As soon as the queen's words came out, anyone could see her preferences. Shen Linghan is talented and auspicious, which means that Shen Ninghua has no other advantages except for good looks, and a woman is not a good name just because she is good-looking.

Baili Qingcang glanced at it lightly and did not speak. The queen smiled slightly: "Linghan, come up to the palace and take a look." ”

Shen Linghan's eyes couldn't suppress the excitement, he took two deep breaths before getting up, walked to the center of the hall with light steps, and bowed down with a full movement: "The courtier Shen Linghan has seen the emperor and the queen's mother." ”

"What a distressing and lovely person, I heard that your brother is back too?"

Shen Xuanye stepped forward, saluted and stood side by side with Shen Linghan.

The queen looked at the two of them and nodded with a smile on their faces, turned her face to Baili Qingcang and said, "Your Majesty, look at how similar these two people look, Mrs. Zhao is really blessed." ”

Baili Qingcang said lightly: "Not bad." ”

"But no, these twins are rare, not to mention the dragon and phoenix twins. As soon as I saw Linghan, I felt very close, Shen Xuanye was a man, and it was inconvenient for this palace to reward him, so I could only give Shen Linghan something. Mei Xue, send this pair of bracelets to Shen Linghan. ”

Shen Linghan hurriedly knelt down to thank him, he couldn't stop being excited in his heart, with the closeness of the queen, and the good sentence that the emperor said, who can beat her limelight? Shen Dong will definitely release her and her mother from the ancestral hall, and after that, she will have the capital to suppress Shen Ninghua!

"Thank you, Queen."

"Hmm." The queen answered, and her eyes turned slightly to look at the emperor on the side.

Baili Qingcang waved his hand and asked the attendant on the side to come over and say a few words.

"Shen Xuanye, the eldest son of the Shen family, is talented, and I am very pleased, and I am specially rewarded with four treasures of the study room and one hundred taels of gold to show my appreciation, and I hope that everyone will take this as an example to serve the family and country."

Shen Dong got up excitedly: "Weichen is the emperor on behalf of the dog." ”

Shen Ninghua knew that if the queen promoted the Shen family like this, the Zhao family and Shen Linghan would definitely not be locked up in the ancestral hall again.

"Hmm." Baili Qingcang didn't seem to be in high spirits, and looked at the people below a little casually.

The courtiers at the bottom couldn't guess what the emperor thought, so they could only continue to drink anxiously, but the queen, who had achieved her goal, was extremely satisfied, and communicated with several close wives.

This kind of banquet is naturally indispensable for some outstanding children to come forward to perform and cheer up, and the third prince and the fourth prince stepped forward together to present a sword dance, which made the people around praise one after another. Baili Qingcang also rewarded two swords, and the two of them suddenly danced with their eyebrows.

At this time, I don't know who praised: "The sword dance presented by the eldest prince of the Shen family at the birthday banquet of Old Lady Xiao is also wonderful." ”

The third prince was slightly unhappy: "Shen Xuanye, you are also good at sword dancing?" Just now, my father praised you for your talent, but I didn't expect you to be both civil and military, so why don't you show your father too? ”

Shen Xuanye's eyebrows moved: "Returning to the third prince, I am not good at martial arts, and I dare not offer ugliness." ”

Chu Junyi looked up at him: "Shen Gongzi is too modest, the third prince hasn't heard of it, on the day of the birthday banquet, Shen Gongzi danced the sword, someone threw a flying flower forward, the sword light overflowed and the sky was full of flying flowers, and finally the petals fell to the ground and formed a longevity character, which was simply amazing, and many people who went to the banquet at that time were stunned." ”

The third prince's face became more and more unbearable, and he was quite unconvinced: "Why doesn't Shen Gongzi put on a show?" ”

Shen Ninghua and Chu Junyi looked at each other, a faint smile flashed in their eyes, the three princes were the most impulsive, and they were competitive. Because his mother is in the position of a noble concubine, his son is a noble mother, and he has a high status in the palace. Shen Xuanye didn't care whether he would step forward and dance the sword, with this episode, he would definitely offend the third prince.

Shen Xuanye also thought of this, and then got up and handed over: "Your Majesty, the slave ......"

Baili Qingcang waved his hand: "It doesn't matter if you are proficient in martial arts, the princes learn martial arts and hone their will, as long as they have the people, their family and the country in mind, they will also reuse the power of the chicken." ”

"The emperor is wise." Everyone praised in unison.

"I'm tired, so I'll go back and rest first, the queen will come with me, and the prince will entertain the ministers on my behalf."

Baili Jinyi, who was dressed in prince's clothes, hurriedly agreed: "Yes, father." ”

The queen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there are a lot of ladies at the banquet, and now the season is just right, and there is no need to detain people outside Wan'an Pavilion, so how about letting the ladies of each family play by themselves?" The palace hasn't been so lively for a long time. ”

"Well, that's good."

"The emperor, the queen mother!"

As soon as the two left, everyone's emotions relaxed. Shen Xuanye sat back in his seat as usual, but Shen Ninghua was keenly aware of his resentment. Just now he got up clearly because he wanted to show his talent in front of the emperor, but unfortunately Baili Qingcang didn't give him this opportunity at all, not only that, judging from what he said just now, he was quite disdainful of Shen Xuanye. Thinking of this, Shen Ninghua almost laughed out loud.

Shen Xuanye, with his identity as a disciple of Master Chen, didn't know how many steps faster than others, but today he miscalculated.

The queen let go, and many of the ladies got up and walked towards the imperial garden. Shen Linghan held Shen Ninghua's hand and said softly: "Eldest sister, the scenery of the imperial garden should be very beautiful, let's go and see it, it's rare to have a chance to enter the palace." ”

Shen Ninghua swept the wrist she was holding and smiled, "Okay, then let's take a look." ”

Zhao Ruyun frowned and walked over, and pulled Shen Linghan behind him: "Linghan, you are still so easy to be soft-hearted, you want to be a good sister, but unfortunately others may not be a good sister, you better pay attention, so as not to be calculated." ”

"Cousin, eldest sister is very good to me." Shen Linghan showed a slightly pale smile, his eyebrows were slightly frowned, but he was sad, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like he was being bullied and didn't dare to speak out.

"Hmph, the emperor just praised you in person, and the queen also rewarded you, who knows if anyone will be jealous and do something, let's go, I'll take you shopping." Zhao Ruyun glanced at Shen Ninghua, pulled Shen Linghan and walked out.

Chu Junyi walked over, looked at the backs of the two of them leaving, and sighed with some sighs in his tone: "If something happens to these two people, I'm afraid that Miss Shen, you will be unlucky." ”

Shen Ninghua smiled: "Walking on the flat ground will inevitably fall and break your teeth, life is strange when everything goes well in the world, and if something happens, it can only prove that you are not careful enough, this is the inner courtyard of the palace, I am afraid that I will take a wrong step, and I don't even dare to say a word, where will I do something." ”

"That's right, the scenery outside is just right, how about inviting Miss Shen to take a look?"

"Okay."

Baili Jinchuan turned his head and asked Shen Xuanhua behind him: "Is your eldest sister on good terms with Gongzi Chu?" ”

Shen Xuanhua looked at the figure of the two leaving at the door of the main hall, and was a little strange: "The eldest sister attaches great importance to the rules, and she stays in her own Yingyue House in the Shen family on weekdays and can't come out." "How can you have a good relationship with a foreign man?

Baili Jinchuan fingered, and involuntarily hooked the corners of his lips, Shen Ninghua attaches the most importance to the rules? She defrauded herself of five thousand taels of gold, and it would cost eighty or ninety thousand taels of silver. That's what a rule-abiding person can do.

Shen Xuanhua couldn't help frowning, and saluted the second prince: "Your Highness, I'll go see my eldest sister, she is the most kind-hearted, maybe she will be bullied at any time." ”

Baili Jinchuan was choked: "...... You...... Go ahead. Shen Xuanhua walked out of the palace quickly, he also stood up, this banquet was boring over and over, he might as well go and see how Shen Ninghua was "bullied".

I just walked to the Imperial Garden, and I didn't see Shen Xuanhua chasing out, but I saw Shen Ninghua sitting by the railing by the water pavilion, she was supporting her face with one hand, revealing a wrist as white as snow, as if she was comfortably blown by the breeze, and her bright black eyes were squinting slightly, like a cat curled up comfortably by the sun, which made people itch in their hearts, and couldn't help but step forward to provoke her, and see her expose the tips of her paws.

With a little more love in his heart, Baili Jinchuan stepped forward, but who knew that Shen Linghan was in front of Shen Ninghua first.

Seeing that she suddenly retracted her expression and turned back into the gentle and smiling girl, Baili Jinchuan couldn't help but feel stunned in her heart.

"Eldest sister, why are you sitting here, we just saw that there is a pavilion built on the rockery over there, and we are thinking about going up and sitting together, so you can go with us." My cousin said that you could see most of the palace from the pavilion. ”

Shen Ninghua looked up at her, the relaxation just now made her not want to entangle with Shen Linghan now, and said impatiently: "Sister, have you forgotten your grandmother's words?" Don't run around in the palace. ”

"Eldest sister, I know, it's just that a lot of people have gone, don't worry, it'll be fine."

"Okay, then go check it out." Shen Ninghua glanced at her, nodded and agreed, since she insisted so much, then she would see what kind of medicine was sold in Shen Linghan's gourd.

Shen Linghan immediately happily went to talk to Zhao Ruyun, and several people supported each other and walked towards the rockery.

Baili Jinchuan looked around and didn't see Chu Junyi, and there were some doubts in his heart: "Miss Shen, why are you here alone?" ”

Shen Ninghua smiled: "I've seen the prince of the county." ”

Baili Jinchuan smiled: "Thank you Miss Shen, I will have a banquet for Miss another day." ”

"If you thank me, you might as well give me some money." Shen Ninghua said as he walked towards the rockery.

Baili Jinchuan followed her footsteps: "I thought that Miss Shen didn't like those mundane things. ”

"Hehe, you're wrong, I'm a layman, naturally I like mundane things the most, if you give me hundreds of thousands of taels, if I think of any good way to send it to you in the future."

"What's so difficult about this, if the eldest lady has the heart, let alone hundreds of thousands of taels, even the prince's mansion is also at your fingertips." Baili Jinchuan looked at her with a smile, his eyes slightly focused.

Shen Ninghua's heart jumped: "The second prince laughed, I don't have such big ambitions, I can get some money, and choosing a place with beautiful scenery to live in peace is my favorite." ”

Baili Jinchuan smiled and said nothing, as if it was just an unintentional remark.

Shen Ninghua was not calm in her heart, and slowly thought a little more.

The pavilion on the top of the mountain is extraordinarily wide, Shen Ninghua gasped slightly, and looked into the distance, most of the palace was in full view, which really made people open-minded.

Shen Linghan seemed to be a little excited when he saw something, and turned around and pulled Shen Ninghua forward: "Sister, come and take a look, over there, over there." ”

Shen Ninghua was defenseless, and was pulled to the edge of the pavilion by her to stand, wanting to turn around and retreat, but found that Zhao Ruyun was already standing on the other side of her: "What's there to see here?" ”

Shen Linghan suddenly approached her, and his deep voice was full of hatred: "This is the place where you are buried, but you don't want to take a good look." ”

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes suddenly, her eyes flashed with a fierce color, and before she could make any moves, she felt the ground under her feet shake, and when she came back to her senses, her feet were empty. There was a thrust behind her, and before she could shout, she fell down the mountain.

Shen Linghan screamed: "Big sister! ”