After Gongsun Fu left, Li Qingqing got up from the chair, moved a position, and continued to sit down.

Mama Zhang urged softly, "Your Highness, it's not too early!" ”

"Got it, Mama, you should step back first!" Li Qingqing's tone was a little anxious and a little weak.

Mama Zhang obediently stepped back.

Li Qingqing only raised her head after seeing her walk away, stubbornly covered up all kinds of emotions, and went to Qingge Garden, fortunately she didn't meet Gongsun Fu along the way, otherwise she would definitely take a detour.

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The state banquet begins

Today is a big country banquet, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, as well as the beauties of the harem are all dressed in gorgeous costumes.

Li Qingqing also picked a novel bluebird costume to attend, and the three princesses also attended.

Since thinking about it, the three princesses have never appeared again, and this time they attended because at the small state banquet, the minister of Beixing mentioned that the female minister Liu Qingfang also inadvertently said that the three princesses would attend, so the empress made a ban on it.

Li Qingqing met with the three princesses on the road, although the three princesses who had not seen her for many days had lost a lot of weight, they had a good complexion, and the contours of their faces were more distinct, and the whole person looked more difficult to deal with.

"Sister Three Emperors!" Li Qingqing greeted him, leaving no emotion on his face.

"Five Emperor Sisters!" Li Qinglan also greeted, also leaving no emotion.

The two bowed their heads to each other and went up to their seats.

During this period, the queen lady was supported by a horse and sat down together.

The Minister of Civil Affairs and Military Affairs also attended with his family.

In the end, the Empress Xieren Emperor and Emperor Mu Zhengjun came, and hundreds of officials knelt to greet them, and the emperor and the monarch took their seats, and the banquet was spread out.

"Wait, why didn't Prince Beixing come?"

The empress looked at the seat of Beixingguo, but a few ministers of Beixing came, but the most important prince did not come, "What does this mean?" In the past, the small state banquet was not well arranged, and the people who came were not complete.

This time, I have called all the princes and princesses, and the ministers of civil and military affairs are also here, you Beixing is good, you should not come! ”

The empress said bluntly sarcastically.

Beixing came to make his face slightly red, and he couldn't say what he was suffering from.

Meng Peiliang replaced the Beixing envoy and answered the empress's question, "Prince Changming is sick, I'm afraid he won't be able to come." However, he has handed over the fire ** paper to Wechen, and asked Wechen to transfer it to His Majesty. ”

In other words, it doesn't matter if the prince comes or not, anyway, the most important drawings are here, and the alliance between the two countries has not been destroyed, so it is not unreasonable for Beixing.

"What about the affinity? Didn't the prince want to ask the five princesses three questions, and now that the five princesses are here, but the prince is not coming, do you still want Ambassador Meng to ask on his behalf? ”

While speaking, the empress glanced at Li Qingqing, if she wanted to say that the absence of Prince Changming had nothing to do with her, she wouldn't believe it if she was killed, how could there be such a coincidence, one attended, one absent, one absent, one attended.

On the seat, Li Qingqing gently and lovingly held a wine glass, as if unintentionally and intentionally in the direction of the empress, and then smiled innocently and drank it all.

The empress retracted her gaze and continued to look at Meng Peiliang.

Meng Peiliang was a little embarrassed, these three questions were originally meant to be asked, but Prince Changming was not allowed to ask them again, and he was not even allowed to mention them.

The matter of harmony was so inexplicably stopped, Meng Peiliang had no choice but to say to the empress helplessly and embarrassedly, "The prince's meaning, it is naturally good to form an alliance with relatives, but the wishes of both parties must also be considered. If you don't ask about emotions and only talk about interests, then there is no point in getting along.

The alliance between the two countries and the exchange of drawings can also protect friendship. ”

The empress glanced at him lazily, and thought, whatever you say is what it is!

Immediately, she raised her hand and ordered her father-in-law Zhou to submit the drawings, and at the same time ordered someone to take her own mecha drawings and send them over.

Zhou Gonggong complied with the order.

Meng Peiliang put the drawings on the tray, and on the other side, the little father-in-law presented the mecha drawings of the Great Qi Kingdom in the tray and handed them over.

The two countries got the drawings of the interaction at the same time, opened them at the same time and looked at them, and then handed them over to the people behind them at the same time, and the people behind them continued to look at them.

Li Qingqing saw that the people behind each of them should be capable people who are proficient in mecha gunpowder, even if they can't make wonderful drawings, they must be able to understand it.

Behind Meng Peiliang, after the mecha master looked at the drawings, he secretly gave him a thumbs up, meaning that this drawing was very delicate and genuine.

Li Qingqing's eyes rolled and looked behind the empress.

Behind her, a man dressed as a father-in-law, hanging upside down on his shoulder, just covering half of his face, couldn't see this person's appearance clearly, only saw that this person nodded to the empress, meaning that the drawings were fine.

Li Qingqing wondered, this kind of thing, the master craftsman Dai Weichang has also studied, shouldn't Dai Weichang be directly asked to check it, why let this person check, who is this person, why haven't you seen it?

When Li Qingqing was curious, the man suddenly raised his head, looked deeply in her direction, and then lowered his head.

Li Qingqing forgot to swallow the wine in his mouth, isn't this person the Suo Ye who bombed the Guogong Mansion, when was it released, and it seems that he also slapped the mother queen's fart!

Li Qingqing is very puzzled now, is this Suo Ye still in contact with the Three Princesses?

She glanced at the three princesses, and the three princesses also happened to look at her, Li Qingqing smiled at her gaze, she was more delicate than well-behaved, and she didn't lose at all.

The three princesses were stunned for a moment, and moved away.

Li Qingqing was still muttering in her heart, did this Suo Ye join the crown princess or switch to the third princess or rely on the mother queen?

Wait a minute? He himself seems to have said that he is from the Kite Country, so he is actually doing things for the Kite Country?

It's puzzling!

But Li Qingqing thought about it again, this is also a problem that the mother emperor should worry about, what does she have to worry about, as long as she doesn't worry, then sit back and wait for the moment when the answer comes, then she naturally knows who Suo Ye is.

Li Qingqing lowered her head and continued to drink.

At this time, the exchange of drawings between the two countries was completed, and the empress waved her hand and ordered people to sing and dance.

So the singers and dancers were around, the scene was very lively, and no one mentioned the affairs of the two countries anymore, only about the shortcomings of the parents.

Sitting near Li Qingqing were either the Empress Dowager or the Three Empress Women's Party, and she couldn't intervene with these party ministers, and she didn't bother to talk to them.

At the moment, she was only silently counting the time, counting the time when the mother queen would leave the table, and then looking for an opportunity to tell the Qinglou incident.

Not far away, Liu Ruyu, who was sitting next to the female minister, looked at her from time to time, her expression was a little anxious, as if she wanted to ask something, but she was dragged by the female minister and did not let her interact with Li Qingqing.

Li Qingqing's eyes seemed to be hanging in the wine, but the afterglow kept staring at the top phoenix.

Before the phoenix drove, Feng and the empress poured wine for the two imperial husbands.

The two royal husbands toasted and touched each other, drank and ate together, and the picture looked infinitely harmonious.

Li Qingqing has been waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting for when the mother queen will leave the table.

"Your highness, your wine glass is empty." A familiar voice as warm as jade came.

Li Qingqing's mouth loosened as soon as he held the wine glass, the golden bottle and jade cup fell, not on the table, but in someone's palm, and after the white and slender five fingers were wrapped in front of the wine glass, the upside-down wine glass came over and was quietly placed on the table.

Li Qingqing's eyes followed the hand and looked up, Gongsun Fu knelt grovellingly on the cushion in a eunuch suit, pouring wine for her.