"Concubine Shen's popularity is really good? Even the second son of the Bai family has come forward to testify to you......"

Emperor Xuande's deep voice was even more gloomy than the sky outside, and he looked at Wen Hao with deep eyes and didn't know what he meant, and asked: "Hao'er, is it really as Bai Shaoqing said, you overheard your second brother mention it, and only then did you know about Concubine Shen?" ”

"Back to my father's words, yes!" Wen Hao lowered his eyes and replied, and a cold light flashed under his eyes.

It turned out that his father's general temptation of him before was just to find out who he loved, and he had no intention of fulfilling him and Shen'er.

Sure enough, as he expected, Emperor Xuande listened to his answer and smiled with satisfaction: "Since Hao'er also said that he heard your second brother mention it, and only then did he know the private preferences of your 'second sister-in-law', then I won't pursue your 'second sister-in-law''s unintentional mistakes, get up!" ”

"Thank you, Father!"

"Emperor Xie!"

After Ming Shen and others kowtowed and thanked them, they were transferred to the banquet and sat down, at this moment the banquet has come to an end, and the palace people put a few snacks after the meal one by one, chestnut flour cake, jade dumplings, bean paste rolls, bergamot cakes.......

Ming Shen looked at the table full of tea and fruit snacks, absentmindedly moved a few sips to make a show, and several times accidentally collided with Wen Hao's gaze, and they were all busy pretending to bow their heads and drink tea to avoid the past.

The intention of Emperor Xuande's move today, how could Ming Shen not know, it was nothing more than to show off the king's authority over life and death, and then warn her not to provoke Wen Hao in the future.

You know, wearing the wrong color of clothes is not a big deal, but if you say it bigger, it can kill her, and if you want to make a big thing small, it can also be said to be an unintentional mistake.

In short, the good or bad is all in the emperor's words.

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During the banquet, the ceremonial music was sung again, playing a song praising the peaceful and prosperous times, and a group of maiko entered the temple with joyful melodies, dancing with their sleeves and singing, singing and dancing, performing a lively and harmonious scene.

Everyone had long forgotten the episode just now, and they were laughing and changing cups with the people around them.

Gu Lun * Gong * Lord * drank at the moment with red cheeks, squinted and smiled in the ears of Princess Heshuo, I don't know what he muttered?

I saw that after Princess Heshuo heard this, she looked towards Rong Lu with autumn water in her eyes, this shy and pretty appearance, it can be seen that she has a hundred likes for Rong Lu.

And the men's table opposite was even more lively, those sons and daughters of the family were talking enthusiastically about the topic of the talented girl Jiang Yan about to marry Prince Rui as a side concubine, and occasionally compared Princess Heshuo and Ming Shen with her.

Wen Hao grimaced, drank the stuffy wine expressionlessly, and glanced at Ming Shen from time to time.

Rong Lu just lowered his head to eat tea, deliberately avoiding the admiring eyes cast by Princess Heshuo, while Bai Pengfei didn't look very happy, his eyelids were flushed with peach blossoms, and he desperately poured soju into his mouth, and occasionally raised his eyes to look at Jiang Yan who was sitting next to Concubine Xian - Jiang Yan who was extremely courteous!

Today's Jiang Yan is wearing a new green onion color rippling fairy skirt, wrapped in a festive red plum wrapped in a small silk jacket, willow-like ink hair hanging from her waist, and a red coral dotted cuizhu hairpin on the moon-to-moon bun behind her head.

I saw her pick up a piece of yam dipped in honey, diligently handed it to Xian Guifei's mouth, blushed and smiled slightly: "Guifei Niangniang try this, this is the honey brewed by osmanthus flowers, the taste is refreshing and fresh, sweet but not greasy, and it has the effect of dispelling wind and dampness, detoxifying and moisturizing dryness." ”

"What a thoughtful child!"

Concubine Xian showed her a warm smile, and slowly ate the yam she sent, took her hand again, and put a white jade plum blossom ring on her ring finger into her onion-like jade finger.

Jiang Yan's eyes lit up, and she looked at the concubine flattered, only to see that the concubine was also looking at her with a smile, and she understood at the moment, and her heart was like being blown by a warm spring breeze, blowing open the budding buds and blooming a scorching love flower.

"Xueqin plum blossoms are sparse and wrong, fingering the dust and frost confused, this is Yaotai sitting on the guest, and the wind moves the flowers for nine days. The ring of the concubine is exquisite and elegant, and the courtiers like it very much, thank you for the love of the concubine. ”

Jiang Yan lowered the fan-like feather eyelashes, her smiling cheeks were like a delicate rose blooming, and she couldn't put it down and stroked the white jade plum blossom ring in her hand.

Emperor Xuande heard Jiang Yan's poems, and praised them with great appreciation: "She is worthy of being a talented woman in Kyoto, and she is indeed 'talented and pure', and she lives up to your reputation as the first talented woman in Kyoto." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Ming Shen coldly, and deliberately ordered: "Jiang Yan, my Hao'er also loves to eat cinnamon and sweet yams, you bring the rest to him, and pour wine and serve it by his side!" ”

"The courtiers obey!" Jiang Yan glanced at Wen Hao quietly, and saw that he didn't have an impatient expression, so under the emperor's instructions, he picked up the plate of cinnamon honey yam and walked towards him.

Everyone knew that Prince Rui was indifferent to people, but he didn't expect to treat Jiang Yan very politely, not only drank the wine she toasted, but also ate a few mouthfuls of the yam she sent over, and said a few words of greeting with a side face.

Maybe this is the love of beauty, everyone has it, after all, a stunning woman like Jiang Yan with beauty and talent is really rare in the world, and it is no wonder that even the cold-hearted Prince Rui will be tempted.

The whole audience, including Emperor Xuande and Concubine Xian, all had this idea, but Wen Hao himself knew in his heart that the reason why he treated Jiang Yan politely was just because of the affection of her brother Jiang Feng who grew up with him.

Ming Shen was stunned for a moment, picked up the cup and slowly drank the flower carving in her hand, the wine was scalded, but because she drank too hard, she cut her throat like a knife when she drank it.

Ming Shen himself was not strong enough to drink, three glasses and two lamps in his stomach, he felt a slight dizziness, only to feel that his eyes were hot, like a pool of sour juice rolling and burning in his eye sockets, and the mist in his pupils blurred into ripples, only vaguely saw that the white jade ring on Jiang Yan's fingertips stopped in front of Wen Hao's ink-colored clothes, as if he was wiping something with a handkerchief?

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The banquet finally ended, Concubine Xian left Jiang Yan and the third lady of the Nangong family to go to Xianfu Palace to cheer her up with singing and dancing, and the others dispersed unsatisfied, at this time Ming Shen's wine strength had subsided a lot, and he walked side by side with his eldest brother Ronglu outside the palace.

Although the snow had stopped, the sky was still gloomy, shrouding the surrounding landscape in a depression, and the bright snow set a white edge on the winding palace walls, like a long white silk stretching infinitely, as if there was no end to it.

When the brother and sister passed through the imperial garden, they happened to see Jiang Yan carrying the maid Ying'er along the sheep intestine path towards the direction of Xianfu Palace, and behind the pine covered by heavy snow, a vigorous white shadow suddenly appeared at this moment, which frightened the master and servant to the point of discoloration.

With a pungent smell of wine coming, Bai Pengfei had already stood in front of Jiang Yan with a pale face, and whispered: "Swallow ......"

Jiang Yan took a few steps back in disgust, raised her sleeves to cover her nose and said, "The smell of wine, stay away from me!" ”

Bai Pengfei was not annoyed, turned over slightly, and said in a hoarse voice: "I have something to say to you, can you talk about it?" The tone was pertinent, with a hint of supplication.

Jiang Yan casually fiddled with the plum blossom ring on the green onion's white fingers, and said with a cold smile: "Brother Bai, for the sake of you and I knowing each other, if you have anything to say, don't delay the time when I go to stroke the piano for the lady of Xianfu Palace." ”

It seems that he didn't expect Jiang Yan to say this, Bai Pengfei stared at her, and his eyes showed a little sadness: "At the banquet today, I can see it all, Concubine Xian has long regarded you as a daughter-in-law, so you said so many ruthless words before, you want to break off your relationship with me, yes or no?" ”