On this day, the entire palace was surrounded by red, probably because the emperor had just died, and he wanted to use red to rejoice, and the red carpet extended from the palace gate to the Zhanghua Palace. And the phoenix sedan chair that Qi Mengyao was riding in was slowly moving forward on this boundless red carpet with the shocking sound of ceremonial music.

Zhanghua Hall was originally the palace of the emperor every day in the morning, and it was the largest open space outside the palace. At this time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had already knelt down in this open space, greeting the queen who was about to travel here in a phoenix sedan chair.

As soon as the queen's phoenix sedan chair appeared, the officials knelt down and shouted: "I wish the emperor and the queen eternal unity and a good union for a hundred years!" and this sentence was repeated until the queen stepped down from the phoenix sedan chair.

Different from ordinary women getting married, the queen married because she wanted to show the majesty of the royal family to the greatest extent, and did not cover her face with a red hijab, Qi Mengyao only wore a pure gold phoenix crown inlaid with white jade on her head when she got off the sedan chair, and exposed her carefully carved face outside.

Ten days ago, Ye Ningxiang saw Qi Mengyao once, but at that time she lost her original face because of crying, Ye Ningxiang just thought that she was a petite girl, today Qi Mengyao was dressed in a costume, and her face was also carefully dressed, but Ye Ningxiang found that Qi Mengyao, who didn't think that her appearance was anything extraordinary, actually had the appearance of a closed moon and a shy flower, ice muscles and jade bones.

Probably because she was too young, Qi Mengyao didn't know how to hide her emotions under the gaze of thousands of people. She had a gloomy face all the way, she couldn't even squeeze out half a fake smile, and even when Mu Jingyuan held her hand, she first shrank back, and then reluctantly let Mu Jingyuan hold her hand and enter the Zhanghua Palace.

Qi Changyong, who was accompanying him, saw it in his eyes, but he couldn't remind his daughter in public, so he could only smirk and worry at the same time.

Originally, he also thought that he would use this marriage to become the queen mother's new support, further gain greater power, and when he became famous, he would pass his position to his son Qi Sheng. But now he regrets marrying his daughter into the palace, can his daughter's innocent and simple character be alone in this treacherous harem in the future?

In the Zhanghua Palace, the round wooden pillars around are painted with gold powder, and the original solid wood floor is also repainted with red paint, and for a time the entire Zhanghua Hall is full of brilliance and splendor. The Queen Mother was already in the middle, waiting for the emperor and the queen to salute.

When the eunuch in charge of etiquette saw Mu Jingyuan and Qi Mengyao entering the Zhanghua Palace, he shouted every step of the marriage etiquette in his voice. After kneeling down to worship the Queen Mother, Mu Jingyuan returned to the empty space outside the Zhanghua Hall with Qi Mengyao. Preparations for the Heavenly Worship Ceremony.

This ritual of sacrificing to the heavens is quite complicated, not only killing pigs and sheep, but also requiring the new national teacher to dance by the incense burner, and keep saying the so-called magic in his mouth.

Seeing the pompous style of this new national teacher, Ye Ningxiang actually missed Ji Beiyuan a little, if he was there, he would definitely complete this sacrifice to the sky just right. But Ji Beiyuan is dead, and even the entire Heavenly Sect has left the country under the leadership of the new sect master Ji Lingchen.

By the time all the rituals were done, it was getting dark. Ye Ningxiang and the other palace people didn't dare to delay for a moment, and began to prepare for the banquet in the evening before the end of the festival. With the previous experience of participating in the preparation of the emperor's birthday banquet, Ye Ningxiang is much more familiar with things this time, and can even give advice to others.

Because she has been busy, Ye Ningxiang lost the concept of time, and it was not until the officials entered the table one after another that Ye Ningxiang realized that she didn't know when, and it was already dark this day.

Because the emperor and the queen mother have the intention of taking advantage of this marriage to attract more wealthy families, some well-known families or wealthy businessmen who have left the country are also invited to participate in this dinner. Because Ye Ningxiang is in charge of the paperwork, it is the top priority of her work to read everyone's invitation letters.

The dinner was held in the Zhanghua Palace, in order not to make a mistake, Ye Ningxiang deliberately waited outside the Zhanghua Palace, and everyone who passed by had to carefully check the invitation letter several times, and only after confirming that it was correct, she was willing to let it go. At the beginning, Ye Ningxiang was still a little enthusiastic about work, but in less than an hour, Ye Ningxiang was bored, and she was cold and hungry after a busy day, and she stood there tenaciously with the perseverance she had practiced before.

I was very hungry, but I don't know who took the food from the dinner outside, and deliberately put it in the downwind, the delicious aroma of rice wafted into Ye Ningxiang's nose without hesitation, and was harassed by the aroma of rice, Ye Ningxiang's stomach once again rumbled very uncontrollably.

"Xiao Yezi, you're hungry, I specially prepared honey chicken thigh rice for you. Mu Xize walked behind Ye Ningxiang without a sound, and then whispered almost in Ye Ningxiang's ear.

As soon as Ye Ningxiang turned around, she was facing the big bowl of steaming chicken leg rice, she swallowed a big mouthful of saliva unconsciously, stared at the bowl of rice pitifully, and then said reluctantly: "Lord, I still have to work, you should keep this rice for yourself." ”

Mu Xize didn't stop Ye Ningxiang's words at all, handed the rice to Ye Ningxiang, and smiled softly: "There is no contradiction between eating and working, you go eat first, and I'll help you watch it." ”

"You help me see it...... Ye Ningxiang's eyes widened in surprise, and her tone of voice seemed to be questioning how Mu Xize couldn't see anything and help her watch.

Then, Ye Ningxiang suddenly sat down on the steps, stuffed rice into her mouth in a big gulp, and said a little vaguely: "But what the prince said is very right, work is work, and you can't treat your stomach badly, I'll eat a few bites here, and work while eating." ”

Mu Xize also sat next to Ye Ningxiang, patted Ye Ningxiang's back very gently, and said very affectionately: "You eat slowly, if you accidentally eat into the cool breeze, I still have to take care of you." ”

Ye Ningxiang heard him say this, and deliberately twisted her body over, but her mouth was not idle, and she said while eating: "Even if I am sick, I don't need to be taken care of by the prince." ”

originally thought that Mu Xize would continue to raise the bar with her, but after she said this, Mu Xize didn't speak for a long time. She felt that something seemed to be wrong, so she turned around and saw that Mu Xize, who was still sitting beside her just now, had already gotten up at this moment, and his expression was extremely serious.

Ye Ningxiang looked in the direction Mu Xize was looking at, and saw a handsome and elegant middle-aged man dressed in gorgeous purple clothes walking in front of her. The man went straight to Mu Xize, with very complicated emotions hidden in his eyes, Ye Ningxiang saw it in his eyes, but he didn't know what the relationship between this person and Mu Xize was.

When the man walked in front of Mu Xize, Mu Xize's face also flashed with several indescribable emotions, and finally he bowed respectfully to the man, and then whispered, "Master." ”

It turned out that this person was actually the master Qin Mingyue mentioned by Mu Xize earlier. Ye Ningxiang originally thought that Qin Mingyue should be a twilight person who was old and gray-haired, but she didn't expect that it was a "young man" with an outstanding temperament who looked less than forty years old.

"Xiao Yezi, this person was invited by me, just let him in, if something goes wrong, I will bear it. ”

Ye Ningxiang felt that since he was Mu Xize's master and Qin Xiao's father-in-law, even if he was let in, nothing would go wrong, so he nodded generously.

I originally thought that this Qin Mingyue was already the biggest surprise of this dinner, but I didn't expect that there would be a bigger surprise. Not long after Mu Xize led Qin Mingyue to take a seat, Ye Ningxiang ushered in a second distinguished guest, who was Xiao Qingyu.

Ye Ningxiang hurriedly greeted her, both surprised and kind, "Childe, why are you here too?"

Xiao Qingyu raised the corners of her mouth slightly, smiled shallowly, and then said very gently: "Naturally, I want to see you." Since you entered the palace, there have been too few opportunities to meet you like today, so how could I give up such an opportunity?"

After speaking, Xiao Qingyu deliberately leaned into Ye Ningxiang's ear and said in a very small voice: "After the banquet is over, I will wait for you in your room and talk about something." ”

Seeing that Xiao Qingyu was so serious but with some mystery, Ye Ningxiang smiled and nodded slightly very seriously.

When the people attending the banquet were almost here, Mu Jingyuan led Qi Mengyao and the five concubines to enter together. After they were seated, the Queen Mother sat on the throne very majestically.

Ye Ningxiang thought that this banquet had begun, and it was possible for her to find an empty place to rest, but she didn't expect that the emperor and the queen mother were too anxious, and invited a lot of celebrities who had left the country, making the entire Zhanghua Hall full, not to mention empty seats, some celebrities with relatively low status didn't even have a dinner table, so they knelt in the back. Among these people is Xiao Qingyu, whose status does not seem to be too high.

Extremely exhausted, Ye Ningxiang desperately searched for something that could distract her at the dinner party, and finally locked on Qin Mingyue, a person who thought she was a little mysterious. Because Ye Ningxiang was standing diagonally opposite the seats where Mu Xize and Qin Mingyue were, even if she stared at them at this moment, she would definitely not be discovered by them.

As the saying goes, one day is a teacher and a father for life, Ye Ningxiang felt that since he was a master and apprentice, the relationship should be intimate, or follow Ji Beiyuan all day long like the new head of Tianzong, Ji Lingchen. But Mu Xize and Qin Mingyue are very different from each other.

During the banquet, Mu Xize almost didn't say a word to Qin Mingyue, and even had a serious expression and a cold attitude. As for Qin Mingyue, he couldn't be more low-key with a low-key look, and kept his head down almost the whole time, as if he was afraid that someone would find out that he was here.

When everyone has almost eaten, it is time for those who attend the banquet to give gifts. In order to make this gift-giving process neat and tidy, everyone is in order, from the beginning to the end, and step forward to give big gifts in turn.

Ye Ningxiang obviously felt that Qin Mingyue was a little unnatural, and seemed to be very reluctant to give gifts, Mu Xize didn't know what to say in his ear, and his emotions slowly calmed down.

When the other great merchants received this opportunity, they always left the table very quickly, and then they could not be so respectful that they could not have made a great salute, and then presented what they considered to be the most precious treasures to show their loyalty.

But Qin Mingyue was different, he got up very slowly, and then took out the long wooden box he carried with him, and bowed down to Mu Jingyuan very much in line with the court etiquette, followed by the self-registration number.

"Qin Mingyue, the master of the Grass People Mingyue Pavilion, I wish Your Majesty a happy wedding. ”

After saying this, Qin Mingyue really raised her head for the first time. looked directly at the Queen Mother Helan Yan'er, who was sitting in the right position.

The Queen Mother, who had seen countless big scenes, was so shocked that she slipped her wine glass the moment she saw Qin Mingyue, and her eye circles instantly turned red, and she tried to keep her eyes open before the tears in her eyes did not fall.