Sure enough, as Kou Shu said, three days later, news came from the imperial study that Sui Yuanzhou was promoted to the middle school squire.

While giving Kou Shu a grate, the mandarin duck spoke: "Niangniang, if you want to say that this Lord Sui was promoted too quickly, he was just demoted to the sixth rank at the beginning of the year, and in the blink of an eye, the emperor was promoted back." ”

Kou Shu smiled slightly, and when she saw Yuan Yun not far away, she also frowned and thought, obviously very confused.

"Yuan Yun, Mandarin Duck, come here," Kou Shu said lightly.

When several people heard this, they all came to Kou Shu's side.

Kou Shu sighed slightly, and said, "You guys have been following me for a short time, and you all know what kind of character I am." ”

The three of them, Mandarin Duck Ripple and Yuan Yun, looked at each other, a little confused.

Kou Shu continued: "Although I am the queen, everyone knows that the Kou family has fallen, and the emperor is not concerned with me, and how many people are behind Lan Ruoxuan is even more elusive. Follow me, and there will be no fewer days of walking on thin ice in the future. ”

Mandarin duck and ripple listened, and the laughter on their faces disappeared little by little.

"This time, Lan Ruoxuan and I tore our faces, firstly, I want to track down the Kou family, this matter will not be concealed sooner or later, it is better to be anti-guest, which will catch him off guard. Second, Lan Ruoxuan went to tell the whistle in a panic, but the emperor not only won't believe it, but will think that I am weak now, and I need to reuse my people to maintain balance. Kou Shu paused and continued, "It's just that in this way, Lan Ruoxuan will definitely suppress me even more vigorously in the future." ”

The faces of the three of them became more and more solemn.

"Ripples, you are still a child, if you are so reckless in the future, it will be difficult to ensure that there will be no chaos, it is better to leave as soon as possible." Kou Shu grimaced and pointed at the ripples.

"Mandarin duck, you are a person sent by the Bai family, and now that the matter of Bai Li has been resolved, most of the transaction between me and the Bai family has ended. If you want to go, I won't stop you. Kou Shu continued.

Still wanting to speak, Yuan Yun knelt down: "Niangniang, if you don't find out the truth about the death of your master, Yuan Yun will never leave." ”

"Plop" and "plop" sounded two times in succession, and Ripple and Mandarin Duck knelt down: "Niangniang, please don't say that, we are willing to stay." ”

"Ripples will be obedient in the future and will never cause trouble again." Ripple's eyes were a little red.

Kou Shu looked straight at the three people in front of him and didn't speak for a long time.

After a while, Kou Shu slowly spoke: "Get up," after a pause, Kou Shu continued: "Since you have all decided to stay, you need to be more agile in the future, especially Ripples, if you are reckless, I can't protect you." ”

All three of them looked stunned and nodded.

Since Kou Shu mentioned the point that day, the rules of Changle Palace have become stricter, and the girls and mothers-in-law are all ears-to-face, and they dare not have a trace of slack during the day and night. Ripple also keeps his temperament at all times, and he is a lot more stable.

"Niangniang, I heard that Nanzhao came to an envoy some time ago, and there will be a Nanzhao delegation in the next few days." Yuan Yun said while lighting the stove in the house.

Kou Shu nodded, Nanzhao has never had any contact with Daxuan, and this time he came, I don't know what to do.

Three days later, the Nanzhao delegation arrived as scheduled.

This time, the envoy of Nanzhao came with people led by Chu Shi, the third prince of Nanzhao. Everyone knows that the current prince of Nanzhao has stayed in Daxuan since he was a child and became a proton, the second prince of Nanzhao has died in his early years, and the third prince can now be said to be the leading figure in Nanzhao. Now the three princes are the head, and the importance of this envoy in the hearts of the Nanzhao people can be seen.

Song Jinyan attached great importance to Nanzhao's visit this time, and even changed the practice of staying in the annex in the past, and vacated a piece of the palace for Nanzhao alone.

"Queen Mother, we have to prepare for tonight's palace banquet." Ripple held a tray and slowly approached Kou Shu.

The Great Xuan ceremony system is strict, and Kou Shu has to wear a queen's bun for half an hour. Therefore, Ripples was ready early.

Several people worked until almost evening, and finally sorted out Kou Shu's ceremonial costumes and followed Kou Shu to the banquet hall.

The banquet guests are strictly in accordance with the etiquette of the Ministry of Rites, and the banquet guests of different levels use different people's systems of singing, dancing and music, this time the banquet is the highest level of banquet specifications, and the dance of 8864 people fills the entire hall.

"Chu Shi, the third prince of Nanzhao, has seen His Majesty Emperor Daxuan." I saw Nan Zhao coming to envoy, a dignified, personable young man stepped forward, clenched his fists and said loudly.

Kou Shu's eyes paused slightly, this third prince was born as a talent, but there was a bright red mole in the center of his left eyebrow, which looked extraordinarily blood-red under the illumination of the light, giving birth to a bit of evil and crazy.

Song Jinyan said with a smile: "Nanzhao has not been in contact with me for many years, only the prince of Chu has stayed in the palace to recuperate for many years, but he rarely interacts with me. ”

Speaking of this, everyone was shocked in their hearts, as if they had just woken up from a big dream, and then remembered that there was still a prince of Nanzhao living in the palace. It's just that the theory of recuperation is of course just a pretense, when Nanzhao suffered from the enemy on his back, he did not hesitate to leave Daxuan as a proton of Nanzhao Prince Chu Li, in exchange for Daxuan's protection. Poor Chu is the prince of a country, and he has been under the fence of the palace of another country for many years.

If it weren't for Nanzhao's visit today, I'm afraid no one would have remembered this Nanzhao prince.

Kou Shu tilted his head slightly to look at this prince of Nanzhao, only to see that his face was sickly pale, and the whole person looked very weak and thin, and he couldn't help but be weak.

Hearing Song Jinyan mention himself, Chu Li looked flattered, compared to Master Chu, who came to the Great Xuan Palace for the first time but was calm and atmospheric, he looked particularly untouchable.

"Prince Chu, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come unharmed?" Song Jinyan smiled faintly at Chu Li and asked.

When Chu Li heard this, he walked out of the crowd, but he fell because he was too nervous, and stumbled: "Thank you, thank you for the emperor's concern, thanks to the emperor's blessing, Chu Li is very good." Chu Li's voice stumbled, and he kept trembling.

Many people under the banquet had a look of ridicule on their faces - as the prince of a dignified country, he was so timid, which was really contemptible. The faces of the people of Nanzhao not far away all showed a trace of shame, and the shame was mixed with the anger of hating iron and not steel.

Kou Shu smiled faintly and said for Chu Li: "It is rare for Nanzhao Kingdom to come, I will naturally have a good banquet as the host, and the wine and food have been prepared, and I hope you can be satisfied." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone shifted their attention to the banquet, which alleviated Chu Li's embarrassment for a while.

Seeing this, Chu Li threw a grateful smile at Kou Shu.

Kou Shu nodded, meaning that you don't have to be polite.