The sky was getting dark, and the little eunuch of the Heart Cultivation Hall got Qin Xi's order to go to the palaces to spread the news that the palace banquet was about to start, and when he arrived at Yijing Palace, Qingchen had just gotten up, and walked towards the outside of Yijing Palace with Concubine An and Yang Zhaoyi.

Among the three, because Yang Zhaoyi was pregnant, the emperor allowed her to take a sedan chair, and Mu Qingchen and Concubine An walked to the Palace of Nourishing Hearts. By the time the three of them arrived at the Heart Cultivation Palace, all the ministers of the court and the central government had already arrived, and even Xiao Yi was also sitting in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Qingchen looked at the crowd talking to each other in front of her, and suddenly had a feeling of being separated from the world, since she was born in the body of Princess Jade Hook, it has been nearly a year since she came to Ningyue, and the palace banquet of the Heart Cultivation Palace is endless, every time she participates, she will remember the time when she was by the side of the emperor in the past.

Back then, she stood behind the first emperor, standing on a high platform, looking down on everyone in the hall, and all living beings were in various ways, which made her learn a lot, but now, she has also become a person in this hall, but I don't know if the people on the high platform also regard her as a joke.

"General Gu, please-"

Just as Qingchen slowly walked into the hall and was distracted, a voice came from behind her, pulling her back from her thoughts and making her involuntarily turn her head to look.

Gu Yanzhao had already taken off the armor he was wearing on the horse before, changed into a dark green robe, his hair was neatly tied up, and he walked towards him, giving people an aura that was both restrained and arrogant.

"General Gu—"

"Xiaguan congratulates General Gu on his triumph again-"

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As soon as Gu Yanzhao entered the hall, the surrounding courtiers rushed towards him, bowing uncontrollably, congratulating him, and saying flattering words, Gu Yanzhao became more and more high-profile under the humble backdrop of the courtiers.

Gu Yanzhao just casually greeted a few courtiers, then turned his head and walked towards the hall, but the moment he looked up, he saw Mu Qingchen's gaze, calm and meaningful.

In just a moment, Gu Yanzhao had already understood the identity of the woman in front of him, the Jade Hook Princess of the Heavenly Star Country, the princess who came to Ning Yue and kissed with the peace of the Heavenly Star Kingdom. Thinking in his heart, Gu Yanzhao's eyes showed undisguised inquiry, and he seemed to have a strong interest in Mu Qingchen.

"General Gu - General Gu has returned triumphantly, and this king respects General Gu with a cup. Xiao Yi seemed to see the surging tide between Gu Yanzhao and Mu Qingchen, so he walked over with two glasses of wine, handed one of them to Gu Yanzhao, and said so.

Even if Gu Yanzhao no longer has anyone in his eyes and ignores the ministers of the DPRK, Xiao Yi is the prince of Ningyue Kingdom after all, and he can't help but give face, so he took the wine handed over by Xiao Yi, clinked glasses with Xiao Yi, and drank it all:

"The last general heard that His Royal Highness King Yi is very good at wine, and this opportunity is rare, so I must have a good drink with His Royal Highness King Yi. ”

Speaking of drinking, this king will definitely accompany him to the end. The princess is timid, don't scare her, the general will make the king feel distressed. Xiao Yi laughed, and then spoke, by the way, he protected Qingchen behind him.

"It is rumored that His Royal Highness King Yi is unparalleled and likes beauties, but he has never wanted to be so considerate to the princess. Gu Yanzhao also smiled and said, "Okay, the last general is a martial artist, and he is very rude, which will inevitably scare the princess, and the last general will return to his seat." ”

After speaking, Gu Yanzhao arched his hand, then turned around and returned to his seat, waiting for Xiao Ling and the others to arrive.

Qingchen followed Xiao Yi to a fixed position and sat down quietly, at this time, there were a lot of ladies in the palace, all of whom were family members of the third rank or above, there were ladies and ladies who were in the body, together with some of the concubines in Xiao Ling's harem, who had not shown up yet, except for Xiao Ling, only Shen Bihuan and Gu Yanru.

"The princess has a matchless face, and General Gu can't take his eyes off you anymore. Xiao Yi held the wine in his hand and leaned into Qingchen's ear and said.

Qingchen raised his head and looked towards the opposite side, only to see Gu Yanzhao also holding a wine glass in his hand, talking to the ministers around him, but his eyes were staring at her motionlessly, with an interesting smile on the corner of his mouth, and the sharpness in his eyes was like that of an eagle falcon, with a strong desire to kill and conquer, just like the look he always showed on the battlefield.

Gu Yanzhao looked a little uncomfortable, Qingchen hurriedly turned his head, pretending to talk to Xiao Yi, and deliberately ignored the two sharp gazes.

"Did Gu Yanzhao find something, why did he keep staring at me?" Qingchen frowned, turned his head and asked Xiao Yi.

"You are cautious in your work, you don't want to show the slightest clue, he just came back from the border, what can he find?" Xiao Yi shook his head slightly, and said softly, "Don't think too much, maybe he just fell for your beauty?"

Qingchen heard Xiao Yi's unserious answer, glanced at Xiao Yi angrily, and was about to say something, but heard a report from the door, Xiao Ling came with Shen Bihuan and Gu Yanru.

Today is to celebrate the success of Concubine Shu's brother, it stands to reason that Xiao Ling and Gu Yanru came together, which is understandable, but Shen Bihuan is the highest-ranking concubine in the palace, and it is the same thing to say when she appeared with the emperor, thinking that Xiao Ling was unwilling to spend this effort to solve such a thing, so she appeared with the two of them.

Everyone saluted, and after getting Xiao Ling's permission, they all fell, while Xiao Ling walked up to the high platform and sat on the dragon chair, Shen Bihuan and Gu Yanru sat on both sides of Xiao Ling.

Shen Bihuan's head is wearing the unique eight-tailed phoenix hairpin of the imperial concubine, gorgeous and flamboyant, showing her high identity, wearing a light golden gauze skirt, complex and beautiful, and the skirt is embroidered with a lifelike phoenix peony, graceful and luxurious.

On the other hand, Gu Yanru on the other side is mainly fresh and elegant, with only a fluorescent hairpin on her head, the light purple skirt overlapped, and the skirt is a beautiful butterfly magnolia, which looks lifelike under the illumination of the candles in the hall.

Compared with Shen Bihuan, who was dressed up, and Gu Yanru, who was obviously carefully dressed, the other concubines in the hall, including Mu Qingchen, also seemed to be overshadowed a lot, and they could only be reduced to the foil of the two people on the high platform, sitting in obscurity below.

"General Gu has worked hard and made great achievements, and I respect General Gu with a cup. Xiao Ling asked Qin Xi to pour the wine, raised his glass and said to Gu Yanzhao below.

"Weichen has this credit, all thanks to the emperor's wisdom and martial arts, God bless the moon, this cup, it should be Weichen to respect the emperor. Gu Yanzhao hurriedly got up, bowed and saluted, raised his glass with Xiao Lingyao, and drank the wine in his hand.

Even if Gu Yanzhao was reckless, he still didn't dare to show the slightest clue in front of Xiao Ling, after all, there was a difference between monarchs and ministers, his net worth, and his sister's happiness were all pinched in Xiao Ling's hands, and he didn't dare to make the slightest mistake.

"The emperor is wise and martial, God bless the moon. After listening to Gu Yanzhao's words, the ministers got up and said in unison.

"Haha-that, God bless Ning Yue, I am of the same heart with all the monarchs and ministers of the Qing family, and I will definitely be able to make the Ning Yue Kingdom powerful in all directions and last forever!" Xiao Ling laughed, obviously very satisfied with the ministers' answers.

"Your Majesty, the concubines also toast you, my brother served the emperor in the previous dynasty, and the concubines shared the emperor's worries in the harem, which are all the emperor's favors and the blessings of the concubines' brothers and sisters. Gu Yanru also raised her glass to Xiao Ling as she spoke.

As Gu Yanru's words fell, the atmosphere in the entire hall suddenly became lively, and this reception banquet for Gu Yanzhao's celebration instantly turned into full of flattery and welcome to Xiao Ling, and everyone's faces were full of real or false smiles, saying words against their will that they didn't want to admit.

Qingchen and Xiao Yi glanced at each other, hiding the sarcasm in their eyes, and then pretending to be nothing, chatting with the female relatives around them, and slowly talking.

This palace banquet can be regarded as the most harmonious palace banquet since Qingchen re-set foot in Ningyue, there is no tension, no assassins, no sudden death, Qingchen has not been stained with wine, and he only sat in the heart hall for two hours with his body upright, until the end of the palace banquet.

Xiao Yi looked a little drunk, Qingchen knew that he was doing it for Xiao Ling, so he didn't say anything, just helped Xiao Yi to walk towards the outside of the hall, and then took the carriage and returned to King Yi's mansion.

The night was silent, and Xiao Yi's pace became steady the moment he entered Lu Luoju, no longer the drunken look, which attracted Qingchen's shaking of his head and chuckling.

"The prince is auspicious, the princess is auspicious. The night watchgirl from Luluoju came over with a lantern, greeted Xiao Yi and Mu Qingchen, and lit the way for them by the way.

"Xiangling, why are you here? Aren't you on duty with red silk tonight?" Jin Yan saw the little girl who was keeping vigil, so he asked curiously.

"Back to Miss Jinyan, she said that she was a little uncomfortable and wanted to change duty with me for another day. Xiangling replied.

Jin Yan nodded, didn't care much about anything, and followed Qingchen into the house, planning to wait for Qingchen to wash up and rest.

Qingchen entered the house, walked to the dresser and sat down, and let Jin Yan remove the hairpin on his head, and the green silk hung down naturally behind him, which was extremely soft under the reflection of the candle flame.

"Huh?" Jin Yan put the hairpin in his hand into Qingchen's jewelry box, but suddenly let out an exclamation.

"What's wrong?" Qingchen asked, turning his head.

"The slave maid remembered that the princess had a hairpin with hibiscus flowers, and when the princess entered the palace in the evening, the slave maid saw it when she was dressing the princess, but it was gone. Jin Yan explained.

"The hairpin of the hibiscus flower? This king remembers that it was the hairpin on the head of the princess on the day she got married from the Kingdom of Heavenly Stars. Xiao Yi came in and happened to hear Jin Yan's words, so he said so.

"The prince has a good memory, this hairpin was indeed worn by the princess on the day of her wedding, it is the dowry prepared by the emperor for the princess, and it is also a relic left by the queen of benevolence and filial piety to the princess. Jin Yan nodded and said.

"Good hairpin, why is it suddenly gone? It's still in the evening, that's what I didn't go to the palace banquet?" Qingchen asked.

"Slave maid, let's go Sister Huaijin and ask her if anyone has entered this room during this time. Hold Yu understood what Qingchen meant, so he spoke.

"You don't need to call Huaijin, you go and call Xiangling in, I have something to ask her." Qingchen commanded.

Although this hairpin is a relic of Queen Renxiao, it has little meaning to Qingchen, and it is not worth a few dollars, but the origin of the hairpin is extremely obvious, if someone wants to use this hairpin to do something, it is easy, so as long as there is a slight problem, Qingchen will not let go of a trace of suspicious signs.

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(Tianjin)