When I saw Shen Lan again, it was at the family banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve.

It is not a family banquet in the Prime Minister's Palace, but a family banquet in the palace, the emperor, the queen mother and the princesses and concubines.

Receiving the plea of the Queen Mother, Xichen not only let Shen Lan enter the palace, but also released Concubine Pei, who was originally confined. The Queen Mother said that everyone should be happy and reunited during the New Year. It's just that Shen Wan couldn't help sneering when she heard this, happy is that your Chu family is happy, and the reunion is also the reunion of your emperor, and our Shen family is falling apart, separated by yin and yang!

Standing beside the high throne of the Lin De Palace, looking at the brightly lit hall and the people who raised their glasses to celebrate, Shen Wan clenched her fists again.

The haggard figure beside Princess Zhenyin was lonely, lonely, lonely, and incompatible with the whole banquet...... His heart trembled, and he couldn't help but exhale in a low voice: "Second brother......"

Xichen sat alone on the dragon chair, diagonally behind the queen mother, and Concubine Pei Qingfei and others sat down one after another. Xichen's eyes crossed Shen Lan's pale side face, raised his glass to Shen Wan, and said, "Pour wine." ”

Shen Wan was stunned, held back the tears in her eyes, took the wine jug and poured it into the cup, but finally couldn't help it, and actually shed a tear in the cup. Wu Zi was stunned, and before he could be reminded, he didn't know if he could notice it, so he drank all the wine in the cup. At the end, he held the wine glass and played with it gently, and said in a low voice: "Why is this wine so bitter?" ”

Father-in-law An didn't know why, so he really had a problem with the wine, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, is this wine wrong?" The minions will give you a new altar? ”

Xichen smiled slightly and said, "No need." ”

Taking advantage of the situation, she pinched Shen Wan's cold and stiff hand, Shen Wan trembled, and said to the maid beside her, "Move the stove closer." ”

The Queen Mother looked at the emperor and asked, "Does the emperor feel cold?" ”

Xichen said: "No, I'm just afraid that some people will be afraid of the cold and can't stand it." ”

The Queen Mother glanced at Shen Wan, and Shen Wan immediately felt the gaze of envy or jealousy or even hatred from the concubine, she tilted her head and ignored it. But she felt that there was an extra emotion of pity and compassion in these complicated eyes, and she followed her gaze, and sure enough, she saw that the second brother was raising his head and looking at her stupidly. She stopped talking, biting her lower lip and shaking her head slowly.

Shen Lan gritted his teeth, suddenly got up, and stared straight at Xichen. Shen Wan's heart tightened, but when she saw Princess Zhenyin quietly pulling Shen Lan's sleeve, Shen Lan's voice trembled slightly, and she raised her glass and said, "Your Majesty, the minister Shen Lan respects the emperor with a glass!" Thank you for the emperor's grace not to kill! ”

Xichen smiled on his lips and said: "My sister-in-law is serious, they are all a family, even if your father made a big mistake, I will naturally not kill you for the sake of Zhenyin's face." ”

Shen Lan's hand holding the wine glass trembled, and a few drops of cold wine spilled out, Zhen Yin hurriedly stood up and said, "Don Ma, you drank too much......" While pulling his sleeve tightly, Shen Lan glanced back at his wife, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, and sat down silently.

Shen Wan breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and she also drank a little symbolically. Then, some concubines came over to toast in turn, and those who cherished the dust did not refuse, and Shen Wan frequently poured wine.

After the singing and dancing, the feast was dispersed.

Back to Shangyang Palace, I was slightly drunk. According to the past practice, the emperor was going to sleep with the queen tonight, but the queen who cherished the dust was poisoned by his cup of wine, so tonight, he still lay alone in Shangyang Palace.

"I asked Shen Lan to wait a while before leaving, and you two brothers and sisters can talk well." Xichen walked in a messy pace, and was surrounded by several palace people to go back to the bedroom, not caring at all what Shen Wan would say to Shen Lan.

Shen Lan was already waiting in the outer hall, he had a lot to say to Ah Wan, and he also had a lot of questions to ask her.

But when Shen Wan walked in front of him, he couldn't say a word, Shen Wan lay on his chest and cried lowly, he could only stroke her soft hair without saying a word.

There are only two of them left in the Shen family, and they should depend on each other, but one was reduced to slavery in the palace, and the other was confined in a boxy place.

After crying intermittently, Ah Wan raised her head and said with teary eyes: "Second brother, you have lost a lot of weight." ”

Shen Lan gently stroked Ah Wan's thin jaw, and couldn't bear to say, "Ah Wan, you have just lost a lot of weight." ”

After saying this, Ah Wan's tears fell again, Shen Lan wiped away her tears, and said softly: "Don't cry, Ah Wan, the way you cry makes the second brother feel distressed." ”

Ah Wan desperately held back, choked up, and said, "Second brother, we are the only ones left in our family." ”

Shen Lan said in a low voice: "Second brother knows. ”

Ah Wan held his hand and said, "So we have to live well." ”

Shen Lan held her back, and said, "Second brother also knows." ”

They looked at each other, they understood each other's pain, each other's forbearance, and the hatred hidden in their hearts!

He ...... Didn't embarrass you, did you? After a while, Shen Lan asked.

Ah Wan knew that the second brother was talking about cherishing the dust, and shook her head and said, "No." ”

"What about the rest of the palace?" He couldn't think of how his pampered sister could be a palace maid who served people.

Ah Wan still shook her head and said, "Second brother, don't be careful, since he spared my life, how could he embarrass me, and naturally he won't tolerate others being embarrassed." ”

Shen Lan was stunned for a moment, as if he had just figured it out, and said angrily: "He likes you?!" ”

Ah Wan covered his mouth, motioned for him to be quieter, and then said in a low voice, "It's better, isn't it?" ”