"What's going on?" The emperor looked at the empress and Concubine Yao who was sitting on the ground, frowned dissatisfiedly, and said.

He's upset enough, these two women are going to make trouble for him.

Concubine Yao didn't notice the emperor's emotions at all, and she was still crying over there pretending to be pear blossoms and rain, "Your Majesty, the concubine just lost her words for a while, and the queen's sister pushed me to the ground, this is to be cruel to me!" Your Majesty, you must uphold justice for your concubines!"

After Concubine Yao finished speaking, she waited for the queen to defend herself and then be punished by the emperor, but she didn't expect that the queen not only did not defend herself, but also stood there like that.

In the end, the queen is still a little smarter than Concubine Yao, and she found out at a glance that the emperor's mood was wrong, plus the emperor had just released herself, and the queen also knew that at this juncture, the emperor still needed her to balance the situation between Concubine Yao and the court, so she would never do anything to her.

Knowing this, the queen was naturally very calm, and she just stood there like that, and she didn't annoy the emperor.

Sure enough, the emperor spoke, "Concubine Yao, you are offended by your words in front of the queen, the queen is the master of the harem, and there is nothing unjustifiable to punish you, why don't you apologize to the queen quickly?"

Concubine Yao never expected that she would get such a reply from the emperor, and she wanted to defend a few words, but when she saw the emperor's undoubted look, she knew that there was no room for change in this matter.

Concubine Yao had no choice but to reluctantly get up and salute the queen, and said, "Today is my sister's lack of proportion, offending my sister, my sister is here to compensate my sister, and I ask my sister to forgive my sister." "

The queen naturally wouldn't force Yao Guifei too hard, after all, the dog would jump off the wall when she was in a hurry, but the news of Yao Guifei's loss of power quickly spread.

When Concubine Yao heard the news, she was so angry that she broke an agate bottle, but she was still helpless.

Naturally, this news quickly reached Wei Xiyue's ears, and Wei Xiyue could also see from this incident that their plan to suppress Huo Zeyu was effective, and she couldn't help but be happy.

In the days that followed, Huo Zeyu's arrogance was slowly suppressed, and it seemed that the situation had returned to its previous appearance, and the lives of the people on Huo Lingxiao and Wei Xiyue's side were also a lot more comfortable.

But such a comfortable day will not last long - there will be a banquet in the palace.

This banquet is held almost every other day, and there is nothing unusual, but it is just to invite some courtiers and their families to gather in the palace, and by the way, to envelop the so-called monarch and ministers.

In the past, Gu Taifu would basically receive invitations to banquets of this nature, and this kind of invitation was generally for him, of course, he could also bring his family there, but he didn't want Gu Xue'er to contact those royal people, so he basically wouldn't bring them.

However, at this banquet, Gu Fu received two invitations, one of which was to invite Gu Xueer alone.

didn't even need to think about it, Mrs. Gu could guess that this must have been ordered by the emperor.

Gu Xue'er is not bad-looking, if she has to be ranked, Gu Xue'er's appearance can also be ranked among the top few among the ladies in the capital, and the concubines in the harem who are qualified to invite people will not want to invite Gu Xue'er to the banquet to make themselves blocked, so it can only be indicated by the emperor.

And the emperor's purpose of such a gesture is generally only two, one is that he wants to marry Gu Xue'er to a certain prince, and the other is that he himself has taken a fancy to Gu Xue'er.

But no matter what it is, it's not what Gu Xue'er and Mrs. Gu want.

"Father, what am I going to do? Can I just call myself sick?" Gu Xue'er frowned, obviously very distressed.

"Absolutely not!" Mrs. Gu rejected this proposal without thinking about it, "The emperor is not a fool, this is too clumsy, he will definitely be able to see it, and he will be furious if he doesn't keep it when the time comes." "

"But if it's really what you think, father...... I don't want to have anything to do with any of the royal family, let alone be accepted as a concubine and locked in the palace for the rest of my life. Gu Xue'er bit her lower lip.

Mrs. Gu sighed, "I don't want you to be involved in these things, but you have to go to this banquet." It's better to let Xiyue go with you, and I'll be relieved to have her take care of you. "

Gu Xue'er naturally nodded without hesitation.

"It's just that you have to be careful at the banquet that day, don't dress too eye-catching, and hide if you can in the face of the emperor." Mrs. Gu told Gu Xue'er a bunch of things that needed attention, and Gu Xue'er naturally came down to all of them.

Mrs. Gu also knew her daughter's temperament, so she reluctantly put her mind at ease and went to write a letter to Wei Xiyue.

After receiving Mrs. Gu's letter, coupled with something related to Gu Xue'er, Wei Xiyue naturally would not refuse.

On the day of the banquet, Wei Xiyue deliberately took a carriage to Gu's mansion to pick up Gu Xue'er.

Gu Xue'er was really dressed very plainly as Mrs. Gu told her, if it weren't for her temperament and appearance, I am afraid that she would disappear in the crowd.

On the way to the banquet, everything went well, but when we approached the palace gate, the carriage suddenly jolted violently, and then stopped.

It's okay if it's an ordinary bump, but this almost turned Wei Xiyue and Gu Xue'er out of the carriage, no matter how good Wei Xiyue's temper was, she couldn't help but be a little annoyed at this time, and poked her head out of the carriage.

"What's going on?" Wei Xiyue asked the coachman.

The coachman was afraid that Wei Xiyue would be angry, so he hurriedly said, "I was clearly going to go in just now, but somehow, a carriage suddenly came out and almost collided, so this is the case." "

Wei Xiyue glanced at the carriage in front of her, it was Wei Feiyue's.

But fortunately, there were no moths in the back, and Wei Xiyue and Gu Xue'er arrived at the banquet smoothly.

Although Gu Xue'er was dressed plainly enough today, the emperor's sharp eyes still saw her at a glance.

The empress and Concubine Yao saw that the emperor had been looking in one direction, and when they looked along the line of sight, they naturally saw Gu Xue'er at a glance.

Gu Xue'er is indeed a beautiful embryo, the emperor had signaled the queen and Yao Guifei to take care of Xue'er before, even though the queen and Yao Guifei were dissatisfied at this time, they still led Gu Xue'er as soon as there was a topic.

Gu Xue'er didn't even know how to keep a low profile under their "care", no matter how she avoided it, she would be taken by the queen and Concubine Yao, which attracted the attention of many people.

Concubine Yao also saw that Gu Xue'er was very uncomfortable with this, but she also knew in her heart that Gu Xue'er was the person the emperor wanted, so she held her breath and became more enthusiastic about Gu Xue'er.

"Cher, why do I feel like I've never seen you at a banquet before? You see, dressed really plainly, Mrs. Gu is really thrifty, and she buried a little beauty in vain. I have a set of pink coral headdresses there, I have always thought that the color is too tender, I can't wear it, and today I will look at it and give it to you the most suitable. "

Concubine Yao smiled, summoned Gu Xue'er to her side, and took Gu Xue'er's hand, looking at that appearance, people who don't know may really think that they are sisters.

Gu Xue'er didn't often face such a scene, and the whole person looked stiff and embarrassed, so she could only refuse dryly, "Concubine Yao, this is too precious, I can't stand it." "

Concubine Yao wanted to say something more, but the emperor rushed to open her mouth in front of Concubine Yao.

"Since Concubine Yao wants to give it to you, you can take it. I see that you are indeed dressed plainly, just right, a few days ago Suzhou Shanggong came to pay a few horses of silk, and you will be a head. "

Concubine Yao's face turned green when she heard this, she had begged the emperor before, but the emperor didn't allow her, so she gave Gu Xue'er this girl like this today.

But she still has to maintain superficial skills, and she can't say anything about Gu Xue'er.

Everyone knows that there are many nobles in the silk, and when she heard the emperor say so much, Gu Xue'er became even more stiff.

None of the people present were blind, the emperor's thoughts about Gu Xue'er were so obvious, everyone looked at their noses and noses, and they all knew it in their hearts, but because of the emperor's majesty, it was difficult to say this.

Wei Xiyue naturally noticed it, and couldn't help but get anxious.

Over there, Gu Xue'er finished dealing with Concubine Yao, and was finally able to return to Wei Xiyue's side. Wei Xiyue pretended to take Gu Xue'er away from the banquet under the pretext of going out of Gong, they couldn't go out of the palace first, so they could only walk around the palace, which was a distraction.

Gu Xue'er barely breathed a sigh of relief, and told Wei Xiyue all the distress in her heart, "Xiyue, what can I do?" I don't want to have anything to do with those people at all. "

In Wei Xiyue's heart, Gu Xue'er has always been a clean and pure girl, and she doesn't want Gu Xue'er to have anything to do with those people and things.

Just when she was about to open her mouth to comfort and comfort Gu Xue'er, a palace maid suddenly came towards her.

"Miss Wei, the third prince has something to do with you, please come with me." The palace maid leaned in front of Wei Xiyue and whispered.

Wei Xiyue wanted to take Gu Xue'er but was stopped by the palace maid, so she had to go with the palace maid by herself.

But who would have thought that this palace maid only led Wei Xiyue to the door of a room and left, Wei Xiyue pushed the door open, only to find that it was an empty room.

Wei Xiyue realized that there was a ghost almost instantly, and hurriedly went back to find Gu Xue'er, but where was there still Gu Xue'er's figure?

Gu Xue'er is not familiar with the palace and will not run around at all, Wei Xiyue has found all the places that Gu Xue'er may go, but ......

No, no, or no!

Wei Xiyue was almost overwhelmed by the self-blame in her heart at that moment.

She really knew that Gu Xue'er was not safe, but she left Gu Xue'er there alone. Why is he not wary at all, and he is deceived so easily!

Huo Lingxiao saw that Wei Xiyue and Gu Xue'er hadn't returned to the banquet for so long, so he hurriedly left the banquet to look for them, and sure enough, he saw Wei Xiyue who blamed herself in the same place.

"Huo Lingxiao, what should I do, Xue'er is gone." Wei Xiyue was very helpless.

Huo Lingxiao didn't know how to comfort him, so he called out his secret guard, "Shadow, take someone to find it, be sure to find Miss Gu!"