The Empress has been wandering, and she is trying to find someone to rely on from the full house of officials. In the previous days in the East Palace, she understood that her cousin did not mean to help the Mo family, and now that he is the emperor, the first thing he did was to canonize his inexplicable younger brother, and to hold a grand enthronement ceremony for himself, rather than rushing to redress his grandfather's family. The day of the execution of the last group of clansmen is just around the corner, and the little queen feels that even if there is a little hope, she must work hard for the family.

But this whole night, there was not even a single person looking at her, and everyone was avoiding her gaze and ignoring her existence. At this moment, she was suddenly questioned by Concubine Jing, she looked at her blankly, but she didn't even hear what Concubine Jing asked.

A palace maid on the side reminded: "Niangniang, the concubine asked you, Prince Shuo has not been canonized, what should I do." ”

The little queen calmed down and responded: "Then ask the emperor to hold a ...... for her" Before the words were finished, he heard the emperor's low hum, which shook the queen's heart, and timidly raised her eyes to look at the emperor secretly.

"This palace is young and careless, so it's better for the concubine to call the shots." The queen changed her words, smiled sadly at the bewildered eyes of the people present, and asked to leave the table under the pretext that she was dizzy after drinking.

Everyone hugged the queen and left, Xiangxiang saw that the dress on the queen's body was very wide, and the color was slightly dull, as if it was an old thing stored for many years, if she guessed well, maybe it was the clothes of Queen Xiandi Mo when she was young, she looked down at the clothes on her body like a new work, she was very satisfied and grateful, but the queen was really a little pitiful. Her people were about to be beheaded, but she had to force a smile in this world of singing and dancing.

Qi Huizheng was disdainful of Concubine Jing's words, and turned around to see Xiang Xiang touching his clothes without distraction, his expression was very cherishing, and there was a sigh in his satisfied eyes that he didn't know where to go. He frowned slightly, what was Xiangxiang thinking, didn't she hear that Concubine Jing was embarrassing her?

"Concubine Li was rampant in the six palaces, so that the first emperor was deceived and treated Concubine Xian's mother and son badly." Song Jingshu slowly repeated the words that the emperor asked the palace maid to convey to her, and tried to read the tone of frustration without emotion, "The first emperor must not want the marriage of the second prince to be hasty, and the candidate for the prince and princess of Shuo should be treated with caution." This matter is not in a hurry to reach a conclusion now, and naturally the position of Prince Shuo and Princess Shuo will also be vacated for the time being. ”

The people present exchanged their heads and ears, and the sound of discussion gradually sounded, and the emperor finally spoke: "Concubine Jing has been around the first emperor for a long time, and she understands the meaning of the first emperor best. ”

Xiangxiang felt that everyone was looking at her, she looked at her husband, and saw Qi Yan smile faintly, as if signaling her not to care about this. Xiangxiang was immediately relieved, and Yanran responded, she didn't care, even if she was regarded as Qi Hui's concubine, it didn't matter, her status was for others to see, and whether she was living a good life or not was their own. In the future, if they stand at the top hand in hand with Qi Hui, all the people who laugh at them today will be scared.

It's not that she's ambitious, but she believes that only when Qi Hui becomes the emperor will she really bring hope to the country, and only Qi Hui has the royal blood of this country flowing in her body.

However, the smile between the husband and wife, and the indifference to all the changes in front of them, angered the emperor even more, and under his benevolent and kind face, the anger of jealousy burned brightly, and in Xiangxiang's bright smile, he realized something that made him shudder.

Does Qi Hui know that he is the only one who is the bloodline of the first emperor? The emperor was tense, but soon relaxed a little, the evil seed is still the emperor's heir, who can prove that the old things are dead, who can prove that he is not the son of the first emperor? The only hidden worry in her heart is that if the shadow in the cold palace that night is really Xiangxiang, then she is very likely to hear the words of the emperor and the virtuous concubine, and know that she is not a royal bloodline, which means that Qi Hui will know sooner or later. Qi Hui, after all, can't be kept.

The emperor's gaze then slowly wandered among the courtiers, seeing the calm Pang Jun, and seeing several other white-haired old ministers, his heart suddenly had murderous thoughts, these old guys may know what happened back then, and he must not let anyone shake his throne.

The matter of Prince Shuo, Concubine Jing mentioned it very abruptly, but the indifferent attitude of Qi Hui and his wife made it difficult to develop the topic, maybe Qi Hui and Xiangxiang resisted or explained, it would cause discussion, but the two of them didn't take the concubine or even the emperor in their eyes at all, and smiled at each other, which was enough to prove their affection to everyone.

Until the end of the banquet, in the eyes of everyone, the strange woman beside Prince Shuo was like a fairy-like existence, she was demure and noble, and she was extremely beautiful, and she was envious of everyone. She sat side by side with the handsome and elegant second prince, a pair made in heaven, and the ladies in the seat all stared at Qi Hui all night, and they all had to admit that they were a good match. After the banquet dispersed, the handsome Prince Shuo and his wife became the hottest topic, obviously the emperor and the concubine had the intention to break them up, but their appearance, tacit words and deeds, seemed to have conquered the world.

The palace is still to be built, Qi Hui has no place to live for the time being, the emperor originally intended to invite them to stay in the imperial city, but Qi Hui said that the old mansion of the Mu family is still there, and he wants to take his wife back to live in his grandfather's house, as for the preparation of the palace, it is the emperor's intention, and he gladly accepts it.

Since the emperor regarded himself as a benevolent eldest brother, he couldn't embarrass Qi Hui, not to mention a reasonable request, the emperor had to agree to let them live back to the Mu family's old mansion temporarily. At the end of the dinner, the emperor took the lead in leaving the table with a smile, and everyone felt that the emperor was very satisfied with the dragon's heart tonight, only Concubine Jing, who was held and sent to the shoulder, was like ashes. She knew that the emperor's anger tonight was enough to burn the entire imperial city.

Located in the east of the city, the ancestral house of the Mu family was originally the location of the Mu family as a family ancestral hall, after the family became more and more prosperous, this house could no longer live, so it was used to worship the ancestral tablet, set up as an ancestral hall, and the whole family moved into the Mu family mansion that no longer exists. But twenty years ago, when all the people of the Mu family disappeared, even the ancestral tablet and the subordinates who were cleaned by the guards here disappeared, and then they were bought and left vacant, until three years ago, Pang Jun privately bought back this house for Qi Hui and sent someone to take care of it, and now it is logical to return it to him.

Although the house is not big, it is spacious enough, and the owner's main house has a separate courtyard, and Shifeng has already arranged for them. When Xiangxiang returned with Qi Hui, the subordinates greeted each other in front of the door, which made Xiangxiang, who was extremely noble in the Mingde Palace, a little cramped, she had never been served, but from now on, she was going to start such a day.

Qi Hui has never been served, but he has royal blood in his bones, he is born with arrogance, but he can deal with it calmly, naturally how many of these subordinates are Pang Jun's eyeliner, he hates it clearly in his heart, the days must pass slowly, he and Pang Jun have been around for more than ten years, and he is afraid that a few eyeliners will not work.

And they went home on the front foot, and someone came to visit and congratulate them, Qi Hui had to deal with it, sure enough, as soon as the identity of the prince was revealed, everything was different, he was no stranger to any official, and he had observed them in the dark for more than ten years, but they didn't know Qi Hui at all, and when they talked face-to-face, Qi Hui also secretly found it interesting.

As the night deepened, and finally sent everyone away, when Qi Hui returned to the bedroom, the maid was coming out with hot water. Turning around and entering the door, he saw Xiangxiang bending down in front of the bed to tidy up things, he unbuttoned his robe and said, "In the future, there will be people to do these things, and you will be able to adapt slowly." ”

Xiangxiang said: "I was folding Mrs. Jane's dress, and I wanted to wash it and send it back, but this fabric looks very precious, and I'm afraid it will be damaged." I plan to go to Jane's Mansion tomorrow to ask Mrs. how to take care of it, and then clean it up and send it back. ”

Qi Hui came over to see, the dress was neatly placed on the bed, and at this moment, Xiangxiang only had a silver silk bedding on his body, and like everything in this room, it was prepared by Shifeng. The two of them left the palace empty-handed, although the new monarch gave a lot of rewards, but Qi Hui had not yet got his hands, if there was no support from Shifeng's brothers, he would not even have a place where Xiangxiang could stay.

"I'll go with you tomorrow and thank Mrs. Jane." Qi Hui said.

"That couldn't be better." Xiangxiang carefully picked up his shirt and put it aside, while asking, "Have you washed up, I'll boil some hot water for you." But immediately remembered where he was now, and smiled awkwardly, "I forgot, it was the girl at home who brought me hot water just now." ”

When Qi Hui heard the word "home", his heart warmed, and he asked, "Do you like it here?" ”

Xiangxiang nodded happily: "It's dark at night, and I haven't seen the general appearance clearly, but this is my mother's hometown, I live very at ease, if it is somewhere else, I will probably feel uneasy." She looked up at the furnishings in the room and smiled, "It's just too extravagant." ”

Qi Hui said: "The serious palace will be more luxurious than here, and the places we will go in and out in the future will be like this." He smelled the smell of wine on his shirt and said, "Then let them bring hot water, I want to take a bath." ”

Xiangxiang had already bathed, and said with a smile: "There is charcoal burning in the house, so you don't have to worry that I will burn the fire under the wooden barrel and cook you." ”

This is an interesting story in the cold palace in the past, and now when it comes to it, both of them can't help but think of the past days, thinking of their mother who just passed away, Xiangxiang only showed sad emotions when he turned around, but he pressed hard, and the endless sadness would only make them stay in the past, they had to move forward, and they had to face more storms.

The servant quickly sent hot water, and there was no need to hang a sheet to separate the two, but Xiangxiang didn't dare to look at Qi Hao and undress, and when he heard him enter the water, he came in with a handkerchief and wanted to scrub him.

The soft hand stopped on his shoulder, and Qi Hui unconsciously held it into his palm, but there were traces of abrasions on Xiangxiang's wrist, he frowned, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”