjue, the king of Annan who is uncertain about his life and death after the defeat and has no news. He Lanyan, the iron lady in the politics of the Great Yan Dynasty, naturally would not be as unscrupulous as she used to be. After all, this woman, who moves her whole body and whose identity is a mystery, is far from being as simple as He Lanyan expected before.

However, what the Empress Dowager He Lanyan did not expect was that in order to clear the obstacles for herself, her henchman Imperial Physician Jiang would pull out the thorn in her eye, thorn in the flesh, poison Gongliang Zhu'er without authorization, and was imprisoned by Helian Yingche.

Imperial Physician Jiang has always been loyal to the Queen Mother He Lanyan and has done a lot of things for her. Seeing that Imperial Physician Jiang was about to be beheaded by Emperor Helian Ying, Helan Yan couldn't bear it. Even in order to intercede for Imperial Physician Jiang and save Imperial Physician Jiang's life, the Empress Dowager He Lanyan had to pretend to be generous and no longer interfere in Helian Yingche's banquet with Gongliang Zhu'er and others.

Beyond everyone's expectations, the Empress Dowager Helan Yan did not interfere with Helian Ying's banquet to entertain everyone in the imperial guard camp, but was willing to attend the royal banquet and have fun with everyone.

Faced with the Queen Mother Helan Yan's unusual behavior, Helian Yingche was even more surprised.

"The queen mother is not resting in the Sun Palace, why did she come to the palace so late?" Helian Yingche saw that the Queen Mother He Lanyan came to the palace in full costume, hurriedly got up to greet him, ordered someone to set up Fengluan, and personally helped the Queen Mother He Lanyan to sit down.

The Empress Dowager He Lanyan smiled happily: "The mourning family heard that the emperor held a banquet in the side hall to invite all the princes and princes, Mr. Liuyi and the deacons in the camp, so they came here to visit everyone and enjoy the feast with everyone." The mourning family came uninvited, it will not affect the emperor and everyone to eat wine and enjoy the banquet, right? ”

"It is a blessing for the queen mother to be able to come to the courtiers and everyone. The sons and daughters couldn't ask for it. ”

Although Helian Yingche and the Queen Mother Helan Yan's mother and son have a grudge, they still have to give each other enough face on the surface, and strive to maintain the harmony of mother and son in front of everyone.

"I heard that several sons in the camp performed quite well during the training period, and the results of the big exam were also fruitful. This time, the emperor held a banquet to entertain him, and he happened to introduce him to the mourning family one by one. The mourning family also wants to see my talented demeanor. ”

The Queen Mother He Lanyan personally moved to the banquet this time, firstly, to establish the prestige and image of the Empress Dowager in front of everyone, and secondly, to eliminate the rumors that she was not on good terms with the emperor's mother and son, but the most important thing is that He Lanyan wanted to meet with everyone in person to understand the details of the people from all walks of life who Helian Yingche invited to today's banquet, and there was a prediction in her heart, once she found any signs that were not conducive to the eternal stability of the Great Yan River, He Lanyan would exercise the power of the Queen Mother and strangle the unfavorable signs in the cradle as soon as possible.

The Empress Dowager He Lanyan was not hostile to the banquet this time, but Helian Yingche had to be careful in her heart. Because Helian Yingche's heart was not sure of the Queen Mother's intention to come to the banquet this time.

What should come will come eventually. Whether it is Gongliang Jie'er, who has been targeted by the Queen Mother He Lanyan in the audience, or Su Yanqing, whose identity has been suspected, for them, how to protect themselves under the nose of the Queen Mother, who has the sensitivity and uniqueness of a falcon, is a rather difficult challenge. Because if you are not careful, you will lose your achievements and become a prisoner of the ranks.

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