Only then did everyone who reacted see that they were all standing in the middle like wooden stakes, and Ran Zongyan, Hua Qingping, and Prime Minister Zhang Qilin were all sitting in their seats.

"Your Majesty."

Everyone was about to sit down according to the size of their official positions, but they were surprised to find that their names were written on the seats!

This is something that has never happened before, and the palace has to hold dozens of banquets of all sizes throughout the year, and there has never been a matter of writing your name in advance and arranging seats.

After exchanging glances, people began to search for the seat of their name.

After another busy time, the good officials found that they were divided into three camps.

The forces that belonged to the Taishi Mansion naturally sat on Hua Qingping's side, and those who belonged to the Prime Minister's Mansion sat with Prime Minister Zhang Qilin.

And the last party is the forces that belong to Emperor Lie Zechu himself.

In addition to the pitiful and inconsequential few officials, Liang Ping, the newly promoted secretary of the military department, was particularly abrupt among them.

He turned out to be the emperor's man!

No wonder I have to care about the turmoil in the court, Liang Ping has always stood tall, and even jumped a few levels......

And on the lower right of Lie Zechu, sat Ran Zongyan alone.

He was the only one, and no one here was a force on his side.

But from his face, there was not the slightest embarrassment and embarrassment. His flat expression seemed as if everything was in his expectation.

Everyone was seated, and the huge hall was quiet.

Everyone was waiting, waiting for this feast to begin.

In fact, the hundred officials are a little uncomfortable, they are each in their own camps, on the surface they are serving the emperor for the court, but in fact, there are other people who are loyal in private.

Although these are things that everyone knows, everyone is a little uncomfortable when they are suddenly put on the bright side.

Is this a warning to them, or is it going to settle the ledger?

The great eunuch Wang Li clapped his hands lightly, and countless palace maids sailed in from outside the door with fragrant dishes.

The exquisite dishes were placed in front of everyone, but there was no trace of joy on everyone's faces.

What kind of banquet is this?

It doesn't matter if there is no dancing girl to help the fun, even the musicians in the palace have not seen a single one.

It was cold and quiet, except for countless restrained and careful breathing.

When the pot of steaming wine was served, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, at least there was wine to drink.

"Come, let's raise a glass and celebrate today's great event."

"Yes......"

Everyone poured themselves full of wine, and the officials naturally did not bring their own people when they entered the palace, and this banquet, there was not a single palace maid and eunuch who served.

There were quite a few people standing around, but all of them were heavily armed and majestic guards.

However, the strange thing is that Hua Hanyuan, who is the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, is dressed in civilian clothes and sits behind Hua Qingping.

And these Royal Forest Soldiers are very raw.

Can't they call these people to pour the bar for themselves? Helplessly, these big men who come to stretch out their hands and eat on weekdays can only do it themselves.

Stood up and raised his glass in the direction of the Emperor......

It's obviously the regent's birthday party, and Fei is like the emperor's own banquet.

"Come, everyone congratulates my queen and my favorite brother, the regent, on her birthday!"

Baiguan grew his mouth, and the words of blessing were stuck in his throat.

Everyone knows the birthday of the regent, but the birthday of this queen? Wasn't it a month ago?

originally wanted to do a big deal, but because the queen was ill, he couldn't implement it in the end.

No matter how much you delay, you can't delay it until today?

Seeing everyone's surprise, Lie Zechu chuckled: "It's no wonder that I didn't explain it in advance, the queen's birthday was not last month." Queens of all ages were born in the same year and month as the previous regents. ”

Lie Zechu's words were no less than dropping a bomb in everyone's hearts.

There are not a few people born in the same month and year in the same year, and it is not a strange thing.

Whether it's the queen or the regent, it's just a coincidence.

But every queen and regent met and was born in the same year and month? That can't be said anyway, right?

Once or twice can be said to be a coincidence, and if it is a coincidence every time, it becomes deliberate.

But can the birth of this child also be controlled?

If not, how can we explain that it is the case every time?

Although everyone is full of questions, whether it is the officials of the previous dynasty or the concubines of the harem, which one is not a human spirit? It is not a good thing to live to this day unharmed. They know better than anyone what to say and when.

Therefore, the whole hall was silent, and everyone raised their glasses as if they had heard the normal words, and said the greetings that had been prepared long ago.

A steady stream of beautiful words floated out of the mouths of civil officials.

The generals are naturally not far behind, although they are not as good as civil officials, they are still able to say a few nice words, and they are slightly stiff to recite the words that have been prepared.

Anyway, it's just that there's just an extra queen, and it doesn't have much impact.

After speaking, the wine in the wine glass was also drunk, and everyone did not dare to relax after sitting down again.

The air conditioner kept pouring in from the open door, and no one dared to touch the chopsticks when they saw that the dishes were cold.

"Isn't the queen a little cold?"

Lie Zechu said words of concern in his mouth, but he couldn't see a trace of temperature in his indifferent eyes.

"Concubine ......"

"Come on, close the door."

Before Hua Lanxue finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and the door was closed, not to mention, and it was locked from the inside.

Compared with the relatively calm officials, the concubines in the harem had a more or less panicked face.

"Do you know why the queens of the past dynasties have to celebrate their birthdays early?"

Who knows? Even the officials on the side of the Taishi Mansion were puzzled.

"Master Hua, what do you say?"

Hua Qingping, who was named, sat down and arched his hand in the direction of Lie Zechu: "That's because I want to hide it from the Regent's Palace." ”

I see...... But why hide it?

"Master Hua! It's all here, so what else is there to hide? What do you say, brother? ”

Ran Zongyan was also dry, he didn't even bother to give his hands perfunctory, raised his head and drank all the contents of the cup: "The emperor said very much, it just so happens that the minister also has many doubts, and I hope that the emperor can answer the questions for the minister." ”

"Hahahaha, hahahahaha."

Lie Zechu in the high position laughed wildly, and at one point laughed so much that his body leaned back.

The more exaggerated his smile became, the more uneasy the people below became.

Suddenly, his laughter stopped abruptly, and the gaze that looked at Ran Zongyan had long since lost any temperature, and was full of resentment. He stood up and walked slowly down the steps.

Countless pairs of eyes followed his footsteps, and Lie Zechu stopped when he walked to Hua Lanxue's side.

"My queen is dying."

He said this sentence with a smile, which made the listeners panic.

"But why my queen?"

"In the past, every queen lived to the end, no illness and no disaster and no worries, why is it my queen?"

It would be more appropriate to say that he was talking to himself than that he was questioning.

His fingers caressed Hua Lanxue's face and roamed between her eyebrows.

Hua Lanxue's already intermittent breathing became more and more chaotic, and there was a sudden hint of panic in her gloomy eyes......