People who knew a little bit of the inside story subconsciously felt that they were talking about how to arrest Chai Yi after hearing that Jiang Jiuyuan was called into the imperial study, while those who didn't know the inside story thought that they were secretly telling Jiang Jiuyuan something.

For example, whether the crown prince will be replaced.

So when Jiang Jiuyuan came to the birthday banquet hall with Gu Zijiu, he was greeted by the most eye-catching without exception.

Jiang Jiuyuan, as the emperor's favorite prince, has always been outstanding, and many upright courtiers feel that the position of the crown prince is not sitting by Jiang Jiuyuan, which is really incredible.

Their thoughts are similar to those of Jiang Li, but no one is the same as Jiang Li, and their hearts and eyes are not until they say it directly.

At the same time, Gu Zijiu, who came with Jiang Jiuyuan and them, also received a strong gaze without accident, among them, there was one of the most prominent sights, that is, the princess Jiang Yong, who was almost stunned by Gu Zijiu. She stared at Gu Zijiu resentfully, hanging the silk cloth to death, as if she was taking the silk cloth as Gu Zijiu, and if she was a little stronger, I was afraid that the silk cloth would be directly split in half.

was watched by so many eyes, but Gu Zijiu was very calm.

She had seen a bigger gaze than this one, and she had also been to a place similar to a birthday banquet of this level, but for Jiang Yong's angry gaze, Gu Zijiu hadn't paid attention to it at all.

She stood next to Jiang Jiuyuan, followed by Jiang Li and Jiang Chen, talking to her from time to time, even the Lord Jin, who had always been cold to them, seemed to be very special to her.

They originally thought that Gu Zijiu might be the future princess of the Jin Palace, but it wasn't until she stood behind Jiang Jiuyuan very naturally that they sighed.

Is it just a girl?

"Zi Jiu, if the food comes up at that time, will you die of hunger?"

Jiang Li sat next to Jiang Jiuyuan, and asked very curiously when Gu Zijiu squatted down to pour Jiang Jiuyuan wine.

The wine in Gu Zijiu's hand is a specialty of Dawei, the taste is clear, the wine at the birthday banquet has been cellared for more than 20 years, the flavor is unique, coupled with the special wine glass, the wine is poured into the glass, is a crisp grunt.

The almost crystal clear color is poured into the wine glass made of red jade, and it looks very good.

Gu Zijiu couldn't be greedy, and when he heard Jiang Li say this, he couldn't help but nodded.

"It's a good wine indeed."

Jiang Jiuyuan glanced at her amusedly.

Jiang Li was also amused and laughed, he crossed his legs, and was about to take advantage of the birthday banquet before he started to chat with Gu Zijiu again, when a figure came over in front of him, Jiang Li was stunned, and then sat upright, with a serious face.

This rare look of seriousness made Gu Zijiu can't help but glance back.

"Lord Jin is late today."

Jiang Jiuyuan put down the wine glass, leaned back slightly, looked at the visitor, and said, "There is nothing to do left and right, and it is really boring to come early." ”

The person who came was older, with a long white beard almost reaching his chest, dressed in a purple official mansion, and looked amiable.

He is probably the type of person who talks a lot, and he chatted with Jiang Jiuyuan like this.

It's just that there are not many idle things, and I always talk about family and country affairs.

Although Jiang Jiuyuan didn't have any special expression on his face, Gu Zijiu could see that he really liked to chat with this very kind old man.

It's probably a loyal old minister, otherwise with Jiang Jiuyuan's temper, it is estimated that he would have gone back with a poisonous tongue a long time ago.

Gu Zijiu squatted aside and didn't have anything to do, so he had to carefully figure out the lines of the wine jug, and occasionally glanced at the wine glass that had not yet moved.

Fortunately, the birthday banquet began soon, and soon after, the emperor in the dark dragon robe slowly entered, followed by the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and followed by the personal attendants, the momentum was huge, and the important ministers bowed their heads.

Gu Zijiu was forcibly pressed down.

Jiang Jiuyuan knew that it was impossible for a big-hearted person like Gu Zijiu to take the initiative to kneel, so he took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, and pressed her head down a little.

As a maid, no matter how special she is or how weird she behaves, he doesn't care, but this is in the court, no matter how unscrupulous he is, he will not be stupid enough to challenge the authority of the current emperor.

Today is a birthday banquet, and in order to show that he is happy with all the people, the emperor naturally will not put on more shelves, but after saying a few demonstrative words, he signaled that the birthday banquet can begin.

Jiang Jiuyuan looked at Gu Zijiu and ordered, "Continue to kneel and serve this king." ”

Gu Zijiule's rest naturally agreed.

Jiang Jiuyuan has never been a person of many words, and he suddenly said this sentence in order to allow Gu Zijiu to sit down more logically.

With his orders, even if Gu Zijiu sat with him, no one dared to say anything.

Jiang Jiuyuan glanced at everyone's eyes, and then at Gu Zijiu, who had never given him a straight look.

After a pause, he raised his wine glass and drank it all, then took the wine jug in Gu Zijiu's hand, and said, "This wine is rich and mellow, and if you drink too much, you will get drunk." ”

That means you'll want to drink it tonight.

Gu Zijiu was speechless, and quietly resisted: "I have drunk more powerful wine than this, and I am still sober." ”

Jiang Jiuyuan glanced at her with disgust, and he didn't know if he had listened to her words, but looking at his appearance, he should have heard it as if he hadn't heard it.

"You're too young to drink."

Gu Zijiu originally wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, she could refute something, falling on this land, who knows how many centuries the people here will be like her.

Gu Zijiu was a little sentimental because he couldn't drink, and lowered his head and didn't say anything.

The dancing queen poured in from outside, her long sleeves floating in the air, the sound of the song rising, the huge chime resting at the end, and with a thick voice, the dancing queen also began to dance.

Chimes were not used in the palace much after the Qin and Han dynasties, but the Great Wei Emperor remembered the old and liked the sound quality of the chimes very much, so it has been retained until now.

The dancing girls swayed to the rhythm, covering Gu Zijiu's appearance with a shadow, and everyone present also took their eyes off Jiang Jiuyuan and gradually devoted themselves to the wonderful performance.

Although the birthday banquet at noon was not as good as the evening, it was still very exciting, Gu Zijiu took advantage of no one's attention and sat down directly, spread out a long list on the ground, and slowly swiped his fingers down on it.

"Lord Wang, is this show called Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers?"

Jiang Jiuyuan took a sip of wine and nodded.

Gu Zijiu let out an "oh", swiped down from this show, stopped at the first place with a black tick, and whispered: "Lord Wang, will it be a martial arts competition in three more shows?" ”

Jiang Jiuyuan glanced at her: "It's not a martial arts competition, it's just a competition." ”

Gu Zijiu let out another "oh", pulled the program list back, and a large section in front of it fell on Jiang Jiuyuan's knee.

She pointed to the second black hook and was about to ask, but her mouth was blocked by the speechless Jiang Jiuyuan.

It is a piece of moderately fatty braised pork, and when you bite into it, the delicious juice instantly lingers on the tip of your tongue, and the delicious Gu Zijiu immediately has no heart to study the program list.

"Although I looked at them one by one, each of them has undergone nearly half a year of training, and it can be said that they are equal to each other."

Gu Zijiu covered his mouth, his cheeks bulging, and he looked at Jiang Jiuyuan with starry eyes...... Braised pork next to it.

Jiang Jiuyuan: "......"

At that time, the dancing girl left the stage, and the waiters added new dishes to each table, Gu Zijiu looked up, just swaying randomly, but when his eyes came into contact with a certain person, he stopped for a while.

At the bevel opposite her, a man in a brocade robe was looking at her with a smile, holding a wine glass in one hand and holding her up motionally.

It's the man I met in the Imperial Dining Room before.

Gu Zijiu was naturally more kind when he met the same fellow who was stealing food in the imperial dining room, so he also laughed back.

And this smile happened to be captured by Jiang Jiuyuan.

He squinted, took a sip of wine, and looked at the man across from him with a dark look in his eyes.

Seeing that Gu Zijiu had always maintained eye contact with the man, Jiang Jiuyuan's eyebrows jumped, and he smashed the wine glass on the table with a "bang", and casually picked up a very large piece of braised pork and stuffed it to Gu Zijiu.

Gu Zijiu hurriedly raised his head to prevent the braised pork from slipping away from his mouth.

Jiang Yong, who happened to see it: "!! ”

"Slut...... Slut! ”

Jiang Yong looked at Gu Zijiu, who was very shameless in her eyes, and bit her chopsticks while cursing, but the dishes on the table were the same.

Compared with Gu Zijiu, who eats Zhengxiang, Jiang Yong is even more prominent.

At this feast, when everyone is addicted to it, a person's misfit will soon be revealed.

And the person who pulled Jiang Yong out is the current emperor.

The emperor was in a good mood and looked at the joy on the field, but he caught a glimpse of a discordant scene, he immediately looked at the discord, and saw that it was Jiang Yong, so he asked: "Yong'er, why don't you eat." ”

Jiang Yong woke up suddenly, and hurriedly looked at the emperor who was asking, and the resentment on his face had been adjusted before turning his head, and he was looking at him with a look of grievance and incomprehension at this time, and said: "Father, the son is looking at the woman next to the Fifth Emperor Brother, and I don't know what identity it is, but I can let the Fifth Emperor Brother feed it personally." ”

"Oh?" When the emperor heard this, he immediately looked at Jiang Jiuyuan with great interest, and saw a woman sitting next to him, with a beautiful face, although he couldn't see his son's expression clearly, but from the movements, it seemed that he was very familiar with the woman.

The emperor is getting older little by little, and gradually becomes quite fond of being a matchmaker for his son, at this time, he immediately closed his mouth happily, touched his beard, and said: "Yuan'er, what are you talking about so happy?" ”

Jiang Jiuyuan, who was suddenly named: "......" He put down the dishes and chopsticks and replied respectfully: "Back to my father's words, Erchen just thinks that this show is really exciting, so he can't help but chat with the seventh brother." ”

Jiang Li, who was gnawing on the chicken legs, heard this, and immediately nodded cooperatively, and laughed silly twice, making the emperor even happier.

"Pure nonsense! I saw you chatting with the girl next to you, and said, this is ...... Whose lady is it? The emperor said, looking at Gu Zijiu with great effort, but Gu Zijiu lowered his head, adding difficulty to the emperor, who was already a little unable to see her face clearly.

Jiang Yong saw that the opportunity had come, and immediately interjected: "Father, the son heard that a new maid has been added to the Fifth Emperor's Brother's Mansion, presumably ...... This is it. ”

When the courtiers heard this, they immediately began to whisper, although people from other countries didn't know Gu Zijiu, they thought she looked good, and the reaction they gave was also a compliment that was different from the whispers of the courtiers.

The man she had met in the imperial dining room also looked at her worriedly.

Jiang Yong pretended to be just seeing Gu Zijiu for the first time, and covered his mouth in surprise, but the words still popped out of the covered mouth: "Ah, father, you see that this girl ring dares to wear red!" ”

Gu Zijiu: "......" Dare to wait for her here.

The gossip of the ministers is even worse.

In this palace, let alone a mere ring, even the most favored prince may fall into the abyss because of a wrong word, although Gu Zijiu lowered her head, she felt that everyone's eyes were on her.

Seeing that the emperor's face was getting more and more terrifying, Jiang Jiuyuan suddenly got up, saluted the emperor, and said, "Father, this dress was ordered by her son-in-law to wear it." ”

The emperor touched his beard, pinched the wine glass in one hand, and had the calm before the storm on his face.

If Jiang Jiuyuan can't give him a satisfactory answer, I'm afraid that Jiang Jiuyuan and Gu Zijiu will end up together today.

In the face of this dangerous situation, Jiang Jiuyuan's expression did not change, and he said: "Presumably, my father also knows that the Twelve Divisions advocate red, and Zi Jiu can be recognized by the Twelve Divisions, so he is naturally qualified to wear red clothes." ”

The emperor touched his beard, and his anger was almost torn off, but for the sake of face, he suppressed his anger and said, "Yuan'er, she is just a girl." ”

"But she has good abilities and has helped the Twelve Divisions a lot."

The emperor paused and looked at Gu Zijiu.

I don't know why, after Jiang Jiuyuan said this, the emperor's anger suddenly retracted a lot in an instant, and it wasn't because there were many people on the field, he might have to continue to ask.

Jiang Yong looked at the emperor, then at Gu Zijiu, and said unwillingly: "Father, she is just a little girl, and now she dares to sit with the five emperor brothers when she enters the palace, and what is even more excessive is that she even wants the five emperor brothers to serve!" Father, she despises the royal family, this is a big crime!! ”

Gu Zijiu was speechless, stood up suddenly, knelt down in the center of the hall, and said very sincerely: "Your Majesty, the slave maid has never thought of despising the imperial family, and the prince does not dislike it, and can get a position in his house to make a living. The slave maid boldly wore red today, just to give the emperor the most sincere blessings. ”

"Oh?" The emperor was a little interested and asked, "Where are you from?" ”

Gu Zijiu shook his head and replied sincerely: "The slave lost her parents when she was young, and she only remembered that her hometown was red as the auspicious color. ”

The emperor touched his beard.

"Your Majesty, at today's birthday banquet, the country is rich and the people are strong, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment, which shows your virtue, Your Majesty, and it is not impossible to compare you to an emperor through the ages in the future history."

"Poof." Jiang Li's mouth that was gnawing on chicken legs suddenly squirted, but fortunately, everyone's attention was on Gu Zijiu, so no one noticed Jiang Li's gaffe.

"Your Majesty, the blood of the people is red, and the good days of ordinary people are also red, and the twelve divisions that represent justice are also red, and in our Great Wei, red represents dignity, Your Majesty, how can there be so many coincidences in this underworld? I think it must be blessed by God! Bless the Great Wei for thousands of generations! All the people return to their hearts! ”

The emperor was relieved by Gu Zijiu's explanation, and his face turned cloudy, but he didn't care so much about Gu Zijiu wearing red.

"You're right, indeed, red symbolizes dignity and auspiciousness, it's hard for you to be so hearty."

Gu Zijiu immediately replied: "Where, it is the emperor who governs the country well." ”

Jiang Jiuyuan glanced at her.

Jiang Yong may not have expected that Gu Zijiu could pull it so well, and even the emperor felt very comfortable.

She originally wanted to punish Gu Zijiu for this point, but she didn't expect to let Gu Zijiu be in the limelight in the end. Jiang Yong's ten fingers were embedded in the palm of his hand, and his hateful teeth were itchy.