"The emperor has arrived! The concubine has arrived! Concubine Li's arrival is here! ”

As soon as he heard the voice of the Jade Gonggong, all the civil and military officials present stopped talking, and walked to the front of the hall one after another, only to see that in front of the wide main entrance of the main hall, three figures appeared in front of them in the sun, and the emperor slowly walked in with the two favorite concubines of the harem.

Today is the state banquet, Pei Yuanhao is naturally dressed in a dragon robe, the bright yellow robe reflects a dazzling brilliance in the sun, a person like him, high in power and power, people can only look up, dare not force to look.

And the two favorite concubines are also bright and bright, Shen Rou is wearing a peach-colored long dress, with a head full of pearls, Jin Buyao is shining in the sun, and the light is a little dazzling; And Nangong Lizhu is wearing a light blue brocade robe, with dark clouds on her head and a chic bun, only a simple phoenix hairpin, without too much makeup, and she is still gorgeous.

Seeing such two beauties, I can't help but think of the dinner party on the night of the moon, Queen Yin once said that Pei Yuanhao would pick people, and now it seems that this sentence is really right. Regardless of the harem, these two favorite concubines alone can be said to have the most extreme elegance in the world.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but turn my head to look at Chang Qing.

Unlike those two favorite concubines, she is a queen, and she almost never wears that kind of gaudy makeup, even if her outfit is similar to those favorite concubines, she will always reveal a unique majesty and dignity.

Such a woman, such a heart, maybe a man will feel good, but he will never pity her like a woman like Nangong Lizhu and Shen Rou.

However, who is the person who will really hold her in the palm of his hand?

I was still thinking nonsense, Chang Qing had already gotten up and walked over, walked a few steps and looked back at me suspiciously, as if asking me what I was stunned about, I woke up and hurriedly followed. At this time, the hundred officials had already knelt down to salute the emperor, Chang Qing walked in front of him, and also bowed down gently: "The concubine pays tribute to the emperor." ”

"The queen is flat."

Pei Yuanhao hurriedly stretched out his hand to help her up, and the two favorite concubines beside him also stepped forward to salute.

After they finished their salutes, Nian Shen stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Pei Yuanhao: "Erchen to meet his father, to meet the concubine, to meet Concubine Li. ”

Pei Yuanhao looked down at him, with a smile in the corners of his eyes, and said, "Nian Shen also followed your mother today." ”

Chang Qing stretched out his hand to caress his shoulder, and said with a smile: "This kid has been clamoring to see his younger brother, and when he heard that the second prince was coming, he was so happy that he refused to sleep well all night." ”

"Oh?"

This situation of brother and brother Gong made Pei Yuanhao a little happier, and turned back to Shen Rou and said, "Pick up Nianyun and show it to his brother." ”

When Shen Rou heard the word "brother", there was a trace of disdain in her eyes, but she still couldn't help but listen to the emperor's words, beckoned, and saw Mingzhu walking up from behind with a wet nurse.

The nurse was also the first time to come to such a big scene, people were so scared that they didn't know what to do, they just held the child and didn't speak, Mingzhu came forward and looked at me first, her face was still the same as before, always with a little panic, Pei Yuanhao had already beckoned Nian Shen to go over, and said with a smile: "Come, look at your brother." ”

The nurse bent down a little to expose the baby in her swaddling clothes.

I poked my head over and looked at the second prince Pei Nianyun in swaddling clothes, a child who was more than half a year old, he looked very good, his head was round, his eyes were also round, he looked at people with a slippery look, but his eyes seemed to be the same as what I felt before, too dark, with a deep condensation black.

Nian Shen took Mingzhu's arm and tiptoed to look at the child, and carefully opened the swaddling clothes with his hands, and said with a smile: "Nian Yun, Nian Yun, I am my brother." ”

“……”

"Reading the ......"

He screamed for a long time, but the kid didn't respond, Nian Shen pouted and leaned over to kiss his face, Chang Qing was still admonishing: "Be lighter." ”

Nian Shen was still very obedient, and only gently touched the child's little face with his tender little mouth, looking at such a lovely scene, the old ministers around him couldn't help but show a faint smile, and Nangong Lizhu also smiled beside him: "The eldest prince is really a good brother who is friendly." ”

However, even though this brother was so friendly, the younger brother Nianyun still didn't react, and only after being kissed for a while, he stretched out his little hand and rubbed his face.

Shen Rou stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Highness, my younger brother just fed milk, and he is a little sleepy." I'll play with you later. ”

"Oh......"

Nian Shen stood on tiptoe and glanced at the child again, then he walked back with his head down, a little disappointed, Pei Yuanhao looked at him, but stretched out his big hand and stroked the back of his neck, smiling with a pleasant face, Chang Qing smiled and said: "The emperor should sit down first, don't let everyone stand." ”

"Well, everyone is seated."

Pei Yuanhao waved his hand, and all the ministers hurriedly bowed their heads and thanked him, he took the queen to the top and sat down, Nangong Lizhu and Shen Rou sat on both sides respectively, and also set up side seats for Xiao Nianshen and Nianyun's nurses.

And I stood behind Chang Qing, looking down, the hall was already a gathering of civil and military ministers, there were two ministers standing in front of each long table, the left hand below was full of military generals, the right hand below was the minister, the table was full of delicacies, the elixir and jade liquid were everything, and when the jade father-in-law waved his hand, the musicians on both sides of the hall immediately drummed and played the sheng, and the music was melodious.

When the emperor and several concubines sat down, the civil and military officials sat down together.

Fu Badai sat in the fourth seat under the right hand, and he was seated with Wu Yanqiu, the new science leader.

I was stunned, and my eyes fell on the side - Liu Qinghan was no longer serving behind him, and he didn't even sit with him, there was a separate one for him in the main hall, and another court official was seated with him.

What's going on?

Even if Pei Yuanhao attaches great importance to him now and lets him sit alone, he should be sitting with Fu Badai, how could it be-

Thinking back to the fact that he had just entered the main hall, he was standing alone, his face was cold, and the bruise on his forehead, my heart became more and more uneasy.

Even Chang Qing saw some clues, looked down, and looked at me again.

The people in the main hall also felt something and whispered one after another, but what shocked them was not only that Liu Qinghan did not sit with Fu Badai, but more importantly, in the third seat under the left hand, Shen Xiaokun, the squire of the military department, sat alone, and half of the seats on the table were vacant.

But the officials in the great hall can be counted, and there are no absentees.

Who is this position for?

I frowned, but found that the people in the hall all looked at the empty seat with a little puzzled look, and only the old god Fu Badai was sitting there with a wine glass and drank it directly.

After a long time, the sound of discussion became louder and louder, and at this moment, the voice of Yu Gonggong came from outside the door.

"The military department is still the book of Nangong Jinhong!"

The hall was silent for a moment, and then immediately erupted into a burst of exclamation.

Nangong Jinhong!

Called the military department of the military department who has been on leave for many years, Nangong Jinhong!

The courtiers below were shocked one by one, all of them were speechless, and the faces of the few people sitting in the first seat also changed greatly, Shen Gongyi's face turned blue for the first time, and he turned to look at Shen Xiaokun, the young soldier was also stunned, and he couldn't react at all.

Even Chang Qing and Chang Taishi were surprised for a while, but Taishi was the Taishi in the end, so he immediately calmed down, reached out and stroked his beard, and his eyes flashed, and he quickly disappeared under the gray eyebrows.

And at this time, I also suddenly understood something, and turned my head to look at Nangong Lizhu, who was sitting next to the emperor.

A faint smile appeared on her delicate face, although it was cold, it was still overwhelming.

So that's it......

No wonder before, she had always been faintly alienated from Pei Yuanhao, but that day she went out of the palace uncharacteristically to greet her, and she was also kind to the emperor, gentle and charming.

She is such a sterilized concubine, there is no hope in the harem, but the matter is related to her father, the dignified military department Shangshu, is another matter.

Anyway, not only her daughter is in her family, but there are other young people who can wait to be promoted, even if she can't have children, as long as the Nangong family does not fall and the relationship with the royal family has always been close, the future glory and wealth can continue from generation to generation!

At this time, hundreds of pairs of eyes in the main hall were looking at the sun, and Nangong Jinhong slowly walked in. He was dressed in a brocade robe, with a vigorous physique, although he was also old and had some wrinkles on his face, his eyebrows were clear, and he could see that he was also a beautiful man when he was young, otherwise he would not have such a stunning daughter.

Nangong Jinhong walked to the front of the main hall, knelt down, and said loudly: "The old minister greets the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Aiqing, let's get even."

Pei Yuanhao hurriedly raised his hand, Nangong Jinhong stood up, Pei Yuanhao looked at him in good spirits, and said with a smile: "Aiqing has been sick for the past two years, I am busy with state affairs, and I have never visited Aiqing, I don't know now-"

Nangong Jinhong hugged his fists and said: "Under the protection of the emperor, the old minister's injury has healed. ”

"Oh, that's good, that's good."

One of them is still talking, and the courtiers below are already fighting a hot lawsuit, but at this time, everyone's mind is only one - Shen Xiaokun's military squire is white!

Originally, the previous military aircraft cabinet had already divided more than half of the rights of the military department, and it was supervised by the household department in the name of review, and now Nangong Jinhong has eliminated his illness and returned to the court, so Shangshu is still Shangshu, and the waiter is still a waiter, but compared with the past waiter, the grade has been reduced by more than half.

Shen Xiaokun sat there, he was still young, he couldn't hold back when he was angry, his thick eyebrows were furrowed, his cheeks were slightly puffed up with a baby face, and the fingers holding the wine glass were constantly spasming, if he didn't control it, he was afraid that the wine glass would be crushed by him.

Shen Gongyi, who was sitting on the other side of him, was not having a good time, but the old minister was calm in the end, he stared at Nangong Jinhong for a while, and then raised his head to look at Shen Rou in the main hall.

Even if there is rouge gouache makeup, it can't hide Shen Rou's ugly face at this time, she couldn't hold her breath, turned her head viciously and glanced at Nangong Lizhu, a mouthful of silver teeth clucked, and she scolded in a low voice: "Slut!" ”

And Nangong Lizhu, I don't know if I heard it or felt it, turned his head and glanced at her, there was a smug smile in the corner of his eyes, he looked at her with a touch of contempt, and then lowered his head and took a sip of wine.

Shen Rou's face suddenly turned pale with anger.

In the eyes of their Shen family, this is the benefit that Nangong Lizhu Fox Meizi has gained by tempting the king.

It's just-

I raised my eyebrows and looked at Fu Badai, who was still there.

The only people in the court who could still look like usual were him and Qing Han, who was always indifferent and cold, but Qing Han was because he didn't care, and he-he came up with the idea, how could he be surprised?

Add another piece to the nail, it's really a good addition.

This piece, if it were someone else, might not dare to take it, but Nangong Jinhong - his daughter was originally Pei Yuanhao's favorite woman, and she had been favored by the harem for many years, but she was sterilized by Shen Rou from then on, but this hatred will make him come back without hesitation.

What's more, he said that he had completely given up his career in the past few years, and it could be seen from just one point that it was also a death of the heart, I would break with the emperor, and I would dare to say this kind of thing if I wanted to hurt each other with him, but Nangong Lizhu never went to a dead end with Pei Yuanhao, no matter how painful she was, she hated it, and the relationship with the emperor always left a trace of leeway, and there was also this reason to check and balance.

I looked at the scene in front of me, and somehow, I found it interesting and sad.

At this time, Pei Yuanhao had already raised his hand and said, "Lord Shangshu, take a seat." ”

"Thank you for the throne."

Nangong Jinhong saluted again, then turned around and walked to Shen Xiaokun and sat down, and after weighing it, several ministers around him immediately raised their glasses to congratulate him: "Congratulations to Lord Nangong on his recovery." ”

"Lord Nangong returned to the court, but the emperor's blessing, our luck!"

"In the future, I hope Lord Nangong will take care of it more."

Nangong Jinhong also raised his wine glass with a smile and said to the ministers around him, "Thank you, princess." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Shen Xiaokun, and said with a smile: "This must be Lord Taifu's virtuous nephew, the newly promoted martial champion, Lord Shen." ”

Shen Xiaokun endured a breath and stood up: "Lord Shangshu, the lower official has come to see you." ”

"Hahahaha, Lord Squire is really young and promising." Nangong Jinhong got up, turned his head to look at Shen Gongyi again, smiled meaningfully, and said, "Lord Shen, it's been a long time. ”

Shen Gongyi also smiled and walked over with a wine glass, and walked in front of him: "I didn't expect Lord Nangong's injuries to be cured, why don't you tell the old man, it's better to go and see Lord Nangong." ”

"Haha, it's not necessary, can't we see each other every day now?"

Shen Gongyi's face sank for a moment, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a little almost hideous smile, and said, "Yes, we are going to meet every day." Lord Nangong, what a luck, what a luck! ”

Nangong Jinhong also raised his glass towards him, the eyes of the two of them flashed with a few ruthlessness, but their faces were still full of smiles, and they drank a glass of wine together.

The appearance of Nangong Jinhong has completely changed the taste of this state banquet, and the drums are still as lively as before, but the undercurrent under this has already surpassed the roar of the music, and after Shen Gonghong drank this cup with him, several other old ministers also drank with Nangong Jinhong.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere was better.

Then, I saw Nangong Jinhong holding a glass of wine and walking in front of Fu Badai.

Fu Badai was still sitting there groping for food, but Wu Yanqiu next to him got up: "Lord Shangshu." ”

Nangong Jinhong only smiled and nodded, looked down at Fu Badai, and said with a smile: "This one is the sage of Shudi, the scholar of Jixian Palace, Mr. Fu Badai, right?" ”

Fu Badai listened, raised his head, and looked at him with a pair of eyes that were not focused: "Hmm? ”

Nangong Jinhong said: "I have heard the name of the virtuous for a long time. ”

"Oh, hehe, don't dare, don't dare."

Fu Badai stood up and drank a drink with him, and Nangong Jinhong said again: "I heard that Mr. Fu still has a tall foot, why don't you see it?" ”

When Fu Badai heard this, a sneer appeared on his face: "Gao Zu can't say it, it's just a disobedient student." ”

When I heard this, my heart sank again somehow. Qinghan originally sat asideside with an indifferent expression, and when he heard this, he slowly turned his face, his eyes were still as cold as ever, incompatible with the atmosphere in this hall, and he got up and walked over with good manners, and saluted Nangong Jinhong: "Xiaguan Liu Qinghan, I have seen Lord Shangshu." ”

"Hmm." Nangong Jinhong looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "During the period of recuperation, I also heard that you are a hero and a young man, bravely entering the Gongyuan to capture the thief, and the people of the capital all praise him, okay." ”

As soon as these words came out, some people around them changed their faces.

Shen Gongyi sat on the side and drank wine, hearing this, his eyes suddenly looked at that side with a prickly look, I clenched my sleeves a little nervously, but Qinghan didn't seem to know, and smiled politely: "Lord Xie Shangshu praises." ”

Nangong Jinhong raised his glass: "Come." ”

Qing Han glanced up at him, still smiling politely and detachedly: "My lord's forgiveness, the old illness has occurred in the past few days, and the doctor has explained that you can't drink alcohol, I hope your lord will forgive me." ”

As soon as he said this, the atmosphere on the field suddenly froze.

Nangong Jinhong's face also stiffened.

At the state banquet, it is already very inappropriate not to drink the toast, even if it is a person from the hostile faction camp, on the surface, it must be done for the emperor to show everyone, especially an official like Nangong Jinhong who is higher than him toasts to him, and he still doesn't drink it, which is already a crime of dereliction!

What the hell is going on with him?

From the very beginning, I felt that something was wrong with him, but at this time, it was not something wrong, but there was a problem, plus Fu Badai was his teacher, standing next to him, so even Fu Badai was wrong!

This is probably something that has never happened in the court.

Chang Qing sat on it, frowned slightly, looked back at me, and said in a low voice, "What's the matter with him?" ”

"I ...... I don't know ...... either."

I muttered, looking down with a little anxiety, and the people in the hall also stopped talking and laughing and toasting at this time, and looked at them, and suddenly all the voices fell silent.

At this moment, a strange sound suddenly came out from the upper seat of the main hall, and the nurse of the second prince was heard screaming at once.