Xia Yan always had a sneer on his face, and he didn't speak, and turned around and left directly.

Empress Dowager Dou looked at Ling Wei to the side and said, "Watch him go out..."

Lingwei nodded and followed.

Xia Yan walked to the door and said to Ling Wei, "Persuade the Queen Mother! I'm all getting old, don't provoke me with my own lack of interest! Otherwise, this time such a sensational birthday banquet will be the last time!"

Ling Wei didn't expect Xia Yan to say this so arrogantly.

"Are you threatening the Queen Mother?" Ling Wei said sharply to Xia Yan.

Xia Yan said arrogantly, "Of course not! It's a reminder!"

After speaking, Xia Yan left very arrogantly.

After Lingwei went back, she relayed Xia Yan's words just now to the Queen Mother.

Empress Dowager Dou was not angry, but smiled and said, "Are you sure he said that?"

"Queen Mother, he's so arrogant... Can you still laugh?" Lingwei spoke.

Empress Dowager Dou said, "If he is cautious, I should be on guard. However, looking at his performance after he came back, there should be something wrong with his brain! For more than ten years of slave-like life, no one can endure it... I'm afraid he'll be killed by the ministers before he can touch me."

...

In the past two days, Lu Qian has inspected the entire venue.

After confirming that there was no problem, I asked all the dance teams to go to the live rehearsal.

Lu Qian is confident that this birthday banquet he held, not to mention that there will be no one to come.

However, it is certainly unprecedented!

He was busy until he went back in the evening and found Zhang Bao waiting for him.

"Zhang Leopard, is there something wrong?" Lu Qian looked at Zhang Leopard's appearance and said.

Zhang Bao said to Lu Qian, "Mr. Lu, there is nothing wrong with your birthday banquet."

Looking at his solemn face, it was obvious that something was wrong.

Lu Qian turned to Zhang Bao and asked, "Everything is normal over there. What's wrong, is something wrong?"

Zhang Bao said with a bitter face, "I can't say it either... Something is going to happen! The Second Highness said that the Queen Mother's birthday is imminent, so he will take command of the forbidden army! Originally, I did the defense! They all made changes! Your Majesty agreed!"

"You've been deposed?" Lu Qian was really a little surprised.

Zhang Leopard shook his head with a bitter face and said, "Sort of! The day after tomorrow is the birthday party! I feel like Xia Yan didn't hold back any good fart... Anyway, I can't help it. I just went out to get out of the limelight... I'll tell you before I come, be careful yourself..."

Lu Qian nodded and said, "Brother Zhang, thank you!" By the way, please go out and let Nie Bing enter the palace once."

Zhang Leopard nodded understandingly.

Something will definitely happen on the day of the birthday banquet, but he doesn't know which play the emperor and Xia Yan are singing.

...

Lu Qian really couldn't see through it for a while.

I went to Gao Weixin first, wanting to ask him if he knew.

However, Gao Weixin is not clear.

Whatever their father and son said, even he carried it on his back.

But Gao Weixin is sure that the two of them must be plotting a big thing.

As for what the big thing is, Gao Weixin is not clear.

I didn't get any news from Gao Weixin's side.

I had to go back to Kunning Palace and follow the Queen Mother to tell me about the matter.

Empress Dowager Dou smiled and said with disdain on her face, "Their poor father and son can only control these forces. I thought that Xia Yan's wolf cub was back, so I wanted to give him a credit. As long as the birthday can be carried out safely and smoothly, then it is a credit. The emperor can reward Xia Yan..."

After hearing this, Lu Qian also felt that this was in line with Xia Jiuyuan's way of behaving!

But I still persuaded him.

After all, he knew that Xia Jiuyuan would die tomorrow.

At that time, as soon as Xia Jiuyuan died, Zhang Bao was no more, and the entire forbidden army was controlled by Xia Yan.

Xia Yan can control the palace in the shortest possible time.

This is what Lu Qian does not want to see.

Empress Dowager Dou nodded in agreement.

...

After returning to his residence, Lu Qian found that Yuli had gone to bed early...

I asked the eunuch and the palace maid, and they said that they had asked the imperial doctor to come and see it.

It is said that Yuli may have been frightened and prescribed a calming prescription.

"Frightened? Has anyone been here?" Lu Qian asked.

They shook their heads, but Xia Yan came to the Queen Mother.

Concubine Li saw it, but Xia Yan didn't come over.

Later, after a while, Concubine Li said that she was unwell...

Lu Qian became more and more suspicious after hearing this.

What is the intersection between him and Xia Yan, even a glance at it will be scared like this...

The next day, Yuli woke up.

The complexion is much better.

Lu Qian asked Yu Li tentatively, but Yu Li didn't mention Xia Yan a word.

I just said, I don't know why I suddenly felt unwell.

Lu Qian knew that Yu Li must have something to hide.

However, there must be a reason for not saying it...

...

In the morning, Nie Bing entered the palace to find Lu Qian.

Lu Qian still didn't worry about Concubine Li, so he asked Nie Bing to protect Concubine Li.

Lu Qian did the last inspection, and the fireworks were also placed in the designated place.

Just as he was checking the fireworks, Lu Qian was a little surprised to see Zhang Bao coming again.

"Aren't you deposed?" Lu Qian asked him in some surprise.

Zhang Bao said to Lu Qian, "Brother Lu, didn't you help me speak well in front of the Queen Mother?"

Lu Qian suddenly realized, it seems that he reminded the Empress Dowager Dou last night. Empress Dowager Dou also listened.

Zhang Bao opened his mouth to explain that it was His Majesty who was looking for the Queen Mother, and said that it was the safety of the birthday banquet and should not be underestimated.

After all, Xia Yan had just come back, and let Zhang Bao come back to continue to be in charge of the commander of the forbidden army, and Xia Yan was Zhang Bao's top boss.

In this way, thanks to Xia Yan, the safety of the imperial city can also be guaranteed!

With Zhang Leopard here, Lu Qian also felt as if he had taken a reassuring pill.

...

Following

The birthday banquet was held as scheduled.

Lu Qian arrived in the hall where the birthday banquet was held early.

The Manchu civil and military also arrived early.

The envoys of various nations also followed.

The banquet began at noon.

Zhang Bao arranged a lot of forbidden troops around the entire venue.

Even the seat of the emperor and the Empress Dowager Dou's residence has a special forbidden army.

Looking at such security, Lu Qian couldn't help but be a little worried, whether those assassins could succeed...

This birthday banquet is definitely the grandest banquet.

The courtiers also greeted each other with their hands.

The concubines from all the palaces were also present.

Lu Qian really took a fancy to a few concubines with good looks.

Just as I was looking around.

Lu Qian saw that Yuli and Shuyang were also coming, and Nie Bing followed closely behind, looking around vigilantly.

Seeing this, Lu Qian just wanted to step forward to say hello.

However, I don't know where Xia Yan came out of nowhere, directly blocking Concubine Li's way.

After Concubine Li saw Xia Yan, she obviously felt a little flustered.

"Concubine Li, it's really hard for me to see you... I knew you would definitely show up today..." Xia Yan said to Concubine Li with a smirk.

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