Seeing Chu Juechen leave like this, Chu Lian looked at the queen mother, whose expression was not very good, and directly got up and saluted: "Queen Mother, the son still has some things to deal with, so he will go down first." After a pause, he suddenly remembered that there was still Concubine De Niangniang, so he also saluted and retired, "Concubine De Niangniang, this prince has retired first." ”

Seeing this situation, Concubine De was not very annoyed, after all, the mother of the other people, the queen mother, was here, and she was a concubine, she really couldn't say anything, and it was not good to provoke the eyes of the queen, after all, she was just here to go through the motions this time, and it was already okay for people to do this.

Concubine De smiled and nodded politely to Chu Lian, indicating that she had heard.

"Okay, Lian'er, you have to do things for your father. Let me do the rest, you go! I didn't expect things to turn out like this, looking at her son who was getting better and better in front of her, the queen mother was very pleased.

Now that the protagonists are gone, everyone is embarrassed to stay here anymore, not to mention what the queen said just now. It means that everyone should not disturb her, but play their own games.

But anyway, everyone came with great hope, but they didn't expect it to turn out like this, but now it's over, and they haven't been able to get it.

"Yes, Queen." Looking at the queen mother who seemed to be a little tired, and looking at the empty seats left by the two highnesses who had already walked away, I felt a little lost for a while. However, everyone also slowly moved towards the beautiful scenery of the Lotus Terrace in pairs.

Seeing that these ladies were gone, the queen sighed slightly, but she didn't say anything.

The sigh of the queen mother was heard by everyone present, but everyone did not dare to say anything, and the palace maids and eunuchs lowered their heads even lower, for fear of attracting the attention of the queen mother, but instead led to punishment.

"Why is the queen mother sighing like this, but what is unspeakable? If you don't say it, let my sister unravel it for you. Concubine De, who has been watching the whole play, watched the protagonists leave one by one, and the ladies and ladies also dispersed, and felt very bored for a while, but she didn't expect to hear the sigh of the queen's mother, and couldn't help but be a little curious.

"Sister Concubine De, how about this group banquet held by this palace today?" The queen didn't expect that Concubine De, who had always been silent, would ask herself, but she didn't say it directly, she just glanced at the empty banquet hall in front of her, thinking of His Majesty's attitude towards her today, her eyes flashed with self-deprecation, and she asked in a light tone.

"This ...... The concubine felt that this group banquet held by the queen mother was naturally the best. I didn't expect the queen to ask herself like this, and the words of comfort that had been brewed in advance in my heart were useless all of a sudden, and I couldn't help but pause for what I wanted to say, and only after thinking about it did I reply a little dryly.

"Huh! The best! The queen naturally didn't ignore the momentary pause between Concubine De's speech, a little self-deprecating, and looking at the scene where people were already leaving, her mood was even more depressed. However, I know that Concubine De is not too out of shape here.

"The queen, the concubine feels a little tired, so she won't bother the queen, and the concubine will retire." Concubine De looked at the queen's expression like this, and looked at her now that she was not good, and she was still a little secretly happy in her heart, but she was not stupid to be able to sit in the position of Concubine De, and she knew when to be happy and when to be angry, so her expression was well controlled.

"Stand down!" The queen has nothing to pay attention to Concubine De now, and replied lightly, but her eyes looked at this empty scene. This lotus platform is still as beautiful as before, but now only beauty remains.

didn't pay attention to the queen anymore, Concubine De directly took her personal female official palace maid away.

"Niangniang, you just ......" Until after walking away, Concubine De's personal female officer was a little curious about why her mother was suddenly like that?

"Shhhh When Concubine De heard the words of the female officer beside her, she didn't dare to let her continue, but stopped and looked at the female official with a stern face.

"Yes, mother, the slave knows that she is wrong." The female official also reacted at this time, this is not the place to speak, and then suppressed her doubts and followed her mother back to the palace.

However, Concubine De's concern is not unreasonable, as soon as Concubine De left, Qin Liusu walked out from the other side, if it was said that she deliberately eavesdropped, it was not, she just happened to be enjoying the scenery, passing by. But it would be wrong to say that she didn't hear it, she did hear what they said.

"It's Concubine De, what happened to them just now?" Qin Liusu looked at the few people who had already walked away, and couldn't help but be a little confused when he remembered the conversation he had just heard, but he didn't think about it carefully, it was better not to have too much contact with himself about the affairs of the deep palace, but it was better to pay attention to it, so as not to implicate himself.

As the night deepens, the lanterns have been lit, and under the backdrop of the lights, the Lotus Terrace is another dazzling beauty. The wine and delicacies have also been prepared in the busyness of the palace maids and eunuchs, and the ladies during the day have also returned to their places and waited under the guidance of the palace maids.

"The emperor has arrived! The lady lady has arrived! With a shrill voice, I saw another group of people approaching in the distance, and the man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe walking in front was particularly eye-catching, followed by a man wearing gorgeous palace clothes, and the two were talking and laughing.

"See Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live Long live! See Concubine Niangniang, Chitose Chitose. As soon as they heard that it was Emperor Qi and Concubine Shu who were coming, everyone hurriedly got up to greet them.

"See Your Majesty, Sister Shufei is also here." Seeing Emperor Qi coming, the queen sitting on the throne also got up and walked in front of everyone to greet her. Seeing Concubine Shu who also came with her, there was nothing unusual, but she said hello very calmly. Just follow Emperor Qi's footsteps and return to his place and sit down. Seeing this, everyone also returned to their positions in an instant.

Chu Qigong looked at the two vacant seats at the bottom and asked a little, "Empress, what about the Third Highness and the Fourth Highness?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Lian'er didn't do some official business in the afternoon, so I went back first, the concubine thought, now it should be time to come, as for the Third Highness......" Hearing Emperor Qi ask about his son and that person, the queen said with a smile, and at the same time her eyes gestured to the female official standing beside her.

As soon as the female official received the queen's signal, she just wanted to go down to find Her Highness, but she didn't expect Her Highness to arrive, so she didn't move.

"The Third Highness has arrived, and the Fourth Highness has arrived!" Before the queen could finish speaking, she was interrupted by the voice of the report, and two handsome men with different styles walked in the distance.

I didn't expect that I just wanted to say some bad things about that person, and the person came, and the queen stopped before she could say anything, her face was very stiff, but she quickly adjusted, and looked at the two people under her with a dignified and noble face, with a complicated expression.

"Sons see their father, long live their father, long live long live their father! See the queen (mother), see the lady concubine" Chu Jiechen and Chu Lian came to Emperor Qi and shouted respectfully. It's just that Chu Juechen's eyes were very cold when he called the queen's mother, which made the queen who came into contact with his eyes feel cold.

"Flatten, sit down. Enjoy the queen's dinner, carefully select your princess, and you should also extend the heirs for the royal family. Looking at the two princes who were better at the bottom, Emperor Qi sighed with emotion, so many years have passed in a blink of an eye.

"Yes, Father." Hearing Emperor Qi's words, Chu Lian's face was a little joyful, but he quickly calmed down.

"The retainers obey!" For Chu Lian's joy, Chu Jiechen was a little calm, it seemed that the matter of choosing a concubine was just the same business as usual for him, and it couldn't attract his attention. But what he was thinking in his heart, no one except himself probably didn't know.

As soon as Emperor Qi's words fell, the entire nobles who came to the dinner were extremely surprised, everyone felt that they would be the lucky one and would become the princess of His Royal Highness, even if they were not the main concubine of the prince, even if they were side concubines!

I didn't expect things to suddenly turn like this, and the queen was also very surprised, is this that things have already turned around? Thinking of this, the queen's eyes were a lot softer when she looked at Emperor Qi.

Chu Qigong also saw the expressions of these two people very clearly, but he didn't say anything. Just turned his head and said to the queen: "Queen, the hour is not early, let's start." ”

"Okay, let's have a feast!" The queen, who had already been prepared, didn't say much when she heard Emperor Qi's words, but just raised her hand to signal the female officials beside her, indicating that she could start.

After receiving the queen's letter, the female official beckoned a little palace maid to give an order, and said, "Banquet!" ”

With the voice of the female officer, the program that had been prepared outside the venue poured in and began to perform.

Hearing the sound of the banquet, seeing that His Majesty and the Empress and the concubines had already put off their chopsticks, the nobles sitting below also took out the etiquette posture they had learned at home one by one, and acted elegantly and generously one by one, not at all like eating, but like a performance.

There are many dishes at the dinner party and they are exquisite, but since I was a child and today's situation, I don't dare to eat more, and I just try one bite of each dish in a meaningful way, and at most only two bites.

For this kind of aristocratic dinner, Qin Liusu has always been grateful and insensitive, but no matter how much she doesn't like this situation today, she must smile and hold the etiquette, and she must do her best and be the most perfect, because if she loses face, she will not only lose her own but also their family's, and it will also make her father humiliated.

Emperor Qi, who was sitting at the top, could see the audience very well, watching the movements of these noble girls, he was very satisfied, and he paused when he saw Qin Liusu, but he quickly looked away.

As time passed, everyone had eaten almost enough, and the dinner party was coming to an end.

The show continues, the music still surrounds, but the atmosphere is getting more and more tense. But no one dared to speak out.

In this atmosphere, Emperor Qi put down the chopsticks in his hand, and the little eunuch who was waiting on the side saw that His Majesty had finished his meal, and immediately got up and handed over the handkerchief that had been prepared.

As a result, the handkerchief handed by the eunuch wiped his mouth, and he looked at his two princes, his expression was very complicated.

Although the queen mother didn't say anything during the meal, she had been paying attention to Emperor Qi's situation, and now she was waiting for him to speak.