"In the public, she Xun Rou also has to consider whether the Xun family is not, and she will not be like last time." Susukino Kiyuki turned around when he heard this, looked at Huaxi with a pair of peach blossom eyes, and asked, "Thirteen, what's wrong with being by my brother's side?" ”

When a clear-eyed person saw Xun Rou seeing Susukino Kiyuki, he could guess Xun Rou's mind eight times out of ten, and Huaxi saw it clearly, so he naturally knew it in his heart. Like the one that Xun Rou aimed at himself in the palace, most of them were also due to the fact that Susukino Kiyuki started fighting without explaining to Xun Rou last time. It is terrible for women to be jealous, let alone a fierce woman like Xun Rou.

"Who knows how much peach blossom debt you've gotten into? Although I am your sister, I am alone, and I can't be a group. ”

Susukino Kiyuki said with a smile: "Hehe, thirteen, you are now the pearl of King Xin's palm, they want to tie up before you can follow, can share a lot of worries for my brother...... Don't worry, the fifth brother will give you benefits when he turns around. Quick, can you try to see if you can run two steps to keep up? ”

Huaxi pursed her lips helplessly and shouted, "Bailing, go-", Bailingsa happily walked on his legs, trotted two steps and followed.

On the tenth day of the month, Huaxi wore court clothes and went to the palace to congratulate and watch the ceremony.

The long festival and the cumbersome agenda make people drowsy. Finally waited until Sukino gave Princess Jincheng the title of Jin Guifei, and watched Jincheng take the holy decree and kowtow to thank him, Hua Xi took care of the crumbling flower crown on his head, shook his neck lightly, and sighed secretly, tired of saluting, tired of watching the ceremony, marriage is really a sinful job.

After everyone saluted the new concubine, the palace people led the ladies and girls of each family to Luohua Hall for a banquet.

There were three or four girls who came up to talk to Huaxi, and Huaxi smiled a few words and walked with them to Luohua Palace. Halfway through, Huaxi was pulled out of the girls, and it turned out to be Yizhen. Those people were about to call someone, but when they saw that it was Yi Zhen, they all shut up and hurriedly saluted.

"It's all forgiven." Yi Zhen pulled Huaxi to the other side, "It's uncomfortable to wear court clothes, right?" ”

Huaxi said: "Well, Cui Ming is waiting in the side hall of Luohua Palace, and she will change it when she arrives." ”

Yi Zhen glanced at the person in front of him and pouted, "There are a lot of people today, and it's noisy." I will send someone to find your maid, and you will go back to the Splendid Palace with me, change your clothes, and come back with you. ”

Splendid Palace is Yi Zhen's former residence in the palace, and when he became an adult, he moved to the princess's mansion outside the palace.

Huaxi was too lazy to deal with those young ladies, so she followed Yizhen to her palace without much thought.

The two sat for a while, and Cui Ming came. Huaxi changed her clothes and came out, and the palace maid led Huaxi to the main hall, not wanting Yi to really entertain guests inside.

"Huaxi, your second sister-in-law just came over."

Yi Zhen sat the second princess Lianyi. The second princess, Lianyi, is the eldest daughter of King Zhidu and the sister of Gu Lina, the second daughter-in-law of King Mohan.

King Zhidu is Yizhen's mother-in-law's family. Huaxi also learned about the relationship between Gu Lina and Yizhen later. It's just that Yizhen's attitude towards Gu Lina and Lianyi is not as good as Xun Rou, and she has been delaying the marriage again and again, and she doesn't seem to be keen on this family business. Outsiders talked a lot, Yizhen still went her own way, the first few times she met with Yizhen, Huaxi never saw her close to the Zhidu Wang family.

At this time, seeing Lian Yi coming to the Splendid Palace, Huaxi was still a little surprised.

"Oh, Second Princess." Hua Xi bowed his head and said, "I heard Mrs. Gu Lina mention you in Yanping, we met at the last palace banquet. ”

That day, I saw Lianyi in Huaxi in the Imperial Garden, and I only took a look, and Lianyi was called away by the queen. Today, Huaxi took a closer look and couldn't help but secretly praise that the two sisters were radiant, but Gu Lina had a warm and generous temperament, while Lianyi was graceful and moving.

"I heard Gu Lina mention the matter of the county lord's sister in Dahua, and I have always regretted that I could not see it in person. Later, when I heard that King Xin recognized the county lord, Lian Yi was also happy for the emperor's uncle. On that day, the queen mother of the imperial garden summoned for training, so she didn't have time to talk to her sister. Another day, I invited my sister to the house to talk about it, and asked my sister to appreciate her face. Lianyi's soft voice is like a breeze, indescribably beautiful.

Although the words of the invitation were simple, Huaxi had to think about it.

It is a well-known secret that King Xin, King Xian and the Xun family secretly do not deal with each other in Xiyue. The three adult emperors are all from the queen, and no matter which one the Xun family supports, they all support the emperor with the blood of the Xun family. In addition to the power of the Xun family, the clan headed by King Xin and King Xian is also another big help. Huaxi guessed that Lianyi's favor was mostly instructed by the second king, Susukino Zong, and it was nothing more than wanting to win over King Shin by himself, at least not to affect the relationship between King Shin and him.

"Aunt may come with me?" Huaxi didn't dare to rush down, so she had to pull Yizhen.

"Auntie, what do you see?" Lian Yi looked at Yi Zhen and knew that this person was so casual that he spoke and acted according to interest, and he didn't know the bottom of his heart for a while.

Although Yi Zhen acts freely and uninhibitedly, she has always been a royal person, Hua Xi said this, how could she not understand her thoughts, and said to Lianyi: "The weight of the Zonghu family, the imperial sister-in-law has not been happy recently, and she can't do without you here." You said that you invited Huaxi to sit in the house, according to Zongfeng's sex, you must not have a garden party, and you will not be busy for a while. I'll talk about it in a few days. ”

Seeing this, Lian Yi had no choice but to smile, "Then I'll talk about it in a few days." It's not early, and the banquet should be held over there, so I'll go first. ”

"Okay, Huaxi and I will be there later." Yi Zhen sent someone to send Lian Yi out of the palace gate.

Yi Zhen was dazzled, "You can be a man, you know how to pull my back." ”

Huaxi grinned and said, "When I first arrived, apart from my father, there were only two closest people, my aunt and my fifth brother. In the palace of the king of letters, there are no rules for me and my father, and other mansions are different, I am afraid that I will make people laugh and lose face to my father, so I want to go with my aunt, which is to give me courage. ”

"Okay, let's go, the imperial sister-in-law will have to send someone to urge later."

Huaxi and Yi Zhenzhen left the Splendid Palace and went to the Luohua Palace.

……

And said that Lianyi went out of the Splendid Palace, took the soft sedan chair from the Donghua Gate to the Luohua Palace, but took the west side of the Splendid Palace to get out of the corner gate, detoured to the back of the listening Hexuan, stopped under the low wall of the backyard full of vines, and the palace people who carried the sedan chair retreated to a hidden place knowing the opportunity.

Through the window, a man's voice came from inside the wall, "How's that?" Can you do it? ”

"Nope. She was very alert, as soon as I opened my mouth to invite, she asked Princess Yizhen what she meant, and the princess didn't think about it, and replied to me directly on the grounds that Niangniang was unwell recently and wanted me to take care of it. Lianyi's voice came out through the sedan curtain, still delicate and soft, but the tone was a little more cold.

"The queen mother was angry with her father, but Yizhen picked up a ready-made reason." The person inside the wall sneered, "On the twenty-day, Xun Rou is also going to the horse farm, you ask Gu Lina not to act rashly, and I will arrange it then." Since I won't go to your house for the time being, I can only wait......

The man inside the wall didn't finish speaking, and after a while, he said, "King Mohan has already contacted Yin Yuanye, but Susukino Shincong intervened. You tell Gu Lina to be careful, it's okay to work Yin Yuanye, but don't let King Mohan notice anything unusual. ”

Lian Yi said softly: "I know, I will remind her...... It's not early, I should go to Luohua Palace. ”

"Lianyi—" the man inside the wall called softly, "Thank you for your hard work." When it happens, you're my queen."

"Hmm-" Lianyi in the sedan chair looked at the pattern of peach blossoms blooming in the corner of the handkerchief in her hand, and sighed, "You go first, it's suspicious to leave for too long." ”

"Then I'll go first, you be careful all the way. Take care I'll see you in a few days."

From beginning to end, the man did not show up, Lian Yi couldn't hear any more movement in the wall, reached out of the sedan curtain and waved, the disappeared palace man came back and lifted the soft sedan chair, along the back wall of Tinghexuan to the west to the Xihua Gate, and then turned east to Luohua Palace.

……

The main hall of Luohua Hall is full of Xiyue royal family, first-class ministers, protectors and relatives, as well as people from the Dahua Mission, and the side halls on both sides are nobles below the marquis, courtiers below the second rank and the ladies of each family.

Sukino Tong, Empress Xun and the newly canonized Jin noblewoman sat at the top, and there were four other first-rank palace concubines on either side. Below, the adult emperor and princess sit in the first row, followed by the prince and princess of the royal family. Huaxi's position is behind Susukino Shin, Yizhen's position is next to Susukino Shin, and behind him is Susukino Kiyuki. And the opposite position is the King of Thailand, Yin Chengli and Ouyang Zheng and others.

When Huaxi took a seat, except for the eldest princess who was waiting to give birth and was unable to attend, all the emperors had already taken their seats, and after waiting for a while, they saw Lianyi coming in from outside, and whispered two words to Susukino Zongfeng before taking their seats.

After a while, the palace people sang peace, and Susukino arrived with the queen and Jin Guifei.

At the beginning of the banquet, everyone congratulated themselves, saying that the two countries had reached a good relationship between Qin and Jin, and everything would be prosperous in the future. Then they tossed and changed their glasses, and took turns toasting to congratulate the emperor, empress and new concubine.

The banquet was in full swing, and Feng Shilang, who was sitting behind the King of Thailand Yin Yuanye, who was sent by the Ministry of Rites to send off his relatives, suddenly stood up, raised his glass and said to Susukino Lang: "Your Majesty, this time, my Emperor Dahua personally sent the King of Thailand and the two worlds to personally escort the princess and relatives, and opened a treaty port to promote trade between the two countries, which shows the sincerity of our emperor and Xiyue Xiu to communicate with the world. As an in-law, I Dahua is also looking forward to welcoming a princess into the court in the near future. ”

Everyone looked at Susukino.

The wine glass in Yi Zhen's hand stagnated in mid-air, and after a while, he lowered his head and gently sipped the mellow wine in the cup. Susukino Shin glanced at Yizhen, then looked back at Susukino Tong, and didn't notice that Yin Yuanye on the other side was looking at him.

Yin Yuanye smiled lightly, glanced at Huaxi behind Susukino Shin meaningfully, and shook the wine glass towards that side.

When Huaxi heard Feng Shilang's words, she was a little surprised, and raised her eyes to look at Feng Shilang's side, and Yin Yuanye's subtle eyes unexpectedly fell into her eyes. Huaxi's heart was beating suddenly, and when he looked at it again, Yin Yuanye had already begun to bow his head and drink.

Hua Xi subconsciously turned his face, as if he wanted to see if the person next to him already knew about it. When he saw Ouyang Zheng frowning, somehow, Huaxi breathed a sigh of relief.

Ouyang Zheng noticed her gaze, turned his head to look at her, his eyes staring at her quietly, as deep as the sea absorbing people's souls. Huaxi was in a trance for a while, and actually stared at him like this.

I don't know if I saw her worry, Ouyang Zheng's lips moved almost imperceptibly, as if to say, "Don't worry."

Huaxi came to her senses and blinked, but when she saw Ouyang Zheng lowering her head and pouring wine again, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and she didn't know what Yin Yuanye and Ouyang Zheng, who were originally in the same camp, had their own ideas?

Hanaki turned his head sideways to look at Susukino Tsuki, wanting to hear how he answered.

Sukino said with a smile: "I originally wanted to send a princess to Dahua, but Yizhen has a marriage contract, and there is no princess of the right age...... Now that I have married Jincheng, I will treat her well. ”

Susukino glanced at Concubine Jin beside him, reached out and patted her hand, "I promise you the Dahua envoys that his child will be the most honorable emperor in Xiyue. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Whether it is Xiyue or Dahua, everyone's minds have changed greatly after this sentence.

Concubine Jin stiffened, looked sideways at Bo Ye Tong, who was looking at her with doting eyes, and was very surprised, Sukino Tong still looked at her with a smile, her eyes moved slightly, as if she had revealed her true feelings. On the other side of him, the queen's face became gloomy, and she lowered her head, and the hand holding the armrest tightened and tightened. The remaining four concubines were either indifferent or jealous, and their expressions were unnatural.

Below, Susukino Zonghu was surprised, and a trace of resentment flashed in Susukino Zong's eyes, but Susukino Zongqi was holding chopsticks and looking at the dishes in front of him, as if he didn't know which plate to find to play chopsticks.

Yi Zhen's gaze wandered between the queen and Concubine Jin, and a sneering smile crossed the corner of her lips.

The Dahua people also changed their expressions because of Susukino Tong's words.

Yin Yuanye frowned and looked at the first Sukino Tong and Jincheng, not knowing what to think. Yin Chengli was happy for his sister, his face was full of joy, and he looked at Susukino Tong with a little kindness. Ouyang Zheng didn't hear it suddenly, and drank the wine by himself, and there was no joy or anger on his face.

The atmosphere became very strange for a while.

Sukino Shin seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, smiled happily and glanced at the Dahua people opposite, raised his glass and said, "Come, let's have another toast for Your Majesty and Concubine Jin to tie the knot today."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and when they heard Bo Ye laughing loudly, they hurriedly raised their glasses to reconsider, and even wished Concubine Jin Guifei an early birth on the spot.

Huaxi glanced at Bo Ye and took Jincheng's hand affectionately, shivered unconsciously, pouted and looked down at the sumptuous meal on the table, and suddenly lost his appetite.

"Why don't you eat it? Not to your liking? Susukino Shin turned around and asked in a low voice.

Huaxi shook her head, "No, no." ”

Susukino Shin said, "I don't know how long this banquet will be. You're not feeling well, come back early, I'll talk about it here. ”

Hearing this, Huaxi was pardoned and nodded, "Then I'll go back first." Dad, you should drink less and go home early. ”

Huaxi sneaked out, let out a long sigh of relief, looked back at the nobles sitting at the top of the hall, and sighed secretly, behind the brocade clothes, there were many undercurrents. From today onwards, a new battle will be set off in the inner palace of the West Moon.