The queen smiled and looked at the crown prince slightly.

In recent years, the crown prince has begun to follow the emperor to deal with government affairs, he is practical and serious, has made many achievements in court politics, and most importantly, he can make decisions impartially and calmly, and never act rashly, which is particularly rare.

The emperor praised the crown prince more than once here, praising him for being a generation of Ming monarchs after succeeding to the throne in the future. For such a son, the queen will feel extremely proud every time she sees it.

Seeing that the prince was about to toast her, the palace maid beside the queen filled the queen's cup with a look of eyes.

Today's wine is made from plum wine made in December mixed with plum nectar, which can only be tasted in the palace, and the queen loves the taste of this wine.

Being toasted by such a proud son to her favorite wine, the joy in the queen's heart overflowed from her heart to her face.

Just as the queen was about to pick up the wine glass, the prince had already drunk the wine in his hand, knelt down and said, "Mother, the son wants to ask his mother for something." ”

The Queen's hand just touched the wine glass and stopped, and the long golden armor slammed against the wall of the white porcelain glass with a crisp clang.

Her joy was instantly replaced by anxiety and dissatisfaction—she thought that the prince would not mention it again, but was waiting here.

More than two months ago, the queen received a report from Aunt Zhong Cui Gong that the concubine of the Yan family was sent to Zhong Cui Palace by Aunt Liu in the palace, and a palace maid was specially assigned to serve her closely.

The queen was amazed. According to the character of the prince, how could he do such an outrageous thing. Since the concubine of the Yan family is destined to enter the uterus, *** his girl should be exempted from election as usual, and the prince will not inform the person in advance, and directly accept the person in, I am afraid that the concubine of the Yan family should not be moved.

Fortunately, there was no change after the prince, except for going to Zhongcui Palace in person one day to call the noisy Yuan Qianqian back to Chuxiu Palace, and there was no possibility of any contact with the Yan family's concubine. And that time, according to the palace people, the prince did not see the face of the Yan family's concubine.

And the concubine of the Yan family didn't know anything about it, she was ignorant, and she didn't know why she was elected to the palace. After coming in, I lived with other show girls every day, and I didn't do anything out of the ordinary.

She thought that the prince was just a phlegm obsession at that time, but how could she forget that her son, who was the most forbearing, had the most deep thoughts, and never did anything without a purpose.

It was she who trusted this son too much, and he put it on the spot.

The shape of the smile on the queen's face remained unchanged, but the smile in her eyes had been replaced by coldness.

She looked at the crown prince and said, "Emperor, who your crown princess is, the queen mother has her own conclusion in her heart." You don't have to say any more, get up. ”

The prince knelt down and said, "Queen Mother, I just want to get back to the people who should belong to me." ”

The person who should belong to him is not the daughter of the Yan family!

The queen's irritability grew heavier and heavier. Since the prince was sensible, this was the first time he had disobeyed her.

She said coldly: "Doesn't the prince know the power of the officials' verbal and written criticism? Before succeeding to the throne, the two sisters were ordered to serve in Chuxiu Palace, and the father did not dare to do such a ridiculous thing! I see that you, the prince, are impatient! ”

The prince's face did not change at all, his deep dark eyes looked at the ground, and he continued to kneel upright on the ground.

The queen looked at him and knew that because of the prince's toasting on the stage, all the show girls and noblewomen were watching them.

She looked at the noblewomen, and saw that Princess Zhong was sitting for a long time, she remembered her conversation with Princess Zhong a few days ago, and her heart was a little calm, and she raised her glass and said, "Prince, I have drunk this wine, you can get up." ”

After speaking, she covered her face with her wide sleeves and drank the plum wine. The wine slid across the queen's lips and tongue, and she felt for the first time, why is this plum wine so bitter?

When the queen put down the glass, the prince stood up calmly and no longer collided with the queen, as if he had really just toasted a glass of wine to the queen just now.

However, looking at the remaining bits of golden liquor in the empty glasses of the two, the prince knew that his attempt had failed.

The show girls in the audience couldn't hear the voices above, and they couldn't even see the subtle expressions of the queen and the prince over there. All they knew was that the prince toasted to the queen, and what the queen said to the prince, and the prince kept kneeling and serving, waiting for the queen to drink before getting up.

I have heard that the queen and the crown prince have a deep relationship between mother and son, and it seems to be true.

Yun Lan looked at the prince's actions, and was already stupid. Her face was flushed, and anyone with eyes could see her infatuation with the prince.

There is more than one girl at the showgirl's seat, and Yun Lan behaves the same.

The emperor is fifty years old, and his body has entered the twilight of his life, although he loves to fight, and his body is very strong, but time is not forgiving, and the stars and white spots on his temples show his aging.

These girls are in their prime, the oldest is no more than sixteen years old, and it is self-evident who will choose between the emperor and the prince.

Their thoughts are similar, and they all hope that the prince's eyes can fall on them, and they are attracted by her, and they ask the queen to woo her.

But the prince on the stage at this moment does not have that kind of leisure.

He was a little dazed. He already knew that not to mention that he was only a prince now, even if one day, he sat on the highest seat, he would not be able to do whatever he wanted.

However, even such a small matter, he can't make his own decisions.

He wanted to marry her.

For those courtiers, the Yan family is a noble family, but when they came to their father, only his father was left with a single seedling for several generations. He has no brothers in his family, so there will be no trouble with his relatives. As long as she is raised in the deep palace, the Yan family will never interfere in any court affairs.

For his mother, she is a sensible and obedient daughter-in-law, and the rules are good, which is not enough.

Isn't it all a great joy for all?

But why did everyone stop him?

He even arranged everything, he desperately held Yuan Qianqian, making Yuan Qianqian more and more domineering and unpopular, not so that when she entered the palace, she would personally dispose of Yuan Qianqian, who was full of pigtails, so that she would be able to gain a firm foothold in Chuxiu Palace and convince people's hearts.

The second prince was disrespectful to her, and he let the second prince be locked up for three months.

Yuan Qianqian's cat startled her, and the next day, he ordered someone to kill the evil cat.

Knowing that she loves to read, the library in Chuxiu Palace is becoming richer and richer.

Knowing that she likes lively and clever maids to serve, the palace maids in Chuxiu Palace have been quietly replaced, and the original honest and steady palace maids have all been replaced by little girls who laugh all day long and have only been in the palace for many years.

There are many, many more things.

And if he can, he is willing to do more for Yan Qingge.

It's just that he may never have a chance again.

An unspeakable sense of hunger and thirst grabbed the prince's heart, and he picked up his chopsticks and ate the cold meal in front of him with layers of white oil flowers one by one.

Zhu Liubao looked at the prince's actions and was shocked. Although the prince's body has been slightly better over the years, his stomach can't help but be so bad. He immediately made a decision and said, "Come on, bring the food on the prince's table to warm it up." ”

Once the meal is served, it will never be brought back until the end of the feast.

The prince sat at the empty table, sat for half an hour, stood up, respectfully saluted the queen, and took his leave early.

Watching the prince leave, the show girls were uneasy. He left so early, could it be that he already had a candidate in mind.

Yun Lan suffered from gains and losses, and after the end of the show, she returned to Zhong Cui Palace, so she found Yan Qingge and said, "Sister Yan, when you have a banquet today, you ...... You...... Have you seen who the prince looked at a few more times? ”

"My sister asked me?" Yan Qingge was surprised: "My eyes are not very good, of course I can't see it." ”

Yun Lan let out a lost sigh and said, "I asked Sister Qiaohui, and she said she didn't know." ”

Yan Qingge comforted her and said, "Why should Sister Yunlan be so anxious, it will only be a month at the latest, and the candidate for the crown princess will be decided." ”

Unexpectedly, Yun Lan's face became even worse after hearing her words. Probably she herself knows in her heart that the position of the crown princess should not fall on her head.

Sending Yun Lan away, Tao Xi saw that Yan Qingge's face was red and fluttering, and there was a smell of alcohol on her body, so she combed Yan Qingge's hair so that she could be more comfortable.

Taoxi's movements are not light or heavy, very orderly, Yan Qingge almost fell asleep by her combing.

Just as she was staring in a daze, Taoxi's voice suddenly sounded: "Miss Yan, Miss Lu is here to find you." ”

Yan Qingge opened his eyes and saw Lu Qiaohui standing at the door with a palace maid, smiling slightly, waving to her.

"Oh, it's Sister Lu, I'm still wearing a hairdress."

"It's okay, I'll come and talk to you, I'll be out of the palace in a while." Lu Qiaohui said with a smile.

"Sister, ...... you" Yan Qingge looked at Lu Qiaohui in surprise.

"I told you to Yun Lan before, I have already been engaged to get married, I just go through the motions when I enter the palace, and the queen will give me a marriage, and after today's banquet, the queen will make an order, I don't have to stay here. Sister Yan must be able to go out soon. ”

Yan Qingge smiled at Lu Qiaohui, Princess Roufu should have asked the queen to marry her by now, she is indeed not far from leaving the palace.

During this time, she and Lu Qiaohui got along well, so she smiled and said, "When I also go out, I'll go to my sister to play." ”

Lu Qiaohui laughed: "I want to go out with you, but unfortunately my family will definitely take me to embroider the dowry and learn things, I'm afraid I won't be able to go out." ”

The two gossiped for a while, and then Lu Qiaohui left, Tao Xi combed Yan Qingge's hair and asked, "Does Miss Yan really want to leave the palace?" ”

Yan Qingge turned around and smiled at Tao Xi: "Good sister, I said don't blame me, although the palace is good, but there are no books to read, I am so bored and panicked." ”

"Miss Yan likes to read so much?" Tao Xi said.

"Hmm. I told Sister Taoxi, Sister Taoxi don't tell others. My grandfather came to Beijing some time ago and told my father that I would marry in the future, and I would not want any other dowry, but only marry me with the Yan family's book. Yan Qingge's eyes shone brightly because of drinking, and he giggled as he spoke.

In the end, she didn't believe that Taoxi didn't report her situation to some people in the palace, so she simply used a little alcohol to stabilize her nerd image again.

People say that they spit out the truth after drinking, but in fact, unless they are drunk, most people are sober in their hearts when they are slightly drunk, otherwise there will not be so many people who pretend to be crazy with wine.

After Tao Xi asked this, she obediently stopped. Yan Qingge smiled slightly in his heart, and no longer brought up this topic.