Everyone was talking with each other, or drinking tea alone, until a shrill voice rang out.

"The emperor has arrived! Concubine Hui has arrived! ”

Everyone got up and saluted, and when Shen De walked to the dragon chair, everyone shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"Let's all be flat."

"Your Majesty."

After everyone was seated, Shen De said with a smile: "Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, and tonight's banquet is just an ordinary family banquet, so there are not so many rules, as long as everyone is happy." ”

With his words, everyone gradually relaxed, and the atmosphere gradually became harmonious and harmonious.

In the midst of the staggering, everyone got up one after another and said words of blessing to the emperor, Shen Changge also got up, said a few words symbolically, and sat down after receiving Shen De's praise.

It's just that her mind is never on the banquet.

Although Shen Yiqing never paid attention to her, and she never went to see him, it was difficult for her to be distracted.

As soon as she thought that he was less than a meter away from her, she was extremely nervous, and under this nervousness, she felt that her mouth was dry, so she kept drinking tea.

I don't know how much tea she drank, and she didn't stop until she couldn't drink it anymore.

Because she drank a lot of tea, her stomach was swollen and a little uncomfortable, so she thought about going out for a walk and making it easier by the way.

Seeing that everyone present did not notice her, she quietly left the table and secretly walked out of the main hall.

However, her departure still attracted the attention of several people.

Although Shen Yiqing didn't look at her directly, he also glanced at her, and he was very uncomfortable.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw her leaving the table, and he breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly, as if the pressure that was lingering around him was instantly removed.

He reflexively wanted to go out with him, but as soon as this thought came to him, he stifled it, and he secretly scolded himself for being a slut.

Obviously he has made up his mind to draw a line with the prince, and he said in person that he has nothing to do with it in the future, so why should he care about the prince's affairs?

What does the prince do and what does it have to do with him?

Thinking like this, he lifted the wine glass on the table and drank it up, and the spicy wine entered his throat, extinguishing the irritability in his heart.

also noticed Shen Changge's departure, as well as Shen Huanting and Concubine Li.

After seeing Shen Changge leave quietly, Shen Huanting immediately glanced at Concubine Li, and said "Come on" to her with her lips.

With her encouragement, Concubine Li quietly walked out of the hall.

After leaving the main hall, she looked around to find Shen Changge's figure, but she was not seen around.

Concubine Li panicked a little, stepped down the steps and continued to search nearby.

On the right side of Shouyang Palace, there is a small garden with a pavilion in the garden.

At this time, Shen Changge was lazily leaning on the railing of the gazebo, supporting his head with one hand, closing his eyes and recuperating.

It wasn't until she heard a rush of footsteps that she opened her eyes and followed the sound, and when she saw Li Concubine, she was a little surprised.

"His Royal Highness the Prince." Concubine Li also saw her, and immediately shouted, with surprise in her tone that couldn't be hidden, and her face was full of joy, "So you are here." ”

Shen Changge frowned, and said suspiciously: "Concubine Li is looking for this palace?" ”

"It's not that I'm looking for the prince on purpose." Li Concubine explained, "It's just that I saw the prince leave the table, and I also felt that the palace was a little boring, and I wanted to go out for a walk, so I thought that if I could meet the prince, it would be the best." ”

Shen Changge was still a little puzzled, but he didn't say much, and quietly watched Concubine Li walk into the pavilion and sit at the stone table.

After sitting down, she instructed the palace maid who came with her, saying, "Go and prepare some wine and food." ”

"Yes, sissy."

After the palace maid left, Concubine Li quietly observed Shen Changge's reaction, and saw that she was still sitting on the railing, looking away with her eyes blank, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

She wanted to find some topics, but seeing that Shen Changge was thinking about things and thinking about things attentively, she couldn't bear to disturb, so she looked at Shen Changge silently.

It was the first time she had observed the prince so closely, and the more she looked at it, the faster her heartbeat became.

It wasn't until the palace maid brought the food and drinks that she hurriedly withdrew her gaze and tried to maintain her composure.

After the palace maid put the wine and food on the stone table, Concubine Li said: "You go down, you don't have to come to serve without my orders." ”

"Yes."

The palace maid replied and respectfully withdrew.

And after the palace maid retreated, she went back to Shouyang Hall directly, came to Shen Huanting's side, and muttered a few words in a low voice.

Of course, Concubine Li and Shen Changge, who were located in the pavilion, didn't know what the palace maid did.

"Prince." Concubine Li finally spoke, "I have prepared some wine and food, if the prince doesn't dislike it, why don't you sit down and eat together?" The prince was at the banquet, but he didn't eat anything, right? ”

Shen Changge turned his head to look at her consciously, glanced at the food on the stone table, and said, "I'm not hungry, Concubine Li can enjoy it herself." I've been out for a while, and it's time to go back. Concubine Li has eaten, so let's go back early. ”

With that, she got up and was about to leave.

On weekdays, when she meets Concubine Li, it doesn't hurt to say a few more words.

But now that Concubine Li invited her to dine at the same table, it wouldn't work.

If others see that she and Concubine Li leave the banquet and come here to eat, they will inevitably be misunderstood.

Seeing that she was leaving, Concubine Li panicked a little and hurriedly said, "Prince, please stay." I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to dine with the prince. This wine and food are all prepared, how can I eat so much alone? ”

Shen Changge glanced at her, and saw that she was looking at herself expectantly, and it was really unbearable to refuse.

But Shen Changge still said very firmly: "I'm really sorry, I can't accompany this palace." ”

Seeing her step up again, Concubine Li got up and took a step forward, and her voice was a little higher: "Prince! ”

Shen Changge was frightened by her voice, and when he turned around, he met her eyes full of hope and a little pleading.

"Don't you think that the prince has been wronged by dining with me?"

"Concubine Li misunderstood, I didn't mean that." Shen Changge had a big head, "I'm just ......"

"Since the prince doesn't dislike me, why doesn't he refuse to sit down but insists on leaving?"

"If someone else sees it, it will be misunderstood." Shen Changge sighed helplessly.

Concubine Li didn't follow, and said: "At this time, everyone else is at the banquet, who will find us?" Besides, we just ate together, and we didn't do anything unseemly. ”

Seeing that Shen Changge was still very hesitant, Concubine Li said again: "I know, you are the extremely noble prince, and I am just a little concubine, since I can't eat at the same table with the prince, it is natural that the prince is unwilling." ”

Shen Changge was completely helpless, so he had to sigh: "Since Concubine Li insists on inviting me, if I don't agree, it's really uninteresting." ”

Immediately, she turned and sat down at the stone table.