Qi Hou opened her mouth, the maid kneeling on the ground traced the lip pen on the durian lip, Dan Zhu nodded her lips, Qi Hou looked at herself in the mirror, her eyes were slightly vicissitudes, and those old people who could be perfunctory by fat powder were also engraved into memories and emotions over time, and conveyed through their eyes. Empress Qi remembered that after the Seventh Prince died in Chaoyunguan, she seemed to be old overnight, and she couldn't help but smile: "Time is really like a white horse, it turns out that in an instant, this palace is already in his fifties." ”

Remembering that when he first married Duanhuang on behalf of the Daqi family, he was still a delicate and beautiful, pretty girl, standing in the imperial garden in the palace, by the clear water pool, bowing his head to the water to take a self-portrait, and still remember his beautiful appearance reflected in the blue water pool at that time, and that pair of clear and innocent eyes.

Now looking at the bronze mirror, under the eyelids of his Fu Fan, his eyes are resolute, his eyes are complex and sharp, and he is no longer as pure and clear as he was seen in the blue water pool, innocent.

Empress Qi let out a melancholy sigh from her throat: "The palace is really old, those princes have changed, and the palace has also changed." I thought that if I used Liurong Periwinkle powder, I would be able to stay young forever, but who expected that my skin was so beautiful, but my heart was also unbearable. ”

The maid Mian Rui knew that Empress Qi was emotional, and the scenery in the palace remained the same, but the princes were all older, not only had ideas, but also looked at the throne one by one, or salivated and did not hesitate to kill their younger brother to blame others to go to the next level, or wanted to refuse to pretend to be a hermit, but they didn't know if they had much dealings with courtiers inside.

Empress Qi sighed sadly: "On the big day of the palace banquet today, I'm afraid that those princes are going to perform a good show again." ”

Mian Rui smiled and advised: "Master, be relieved." There is no leaf that does not fall in this world, and there is no dust that does not settle, so let these princes fight for me. In any case, the master is always the mother-in-law of the princes. Always smile at the rivers and mountains. ”

Empress Qi's eyebrows were lowered, and her emerald conch eyebrows were like a mountain peak surrounded by a mist of dawn, and she was unspeakably sad: "Now, Your Majesty is also a little guarded against the Great Qi clan." ”

Mian Rui smiled: "The Daqi family has a mother, the mother is the world, whether it is the crown prince or the third master and the fifth master in the future, the mother is the queen mother." ”

Empress Qi sighed faintly: "If I am narrow enough to be the queen mother only for myself, how can I be so emotional." It's just that I can't rest assured, I'm afraid that this group of children will kill each other. ”

Outside the five steps, the eunuch Leng Wei hurriedly stepped on the jade steps, ran in, and said, "Niangniang, the palace banquet is about to start, please invite Niangniang to the banquet." ”

Behind the green and yellow gauze tent, the slender hand shadow of the queen Qi put on an arm, and came leisurely, ethereal like the wind, and the cold smell hurriedly lowered his head and turned around, leading the way in front of the lamp.

Qingyan Pool:

When the prince came back from Xiangshang City, today is the day when he officially met the officials above the second rank, he wore a crimson round-necked official uniform, embroidered with a blue-eyed flying python, silver and white clouds, a green jade belt around his waist, and a black silk mesh hat with a corseted neck. The bright yellow ribbon is wiped from the sideburns to the neck, taking advantage of the slightly darker skin, it shows a unique demeanor, and has a unique temperament among the princes and princesses.

Crown Princess Shen Ruyi sat next to the prince.

The first-class general Gu Yuhou sat opposite the crown prince and the crown princess, the crown princess looked forward to the flow of her eyes, sometimes looking at the door of the palace lamps lined up, sometimes looking at the dripping on the palace banquet, her face was slightly anxious, she turned her head to cover her face with a fan and turned her head to the maid and ordered: "Go find the little prince quickly, why hasn't he shown up?" The party is about to begin. ”

A pair of warm hands covered the back of his slightly cool hands, and when he looked up, it was the prince's warm and friendly gaze, and he lowered his head and comforted softly: "Don't be anxious." Yu'er has not been in the palace for a long time, or she is lost or curious. ”

"Heh, Prince, why don't you see the emperor's eldest grandson, Xiaojungong?" The second-class marquis Xu Rui walked over with a wine glass, the prince hurriedly raised the wine glass to make a gesture of drinking, but he didn't drink the wine, only looked at Xu Rui with a pair of sharp and cold eyes, when he was demoted out of Xiangshang City with his family, Xu Ruiyi didn't make it difficult for himself along the way, and set people on fire in the post house, forcing himself to sleep in a carriage with his family, and he could still talk and laugh at himself afterwards, this cheekiness is also outrageous.

The crown princess got up and responded with a gentle smile: "Yu'er is naughty, maybe she is playing everywhere." He's always been curious. ”

Xu Rui sighed without inadvertently: "Ah, if the little prince is naughty, I'm afraid there will be no one in the entire imperial city who is not naughty." I heard that in Xiangshang City, Xiaojun Gong suddenly faced the change of the prince being degraded and moved away, and he did not change color in the slightest, but remained calm, studied hard every day, exported chapters, and was full of economy. At a young age, he was able to make a good hand of poetry, and was named a small county prince by His Majesty. It's a real honor. If you can memorize the "Five Treatises and Eight Books" well, how can you be a naughty child. ”

Wen Tingyu did study hard in Xiangshang City, but he never publicized it, he was locked up in the city tower of Xiangshang City, and he never let anyone know, but he was afraid of causing the three princes and others to be jealous. In particular, the "Five Treatises and Eight Books" are extremely beneficial for handling the affairs of the court.

Because this book is extremely beneficial to the handling of the government, so Gua Tian Li Xia, I am afraid that people will be suspected of having the intention of seizing the throne, and the princes and grandsons of Shangrou City will not blatantly read this kind of book in front of His Majesty, that is, they were sent to Xiangshang City, and the prince did not dare to read this book, only for fear that others would add crimes, but instead focused on cultivating Wen Tingyu, hiding this set of books in the city affairs, and giving Wen Tingyu a reading reward.

Now Xu Ruiyi actually said such words, which is also shocking.

The crown princess wondered in her heart: "Could it be that he ambushed his eyes in Xiangshang City, and he actually knew what books Yu'er read every day." However, nine times out of ten, they are cheating themselves. ”

"Hou Ye Xu, don't lie about it, "Five Treatises and Eight Books" is a book for dealing with court affairs, how can a child read this kind of book? We were demoted to Xiangshang City because of the death of the seventh brother, and we were wronged, so we only took Yu'er to burn incense and pray for the seventh brother every day, praying that the seventh brother has a spirit in the sky, and can bless us to catch the murderer as soon as possible, so as to comfort the soul of the seventh brother underground. How could there be any other mind to read that kind of book? ”

The crown princess looked at Xu Rui's wrinkled face and smiled: "Lord Hou is really joking." Yu'er is honest in her heart, since the accident of her seventh brother, she has been thinking about catching the real murderer for his seventh uncle, so how can she bother to read those books. ”

Xu Rui's eyes flashed, a smile changed on his face, and his wrinkles were deep, he was just a deceitful prince.

When he heard this, he smiled and said: "Then Xu will wish the prince and the princess to catch the real murderer as soon as possible, so as to comfort the spirit of the seven princes in the sky." ”

The crown princess raised her chin slightly, and when she saw that the three princes and the five princes were also coming, she raised her glass to Xu Rui and said: "Marquis Xu is loyal to the three princes and admires me, why is it that the three princes have not arrived at this time, and Marquis Xu does not care about the three princes?" Instead, he cared about the little county prince. ”