In the midst of my nervous busyness and the prince's passive resistance, the day of the banquet finally arrived.

On this night, countless palace lamps decorated the entire East Palace like a Liangyuan immortal, and the pink-clothed palace maids, green-clothed palace maids, and jujube-clothed eunuchs kept shuttling back and forth, and everyone's faces were full of excitement. Because, the people in the palace are idle, but they are really lonely. It's rare to have such a lively day, and everyone comes to the festival.

As soon as Shen Shi passed, the palace maid pushed me to the mirror and began to mix Zhu and powder, and I shouted: "It's still early, I'll go to the banquet hall to have a look, and it's best to go to the imperial dining room to verify tonight's recipe again."

"You might as well just cook the food yourself", Xiao Cui's bull's eyes glared again, "Really, everything has been arranged, and there is a special person in charge of everything, and you still can't wait to do everything." What are you going to do in the future......", Xiao Cui swallowed the word 'queen' back.

"I know you're right, I just take this banquet too seriously. Doing it well this time will certainly improve the prestige of the prince, but if it is messed up, it will backfire, and I don't want to do bad things with good intentions. ”

"I know, I know, but the more you think like this, the more you have to relax, you yourself are nervous like this, aren't the people below more nervous?"

I turned back to her and smiled, "You're right, I listen to you, I don't want to, you can put on makeup for me." ”

I was dressed in front of the mirror, and the prince walked in in a brand-new gown, sitting on the side with a silent face.

I was wrong just now, not all the people in the East Palace were elated, like the one in front of me, he was unhappy.

But he looks so handsome today that I can't help but peek at him in the mirror.

A moment ago, the eunuch came in to report that the queen and all the ladies had arrived, and the prince and I hurriedly went out.

Since this banquet dragged several big people in the palace into the water, and let them participate indirectly in the name of helping their nieces or nieces, it is not good not to invite them to attend. Other ladies also flocked to join in the fun, and in the end, dozens of ladies came, and almost all the high-grade concubines in the palace came.

In the end, the people in the palace are too lonely.

The queen's little cousin Yang Zhi also came, Yang Zhi is really beautiful, and recently it seems that she has suddenly lost her childishness and become a little feminine. After all, she is one year younger than the crown prince and less than fourteen, why did she suddenly change from a little girl to a little woman?

Could it be that the emperor has really gnawed on the tender grass?

Putting her down, the prince and I hurriedly extended the queen and the concubines into the inner hall, and only after offering tea once, the queen said, "Let's go and sit over there, the time is almost over, and the guests are probably here." ”

So the group walked to the banquet hall. Because of the presence of the queen mother and so many acquaintances, the prince was not as nervous as before. When he got up this morning, he couldn't get out of bed, and he coaxed after all the good words, and in the afternoon, watching the sun set, he was so nervous that he was restless, if it weren't for the fact that there were so many people staring at him, it was impossible to get out, and he might have been hiding long ago.

When the queen led a group of concubines, myself and the crown prince into the banquet hall, the celebrant officials were already in place, so they saluted as if they were and sat down one by one. Three rounds of wine, kabuki on the stage, drums in unison. At this time, the banquet was really lively, and the officials who participated in the banquet really relaxed.

Singing and dancing were in the middle of the heart, and suddenly a eunuch hurried up to the hall, knelt in front of the queen and said a word. The queen hurriedly stood up and made a gesture to the eunuch, and the eunuch made another gesture downward, and immediately, the music stopped, the song stopped, and the dance stopped.

At this time, I only heard a eunuch outside the banquet hall shouting: The emperor has arrived!

I was taken aback, why is the emperor here? Didn't the queen say that he was going to entertain a few magistrates for dinner today?

Unexpectedly, the greater surprise was still to come, and immediately afterward, the eunuch sang again: "King Qi and Her Royal Highness Princess Qi have arrived!"

This time, I was completely stunned: he, coming, coming.

Xiao Cui, who was standing next to me, gently touched my elbow, and I came back to my senses, only to find that the wine glass in my hand had been tilted, and the clear blue plum wine was slowly rippling on my light purple dress.

Ever since he said that the day I received him at home was "fresh and elegant, like a little daisy," light purple has become my favorite color. Although I am now married to the prince and have a close relationship with him, in the deepest part of my soul, I still remember every word he said so deeply.

I thought that his voice and smile would fade over the years, but in fact it seemed to be, and I had slowly forgotten the heart-rending pain that had been. But the moment I saw him, it was as if all the feelings had returned.

I drank the plum wine in one gulp, and was about to refill it when the emperor had already walked up. As he walked, he laughed loudly and said, "My queen is here, and my concubines are also here, but no one invited me, and I have become an authentic loner." ”

The queen hurriedly motioned to the prince to go up and toast and apologize, and the emperor took the wine glass and drank it all, not only was he not angry, but he also happily pulled up the prince and said: "My emperor has really grown up and will hold his own banquet, and my father is really happy today." As for the sin that you did not ask me, ...... Forgive you for your innocence, haha. ”

Seeing that all the officials attending the banquet were lying on the ground, the emperor smiled and shouted: "Flat, flat." Today I have come to attend the prince's banquet, today he is the master, I am the guest, so you should not be formal. All back to their seats, back to their seats. ”

He beckoned down again: "Play music, play music, why did you stop?" ”

So the drums sounded in unison, the emperor and queen sat on the chairman, the prince and I sat on the left side, Zuo, Hu Guifei and Mrs. Zhuge sat on the right side, and several lovers also sat next to them. King Qi and Jia Quan also sat down, and my heartbeat slowly returned to its normal rhythm.

All the officials came over and knelt down at the foot of the stairs to toast, but the emperor only drank two of the princes, and the rest refused to drink, telling them all to go down and take care of themselves.

The officials went down, and King Qi and Jia Quan came up again to toast. The emperor has always worked hard to show his brother, friend and brother of King Qi in front of everyone. Of course, he would not refuse the wine toasted by King Qi.

After drinking with the emperor, King Qi and Jia Quan walked in front of me and the prince. We had already stood up when he went up to the temple, and now when I saw him coming, my heart was beating wildly.

In the moment of toasting each other, he looked at me and I looked at him. I don't know why, but I always felt that there was something different in his eyes.

But why? He and Jia Quan are newly married Yan'er, isn't this the time when the affection is strong? Why did you suddenly look at me meaningfully after a month or two of loving love with Jia Quanen, and after not seeing me for a month or two?

When it was Jia Quan's turn to drink with me, she smiled sweetly and said, "Sister, you look good, and you are beautiful." The people in the palace are saying that the crown prince and the crown princess are extremely affectionate, and they really live up to their reputation. Jia Quan called her half-sister Jia Jun "Xiao Jun", and called Jia Wu also "Xiao Wu", but she called me, and every time she called "sister" affectionately, there was no sarcasm.

At that moment, I distinctly felt that King Qi was looking at me deeply. In those eyes, there is doubt, inquiry, and a hint of vinegar, am I wrong?

I don't want to think about it, the emperor has already turned around and asked the prince: "Heart, listen to your mother, you and the crown princess arranged all this today?" ”

The prince was stunned, and I hurriedly replied: "Yes, father, the prince did all this today, and the daughter-in-law just helped out." ”

"Huh? It's true? I didn't expect my heart to be so sensible all of a sudden, and when I started to come in, I thought it was all from the Ministry of Rites. The queen also mentioned to me at the beginning that this banquet was organized by you and your young couple, but I just came in and saw that everything was in order, and it would not be worse than the state banquet. I thought that in the end, it must have been the Ministry of Rites to take over, how could two little dolls hold such a big banquet? I can't believe you really did it yourself! ”

Speaking of this, the emperor suddenly said loudly to an official below: "Duke Wei, what do you think of the prince's banquet today?" ”

Wei Gong? I quickly looked over and saw an old man of about sixty years old standing up in the front seat, and said with a reluctant smile, "Very good, very good." ”

"Then, I, the prince, can still do things, what does Duke Wei think?"

"Of course, of course, the prince is talented and intelligent,......"

The Queen and I exchanged glances. I knew she was telling me with her eyes that this person was Wei Qian. In fact, I didn't need her to hint at it, I already understood the moment the emperor called this name.

I didn't guess wrong, the emperor really loved the prince, and it was not his intention to abolish the prince. It was only when he was annoyed by a minister like Wei Qian that he occasionally had the heart of changing the prince. Now, as soon as he saw that the prince was so capable, he immediately showed off in front of Wei Qiang, like a father who dotes on his son, and when his son has a little achievement, he wants to show off to others.

The emperor's performance gave me great confidence in keeping the throne of the crown prince.

I specially added this Wei Qian to the banquet list, and I didn't invite him originally, because he was just the prince's former concubine. After choosing a concubine, the emperor found another concubine for the prince, probably thinking that the selection of concubines would not succeed, and it would be more embarrassing for two people to be masters and apprentices again.

I invited him to see what kind of person he was. I didn't expect that there were too many officials and too many faces, and then the emperor and the king of Qi came again, so I forgot about Wei Qiang. Unexpectedly, the emperor was also angry about Wei Qian pretending to be crazy with wine last time, and actually called him up by name and ridiculed him.

However, I also admire the courage of this old man surnamed Wei who is not afraid of death. The emperor clearly has his heart set on the crown prince, and he refuses to give the world to the king of Qi, why does he have to go against the emperor? Does he have to make his daughter the crown princess before he is willing to support the prince?

I don't know if it's because of this, this old guy, I was very disgusted when I saw it at first sight.