When Xinyue and the Queen Mother went to the palace banquet together, they found that almost everyone was looking at Xinyue with their heads

"Come, come and sit next to me." The sister-in-law of the Cao family spoke to Xinyue gently, and looked forward, Xu Xintai glanced at Xinyue, and never looked at her again.

The Queen Mother sat on Her Majesty's left hand, and on Your Majesty's right hand, sitting was the Queen, led by Her Majesty, and everyone knelt on the ground to "Say hello to the Queen Mother." ”

"Get up, sit down" The Queen Mother said down, and everyone sat in their original positions.

The place where the palace banquet was held was the Ice Toad Pavilion, which is surrounded by water on three sides, and only one side is close to the land, so it is named the pavilion, but both in terms of architectural style and scale, it is a palace-like place. The reason why it is called the ice toad is because the wind blows from the pond in front of it, which is cool as if it is in an ice cellar, and the shape of the pavilion is as wide as the belly of the golden toad, and because it is the place where the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner is held in the palace, so it is named. When Xinyue knew the meaning of this name, she still felt that this name seemed to contain a lot of meanings, but no matter how you look at it, she felt that it was too rash.

After the Queen Mother sat down, everyone arrived, and naturally it was time to serve the food. But Xinyue didn't see the palace maid who was serving the meal for a long time, and when she was thinking about the reason, Xinyue saw that there was still a vacant seat in front of her on the seat in front of the eldest princess.

can be higher than the status of the eldest princess, second only to the person at the table, the entire Great Sage, there is only one person.

Rong Xu didn't come today, and he probably also wanted to use this method to make Xinyue less embarrassed.

A voice was heard outside: "His Royal Highness King Yu has arrived." ”

In this way, the eyes that had been gathered on the new moon saw the door. King Yu, who was robed with a purple python, walked up to the front of the hall step by step. He didn't have a sword, and the expression on his face didn't have an arrogant and arrogant look, but he just took it step by step, bringing people a sense of oppression that was hard to ignore.

The new moon looked at His Majesty's face, his gloomy face, completely different from the sunny weather outside, it was about to rain.

And behind King Yu, followed by Rong Xu, who couldn't say it, Rong Xu's face was not worried, and after coming in, after glancing at the new moon, he walked forward with his head down.

"To the Queen Mother, Your Majesty, please be safe" said, King Yu knelt on the ground, and Rong Xu also followed.

"Oh, I haven't seen Uncle Wang for a long time, please get up." After His Majesty finished speaking, King Yu lifted his robe and stood up.

"I thought that you wouldn't be here today, but there was a vacant seat on the seat of Marquis Xu, sit down." After the queen finished speaking, she was glared at by the queen mother, but Rong Xu had already walked to Xu Xintai's side.

Xu Xintai raised his head and glanced at him, Xinyue didn't know what Xu Xintai said, in short, after Rong Xu sat down, his back was upright, and he didn't dare to touch Xu Xintai at all.

"Now that everyone has arrived, let's have a feast." His Majesty gave an order, and the palace maid who served the meal came with delicious food and oil.

After a few toasts, the song and dance followed, on one side of the pavilion, there was a stage, the queen mother liked to listen to it very much, so today also prepared a play, at this time the palace was performing song and dance. Maika's waist was as soft as water, and her arms waved in the air like a snake.

Sister-in-law Cao raised her glass, "Xinyue, come, let's have a drink." ”

Xinyue smiled, "It seems that my sister-in-law didn't hear that when I was young, I only drank a glass of Huazhizi wine at the palace banquet, and I was so drunk that I couldn't get up, and I lay on the stone outside and almost fell into the pool." ”

"Oh, I remember, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who carried you back." As she spoke, Sister-in-law Cao drank all the wine in the cup by herself.

The palace maid who served the meal immediately filled it for her, and Xinyue glanced at her cup, the eyes of the wine were different from Cao's sister-in-law, it seemed to be a little deep, Xinyue picked up the wine glass and smelled it, it was the smell of fruit juice, and there was no smell of wine.

Xinyue looked around, saw the crown prince who was sitting with the crown princess, looking at her own, pursed her lips, and did not drink the fruit juice in the cup.

"I said it, something must have happened to the two of them, they are not at the same table, and the tired Xu Houye and his wife can't sit at the same table."

"Yes, it's not that Mrs. Xinyue has lived in Zhuangzi outside for almost three months, and the little prince of King Yu has not been there to see it once."

"Yes, I know that my sister's Zhuangzi is right next to Mrs. Crescent's Zhuangzi. The tenants on her village's village often see dusk, when the sun is about to set, and walk around with her two girls. A lady of the family, with such a few people around her, came out to show her face, and it was unseemly. ”

The officials and their wives, sitting behind the nobles, chatted back and forth, and what they said was about the crescent moon.

Xinyue heard it somewhat, but she didn't care, looking at the dishes on the table in front of her, and the one on the left hand side of Xinyue was what she had just said in the carriage, chestnut cake.

Xinyue reached out and picked up a piece and handed it to Feng'er and Cui'er, who were following her, "Let's share it." ”

"Thank you, Mrs. Xie." Cui'er was flattered, broke open the chestnut cake, and half of them were one and a half with Feng'er, hiding behind Xinyue, eating carefully.

Sister-in-law Cao naturally took in all of this, and took Xinyue's hand, "It's naturally good for you to be open-minded, but it's just that this is not in accordance with the rules." ”

"Yes" Xinyue put down the broken jade cake in her hand and glanced at Cui'er, Feng'er handed Xinyue a handkerchief, and Xinyue put the broken jade cake in the handkerchief.

"Your Majesty, the envoys of the Liang State are asking to see you outside the palace." Gonggong Jiang, who was beside His Majesty, came in from outside to preach.

"It's all said, I'll see them tomorrow and let them wait at the post house first." His Majesty is not interested, and all his energy now is on King Yu on the side.

When the new moon was small, when I followed the Queen Mother, I heard the Queen Mother say that His Majesty has been a little afraid of King Yu since he was a child, and after becoming the emperor, he has been looking at King Yu's eyes, until he was in his prime, and there was no way to look directly at King Yu.

Looking at King Yu again, in the face of his own murder of his son and grandson, and because of his grandson's death, he killed the enemy he loved in his life, but he was very indifferent, and he was very steady with the wine glass, but when he heard Liang Guo, he narrowed his eyes.

"The envoys of the Liang State said that they had limited time to come this time, and the prince asked them to hurry up and finish their work and go back." Gonggong Jiang finished his words in fear, and sure enough, His Majesty immediately slapped the table, "How can this be reasonable, let them wait and wait, our Great Sage is the one of the Liang Kingdom..."

"Ahem..."King Yu coughed lightly, the banquet, which was already a little talking, immediately quieted down, and the dancing girls also stopped, everyone looked at King Yu who was holding a wine glass, King Yu did not speak, but continued to drink his wine lightly.

"Father, today is also an occasion where all officials are present, but there is no need to summon him again." Rong Zhao saw that the atmosphere suddenly became quiet, and immediately got up and suggested.

His Majesty didn't know what King Yu meant, and he also felt that what the prince said made sense, so he nodded to Gonggong Jiang.

After a while, it was rumored outside the door that "the envoy of the Liang State has come to meet you." “

Two tall men walked in from outside the door, especially the one in the back, who was very powerful, and at first glance he was a fierce general.

The two of them were one after the other, and the one behind had just entered the hall, and they saw King Yu sitting in the front, and a thin hatred poured out of his eyes, I am not the main envoy in front of me, and that person is afraid that he is going to rush up to beat King Yu.

"The deputy envoy lost his honor, and I ask His Royal Highness King Yu to forgive me." The chief envoy looked at his tall stature, but if he spoke in advances and retreats, he looked like a civil official.

"The last time I saw the people of your Liang Guo Zi family, when I cut off the head of Zi Rong, the head of the Zi family, his eyes were very wide, similar to the eyes of the current deputy envoy." After King Yu finished speaking, the people sitting in the hall all laughed, Xinyue didn't understand that the revenge of the deputy envoy for killing his father was so funny in the eyes of this group of people?

"The prince's speech is really good, if it weren't for what the prince just said, I would have thought that the prince was singing in this ice toad pavilion." When Crescent Moon heard the words of the mastermind, she almost couldn't hold back her laughter.

"Bold" Rong Xu immediately stood up, and Xu Xintai, who was sitting next to him and was famous for his impulsiveness, did it very steadily.

Rong Xu continued: "My grandfather pointed his sword at your capital back then, and your king's head was cut off from his horse, these are not just a few words that Lord Hu made you say. ”

"This is..."The chief envoy surnamed Hu is really here to play tricks, his puzzled look, and he really doesn't know who this person in front of him is, and it suddenly dawned on him for a while, "It turned out to be the grandson of Prince Yu, and he was still clumsy, mainly because he hadn't been at the border for nearly ten years, and he had seen someone from your King Yu's lineage." I don't know where the little prince is now, Hanlin Academy? Or the Palace Secretary? ”

"Chief Envoy Hu, what you said is unreasonable, King Yu has not fought for ten years, and it is not all about your Liang Kingdom and the blessing of keeping your own peace." Rong Zhao hit the nail on the head and said that Liang Guo's vitality was greatly injured, and he had recovered for thirty years, but he had not seen any major storms.

"Yes, it was more than ten years ago, that General Xu..."Xinyue's heart sank, and he talked about his father again, sure enough, Xu Xintai couldn't sit still, he just raised his arm, and the chief envoy didn't dare to speak, because for them, there were three people in this room, and they couldn't really offend.

One is King Yu who is sitting in the first place, the other is Xu Xintai, and the other is Qamdo Hou who is sitting opposite King Yu.

The atmosphere at the scene was tense, but Qamdo Hou Jiangwan looked sideways, his eyes were cold, which was the most shocking.

Xinyue came back to her senses a little at this time, how smart Rong Ying was when she married the Jiang family.

Jiang Wan found Xinyue's gaze, she glanced at Xinyue lightly, and then spoke, "I'm afraid that the two envoys didn't come to my Great Sage's palace banquet to perform and entertain the guests, they must have something serious to do." ”

The reason why the envoys of Liang State dared to tease King Yu with words was related to the purpose of their trip, and second, King Yu did not bring troops after all, even if there were still some remnants of the force, but because of His Majesty's jealousy, this King Yu would not wear battle armor again in this life.

And Jiang Wan is different, he is His Majesty's own uncle, and his son is also a general on the side of the army, their Jiang family, I am afraid that at this time in the palace, the envoys of the Liang State should be the most feared person.

"At the command of my lord, I will deliver the credentials to the great sage." As he spoke, Chief Envoy Hu took a jet-black box from the deputy envoy's hand, and what contained it was the national letter in his mouth.

Gonggong Jiang presented the letter of state, and after His Majesty unfolded it, he looked at it a few times, closed it and smiled, "The little girl is still young, and she can't get married yet." ”

In addition to Rong Zhao and Rong Ying's two sons, His Majesty also has a princess born to the queen, Princess Rong Jue, who is fourteen years old this year. It seems that what is written in the national book is to marry Princess Ruyi.

"My lord has long thought that His Majesty will say that the princess is young, and we are not asking for the main concubine for His Royal Highness the Prince, but the side concubine, if His Majesty really allows to marry, my lord is really afraid of snubbing the princess. Therefore, my lord has personally chosen people, and I ask your majesty for permission. With that, Lord Hu bent down for the first time and saluted His Majesty.

His Majesty didn't know what kind of medicine they were selling in their gourd, so he couldn't rashly agree, but asked, "Who are you asking for?" ”

"My lord heard that there is a daughter in the Anxuan Marquis Mansion, although she is married, my lord is willing to welcome her with a princess."

As soon as these words came out, not only did other people not know what was going on, but Xinyue was also confused, what did this have to do with herself.

"Master Hu, the marquis of the Marquis of Anxuan's Mansion is now the grandson concubine of my Yu Palace, and in the future..." King Yu's voice was faint, but he slowly accumulated strength, and his eyes were also full of fire, who knew that before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Rong Zhao, "Master Hu, the Xu family has been hired to the palace as a side concubine, and she is also the side concubine of the prince, Liang Guo is too bitter and cold, so it is better to keep her and be the side concubine of the main hall." After Rong Zhao finished speaking, the whole hall was in an uproar, and Rong Xu also closed his eyes because he couldn't hold his face, and he had never heard of the matter of hiring Xinyue as the prince's side concubine.

"That being the case...", the Hu envoy frowned, and then smiled, "Then please, Your Majesty the Holy Emperor, marry the princess." ”

"You two envoys, one did not ask your master, and the other did not get the permission of my great sage, so you make a lot of nonsense here, those two are the granddaughters of the mourning family, and their status is precious, how can you choose?" Empress Dowager Jiang was full of neutrality, and after finishing speaking, there were guards who went up to the palace and pressed the two envoys to the ground.

"When I came, my lord had already given a will, the princess and the marquis of the Xu family, I will bring one back, and I also ask His Majesty the Great Holy Emperor to give an accurate answer within three days, if His Majesty refuses to marry both, according to my lord's character, he will not give up. I'll quit first. Speaking of which, everyone knows who the "my master" in the mouth of this Hu master is, naturally it is not the emperor of Liang who has been ill for a long time or is a puppet, but His Royal Highness Liang Wei, the crown prince, who will be revenged.

Master Hu broke free from the two guards who were pressing him, and the purple deputy envoy was even more of a piece of cake, and the two of them swaggered away as when they came.

Marry yourself... Xinyue bit her lip and slowly asked in her heart, "Why?" What's so special about you? ”

"How's the north?" As soon as the envoy left, and without waiting for the feast to be over, His Majesty opened his mouth to ask the guards in the north. General Zhou, the northern defender, stood up from his seat and said, "There have been many changes, but there have been no provocations and temptations. ”

"How's the conscription of the prince of Liang?" This is what Rong Zhao cares about the most, because the team recruited by the prince of Liang will be his personal guard and will follow him everywhere to fight, and he is also the prince of a country, and he does not have a single soldier in his hands.

"One hundred thousand Jingwei, selected from the five battalions of the Liang State, are already stationed fifty miles away from Jincheng. The defenders of my Jincheng can hear their training almost every day. After General Zhou finished speaking, he looked at King Yu, and King Yu fell into a deeper level of doubt, but no matter how smart he was, he only found the answer to his doubts in a moment.

After Jiang Wan analyzed for a while, he said, "I can't fight, once Jincheng is opened, it will be merged with the states, and it will be lost to eleven states at once, very soon." ”

"Your Majesty and others want to discuss state affairs, and we women can't help, ladies and gentlemen, please move to the Kun Hall of the palace to have tea." The queen also found a vacancy and left with the ladies and dependents.

"Xinyue..."His Majesty called the name of the new moon, and the new moon was thinking about something, and Wuzi was called by his name, and was a little surprised, "Yes, yes, the little girl is here." ”

"You stay first, Queen, you go and put on..." When His Majesty said this, he glanced at the queen, and the queen's eyes were red, so she didn't continue, but waved her hand, "Stand down." ”

"Yes" Xinyue got the emperor's order, and also followed his relatives and walked to the Kun Palace.

As soon as he walked out of the Ice Toad Pavilion, Xinyue ran into the crown princess Zhang, and Zhang's eyes were complicated to look at Xinyue, which made Xinyue feel even more uncomfortable, and waved her hand to call Xuecui.

Xue Cui listened to Xinyue's instructions, "Tell the Queen Mother, I'm not feeling well, so I won't go to the Kundian to drink tea, and I'll go back." ”

"Yes, that's what the Queen Mother means." Xue Cui glanced back at the Queen Mother, who was walking in the front, and whispered to Xinyue.

Xinyue waited for everyone to walk out of the Ice Toad Pavilion, and slowly walked out of the palace on the way when she came, and after walking a few steps, she stopped, reached out and handed her the snack she brought for Cui'er in her sleeve, "Come, taste." ”

"Slave, slave don't dare" Cui'er saw the scene just now, which would cry, and couldn't help asking, "Madam, when you see the queen, you won't agree to marry your daughter, you, do you really want to kiss?" ”

Feng'er was also full of sadness, and Xinyue pursed her lips and said, "No." ”

Xinyue was a little confused, because she tried hard to remember, but she couldn't recall what was the fuse of the war in her dream that prompted the prince to personally conquer.

Looking at the current situation, the queen will never allow Her Majesty to marry her daughter, Liang Guo is seeking the crown prince's side concubine, for the sake of the face of the great saint, the princess will not marry, so is it really herself, who has already married once?

At the banquet, the envoys tried their best to provoke, and most of the people who provoked were King Yu, could it be that they asked to marry themselves in order to humiliate King Yu?

But first, King Yu no longer leads troops, and secondly, as long as he says that he is no longer the grandson concubine of King Yu, then he will not be able to humiliate King Yu.

Princess, herself, if there is anything in common, it is what the Queen Mother said, they are all granddaughters of the Queen Mother.

Liang Guo came at this time, just to find an excuse to start a war, this matter was seen through by Jiang Wan, so he did not fight, and Liang Guo must lure the prince out, so that he can be killed and Rong Ying will be on the throne.

Don't... The intention of these two envoys is to stimulate the prince's personal conquest, the princess is the prince's own sister, and she is hired as a side concubine, which is a great insult to her, so why bring yourself, why?

In the Ice Toad Pavilion, after listening to Jiang Wan's analysis of not fighting the main battle, the prince said loudly, "Then what General Jiang means is to marry one of Xinyue or Jue'er?" ”

"The princess can't be married, that's the position of the prince's side concubine, asking to marry the princess, isn't it a slap in the face of our great sage?" Jiang Wan's implication is to marry the new moon.

Rong Zhao naturally heard the meaning of this, and His Majesty nodded, "If you really want to marry, it's only..."

"Father, Erchen is willing to ask for battle" As he spoke, Rong Zhao knelt on the ground, "General Zhou said just now, according to our troops in the north, there is no need to be afraid of the prince of the Liang Kingdom, and the son-in-law is willing to go to the expedition in person." ”

"You..." Your Majesty glanced at Rong Zhao's eyes, knowing that his son was Mo Ruo's father, and the eagerness in Rong Zhao's eyes was his love for Xu Xinyue.

"Father, son, although the world praises the best prince in the four kingdoms, but we all know that the prince of the Liang country is also both civil and military, sons, sons and daughters have always wanted to compete with them, and asked their fathers to be perfect." After Rong Zhao finished speaking, he knelt on the ground.

Sitting in the carriage, the new moon, who didn't know if it was the cause of the bumps in the carriage, suddenly cleared her mind and frowned in disbelief.

"Girl, what's wrong with you?" Feng'er noticed something strange about the crescent moon.

Crescent Moon muttered to herself, "No, because of me." ”