Night Shadow returned to Mo Xuanju, and saw that Feng Xuanyu was walking in the garden with Su Liruo, so he stepped aside, and Feng Xuanyu had already seen it, he asked Xiao Wei to take Su Liruo to the pavilion to rest, cast a glance at Night Shadow, and walked in the direction of the secret room.

Nightshade was signaled and quickly followed.

"How?" Feng Xuanyu stopped.

"Lord, Taiwei Jiang got the news of the theft of the tribute horse, and immediately went to the Coral Palace to find Concubine Xiao to question, and his subordinates heard him call Concubine Xiao Dugu, it seems that the relationship between them is unusual, and Concubine Xiao is definitely not a member of the Jiang family, and it is possible to impostor." Nightshade recounts what he saw and heard in the Sango Palace.

Feng Xuanyu fell into deep thought when he heard this, he paced for a moment with his hands in his hands, then turned around and instructed Night Shadow: "You go to investigate who in the Jiang family chose to enter the palace back then?" Also, continue to keep an eye on Taiwei Jiang's every move. As he spoke, his eyes looked far away as if he muttered: "It seems that everything should be over!"

Nightshade stood silently for a moment, then turned and walked out.

After Feng Xuanyu waited for the night shadow to leave, his deep eyes swept over complex emotions, how cruel was it to lift the last veil? The tall and majestic figure appeared in front of his eyes, and he didn't know if he could withstand the fact that the government and the opposition under his jurisdiction not only intrigue and deceive, but even the harem was a miasma!

In the pavilion, Su Liruo watched the night shadow take a detour and walk out quickly, her heart sank, the smile on the corner of her mouth gradually disappeared, and Xiao Wei's funny words on the side could no longer enter her ears.

In the blink of an eye, it is the annual winter banquet again.

Su Liruo had to enter the palace to visit Concubine Ling in the past few days, and saw that she was busy with Zhang Luo's winter banquet, and repeatedly reviewed the recipes on the banquet. Mama Gui told her that in previous years, Concubine Yan was handling these things, and those who flattered her were trying their best to please her, as long as she gave an order, everyone flocked to her, saddle in front of and behind the horse. It's as hard as Concubine Ling's mother, she has to do everything herself, she is weak and sick, and she works so hard, I'm afraid that once the winter banquet is over, she will get seriously ill again.

Su Liruo remembered last year's winter banquet, in Huacui Pavilion, she couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion when she met Feng Xuanyu. She asked, "Isn't there still Concubine Xiaoniang, why don't you let her help?"

Mama Gui said in a low voice: "Concubine Xiao is not treated by His Majesty, and rarely interferes in the affairs of the palace banquet, this time the mother sent someone to invite her, she poured it up, and said that she was unwell and was bedridden."

Su Liruo nodded as if she didn't understand, her eyes fluttered around Concubine Ling's busy figure, she suddenly remembered something, turned around and said, "Hey, isn't there still an eldest princess?"

"The eldest princess helped count the drinks and refreshments at the banquet, and thanks to the eldest princess these days, she was tired." Mama Gui smiled, seeing that she was still confused, and said: "The chef in the palace kitchen is responsible for the cooking of ingredients, and the winter banquet has a mama who specializes in boiling medicinal food, a mama who refines dim sum, a mama who makes wine, and so on. The clothes and accessories of the harem ladies and concubines attending the winter banquet are all in charge of the Huanyi room, and the grades are different and the clothes are different. These things must be carefully reviewed to avoid mistakes! There are many people in the palace, but it is easy to get confused and make mistakes. ”

Su Liruo smiled back slightly, thinking: The country of the moon is rich and the people are strong, and it is so hard and extravagant to hold a banquet. Yuguo, which is slightly weaker than the Moon Country, is also beyond the reach of the Sun Country, not to mention those small surrounding countries that depend on strong countries to survive, and it is rare to have a decent banquet in a year. I remember that in Yuguo, my father had no intention of ruling the country, and he was very simple about the extravagance and waste of banquets, banqueting gentry, grandstanding, and extremely repulsive.

Su Liruo secretly smiled bitterly in her heart: Even if it is a big country and prosperous, it is also a big wave digging out sand and sweeping thousands of sails, I don't know who is the last to leave a name in history?

Her heart moved, looking at Concubine Ling's back, she was in a trance, she should love Your Majesty very much, even if she serves a husband with many women, she has no complaints, even if she drags her weak body, she is willing to share a share of her strength for Your Majesty. Her gentleness is not as arrogant and domineering as Concubine Yan, her weakness is not as arrogant as Concubine Xi's, and her elegance is not as deep as Concubine Xiao's heart. She does not fight or win, she is safe in the world, because of this, His Majesty has never treated her badly, maybe when she is bored, she is a soothing tonic for His Majesty. It's just that His Majesty's heart has always been in the mind of Concubine Xi! If he loves her to the bone, he is afraid that he will not be able to let go of this life, and if there is an afterlife, he will definitely look for her.

Su Liruo suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, watching Concubine Ling busy preparing for the winter banquet, it can be seen that she is extremely attentive, if it is destroyed, she will definitely be disappointed. As soon as she thought that Feng Xuanyu's plan would be implemented at the winter banquet, her heart was very blocked. Looking around at the busy figures, what can't you help? After all, the humanities and customs of foreign countries are different, so she said goodbye to Concubine Ling and went to the princess's mansion, and took a look at Feng Xuansheng's prince's mansion by the way.

Concubine Ling Wen'er smiled: "Go ahead!" The mother has no time to take care of it like this, but she has snubbed you, but you must be careful on the road! Go early and come back early, don't let Yu'er worry. ”

"Shame! The mother is so busy, but Ruo'er can't share it for the mother, it's really ashamed! Su Liruo said softly: "The princess's mansion is not far away, Ruo'er will be careful, I haven't seen the eldest princess for a while, and I am very worried about it."

Concubine Ling was still not at ease, so she stopped what she was doing, and turned around and instructed Mama Gui to send two capable guards to escort Su Liruo to the princess's mansion.

Although there were already guards to escort her, Su Liruo did not insist on refusing to refuse, and after thanking her with a smile, she went to the princess's mansion.

Su Liruo got off the sedan chair, and was just about to be informed, the door of the princess's mansion opened in time, Jiahui held Zhao Zimo's arm and smiled and whispered?

Su Liruo was stunned: It is rare to see such a gentle and lovely Jiahui, it seems that she is already in love with Zhao Zimo!

Jiahui looked up and caught a glimpse of Su Liruo, and was surprised for a while, before she exclaimed happily: "Sister Ruo, why are you here?"

Zhao Zimo was stunned for a moment, hurriedly left Jiahui's hand, his face was slightly red, and he said in a low voice: "Liruo!"

"I just went to Concubine Ling's place, Niangniang was busy with the winter banquet, I thought I hadn't seen you for a long time, so I came over to take a look!" Su Liruo's eyes were shining, and she looked at the two of them with deep meaning.

Jiahui stabbed Zhao Zimo's arm with her elbow dissatisfied, pursed her lips and said, "You borrowed the courage there, and you dare to call Sister Ruo's name directly?" If the seventh brother knows, you can bear it! ”

"I..." Zhao Zimo remembered Feng Xuanyu's cold and deep face, and suddenly panicked in his heart, and snorted: "It's abrupt for a while, it's rude!"

"Remember, don't call Sister Ruo like this in the future, the seventh brother of the province will trouble you!" Jiahui pretended to be sophisticated and whispered, "You should call me as I am, or as everyone else calls you."

"Good!" Zhao Zimo breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that something was wrong, so he sneered: "Whatever everyone calls Miss Su!"

"Well, it's okay, let you call me as I do, you are a polite person and difficult to behave." Jiahui said, then stepped forward to take Su Liruo's hand, and said happily: "Sister Ruo, I happen to be looking for Sheng'er, let's go together!"

"Well, I haven't seen the prince for a while, that's what I mean! It's just that... Isn't the eldest princess in the house? Su Liruo nodded, and then asked again.

"The eldest sister has just entered the palace, so she should have staggered with Sister Ruo. Niangniang was afraid that the eldest sister would be tired, so she specially asked her to rest today, and the eldest sister thought about it and didn't feel at ease, after all, the day after tomorrow was the winter banquet, so she was afraid that she would make a mistake. Jiahui said, beckoning Zhao Zimo to let the carriage that had been stopped for a while on the side of the mansion gate call the coachman to come over.

When the carriage came to a steady stop, Zhao Zimo and Jiahui helped Su Liruo to get into the car with one hand, and Su Liruo probed and ordered the sedan chair to go back to the palace first.

Feng Xuansheng's Prince's Mansion was not far from the Princess's Mansion, between the palaces, and after the carriage stopped, Su Liruo looked up at the extraordinary mansion and asked casually, "Why didn't Hui'er move over to accompany the prince?" In such a big place, isn't the prince very lonely? ”

Jiahui pouted, frowned slightly, and said with a little displeasure: "If my sister doesn't know, don't you!" It was the seventh brother who refused, saying that Sheng'er was already the crown prince, and his heart could no longer be as naïve and casual as in the past, and he should have cultivated the demeanor of a general. Alas! Poor Sheng'er, I feel uncomfortable when I think of him burying his head in studying the boring and difficult principles of the court all day long, and being lonely day and night without anyone to accompany him. ”

Su Liruo smiled bitterly and sighed: He! It's so impersonal! A carefree and ignorant teenager suddenly pushed into a position of power, and he didn't even give him time to take a breather and adapt, and he was so harsh?

"The princess is serious, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is diligent and virtuous every day, and he is practicing at night, so do you have to be idle and lonely? It's that the princess visits too often, disturbing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's concentration..."Zhao Zimo shook his head and reminded gently.

"Zhao Zimo, you are following Sheng'er now, and you are all under the influence of Seventh Brother!" Jiahui pouted and muttered, "It's the princess's fault like this?" Sheng'er and I have been together since childhood, and we have never been separated, but now we are close to the end of the world, how can we not worry? As she spoke, her eyes were red, and she snorted, which showed that she really cared about Feng Xuansheng.

Zhao Zimo was at a loss for a moment, and called in a low voice: "Princess..."

Su Liruo stroked her hand and patted the back of her hand and said, "Hui'er and the prince have a deep relationship, and it is inevitable to be worried. It's just that the prince's qualifications are intelligent, well-read, and his wisdom is extraordinary, and he really has to surpass ordinary people's perseverance. The strong are all lonely, lonely, and only then can they achieve! After that, he smiled lightly and said: "If you had told me earlier, I would definitely persuade your seventh brother to open up and give you special visitation rights!" Alas, it seems that your seventh brother is also pedantic in his thinking, conformist, and wants to use tempering to become steel to demand the prince, which is really unkind. If Hui'er is not happy in her heart, when her sister goes back and says that he is angry, it is good to be angry for you! ”

Jiahui was relieved by Su Liruo's words, and her heart suddenly felt much more comfortable, thinking that if the cold and unsmiling Seventh Brother was told by Sister Ruo, then she should be relieved again! It seems that there is also a sister who can calm him, thinking of this, she sneered and laughed. She took Su Liruo's arm and said happily as she entered the prince's mansion: "Sister Ruo, Seventh Brother is arrogant, cold, and arrogant, my sister can treat him and let him understand the human feelings, otherwise he is so arrogant, he will be lonely when he is old, and no one dares to approach him."

"Good! Good! Su Liruo smiled slightly, and sighed in her heart that it was rare for her to be so pure, she used to be so pure, but unfortunately, after going through the wind and rain, it was difficult to return to her original state of mind.

"There is Miss Su by the side of King Yi, how can he be lonely when he is old?" Zhao Zimo followed behind and said puzzled.

"Because..."Jiahui raised her head and said with a radiant expression: "Sister Ruo, who is so empathetic and beautiful, has already been occupied by us, so she rushed to go, so she didn't accompany the arrogant Seventh Brother who was like a thousand-year-old ice cube, and let him be alone." As he spoke, he giggled happily to himself.

Zhao Zimo choked for a while, and said secretly in his heart: Princess, you are secretly slandering the king of Yi like this, the last time you came to visit the prince, you happened to meet the king of Yi who was also there, and he was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and his tongue trembled like a knot. In fact, at that time, the king of Yi didn't say anything, just glanced at her, and scared her enough, but now he dares to comment on it!

Zhao Zimo's smile dyed his eyebrows, such a straightforward and simple temperament, but without the slightest princess's coquettishness, more and more simple and cute.

Jiahui's laughter didn't stop, but she heard a shout: "Eighth sister!"

Su Liruo raised his head: it turned out to be Feng Xuansheng, who was dressed in a solemn brocade dress, strode out of the study, seeing his joyful expression, I was afraid that he hadn't seen him for many days, and when he heard Jiahui's laughter, he greeted him.

"Sister Ruo!" Feng Xuansheng saw that Su Liruo was surprised again, so he glanced behind him, there was no one else except Zhao Zimo, and asked suspiciously, "Why didn't Seventh Brother come?"

"Sheng'er is strange, why did we ask Brother Seven, isn't it that some kind of government outline has taught you?" Jiahui smiled and said, "What if the seventh brother is not here?" Otherwise we're going to freeze. Don't worry, Brother Qi couldn't have imagined that I would bring Sister Ruo to you, and now he set the rule that you can't go to the house to disturb you at will, and Sister Ruo took the lead in breaking it, it's good to see him like this! ”

"Hugh is nonsense!" Feng Xuansheng's eyes looked at Jiahui with a crisp laugh in his eyes, although he was a little disgusted, and his tone was extremely doting: "Why is it so big and not small, talking about Seventh Brother behind your back?"

Jiahui deliberately enslaved her mouth, and said sideways: "If you see, sister, Sheng'er is so boring, but more and more similar to Seventh Brother, no wonder people say, those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, I think they have all become the same."

"Eighth sister is so nonsense, and she is not afraid of Sister Ruo's jokes!" Feng Xuansheng said and led them into the inner mansion, and said, "It's rare that it's so lively today, if my sister stays for dinner!"

Su Liruo smiled silently, feeling that she had not been so comfortable for a long time, and the warm scene in front of her made her a little greedy, so good! It's just that I don't know if it can survive after the winter feast?

Su Liruo's heart sank again, since Feng Xuanyu informed her of the implementation plan for the winter banquet, she had been restless and worried, and the original longing for the idea of returning to the villa was entangled by these unwarranted worries without a trace.

What's wrong with her? Xu has been with them for a long time, and he is attached to them, and people always yearn for beauty, so he naturally does not want to destroy this warm picture.

Winter feast.

Emperor Entropy led the ministers of civil and military affairs to worship and worship the heavens, in order to pray for the good weather every year, the harvest of grains, and the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

After the ceremony, in the Yuchi Qiong Garden, the guests were full, singing and dancing were sublimated, wine glasses were worn rings, and delicacies were delicacies.

Emperor Entropy sat on the throne and raised a glass to celebrate, and the big moon was a healthy year.

On the left side of Emperor Entropy, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Feng Xuansheng is the first seat, followed by Feng Xuanjing, Feng Xuanming, Feng Xuanyu, and Jiang Taiwei and other court ministers.

The seat on the right is Concubine Ling, Concubine Xiao, and Dechun as the upper seat, and the next seat is Xi Yao to the late Princess Che, and Jiahui sits together. Then the seats were all the side concubines and concubines of the princes, and they were ranked according to their size, and when Su Liruo arrived, he had already sat at the end, next to Jiang Xueke.

Although he was far away, Su Liruo couldn't help but gaze at Feng Xuanyu frequently, but the seat was so far away that she couldn't see his expression at this time.

Halfway through the winter banquet, Su Liruo became more and more restless, his hands clenched tightly, his eyes floated to every corner of the Jade Pond Qiongyuan, and he was waiting for a moment to start.

"What? The meal is not suitable for my sister's appetite? Jiang Xueke took in Su Liruo's anxiety and asked in a low voice.

Su Liruo was secretly shocked, it seemed that his panic had been leaked, so wouldn't it increase the danger. She stabilized her mind and said softly: "Sister smiled, my sister rarely attends banquets, such a prosperous brocade is the first time to see it, it is inevitable to lose her temper, please bear with me!"

Jiang Xueke was slightly stunned, but she didn't expect it to be such a reason! The corners of his mouth went up, with a slight sneering smile: Sure enough, it is a small country, and it is difficult to get into it! But in a gentle tone, he said, "It's okay! In the future, let the prince take his sister out and walk around! At that time, there will be no fear of big scenes. ”

Su Liruo smiled lightly and said nothing, and when she was secretly relieved, she screamed! The sound of broken cups resounded in the middle of the banquet hall, which was crisp and deafening, causing a group of dancing dancing girls to scream in panic, and Su Liruo's newly settled heart hung again.

At the same time, Emperor Entropy stood up, with an angry face, and said sharply: "Who threw the wine and broke the glass?"