Qi Hui's clothes are the Xuanqing robes newly made by Shifeng in winter, although Jian Feng is not short, but not as strong as them, his robe Qi Hui can't put on. When Shifeng sent his cronies to send his clothes, he also asked if he needed to prepare them for Xiangxiang, he seemed to be very concerned about Xiangxiang's appearance at the dinner tonight, which was very important to Xinjun, to that Concubine Jing, and to his own sister.

"Didn't you say that they took in a palace maid at random?" Pang Jun turned to look at his son, and said a cold and quiet word, Shifeng was speechless, just looked at Qi Hui and his wife who walked in, and he felt his sister tugging on his arm, and he was about to tear his sleeve.

Xiangxiang has never worn such complicated and heavy clothes, once a cotton jacket could survive the winter, always felt that the wife and lady of the official family were thinly dressed, it turned out that this layer of layers on the body, the best silk brocade, and there were carriages and horses to pick up, and they were really not afraid of the cold. At this moment, there was an extra snow-white fox fur on her neck, which was later sent by Mrs. Jian to Shen Yan's house, so that Xiangxiang could use it to cover the scars on her neck.

At this time, Mrs. Jian sat in the banquet with her husband and son, watched the radiant Xiangxiang enter the hall, and said to her husband with satisfaction: "This child is really extraordinary, I really hope that we can meet such a good woman." ”

Qi Hui and Xiangxiang walked side by side to the throne, each of them was wearing clothes obtained from elsewhere, and they didn't even have a dress that really belonged to them, but from the palace gate to the front of the palace, just a dozen steps, it had already made the people present stunned. The legendary crazy and stupid second prince is so dignified and handsome, and the wife next to him, I don't know which high-ranking lady came out of a big family, who is extravagant and natural, where will he know that Xiangxiang has just learned today how to make a big gift in front of the palace.

The floor-length skirt did not trip Xiang Xiang, she steadily followed Qi Hui to salute the new monarch, and the emperor had made a good draft, how to deal with his younger brother in front of the ministers, but at this moment he was stunned by Xiang Xiang who seemed to fall from the sky next to Qi Hui, Qi Hui and his wife had already bowed to the ground, he was still frozen on the dragon chair, and the eunuch on the side had to remind: "Your Majesty, Prince Shuo is still kneeling." ”

The emperor suddenly sobered up, got up from the throne, and personally walked down the stairs to support Qi Hui, and in the blink of an eye, his face was already full of emotion, and he said sadly: "Second brother, you have suffered all these years. ”

Qi Hui bowed his head indifferently, turned sideways and helped Xiang Xiang up, and the emperor couldn't express surprise at the sudden appearance of his brother and daughter-in-law, he told the world, saying that he had secretly taken care of his younger brother for more than ten years, and that younger brother married a wife, how could he not know, he just suppressed his doubts and anger, reluctantly smiled and pretended to be familiar, and gestured to Xiang Xiang.

Xiangxiang has never dealt with the prince, when she first met the imperial garden, she was still an ugly girl with thick black eyebrows, and when she met again when Concubine Li was abused in the cold palace, she endured severe pain and glared at all the people in front of her, now in retrospect, if the prince liked her at that time, it was really strange. She bowed, didn't say anything, and followed behind Qi Hui inch by inch.

When the eunuch led them into the table, Xiangxiang inadvertently looked up and happened to see Song Jingshu sitting under the emperor. Although her dress is not as gorgeous as before, she is surrounded by gold, silver, pearls and emeralds, and she is really rich and powerful, Xiangxiang already knew that Jing Shu had become a concubine before entering the palace, and she was a concubine who would assist the young queen and hold real power. It is rumored that the relationship between the concubine and the emperor is ambiguous, and Jingshu, a dancer who can't even read a few words, how can she be in charge of the royal harem?

But this obvious matter, the new monarch doesn't seem to care, he supports the widow of the first emperor in a dignified manner, which is reasonable. This is indulgent and uninhibited, and he is very much like the late emperor.

In the middle of the night in early summer, they were still looking forward to the future on the humble bunk, at that time they only longed to leave the palace early, but after one autumn, after the first snow, they looked at each other from afar on the main hall of the Mingde Hall.

Now, one is the widowed concubine of the first emperor, and the other is the prince and princess in her prime, Jingshu remembers that when the eunuch first came to pray, it was the princess Shuo. In the days after Concubine Li's abuse, how she was doing, she could ask a eunuch and palace maid at random, but Jingshu didn't know what Xiangxiang had done these days.

Sitting down, someone suddenly asked: "Today's emperor's enthronement ceremony, why don't you see Prince Shuo, absent from the enthronement ceremony, there is really a suspicion of despising the new monarch, Prince Shuo has not walked towards the royal family for many years, is it possible that he does not understand the rules of the imperial court?" ”

The question is difficult, is the old nobles of the royal family, whether it is to support the new monarch, or not to see everything in front of him, after all, this is embarrassing Qi Hui, he seems to be a wild child who has been picked up, no matter how gorgeous his clothes and temperament are, it can't hide the fact that he has never received any royal education.

Qi Hui had something to say, but the emperor said: "My dynasty respects filial piety, and filial piety comes first, compared to my enthronement ceremony, Concubine Xian Niangniang has worked hard for 20 years to raise the second brother, and the second brother should focus on the aftermath of the concubine." It was Prince Zhenen Zhunshuo who took care of Concubine Xian's affairs first, and fulfilled Concubine Xian's wishes before her death, and buried her back to the Mujiayuan Mausoleum, can Aiqing have any objections? ”

The hall was silent, Qi Yan was silent, all the good words were said by the emperor, from the moment he sat on the dragon chair, he wanted to be a completely different benevolent monarch from the first emperor. But he is so contradictory, the first emperor has not yet entered the ground, he held a grand enthronement ceremony and wedding for himself, what does he want the world to think of him?

The emperor even said: "I and my second brother are like brothers and sisters, and we will jointly support the country left by my father in the future, I don't want to see anyone disrespectful to Prince Shuo, disrespectful to my younger brother, that is, to despise the king." ”

The ministers got up one after another, saying that they would obey the emperor's order, and even saluted Prince Shuo to toast, Qi Hui raised his glass and got up, and Xiangxiang followed behind him.

When she raised her glass to the emperor, she saw Jing Shu, who was also holding a wine glass, the light in her eyes seemed to turn into a sharp blade, piercing straight into Xiang Xiang's heart, Xiang Xiang had been inseparable sisters for more than ten years, Xiang Xiang could feel Jing Shu's emotions, she was hating herself, and all the expressions on her face asked again: "Why?" ”

Xiangxiang indifferently avoided Jing Shu's gaze, since he couldn't understand anything at the moment, why rush to explain, they still had a long way to go.

After the monarch and the ministers drank together, the singing and dancing were leveled, the hall was lively, the tense and delicate atmosphere was relieved, and the ministers came to the emperor to congratulate the emperor one after another, and the prime minister Pang Jun could not be left behind. When someone came to invite him, Pang Jun went with his wife and children, and when he got up slowly, his legs were weak and he almost fell, and he was supported by her second sister-in-law, and asked strangely: "Sister, what's wrong with you?" ”

Shi Feng glanced at his sister, asked the second sister-in-law to go first, leaned in and said: "Go home and explain to you, if you can't hold it now, you will push your illness and leave the table, don't embarrass your father, our Pang family's future is uncertain now, and the same is true for Qi Hui." ”

Qianyou couldn't say anything, his face turned red, he tried to calm down, and went to the palace with his parents to congratulate him.

When the little queen saw Qianyou, she remembered that Miss Pang had been relieved of the siege for her in front of Concubine Li in the Imperial Garden, and now she was isolated and helpless, eager to get help from others, so she took the initiative to talk to Qianyou, but she didn't expect to give the emperor a topic, and the emperor asked along the queen's words: "Miss Pang is not married yet?" ”

Qianyou sneered in her heart, she almost became the crown princess, maybe her father had a thought, she would sit in the position of the little queen now, if she sat in this position and watched Qi Hui walk into the hall with his wife, I don't know what kind of mood it would be.

The emperor and Pang Jun exchanged pleasantries, they were no strangers, and the prime minister supported Concubine Li and said that Concubine Li was just a chess piece that could be discarded at any time. At present, the emperor needs to stabilize the country, and Pang Jun needs to maintain the family, they can completely re-establish a tacit understanding, as for the future, it depends on whether Pang Jun can control the emperor and how bold the new monarch is.

When he retreated with his mother in despair, he saw several noble ladies surrounding Prince Shuo and his wife, Xiangxiang, who had taken a meal for himself a few days ago, was calmly and generously dealing with everything, and his words and deeds all revealed a noble temperament.

And at this moment, Concubine Jing, who was looking at the singing and dancing in a daze, was suddenly gently pushed, and the palace maid signaled the eunuch beside the emperor to pass the word, whispered in her ear, and conveyed the emperor's meaning to the concubine, Jing Shu heard the drums in her heart, raised her eyes to look at the emperor, he was talking and laughing with the minister, and he couldn't see that his heart was already full of anger.

She cleared her throat and asked, "Is it really the emperor's intention?" ”

The palace maid said: "The slave maid also thinks it's strange, but since the emperor has ordered it like this, if you don't do it, I'm afraid that it will ......."

Yes, if she didn't do what the emperor wanted, she wouldn't be able to watch the singing and dancing here, and she should go to be with Concubine Sun Zhaoyi.

Just at the end of the song, the imperial dining room presented a steaming hot pot, and when everyone was attracted by the aroma, the concubine who was younger than the emperor on the seat suddenly spoke: "When the mourning family served the first emperor, I have not heard of the marriage assigned to the second prince, the royal children cannot decide on lifelong events without authorization, and the marriage is all directed by the saint, the first emperor has never assigned marriage to the second prince, I don't know where the one next to Prince Shuo came from?" ”

Seeing that Concubine Jing looked at the emperor coldly, everyone asked, "Your Majesty, are you marrying Prince Shuo?" ”

A smile quickly flashed in the emperor's eyes, Concubine Jing did a good job, she was really very likable, he smiled slightly: "It's not that I am married." ”

Jing Shu's heart trembled, and she took a deep breath and said, "Then where did Prince Shuo come from?" I'm afraid it's not proper to call it like that. She looked at the little queen and said, "Queen, what do you think?" ”