There was a man in white sitting in the palace, who was painting with his back to Dongfang Ai, Dongfang Ai quietly stepped forward, raised his hand and gently covered the man's eyes, and asked in a low voice: "Guess who I am......"

Huangfu Shao Qi smiled mildly and said, "You are Xiao Ai!" "The man's voice is as gentle and elegant as his people.

He stood up, looking as plump as jade, and he was indeed a humble gentleman.

Huangfu Shao Qi put his hand on Dongfang Ai's little head: "Xiao Ai, you are eighteen years old, and you are still as naïve as before." ”

He smiled helplessly, his tone was full of doting, his cousin was innocent, lively and cheerful, never pretentious, he liked it tightly.

Dongfang Ai took his big palm down, held his strong arm, and said coquettishly: "Big cousin Shao Qi! It's hard to see you, and I'll go to the Imperial Garden with me! ”

"Okay, well, I'll accompany you to the Imperial Garden."

Huangfu Shao Qi is the only son of the former queen Dongfang Bining, Dongfang Ai is the cousin of Huangfu Shao Qi, the two are childhood sweethearts, although they rarely play together when they grow up, but their feelings continue unabated, and they are like brothers and sisters.

Dongfang Ai took Huangfu Shao Qi's hand and walked on the path of the imperial garden, and Huangfu Shao Qi asked casually: "Xiao Ai, why didn't your brother come?" ”

Dongfang Ai pouted and said, "Cousin, don't you know what the Queen Mother's attitude is towards our Dongfang family?" Since the death of her aunt, the Queen Mother has regarded the people of our Oriental family as a thorn in her side, where would my brother want to come to the palace to find unpleasantness? ”

Dongfang Ai's biological father is a protector general, and his biological mother is a generation of heroines. Eighteen years ago, Dongfang Ai's biological mother took her pregnancy to go out to kill the enemy, and repelled the Donglai bandits who invaded Jinnan City for the Celestial Empire. After Dongfang Ai was born, he was canonized by the emperor as the lord of Yining, but unfortunately within a few years, Dongfang Ai's parents died on the battlefield again.

Eleven years ago, her aunt Dongfang Bining was beheaded by the emperor because of her adultery with the imperial doctor, since Dongfang Bining was beheaded, the Dongfang family has also declined, Dongfang Ai and her brother Dongfang Yu were also arranged by the Queen Mother to live in Xuanwumen at will, and she is just a nominal county lord.

In the heart of the Queen Mother, Dongfang Bining disgraced the royal family, which was a great shame for the royal family, so she regarded the people of the Dongfang family as a thorn in her side.

Whenever she entered the palace and met the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother would sneer at the people of the Dongfang family, and Dongfang Ai's brother Dongfang Yu couldn't stand the Queen Mother's eyes and hadn't entered the palace for several years.

Emperor Shao Qi sighed, he didn't believe that his mother would betray his father, but he was still young at the time, and many things could not be done, and the dead were gone, and it was difficult to verify what happened back then.

A group of women walked in front of him, Dongfang Ai raised his eyes and saw that he really said that Cao Cao Cao had arrived.

The Queen Mother was wearing a golden phoenix crown and a bright yellow phoenix robe, and Concubine Zhen and Concubine Li were supporting her left and right, and they were walking slowly towards her.

The Queen Mother was about sixty-five years old, well-maintained, and did not look like a woman in her sixties. The Queen Mother is not the emperor's biological mother, but is actually the emperor's adoptive mother, and it is said that the emperor was raised by the Queen Mother when she was ten years old, so the Emperor respects the Queen Mother very much.

Accompanying the Queen Mother were Concubine Zhen Hu Yanzhen and Concubine Lili Luo Liqing, both of whom were originally masters and servants, both from Victoria City.

"Yo, it's the county lord of Yining and the second prince~" Hu Yanzhen was wearing a water-blue robe, and she was over forty-two years old, but she still had the charm.

Dongfang Ai was particularly impressed by this Hu Yanzhen, because her son Huangfu Shao Yan had molested herself, and at that time she also slapped Huangfu Shao Yan in front of Hu Yanzhen, and this Hu Yanzhen remembered her grudge for two years, and every time she made things difficult for herself in front of the Queen Mother.

"The folk girl has seen the Queen Mother, Concubine Zhen, Concubine Li."

"Shao Qi has seen the Queen Mother, Concubine Zhen, and Concubine Li."

The Queen Mother was still smiling, as soon as she saw Dongfang Ai, her face sank instantly, her gaze swept over Dongfang Ai, and finally fell on the emperor Shao Qi: "Shao Qi, you are the second prince!" In the future, it is not only a famous lady who will marry a lady, but also a lady, and rarely associate with women in the rivers and lakes! ”

Dongfang Ai was so angry that he clenched his fists with both hands, and Hu Yanzhen, who was beside the Queen Mother, covered his face and chuckled: "Queen Mother, who doesn't want to fly on the branches to be a phoenix, there are some civilian women, they can't wait to stick it on the princes when they have the opportunity, Shao Yan was given by the county lord of Yining before...... Oops, the concubine lost her words......"

Hu Yanzhen deliberately covered her mouth, pretending to say the wrong thing, and the Queen Mother was puzzled: "What's wrong with Shao Yan?" ”

Before Hu Yanzhen could speak, Dongfang Ai couldn't help but scold her.

She smiled like a flower and said, "Concubine Zhen, don't worry, the eldest prince is very safe, and you also know that if you want to be a phoenix, you have to fly on the branches, so how can I go and paste a bundle of waste firewood upside down?" ”

The implication is that she Dongfang Ai doesn't look down on the waste wood of Huangfu Shao Yan.

"You!" Hu Yanzhen's face was flushed by her words, such a Dongfang Ai, he dared to humiliate the prince in front of the queen mother.

A Luo Liqing on the side couldn't help but smile, watching Concubine Zhen eat deflated, she was happier than anyone else.

"Presumptuous! How dare you insult the prince in front of the mourning family?! The Queen Mother's expression was angry, and Concubine Zhen gloated on the side, waiting for the Queen Mother to punish Dongfang Ai.

Dongfang Ai shook his hand again and again, and said: "No, no, no, you misunderstood what I meant, I mean that I am a first-order grass people, and I am not worthy of the prince!" ”

Where would the Queen Mother and Concubine Zhen believe her words, seeing that the Queen Mother's face had changed, the Emperor Shao Qi hurriedly protected Dongfang Ai behind him, and said: "The Queen Mother, Concubine Zhen, Xiao Ai and I are cousins, so naturally closer, today is the birthday of my father, and on such a festive day, I hope that the Queen Mother and Concubine Zhen will open up." ”

The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "Shao Qi, you will intercede for this woman, don't forget what your mother did to your father, the woman of the Dongfang family, it's better to stay away, let's go!" ”

Hu Yanzhen saw that the Queen Mother did not punish Dongfang Ai, and her teeth itched with hatred, and Dongfang Ai also glared at her without fear, who is afraid of whom!

After the Queen Mother and her entourage left, Dongfang Ai stood in place with a small mouth, she was angry, and the Emperor Shao Qi hurriedly comforted her: "Xiao Ai, don't be angry, you also know that the Queen Mother and Concubine Zhen have such a temper." ”

Dongfang Ai took out a brocade box from his sleeve and handed it to the imperial master Shao Qi: "Cousin, I'm leaving, this is a gift from my brother and I to the emperor, you can help me present it, I will come to the palace to see you next time." ”

Dongfang Ai stuffed the brocade box in her hand to the imperial husband Shao Qi, and left without looking back, she didn't want to stay in this palace for a moment.

"Hey...... Xiao Ai! Huangfu Shao Qi knew that she was not in a good mood when she stayed in the palace, so he did not force her to keep her in the end, but just shook his head helplessly.