After Rushui sent Mu Bin away, he returned to Zhang Yue and asked angrily, "Niangniang, their family bullied Xiaotong so much, so cheap him!" ”

Zhang Yue's face sank, "Hmph, seeing that he did everything possible to come to my palace to see Xiaotong, he must be affectionate to Xiaotong, but his parents!" Hurt Xiaotong like this, hum! How can I give up! ”

Zhu Youzhu returned to Kunning Palace early today, and as soon as he entered the hall, he saw Zhang Yue half-leaning in front of the couch, holding a book in his hand and being slightly distracted.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, came behind Zhang Yue, sat down gently, wrapped his arms around her back, put her forehead against his chin, and asked gently, "Yue'er, what are you looking at?" So seriously. ”

Zhang Yue put down the book in his hand and turned back slightly in Zhu Youjiao's arms, "I didn't see anything, the emperor came back so early today!" ”

"The queen is in a bad mood today, how can I still have the heart to deal with government affairs!"

Zhang Yue said "en", knowing that he had caused the emperor to worry about returning the fruit sent by Mu Bin.

Zhu Youzhu saw that she was not in high spirits, and asked cautiously, "What made Yue'er feel bad today?"

"Nothing."

Zhu Youzhu saw that Zhang Yue was not very willing to say, so he didn't ask any more questions, and the two kept warm for a while, and then passed on dinner.

Zhang Yue didn't have a good appetite today, so he only ate a few bites and stopped chopsticks.

Zhu Youzhu was a little worried, and subconsciously asked, "Xiaotong, is Niangniang uncomfortable today?"

shouted, only to find that Xiaotong was not in the hall.

Zhang Yue replied, "Xiaotong is not feeling well today, so I asked her to rest." I wasn't sick, I just didn't have much appetite. ”

"Oh!" Zhu Youzhu looked at his beloved wife with some concern, "Xiao Jing, let the imperial dining room immediately serve a few appetizers." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Jing agreed.

"No need!" Zhang Yue drank Xiao Jing, turned his head and smiled at Zhu Youzhang, "The emperor doesn't have to worry, Xu ate too much dim sum this afternoon." After a while, I will go for a walk in the yard and digest my food. ”

Zhu Youjiao hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll go for a walk with you in a while." ”

After dinner, Zhu Youzhu took Zhang Yue's hand and took a walk in the Imperial Garden, only letting Rushui and Xiao Jing follow from a distance, the evening breeze was blowing, Zhang Yue's mood was better, and Zhu Youzhu said, "Your Majesty, the moon is going to be round!" ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled, "Yes, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming." ”

"Mid-Autumn Festival! Oh, time flies, how would it have been celebrated in the palace in the past? ”

"Most of them will hold banquets in the palace and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with the clan ministers, but I know that you don't like these pomp and entertainment, and I don't plan to do it this year..."

Zhang Yue's mind flashed, "No, the emperor, there will be a banquet in the palace this year!" Not only do I want to participate, but I also want to host it. ”

Zhu Youjiao's eyes were a little surprised, and then he smiled, "Okay!" Yue'er can do whatever she likes. ”

Zhang Yue remembered something, "Your Majesty, Xiaotong has followed me in the academy since I was a child, we are called master servants, but we are actually sisters, I want to officially recognize her as a righteous sister at this banquet, okay?" ”

Zhu Youjiao's eyes flashed, "Okay!" I will make Xiaotong the lord of the county at the banquet. ”

Zhang Yue leaned his head on Zhu Youzhang's shoulder and whispered, "Thank you, Rumo." ”

Zhu Youzhu hugged his beloved wife tightly with a smile in his eyes.

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The annual Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and in the capital, from the princes and important ministers to the government officials, they are all privately discussing the palace dinner of this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.

Because this evening was personally organized by the queen mother, it was extremely important, and it was rumored that the queen mother intended to let the noble lady in Beijing perform in front of the emperor that night to help the dinner.

Today's emperor is young and promising, but the harem is empty, and the queen's move is speculated to be the intention of choosing a concubine for His Majesty, how can it not make the big families in the capital worry. In order to grasp the opportunity to show her face in front of the emperor, the ladies of various families tried every possible way to be shortlisted for the guest list of this dinner.

So people from all walks of life came to Zhang Yue through various relationships and recommended the young lady of the family to participate in the dinner, and Zhang Yue did not refuse to come, and agreed to everyone's proposals.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, just after the time of Shen, the princes and ministers who were invited to the banquet entered the palace with their families, and the dinner was set up in the imperial garden.

Last year, Zhu Youzhu asked people to plant many osmanthus trees in the imperial garden, and they all bloomed at this time, and the fragrance of osmanthus flowers in the garden was pleasant.

There was still a period of time before the banquet began, and the guests gathered together in twos and threes to chat and enjoy the osmanthus flowers.

As a guest invited to the banquet, Mu Bin led two gorgeously dressed middle-aged couples into the banquet area.

Mu Bin is a close confidant of the current saint, and he became the commander of the Jinyi Guard at a young age, which can be described as promising, and he has not yet married, so as soon as he entered the banquet area, he became the focus, and was led by waves of ministers to greet the daughter of his family, and competed to introduce his daughter to Mu Bin.

Mu Bin's face was a little ugly, and he nodded lightly to the people who came up to speak, and he didn't squint at those noble ladies of the family, and he didn't say a word.

The two people who followed were Mu Bin's parents, and the queen made a special decree to commend Mu Bin's loyalty to the emperor, and specially invited Mu Bin's parents to the banquet.

At this time, Master Mu and Mrs. Mu had already been dazzled by the gorgeous luxury of the imperial garden and the palace, and they were even more happy to see their son being scolded by so many ministers.

Master Mu remembered that he had already intended to marry Miss Queen, the eldest of the family of Lord Wang, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and he was anxious, "Don't be dazzled by this kid, what should Miss Wang do if she is unhappy after a while?" ”

He was about to step forward to warn his son, but Mrs. Mu next to him pulled his wife, "What are you doing?" We are not officially engaged to Miss Wang, so let's see what's wrong? What if there is a noble girl who is more powerful than Miss Wang and falls in love with Bin'er? ”

As soon as Master Mu thought that what his wife said was reasonable, he didn't stop him.

At this time, a few more people walked into the banquet garden, the first person wore a winged crown, wearing a red round-necked narrow-sleeved robe, and embroidered a dragon on the chest and shoulders, it was Xingwang Zhu Youqi, on her left hand was the princess Jiang, and on the right hand side was a young and beautiful woman, wearing a pink Xia curtain bow robe, dressed extremely gorgeous and eye-catching, but her eyes were quite frivolous, and she looked at Zhu Youqi proudly.

Several officials around Mu Bin reacted very quickly, and immediately stepped forward to say hello, "See Lord Xing!" ”

Zhu Youqi arched his hand, "You don't have to be polite. ”

When Mu Bin saw the woman in pink, he was stunned, then returned to normal, and also stepped forward to salute King Xing.

It was getting dark, and there were more and more guests. Just after the unitary hour, I heard a eunuch singing outside the banquet garden, "The emperor and the queen have arrived!" ”