"By the way, the persimmon tree in my yard should be almost ripe, you two don't have to accompany me this time, stay here and make persimmons for me."

"County Lord?" The lacewing was startled, not very relieved to smell that Xia Shu went out alone, but the fluorescence and her eyes instructed her to shut up for the time being, and obediently obeyed Xia Shu's orders.

"Yes, His Royal Highness Soseki likes to eat persimmons the most, but do you want the slave maid to send them for His Highness?"

"No, when it's done, seal it with a jar and bury it under that tree."

"Huh?" Now not only the lacewings, but even the fluorescence can't figure out what Natsuki is planning to do.

The two of them looked at each other, and Xia Shu looked casual again, carrying the freshly packed luggage, and went out alone.

After Natsuki entered the palace, it was probably because of the news that told Wenren Shushi, so that the eyes of the palace and the whole palace looked at her a little wrong.

She only found nothing, and reunited with Xu Ruyu and her husband and wife, and lived in the palace for two or three days.

Then it was soon the first day of October to celebrate the Winter Food Festival, and a small family banquet was held in the palace, and the location was chosen in the Red Plum Pavilion standing in the middle of the lotus pond.

This Cold Food Festival family banquet is the most reunited gathering in recent years.

Xu Ruyu, Xu Rulie and Xu Ruzhu several princes, except for Xu Ruzhu, all carried their families to sit in the lower position, and then took the youngest princess Xu Ruru, and they all stepped forward to say a few words of congratulations to the emperor one by one.

Although the queen and the virtuous concubine do not deal with each other, they will pretend to be kind today, and the good concubine refuses to come because she doesn't like such a lively occasion because she doesn't like it, which saves trouble.

And because this is not yet a cold day, a little cool wind, but also more refreshing, so several large windows around the Hongmei Pavilion have already been removed, not yet installed, almost transparent on all sides, so that people look at the unobstructed and boundless lotus pond, but there is a different artistic conception.

Today's cloudy, has not yet dispersed the earth, rolling the cool autumn wind to make people very comfortable, but because the time is close to the autumn and winter, so this lotus pond was boundless, the lotus leaves reflect the sun lotus flowers, but also transformed into the dilapidated and dilapidated dead lotus in front of you.

The queen smiled Yan Yan, because this was in front of many princes, princesses and concubines, she especially wanted to show grace and luxury, and the emperor and his wife were deeply in love, so she stood up and toasted the emperor with a glass of cold wine.

"The concubine borrowed this wine to wish my emperor good health and happiness."

The emperor was also in a good mood today, so he raised the wine glass and the queen replied, the two of them drank the wine in the cup, and at a glance, the banquet situation was very harmonious and happy, but because of the cold food festival of the world, the food had already been cold.

In addition, because the weather is gradually getting cooler, even Xu Ruru's favorite fruits and grapes have no appetite now, for fear of cold teeth, so in such a joyful banquet, Xu Ruru seems a little lonely and boring.

Xu Ruzhu and Xu Ruru, like Xu Ruru, are both single people who have not started a family, so the two of them sit in a separate seat on one side, which is quite comfortable.

He was about to pick up a chopstick dish, and suddenly saw Xu Ruru next to him with an unhappy face, for fear of offending the emperor, he hurriedly frowned and gently reminded her with his hand.

Xu Ruru held her chin with one hand and returned a well-behaved smile with Xu Ruzhu, but this emotional change was not so easy, so she still looked like she was doing her own thing.

Xu Ruzhu had no choice, so he simply ignored her, but at today's banquet, in addition to Xu Ruru, there seemed to be another person who was also absent-minded.

Xu Ruyu is not in good health and can't drink cold wine, so only his place is placed with hot tea. Xu Yicai gave him a bowl of hot ginger chicken soup, and he was turning his head and wanting to say a few words to Xia Shu, but he unexpectedly saw Xia Shu's face full of soul and not possessed by his body.

"What's wrong with you?"

Hearing Xu Ruyu's caring voice, Xia Shu turned his head suddenly, but in addition to his usual indifferent eyes to Shang Xu Ruyu, the corner of his eye also saw Xu Yin, who was not very happy behind him.

"No, I'm sorry for the Second Highness, maybe the concubine is not used to eating these cold foods, and it's rude."

"You should naturally say this, after all, you and I are husband and wife, and if something happens to you, I will also be to blame." Xu Ruyu lowered his head, and what he said was inexplicably a little more serious, Xia Shu pulled his handkerchief, and he couldn't bear it, and then he saw a slender white hand and a bowl of steaming chicken soup sent by himself.

"Your Highness." Xia Shu frowned, turned his head in disbelief, and saw Xu Ruyu nodding and smiling twice at him. "If there's anything uncomfortable, you should have told me earlier."

"I ......" I'm afraid that no one can tell me what is in my heart.

"Your Majesty seems to be in a good mood, isn't there something good, why don't you say it and let us all have fun together." Just when Xia Shu was hesitating, he heard the sound of the queen and the emperor laughing again, the queen wiped the tip of her nose with a handkerchief, and her eyes gently glanced at Xu Rulie and Su Lian, who were sitting in front of them.

In the end, in the womb of the queen of the middle palace, Xu Rulie is also the only prince who is qualified to sit in this position, and Su Lian beside him, the child in the womb has been three months old, and he was born as the first eldest grandson of the royal family, how noble his identity is.

Even if the queen didn't like Su Lian in the future, this was a great joy after all, and he still felt extremely proud and happy in his heart.

Thinking about it, the queen's heart became more and more proud, as if the victory was in hand, and Emperor Xu Huayin also got the handle of the Wa Kingdom two days ago, as long as it was confirmed that the matter was true, he would have a legitimate reason to take the Wa Kingdom into his pocket.

In this way, in his life, he pacified the chaos between various small countries and Daze, which can be regarded as a feat that can be regarded as a famous feat in history.

"It's a happy event, but it's not the time to tell you yet, and when the matter is settled and their people confess their crimes, wouldn't it be more perfect to talk about it then."

The emperor rolled his eyes and couldn't help laughing, but his faint words were enough to frighten the spoon in Xia Shu's hand to fall.

Xu Ruyu turned his head and watched Xia Shu's abnormal behavior, his eyes were very deep, but he didn't say a word after all, and then Xiao Lizi over there brought another bowl of soup and served it to the emperor's table.

"Your Majesty, this is the last batch of fresh lotus seeds, the imperial dining room has made a chilled lotus seed white fungus soup, the emperor can taste it?"

Hearing this, the emperor answered, looked down, but found that the lotus seeds in this bowl didn't even pick the lotus heart, and he suddenly frowned unhappily.

"The people in this imperial dining room, the errand is getting better and better now, and they are so busy with such small things that they don't have time to take care of it, could it be that their eyes have grown elsewhere?"

The emperor slapped the table angrily, after all, he was old and his temper was a little good.

"Yes, yes, the minions will go back and tell them to redo it." Xiao Lizi served in front of the emperor, and was rarely reprimanded so harshly by the emperor, he was also young, not as steady as his master Dequan, and accidentally softened his feet, and when he promised to go back to replace it, he accidentally spilled a lot of lotus seed soup on the ground.

The lotus seed soup was sprinkled on the ground, and the soup that looked very clear and transparent in the bowl turned black and sticky when it fell to the ground, and even some small white bubbles appeared on the floor made of bricks. De has experienced a hundred battles all over his body, and when he saw this situation, he immediately shouted in fright.

"Someone! There are assassins, escorts, fast escorts! ”

I thought that the handle of the Wa Kingdom was already in hand, and the traitor of the Yang family had been disposed of, so everything would be fine, so the emperor was relieved to let Xiao Huai'an leave, but he never thought that this kind of thing would happen again.

The emperor was furious, and felt that his royal authority had been provoked, and when Dequan was about to come over and help him get out of here, he refused to stand up, and stubbornly sat on the dragon chair and scolded him.

"Bastard, how dare these assassins be so bold, I'm just waiting for them here, I'm the Ninety-Five Supreme, and I'm worried about a few of them? When the forbidden army is called, it is necessary to strictly and thoroughly investigate the origin of this lotus seed soup and who has handled it. ”

When the words landed, Dequan frowned with helplessness on his face, if he was young, he would naturally rest assured that the emperor would let go and fight with the assassins, but now is different, after all, he still cares more about the emperor's body.

He was so anxious that a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he couldn't even pay attention to the dust that symbolized his identity as the chief manager, and he crossed the moment and grabbed the emperor's arm.

"Your Majesty, this is a dangerous place, Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven, how can you be in danger again? Let's go back first and make a decision after the investigation is clear? ”

"They are just a group of rabble hiding in the shadows, I want to sit here in the open, if you are afraid of danger, then I think the queen and they will go back first."

The emperor's eyes glanced at Dequan coldly, he didn't look at him like such an easily excited person on weekdays, but today he suddenly became so axial.

The queen and concubine next to them were also hesitant whether to send someone to pack up their way out, but when they suddenly heard the emperor's words, both of them were embarrassed to leave first.

Concubine Xian even put on a very caring appearance for the emperor, especially standing near the emperor.

"Your Majesty is right, the concubines are willing to live and die with Your Majesty, and will never retreat first."

The queen was so angry that she almost wanted to bite her handkerchief, she had to have a lot of scruples for the sake of her image, but for the same reason, she always let Concubine Xian show her care for the emperor in front of her.