The night is coming inch by inch, and the palace is still very lively. In the hall, the old prince and the old princess sat on the main seat, and the prince and the princess sat beside them, and the prince waited behind the old prince, leaning down and bowing his head to talk to him. Mrs. Shizi smiled and snuggled beside the princess, listening to the princess speak. Lian Hao stood behind the old princess with a smile, bending down close to her ear from time to time to speak.

Lian Xuan was listening to the prince's orders, and his eyes looked at the door of the hall from time to time. The second young lady sat under Mrs. Shizi with a smile, and would look back at Jiang Wanmu, who was sitting on the side below. The guests sat on either side of the main seat, smiling and talking to each other. The room is full of liveliness, and the joy of the whole family. Jiang Wanmu felt a deep loneliness seeping out of her bones.

Some of the guests would approach the host with a smile and say a few nice words to the host family. Those words caused the master's family to laugh and laugh again and again. Jiang Wanmu sat with her eyes lowered, letting her look around, looking at her from her head to her face and then sweeping to her clothes. Jiang An and his wife and Jiang Wenlun and his wife, accompanied by Lian Zimo and Jiang Wanyi, talked and laughed with each other, and the family got along proudly. Occasionally, their eyes would sweep towards Jiang Wanmu, but that woman was now sitting comfortably as if she had entered a mirror without raising her eyes.

According to the custom of the guests, after dinner, after a short conversation, they should say goodbye to the Lord's house and leave joyfully. And today, most of the guests in the palace choose to stay and continue to gather. Just because although the emperor did not come to the palace during the day, the heavy and precious gifts in the palace were sent before dinner. The palace guards brought the emperor's message in front of everyone: after dinner, the emperor will personally come to celebrate the birthday of the old princess.

Everyone chose to continue to gather in the hall, waiting for the arrival of the noblest person of the Ning Dynasty. The people in the hall had a look of hope and nervousness on their faces. The night darkened with some guests. I couldn't wait any longer, and I began to say goodbye to my master's house. Under the command of the prince, Lian Xuan went out of the hall door again to watch. He didn't have a moment this time. Quickly re-entered the hall and said directly to the people in the hall: "The emperor is wearing civilian clothes, and there are only a few people with him." I have entered the main entrance and am walking towards the hall. ”

People in the hall. All stood up in an instant. The old prince and the prince were smiling, the old princess had a relieved expression, the princess gently supported the princess, and they rushed to the door of the hall first, and everyone followed in order. Before a group of people reached the door of the hall, the trembling voice of the steward was heard outside: "The emperor has arrived." Several young men had appeared at the door. The old prince took the lead and knelt down. Jiang Wanmu followed the flow of people and knelt down. The old prince's excited voice sounded: "The old minister visits the emperor, thank you for your love." ”

Later, more voices joined, and the two words that Jiang Wanmu recalled the most in her ears were 'Emperor.' Until a young man smiled and said, "Hurry up." ”。 Jiang Wanlin stood up with everyone, she followed closely behind the second young lady, and as she slowly stood back to the place where she was sitting before, the tables and chairs there had been moved to the corner for the trained subordinates of the Lian Palace. The young emperor, accompanied by the old minister's side at this time, the two of them walked to the main throne together. The monarch and the ministers seemed to be extremely close, and from time to time they could hear the emperor's words of concern.

The emperor sat down on the throne. At the same time, he gave the old prince and the princess and the princess four people, and after seeing the four of them sitting below, he glanced at the hall and the people in the hall. He turned his head and said to the prince with a smile: "Uncle Wang, give it to the elderly." The prince immediately ordered to go down, "The emperor gave the old one a grace to sit." The servants quickly brought in stools and placed them next to the older guests. Let the older people go, thank the emperor first, and then slowly sit on the stool.

The people in the hall held their breath and listened to the emperor say to the old princess with a smile: "Even on my grandmother's birthday, I always want to come to congratulate you." There are a lot of things to do during the day, and I can't be empty. Now looking at the palace at night, the same bustle, I now feel that I have come at the right time. The old princess smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are here today, and the old body is happy." It's just that the night is dark, so the emperor can sit down and go back. The emperor listened to the old princess's words, and said with a smile: "Master, this is a guest, even grandmother, I will listen to your words, just sit down and go back." ”

The emperor said close words to the old princess, and the interested guests in the hall followed from time to time with a smile and nodded. Jiang Wanmu kept standing beside the second lady, her eyes drooping slightly. When she felt that someone was looking at her, she smiled and raised her eyes, and saw Chu Xiao standing on the side of the emperor, dressed in green clothes like a shadow. Jiang Wanmu had surprise in her eyes, she never thought that it would be in this situation that she would reveal her true identity in front of Chu Xiao.

Chu Xiao's eyes swept lightly over her face, as if she were looking at an ordinary person. Jiang Wanmu knew that it was different, and there was a look of sudden realization in her eyes. Jiang Wanmu had a look of anxiety in her eyes, and glanced at Chu Xiao who looked away, she listened to the happy words of the lord, and then lowered her eyes, covering the look in her eyes. In this case, it is better for the two not to know each other.

Lian Hao inadvertently saw Chu Xiao's eyes, and followed his eyes to Jiang Wanmu beside Mrs. Lian Xuan. In the crowd, Jiang Wanmu was quite uneyed, with plain hair and dark red clothes, and lowered her eyes. But just when Lian Hao was about to look away, he saw Jiang Wanmu raising his eyes to look at Chu Xiao, there was a slight urgency in his eyes, and when he looked carefully, she lowered her eyes again. Lian Hao went to look at Chu Xiao again, and saw that he had been calm, and his eyes were flat and scanning the crowd. Lian Hao glanced at Jiang Wanmu again, and always felt that she was different from usual, without the sense of alienation she had in the past.

Under Lian Hao's eyes, Jiang Wanmu inadvertently moved to the shadow behind the second young lady. Lian Hao looked at Jiang Wanmu, who was hiding in the shadows, and was a little disappointed. felt that this woman had not gone through a major event, and when she saw a big scene of many people, she just thought about hiding, and when he thought so, he looked down on Jiang Wanmu in his heart, and he didn't have the extra heart to pay attention to her again.

Jiang Wanmu took advantage of the convenience of being in the dark to look at Chu Xiao in Tsing Yi, and saw that his eyes were calm as usual, but his posture was quite upright. A kind of sadness emerged in Jiang Wanmu's heart, she thought that one day she would tell Chu Xiao about her life experience, and she always felt that that day was after she was free. Who knew that fate didn't want her to be any better, and all of a sudden, the heavy blow was cut so heavily.

The glory of the palace that night, the splendid clothes of the people in the palace that night, the young and promising emperor that night, how wise and approachable. Many old people in the capital are still spreading it many years later. Only Jiang Wanmu didn't remember this, she only remembered that when the emperor left, in the crowd of people who saw him off, she looked at the back of her brother who was as close as her brother in the past, and walked away step by step. After bidding farewell to the emperor, she followed the flow back to the hall with a smile on her lips. Listen to the fanatical voices of the crowd.

That night, when she returned to her room, she removed her mane and sat in front of the mirror, looking at her own face. In the dead of night, I put out the candle and lie on the bed, looking out the window at the moonlight. Thinking sadly, I am so sad, but I can still remind myself sensibly that I must not cry, lest people see that something is wrong tomorrow and cause unprovoked disasters.

Jiang Wanmu has been in Lian Wangfu for nearly a year, and gradually her heart can't calm down. Maybe it's because the people in Lian Wangfu have no blood relationship with her. She lives here, and feels more like she is a guest of the Lord's house. And when she was in the Jiang family, at the end, she died of that extra expectation. Maybe it's the happiness that can't be hidden in the eyes of Mrs. Duo Shizi, or the smile in the eyes of the second young lady. She realized that when she was still a young man, she could be arrogant and flamboyant, instead of living every day so lifelessly.

She felt that the days in the palace were becoming more and more difficult day by day. I counted the days in my heart day by day, always thinking about whether such aggrieved days could end earlier. The more Jiang Wanmu thought about these things, the more difficult it was for her to fall asleep, and her thoughts turned back and forth thousands of times, but she still couldn't find a safe way to walk. Her eyes flashed in front of Chu Xiao's peaceful eyes tonight, remembering the warm color that flashed in his handsome eyes when he lifted himself in a white little dress from the crowd. She was so bold in the days that followed that she had the audacity to think of a way to get close to him.

Jiang Wanmu used the opportunity to get close to Chu Xiao again and again, she was thinking selfishly at that time, find someone to protect herself, borrow a little warm light, and make her life less tired. When she concealed her life experience, she had already thought about the day when it would be exposed. She closed her eyes and thought about the warmth in Chu Xiao's eyes, and shook hands to think of the warmth of Chu Yang's hands. If this friendship cannot continue, she hopes to say goodbye in a way that gradually drifts away. She thought about the best and the worst in her mind many times until it was slightly bright, and then she fell asleep.

Ji Yan came over in the morning and saw Jiang Wanmu who was sleeping, and after waiting for a while, she had to wake her up after thinking about going out today. Jiang Wanmu opened her eyes vigorously, looked at her and said in a muffled voice, "Ji Yan, is there something wrong?" It's okay to let me sleep a little longer. She turned around and tried to go back to sleep. Ji Yan got up a little anxious, bent down and approached her and said, "Miss, you said that you must go out to do things today, and you also reminded me that you must be asked to get up early." When Jiang Wanmu heard what she said, she immediately remembered that she wanted to talk about the right thing with Fang Zheng.

Jiang Wanmu sat up, stretched out her hand and patted her head, and said, "These days, I listen to the two women talking about 'rules' every day, and I forget the big things with calluses in my ears. You go out and say to the steward, I'm going out today. Ji Yan glanced at the cyan under her eyes and said, "Miss, you didn't sleep well?" Jiang Wanmu looked at her expression, glanced at her and said, "Look at the cyan color under your own eyes." Ji Yan chuckled and said, "Miss, I thought that I saw the emperor last night, and when I heard the emperor's voice, I couldn't sleep happily." ”

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