In order to welcome the Bactrian delegation, a grand palace banquet was held in the palace.

Gu Tingjun took Empress Sun and Yin Guifei to sit at the top, Liu Jun and the officials of Great Xia sat on his lower left, and Gu Tingfeng and several princes sat on his lower right.

Since ancient times, the left has been respected, and it is arranged in this way.

After the song and dance, Gu Tingjun personally raised a glass and drank with everyone, then looked at Liu Jun and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has worked hard all the way, I wonder if you can still enjoy this palace banquet today?" ”

Liu Jun bowed his head and said: "Thanks to His Majesty the Emperor's love, I am afraid of it." ”

"Great Xia is a vassal country of the ancient dynasty, and they are all their own families, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not be polite, if you have any needs, just tell the third prince."

When Gu Tingfeng heard this, he immediately echoed: "As the emperor said, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not need to be polite to this king, all your affairs in the ancient dynasty have been handed over to this king to take care of, if you need anything, or if there is anything inconsiderate, just tell this king, this king will do his best to make His Royal Highness the prince and the envoys have a good time in the ancient dynasty." ”

Liu Jun smiled faintly at him and said, "Then Gu has thanked the third prince." As he spoke, he didn't forget to raise his eyes to look at Gu Tingjun, who was sitting on the top seat, and bowed slightly, "Thank you for the hospitality, Your Majesty the Emperor." ”

Listening to the three of them talking about some scenes without nutrition, Yin Guifei secretly rolled her eyes.

She didn't want to come to today's palace banquet, but it was just the prince of a small vassal country, where is it worth setting up a palace banquet for him, and let Gu Tingfeng take the officials of the Ministry of Rites to receive it, but the emperor didn't know why, he wanted to make a big show about the whole palace banquet, in order to prevent the queen from being beautiful, she had to pull the emperor to be coquettish, so that the emperor could agree to take her.

Although the harem woman also has channels to understand the affairs of the previous dynasty, it is limited after all, so she is not familiar with the information of Liu Jun, she only knows that he is the child born to the first emperor of Great Xia and the eldest princess of this dynasty, and then the eldest princess died, and he disappeared, but he did not expect to be found by the regent of Great Xia more than ten years later, and also strongly supported him to ascend the throne, making him the crown prince of Great Xia.

In Yin Guifei's opinion, that regent was a fool. has been in power for many years, but he didn't even think about sitting on the throne logically, but he has been persevering in pursuing the whereabouts of the former emperor's son-in-law, and when he found it, he gave him everything he had without hesitation.

Isn't this just making a wedding dress for someone else for nothing? I'm afraid this regent has a hole in his brain, right?

Gu Tingjun had completely different thoughts from Concubine Yin, of course, he also felt that the regent of Great Xia was a bit stupid, but he was more concerned about Liu Jun's other identity.

His secret guards are not vegetarians, and they have long found out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Liu Jiaojiao are childhood sweethearts, and even her life-saving benefactor, if he hadn't picked up the five-year-old Liu Jiaojiao from the mountain, it is estimated that the little girl would have been buried in the belly of the beast.

He has always been unable to see through Liu Jiaojiao, a little girl, and the reason why he still lets her go is because he has a faint inexplicable feeling that he had better not be an enemy of this little girl.

He didn't know why he felt that way, but he trusted his instincts, which had saved him several times during his succession.

Therefore, this is related to Liu Jiaojiao, and according to the information found, the prince of Daxia has a lot of relationship, so he can't pay more attention to it.

After a few more gossips, Gu Tingjun said seemingly casually: "When I was young, I went to the Great Xia Capital with the emperor once, and it was a good place with excellent scenery, but unfortunately I am really a little unaccustomed to food. ”

Liu Jun followed his words and said: "The weather in Great Xia is much hotter than in the ancient dynasties, and it is surrounded by mountains on both sides and the sea on both sides, and the humidity is too heavy, so the diet is mostly spicy, no wonder His Majesty the Emperor is not used to it." ”

"I still prefer the food of my dynasty, speaking of food, there is a restaurant in the capital, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to take a trip, the dishes there are superb, no less than the imperial food in the palace."

"Oh? Is there still a folk delicacy that can surpass the imperial diet? ”

"That restaurant is called Qingxinfang, the chef is a wonderful person, the third prince is half the boss there, His Royal Highness the Prince, you can let him take you there."

Gu Tingfeng felt a sigh in his heart when he heard this, and before he could speak, he heard Liu Jun say with a smile: "If it is Qingxinfang, Lone is going to go, and there is no need for the prince to bother to lead the way, and Lone may be more familiar with it than the prince." ”

Gu Tingjun glanced at him with a smile, nodded and said, "It's my negligence, it's true." ”

Except for him, Gu Tingfeng and Liu Jun, everyone else was confused, but no one dared to ask, so they could only suppress their doubts in their hearts and look at Liu Jun curiously.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Great Xia has a lot to do with the first restaurant in the capital of the ancient dynasty? What's going on? Could it be that the behind-the-scenes owner of Qingxinfang is from Daxia? So, the third prince is a restaurant opened in partnership with the people of Daxia? Is there any hidden secret, or is it that the third prince colluded with the Great Xia people under the emperor's nose?

There are so many questions, and the more you think about it, the more scary it becomes.

None of the people here are stupid people, so even if their brains are open, no one dares to ask directly what the situation is, and the emperor is also an insider, no matter what the situation is, he knows it in his heart, so why do they need to talk like this?

In the evening, the palace banquet ended, and after bidding farewell to the emperor, Liu Jun led the people of the embassy by Gu Tingfeng and walked in the direction of the palace gate.

After walking out of the road, Gu Tingfeng suddenly pulled Liu Jun and strode a few steps, opened some distance from the person behind him, and asked in a low voice, "Are you crazy?" Say that in front of the emperor! ”

Liu Jun frowned slightly, and after pulling away his hand that was tugging on his arm, he lowered his voice and replied: "He clearly wants to trick me, since he already knows, why should I hide it?" ”

Seeing that he has been taking care of his sister these days, Liu Jun is too lazy to put the prince's shelf in front of him.

"Huh? Do you mean that the emperor has long known about your relationship with Jiaojiao? Gu Tingfeng was taken aback. Ninety-six flavors

Liu Jun looked at him with a foolish expression, "Since he went to check Jiaojiao, he will naturally find out about my existence." With this IQ, it's no wonder that Gu Tingjun can rest assured that he will be a free prince.

"How do you know that the emperor went to check Jiaojiao?" Gu Tingfeng was still confused, and then suddenly a flash of inspiration, "Haven't you already seen Jiaojiao?" What did she tell you? When? Last night? ”

"Yes."

"You actually went to see Jiaojiao without me?"

"Why did I tell you when I went to see Jiaojiao?"

Gu Tingfeng was speechless for a moment.

That's right, people have been in love for many years, and it's normal to meet in private, so why should you tell him about this outsider?

Thinking that he was just an outsider, Gu Tingfeng felt very unhappy in his heart.

"This is the ancient dynasty, don't forget that you are the prince of Great Xia, Jiaojiao's identity has always been kept secret, you'd better not go and make trouble for her!" Gu Tingfeng warned.

Liu Jun raised her eyes and glanced at him lightly, "Naturally, I won't make trouble for her, I will only make her live better." ”

Gu Tingfeng sneered: "You still have to go back to Great Xia to inherit the throne in the end, Jiaojiao's family is all in the Ancient Dynasty, and her fiancé is also there, can you still bring her to Great Xia?" ”

Liu Jun didn't want to explain too much to him, in Liu Jun's opinion, he was just a little better than a stranger, and it wasn't worth bothering to explain anything, so he didn't reply, just glanced at him, and then raised his feet and strode forward.

Gu Ting was so angry that he gritted his teeth in the back, but he couldn't do anything about the other party.

I'm so angry, this rival in love is simply menacing, and what's even more angry is that Jiaojiao still has a damn marriage contract!

What the hell, should he let Lei Ting and Lei Jun pretend to be robbers, sneak into the Wujun Mansion in the middle of the night and abolish that prince?

On the second day, Liu Jun directly led the people of the mission to Qingxinfang, and Niu Haoran, who had already been instructed by Liu Jiaojiao, sent the others to the box that had been vacant on the third floor, and then personally led Liu Jun to the box exclusive to Liu Jiaojiao.

As soon as she entered the door, Liu Jun saw Liu Jiaojiao waiting inside, and a warm smile suddenly bloomed on her originally expressionless face, and there was some love in her eyes that was almost impossible to hide.

But he didn't see her for a day, but he seemed to have spent a long year, and even dreamed of her last night.

When Liu Jiaojiao saw him coming, she also showed him a very beautiful smile, and beckoned to him affectionately: "Brother, come and sit down, I knew you would come today, and I specially made you your favorite dish!" ”

Liu Jun sat down next to her, and almost used all the self-control in her body to forcibly suppress the urge to take her into her arms.

My sister is still young and has not yet opened her mind, so she must not act impulsively, so as not to scare her.

The envoys in the other box ate to the fullest, Liu Jun didn't know, anyway, he was very happy, not only did his sister personally cook his favorite dishes, but also his baby sister personally accompanied, this kind of happiness, even if he gave him a fairy, he would not change.

After eating, Liu Jiaojiao made him a cup of tea as usual, and then asked, "Were you okay in the palace yesterday?" Nothing happened, did you? ”

Liu Jun took a sip of tea with satisfaction, shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's just that the emperor deliberately tried to test me with words." ”

Liu Jiaojiao was surprised: "Test you with words? What have you been tempted for? ”

"He deliberately mentioned Qingxinfang to see if I would hide my relationship with you."

"And how did you answer?"

"Since he asked so, he must already know about our relationship, so I generously admitted it."

Liu Jiaojiao gave him a thumbs up approvingly, "Brother, you learned badly, but you did a good job!" "How honest the little brother used to be, now he has learned to play tricks with others, but it's okay to save himself from being calculated by others.

Liu Jun couldn't cry or laugh when she heard this, raised her hand and pinched her upturned nose, and scolded with a smile: "Are you praising me, or are you scolding me?" ”

Liu Jiaojiao smiled, "Of course I'm praising you!" I've always been worried that you were calculated by the emperor, but fortunately, you have made great progress now, and you are no longer the stupid brother who only hunted and was bullied and didn't know how to resist! ”

Liu Jun suddenly smiled, her smile was gentle, but there were some more things in it that Liu Jiaojiao couldn't understand.

"You used to protect me, but now it's my turn to protect you."