Li Chaoge immediately restrained his voice. Still happily, Tianhou pulled Li Chaoge and said, "Your elder brother and younger siblings are here. Prince, Chang Le, come in and see your compatriots and sisters."
Prince Li Shan, Zhao Wang Li Huai and Guangning Princess Li Changle walked into Qianqiu Palace together. They came so neatly, it was natural that they made an appointment in advance. Now, I am afraid that no one in the palace does not know that the lost Princess Anding Li Chaoge has been found.
The crown prince and King Zhao saluted the queen, Li Chaoge stood up and moved aside. After the following people stood up, Li Chaoge returned the salute: "See the prince."
Prince Li Shan is three years older than Li Chaoge, but Li Huai and Li Changle are both younger than Li Chaoge. Li Chaoge greeted the crown prince, but the remaining two people wanted to greet Li Chaoge.
Li Huai and Li Changle bowed together, with uneven voices: "I have seen my sister."
Prince Li Shan was very easy-going and said, "Second sister, get up quickly. You have been living outside and suffered a lot these years."
Li Chaoge shook his head and said, "No. You are all here, your parents are healthy, and your brothers and sisters are complete. Why bother?"
The crown prince's attitude towards Li Chaoge was not bad, he was the elder brother after all, and he had already remembered when Li Chaoge got lost. He remembered that he cried for several days at that time, clamoring for his servants to find his younger sister, he cried, and his mother cried too, while his father stood aside, staring at the ground silently.
Later, when he grew up, he also tried to find out about Li Chaoge's whereabouts, but unfortunately, nothing was heard from him. Slowly, he forgot all about it, but he never expected to meet his long-lost sister today.
The prince and Li Chaoge have impressions of each other, but for Li Huai and Li Changle, it is completely inexplicable. They were still young when Li Chaoge was lost, but when they grew up, no one in the palace mentioned Li Chaoge again. In the impression of Li Huai and Li Changle, there were only three brothers and sisters, and Li Chaoge was just an old court lady talking about ancient symbols.
But now, a woman suddenly ran out, claiming to be their sister. Li Huai and Li Changle really couldn't get intimate immediately, and they even suspected that Father had been cheated. The appearance of this woman is too suspicious, how can there be such a coincidence in the world
However, the emperor may be deceived, but the Queen of Heaven will never be. Mother said yes, then Li Huai and Li Changle had to lower their heads and call them "sister" no matter how unwilling they were.
After the four children greeted each other, the atmosphere fell into embarrassment, and no one spoke. Tianhou also became embarrassed, she was trying to find a way to smooth things over, when the female officer approached. Tian Hou breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "What's wrong?"
The female official saluted and replied: "Tianhou, Prince, the banquet ahead is ready and will start soon. The saint asked the servants to come and ask Tianhou to go out."
Tianhou just stood up and said to the children: "The dinner party has begun, let's go."
The palace is far away from the capital, and there are no restrictions such as curfew or palace regulations, and the nightlife is very lively. From the daytime, everyone knew that the sage and the queen were going to hold a banquet tonight, and the scene was very grand.
In the afternoon, the courtiers and ladies prepared the banquet, the courtiers went home to recharge their batteries, and the wives and young ladies dressed up. Everything was going on step by step. But in the evening, a message suddenly exploded among the inner and outer circles.
Princess Anding Li Chaoge, who had been lost for ten years, came back unexpectedly.
The news was so explosive that even the emperor's attack on the back mountain was diluted. Everyone watched the news nervously, wanting to know first-hand information. Before the dinner began, various families arrived one after another. Families who knew each other stood in the banquet hall and chatted. Half of the topics in the venue revolved around this mysterious Princess Anding.
As the night fell and the lights were brightly lit, the sound of footsteps inside and outside the hall suddenly became denser. The courtiers knew that the emperor was coming soon, so they stopped greeting and took their seats one by one.
Everyone waited for a while, and there was a loud voice outside, the emperor stood beside the queen of heaven, and the two of them held the moon with stars, Shi Shiran walked into the banquet hall. Seeing this, all the ministers got up one after another, and knelt down with their foreheads and hands: "See Your Majesty, see the Empress. Long live Your Majesty, and the Empress will last forever."
The emperor and the queen of heaven walked to the top side by side. The emperor turned around and raised his hand slightly to the dark crowd of people below: "All gentlemen, please be polite."
"Thank you my lord, thank you heavenly queen."
The courtiers, relatives and wives stood up one after another. After a rustle, everyone sat down. They looked up and saw that besides the crown prince, King Zhao and Princess Guangning, there was one more person. It was a woman, wearing a white jacket, a long red skirt, and a silver-red shawl on her arm. She is not very old, but there is a calm and heroic spirit between her brows that is different from her age. She does not look like a girl of fifteen or sixteen at all... On the contrary, she looks like a general who went to battle to kill the enemy.
And her position is even higher than that of Princess Guangning. You know, Princess Guangning is the favorite of the court. Not only is she favored by saints and queens, but she is also held in the palms of her two elder brothers and many cousins. She is a veritable little princess. Now, the little princess is being suppressed by an unknown woman
The people below exchanged glances quickly, thinking about each other in their hearts. The emperor sat high, never paying attention to the undercurrent surging below, he stood up, raised his wine glass high, and said happily: "Today, I have two happy events to announce."
The officials immediately stopped whispering, raised their heads together, and cheered one after another: "I don't know what is your Majesty's happy event? The ministers wish to be happy."
The emperor laughed, he was very excited, and said: "The first thing is that today I and the Empress finally found the lost Princess Anding, and the family members were reunited. This is the first joy."
Everyone applauded together, and congratulations were heard all the time. The Queen of Heaven and the maids all smiled and looked at Li Chaoge, and the focus of the court was on Li Chaoge. Li Chaoge's expression remained unchanged, neither arrogant nor stage-frightened, and he sat calmly and generously in his seat.
Seeing Li Chaoge's performance, everyone was quite surprised. In fact, they have already heard about this princess Li Chaoge who appeared out of nowhere. Whether everyone believes it or not, if the sage and queen say yes, then this is Princess Anding. They thought that this grassroots princess who grew up in the folk would either be timid or smug when she saw a big scene, but they didn't expect that she was very calm and behaved better than the noble girl who grew up in the capital.
Li Chaoge's performance also far exceeded Tianhou's expectations. Tianhou thought that Li Chaoge would be fine if she didn't panic or stage fright. Unexpectedly, she was calm and generous, and she had a royal demeanor that would collapse before her eyes and not move at all. Yu Li Changle, who was used to seeing public places since childhood.
Even better than Li Changle.
Li Changle is innocent and pretty, but Li Chaoge is steady and generous. From the image of the royal family, Li Chaoge's performance is better than Li Changle.
Tianhou's face grew brighter, and she was more and more satisfied with Li Chaoge in her heart. The emperor heard enough congratulations, and after his inner vanity was satisfied, he continued, "The second thing is that my youngest daughter, Princess Guangning, is married to the eldest son of the Pei family, and they will always be friends. This is the second joy."
Li Chaoge has been sitting steadily, everyone congratulates, she just listens casually, anyway, no one will tell the truth on this occasion. But when she heard the emperor's second congratulatory speech, her eyes moved, as if the eyes of Qianlong in the picture scroll were closed, and the cold sword in the darkness was quenched, and her whole body suddenly became alive.
Li Chaoge didn't move his clothes, only the tassels on his head swayed slightly, quietly looking in the direction of Pei Ji'an from the Pei family. After Li Chaoge returned to the Eastern Capital, firstly, she was busy getting to know the emperor and the queen, and secondly, she really didn't want to talk to Pei Ji'an, so she kept pretending that this person didn't exist.
Whether Pei Ji'an lives or dies in this life has nothing to do with her, the two of them have become strangers. Li Chaoge was still hesitating whether to blame what Pei Ji'an did in his previous life in his current life. It is true that Pei Ji'an betrayed her in his previous life, but the two of them will not get married in this life, so naturally there is no betrayal. This Pei Ji'an didn't know anything, so it seemed unethical to take revenge on him directly. In the end, Pei Ji'an gave her such a big gift before Li Chaoge could think about it.
He too was born again. Li Chaoge was so angry that he laughed. Well, Pei Ji'an is really infatuated. In his previous life, he blatantly got together with Li Changle, and disgusted Li Chaoge in front of Quan Chaotang. In this life, he was reborn, and immediately asked the emperor to marry him to Li Changle.
What is he going to do next? Report everything she has done to the emperor and Tianhou, intercept Rongzhou's memorial to Dongdu, discredit her as a fake princess, or send someone directly to Jiannan to kill her
Li Chaoge's gaze was like a cold sword, exuding a murderous aura. Pei Ji'an originally wanted to pretend not to know, but she watched it for so long that Pei Ji'an couldn't even pretend.
He originally thought that everything he did was justified and that his previous life was over. Would he still be entangled with Li Chaoge? But looking at Li Chaoge's gaze at this moment, Pei Ji'an felt inexplicably guilty.
What is he guilty of? She was not his wife, and the two of them had nothing to do with each other. What's wrong with him marrying his true love
Noticing the slight change in Pei Ji'an's expression, Li Chaoge smiled with his lips curled up, his heart was already cold. She withdrew her gaze and stopped looking at Pei Ji'an.
Li Chaoge didn't know that Pei Ji'an was reborn before, and she thought about being strangers to each other. After all, what he did in the previous life has not happened yet, so there is no reason to make things difficult for the other party. But now, since she is still the same person, why is she being polite
Pei Ji'an, those grievances and grievances in the previous life can be settled in one stroke.
Li Chaoge was very patient.
After the emperor finished speaking, everyone celebrated, and the Pei family was extremely lively for a while. The lights in the main hall were flickering, and the ears were full of silk and bamboo. The brief eye contact between Li Chaoge and Pei Ji'an did not attract the attention of others except Gu Mingke.
Gu Mingke is the cousin of the Pei family, so the position will not be too good, and he is happy to hide in a clean place. However, Pei Ji'an was his task target after all, Gu Mingke found out when Pei Ji'an was confused.
Gu Mingke also saw Li Chaoge's movements clearly, and he sighed silently. The date of his return to heaven will be postponed again.
Obviously, the task becomes more difficult. In the past, Gu Mingke only needed to guard against Pei Ji'an going astray, but now, he had to guard against Pei Ji'an being killed.
Li Chaoge's look just now didn't look like he was looking at his ex-husband, but more like looking at an enemy.
so troublesome. Gu Mingke sighed quietly.
After the emperor announced the happy event, the atmosphere of the banquet was heated up, singing and dancing one after another, and everyone's mood became higher and higher. Halfway through the banquet, the venue was already in a mess, talking, laughing and playing around everywhere. Tianhou found an opportunity, and said softly to Li Chaoge: "Chaoge, the people attending the banquet today are all five surnamed Qiwang, Gongqing Erlang. Take a look, is there anything you like below?"
Li Chaoge gave his mother face, condescended to glance at it, and then shook his head quietly. The Empress smiled and joked: "Chao Ge, don't be shy. You are a princess, you don't have to learn those three obediences and four virtues, boudoir honor and boudoir precepts, they are all deceiving fools. If you like someone, just say it, A Niang will give you a marriage, Let's see who dares not follow them?"
Tianhou's words really contained the essence of Li Chaoge's robbing marriage back then. Li Chaoge thought that her ability to do such things as robbing and forcing people to marry might have something to do with her mother. Li Chaoge was about to decline, when suddenly his eyes fixed and he found a person.
Seeing Li Chaoge looking at the seat of Pei's family, Tianhou's heart tightened suddenly. Li Chaoge and Li Changle are sisters, they probably fell in love with the same man, right? Tianhou quickly reminded: "Chaoge, the eldest son of the Pei family is your brother-in-law, and he will marry Chang Le soon. There are so many men in the world, there is no need to keep an eye on their Pei family, do you think so?"
Where did Li Chaoge look at Pei Ji'an! Li Chaoge couldn't believe it herself, she actually saw a familiar figure in the seat of Pei's family. He sat far away, his face was hidden in the shadows, and his facial features could not be seen clearly. But his figure, his fingers, and especially his graceful demeanor, Li Chaoge would never admit his mistake.
Li Chaoge's gaze was too obvious, Tianhou looked along her gaze, and was somewhat relieved to see that Pei Ji'an was not where she landed. Since it's not Pei Ji'an, then feel free. Tianhou didn't care about Li Chaoge, anyway, her daughter would never be at a disadvantage, if she likes to play, if the other party's family background is decent, then recruit him as a son-in-law; if not, then replace her.
It is not uncommon for a princess to raise one or two faces in private.
After Tianhou showed a tacit attitude, Li Chaoge was relieved, and stood up quickly to find someone below. She is the focus of the audience today. When she walked down the steps wearing a bright red dress, the red dress swept across the jade steps, and the silk was shining with silver light, as if she had been cut to cover her body with a starry sky, she was simply stunningly beautiful. As she walked all the way down, more and more people on both sides were attracted to turn their heads and looked at her in amazement.
Pei Ji'an was talking with Pei Chuyue, Li Changle, and Li Huai when he suddenly felt movement behind him. He turned his head and saw Li Chaoge walking in this direction aggressively, his eyes looked like he was trying to steal someone.