The palace banquet three days later came soon. With Xiao Qingzhan's words, Xu Changan originally thought that they would not need to enter the palace, but Xiao Qingyan still asked Xu Changan to prepare to enter the palace on the day of the palace banquet.
"Is it just me?" Xiao Qingyan didn't even change his clothes, he was still wearing loose clothes, and he didn't mean to change at all, but he asked himself to prepare, did he mean to let himself go alone
"This king is not feeling well, you should practice on behalf of this king for King Jing."
"Oh, okay, I'll prepare right away." If members of the royal family and courtiers were to attend the palace banquet tonight and practice it for King Jing, it would be unreasonable that there would be no one person in the Xianwang's mansion.
Almost every time he went to the palace, there was nothing good, Xu Changan actually didn't want to enter the palace at all, and this time he was the only one, and he was actually a little scared in his heart.
"Mummy, I'm going to trouble you today." Xu Changan still didn't quite understand the rules in the palace. He is Xiao Qingyan's concubine. If he is too humble, he will be looked down upon by others. At that time, Xiao Qingyan will have to be told by others.
"Princess, you are the concubine of the virtuous king, or the emperor's imperial decree. Not to mention that the civil and military officials are the empresses in the palace. Except for the queen, you have to bow halfway. I also want to return the gift to you, you have to remember that your status is honorable and don’t need to be restrained.” The Great Xiao Dynasty was clearly descended, and even the royal family followed this rule. The children of the Empress Yuan did not have to bow in front of other concubines, even if they did, they had to return the ceremony. Madam Fang was an old man who served the first queen. Back then, she saw with her own eyes that today's successor greeted her empress every day. Although the former concubine Lin Gui is now a queen, in Madam Fang's eyes, what happened to her successor? ? In front of the eldest son of the first empress, the eldest son, King Xian, her status was nowhere near as noble.
With the words of Mother Fang, Xu Changan wanted to understand a question, why he and Xiao Qingyan had been married for so long, and had never entered the palace and asked the queen to be safe.
"Mommy, I know."
Palace banquets of the royal family have always been a good place for dignitaries and nobles in the capital to draw close to each other and see their sons and daughters. Because in general, both men and women can attend this kind of palace banquet, and there is no need to sit next to each other. people in.
The palace banquet is set in the imperial garden of the palace, the emperor is in the center, the queen and the concubine are seated on the left and right, followed by the princes, and then descend according to the level of the titles.
Although Xu Changan agreed to Xiao Qingyan's entry into the palace, he didn't plan to stay any longer. He thought that since he was practicing for King Jing, then when he saw it, on behalf of Xiao Qingyan, he wished King Jing a great victory in the war and the army would return to the DPRK as soon as possible, right? After all, he is Princess Xian. Now that King Xian is unwell, he has to go back to take care of him. It is his duty to take care of King Xian. Others should not be able to say anything.
At the beginning of the palace banquet, the palace maids accompanied by the ceremony and music came gracefully. At the end of the song, the palace maids dispersed. The emperor named the theme of today's palace banquet. Great return.
"Queen's Wife~"
"..." This... Why does this girl look familiar? Xu Changan felt as if he had seen him call him somewhere... Wait! She calls her the Queen's Sister-in-law, then he must be the emperor's daughter. This person is Xiao Qingyue, the eldest princess of their Great Xiao Dynasty? !
"His Royal Highness, why are you dressed in men's clothes?"... Xu Changan regretted it as soon as he asked the question. What if he guessed wrong, and even if he didn't guess wrong, the question he just asked was not something he could ask. Yes.
"Haha~ Sister-in-law, you are so interesting. I'm used to wearing men's clothes, and I've been like this since I was a child, but no one has ever asked me why, and I don't know why. Maybe it's just a habit, and it's very convenient. You don't know. Ah, it's convenient to wear simple men's clothes in the mountains, but it's too troublesome to wear women's clothes." Someone had already added a chair for Xiao Qingyue while she was talking, but Xiao Qingyue didn't sit down, she just came over and talked to Xu Changan at will Speak and leave in a while.
Not to mention Xu Changan about Xiao Qingyue, even the ordinary people of the Great Xiao Dynasty knew a little bit. Now hearing Xiao Qingyue say this, Xu Changan admired this woman in his heart. She is precious as a princess and is deeply favored by the emperor, but she has lived in the mountains since she was a child, and listening to what she said just now, she is not served by others in the mountains, but more like doing everything by herself.
The protagonist of today's palace banquet is Xiao Qingzhan. Naturally, he didn't have time to chat with Xu Changan. Xu Changan wanted to stay for a while, and then went to toast Xiao Qingzhan, and then said goodbye. He chatted.
"Hmm! Princess Xian, although you are also a man, you are married to King Xian after all, and now you are considered a female dependent. I'm afraid it's not good for you to be so close to that little servant now, and you're not afraid of hurting King Xian's face? ?"
Xu Changan didn't understand why there were so many strange women who he didn't even know came to embarrass him, and he didn't know what that woman meant. A... auntie? When he thought of this title, Xu Changan himself felt aggrieved and panicked, but he couldn't think of another description. Does the relationship between him and Xiao Qingyue have the woman's share
"I don't know what this lady's name is, but the husband of the family has any position in the court?" The woman was at the table next to Xu Changan. Looking at that position, Xu Changan thought that the identity of this woman must not be low. Sure enough, when Xu Changan said something, he listened to it. When it comes to some whispers, the content is nothing more than saying that he comes from a small family and has no knowledge, and he doesn't even know any lady.
Xu Changan was not only unfamiliar with the dignitaries in Beijing, but he couldn't even have a general understanding, but he didn't think there was any shame in this, because now he didn't need to understand.
He doesn't know about other things about the Xianwang Mansion, but now he only knows one! That is, the Xian Wangfu today does not need to win over anyone, and does not need to be afraid of any forces.
"My husband is a first-class Yong'an Hou!" Mrs. Yong'an Hou's surname is Lin, and she is the concubine sister of her successor. Although she is only the daughter of a concubine, she has a good relationship with her successor's sister since childhood, and she is also in her husband's family. Very decent. Life at home was going well, and when she arrived in the palace, she was supported by her sister who was the queen. Of course, Mrs. Lin of Yongan Hou would not take Xu Changan in her eyes.
Today's protagonist is Xiao Qingzhan. Naturally, not many people pay attention to Xu Changan, so even if his position is still impressive, not many people pay attention here.
Xu Changan really didn't know the Marquis of Yong'an who didn't know Lao Shizi, let alone the relationship between him and his successor. At this moment, he just thought of Fang Momo's words, don't be afraid of the people in this palace except the emperor!
"I don't know." The answer was straightforward, and the expression on his face was even more straightforward, because Xu Changan had no expression on his face. Mrs. Yong'an Hou, who proudly reported herself to her family, never expected Xu Chang'an to react like this. She couldn't react for a while, but after returning to her senses, her face was full of anger!
"Humph! Princess Xian's father's official position is low, and naturally he is not familiar with my husband. It is also necessary for Princess Xian to not know each other!" Mrs. Yongan Hou's face was full of disdain, and when she glanced at Xu Changan with contempt, she felt that the little servant beside him was familiar, and she was inexplicably flustered.
"Well, King Xian has not seen any foreign guests recently, and only His Royal Highness King Jing can come to the mansion to visit. I don't know if the lord knows that there is a Marquis of Yong'an in this capital, and he has not mentioned it to me. It is also appropriate that this princess does not know. "Xu Changan never had any superfluous expressions, only a serious face.
"Xu Chang'an! You really put gold on your face! What does King Xian have to do with you? You are just a man, and without a son and a half daughter in the future, you will not be able to compete with even the most degrading family! You..." Xu Chang'an's words dispelled all the doubts that Mrs. Yongan Hou had just given birth to? What does Xu Changan mean? His father did not know his husband under his official position! The virtuous throne is naturally high and did not put his husband in his eyes! He is so brave! How could his father be compared to his husband, who was...
"Bold!"
"What are you! You actually reprimanded me?!" Mrs. Yongan Hou's thoughts were interrupted by a reprimand, and she was already burned by Xu Changan's irritated anger. She completely forgot the doubt that flashed in her heart just now. Once the words were spoken, I immediately regretted it! Why did she feel that the little servant looked so familiar, that face was like that of His Majesty... it's over...
"What is this palace, the royal father will tell you!"
Qingyue claimed to be the palace, and also read the father and emperor, which is equivalent to self-reporting her family! That Mrs. Yongan Hou had doubts in her heart before, but now the truth is really like the thoughts that flashed in her mind, she panicked, and hurriedly confessed: "His Royal Highness Princess, forgive me! The courtier didn’t recognize it, please forgive me!” Mrs. Yong’an Hou did not know Xiao Qingyue, but knew that among the emperor’s children, Xiao Qingyue was the most like the emperor. Fortunately, men's clothing! Now that I think about it, this is not the little servant in front of me... No! Not a boy!
"This lady, what do you think this palace is?"
"Princess, forgive me! The minister's wife does not dare to be the minister's wife!" Although she was flustered, Mrs. Yongan Hou was not too afraid. His husband was the emperor's minister, and the eldest sister was the queen. Could the emperor still be swayed by his own words? How do you not become.
"Don't you dare? This palace sees that you are very courageous!" Xiao Qingyue raised her voice deliberately, while Mrs. Yongan Hou next to her buried herself and apologized to Xiao Qingyue. As a result, Xu Changan and the others became got everyone's attention.
Someone was watching here, and Mrs. Yongan Hou took a bite and knelt down! She is an elder, that's enough!
The Marquis of Yong'an was the younger sister, and his own sister knelt on the ground, facing the wild girl who was not afraid of the sky! Immediately afterwards, my face was dull! She said to Xiao Qingyue with some blame: "Qingyue girl, what are you doing with such a big temper? Where did Mrs. Yongan Hou make you feel unhappy, and you asked one of her elders to kneel for you?" Xiao Qingyue said it inside and out. Xiao Qingyue didn't answer at all about her subsequent responsibilities, but walked directly to her father, ready to approach her and make a complaint!
Xiao Qingyue didn't speak for a while, but the emperor's concubine was by her side, so naturally she wouldn't tolerate the empress talking about her daughter like that, so she lowered her face and said to the empress, "The empress is really interesting, elder? What kind of elder is she? The princess is the king and she is the minister. Offending the princess is the following! What does this have to do with the princess' age?!"
"Father! That woman scolded me just now for nothing! She also scolded my imperial sister-in-law because my imperial sister-in-law didn't know Yong'an Marquis, that is, his husband, and she even called my imperial sister-in-law by her name!" Following his mother-in-law's words, Xiao Qingyue hurriedly told the emperor what she had just heard, and what the woman said to her personally, without adding fuel to the jealousy!
"Is there such a thing?!" Xiao Qingyue's tone was completely like a child's complaint, but the emperor did not mean to be sloppy for the child after hearing this, and his face sank directly.
As soon as the emperor's face changed, Mrs. Yongan Hou directly kowtowed to the emperor in fright, and continued to look to her successor as if asking for help. Naturally, she will speak for her sister in the future. This is not only her sister's business, but also her face!
"Your Majesty, this girl Qingyue wants to be naughty, but she must be..."
"The Empress's words are bad. Even if it's not me, she can't just say that people are not things! Besides, she also scolded my imperial sister-in-law! My imperial sister-in-law didn't say anything to her, she brought it up on her own. And others have heard it, I have not wronged her." After Xiao Qingyan married a male princess, the forces in the court were directly divided into two factions, and the closest to Xu Changan and the others was the wife of the mighty Marquis. , that's the person from King Jing's side.
So Mrs. Weiwuhou came out consciously and repeated the words of the few people just now, word for word, and then when her angry eyes swept over, Mrs. Weiwuhou said directly: "Don't blame the empress, the ministers are just the truth. To be honest. By the way, those words just now are not only heard by the courtiers, the Empress does not believe that she can ask the person beside Princess Xian to talk about what happened just now."
"You!" Mrs. Weiwu Hou's secret warning was clearly spoken out, and she looked at the emperor with a guilty conscience, and it happened to meet the emperor's eyes.
"Does the Queen think that your natal concubine is more valuable than my princess?"
"Chen and concubine don't dare!" The queen knew that her family would suffer from this incident today, and now she can only find a way to calm down the emperor and strive for a lighter punishment.
"Father! I don't like the title of Marquis of Yong'an! My royal sister-in-law is named Chang'an, and he is simply Yongan! How can I do this! She just scolded me and the royal sister-in-law. I want to punish their family, but the father doesn't want it. They've become the Marquis of Yong'an, okay?" Princess Qingyue said like a spoiled child, but Madam Yong'an's Marquis was almost scared out of her head! Because of the legend, the emperor will always meet the requirements of Princess Qingyue since she was a child...
"Nonsense! Come and stay with me, sit beside me!"
"Don't! I'm so old, even my father and mother have never scolded me. What is she? She dares to scold me! Father, if you don't punish her, I will go back to the master, and I will never come back. "Princess Qingyue is the younger sister of the third prince Xiao Qingzhan, and she will be eighteen this year, but what she just said was like what a child in her teens said, and everyone around her was amazed! They were all thinking, could it be that the princess was born with intellectual problems, so the emperor loved her so much
Seeing his sister pretending to be crazy and acting stupid again, Xiao Qingzhan didn't want to expose it at all. Qingyue has been much smarter than him since she was a child. Anyway, no matter what she does or says, it makes sense. She won't expose her, and of course she won't tell those idiots around her. Her sister is not stupid. The smartest!
"You! Hey! Where is the Marquis of Yongan?"
"Wei Chen is here! Wei Chen is incompetent, he offends the princess by indulging his wife's words and deeds! After Wei Chen returns home, he will definitely let..."
"The wife of the Marquis of Yong'an, Lin Shi, does not think of the royal favor, despises the royal family and insults the emperor's heir, and the Marquis of Yong'an has no place in the house, and indulges his wife's family! Today, he has deprived his hereditary and irreplaceable Marquis of Yong'an, and has been demoted to Bo Yong'an. Descend the nobles on behalf of him." The Marquis of Yong'an had not finished his confession, but the emperor's words made him unable to speak any more, and he fell directly to the ground! A catastrophe! How will he explain to his family when he gets home!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this punishment is too much..."
"Niangniang, thunder, rain and dew are all graces from heaven. We should let the Marquis of Yongan... oh no, the servant made a blunder. It should be Bo Yong'an." The queen wanted to intercede like the emperor. Princess Yue sat back, and the eunuch beside her only spoke to remind her.
Xu Changan didn't understand how his own hilarity turned into the hilarity of others in an instant. Just when he was at a loss, trying to sort out what just happened, Xiao Qingyu's big head appeared in front of him.
"Fourth Highness."
"Hmph, you can really make trouble, you are everywhere!"
"..." Are you innocent? Obviously they are rushing to find trouble for themselves! If there is no Xiao Qingyue today, Xu Changan knows that he can only suffer a loss. Even if he refutes it with his mouth, he will inevitably be laughed at by the people around him. This Xiao Qingyu doesn't know what's going on, but he has always been displeased with himself, but His Royal Highness King Jing and Princess Qingyue are cute.
By the way, King Jing, I haven't toasted King Jing yet. Not wanting to talk to Xiao Qingyu, Xiao Qingyu didn't pay much attention to Xu Changan, he came over and scolded Xu Changan and left. Xu Changan ignored the people who were still in shock and went to Xiao Qingzhan with a glass of wine.
"His Royal Highness King Jing, I toast to you, I wish you a smooth sailing expedition and a triumphant return soon." Perhaps because of Xiao Qingyue, the more Xu Changan looked at Xiao Qingzhan, the more pleasing his eyes were, and he spoke to Xiao Qingzhan and the people just now. But it's totally two ways.
His face was sincere and sincere, with a slight smile on his face.
"Many thanks to the imperial sister-in-law!" Xiao Qingzhan drank the wine glass in his hand and said to Xu Changan: "Didn't I ask the imperial sister-in-law to take good care of my imperial brother, why are you still in the palace?"
"The lord asked me to come, and the lord asked me to practice on his behalf for the third brother. Third brother, this cup is for you to honor your brother." Xu Changan could feel that Xiao Qingzhan had no feelings for Xiao Qingyan. As if disguised, he really cares about Xiao Qingyan. Born in an emperor's family, it is rare for brothers to have such a relationship. His Royal Highness King Jing really has a pure heart, and I hope that he will be a good man with good rewards and come back victorious as soon as possible.
Drink what you need to drink, and say what you need to say, Xu Changan will also go back. He just stayed for a while and caused such a big incident. If he stays, he doesn't know what will happen, so he should leave quickly.
After explaining the situation to Xiao Qingzhan and reporting it to the emperor, Xu Changan hurriedly left. After he left the palace and sat on the carriage of Prince Xian's mansion, he dared to let out a loud voice, and then he kept stroking his chest in fear!
When he was in the palace just now, he felt as if he was being stared at by countless eye knives, especially the next one, which was extremely sharp and sharp.
"But... this feels good! Anyway, I didn't embarrass Xiao Qingyan, and I didn't get angry." He also made the person who troubled him suffer a lot! In the future, they will not dare to provoke themselves at will!
"Princess has performed well today, and you should be like this." Being timid will only embarrass the royal family. If a mere Mrs. Hou had to let her handle it, how would the virtuous king have a foothold in the capital in the future? Madam Fang was very satisfied with Xu Changan's performance tonight. She felt that the princess was not as timid as the prince said, and the princess still had an idea in her heart to know what to do.
"Really, that's good, that's good." He felt satisfied, and with the affirmation of Fang mama, Xu Changan had nothing to doubt, and he decided to go back and talk to Xiao Qingyan about what happened just now, but he didn't know about Xiao Qingyan. Will you praise him.