As soon as the sky was dark, the most important banquet in the imperial city officially began, with singing and dancing, peaceful and lively.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress sat on the top seat. The rest of the royal family all sat at each end according to the rules.

Wang Jingshu sat on the right with Zhu Peiduan and sat under Princess Chongfu.

The emperor's siblings and the crown prince all sat on the left, while the emperor's concubines and other children who had children sat on the right. Very few other important court ministers were eligible to attend the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and even if they did, they were arranged at the last table.

Wang Jingshu sat upright, looked around, and deeply understood that this was the strict hierarchy of the royal family, what grade and what order to sit, and never make the slightest mistake.

Such a palace banquet, some high-ranking concubines are not allowed to enter the banquet as long as they have no children, no wonder everyone in the palace concubines want to climb up, everyone wants to ask for a son and a half daughter from the emperor, if there is no son and a half daughter, they are not even qualified to participate in the palace banquet, is it not as good as those important ministers of the court.

Having an heir is your greatest reliance and guarantee in the palace.

Table by table said greetings and toasts, which was peaceful and cordial on the surface, and secretly how brothers and sisters were relatives and how they were relatives, they still fought to the death......

Wang Jingshu didn't know how long she was stunned, and she couldn't even hear the emperor's question. Zhu Pei kindly reminded in a low voice, "What are you thinking... What did my father ask you......

Father?

What did he ask?

Wang Jingshu's heart suddenly clenched, she was extremely nervous, she was questioned by her father on a good day, but she didn't hear it, and looked at Zhu Pei helplessly, what should I do?

However, at this moment, Zhu Pei picked on her son, pretending to ask the palace maid to pour wine, not caring at all if she would be ugly? Will she offend her father?

Finally, Wang Jingshu got up nervously and looked at it with a blank face, she really didn't know what her father asked, she was very embarrassed.

The singing and dancing stopped, and everyone looked at her, waiting for her answer.

But there was no sound for a long time.

"What's the matter, Princess Ning didn't hear Imperial Brother Fangcai's question?" It was the voice of Princess Hexian again.

The matter of Fengyi Hall was suppressed by Princess Defu before, and the crown princess was naturally dissatisfied, and Princess Xianchang helped the princess. Now that Princess Defu has returned to the princess's mansion and has not participated in this year's palace banquet, then no one will speak for Princess Ning.

Wang Jingshu didn't hear it when she was stunned, "Daughter-in-law ......"

"The king of a country spoke, but the princess didn't hear it? Is it because you're sitting too far away? The princess's seat is there, thanks to the future of the other two princesses this time, or the princess's seat will have to be moved back. ”

Be forgiving and forgiving. Wang Jingshu didn't know where she offended this princess Hexian, so that she didn't even let herself go at the palace banquet. In front of so many royal relatives and relatives, what can she do......

Princess Chongfu opened her mouth at this time, "Father Fang asked Princess Ning, what is the habit of living in the palace?" This is the first time that Princess Ning has participated in the palace banquet, and she was stunned by the momentum of the heavenly family. This shows that the father and emperor govern the country in a good way, so that the treasury is full, and this palace banquet can be so wonderful that Princess Ning is dumbfounded. ”

This not only told Princess Ning what she asked, but also mentioned the reason why Princess Ning did not react, but also slapped the emperor's ass, saying that the emperor was very happy in his heart, and this remark was also very appropriate on this Chinese New Year's Eve.

The eldest princess Wen Rong followed, "Princess Ning has just entered the palace to participate in the palace banquet, and she has never seen such a big battle. Why should the eldest princess be aggressive? "Leave a line for everything, and see each other in the future.

One person helps Wang Jingshu one by one, if she is no longer interested, she can't be regarded as a dou who can't be helped. She immediately gave a blessing, "Thank you for your concern, thank you, my daughter-in-law is all right in the palace, she is used to living, she is used to living." ”

Zhu Yuanming, who was sitting at the top, didn't want to embarrass his daughter-in-law, and the daughter of the Wang family wanted to give some face, "It's good to get used to it." If anything is bad, tell your mother, and she will make decisions for you. ”

"Yes, if King Ning bullies you, you must take advantage of this Chinese New Year's Eve to report the royal complaint, lest the next time the imperial brother asks, he will not help you."

Only Princess Hemin dared to mention this, she had a good relationship with the royal brother since she was a child, so she simply made a joke about this little couple in order to enliven the atmosphere.

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly became much better. But Wang Jingshu was not ashamed or annoyed, and her face turned red for a while.

But the emperor and queen couldn't laugh, and the queen felt the low pressure from the emperor, and he had a calm face, a little angry.

She knew very well that the emperor wanted to stubble on the eldest princess.

After a moment, everyone stopped laughing, and the atmosphere was inexplicably embarrassed. Princess Hemin regretted it in her heart, and knew that she shouldn't have mentioned it.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanming opened his mouth, "Where is King Ning?" ”

The emperor's calm voice echoed in the hall where the needle could be heard, making people feel inexplicably flustered. Zhu Pei got up tremblingly and bowed his hand, "Father, the son is here." ”

"Yo, I thought you weren't sitting next to the princess. Just now, when you saw your princess get up, why didn't you say a word? ”

The crowd did not know what he meant.

But the Queen Mother, who was sitting like a bodhisattva on the side, knew best, she knew that the emperor at this moment remembered his late original queen. At this time, this scene is very similar to that year, when the first queen was mentioned by the queen mother in public, it seemed to be a palace banquet, and the emperor, who was the prince at that time, helped his wife speak and made the queen mother unhappy, but was praised by the first emperor for the love of husband and wife, and was regarded as a model. Now on Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor must want to empress first.

Because of the deep affection between the emperor and the former empress, he also hoped that his sons and his wives would respect each other and be harmonious.

But it always backfires. Not all couples can be like them.

The crown prince and the crown princess maintained a superficial harmony, and Princess Kang and Princess Kang had no communication except in bed, and Princess Yi and Princess Yi had nothing to say face-to-face. And this pair of Ning Wang and Princess Ning really respect each other like ice.

Every pair of sons and daughters-in-law of the emperor is a grudge couple.

"Your Majesty, you asked the princess this, how did he get better and reply? He would not have dared without your command, lest you be even more angry. ”

The queen's words made Zhu Yuanming even more dissatisfied, and the queen also regretted it in her heart after speaking.

"The father's generosity will not make things difficult for the princess, so the sons and daughters are not worried."

Believe it or not, the emperor himself knows, "Then if I blame her, what should you do?" ”

"Erchen thinks that since ancient times, such things should be handled by the princess herself, because if she can't even handle such things, how can she handle government affairs?"

In the end, it is to push back the matter.

Suddenly, the temple was silent.

And Wang Jingshu's heart was half cold.

Now he and Princess Xian Chang have more ideas, "Your husband and wife have a bad relationship, do you want to ask the royal brother to adjudicate the family matter in public?" Turning around and looking at the head again, "Brother Huang is Chinese New Year's Eve today, you will go home and cut off the family affairs for their little two." ”

Zhu Yuanming became interested, "Oh? Then I'll cut off the family affairs. Tell me about it...... What's going on? ”

With so many royal relatives present, what did the two of them say. Wang Jingshu didn't dare to say that he was afraid of losing Zhu Pei's face, Zhu Pei didn't dare to mention that he was afraid that his father would embarrass the other concubines, and besides, he didn't embarrass the princess. This princess dared to quarrel with him......

"Huh?"

"Erchen doesn't like it, she always quarrels with Erchen."

Quarrel...... Wang Jingshu lowered her head in embarrassment.

In fact, the emperor knows that these little couple always quarrel with each other, and reconcile after the quarrel. He also felt that the day was quite hot and enjoyable.

The Queen Mother laughed violently to dissolve the silence in the hall, "Fourth, your princess is young, you should let her." Besides, how can a husband and wife not quarrel. There is a folk saying that husband and wife quarrel at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed. He looked at the emperor again, "Emperor, it is difficult for a Qing official to cut off family affairs." If you are not stupid, you are not deaf, you are not a family, this family, I am afraid you will not be able to do it. I don't think the young couple have any family affairs to break, and fighting is a lifetime. ”

"Who said that our royal son and daughter-in-law have to respect each other like guests, I think this little couple is not bad, and they will be reconciled soon after a quarrel."

With the words of the Queen Mother, Zhu Yuanming let King Ning go, and with a wave of his hand, he allowed them to sit down.

began to stagger, singing and dancing again.

This matter was finally passed, Wang Jingshu breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her head and took a sip of wine, and asked the palace maid to add wine, her amount of wine was very good. After a while, a few glasses of wine were down, and his face blushed, and Zhu Pei, who was sitting on the other side, was actually a little relieved, as long as his father didn't blame him, he quietly glanced at the princess, and saw that her face was flushed, and she was still adding wine to the palace maid.

casually stopped the palace maid, facing Wang Jingshu's flushed face, for some reason he was a little uncontrollable, I don't know if it was because of the wine or her, he took two chopsticks and sent them to her bowl, "You eat some food, drink a few sips of wine, so as not to wait for the drunk, and you can't worship the New Year." ”

"Okay." Wang Jingshu took the chopsticks and put them in her mouth, chewing them indiscriminately, not feeling the taste at all.

I feel very uncomfortable.

After three rounds of drinking, each of them saluted in turns, Wang Jingshu drank an unknown number of cups, a little drunk and had a headache, seeing that the hour was still early, he wanted to go back to the prince's office first, "Lord, I will go outside to blow the wind, sober up and sober up, and then change my clothes, so as not to be rude when I wait for the meeting." ”

Seeing her expression, Zhu Pei nodded in response, "Later, I will return to my father and queen mother for you." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

Wang Jingshu quietly withdrew from the palace and left with Qingyi's hand blowing the wind. This year's Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet was held in the Changle Hall, a little far from the prince.

Qingyi carried the lantern, supported the master, and finally proposed after walking for two steps, "Master, do you want to pass the sedan chair?" ”

"No, let's go. The Imperial City is full of lanterns tonight, it's so beautiful. ”

"But the wind is blowing, and you will have a headache after waiting carefully. As soon as the time passes, I will pay New Year's greetings. ”

"It's okay, what's the matter with a walk. This beautiful day, if you don't come out for a walk, wouldn't you be disappointed...... "Wang Jingshu is a child, so she has to take a walk, look up and appreciate the lanterns in the palace, and appreciate the night in the palace, not in a sedan chair.

There was no way for Zi Qingyi to rely on her, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the imperial city while walking.