Bao Xi and Mrs. Qin's words ridiculed the atmosphere of this hundred-year-old banquet a little embarrassing, each of their words seemed to have been carefully considered, Mrs. Qin's words were so that she could pull Empress Shen out of Bao Xi's camp, and Bao Xi was-for-tat with it, in order to see what else Mrs. Qin had to say?

Bao Xi took advantage of the fact that Bao Hongde was not married, and caused Mrs. Qin to evaluate the daughters of officials of the DPRK and China, the relationship between the DPRK and China is quite complicated, and this matter is also the most difficult to do, if you say who is good, it is bound to offend some other people; If you say that anyone is bad, you will offend your own family...... Mrs. Qin didn't dare to say too much, so she had to consider speaking as mellow as possible, and finally had to resign and retire from the palace first.

"This palace didn't know that Mrs. Qin was so popular in the court!" Empress Shen looked at Bao Xi and whispered, Bao Xi nodded slightly, slapped the Nian'er in her arms while leaning over and whispered, "Now the news from the Qin State is that the Qin State has formed an alliance with the surrounding small countries to form a military force that can compete with my Zhou Dynasty, and the ambition to win virtue is ...... I have to guard against it! ”

Empress Shen's expression condensed together, very heavy, she had gotten the news a few days earlier, but if it weren't for the mention of Bao Xi at this moment, she wouldn't have thought that Qin State's move was to compete with the Zhou Dynasty, so when she said this, she looked worried, "Qin State's strength cannot be underestimated, what should I do now?" ”

"Wait!" Bao Xi said, "Now that the king is fighting the enemy on the front line, and the people of the whole country are attached to the Qi country, Yingde does not dare to act rashly at this moment." If he doesn't move, we will have a chance for a day, and we can only wait for the opportunity for today! ”

"Shen State is adjacent to Qin State, I'll go to find out the news." Shen Hou said, "This matter can be left to a later date, and the Qin State must not be allowed to develop like this." ”

"Yes, Niangniang just orders, and we will do our best to cooperate." Bao Xi's speech speed is extremely fast, and it inexplicably makes people feel that it is now a critical moment of life and death, and Shen Hou has changed from a person who passively received the news just now to a person who actively arranges it, which makes her quite useful, and nodded to Bao Xi.

The banquet was only opened later in the day, and Bao Xi didn't have time to eat a mouthful of hot dishes and hot rice, and someone came to the front hall to spread the word, and the civil and military officials were waiting to see Nian'er, and now they gathered in the front hall. Uncle Zhao asked Bao Xi to take Nian'er to the front hall, and Bao Xi had to get up and report to Empress Shen and asked, "The banquet in the front hall has always been attended by Empress Shen's mother, why don't you take Nian'er to the front hall?" ”

"After all, Nian'er called you a mother, if you don't go, I'm afraid that the ministers will have a lot of speculation!" Empress Shen patted the back of Bao Xi's hand, "Front hall, you take Nian'er with you." Here I stayed to preside over the banquet, the harem has always dispersed earlier than the front hall, today is really hard for you. ”

"It's all right," Bao Xi said softly, standing up, "in that case, I'll take my leave?" ”

Shen Hou waved her hand, Bao Xi turned around and hugged Nian'er and walked out of the Huachen Hall with the people who came to pass the word, she tucked Nian'er's clothes, wrapped him tightly, and avoided the cold wind in winter, Nian'er breathed a long sigh of relief as soon as she came out of the door of the Huachen Palace, and finally couldn't see the dizzying crowd coming and going.

Walking to the front hall, Nian'er was sleeping soundly, Bao Xi made a silent gesture to Uncle Zhao, pointed to the baby in his arms, Uncle Zhao nodded slightly, with a smile on his face, and whispered to the ministers, "Nian'er is asleep, and has not woken up yet, let's congratulate Nian'er later?" ”

"I don't know if the king gave the name to the little prince?" An official asked.

Uncle Zhao looked at the person who spoke and shook his head, "The king is concerned about the war between Qi and Dongyi, and he doesn't even have time to visit Mrs. Zheng, so how can he care about naming his child!" This matter can only be discussed when the king returns. He gave him a meaningful look, then gave up the position of the guest of honor beside him and asked him to sit down.

Several officials, big and small, got up to congratulate Bao Xi, and Bao Xi thanked him one by one, and finally set his eyes on his brother Bao Hongde, "Nian'er will soon be able to call my brother uncle, and you should also think about starting a family." She said and turned to Uncle Zhao again, "Uncle is too, as an elder, why don't you talk about the matchmaker for your nephew?" ”

"Oops...... Uncle Zhao took his thighs, "I ignored this!" ”

"Look at you," Bao Xi complained in a coquettish tone, "I talked about this in the harem just now, and Mrs. Qin also said that she wanted to tell her brother a matchmaker, and praised the daughters of the ministers one by one, and I was a little tempted to say it!" ”

"Hahahaha...... Uncle Zhao laughed out loud, "What did you say?" ”

Bao Xi looked around the table, all of them are the most influential people in the court today, "That's a lot, especially Yu Shangqing's daughter, who is said to be smart, knowledgeable, gentle, and looks like a peach blossom in spring, which is particularly charming." But I'm afraid that Yu Shangqing can't look down on my brother and other reckless men like me, and I don't dare to climb high in this family matter. ”

"What Niangniang said is tormenting the old man!" Father Yu's expression stiffened, and he looked at Bao Xi very embarrassed.

The courtiers of the several princely factions present exchanged colors with each other, and everyone could hear the meaning of this that Mrs. Qin and Father Yu Shi were already on the same front, and it seemed that they needed to discuss the alliance with the State of Qin, after all, the contradictions between the princes' faction and the wave of the ruling faction of Father Yu Shi had been a long time ago, and it was impossible to resolve it overnight. If it weren't for the fact that the Qin State was tough at this moment, the people stationed in the Chu State in the court were too soft-spoken, and the Bao family was only a territory of the Qin State, I am afraid that these princes would not choose to take refuge in the tiger and wolf army of the Qin State.

"Niangniang," Bao Hongde finally spoke, "Now that the country is undecided, why do you want to start a family?" ”

"Oh?" Bao Xi looked at Bao Hongde and said, "My brother is really loyal and patriotic, but the family and the country have to become a family!" ”

"yes!" Uncle Zhao nodded, "Nian'er has been born for 100 days, and Niangniang is ahead of you." Although Nian'er is not born to Niangniang, but after all, you should hurry up, don't always worry about people! ”

Bao Hongde blushed anxiously, looked at Bao Xi and stopped, and finally turned to the ministers, "I should have congratulated Nian'er today, why did the topic come to me?" ”

Nian'er also gave Bao Hongde a few thin noodles, and cried out with a "wow" in Bao Xi's arms, looking up at Bao Xi with tears in her eyes, twitching and sobbing aggrievedly, pouting her small mouth, rubbing all the saliva on Bao Xi's clothes, Bao Xi gently patted Nian'er's back, "Mother is here, Nian'er doesn't cry." ”

Nian'er pulled Bao Xi's clothes, buried her head deep in Bao Xi's chest, turned her face sideways and squinted at Uncle Zhao and the stranger at this table. Bao Xi looked at Bao Hongde, "It's my uncle and nephew, Nian'er is really partial to you, if you don't say it, don't say it, my brother just cares about it!" ”

"I'm going to hug Nian'er," Bao Hongde got up and walked towards Bao Xi from his position.

Bao Xi whispered a few words beside Nian'er, and Nian'er stretched out her hand to Bao Hongde, who took the child into his arms and held it high, "Or Nian'er helps me, you look at your mother, you know that it is not me!" ”

"Doctor Bao is now dealing with government affairs, and he has no skills, but he is not in a hurry to get married, I see...... It's better to wait for the king to come back and give Dr. Bao the most appropriate marriage! A courtier looked at Bao Xi and said, generally speaking, if an adult man is unwilling to get married, most of the reasons are because he has a sweetheart and does not want to marry another woman.

"That's not what you're talking about!" Another courtier chimed in, and then a voice of Bao Hongde not in a hurry to start a family spread throughout the banquet, and Bao Xi had to nod, "Look at me, you guys take it seriously!" It's not my turn to call the shots about the affairs of the Bao family, I'm ......" Bao Xi turned her head and glanced at Nian'er, who was playing happily with Bao Hongde, "As long as you take care of Nian'er, it can be regarded as living up to your favor." ”

These words made the faces of several people present feel embarrassed again, the gap between Bao Jue and Bao Xi is already known to everyone, no one knows, the scene fell into a silent atmosphere, Uncle Zhao patted Bao Xi's arm, Bao Xi reluctantly pulled out an arc with the corner of his mouth, stood up and walked towards Bao Hongde, "Or let me hold Nian'er, right?" ”

Bao Hongde returned the child to Bao Xi, looked at her meaningfully, and wanted to comfort her but knew that it was not the right time. Bao Xi took Nian'er and held it in her arms, Nian'er grabbed Bao Xi's clothes tightly again, raised her eyes and spied on Bao Hongde, who was holding herself just now, her eyes were full of looks, and she seemed to have an innate jealousy.

"Today, for Nian'er's congratulations, it's time for my brother to drink a few glasses of wine for his nephew." Bao Xi looked at Bao Hongde and said, after getting this, the ministers also began to toast to Bao Hongde, Bao Hongde had a few glasses of wine, his face turned red, and Bao Xi returned to Uncle Zhao with the child, and the situation was now open, and it became lively.

"After the Spring Festival, I'm afraid that this year will not be peaceful." Uncle Zhao rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his hand to pick up some dishes for Bao Xi, "You eat a little bit, you should be tired today." ”

"I'm fine, it's just Nian'er," said Bao Xi, "I didn't dare to close my eyes for a day, and I should be too sleepy at this time." ”

"After a while, I went through the motions and asked Xiuxiu to come over and hug Nian'er back." Uncle Zhao said.

"I can't leave yet?" Bao Xi asked.

Uncle Zhao pointed at Bao Hongde, his feet were already staggering, "He's drunk, take his words." ”

"Yes!" Bao Xi nodded.

"I'm not in a hurry to start a family, let's see what the king says when he comes back." Uncle Zhao commanded, and Bao Xi shook his head, "I'm not in a hurry about this, I just want to see what Mrs. Qin says about the women of each family." ”

"You've made Yu Shangqing ugly enough today!" Uncle Zhao pointed to Bao Xi and whispered, "I'm afraid that he will take revenge in the future." ”

"It's okay," Bao Xi shook her head, "you have to offend one and pick who is who!" ”

Uncle Zhao laughed and shook his head, stood up and knocked the bowl with chopsticks, "It's all quiet and quiet, it's almost time, ask Nian'er to catch the lot, and send the child back to the palace to sleep!" ”

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