By the time Yin Qingyun arrived, there were already many people sitting in the Fuxi Palace, but the seats on the upper stairs were still empty, and the wives of the family had already greeted each other with their daughters for a while, and sat down next to each other.

Yin Qingyun entered the main hall, and immediately a delicate little palace maid stepped forward to guide her to the pre-arranged position.

It's just a coincidence that the girl next to her has a long skirt, her white and tender cheeks are dyed with the light of a reddish palace lamp, and a pair of watery eyes turned to look at Yin Qingyun, obviously stunned, or Ruling next to her called the girl, and she came back to her senses.

Neither of them expected that Queen Lu would actually draw their positions together.

The Ministry of Rites arranged the banquet, and the positions of each noble girl were all written down by good students, and presented to Queen Lu for a purpose, if it was impossible to say that she was not interested in this banquet, but if she was attentive and deliberately let Gu Yanwan sit next to Yin Qingyun, then her thoughts would be a little intriguing.

The little palace maid looked up at Yin Qingyun's face slightly, and asked timidly, "Miss Yin?" But what's wrong? ”

Whatever was wrong, she felt that nothing was right.

In her previous life, Gu Yanwan was married to Xiao Zhi, and she was also a thief in this life, so how could she sit with her calmly.

Yin Qingyun glanced at the familiar and unfamiliar faces on the seat, and saw that Mrs. Guan of Yongchangbo not far away was smiling at her, and she also bent the corners of her mouth, which was considered a return salute.

"It's nothing, you can go on something else."

Yin Qingyun restrained her expression, walked to the table, and sat next to Gu Yanwan, Qinglan helped her tidy up her skirt before retreating to the side.

Several nearby noblewomen were all familiar with each other, chatting and laughing together, but Yin Qingyun and Gu Yanwan were sitting upright without squinting, looking bitter and hateful.

The others didn't want to come forward to provoke the bad luck of the two of them, so they had to stay away, for fear that the fire would burn and be affected.

The two princes in the male guest table opposite also sat next to each other, one smiling shyly, and said polite words to the courtiers who came to congratulate him, but he was obviously a little overwhelmed.

The other sat quietly, wearing a white jade bamboo-patterned robe that lined his long figure, and his temperament was noble and cold, but his sword eyes were cold, like frost in the cold winter, which made people not want to get closer.

When Yin Qingyun looked at Xiao Zhi, he also happened to raise his eyes to look over here, and the delicate palms between Yin Qingyun's sleeves suddenly sweated slightly, so he hurriedly didn't start.

Xiao Zhi saw Yin Qingyun look away, first the sword eyebrows frowned slightly, and after a long time, he slowly relaxed, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously appeared a very light and faint self-mockery.

Also, now that the identities of the two are different, he is just a prince who has no power, no power and is not favored, and she should avoid suspicion.

The hall was lively for a while, and there were palace maids pouring wine and serving tea one by one, and when she arrived at Yin Qingyun's place, she shook her head and said, "I've not been in good health recently, change the pot of tea for me." ”

The palace maid blessed her body, wrote it down, and turned her head to ask Gu Yanwan next to her what she needed to add.

Gu Yanwan originally wanted to ask them to withdraw the mellow fruit wine, but when she saw that Yin Qingyun opened her mouth before her, her willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and her face was very unsightly.

"No need, today is the queen's birthday banquet, and the courtiers should have drunk some fruit wine to celebrate the birthday of the mother, but the tea instead of wine ruined the mother's prosperity."

How sour Gu Yanwan's words were, she probably didn't smell it herself, but a few noble ladies nearby looked at each other after hearing it, and felt that she was really a little abnormal today.

Gu Yanwan was born in Jiangmen, and it is harmless to drink some fruit wine, but some girls from scholarly families are not drunk at all, where is it like she said.

"Miss Gu, what's the matter, in the past, she was like a clever and exquisite mind, why did she ...... it today" said so offended people.

Those who know think that Gu Yanwan is open-mouthed, and those who don't know think that she relied on her father to be favored in the court, and deliberately mocked others in such a big scene.

"Eh, don't let us leave it alone, it is estimated that she is sitting with Miss Yin, and she is angry, so she is so speechless."

The rest of the people have no grudges against the two of them, and they know that they can't get together at this time, although Su Rili has a good relationship with Gu Yanwan, but no one wants to interfere in this kind of thing, and they want to make trouble by themselves.

The sky gradually darkened, the light in the glass palace lamps at the four corners illuminated the hall as bright as day, the emcee's singing sounded, the emperor and the empress slowly walked into the hall in full costume, and the birthday banquet officially began.

First of all, the young dancing girl of a water wore a neon dress and colorful clothes and fish into the hall, and danced on the scarlet carpet in the center of the hall, the water sleeves fluttered, and there was a musician next to it.

Yin Qingyun clearly saw Xiao Zhi's frowning brows on the other side, and he was very impatient, and immediately remembered the rumor that he didn't like lively occasions, and held the tea in his white and tender palms, and smiled lightly.

The emperor rewarded a large number of rare antiques and jade, and then picked a pair of earrings made of excellent Nanhai Dongzhu, and personally put them on to Queen Lu, "The queen has been taking care of the harem for many years, and she has worked a lot, so I really wronged you." ”

The emperor has no feelings for this successor, and even because her mother's family has become more and more arrogant in recent years, there are many disagreements with her. It's just that on such an important occasion tonight, the emperor's dry words really made Empress Lu a little unbearable.

But Queen Lu has been in the harem for more than 20 years, and she has never experienced any hardships, and the drama of loving husband and wife has been acting for more than ten years, and now it is even more convenient.

She stroked her sideburns with a well-maintained hand with golden armor, the eyebrow makeup there was very delicately painted, and the tail of her eyes was lightly hooked, and the phoenix eyes gave birth to boundless style, "The concubine is a model of the six palaces, and she wants to be in her position to do her own thing, but His Majesty has always specialized in government affairs, and there are few sisters in the harem, and they are all good friends, and the concubines are not tired of anything." ”

What Queen Lu said was exactly what everyone was saying.

Everyone knows that the emperor is bent on the deceased Empress Chen, and there are very few new people added to the harem, and even if the courtiers want to stuff people into the harem, it is a widow's life to work hard to stuff it in.

The emperor's birthday gift, Empress Lu accepted it, and everyone also prepared to present the prepared birthday gift in accordance with the order of respect and inferiority.

First, the prince and princess presented gifts, but now there are only two brothers Xiao Zhi and Xiao Huan sitting on the table.

The emperor's gaze fell on Xiao Zhi, who was in the prince's seat.

Empress Chen gave birth to a second prince that year, but the child was blessed and died early when he was just one year old.

He was also confused at that time, and he got drunk and had sex with a palace girl overnight, but the generosity of Empress Chen, who lost her young son, was beyond his imagination, and she personally took Xiao Zhi by her side to raise her.

It wasn't until Queen Chen became pregnant again and died in childbirth, and the five-year-old Xiao Zhi moved out of the palace to live separately.

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