On the fifth day of the first month, the royal inner garden Qiongchi Palace.

Shang Shubai of the Ministry of Rites looked at the old man sitting next to him with a confused expression, and asked in a low voice:

"Father, I heard that Your Majesty is going to celebrate her birthday with Princess Tianchen today. Isn't this a ridiculous joke? ”

Others don't know, but the three of them know it very well!

Because of the seriousness of the matter, after that incident, the relevant personnel were all killed by them one by one, even the descendants of the Minghe Bai clan, such as the queen Bai Yunxuan and the two eldest princesses, did not know at all.

- This is actually out of the protection of the female relatives of the clan.

Like this kind of matter involving the Son of Heaven and the royal secrets, if you are not careful, it will be fatal!

The more you know, the more dangerous it becomes.

Having said that, such as the clear bones of Princess Chen's eldest princess today, I am afraid that they have become a handful of loess, how can I come to congratulate the Son of Heaven on her birthday?

Hell with them?

They know very well that the so-called eldest princess Tianchen has been in retreat in Shentai Palace for the past two years, and if she says something disrespectful, it is purely the emperor's nonsense!

Although Bai Yanqiao's last half of the sentence was inaudible, it was not in his own home after all, so the old man on the side suddenly opened his eyes and said with a slight warning:

"Be careful!"

The Ministry of Rites, who is over half a hundred years old, and the reign of the dynasty Bai Lunqiao, is obedient like a child in front of his own old man.

He hurriedly said "hey" and agreed first, and then looked around to see that no one was paying attention, and then leaned over and approached his old father Bai Mengxian a little more.

"Father, don't worry, the child has already noticed that only our father and son and the king of Xunyang are arranged at the table here.

At this time, the king of Xunyang County has not yet entered the table, only you and me, father and son, and there are no other ears and eyes. ”

Bai Mengxian's white hair was combed as bright as silver jade, and he wore a clan hair crown on his bun, which was the style of a first-class military general when he was the governor of the dynasty.

He lifted the corners of his lips and smiled faintly, a few folds piled up on his lips, and then said:

"Idiot, whatever Your Majesty says, you will listen to it, how can the Son of Heaven be wrong?"

As for how the emperor changed into a living person, and how to conjure up a living princess of Tianchen, that is naturally something that the emperor should worry about, so why should they be in a hurry?

What does this have to do with them?

Although they were involved, in the final analysis, they were just the "knife" of the Son of Heaven at that time.

As long as they have not been completely reduced to a useless "blunt knife", then even if the emperor is disgusted again, he will have to pinch his nose and continue to use them?

Bai Yan Qiao nodded thoughtfully, he figured out this section, so he no longer worried about it.

Oh, yes!

Although there was no holy decree left in their family back then, they really acted according to the decree!

What are you panicking about?

Even if the east window incident happens in the future, the sky will fall from the Son of Heaven!

What does it have to do with Minghe Baishi?

At this moment, an elegant and noble figure appeared outside the hall.

Several tables of courtiers near the entrance of the hall saw the visitor, and they all stood up and saluted respectfully.

And the man has a dignified demeanor, not too close to people, but also not arrogant and indifferent.

He smiled very politely and returned the salute to the scholars and doctors around him.

Under the guidance of the eunuch in charge of the palace, he walked slowly and calmly to the front row of the Bai father and son.

Seeing this, Bai Lunqiao hurriedly got up and greeted politely with a smile:

"His Royal Highness the King of the County, Jin An."

Xie Huanzhang, the king of Xunyang County, is freehand, he has a clear body and elegant facial features, but he has a pair of typical fox eyes of the Xie family.

Therefore, when looking at people with a smile and raising eyebrows, there is a different style of literati and ink writers.

"Lord Shangshu is polite."

Bai Yanqiao was already the ruler of the dynasty, but he still didn't dare to accept his full courtesy, so he hurriedly turned sideways slightly to avoid it, and said "don't dare to be".

The king of Xunyang looked at the old man sitting on the side again, and bowed slightly.

"Some time ago, I heard that the Metropolitan Governor was sick, and now I see that the Metropolitan Governor must have been extremely Tailai and is well healed, which is really Tianchen's luck."

Bai Mengxian is the father of the first emperor's concubine, and in terms of generation, he is the same generation as the late Shangzhu State and the first emperor's emperor Xie Lin, so he is a generation older than the king of Xunyang County.

He is also the only person in the field who is qualified to sit in front of the king of Xunyang County to answer.

Bai Meng coughed twice first, and said apologetically in an old state:

"Let the county king worry. The old man is old, and he is like a candle in the wind, and if he can live a day, he can't get up to greet His Highness.

Originally, a few days ago, his body was not as good as before, but recently, His Majesty is about to come to all saints, and the old decay has received holy light, and he can even get out of bed. ”

The king of Xunyang County smiled, I don't know whether he believed it or not.

He nodded and said, "Most of the governors are loyal to the monarch and the country, and they are brave and loyal, and your majesty must know it." ”

Bai Mengxian's old face was full of furrows, although he was the first-class military general of the Southern Dynasty Tianchen, but the martial arts realm only stopped at the Guanyu Heavenly Realm, so he was not as good as those martial arts masters.

Bai Dadu, who is over seventy years old, also experienced wind, frost, snow and rain on the battlefield when he was young, so he looks older than his peers just by looking at his face.

So much so that his righteous and awe-inspiring, patriotic and loyal expression of loyalty even sounded quite loud.

The king of Xunyang didn't say anything to the Bai father and son, and after a brief greeting, he bowed his head lightly and sat down on the seat opposite them.

The eldest princess of Pingyang, who was sitting not far from the lower head, saw that the corners of her lips smiled slightly sarcastically.

Although she couldn't hear what the people above were saying from a distance, looking at their expressions, she thought that her uncle and maternal grandfather must have taken the opportunity to show their loyalty to His Majesty in front of the King of Xunyang County.

When she thought that they were still walking on thin ice and begging for a living under the emperor, and she had been "reused" by the Son of Heaven and could serve by His Majesty's side, she felt happy.

The eldest sister on her side, Princess Taiping, was puzzled when she saw this:

"Jing Lin, why are you laughing?"

The eldest princess of Pingyang said "hmm" lightly, and replied in a mansheng voice:

"It's nothing, it's just that it's rare to see such a lively time in our Zhaoge City in the past two years, so I'm just happy in my heart."

The eldest princess of the peace also smiled gently when she heard this.

She sighed: "No, Your Majesty is strict and frugal and will hold fewer celebrations after succeeding to the throne. It is really rare to summon the emperor's relatives into the palace and congratulate the courtiers on the festival like this. ”

Since marrying her cousin and the servant of the Ministry of Justice, Bai Rusong Xiaobai, the eldest princess of Taiping has lived in a simple house, and rarely goes out to the banquets held by various families in Zhaoge City.

If it weren't for the emperor's holy decree this time, I'm afraid she might not be able to leave the mansion.

The eldest princess of Pingyang shook her head slightly, smiled at her sister, and hid the jealousy and disdain in her eyes.

Obviously, the eldest princess of Taiping, as a golden and noble princess of the heavenly family, is like an ordinary woman in the Southern Dynasty, and her husband and children are at home after marriage, which makes the deviant Fu Jinglin look down on her heart.

As the eldest daughter of the first emperor, she looks like a cautious little family.

It's really unfortunate that such a person is the sister of her mother's compatriots!

However, the eldest princess of Pingyang didn't say much.

A princess of the peace is a sister of her compatriots after all, and she is a family in the end;

Second, this eldest sister has always been humble to her when she was young, and now she is the wife of the Bai family.

Although she doesn't look down on her, there is no need to offend her.

A moment later, the sound of three whips sounded, indicating that the Son of Heaven was coming.

Many courtiers and royal nobles hurriedly stood up and stood respectfully on both sides.

Immediately afterwards, the eunuch shouted: "—Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Everyone present knelt on the ground and bowed in the direction of the temple gate.

"Meet Your Majesty!"