After a while, the Queen Mother nodded slowly, took the fruit wine in front of her, and said with a satisfied smile: "If you can have this heart, you should naturally be rewarded, after all, you are the only one in the palace who is still thinking about the mourning family, and the mourning family is very relieved." ”

Concubine Ling smiled and said nothing, and when a few ladies heard the Queen Mother's words, they naturally thought that the Queen Mother was insinuating, and hurriedly stepped forward to pinch the Queen Mother's legs and beat her back, and she was very attentive.

Concubine Liang immediately gave up the move of robbing the Queen Mother with Concubine Chen, and instead simply stood beside the Queen Mother and said intimate words.

Compared with Concubine Chen and Concubine Wu, who intimately rubbed their shoulders and pounded their legs, the Queen Mother obviously preferred Concubine Liang's compliments, and in less than a moment, she rewarded Concubine Liang with a plate of melons and fruits, and Concubine Liang happily accepted it.

The officials at the bottom had already drunk a few words from the Queen Mother, but no one noticed the small movements of the first few concubines, but the interaction between Concubine Liang and Concubine Ling fell into Chu Nian's eyes.

At this time, the Queen Mother saw Chu Nian, "Lord Wushuang, you are dressed beautifully today." ”

Chu Nian smiled and nodded: "Yes, since it is a summer festival, the courtiers always think that it is appropriate to wear a bright dress." ”

Hearing the Queen Mother shouting Chu Nian "Wushuang County Lord", King Wuchen, who was sitting opposite Chu Nian, obviously flashed a flash of sudden realization in his eyes, he looked at his daughter beside him and said something, and saw that Wuchen County Lord reluctantly got up, "Wushuang County Lord, I salute you, they are all peers, I just returned to Beijing, and I will ask Wushuang County Lord to take care of it in the future." ”

Hearing this voice, Chu Nian felt more and more that this Wuchen County Lord was very familiar, but she still couldn't figure out where she had seen this Wuchen County Lord, so she also got up, picked up the wine cup and said, "The Wuchen County Lord is too humble." ”

The Wuchen County Lord didn't seem to care about what Chu Nian said, he just drank the wine in the cup, and quickly sat down, no matter how many glances King Wuchen gave her, she just sat in place with a pair of slender willow eyebrows, not to mention looking at Chu Nian more, even her butt didn't move.

Seeing her like this, Chu Nian was not annoyed, just picked up the wine cup and took a sip, then sat down, this stall, the Queen Mother, who had been paying attention to this side, said: "Qing'er is shy, it would be good to be more familiar with Chu Nian in the future, by the way, Wuchen, Qing'er is at the age of marriage?" ”

King Wuchen didn't seem to want to have any conflict with the Queen Mother, so he just nodded and smiled: "Not yet, this year is thirteen." ”

"Oh, that's the old mourning family is confused, and even Qing'er's age is wrong."

The King of Huainan, who had been drinking and ignoring the affairs outside the window, raised his head, glanced at Chu Nian inexplicably, and then looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Qing'er hasn't arrived, but the Wushuang County Lord has arrived, right?" ”

The queen mother's face was obviously stiff, and the king of Huainan said this, but it made the people in the entire hall recall the tragic destruction of the Huaihua General's Mansion, after all, it was still the time when the Wushuang county lord got married, and when he arrived at the place, he found that his fiancé was wiped out.

Chu Nian glanced at King Huainan meaningfully, and he couldn't figure out what King Huainan had in mind, after so long, King Huainan had not moved, if he hadn't opened his mouth today, Chu Nian would have thought that King Huainan didn't covet the throne at all.

The queen mother on the top secretly sighed: "That's true, it's a pity that a few days ago, the mourning family chose a good family for Nian'er, who knew that there was such a thing, and Nian'er was also a bitter life." ”

The Queen Mother probably felt that King Huainan had another mystery when she asked this, but she didn't stop it, adding fuel to the fire, and King Huainan burned along with this oil. "Hey, it's really a hard life, I haven't seen my husband yet, and I've become a widow, what can I do with the unequaled county lord in the future, Nian'er, do you need this king to find someone to help you find a good family?"

As soon as Chu Nian arrived in Ning'an, he bumped into the Huaihua general's family and was wiped out, which can be regarded as the violent death of his husband in the middle of the marriage, which was originally controversial, and many people in the court were talking about Chu Nian Kefu behind his back, and the king of Huainan moved the words behind his back to the table, and then said that he would help Chu Nian find a good family again, obviously saying that Chu Nian would not be able to get married.

Seeing that the hundred officials were discussing, Chu Nian just smiled lightly and didn't say much, and at this time, he saw Liu Qi, who had been silent, speak: "At that time, the incident happened suddenly, and before we entered the Huaihua General's Mansion, we found that the General's Mansion was destroyed, and it was not considered that the county lord had ever married. ”

As soon as the words came out, Liu Qi felt remorseful, he should have sat honestly, thinking that Chu Nian was so smart, and he would not let this infamy cover his head, but he was impulsive, and now he confronted the king of Huainan in public, I was afraid that the king of Huainan would be in trouble in the future.

Chu Nian and King Huainan hadn't spoken yet, but they saw Shen Duan, who was sitting in a wheelchair on the side, and said lightly: "Brother Liu's words are wrong, if you marry and marry, and if you leave the house, the unequaled county lord is no longer a member of the Chu family." ”

Hearing the sound, Chu Nian found that Shen Dui was sitting in the corner, and now his state didn't seem to be very good, although the injuries on his body had healed, but his eyes were bruised, and he didn't know how many days he hadn't slept well.

Chu Yuanlang, who was beside Chu Nian, saw that others were saying bad things about his sister, and he suddenly couldn't hold back and wanted to get up, but was held down by Chu Nian, Chu Yuanlang looked at Chu Nian in surprise, and saw Chu Nian smiling and shaking his head.

Seeing this, Chu Yuanlang also calmed down inexplicably, sat honestly in place, and drank tea without his own business.

Liu Qi saw that the person who refuted him was Shen Dui, his face changed, but he didn't speak, as if Shen Dui was air.

However, when Shen Dui said this, he got the appreciative eyes of King Huainan, and at this time, halfway through the farce, he saw a figure outside the hall.

It was Wang Zixuan, he walked a few steps into the hall, stood in front of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and then patted the dust on his sleeves, and bent down to salute: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the old minister is late,"

The Queen Mother glanced at him, shook her head and said, "You always have no concept of time, sit down." ”

Wang Zixuan thanked him, and sat beside King Huainan, who glanced at him sideways and snorted coldly.

At this time, Wang Zixuan realized that the atmosphere in the hall was wrong, he turned his eyes to look at Chu Nian, who was the focus of civil and military officials, and saw Chu Nian's red clothes, and said with some surprise: "The unequaled county lord is willing to wear clothes other than plain white today?" ”

Chu Nian smiled, ignoring Wang Zixuan's yin and yang weirdness with a straightforward skin, "Yes, after all, during the summer festival, the courtiers only want to wear a good outfit, so as not to hinder the eyes of the adults." ”

At this time, the king of Huainan spoke: "The prime minister is late, you didn't hear, we are discussing the bitterness of the life of the Wushuang County Lord, and now the Wushuang County Lord has long passed the initial age of marriage, and General Huaihua's family died violently, you say this ......"

Wang Zixuan seemed to understand the meaning of King Huainan, and he was faintly aware of what was going on in this hall before he came in, but he did not cooperate with King Huainan's meaning, but Lang laughed, "The old minister thinks that the prince is too worried, the unequaled county lord is resourceful, and there are too many people who come to ask for relatives." ”

Wang Zixuan didn't want to lift Chu Nian, he just didn't want to see the Huainan King smug, besides, if it was compared to looking at Ming Xiu, whose wings were not yet full, it was obviously more difficult for the Huainan King to deal with, so it would be better to ask Chu Nian to take advantage of a favor, and in the future, it would be much easier to help Chu Nian drive these princes out of the capital, and then turn back to deal with Chu Nian and Ming Xiu.

Chu Nian saw what Wang Zixuan meant, and didn't answer, at this moment, she drank tea indifferently as if it didn't matter to herself, and excluded all the disputes.

Concubine Ling, who was at the top, interjected at this moment: "Today is a summer festival, so you can't just chat and drink in a cold place," she looked at the queen mother: "When the concubine just returned to the palace, she saw Mingqiao, and Mingqiao said that she and Princess Mingyue had prepared a song and dance, and I wanted to invite all the adults to enjoy it and help the summer festival." ”

The topic was successfully transferred by Concubine Ling, and the Queen Mother suddenly realized: "Why didn't you see those two happy girls, it turned out that they were hiding to prepare for the show?" Hurry up, and the mourning family can also accept their practice results these days. ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother was so elated, the people under the head were not easy to refute the face of the Queen Mother and Concubine Ling, and applauded one after another, and Chu Nian's topic was terminated, Chu Nian glanced at Concubine Ling gratefully, and saw Concubine Ling nodding indifferently, as if she didn't mean to help her.

At this stall, I saw that Mingyue and Mingqiao both entered the hall, and today the two of them were dressed very well, one white and one black, as if they were comparing Chu Nian and Ming Xiu when they competed with Chu Nian last time when Xi Chu Yueling and Chu Nian competed.

Today, Mingqiao took off his exaggerated makeup, dressed in elegant white, with a pipa in his hand, a straight bun on his head, and a small face that was particularly pleasing to look at, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and even the Queen Mother was surprised by Mingqiao's changes.

"Qiao'er has learned to dress up today."

Concubine Ling on the side looked at Mingqiao's gentle and well-behaved appearance with satisfaction, and said with a light smile: "Yes, this girl has been crazy all along, and it has also bothered the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother nodded: "Just learn to be good." ”

At this stall, seeing that the two princesses were in place, the Wuchen County Lord stood up and said: "The Queen Mother, I heard that the Wushuang County Lord is also versatile, and she won the first place in the last competition with the Empress of Xichu, and the little girl also knows a little bit about talents, so it is better for us to perform with the princess, so as to help the imperial uncles and adults present." ”

The king of Wuchen on the side didn't have time to stop his wayward daughter, so he helplessly supported his forehead, at this time, he saw the queen mother look at the lord of Wuchen in surprise, and said: "It's okay, but today Nian'er doesn't want to play the bamboo flute anymore, the mourning family has listened to the same song many times, but I'm afraid I'm tired of listening to it." ”

Originally, Chu Nian wanted to refuse, but when the Queen Mother said this, she had already helped Chu Nian respond, seeing this, Chu Nian had no choice but to get up and smile lightly.

Lowering her eyes, but facing Shang Mingxiu's gaze, she blinked, turned around and walked towards the hall.

At this point, the county lord of Wuchen spoke again: "I have long heard that the Wushuang county lord is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and today's Wushuang county lord's dress is more suitable for dancing, and the two princesses want to perform and play, how about you and me dance together?" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers looked at Chu Nian with inquiring faces, they only saw the Wushuang County Lord playing the bamboo flute on weekdays, but they had never seen her perform other talents, and if they remembered correctly, this Wushuang County Lord personally admitted that he couldn't dance?