At this time, there was silence outside the Mingqi Pavilion, and the eunuchs and palace maids all shrank down and knelt down, lest Nan Lingxue get angry and cause trouble.

"Princess......" The personal palace maid Green Kite couldn't help but step forward

"This princess is fine" Nan Lingxue raised her head, her eyes looked at the direction Qi Yuan left in a daze, her eyes were painful,

"He's so ruthless"

"Princess...... Don't be sad, the regent he still reads the princess's "The green kite looked at Nan Lingxue's face was pale, and he comforted him.

"Green Kite...... You don't understand, I've loved him for eight years......" Despair appeared in Nan Lingxue's eyes.

In the winter of that year, Nan Lingxue saw Qi Yuan for the first time in Meilin, and he stood quietly in the garden full of red plums, dressed in white and blending with the snow, and she remembered him deeply in her heart since then.

Later, the first emperor was seriously ill, and the imperial brothers fought for the throne, Qi Yuan did not stand on either side, and watched them compete with each other with cold eyes, never dying. The second meeting was when he assisted the new emperor Nan Muxuan to ascend the throne and became the regent above 10,000 people under one person. She had long heard rumors about him, cruel, cold-blooded, and unkind, but she didn't care, and in the years to come, as long as he entered the palace, she would approach him for various reasons to please him, but, until today, he had never seen her once.

"Chuan Hongxing came to see me" Nan Lingxue didn't look at the green kite, and walked straight to the palace, with determination and firmness in her eyes.

After a while, Hongxing pushed open the door and walked in,

"See the princess, the princess is auspicious" Hongxing knelt on the ground,

"How's it going?" Nan Lingxue was lying on the chaise longue, looking at her with sharp eyes at the red apricots on the ground.

"It's all been explained," Hongxing said,

"You are the most trusted person of this princess, and you also know that he is suspicious by nature, do you think there is nothing wrong with what you have done" Nan Lingxue said lightly,

"The princess put it down, in case anything goes wrong, it's all the slave maid's doing" Hongxing kowtowed heavily and her attitude was resolute.

"It's not early, the banquet will start soon, you go down and talk to your brother, he can talk to you" Nan Lingxue showed fatigue and waved her hand.

"Yes, the slave and maid retreated" Hongxing stood up and saluted, carefully closed the door and walked out.

Before Hongxing reached the door, a small body pounced.

"Sister! Xuan'er misses you so much" Nine-year-old Lin Xuan hugged Hongxing's body with a happy face.

Looking at her only relative in the world, Hongxing felt that her heart was warm, but thinking of what she was going to do, Hongxing's eyes were red.

"Sister? What's wrong, did someone bully you? Xuan'er can help her sister fight the bad guys," Lin Xuan raised his head and looked at Hongxing, swearing and said.

"No, my sister just hasn't seen Xuan'er for a long time, I miss Xuan'er"

"Xuan'er also misses her sister"

Hongxing hugged Lin Xuan's warm body, and burst into tears where he couldn't see, Xuan'er, my sister will never let you have anything to do.

"Dong~" Looking at the chess pieces scattered on the ground, Jian Mo looked empty.

After coming out of the Mingqi Pavilion, it was still early, so Qi Yuan took Jian Mo to the side hall to rest. Qi Yuan's chess was just halfway through when he was caught by Jian Mo and knocked away.

Jian Mo didn't expect her strength to become so great, what should I do, would Qi Yuan be angry?

"Don't make trouble" Qi Yuan hugged Jian Mo in his arms and knocked her on the head.

Jian Mo looked at him with an aggrieved expression.

Qi Yuan suddenly lost his anger and felt helpless.

Seeing that Qi Yuan was angry, Jian Mo was even more bold, grabbed Qi Yuan's sleeve, and pointed outside with another fluffy scratch.

"Want to go out" Qi Yuan looked outside.

"Meow" Jian Mo nodded, looking at him flatteringly.

"Feng Lin" Qi Yuan spoke.

"Master?" Feng Lin's voice came from outside.

"What time is it?"

"Master, it's already time," Feng Lin replied.

"Let's go, go to the Taiji Palace"

Inside the Tai Chi Hall -

At this time, the hall is lively and abundant, the sound of silk and bamboo is endless, and all the officials and ministers during the banquet toast each other, and the words are cheerful and happy. However, the discerning person can see that everyone is smiling but not reaching the bottom of their eyes, and they are just going through the motions with each other, and there is no shortage of stumbling blocks in secret.

"The Lord Regent has arrived—" A high-pitched voice came from outside, instantly breaking the joyful atmosphere, and everyone put down their wine glasses and saluted respectfully, their faces complicated.

"Greetings to the Regent"

Qi Yuan didn't look at the full seat, he coldly picked up Jian Mo and walked to the front seat, and only after sitting down did he talk and fade out,

"Please"

The posture is arrogant, but no one dares to speak out.

The hall was quiet, and it was strange to make people feel that the happy scene just now seemed to be an illusion. After this atmosphere lasted for a few minutes, Nan Muxuan brought the queen and Nan Lingxue to the palace.

"Long live the emperor, long live!"

"Empress Chitose Chitose!"

"Princess Chitose Chitose!"

Everyone in the hall knelt down and bowed, only Qi Yuan bent down.

Nan Muxuan didn't seem to see this strange atmosphere, and happily ordered everyone to calm down and walk to the dragon throne with Queen Shangguan Qi.

"Everyone loves Qing's flat body" Nan Muxuan happily faced everyone.

Suddenly, the climax of the banquet was raised, and the dancers with excellent looks danced and the sound of various musical instruments resounded throughout the hall.

The silence when Qi Yuan came disappeared without a trace, and there was harmony in the hall.

"Your Majesty, drinking hurts your body, drink less" Shangguan Qi pulled Lanan Muxuan's clothes and persuaded in a low voice.

"I know, don't worry" Nan Muxuan patted Shangguan Qi's hand.

The officials watched the emperor and queen get along, and they were much more satisfied with Nan Muxuan in their hearts, which also invisibly pulled a lot of hatred for Qi Yuan, after all, if there was no Qi Yuan, Nan Muxuan could be a 'Ming Jun'.

Looking at Qi Yuan's side again, a person and a cat sat quietly as if they didn't hear the hustle and bustle around them. There are also many palace maids and ladies of the family who always look at it secretly. Qi Yuan's appearance is famous, and he is still holding a soft and cute cat in his hand, the gentleness shown by Qi Yuan at this moment makes all the young ladies forget his cold-bloodedness, and they can't wait to become a cat in his arms immediately.

Jian Mo felt that the envious eyes around her were very puzzled, but she was immediately attracted by the grapes presented, few people knew that she loved grapes alone, and she never got tired of eating them in her previous life, she thought that this dynasty did not have it, but she didn't want to see it today.

Jian Mo looked around, only a few high-ranking officials had it on their tables, and she knew the preciousness of this kind of thing. Jian Mo looked at the big crystal clear grapes in front of her, pulled Qi Yuan's sleeve with a grab, and pointed at the grapes on the table with another grab.

"Want to eat?"

"Meow"

"Call twice," Qi Yuan picked up a grape and shook it in front of Jian Mo's eyes.

"............" Jian Mo is helpless, when am I a dog?

"Huh?"

"Meow Meow" is all for the grapes.

At this time, everyone noticed that the regent, who had been sitting in silence for banquets, moved, and his bony fingers gently peeled the skin of the grapes, and sent the grapes into the cat's mouth.