After returning to Fenghua Palace from the Imperial Pond that day, Ming Ran really never left the palace gate again.

The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the palace banquet of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Of course, the palace banquets were all organized by Aunt Zhu under the orders of the Queen Mother, and Ming Ran just waited for the banquet today.

The emperor's harem is deserted, in addition to Queen Mingran and Concubine Li, a Zhaoyi was added some time ago, that is, Shen Changhuan.

Ming Ran was not surprised that Shen Changhuan became a concubine, after all, she was a little sincere to the emperor, and she often served by the emperor's side, and it was only a matter of time before the emperor would take her in.

Today's Mid-Autumn Festival dinner is just a ceremony for Ming Dye, Zhuqing dressed her up briefly, and she got up to go to the banquet.

The silver-white moonlight sprinkled down, and she walked under the moon in a white brocade dress, really like a moonlight fairy, cold and elegant, which made people feel blasphemous at a glance.

She was the last to enter the Jiuxiao Palace, Shi Shiran walked to the queen mother and the emperor and saluted, and sat down on the table next to the emperor.

Xiao Yiqian didn't look at her from beginning to end, and kept tilting his head and laughing with Shen Changhuan below.

The Queen Mother smiled at Ming Ran and said, "Dye Er is really in time today." ”

Ming Ran frowned slightly, and looked at the Queen Mother with doubts.

The Queen Mother pursed her lips and smiled, and praised: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, you are comparable to the Chang'e fairy, as beautiful as a fairy." ”

Although the Queen Mother looked at Ming Ran, her eyes quietly swept Xiao Yiqian several times.

Since that day's incident, Xiao Yiqian has never stepped into Fenghua Palace, the Queen Mother wants to take advantage of tonight to let the two of them release their suspicions, but Xiao Yiqian's eyes have been deliberately falling on Shen Changhuan, which makes the Queen Mother have to hint at Xiao Yiqian.

The corners of Ming Ran's mouth curved slightly, and he stretched out his hand to cover his lips and said, "The queen mother will make fun of her son." ”

Xiao Yiqian swept to the Queen Mother, smiled gently, he raised his wine glass, glanced around, and said, "There is another happy event today." ”

Feng Yixuan asked with a smile: "Dare to ask the emperor what is the happy event?" ”

Xiao Yiqian's smile did not decrease, and his eyes fell on the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, there is news from the frontier that King Chen led his troops to attack Jiangguo and won the first battle. ”

The Queen Mother was stunned and subconsciously looked at Ming Ran.

Isn't King Chen? How could he lead his troops to attack Jiangguo?

The people around them all looked at Ming Ran.

Mingran was stunned for a moment with shock in his eyes, and then forced himself to calm down, "What does the emperor mean by this?" ”

Xiao Yiqian smiled coldly, paused, looked sideways at Ming Ran, and said solemnly: "King Chen is not dead, it is his plan to cheat death, in order to make Jiang Guo think that the main general of the Celestial Dynasty is dead, the army is discouraged, and Jiang Guo will definitely try to take the initiative to attack, so he made this strategy, and after setting up a trap, he attracted Jiang Guo's army and won the first battle." ”

There was no emotion in his eyes, calm as water, but he was already sneering in his heart.

He knew that what he said today would shock her, and he wondered how happy she would be when she heard it.

Mingran turned pale and stared at him, "So you already knew?" ”

She had doubts about this matter before, and she had asked Lan Ling to investigate, but she had not been able to find out anything, and the little hope in her heart gradually faded away in dozens of days and nights, and she was about to think that Xiao Yichen was really dead, but she stubbornly believed that he was not so easy to die.

The Queen Mother was also extremely surprised, and saw that there was something faintly wrong in the atmosphere, and immediately smiled: "It is the luck of the Heavenly Empire that King Chen is safe and sound, and if he annihilates the Jiang Kingdom in one fell swoop in this battle, it will be a great luck for the world." ”

The corners of Xiao Yiqian's mouth raised a smile that did not reach the bottom of his eyes, and he nodded: "What the queen mother said is true, King Chen has indeed made a great contribution this time. ”

"Chen'er, this kid, is really a master, and when he returns from victory, it will not be in vain for the young lady of Lu'anbo Mansion to wait for him." The Queen Mother smiled.

Before Ming Ran could come to her senses, she was slapped on the head by the Queen Mother's words, which caught her off guard.

As soon as the Queen Mother's words came out, Xiao Yiqian raised his eyebrows and looked at Ming Ran, seeing that her complexion did not change and her eyes were cold, he smiled faintly.

Feng Yixuan raised her glass and stood up, and said with a smile: "Today's double happy event, the concubine wishes King Chen victory, and I wish the Heavenly Dynasty peace and security." ”

Xiao Yiqian and the Queen Mother nodded with a smile, raised their glasses at the same time, and raised their heads to drink.

A group of young women walked in from outside the temple, standing on tiptoe and dancing in the center of the temple.

The light sound of the piano lingered in the hall, and the moving dance fell into the eyes of everyone.

But no one really watched the dance, they all had their own thoughts and pondered the things in their hearts.

Ming Ran was silent all the time, and his face was not happy, as when he entered the palace, his expression did not change.

Xiao Yiqian was very surprised, he thought that Ming Ran must be ecstatic, but he didn't want to be so calm.

He suddenly didn't understand why she was so indifferent when she heard such news that day.

He couldn't tell whether he should be happy or disappointed in his heart, but he felt that there was a faint joy wrapped around his heart, overflowing little by little.

Could it be that she really doesn't care about Xiao Yichen anymore?

Mingran's thoughts wandered, of course she was happy in her heart, she was very happy, but she had learned to be quiet, and it was naturally difficult to see joy and anger on her face.

Maybe it was because she knew that Xiao Yiqian was secretly looking at her, so she hid the joy in her heart and looked indifferent.

In the center of the hall, there are singing and dancing, and it looks like a celebratory one.

When the women in the hall retreated, they soon welcomed a few more, and the women danced again with beautiful faces and light postures.

The Queen Mother looked bored, got up and said, "The mourning family is old, so I won't detain you here." ”

Concubine Liu got up and said with a smile: "Qingxin accompanies the Queen Mother back to the palace." ”

The Queen Mother smiled at her, and Concubine Liu stepped forward to help the Queen Mother.

"The son sends off the queen mother." Xiao Yiqian got up.

Feng Yixuan and Shen Changhuan got up at the same time and bowed their heads to see each other.

Ming Ran walked out from behind the table, "Erchen sent his mother back to the palace." ”

The Queen Mother immediately turned her head sideways, squinted at her, and said angrily: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the queen behind you should accompany the emperor." ”

She glanced at Concubine Liu, led Aunt Zhu and other palace people, and walked out of the hall quickly.

Ming Ran turned to look at Xiao Yiqian, but saw that his gaze fell on her impartially, she pulled her lips and sat back in her place.

She turned her head sideways and saw Xiao Yiqian concentrating on the woman dancing in the middle of the hall, "Now the women in the palace are more and more colorful, all of them are outstanding, and the emperor's harem is empty, why don't you choose one of them?" ”

Xiao Yiqian's eyes were cold, and he chuckled, "The queen wants to recruit a concubine for me?" ”

Ming Ran pursed her lips and thought about it, "The concubine saw that the woman who led the dance made the emperor stunned, thinking that the emperor had taken a fancy to her and wanted to include her in the harem, so she asked." ”

"I'm looking at her, it's good."

The corners of Ming Ran's mouth showed a little smile, "Then the concubine will be in charge and will sleep her tonight, I don't know what the emperor thinks?" ”

The Empress Dowager asked the queen to accompany the emperor tonight, and everyone in the palace heard it, but the queen pushed a dancing girl to the emperor at this moment, which was really surprising.

Xiao Yiqian curled the corners of his lips, "The Queen Mother has ordered me to go to the Queen's Palace tonight." ”

After he finished speaking, the smile on the corner of his mouth became cold, and he waved his hand impatiently, signaling the singing and dancing in the hall to stop, and then got up and said a few words of Mid-Autumn Festival greetings, and left directly.