On the eve of the winter solstice, Emperor Changtai issued an edict, ordering the ministers of the court to enter the palace for a banquet on the winter solstice, and also ordered the ministers to bring their families to participate, and the Son of Heaven and the people were happy.

The meaning from the palace province is that the emperor and the queen of Changtai in order to reward the courtiers and women for their conscientious work in the past year, specially set up a night banquet on the winter solstice, and the night banquet was presided over by the provincial officials in the palace in person, which shows the importance of the emperor and queen to this banquet.

After the announcement of the banquet came down, many officials felt a little strange. In previous years, on the winter solstice, Emperor Changtai would order a rest, so that his subordinates could reunite with their families to celebrate the auspicious day, how could they set up a banquet in the palace to entertain the ministers this year? This is inconsistent with the emperor's usual approach, could it be that there is something in it?

At this time, an official said: "This year, the emperor's heir is succeeded, and the two imperial grandsons of the second prince's mansion have not officially shown their faces in front of the ministers." The emperor may be planning to show these two imperial grandsons at the winter solstice night banquet? ”

An official with a more good thing followed this sentence and said: "The emperor has a successor, maybe the emperor will announce the candidate for the crown prince at the winter solstice night banquet?" ”

The rest of the officials laughed and said that it was not impossible, although the emperor's intention to establish the crown prince is not very obvious, but it is not impossible to say, it is not impossible to say that it is not impossible or impossible.

These words are not to speculate on the emperor's heart, but Emperor Changtai's banquet this time is too different from the practice of previous years. The courtiers have nothing to say about the banquet.

The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, Li Sinian, the Chinese scholar, listened to the words of the court official with a smile, and mentioned it in his heart: It can't be that the Second Prince's Mansion wants to take advantage of the winter solstice night banquet to propose the matter of establishment, right?

Now there are two royal grandsons in the Second Prince's Mansion, although the fifth princess is also pregnant, after all, she has not been born yet, and this situation is very unfavorable to the five princes! If the emperor appoints the crown prince at this time, the five princes really don't have much chance of winning.

There is power behind the second prince, and he is long, and there are two royal grandsons, what do you think, these two princes are the best candidates for the prince! When Li Sinian thought of this, his heart sank.

"Master Li. What do you think? Suddenly, Li Sinian heard a warm voice asking himself, and he turned his head to see that it was his colleague Shen Huashan.

Shen Huashan was also listening to the discussion of the court officials about the winter solstice night banquet, and was asking Li Sinian what his opinion was.

"The emperor's holy candle shines, he naturally has good intentions, and he who is a courtier does not dare to talk about it." Li Sinian said with a smile, it seems that he and Shen Huashan are getting along well.

He and Shen Huashan have the same official position. All of them are in the province of Chinese books. Wei Jingyao is not often in Zhongshu Province. On the contrary, the relationship between the two is much closer.

But when facing Shen Huashan, Li Sinian will mention the spirit of twelve. Although he didn't know if Shen Huashan knew about his relationship with the Five Princes' Mansion, Shen Huashan was not a simple person, and he didn't dare to take it lightly. I was afraid that Shen Huashan would set some trap in his words.

"It's just a matter of talking in private, and it's far-fetched to shine with a holy candle or something. Master Li is just too careful. Shen Huashan said with a smile, quite familiar with Li Sinian.

"But don't think about it, you'll know on the day of the winter solstice. But I think what they said is also very reasonable, the emperor may really want the two emperors and grandchildren to show their faces. If we go further, maybe we can know who the prince will be. Before Li Sinian could speak, Shen Huashan continued.

He didn't believe it, after listening to the words of these court officials, Li Sinian would not consider this possibility! He will definitely go to the Five Princes to discuss this matter. As long as they focus on the second prince, then what they have to do on their side will be much smoother.

Sure enough, in the evening, Ruliu came to report, saying that Li Sinian had gone to the Five Princes' Mansion. As for what they discussed, it is not known.

"Don't care what they discuss, just do what you planned. Jing'er, has the tail of the hand in the palace province been erased? Shen Huashan asked Shen Zejing.

He thought of what his granddaughter Shen Ning and nephew Shen Yule had done, and his brows couldn't help frowning, these two children were so bold and reckless, and they wanted to hide it from them when they did such a thing!

Fortunately, Jun Fule came to tell him what Shen Yule said in front of Emperor Changtai, otherwise he wouldn't know that the reason why the emperor set up the winter solstice banquet was the result of the planning of these two children, it was so bold!

"It has been erased, and it just so happened that Chen Xiuqi was not on duty that day. The words that Le'er had spoken in the temple did not come out. Shen Zejing said, he also felt very speechless about what Shen Ning and Shen Yule did.

Originally, he was thinking that these things were always the private affairs of men and women, and he didn't want Shen Ning, the girl's family, to get involved in this matter, but he didn't think about it, she went to make such a thing out herself!

"Erase it, forget it. Now that the opportunity has arisen, take advantage of it! Although these two children are a little anxious, there are not too many loopholes in this plan, and it is not easy for these two children to do this. Shen Huashan said.

Things are already going on, so they're going to take over and do it as well as possible.

"All parties have been instructed to prepare, and now wait for the winter solstice feast to arrive." Shen Zejing replied, also feeling a little looking forward to what was about to happen.

If this happens, Li Sinian will definitely die! Without such a person, the Shen family would not feel a thorn in their back.

On the day of the winter solstice night banquet, Shen Huashan, Shen Zejing, Shen Yu, and Shen Ning went to the palace for the banquet.

This winter solstice night banquet is set up in the Chonghua Palace, after the courtiers bring their families into the palace, the male and female guests will sit separately, and there is a thick screen in the middle, although you can hear the voices of men and women, but you can't see the scene on the other side of the screen.

The Shen family and his group of four sat separately after entering the Chonghua Palace.

When Shen Huashan saw Li Sinian, who had already sat down, in the men's seat, the original smile on his face deepened, and he was also looking forward to tonight's events.

Tonight's Chonghua Hall is lively and exciting, in addition to the court ministers and their families, the harem concubines of Emperor Changtai also participated, of course, there are also the princes and princesses of Emperor Changtai, which can be described as a palace.

When the emperor and queen came together, the atmosphere of the Chonghua Palace, which was already lively and excited, was even more boiling, everyone stood up to salute the emperor and queen, and Emperor Changtai was very satisfied with the liveliness of this hall.

"On the day of the winter solstice, select capable people and play the rhythm of the yellow bell to celebrate. I imitate the ancient rites, and the banquet is re-honored...... Drink and have fun together. ”

As soon as Emperor Changtai's words came down, a sound of blessing and praise sounded in the hall. Once again, it pushed up the liveliness of the Chonghua Palace.

Shen Ning sat in the middle of the family of the ministers, feeling the sheng song and Yan dance in this hall and the staggered planning, and also whispered with Jiang Zhilan, the granddaughter of Jiang Shilang next to him, as if he also enjoyed the joy and excitement in this hall.

Her gaze fell on Zheng Shaoyi in the distance, she had not yet shown her arms, but her face exuded a gentle and loving light, when she saw her earlier, Shen Ning and her only nodded lightly, and there was nothing to say.

Looking at Concubine Li next to her again, there was a soft smile on her face. Under the light of the light. It looks as delicate as a flower.

Concubine Li didn't know that someone was secretly looking at her. Her mood was indescribably uncomfortable at the moment. She saw the woman again!

His titular wife went to the feast with him, and she saw her again! When Concubine Li saw the woman smiling indifferently in a kind of lady, when she heard others call her "Mrs. Li". Concubine Li always subconsciously twisted the veil.

That was supposed to be ......

What should it be, Concubine Li paused, knowing the answer in her heart, but she couldn't say it.

In this Chonghua Palace, it is really uncomfortable. Concubine Li couldn't help but drink a few more glasses of wine, and soon, she felt a little drunk, her head was a little dizzy, and her mouth was very dry. My stomach also swelled badly.

The noise in this Chonghua Hall and the woman's shadowy face made her head hurt faintly, and she felt even more uncomfortable, and she couldn't wait to leave this Chonghua Hall immediately, and then return to Chunxi Palace to rest for a while.

I really can't hold on anymore. In order to avoid losing her honor in front of so many women, Concubine Li hurriedly confessed to the queen and left the table first, she felt that her head was really dizzy, and she also wanted to escape from everything in this Chonghua Palace.

Shen Ning saw Concubine Li leave the Chonghua Hall with the support of the palace maid, and gently raised her arm, covering the corner of her mouth with a smile without a trace.

It didn't take long for Da Changqiu of Kunning Palace to come in from outside the hall, looking very nervous, and she walked straight to the queen's side and whispered something in her ear.

The women immediately saw that the queen's expression was also a little stunned, and they were worried for a while, and they didn't know what was going on.

"Queen Mother, are you okay?" Concubine De and Concubine Mu on the side saw the queen's appearance, and asked a few words with concern, now they are still at the banquet, so many women are watching, why is the queen stunned?

"Hongu is fine. Drink heartily, don't be inhibited. Concubine De, you entertain all the ladies on behalf of the palace, and the palace will leave for a while. The queen hurriedly said a few words, and then followed Da Changqiu out of the Chonghua Palace, which made the women feel a little strange, the queen looked in a hurry, couldn't it be that something happened?

After the queen left, Concubine De raised her head proudly, and warmly greeted all the wives and their families, the queen was not there, and she was the highest among the harem concubines.

She glanced at Concubine Mu and Concubine Rong and the others provocatively: Look how you fight with me!

Concubine Mu and Concubine Rong didn't pay attention to Concubine De's smugness at all, what they cared about was why the queen left in such a hurry, it couldn't be that something happened, right?

Da Changqiu spoke too quietly, and they couldn't hear what it was. Thinking of this, Concubine Mu's eyes spread a few times, and she also left Chonghua Hall under the pretext of excuse.

Before leaving, she also invited Concubine Rong to go with her: "Do you want to go and see it together?" Concubine Rong refused with a smile, she felt that it was good to stay in Chonghua Palace.

Concubine Mu is different, she doesn't have children under her knees, so she can just go and join in the fun, and she is sensitive, of course, the less involved, the better.

It is said that the queen followed Da Changqiu out of the Zichen Palace, hurriedly walked to the Chunxi Palace, and asked, "Why is the emperor in such a hurry to let the palace go to the Chunxi Palace?" ”

Da Changqiu said in her ear just now that the emperor had an urgent order to let her rush to Chunxi Palace immediately, and she must not make a noise, she didn't know what it was for.

Da Changqiu squinted her eyes, looked around, and saw that the palace maid, the chamberlain, and the guards were not too close, she thought of what she had just heard, and she was also shocked in her heart.

She didn't listen to her footsteps, but whispered: "The palace maid who came to report only said that the emperor was going to faint, and I heard that I saw this." Da Changqiu made a gesture of touching his two index fingers together, and then lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything more.

"What?" The queen screamed, stopped suddenly, and looked at Da Changqiu in disbelief, what did she mean by this?

Chunxi Palace, Concubine Li, the emperor is dizzy, is that such a thing? The queen was about to say something, but she saw the palace maid who also stopped behind her. She remembered what the occasion was, and she didn't say anything anymore, but the pace of rushing to Chunxi Palace was faster.

And Concubine Mu in the distance heard an exclamation from the queen, and knew where they were, it was in the direction of Chunxi Palace and Zhongcui Palace!

Concubine Rong is still staying in Chonghua Palace, could it be that something happened to Chunxi Palace? Concubine Mu thought about it, said a few words to the green kite beside her, and waited in place.

There is a good show, of course, everyone has to watch it together, and it is better to be happy alone than to be happy.

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Midnight!