Twilight flew back to the Yuehua Palace, passing by General Xiao's position and couldn't help but glance at Ling Zhiqiao, only to see Ling Zhiqiao smiling stupidly at him with a maid's head.

Twilight Yunfei couldn't hold back the numbness and quickly withdrew his gaze and returned to the prince's dragon seat, hoping that the wish he had just made would be fulfilled immediately.

Song Siyan completed the most important step in the blessing banquet, and also relaxed a little, and then preached loudly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince prays for blessings to the world, blesses the people, and congratulates His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

The hundreds of officials then raised their glasses and said in unison: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Congratulations to His Majesty the Emperor, and the Empress Mother!" ”

The crown prince Du Yunfei also picked up the wine glass on the table and symbolically gestured to the hundred officials.

Although Empress Jiang was very happy, the thing she dreamed of was one step closer, but she always felt a little uneasy, after she canonized Mu Yunfei, why did the second prince and His Majesty the Emperor have no intention of competing at all, could it be that Du Yunhan willingly gave up the position of the monarch? Just so plainly went along with her wishes, as if there was always something wrong? ”

Empress Jiang flicked her fingers on the table, to be honest, that wild girl did look more compatible with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince than Xiao Qinxue.

Jiang Qingyun got up and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, the Empress Mother, the old minister specially offered a jade Ruyi as a gift to the new crown princess!" ”

His Majesty the Emperor nodded and said: "The prime minister has a heart, and after a while, when the decree is announced, the prime minister will give the jade Ruyi directly to the crown princess, the queen, then hurry up and announce it!" Are all the secretaries waiting? ”

The queen smiled slightly and said slowly: "Everyone, you are more anxious than this palace, Lady Song, you can announce it!" ”

Song Siyan took the edict handed to her by the queen mother, and stood at the front of the Yuehua Palace, as the edict slowly opened, Song Siyan was slightly surprised, she swallowed her saliva before slowly preaching in an elegant voice: "The emperor's grace is vast, Xiao Qinxue of the General's Mansion is virtuous and dignified, and won the first place in the selection examination, so he was canonized as a candidate for the crown princess." ”

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In fact, even if you don't announce this decree, the officials also know that this daughter of General Xiao's family is the most beautiful in the capital, although now let another daughter compare, but it is also a sure thing, they all thought that Song Siyan had finished reading it, and they were ready to start congratulating General Xiao!

Xiao Qinxue's heart was like a blooming flower, and she couldn't wait to stand up and receive her will.

The little eunuch Jin Gui'er pouted behind Ling Zhiqiao and thought to herself, a blind person can see that Miss Ling is a hundred times stronger than that Second Miss Xiao, if she is in love with His Royal Highness, how can she let Miss Xiao Er get the scenery.

Twilight Yunhan was also a little relieved when he heard this, but he looked at the demeanor of this Song female official, and it seemed that he still had something to say.

Just when the crown prince Du Yunfei was extremely disappointed and felt that the blessing just now was not effective at all, Song Siyan cleared his voice and continued to preach: "Although Ling Zhiqiao, the daughter of the General's Mansion, failed in the selection examination, she is clever and smart, and she is also deeply admired by His Royal Highness the Prince, so she is temporarily the crown princess's alternative. You need to study the etiquette in the palace with Xiao Qinxue until the prince's wedding, and the prince will finally decide who is the crown princess.

Song Siyan felt that this edict was probably the longest since the founding of the dynasty, she read it a little dry, and she felt ridiculous in her heart, which one to choose, the queen mother did this, didn't she deliberately rectify Ling Zhiqiao? This also made Miss Ling marry or not. ”

Where did Twilight Yunfei think that the queen mother's hand was exposed like this, although Xiao Qinxue was the right choice, but the queen mother's intention was equivalent to trapping Ling Zhiqiao by his side and trapped in the palace, and Twilight Yunfei was happy in his heart.

And Du Yunhan's face was about to turn green, he went to see his father's reaction, but he didn't see anything, it's right to think about it, his father can't say anything at this time, how can an emperor who can pretend to be stunned argue with the queen mother in front of hundreds of officials on the issue of choosing the crown princess, it is simply impossible. ”

Song Siyan looked at General Xiao's seat, smiled and asked, "The two girls from the General's Mansion are not up to thank you!" ”

Xiao Qian's face was also the same as Du Yunhan, it was about to turn green, but Ling Zhiqiao didn't care too much, she was just an alternative, much better than expected, and she could enter the Tai Womb, why not?

Xiao Qinxue had already stood up and was about to go down just now, but after listening to Yi's decree, she really didn't understand what the queen mother meant? Obviously, the one who chose was himself, why did he put a Ling Zhiqiao by his side?

But there is no way for her to be reluctant? He could only get up and walk to the center of the main hall, and Ling Zhiqiao also walked out, standing side by side with Xiao Qinxue.

"The courtier Xiao Qinxue is grateful! The courtier, Ling Zhiqiao, received the order and thanked her! The two of them knelt down and clasped their heads in thanks.

Doctor Yu Shi sat at General Xiao's table, their family had a tense face, and their faces were quite ugly, Li Tingfeng thought to himself, what is wrong with His Majesty the Emperor now? Choosing a crown princess is also like this, let the queen mother mess around, and make an alternative, just don't say that they will be admitted to the womb together, pity my goddaughter, I should really remind General Xiao.

After Jiang Qingyun listened to Yizhi, he suddenly remembered that the queen mother had told him about Ling Zhiqiao's suspicious identity, and if he looked at it carefully, it didn't look like Xiao Mengzhi, it turned out that the sense of familiarity was because of this reason.

Jiang Dawei also had a straight face, he would rather Ling Zhiqiao and His Second Highness now than let the crown prince Du Yunfei take advantage, which clearly showed his own sister, and he didn't want to help him at the beginning.

All the people were thinking about their own thoughts in their hearts, but the scene was much colder than just now, and Han Li didn't dare to ridicule His Royal Highness, but he was afraid that His Royal Highness would rush to His Majesty the Emperor right now.

After Xiao Qinxue and Ling Zhiqiao got up, Empress Jiang stopped tapping her fingers on the table, and said with a soft smile in her voice: "Xiao Qinxue, you are the first place in the selection examination that you deserve, although this palace takes Ling Zhiqiao as an alternative, it does not have any objections to your position as the crown princess, I hope you understand?" ”

Xiao Qinxue hurriedly replied: "Qin Xue understands, if she obeys the teachings of the queen, she will definitely study the etiquette in the palace and assist His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Empress Jiang nodded in approval, and then she said to Ling Zhiqiao: "Ling Zhiqiao, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a little admiration for you, you also have to be vigilant every day, and you need to accompany Xiao Qinxue to study etiquette every day and do your part, can you do it?"

Ling Zhiqiao pursed her lips and replied with a smile: "Queen Mother, Qiao'er will be vigilant every day, but Niangniang, what you just said about accompanying Xiao Qinxue to study etiquette every day, Qiao'er only feels that what you are talking about should be what the maid does, and Qiao'er can't do the girl's duty, but this reserve member, Qiao'er can still do it!" ”

After listening to this, the hundred officials were all amused by Ling Zhiqiao's words about the maid's duty.

"You say, prepare, prepare, prepare, prepare?" The queen mother said a little angrily.

Ling Zhiqiao replied solemnly: "Queen Mother, the courtier is talking about the reserve team, that is, the alternate candidate, that is, the candidate for the crown princess mentioned in the Yi Zhi, Qiao Er will definitely do a good job of the alternative, as for the maid's work, she can only let the maid do it, presumably His Royal Highness the prince also doesn't want the alternate princess to be an escort!"

After Ling Zhiqiao finished speaking, she deliberately raised her head and smiled affectionately at Twilight Yunfei, this smile was something that some people were happy to see, and some people were going crazy when they saw it.

If Twilight Yunhan was by Ling Zhiqiao's side at this time, Han Li believed that he would definitely grab Ling Zhiqiao's neck and throw her out of the Yuehua Palace, and the farther away he could, the better.

Yang Xiao, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Zhou Ruming, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, were sitting at the table, and the two of them were also the candidates of the princess with the maid's hair, and they were so amused that they secretly laughed, this Ling Zhiqiao They had already heard the cocoon in their daughter's mouth, but what they didn't expect was that the daughter of the General's Mansion really lived up to her name, and it was beyond their imagination.

Let's ask who dares to slap the queen mother in person, and the queen mother is speechless, today is really an eye-opener, Zhou Yunyan and Yang Qian are also admired, although they are very angry at this edict, but they can only wait for the end of the blessing banquet to know Sister Qiao's thoughts.

The crown prince Du Yunfei squinted at Empress Jiang, his mother's face was obviously very angry, and his cheeks seemed to be grinding his teeth, and he immediately said to His Majesty the Emperor: "Father, Miss Ling is straightforward, she doesn't mean to rebel against her mother. ”

Of course, His Majesty the Emperor understood that he was afraid that Ling Zhiqiao would offend the Empress and wanted him to come forward to relieve the siege.

In fact, even if Du Yunfei didn't say so, His Majesty the Emperor wouldn't let the Empress do anything to Ling Zhiqiao.

His Majesty the Emperor finally spoke: "Qiao'er, you can be your crown princess candidate, and leave the work of the maid who accompanies you every day to the maid!"

"You don't have to enter the palace every day, but if you want to enter the palace, you can naturally enter the palace at any time with the entry and exit cards, I will approve the Song female official as your female virtue teacher, you can enter the palace at any time, she can explain to you at any time, but I want to test you, understand?"

When Ling Zhiqiao heard this, she immediately showed a mouthful of white teeth, and said with a very official smile: "The grace of the saint is vast, Your Majesty is wise, the courtiers must remember Your Majesty's teachings, and the courtiers also believe that the Song female officials should be the teachers of the courtiers, and the courtiers' female virtue scriptures will definitely be memorized."

"Haha, that's good, I'll wait for you to go backwards, you and Xiao Qinxue retreat! Otherwise, my lovers will have to wait for a drink. ”

Xiao Qinxue sat back beside Xiao Qian without a sound, she completely lost the joy she had just now, Ling Zhiqiao sat on the other side, right next to her godfather Li Tingfeng, she sat down and whispered to Xiao Qian: "This result is already the best, you want to laugh, what about the people looking at you?" ”

What Ling Zhiqiao said above of course refers to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Mother, Xiao Qian nodded slightly, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and then tried his best to make himself look very happy, Ling Zhiqiao smiled sideways to this godfather Li Tingfeng and muttered: "Godfather, why are you also strained?" ”

Li Tingfeng also drank a glass of wine like a fairy, wrote a word on the table, and pointed it to Ling Zhiqiao, Ling Zhiqiao secretly looked over, only to see that it was written on the table 'angry'.

Li Tingfeng brushed away the two words with his fingers, took the wine that had been poured and poured it again, and said to Xiao Gan: "Come to General Xiao, congratulations to your daughter for getting a candidate, Qiao Er said What are you going to prepare?" ”

Li Daiyun said behind her father: "Sister Qiao is talking about reserves!" ”

"Yes, congratulations to the General's Mansion for not only winning the candidate for the crown princess, but also a reserve member, come, General Xiao, the old man knows that you are happy, and I will have a drink with you."

Xiao Qian knew in his heart that Li Tingfeng was drinking with him, and after the little eunuch Jin Gui'er poured him full of wine, he also raised his wine glass and said: "Master Li, we are also relatives, the old man's happiness is your happiness, and the old man's daughter is a reserve member, you have to accompany him to have fun, do it!" ”

Ling Zhiqiao stepped back and sat down a little, she looked around, and suddenly saw Twilight Yunhan staring at her from an inconspicuous place, and that expression made Ling Zhiqiao feel that the clothes on the back of her neck were unconsciously a little tight.