The eldest princess of Xiangyang is the eldest daughter of the first emperor.

Your Majesty's eldest sister.

At her birthday banquet, most of the magnates in the entire Yujing City will come to congratulate.

Qi Mingyue dressed up early in the morning and followed Mrs. Zheng to the eldest princess's mansion for a banquet.

I don't know if it's because she went out today, her complexion looks much better.

This made Mrs. Zheng's mood a little better, and when she met Xu Manjin who was waiting for them outside the eldest princess's mansion, she became a little more loving.

Xu Manjin has been keeping filial piety at home for the past few years and can't go out, so this is the first time he has seen Qi Rongxuan's biological sister Qi Mingyue after learning about the true and false daughter's incident.

It's really a beauty that I feel sorry for.

Xu Manjin was not particularly enthusiastic, but greeted him generously and handed over the meeting gift.

"The first time I saw my sister, this is a sachet embroidered by my own hands, I hope my sister will not dislike it."

"Sister Xu is too polite, I often hear my eldest brother mention my sister, but I look forward to my sister marrying in every day, and someone can talk to me." Qi Mingyue looked familiar, and affectionately grabbed Xu Manjin's arm, as if she really liked this future sister-in-law.

Xu Manjin was a little uncomfortable, she didn't expect Qi Mingyue to be so enthusiastic.

She only heard Qi Rongxuan say that she was frail and sickly, and thought she would be a squeamish little girl.

Just thinking of Qi Wan, her heart dimmed a little more.

Qi Wan's death was a sensation back then, and there were all kinds of rumors, some said that he was forced to death by the Qi family, some said that the daughter retrieved by the Qi family was actually a goblin who ate Qi Wan's heart, and it was also said that Qi Wan's palace banquet angered His Majesty and jumped the cloud light platform, and everyone had different opinions. She asked Qi Rongxuan many times, but Qi Rongxuan avoided talking about it.

Xu Manjin restrained the emotions in his heart, pretended to be indifferent, smiled generously and brightly, and followed Mrs. Zheng into the eldest princess's mansion.

Qi Mingyue was holding Xu Manjin's arm all the way, talking to her in a coquettish voice, Xu Manjin responded seriously, neither perfunctory nor overly enthusiastic.

The corners of Qi Mingyue's lips drooped for a moment, and then raised again.

It's really annoying, she is so enthusiastic to please her, but she doesn't know what to do.

The group was led by the grandmother of the eldest princess's mansion to meet the eldest princess of Xiangyang, and unexpectedly, the eldest princess of Xiangyang, who was originally a close friend of Mrs. Zheng, was not very enthusiastic about Mrs. Zheng, nodded her head very casually, and asked people to sit down, without even looking at Mrs. Zheng's ceremony.

Mrs. Zheng was slightly embarrassed to be treated coldly like this, but she didn't say anything, and took Qi Mingyue and Xu Manjin to sit down.

No matter how stupid Qi Mingyue is, she can see that the eldest princess of Xiangyang doesn't like them.

She also remembered that in the past few years, the two families have rarely moved, although she followed Mrs. Zheng to meet the eldest princess of Xiangyang at other banquets, but she did not say hello.

She couldn't help but pull Mrs. Zheng's sleeve, leaned over and whispered, "Mother, isn't the eldest princess close to our family?" She doesn't seem to like me very much......"

She noticed that the eldest princess seemed to be a little disgusted when her gaze swept over her just now.

Mrs. Zheng's face changed, and she raised her finger and tapped her head: "Don't think nonsense, there are many people and things today, you will stay with your sister Xu later, don't walk around, understand?" ”

Qi Mingyue responded with a well-behaved face: "I know, don't worry." ”

While the two were talking, Lian Jinchen and cousins from several clans also walked in to send congratulatory gifts to the eldest princess, Qi Mingyue saw Lian Jinchen, her eyes first lit up, and then a touch of gloom floated.

When Lian Jinchen looked at her, her eyes were red and her eyes drooped.

At this moment, a report came from outside,

"The imperial concubine has arrived!"

Qi Mingyue's face turned pale subconsciously, and she accidentally touched the wine glass in her hand, and the wine spilled on her skirt.

"What's wrong?"

Mrs. Zheng and Xu Manjin, who were sitting next to her, noticed it and immediately looked at her with concern.

Qi Mingyue grabbed Mrs. Zheng's wrist, and her heart beat a little hard.

The circles under the eyes are redder.

She didn't understand, why did the green tree just want to be ghosted?

Since the appearance of Qingqi, her life has begun to become a mess, but why can't she be avoided anywhere?

Qi Mingyue's aggrieved eyes were wet.

"What's wrong, Yue'er? Is it unwell? Mother asked someone to send you to rest, and I'll send you home later, okay? Mrs. Zheng hurriedly grabbed her hand and coaxed softly.

Xu Manjin also knew that Qi Rongxuan's sister was not in good health, so he also said, "Yes, if my sister is not feeling well, I will accompany you to rest for a while, just change your clothes." ”

The glass of wine that Qi Mingyue had just knocked over was poured directly on her skirt, she was wearing an orange-yellow skirt with a soft yellow smoke gauze layered, and now it was wet and a big piece was very conspicuous.

"What Jin Niang said is, Yue'er, can you go with Jin Niang to change clothes first?" Madame Zheng also saw her skirt and told the maid to fetch the spare clothes from the carriage.

Qi Mingyue didn't want Mrs. Zheng to see Qingqi, but she also knew that it was unavoidable, so she could only nod and say gratefully to Xu Manjin: "Trouble Sister Xu." ”

"No trouble." Xu Manjin intimately helped her up, and the two followed the maid to the side door.

When I was about to reach the door, I heard a slight vibration from the main door, and many people in the hall were inhaling gently.

Xu Manjin glanced curiously in the direction of the door, and saw a tall girl enter the door, not seeing her face clearly, but seeing the majestic white tiger that followed her in.

She was startled, afraid that Qi Mingyue would be frightened, so she hurriedly helped Qi Mingyue to go out, and whispered, "Your Majesty really loves this prince of the county, and even went out to perish!" ”

Qi Mingyue thought of the white tiger, her face turned pale again, and after the two of them went out, she couldn't help asking, "Sister Xu has also seen His Majesty's pet?" ”

Xu Manjin nodded: "I haven't gone out at home in the past few years, but I have seen less, I have seen it a few times in the past few years, once it was a foreign envoy who entered Beijing, and he was not very rude and made trouble in Beijing, Ji Zhangyin came out with perdition, and the extinction directly tore up all the dozen or so messengers who made trouble in that line on the street, it was really torn, and the streets were full of blood......

Xu Manjin took a light breath, as if recalling something terrible, his voice trembled slightly, "I was in a treasure shop on the street at the time, and blood was splashed on the threshold. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, seeing Qi Mingyue's face pale, she hurriedly comforted and said: "This is all in the past, not only has it perished over the years, even Your Majesty, it seems that his temper has improved a lot, seven or eight years ago, that was ......"

As soon as Xu Manjin spoke, he hurriedly stopped the topic, "What I told you to do is in the past, don't be afraid, this is the eldest princess's mansion, Your Majesty still respects this eldest sister, and nothing terrible will happen." ”

She herself felt that this was false, how could His Majesty be a person who would respect others? She didn't finish her words just now, and after destroying and tearing up those messengers, His Majesty felt that the other party was too annoying, so he directly led people to cut down all the young and middle-aged people of that tribe and burned them on the spot.

That is, His Majesty's bloody methods, he has been on the throne for more than 20 years, and Xiliang can be so stable.

So she doesn't know what the impression of the whole Xiliang is on His Majesty, but for the people of Yujing, His Majesty is a respectful and feared existence, and some people privately say that His Majesty is the reincarnation of the son of gods and demons, half gods and half demons.

Xu Manjin was quite curious about what a lonely woman like him would be.

Isn't that a pro-county lord particularly beautiful?

It's a bit of a pity I didn't see it.

I don't know if I'll be able to see it in a while

Xu Manjin's mind was a little off, and he didn't notice the darkness in Qi Mingyue's eyes for a while.

In the banquet hall, Lian Jinchen noticed Qi Mingyue leaving and breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't know why, but he didn't want Qi Mingyue and Qingqi to appear at the same time.

After the male guest sent the congratulatory gift, he was supposed to leave, but with that announcement, his cousins all stopped their steps together, and looked towards the door together, all curious about what the favorite concubine who could make His Majesty's pet accompany him looked like.

It wasn't until the green tree walked in under the gaze of dozens of pairs of eyes that the entire banquet hall suddenly heard a quiet needle drop.

"Evening—"

Mrs. Zheng stood up in a gaffe and overturned the low table in front of her.

Drinks and snacks were scattered all over the floor.

Tumbling down at the feet of the green tree.