At noon on the second day, Jiang Rao was called to the study.

When she pushed the door in, she found the room looming with sandalwood on the tip of her nose.

She instantly understood Rong Yan's current mood, and he would only ask the maid to burn incense when he encountered troubles.

Jiang Rao walked to the table and noticed the wisps of smoke from the golden incense burner on the table, she bowed her head and saluted, "Your Highness, what's the matter?"

Rong Yan rubbed his eyebrows, "Auntie, you sit down first."

After a pause, he spoke, "Today, in the early days of the court, a minister mentioned that the third emperor's younger brother has reached the age of weak crowns, and he will return to the palace in two days, and there will be a palace banquet at that time."

"Now the main hall and the fourth brother are in the midst of a confrontation......

Jiang Rao rolled up a faint smile on her face, but her eyes deepened and did not appear in the shadow hidden by her long eyelashes, she said, "Your Highness is afraid that the three princes will become an obstacle, right?"

He guessed right, for them, Rong Tian was indeed an obstacle.

Hearing this, Rong Yan nodded.

Although his third emperor brother had been staying in Pujue Temple, his father's mood was obviously wrong when the minister mentioned him to his father today.

also deliberately arranged the grand operation of the palace banquet, which is definitely problematic.

Before, when he was young, his mother also said that Rong Tian's mother concubine was very popular because of his father's favor at that time, and later the fragrance disappeared, and Rong Tian was weak and sick, so he went to Pujue Temple to raise.

I don't know much about him over the years, and if you don't know anything about that person, you can also ......

"Your Highness."

Rong Yan came back to his senses from his troubled thoughts, and unconsciously raised his eyes to look at her.

Jiang Rao continued to speak, "Now Your Highness doesn't have to think too much, you'll see it at the palace banquet."

The man stared at her without speaking, just nodded noncommittally.

……

Two days passed quickly, and Xie Shuning could only say to the outside world because of his hair, "I can't go because of my physical condition".

Jiang Rao followed Rong Yan as a "favorite concubine", after all, she was like this in the eyes of Rong Ci and others.

Moreover, this identity is more conducive to her errands.

The place of the palace banquet is next to the Changting Pond, the corridor twists and turns, bypasses the little verdant Yongdao, passes the flower carving door, it is the Changting Pond.

The Changting Pond ripples with microwaves, overflowing with a little bright light, encompassing the quiet attic on the shore along with the full view. The splendid pavilion was surrounded by pond water, and the duckweed was all over the ground, green and clear.

At this moment, men and women are not seated separately, but on both sides.

When the two of them arrived, they couldn't be closer, only the emperor and queen and the protagonist, Jiang Rao and Rong Yan sat together.

An empty space to her left was Rong Ci, who seemed to notice her gaze.

The man looked at her with a hint of meaning in his eyes.

Rong Yan noticed his gaze when he rolled his eyes, glanced at the girl beside him, pretending not to know the relationship between the two, and took the initiative to speak, "I wonder what happened to the fourth brother looking at the emperor's aunt?"

As he spoke, his left hand naturally grabbed Jiang Rao's hand on the table.

Rong Yan clearly felt the girl stiffen and then relaxed, and the warm and soft touch in his hand made his mind move slightly.

The corners of his mouth rose unconsciously.

Rong Ci noticed his movements, his eyes were slightly deep, but he didn't expect his meticulous work to be so good.

The smile on his face also became stronger, and he replied, "Naturally, I think that the royal brother is a good match with the beautiful woman around him, and the imperial brother is a little envious......

The two talked a few more words.

Jiang Rao just raised her eyebrows, not caring about the insinuations between the two words.

The next moment, I heard "The Third Prince has arrived—"

For a while, the family clans, *** ministers, and the female dependents they were carrying who were eligible to come to the banquet all looked sideways.

The man was dressed in white, with a clear face, and although there was no black hair on his head, he showed a gentle temperament.

Such as Zhilan jade tree, the light wind and the moon.

I don't know if it's Jiang Rao's delusion, she felt the man's gaze glance for a moment, and then landed steadily on her ......

on the table.