In the blink of an eye, it is another year, the day of Empress Dowager Wei's birthday.

It is not a whole year's birthday, but the Empress Dowager Wei is still determined to hold a banquet to celebrate, of course, it is still proposed by the little emperor, the "filial son", the Empress Dowager Wei repeatedly refused, but could not stop the filial piety of the Son of Heaven, for seven days, Chang'an City was lit up with lights, Mo said that the officials of various prefectures and counties entered Beijing to celebrate the birthday of the rather spectacular procession, even the city and the common people, but also under the organization of the fang officials, kneeling in front of the palace gate in batches to congratulate the Queen Mother Chitose.

Different from previous years, this year, the Queen Mother's Qianqiu Banquet, the three foreign kings occupied important seats, the Queen Mother treated them extremely politely, and the King of Shu, the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was defeated by the three foreign kings.

After the main banquet, as usual, they have to go to the palace to drink and enjoy themselves, because the queen mother has been listening to politics for many years, and there is no need to separate the table for men and women, so most of the married men sit with their wives, such as He Qing and Liu Jiuniang, and the seats are set by the children of the clan.

He Qing is the same as He Ji, although the filial piety period in September has expired and can attend the banquet, but after all, the head of the family is still mourning, of course, they can't laugh like the rest, only the Empress Dowager Wei's Qianqiu banquet can't be pushed back in any way, so she has to attend today, but whether He Qing or Liu Jiuniang, it is obviously incompatible with the festive and lively atmosphere.

Grandfather and uncle died one after another, although He Qing as a grandson and nephew only served Qi decline for one year, and the practice in the Great Zhou was September, but He Qing knew the real cause of death of the two relatives in his heart, and the grief and anger in his heart would certainly not disappear because the mourning period was over, and he was forced to attend the banquet was already unwilling, and where could he talk and laugh freely.

Fortunately, except for his brother, he is a cousin, and he is in a similar mood to him, just sitting down, and no one needs to entertain anyone.

Liu Jiuniang was also glad that Yang's nephew and daughter-in-law were sitting in front of the Queen Mother on behalf of Princess Yu because of the princess of King Yu, when King Yu and his wife were still in the filial piety period, and she was far away from her, which allowed her to avoid being ridiculed again.

However, the tranquility of He Qing and his wife did not last long, because several sons of King Tiele took turns to fight, and for some reason they became entangled with He Qing, forcing them to stagger and stagger, He Qing's wine was not good, and he was in a very depressed mood, and he was a little discouraged after a few drinks, but no matter how politely he declined, the other party still did not give up, and He Qing was angry even if he had no quarrel with the world.

Liu Jiuniang reminded in a whisper: "Don't let the Queen Mother see that her husband is sad and angry, let alone have a dispute with King Tiele's family, if your husband is a little impulsive, it will bring disaster to the family." ”

He Qing's eldest brother bowed his head at Liu Jiuniang very gratefully, and also advised his younger brother: "You must be patient." ”

When the sons of King Tiele came over to persuade him again, although He Qing was not angry, he didn't want to drink anymore anyway, and only said that he was "not strong enough to drink, and he was willing to bow to the wind", but even so, it also made several sons of the Baye clan angry, especially the prince of King Tiele, who actually made a loud noise: "Isn't it that He Lang relies on you as the son of the clan, so he looks down on me and waits?" ”

Suddenly heard a coquettish voice again: "Why do my brothers bully their own people, even I can't look past it." ”

I saw that Baye Zhen came here, with naturally curly brown hair, wearing a red and gold embroidered beard suit, those eyes that were obviously deeper than those of Han women, containing a clear teasing, not only He Qing immediately avoided his eyes, but even his brothers also turned their cheeks away.

Of course, this made Baye really full of enthusiasm cold, but it was not her temperament to stop fighting, so she still sat down generously: "Don't blame He Lang, we Tiele people have always been straightforward, and we don't have those polite etiquette, the brothers want to make friends with He Lang, but in our grassland, we have always met friends with wine." ”

After speaking, he still stared at He Qing directly, and only pulled the eldest brother's robe heavily with his hand.

So the prince of Tiele eased his indignant expression: "It's me who is reckless, Don't be surprised by He Lang." ”

He Qing had no choice but to socialize: "I don't blame you, but I really can't drink more today." ”

From beginning to end, I didn't pay attention to Bano Makoto.

Baye was really angry, but he didn't rush at He Qing, but only at Liu Jiuniang, who was silent from beginning to end: "It is said that Liu Niangzi was born in a famous family and is bright and square, but how do I think it doesn't match the name." ”

Jiuniang smiled slightly: "Yi Chuan has a saying, Fang uses similar aggregates to divide into groups, I am very different from the county lord in temperament, it is inevitable that words are not speculative, even so, I still feel that the county lord is not straightforward, so he is not disdainful." ”

Such "profound" words are completely out of the scope of Bayo's true understanding, and she can't even hear the good or bad, at this time Jiuniang's eldest sister-in-law Li Shi smiled slightly: "We don't blame Baye Langjun for being reckless, but also understand the county lord's kindness, there is no suspicion, and we also invite Langjun and the county lord to return to their seats, so as not to cause misunderstanding by others, it will be against the county lord's goodwill." ”

Ba Ye Zhen originally raised her eyebrows and wanted to attack immediately, but she also realized that the hostile and defensive eyes of the Lang Jun around her, especially He Qing, who ignored her at first, also stared coldly at this moment, and she immediately understood, although she was extremely unwilling, but the competitiveness of the women of the Great Zhou prevailed, so she had to pretend to smile generously, and pretended to be polite with Liu Jiuniang and her concubines, and returned to her seat with a disgraced face.

But Ba Ye Zhen can't figure it out anyway, compared to her identity, of course, she, the county lord, is more noble than Liu Jiuniang, the daughter of a courtier, and in terms of appearance, she is also more charming and charming than Liu Jiuniang, why He Qing doesn't even want to glance at him, except for angry eyes!

In addition to being angry, it happened that Xie Ying passed by, and Ba Ye Zhen grabbed his friend: "It is said that you Han girls have learned the art of foxes, what kind of demon method is it?" ”

Although the volume of these words was loud, fortunately, Baye was really close to the Queen Mother, and it was not so high-pitched and deafening in the sound of piano music and laughter, Xie Ying immediately pulled her away more than ten steps, and then persuaded: "But I was squeezed by the ninth cousin?" County Lord, you don't want to think about it, you have affection for her husband in front of people, according to the temperament of my ninth cousin, I will never give you a good face, and I blame me for not telling you how powerful the ninth cousin is, but I really can't be idle today......"

"I just want to know what's so good about your cousin that she dares to be so arrogant!"

These words happened to be heard by the maidservants brought into the palace by the Yang family today, Xie Ying met her eyes, and smiled to comfort Ba Yezhen: "Ninth sister grandmother, even the queen mother has to call Sister A, naturally have that confidence, county lord, today is the queen mother's banquet, even if you are angry, you have to endure it first." ”

couldn't help but break up and got rid of Bano Zhen, and still returned to the Queen Mother to please and flatter.

Today's many guests, although the vast majority of them are not qualified to let the maid follow, the princess, the princess and so on are exceptions, the Yang family's "henchman" maid "coincidentally" heard the conversation between Xie Ying and Baye, and hurriedly secretly informed the Yang family, and tried her best to instigate: "The princess, the lord of Tiele, clearly took a fancy to Shilang, so he was dissatisfied with Liu Niangzi, the princess might as well take this opportunity to intensify the contradiction between Liu Niangzi and the county lord, and now the queen mother is accommodating to the county lord of Tiele, and she will definitely punish Liu Niangzi." ”

Hearing that Ba Ye really dared to covet He Qing, the Yang family was originally angry, but as soon as he was reminded by the words of his henchman, he immediately turned his anger into joy.

But this is not the case, if these two women can be inspired to quarrel at the Queen Mother's Qianqiu banquet, the Queen Mother will definitely punish Liu Jiuniang severely, and maybe she will be abandoned!

Although Yang knows that it is impossible to marry He Qing again in this life, but she just doesn't like the eyes He Qing and Liu Jiuniang Qin Se are harmonious and respectful, if Liu Jiuniang is convicted and even suspended, of course He Qing will not accept the initiator Ba Ye Zhen, then she will have the opportunity to comfort and persuade, maybe she will be able to impress He Qing, even if there is no husband and wife, as long as there is a skin kiss, she will not be in love all these years.

Even if He Qing was unwilling to accept her, in the end, there was still a great chance to eradicate Liu Jiuniang's thorn in the eye, and the Yang family was burned by the surging jealousy, so she immediately decided to seize this rare opportunity.

Jealousy makes one crazy, let alone someone who is both jealous and stupid.

Therefore, the Yang clan almost immediately stopped flattering the Empress Dowager, and instead deliberately approached Bano Zhen.

"County lord, the concubine body seems to have left an opinion earlier, the county lord and the tenth aunt seem to have a quarrel, the county lord must not take it to heart, the concubine and the tenth aunt have always been arrogant, and they don't know much about etiquette, the concubine apologizes on behalf of the tenth aunt, and hopes that the county lord will forgive."