Lu Xiangran finally became an afterimage in the memory of the people in the palace, whether crazy or stupid, after all, it couldn't be mentioned in exchange for a word.

According to Mu Qingchen's instructions, Ye Xi did not continue to disperse with his dreams, and the Queen Mother's illness gradually recovered, and when the Queen Mother finally walked off the long-lingering sickbed and walked out of Ci'an Palace, Ningyue Kingdom also ushered in the end of Xiao Ling's first year on the throne.

Thirty, night, the first glow after the snow.

The palace of Ningyue Kingdom has long been hung with bright red lanterns, indicating that the festive red silk flutters in the wind in the night sky, and the palace people come and go with fruit plates and snacks in their hands, and occasionally the palace maids bow their heads and whisper, reminding their companions to beware of slippery roads.

Concubine Shen Bihuan stood at the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace, looking at the orderly palace people, with a faint smile on her face.

The palace bell rang, and the hour had arrived.

The entrance of the palace has long been full of carriages, and the ministers above the third rank in the court have entered the palace with their families today, and Xiao Yi is no exception.

Today's Xiao Yi is dressed in a blue robe, a narrow-sleeved woven shirt on the coat, a gentleman's belt at the waist, and the silver buckle on the waist Lantian Peihuang shines brightly under the illumination of the palace lamp, and the black brocade and ermine fur make his whole person look graceful and luxurious, which really fulfills the sentence "Lang Yan is unique, and there is no other in the world".

Mu Qingchen wore a water-blue palace dress, with cloud satin and white spirit flowers, the moon-white jade-colored palace silk was tied around the waist, and the skirt was embroidered with fine and almost invisible silver silk and gold threads into a thousand leaf begonias, and the snow-white mink fur was wrapped around the shoulders, which was clearly distinguishable from Xiao Yi's black, but they complemented each other.

Shen Bining silently followed behind the two, looking very regular, but Xiao Yi and Mu Qingchen still attracted everyone's attention.

It was already the hour, Xiao Yi and Mu Qingchen entered the Heart Cultivation Hall in the report of the inner servant, but they saw that many civil and military ministers had already sat down according to their ranks, but when they saw Xiao Yi, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

As the only prince of Ningyue Kingdom, Xiao Yi is naturally seated above 10,000 people under one person, except for Xiao Ling and the Queen Mother at the top, Xiao Yi and Prime Minister Shen Cheng sit opposite each other.

Mu Qingchen and Shen Bining retreated to the seats behind Xiao Yi, which were for the courtiers' daughters, but as for the concubines in Xiao Ling's harem, they were arranged in an arc according to their ranks.

"This is the first time that this palace has participated in such a grand palace banquet as Ningyue Kingdom, I just hope that there will be no mistakes. Qingchen sat down with Aunt Qiu's support, sighing faintly, with a slight worry in his tone.

"The princess doesn't have to worry, this palace banquet is actually no different from that of the Heavenly Star Kingdom, if you really want to talk about something special, probably because this is the first year after the emperor ascended the throne, it looks more grand. Aunt Qiu stood behind Qingchen and whispered.

"Aunt Qiu is right, in fact, it is the first time for the concubine to participate in such a palace banquet, and she is not qualified in the past. Shen Bining said, although there was a smile on his face, but the sadness between his eyebrows and eyes could not be concealed in any way.

Qingchen glanced at Shen Bining, and slightly understood in his heart that Shen Bining was the concubine of the Xiangfu, and in a place like Ningyue Kingdom, where the distinction between concubines and concubines was serious, it was conceivable how difficult Shen Bining's life in the Xiangfu was, plus there was a Shen Bihuan on her head who had a talent and appearance covering her head, so it was no wonder that Shen Bining had a dislike with the Shen family and wanted to seek her refuge.

"The emperor has arrived—the queen mother has arrived—" Just as Qingchen had just sat down, Qin Xi's voice sounded outside the Heart Cultivation Palace.

The courtiers got up one after another, bowed down, and then the female dependents curts, and only then got up after getting Xiao Ling's order to "avoid courtesy and flatten", and only then sat down when Xiao Ling and the Queen Mother sat down.

Today's Xiao Ling is not wearing a dragon robe, but a brocade dress, the collar and cuffs are embroidered with flowing gold piping silk thread to embroider this soaring coiled dragon, and there are also auspicious clouds dotted in the meantime, noble and domineering.

"Qin Xi, proclaim. Xiao Ling's first sentence after sitting down was not to the courtiers, but to the eunuchs beside him.

Although the voice was small, it was clearly audible in this quiet temple of heart cultivation.

Everyone saw Qin Xi take out a scroll of holy decree from his sleeve, slowly unfold it, stand on the high platform, and speak loudly:

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict, said: The first emperor collapsed in the beginning of the world, I inherited the mandate of heaven to ascend the throne, inherited the first emperor Taixing year name, is for the 32nd year of Taixing, since the first day of the first month of the next year, change the year name to Yongning, in order to show that I Ningyue country will always be peaceful. Chin this—"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live—"

After listening to Qin Xi's recitation of the holy decree and the courtiers shouting long live, the palace banquet officially began.

Mu Qingchen lowered his eyebrows, silently recited the word "Yongning" in his heart, and smiled desolately.

These two words used to be a hope in her heart, many years ago, the rivers and lakes were rushing, and the court was tossing and turning, in order to give the people of Ningyue and the people of the world an eternal peace?

"Xiao Ling, when the world is settled, I will go to this river and lake again to take a look at the prosperous world created by you and me!"

"When the world is settled, I will accompany you to walk through the rivers and lakes again, but before that, you have to promise me that this time, you must not be in danger, and you will come back alive. ”

"Good. ”

......

In the past, when the rebellion in Beijun was quelled, she personally went out to fight, Xiao Ling saw her off on the high platform, and the two once said that one day they would make this Ningyue country free of war, and the world would never have to fight.

Subsequently, for Xiao Ling's words, she used what she had learned all her life to finally make the Ningyue Kingdom stable, and finally repelled the powerful Celestial Star Kingdom, which coincided with the death of the first emperor, so it was logical to help Xiao Ling ascend to the throne.

Now...... Xiao Ling actually used the word "Yongning" as his year name, which was the prosperous era that she Ye Qingcheng helped him create, and the Yongning created for him.

It's a pity, it's a pity, she was born in the body of Princess Jade Hook and relived her life, but she wanted her to turn her back on her beliefs and destroy the prosperous mountains and rivers that she once built with her own hands.

"What is the princess thinking? she didn't even seem to have heard the words of this king?" Xiao Yi's evil and deep voice sounded in Qingchen's ears, with a slight inquiry and banter.

Qingchen came back to his senses and looked at Xiao Yi beside him, and what caught his eye was that handsome and extraordinary face, as well as his usual gentleness and obedience in front of everyone.

"I'm sorry, Lord Wang, Qingchen just remembered some of the past, I don't know what the Lord wants to say to Qingchen?" Mu Qingchen lowered his eyebrows, so that he would not look at the face that was three points similar to Xiao Ling.

"The king said that the princess today is particularly bright and moving. Xiao Yi said lightly, it was hard for him to say such a serious thing with such an unserious word.

"The prince praised it falsely. ”

The two whispered as if no one was around, but in the eyes of others, they were a pair of harmonious people, the man was sword-eyed, noble, and the woman was shallow and gentle, and she was stunning and charming.

Xiao Ling, who was on the emperor's platform, inadvertently swept over the two of them, his eyes fell on Mu Qingchen's face, and the familiar smile on the corner of his mouth made him feel like he was in a different world, frowning slightly, looking at his younger brother and Mu Qingchen smiling Yan Yan, slightly displeased.

It seemed that he noticed Xiao Ling's gaze, and after Qingchen moved slightly, he widened the distance from Xiao Yi, and then he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, King Yi and Princess Yi are really in love, even at this palace banquet, they bite their ears and whisper, and their affection is lingering, they are really envious of others. Shen Bihuan followed Xiao Ling's gaze, but saw Mu Qingchen, who was unparalleled in elegance but low-key and introverted, so he spoke.

"But when the concubine heard that King Yi was wandering in the land of fireworks all day long, and left the princess and side concubine in the palace behind, it was hard to say whether it was affectionate. Yang Zhaoyi listened to Shen Bihuan's words and spoke quietly.

"Today is the New Year, this is a good day, what do you do when you talk about other people's affairs? Gu Yanru heard the conversation between Shen Bihuan and Yang Shu, so she said so.

"Concubine Shu really knows the general situation and has a reward. Xiao Ling praised Gu Yanru's words and nodded with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, concubines. Gu Yan saluted, then glanced at Wen Qin and Ye Xi behind her, and nodded slightly.

The emperor is not a mediocre emperor who is obsessed with women, otherwise someone as amazing and brilliant as Ye Tingcheng would not end up like that, Ye Xi is right, what the emperor likes is a woman who is knowledgeable and gentle and indisputable, in the harem, sometimes it is best to fight.

Now, she Gu Yanru is retreating into advance, forcing Shen Bihuan to a dead end step by step.

"Your Majesty, this year's singing and dancing was personally trained by the concubines and specially prepared for this palace banquet, would the emperor like to watch it?" Shen Bihuan didn't want to have a verbal dispute with Gu Yan at this time, so he changed the topic.

"It's okay, the mourning family is tired of watching the songs and dances of previous years, let's see what new ideas you have. The Queen Mother put down the chopsticks in her hand at this time and spoke towards Shen Bihuan.

"The concubine will go and let them prepare. Shen Bihuan saluted, and then instructed Aunt Fang beside her to call those dancing girls on the stage.

"His Royal Highness King Yi is really a good amount of wine, this drunken soul wine in the Western Regions is notoriously strong, His Royal Highness actually drank three glasses in a row and was not drunk, the lower officials admired, come, the lower officials salute His Royal Highness a cup. But at this moment, Prime Minister Shen Cheng on the opposite side raised his glass, looked at Xiao Yi, and respected each other from afar.

Qingchen looked at Prime Minister Shen He, and secretly thought to himself, isn't this Shen He confused? On a day like today, he didn't even toast the emperor, but he toasted Xiao Yi first, I don't know if he wants to put a stand for Xiao Ling, or push Xiao Yi to the forefront.

"This king is not drunk, but the prime minister is drunk, so you have to respect the emperor's brother first. Xiao Yi smiled and raised his glass to Xiao Ling, "Brother Huang, the younger brother will do it first as respect." ”

"The emperor's brother is kind, I should be a big deal. Xiao Ling's eyes swept over Shen He's face, but he finally looked at Xiao Yi, laughed, picked up the wine glass in front of him, and drank it all.

"Brother Chen, thank you Brother Huang for his face, but Brother Huang is really not interesting, such a fine wine, he is willing to take it out only today, but it makes Brother Chen greedy for a while. Xiao Yi said, but he didn't stop at all, and poured himself another drink.

"Brother Nine Emperors, the stamina of this drunken soul wine is very great, and it is better to drink it slowly. Xiao Ling spoke again.

"The younger brother has always liked to drink, the imperial brother said so, the younger brother should think that the imperial brother is distressed about this good wine, and he is reluctant to let the younger brother waste it like this-" When Xiao Yi spoke, he never showed a flaw.

Qingchen looked at it and couldn't help but be frightened. She has also heard of this drunken soul wine, when the first emperor was there, he also rewarded the Ye family with an altar, Rao is a person who drinks a lot, three cups will be drunk, seven cups must be poured, if you drink more, you will have to sleep for three days and three nights before you can wake up.