"If you want to enter the palace, there are two ways, one is to disguise yourself as a person in the palace and blend in brightly. The second one is to choose a dark and windy night, put on a night suit, cross the roof, cross the beams, and fly in quietly. Wang Shixuan gushed endlessly, and An Wenzhao just looked at him helplessly.

"Obviously, we can only use the first option." Wang Shixuan added another sentence.

"If you mix in disguise, won't you be found out?" An Wenzhao asked curiously.

"Of course!" Wang Shixuan replied as a matter of course: "The guards guarding the palace gate are not in vain. Think about it, from all dynasties to the present, you have seen an emperor who can be easily assassinated by an assassin, not to mention the guards around the emperor, some emperors have their own secret guards, and there are several layers. ”

"Tell me, then, how do we get in?" An Wenzhao crossed his hands, pinned them to his chest, looked at Wang Shixuan and asked him.

"It's really not easy to get in if it's normal." Wang Shixuan couldn't help but show a smug look, and said to him with a smile: "But recently, there was such a coincidental opportunity. ”

"What chance?" Wang Shixuan then asked.

"The opportunity is that the emperor is about to celebrate his eighteenth birthday, not to mention the members of the royal family and the ministers and dignitaries of the court who are to be invited to the banquet, there are many Kabuki invited from outside the palace alone. In addition, various materials such as ingredients for the imperial dining room in the palace will also be transported from outside the palace one after another. In short, to put it bluntly, the flow of people in and out of the palace has been relatively large recently, and we can easily blend in. ”

"In that case, let's do it sooner."

"Hey, hey, no hurry! With me Wang Shixuan here, we have to plan it first. ”

Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye, it was Duguyi's eighteenth birthday.

From the moment the sun just rises, the entire palace begins to be busy all day.

Members of the royal family, ministers of the court, and dignitaries in Beijing all entered the palace one after another. And the concubines of the various palaces also rushed up early in the morning, dressed up, and put on newly made clothes, in order to show off their style at the emperor's birthday banquet.

In the Qing Palace, Dugu Yi was reading in the morning.

"Your Majesty." Gao Gonggong suddenly came in from outside the door and whispered a few words in Duguyi's ear.

"If they can kill the widow, let them go, if the widow sees through their tricks early, won't they be disappointed before the show begins." Dugu Yi couldn't help laughing.

"Your Majesty, according to the old slave, no matter what, today is your birthday, there are too many people in and out of the palace, and miscellaneous, this is still a trick for some of us to report, and those who we don't know who want to harm you don't know how many. Your safety, Your Majesty, is the most important thing, so let's be careful. Gao Gonggong said to Dugu Yi earnestly.

"Okay, Gonggong Gao, everyone understands your worries."

"Oh, Niangniang, don't worry about it anymore, today is the emperor's birthday, we can't delay it." In Zhong Cui Palace, the palace maid Lian'er was anxiously urging the careless Qin Liusu.

"Lian'er, is this emperor's birthday banquet something everyone must go to?" Qin Liusu asked Lian'er curiously.

"Of course, sissy!" Lian'er's eyes widened, and she replied to Qin Liusu: "Niangniang, this emperor's birthday banquet is held in the imperial garden every year, in addition to all the concubines and concubines in the palace, there will be many people outside the palace, such as the princes, the ministers of the court, etc., there are a lot of people." ”

"I see, isn't that hilarious?"

"Of course, sis." Lian'er talked endlessly, combing Qin Liusu's hair, and suddenly said, "Niangniang, there is no such banquet that Niangniang would not want to go." ”

"Why is that?"

"Niangniang, think about it, this emperor's birthday, the mothers of each palace are bound to prepare birthday gifts for the emperor. When this banquet begins, all the ladies will take turns to show their gifts to the emperor, and whoever can please the emperor will definitely be favored. Moreover, this is also a good opportunity for all mothers to show their style. ”

"A gift can make a big show?" Qin Liusu was even more puzzled when he heard Lian'er say.

"However, this is the custom of previous years, and Lian'er also listened to the older generation of sisters in the palace. What this year is like, Lian'er doesn't know yet. ”

Qin Liusu was skeptical, and suddenly remembered something, so he hurriedly asked Lian'er again: "Lian'er, you just told me that all palace ladies have to prepare birthday gifts for the emperor, do you have to prepare this?" ”

"Yes, sis." As soon as Lian'er finished answering, she suddenly jumped up in shock: "Oh my God, Niangniang!" You haven't prepared a birthday gift yet, have you? It's over, it's all to blame on Lian'er, the last time the emperor came to Zhongcui Palace, Lian'er should have reminded Niangniang, but then she forgot about it, what can I do? ”

Lian'er stomped her foot anxiously as she spoke.

Qin Liusu didn't care, but comforted Lian'er and said: "Lian'er, you don't have to blame yourself, isn't it just a gift, I'll just find something to give to the emperor." ”

When Lian'er heard this, she was even more surprised: "No, no, no!" Niangniang, this can't be casual, if the emperor doesn't like it, I'm afraid Niangniang will be in trouble. ”

"Is that an exaggeration?" Qin Liusu couldn't help but laugh.

If it was in the past, Qin Liusu was indeed very afraid of Duguyi, just because he had offended him, every time he saw him, he was so nervous and scared that his heart was about to jump out.

However, now, after Qin Liusu was safe and sound because she offended Dugu Yi twice in a row, she felt that Dugu Yi was not as terrible as she had imagined before.

On the contrary, on the other hand, Qin Liusu read something different from Duguyi's eyes.

"That'...... Niangniang, what kind of gift do you want to prepare for the emperor? Lian'er still asked her a little worriedly: "If Niangniang needs anything, tell Lian'er quickly, and while it's still too late, Lian'er will go and prepare." ”

Hearing this, Qin Liusu thought about it for a while, and when she saw herself in the mirror, she suddenly had an idea, she whispered a few words to her in Lian'er's ear, and Lian'er immediately ran out.

If it weren't for being pregnant, Shi Xuezhu might have gone out with Chen Yanxue to talk more.

But when she was about to change into her new clothes to attend Duguyi's birthday banquet that morning, she found that her lower abdomen had risen slightly.

Shi Xuezhu looked at his face in the mirror and found that due to his weakness and inability to move more after pregnancy, his facial bones became more rounded.

She didn't know how many sleepless nights she had quietly thought about the scene after the birth of the child in her womb.

This is a child without a father, but Duguyi told her that he is the child's father.

But Duguyi has so far not let anyone know about the existence of this child. Perhaps, she thought, he just wanted to wait until the time was right to make more announcements.

But what she thought more about was that since she entered the palace, she was destined to face many different things, she had to share her husband with many women, and she had to endure that her beloved like she had not come to see her for a long time.

Her worries are all nonsensical, she's a thoughtful person, she can read a lot.

Thinking of this, the more she thought about it, the more sad she became, and the lively banquet prepared outside was a huge contrast with her state of mind at the moment. Thinking about it very hard, Shi Xuezhu couldn't help covering his mouth, coughed forcefully, and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing this, the palace maid Ah Xiu hurriedly ran to her and asked her how she felt.

"It's no big deal, the weather is dry, maybe it's on fire."

The princes who came to the palace had also arrived, and when Duanmu Lei and the others were all gathered together, they found that the figure of Chu Weifeng, the king of An, was missing.

If Chu Weifeng's traces can be easily caught by others, it is abnormal.

Looking at the noisy crowd in the Imperial Garden, Chu Weifeng felt very bored. He sat for a moment before leaving his seat, and walked through the Imperial Garden to the inner back garden that led to the harem.

The area of the inner back garden is far smaller than that of the imperial garden, in order to facilitate the concubines of the harem to play, it is specially connected with the imperial garden and has been extended to the harem. In this way, the visual effect of people and scenery contrasting with each other, and people looming in the scene.

The garden is used as an introduction to the entrance of the harem, and it is also for the emperor to come to the harem every time, if there are concubines in the garden to enjoy the flowers, the emperor will feel pleasing to the eye when he sees it.

In this autumn season, in addition to many introduced flowers that cannot be named, the most blooming chrysanthemums in the garden are chrysanthemums, which also coincide with the approaching Double Festival, and the chrysanthemums are blooming brilliantly.

With the faint fragrance of chrysanthemums floating in the full of atoms, even if it is an inopportune chant of a few words of poetry about appreciating chrysanthemums in autumn, it is also very touching.

Chu Weifeng's academic talent is not as good as that of Wang Duguyu, but he is more liked by beautiful people. Because of his deep preference and feeling for beautiful scenery and beautiful women, even for this bleak autumn scene, he can recite one or two poems with a unique artistic conception.

"There are beautiful women in the north, who are independent and independent, and they take care of the city and the country." Duguyi's eyes were met by a woman wearing a mask.

Her face was a little different, and it was painted with a somewhat crooked flower cat face, which made Chu Weifeng, who had never seen this kind of scene, feel very interesting.

His thoughts were not to speculate on who and where the woman came from, but to look forward to what she would do next.

Do you keep wearing this mask and look at the scenery in the garden, or take off her mask. Just watching and waiting, he didn't realize that he was fascinated.

After all, he waited for what he wanted to see. The moment the woman took off her mask to reveal half of her face, he felt that this person might be the confidant he was looking for.

"Lord An!" Unconsciously, the shouts of the maid of the first palace broke the quiet atmosphere. Hearing this shout, Qin Liusu couldn't help but turn his face to look at Chu Weifeng.

"Lord An, the slave has found you, go back quickly, all the princes are waiting for you."

Hearing what the little palace maid said, Chu Weifeng turned around and left.

Qin Liusu, who was on the side, also took his mask and went back to Zhongcui Palace.

When everyone saw that Chu Weifeng was back, they couldn't help but ask him where he had gone, Chu Weifeng just smiled, replied to everyone with a "secret" and stopped talking.

"Third brother, where did you go? Could it be that there is a more interesting place in this palace than this lively imperial garden? It's okay for you to sue me secretly. The naughty and playful King Jing Guan Qinyou couldn't help but ask Chu Weifengdao.

"You'er, you're still young, you can't play with the things that the third brother plays." Duanmu Lei couldn't help but ridicule King Jingdao.

"Yes, You'er, when you are an adult in two years, you will know if you marry a daughter-in-law like your eldest brother and second brother, hahahaha." Feng Batian also said with a smile.

"Then can't I marry a daughter-in-law now?" King Jing listened and asked curiously.

"Of course not......"

"Yes!"