The palace maid was waiting for tea on the side, Qu Xiaobai and Yang Ling chatted while drinking tea, and occasionally took Lu Xiaoxiao a sentence or two, Lu Xiaoxiao was very annoyed, but he couldn't vent, so he became more and more cold, covering his ears and eating tea.

The emperor and all the officials who should be present arrived before it was late, and he came in with Rong Guifei and a few concubines, and the women naturally came to accompany Princess Diyi, for Princess Diyi, the emperor also set a big precedent.

Like this state banquet, there is nothing new, it is nothing more than the emperor has always done his best to show the advantages of the great coolness, in addition to the delicious food in the world, it is natural to stage a beautiful talent show.

The top musicians, dancers, and singers of the court all went into battle to show off their best talents.

What kind of foundation Qu Xiaobai of the Great Liang Dynasty is very clear, the more the emperor wants to behave, the more ridiculous she is like a clown in her eyes. However, being able to sit side by side with Yang Ling and accept everyone's attention can make her gain a little vanity.

Well, a woman is not lovely without a little vanity, especially in front of the person she loves.

She was happy to let Yang Ling see her little woman's side.

Halfway through the feast, Qu Xiaobai presented Di Yi's gifts, in addition to dry goods such as animal skins and ginseng, there were also three thousand grassland horses, because the horses did not set off with the envoy group, so they would be a few days late.

Next to you, these 3,000 grassland horses made the emperor very happy.

Da Liang's war horses are not good at running, these years and all small countries have suffered a lot of losses, the war horses of the Di Yi grassland are full of combat power, before fighting with Di Yi, every time there is a captured Di Yi war horse, it can make the Da Liang soldiers happy for a while, but the captured war horses are a minority, after all, these years and Da Liang have won less and lost more, and most of them are Mu Cien Mu Nanyun led the troops to fight, and the captured war horses were directly charged with military supplies, the emperor didn't even catch a hair, these grassland horses, really quenched his hunger and thirst.

Especially now, Rong Zhen's garrison in the northwest is rubbing with Qiangrong, Rong Hao was killed, seeing that the war is imminent, his good brother Lu Chong in the south is also ready to move, and these horses can also solve his urgent needs.

As a return gift, the emperor announced on the spot that he would give Di Yi all kinds of gold and silver treasures, and the officials in charge of the treasury broke out in a cold sweat when they heard it, not that they disliked the emperor for giving more, but that the treasury was really empty, and after taking out these things, there was basically nothing in the treasury.

It seems that he has to turn to Master Taifu Rongliang again, even if he can't ask for gold and silver treasures, it's good to ask his old man for a trick.

In the second half of the banquet, singing and dancing began to play again, and Qu Xiaobai took the opportunity to go to the toilet and retired from the banquet. Although it was a royal banquet with high quality and high quality, the eyes of those officials in Da Liang rarely left her face, she had long been tired of it, but she couldn't leave early because of her identity.

Luoluo hugged An An and came out with her. After all, it is in the palace of Daliang, Qu Xiaobai now represents the royal family of Diyi, and it is impossible to walk around at will in the imperial garden of Daliang, but there are also flowers and plants in the Fangor Palace, and it is a very good landscape.

Liufang Pavilion is planted around a large area of late blooming Qiong flowers, it is the flowering period, blooming in clusters and clusters, the sunset has only a little afterglow, the dark yellow light envelops the flowers, the flowers like snow dumplings are dyed with a slight yellow, it is considered to have subtracted points from the flower color, but the fragrance is faint, not strong and not low-key, just right.

The two of them sat down, and Concubine Rong came over with Lu Xiaoxiao, followed by a long list of palace maids and eunuchs, with fragrant clothes and sideburns, which really showed a cool demeanor.

Qu Xiaobai stood up, Luoluo also quickly stood up, saluted, Rong Guifei waved her hand, and walked forward enthusiastically, very familiar, wanting to hold Qu Xiaobai's hand, Qu Xiaobai reached out to hug An An without a trace, avoiding Rong Guifei's hand. Her hands used to be overworked, and the joints were deformed, which could not be changed, although not necessarily because of the exposure of these hands, but she could be careful, and she still had to be careful.

Rong Guifei stretched out her hand halfway, saw Qu Xiaobai holding the child, continued to step forward, and said with a smile: "Let the palace also come to see this child." ”

Qu Xiaobai leaned forward with the child in his arms, and Lu Xiaoxiao also leaned forward, "I'll also take a look, what does the child look like?" ”

Qu Xiaobai generously let their mother and daughter take a look - the reason why they were not afraid that they would recognize that this child looked like Yang Ling was just because this child was no longer Yang Zhuo, and Yang Ling had already transferred the child when he settled their mother and son.

The child in the swaddling clothes looked ordinary, and his complexion was a little dark, and after Rong Guifei looked at it, she smiled hypocritically: "This child is really cute." ”

Qu Xiaobai hummed in his heart, hypocritical people, if they are not beautiful children, they praise cuteness, this is the law.

Lu Xiaoxiao was surprised: "Hey, Princess Changle was born with a natural beauty, but this child has not inherited the beauty of Princess Changle at all, and there is no place like it." ”

There is no one with this emotional intelligence. Qu Xiaobai rolled his eyes in his heart. She wasn't worried that Lu Xiaoxiao would find out that the child was not hers, after all, she didn't have any reason to hold someone else's child to raise. Concubine Rong Guifei was busy playing a round for Lu Xiaoxiao: "Princess Changle, don't mind, Xiaoxiao is spoiled, and her words are not light or heavy." ”

Qu Xiaobai smiled and said: "It's okay, this child is indeed not good-looking, and he has not inherited the beauty of this hall at all, just like his ugly father." ”

A blue-robed man who was beautiful out of the sky at the banquet sneezed "Ah" and sneezed loudly, although he tried his best to cover his sleeves, but the sneeze came too suddenly, and the delicate dishes in front of him were still stained with a little droplets, and the palace maid hurriedly helped the handsome man who lost his temper to change a table of dishes.

The emperor asked him with concern if he was cold, he looked at the single clothes on his body, and then looked at the sky outside where there was still residual heat, and he was cold? Your Majesty, are you serious?

In the Liufang Pavilion, Lu Xiaoxiao looked like a curious baby, and what she said was very rude. "Hey, is Princess Changle's colt ugly?"

Qu Xiaobai smiled embarrassedly and politely: "The horses in this hall are warriors on the grassland, although they are ugly, they have good kung fu and a sense of responsibility, and they are not afraid of bloodshed or death for the sake of my people." ”

"I heard that Princess Changle's concubine has not returned to Diyi yet, and I don't know if it was captured by my old general Daliang Mu, does Princess Changle need this princess to send a letter to General Mu and ask him to help find it, maybe you can find it?"

Lu Xiaoxiao was serious and caring, but his eyes were full of mockery.

Qu Xiaobai shook his head and said lightly: "Thank you Princess Xiaoxiao for your kindness, but it shouldn't be necessary for Princess Xiaoxiao to bother." ”

"What, is there any news for your colt?"

"Nope. But he couldn't have been captured. ”

"You're too blindly confident, aren't you?"

"It's not that the main hall is blindly confident, but the main hall knows her husband too well, he is an unyielding person, and he will never let himself become a prisoner!"

Lu Xiaoxiao was about to speak again, but was interrupted by Concubine Rong: "Princess Changle, don't mind, Xiaoxiao is really spoiled, like a child, if she says something wrong, this palace will apologize to you for her, Princess Changle, don't take it to heart." ”

"The concubine doesn't have to be so polite, it's only a lot of effort, and I've already apologized twice for Princess Xiaoxiao, I don't know, I thought that this palace is a person with a small belly, and I can't tolerate others being disrespectful to this palace."

Qu Xiaobai replied unceremoniously. Today's great coolness, wind and rain, internal and external troubles, can no longer withstand being the enemy of Di Yi.

She was sure that Concubine Rong couldn't do anything to her, so she deliberately said it very presumptuously.

It's true that she is a person who can bend and stretch, but when she doesn't have to make compromises, she won't wronged herself.

Rong Guifei's face was ugly, and there was a faint flow of anger in her phoenix eyes, but she didn't expect it, she didn't dare to spread the fire, but Lu Xiaoxiao's temperament was not a person who could bear it, so she was about to rush forward immediately, pulled Rong Guifei's arm, and said with a smile: "The wind at night is a little cold, the child is still young, I'm afraid I can't blow the wind, Princess Changle should go to the palace and sit." ”

Qu Xiaobai smiled and nodded: "It's okay, it's not early." ”

She walked in front with the child in her arms, her steps were always calm and confident, Lu Xiaoxiao and this Rong Guifei's side, several times wanted to catch up with Qu Xiaobai and pull a little, but Rong Guifei was pressed to death, she was so angry that she stomped her feet, "Mother, I'll go back to my own house first, the meals made by the imperial chefs today are unpalatable, I have to go back to my house and let the chef cook some good food!" ”

Qu Xiaobai was funny in his heart, but she was really a spoiled princess, no wonder she didn't have a good reputation. However, she is very clever in big things. When she didn't understand her thoroughly before, Qu Xiaobai still had a lot of jealousy towards her, but later she learned more, but she was not afraid anymore, what she was afraid of now was the person behind her - the person who manipulated her.

It won't be Rong Guifei, although Rong Guifei is a fine, but the pattern is limited.

Who could it be?

Qu Xiaobai has some points in his heart, on the way to Beijing, Yang Ling has already told her everything in Beijing, so that she can have a psychological defense, who can contact and who can't.

Qu Xiaobai watched Lu Xiaoxiao convulsive from her side, and watched her all the time.

The maid dressed as a Taoist aunt next to her should be the Si Daofeng that Yang Ling said, right?

Yang Ling asked her to pay more attention to Si Daofeng, and to pay more attention to what she said in front of Si Daofeng, so she didn't leave any flaws, so she had been observing this Dao aunt and maid from a distance today, and she didn't get close to half a minute. Not even a positive look was given to her.

Because she knew very well that once Si Daofeng noticed that she was looking at her, Si Daofeng would definitely be suspicious.