The Imperial Garden is the place where the birthday of the Queen Mother is held today.

At this time of the day, the Imperial Garden is only lit up in a place where you can pass by, and a few lampposts are lit daily by the palace guards.

Today, due to the special situation, dozens of lampposts were placed in the imperial garden.

In addition, the bamboo poles are firmly anchored in the iron-hard soil in a position that does not obstruct pedestrian crossing.

The tops of nearly 100 bamboo poles are connected to each other by iron wires as thin as hair, and countless red paper lanterns are hung.

Shrouded in a translucent glow, the Imperial Garden is brightly lit and has a soft and intoxicating atmosphere.

At this moment, the thirty-six tables of banquets in the Imperial Garden were almost full of guests who had come to participate in the banquet.

Gu Yanran, Gu Haoran and others came to the Imperial Garden under the leadership of the people of the Guiding Palace.

The palace man pointed to the banquet table in front of him, and respectfully greeted the Protector Mansion and his party. "All the distinguished guests of the Protector's Mansion, I'm a little late, hurry up and take a seat, the Queen Mother should be here in a while."

Gu Yanran looked at the table pointed by the palace people...... The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and six vacant seats were just enough for the number of people attending the banquet in the Protectorate Mansion.

Gu Changtai also seemed to notice this, and looked at the palace people with a frown. "There are seven people in our Protector's Mansion, but there are only six seats at that table, how did you arrange it?"

The palace man raised his head and counted the people in front of him, except for the woman dressed as Yahuan, there were really seven.

"That's not right." The palace people were confused. "The number of people attending the banquet reported by the Protector Mansion is indeed six honored guests, how can there be seven here?"

"I'm not on the Protector's list." Gu Yanran opened her mouth and asked the palace people. "I'm Gu Yanran, who just received the invitation this morning, is there a place for me?"

"Gu Yan......" The palace people suddenly reacted. Are you Mr. Gu from Shangheng Academy? ”

Gu Yanran was a little surprised when she heard what the palace people called her, but she also admitted. "Yes, it's me."

"It turned out to be Mr. Gu, it was a slave who was rude.

Before the banquet, someone came to report that they wanted to add a seat, but because the minions were busy with the affairs of the dining room, they accidentally forgot about the increase in seats.

If Miss Gu had come earlier, she would definitely have been able to arrange your seat.

But because a few adults who arrived early brought more family members, there was a shortage of seats, so they ......" The palace people looked at Gu Yanran without saying anything, looking very embarrassed.

Gu Kerou's eyes flashed and she stepped forward. "That, Sister Chang, Kerou is a concubine, it doesn't matter if you participate in the banquet or not, so you can sit in Kerou's seat, right?"

Gu Yanran knew that Gu Kerou was uneasy and kind, how could she sit in her place?

"Since there is no place for me, I will leave......" As soon as Gu Yanran had the idea of leaving, she caught a glimpse of the table near the chairman. Father-in-law.

I see that there are seats at the table in front of me, I don't know if those seats have owners? ”

The palace people looked over and saw Ye Yin sitting on the seat with a cold face, and couldn't help but tremble. "Those seats have not yet been mastered, but they are ......"

"That's it." Gu Yanran didn't wait for the palace people to finish speaking, took Gu Qiqiao's hand and walked towards the table.

The palace people were beating a panicked drum in their hearts, and they quickly wanted to call Gu Yanran. "Gu, Mr. Gu, don't go, there is a ...... on that table Your Excellency. ”

The palace man's words had just finished speaking, but Gu Yanran had already walked away.

Gu Yanran came to the seat and swept her eyes over the people sitting on the table.

The Night Netherworld sat alone in the direction of due north, with two empty positions on the left and three empty positions on the right.

Directly opposite the night netherworld, there are several princes and princesses sitting in turn.

Gu Yanran was not familiar with these people in her previous life, but she still had to invite An. "Gu Yanran, a folk girl, has seen the third prince, the fifth prince, the sixth prince, the eighth prince, and the ninth princess."

Gu Yanran saluted, and Gu Qiqiao, who was behind her, also bowed her knees, but did not speak, because she did not have the right to speak on this occasion.

The three princes were amazed. "Gu Yanran ?!!"

"The daughter of the Protector's Mansion?" The six princes raised their eyebrows.

The ninth princess blinked and did not speak. “……”

Gu Yanran was not familiar with these people, so regardless of everyone's strange eyes, she sat directly beside the night nether.

"Hey, hey." Gu Yanran smiled a little flattering at the night ghost. "Master Guoshi, don't you mind Yanran sitting here, right?"

Night Netherworld glanced at Gu Yanran faintly, and responded simply. "Hmm."

Gu Yanran's response to the night nether sounded very ordinary, but the princes and princesses at the table widened their eyes as if they had seen something they had never seen before.

After receiving the answer from the night nether, Gu Yanran was also relieved, and her eyes dangled on the table.

Inadvertently, she saw the wine jug and wine glass standing in front of the night ghost, and wanted to open her mouth to dissuade her, but thinking that this occasion might not allow him not to drink.

"......" Gu Yanran looked at the wine jug and wine glass for a while, then followed the cover of the tabletop and reached out to cover the hand of the night ghost.

Ye Yin froze, looked at Gu Yanran a little, and frowned slightly. "You ......"

"Master Guoshi, there is wine in front of you, it seems that you have a good amount of wine?" Gu Yanran exerted force in her hand and tightened the hand of the Night Nether.

Gu Qiqiao stood behind Gu Yanran and Ye Nether, saw this obviously strange interaction, and then looked at the palace people who came and went around him...... No, you can't let others see it.

Although Gu Qiqiao was a little confused about the situation, he took two steps forward and blocked a suitable position.

Gu Yanran noticed Gu Qiqiao's obstruction behind her, and she no longer worried about behind her, so she directly moved horizontally and pulled Ye Nether's hand to her lap and held it down.

The other free hand pinched a silver needle that had been pulled out of nowhere and stabbed it into the tip of the Nether Index Finger.

As the saying goes, ten fingers are connected to the heart, and this is absolutely true.

Rao is a person like Night Nether, who is silent even in the face of death, can't help frowning. “……”

I thought that this kind of pain would only happen once, but who knew that Gu Yanran actually pierced his five fingers with a silver needle.

The successive pains made Night Nether's face a little more gloomy.

The others on the table didn't know what had happened to the Night Nether, but Qi Qi was frightened by his hidden anger.

Obediently, who provoked the night of the nether? Didn't Ye Yin regret letting Gu Yanran sit beside him?

Everyone looked at Gu Yanran again, but found that she was lowering her head and her shoulders trembling slightly.

The ninth princess, Nangong Nianyou, thought that Gu Yanran must have been frightened, so she wanted to help her. "That's, that'...... Sister Yanran. ”

Gu Yanran was focused on sticking needles to the night nether, because she didn't look up, just responded. "Huh?"

"Why don't you sit next to this princess?" The Ninth Princess proposed, and glanced at the Night Netherworld evasively, and then continued to talk to Gu Yanran. "Ben, Princess Ben thinks you're very pleasing to the eye and wants to make friends with you."