Chapter 31

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date="2021-09-03"

title="Chapter 31"

weight="134522"

series = ["The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress"]

mode = "manual"

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New Year's Eve's palace banquet is organized by the Guanglu Temple Department and is located in the Ganwen Hall. Not far from the Ganwen Hall is the Plum Garden, now the whole plum garden has been covered with curtains, the snow in the garden has been cleared, red lanterns and red silk are hung on the plum blossom branches, upholstered tables and chairs are placed under the trees, and preserved fruit cakes are placed on the table for ministers to sit and rest. Because of the cold winter weather, a Panlong six-legged bronze stove is placed every two steps on the road. The stove burns the finest gold and charcoal, which is not only smoke-free, but also emits a light pine aroma. When people walk among them, they are unexpectedly unaware of the slightest indifference.

At this time, the banquet had not yet begun, and the family members of the royal relatives who arrived early were all enjoying the scenery and gossiping in the plum garden.

The most interesting topic at the end of this year is the newly married princess of the Northern War King.

Before the marriage, no one was optimistic about the marriage. After all, the king of the Northern War was notoriously violent, but he happened to be a general. when the generals of the pillar countries were old and there was no one at the border, he was the only one who could drive the Beidi people to the depths of the North Desert in one fell swoop. In this way, even if Emperor Anqing never liked this son, he could only turn a blind eye to his actions.

Up and down, there are many people in the court who take the helm in the face of the wind. Even the emperor can't do anything to this son. The people in the court can only stay away from each other, so that one day they will not be able to provoke the god of murder and have no place to reason.

But now, they have heard that after marriage, the king of the Northern War not only did not take it out on the princess, but had a strong love and harmony with the princess, and handed over all the power of the royal family to the princess. This is intriguing.

Thoughtful ministers are all trying to figure out the intention of his move. At least he is a prince with a heavy ar in his hand. if he has no ambition for that dragon chair, these courtiers who want to turn three turns will not believe it. It's just that can't guess what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the Northern War King for a while. Now, taking advantage of the palace banquet, the courtiers who stood in line early began to whisper in small groups.

At this time, the protagonist at the center of the topic just got off the soft sedan chair. An Changqing was holding the hand heater and sneezed as soon as she got out of the sedan chair. Although it hasn't snowed today, it's colder than it was a few days ago. The cold kept drilling into the cracks in the bones.

An Changqing fell into the water when she was young and could not stand the cold. At this time, although he was wearing fox fur and holding a hand heater, his hands and feet were still cold and there was no heat on his body.

Xiao Zhige touched the back of his cold hand and frowned: "go in and drink some hot wine to warm up."

An Changqing was not so delicate. She looked up and smiled at him. "it doesn't matter, let's go first."

The male and female guests of the palace banquet are divided into two sides. There is a special maid to guide the way. Earlier, the maid dared not come up when she saw them talking intimately next to each other. When she heard an Changqing's speech, she stepped forward with a drooping head and small steps: "the princess's seat is this way. Please follow me."

An Changqing froze for a moment, and subconsciously looked back at Xiao Zhige: "I am not with Wang Ye?"

The maid bent over and was at a loss: "this. The ladies' seats are all over there. "

An Changqing's identity is the Princess of the Northern War, although it is said to be a man, but according to the identity, it is really arranged on the side of the female family.

An Changqing was hesitating when she listened to a female voice from far and near: "Let Changqing follow me."

The man was about thirty years old, dressed in fine clothes and with a clear face. Seeing the pattern on her dress, an Changqing guessed that he was the only daughter of the Empress Dowager, the sister of Emperor Anqing, Princess Xiao Youxi.

The eldest princess was flanked by a big, handsome man, who must have been a horse, Cai Yi.

An Changqing took the lead in saluting: "I have seen the eldest princess and the horse."

Xiao Zhige also said, "Auntie, uncle."

There was a smile on the princess's beautiful face: "your eyes are sharp." You don't have to be so rusty, just call it as you please. " Then he turned to Xiao Zhige and said, "go with your uncle." I'll take Chang Ching there, and I won't let him be bullied. "

She wanted to take care of people for Xiao Zhige, but Xiao Zhige was ungrateful and still looked cold: "Don't bother your aunt, Changqing will go with me."

"but I'm afraid it's against the rules." The eldest princess was stupefied for a moment.

"since he is a man, what's wrong with coming with me? We're one step ahead. " Xiao Zhige nodded to the two and led an Changqing to the other side.

The eldest princess who had been brushed her face did not see an angry look, and her eyes fell on the hands of the two. It took a long time to shake his head and smile and murmured to himself, "he is considerate in protecting others." That's all. It wasn't my turn to worry about it. "

Cai Ying, who was beside her, frowned and said, "the temperament of the King of the Northern War is too hard and impersonal."

The smile on the princess's face faded, and she looked back at him coldly. "how did he become like this? don't you know?"

Tsai Huan choked, but she stopped talking. The eldest princess looked at him contemptuously and led the man to the other side.

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An Changqing was led to the other side by Xiao Zhige, but the maid who led the way was left behind by two people and hurriedly chased after him.

Feeling the strength on her wrist, an Changqing looked up at the man's face, but saw that his lips were tight and his fundus was dark.

"wait a minute!" An Changqing called him twice, but the man did not hear him pull him forward.

Seeing this, an Changqing had to shrunk her mouth and said deliberately, "my wrist hurts."

Xiao Zhige just took a step. He let go of his hand and stared coldly at the catch-up maid, then carefully held some red wrists and gently rubbed: "I'm sorry.". "

"what's the matter with you?" An Changqing sensed that there was something wrong with his mood and asked tentatively, "is it related to the eldest princess?"

He has seen the eldest princess twice in his previous life, but there is no overlap. I only know that the other party is young and famous, and many children of the family in Beijing are looking forward to the Princess Shang. But he didn't want her to take a fancy to anyone, so he chose a four-grade general to marry. This general is Cai Jing. Tsai Jiazu was also famous, but he was in decline when it came to the generation of Cai Jiazu's father. Originally, after she was still a princess, she could no longer become an official, but after the eldest princess got married, she personally went to ask for the emperor's grace. Tsai Huan did not step down from her official post and still led the army to fight. Later, he made a lot of great achievements and was awarded a first-class general by Emperor Anqing.

I heard that Cai Yan loved the eldest princess so much that she vowed to love only the princess all her life. After marriage, he did not take concubinage and did not linger in the brothel house of the green house, which was very affectionate and made a story.

However, from the point of view of the only two meetings in the last life, an Changqing felt that the eldest princess had a very cold attitude towards the horse. The two are not in love as rumored. Moreover, after nearly ten years of marriage, there were no sons and a half daughters. Later, Tsai Huan died in the war with battlefield, and the eldest princess lived deep in the princess's mansion. She never took a step forward to eat and recite the Buddha.

An Changqing only felt sorry at that time.

Now when look at it again, always feel a little strange in the middle. In particular, it also involves Xiao Zhige. He remembers that Xiao Zhige in the previous life did not seem to be very close to this aunt. On the contrary, the eldest princess often goes to the palace, but perhaps the nephews and nephews are not friendly, and often leave the palace again after a few words.

Xiao Zhige's expression became weirder and weirder. He twisted his eyebrow as if he didn't know how to explain it. Finally, he could only say, "since childhood, my aunt has been the best to treat me."

An Changqing became more and more confused.

However, Xiao Zhige said, "but the way she treats me is always mixed with pity and guilt, which makes people very uncomfortable."

After the death of the mother concubine, Xiao Zhige lived alone in the Qiwu Palace, and only the eldest princess often came to see him. At that time, the eldest princess just hugged him and wept silently, and occasionally she would suddenly say something like "I will take care of you on behalf of your mother's concubine." At that time, although Xiao Zhige was not old, he was sensible. He always felt that his aunt's attitude was very weird. he asked his aunt several times why she was only kind to him, but the eldest princess was perfunctory. So even if she is blindly nice to him, he is not close to her.

Even every time I see her, I feel like I'm stuck in my heart.

"it would be nice to have less contact after that." An Changqing said.

"that's all. It's my own business. It has nothing to do with her. You don't have to be influenced by me. " Xiao Zhige twisted his eyebrows a little angrily.

An Changqing shook her head, raised her hand to tidy up the cloak for him, and whispered, "they all say that husband and wife are one, and we are now one, so we should advance and retreat together." Since you don't like the eldest princess, I won't be too close to her. "

Xiao Zhige looked down at him, an Changqing smiled and took the initiative to hold his hand: "Wang Ye hurry to lead the way, otherwise the palace banquet will be late."

When the two men arrived at the main hall, there was already a sound of bamboo around them. When they saw Xiao Zhige coming in, they got up one after another to see the ceremony. When they saw an Changqing beside him, simultaneously was stupefied again.

Xiao Zhige nodded coldly and followed the leading maid to his place.

The palace banquet is more than one person, and the seating order is followed by grade. On the right hand side of Xiao Zhige is Prince Xiao Qi Eucalyptus, and on the left hand side is the third Prince Xiao Qi Le. In this way, an Changqing lost his place.

Xiao Zhige frowned for a moment, then ordered the servant maid to say, "add another place next to me."

All the people in this room are more than one person, and have never seen two people squeeze a table. The maid stayed for a moment, but when she touched his cold face, she was busy to add a seat.

The two sat side by side.

The prince slowly poured out the wine and said with a smile, "the second younger brother and the princess are really in love with each other." Are you reluctant to let people go? "

Xiao Zhige glanced at him, but did not answer. He picked up the wine pot on the table and put it on the wine stove in front of him. At the same time, he said to an Changqing, "this wine is warm. You can drink some later."

An Changqing nodded cleverly.

Prince: "."

His face changed a few times, and the ignored prince could only cough, picked up his glass and took a sip of wine to hide his embarrassment. The third prince on the other side saw that he ate shrunken, snickered twice, leaned over and spoke to an Changqing and said, "the second brother is so kind to his sister-in-law." On weekdays, the second elder brother doesn't even bother to talk to our brothers. Is this called heavy color and light brother? "

The third prince is the only son of Shu Guifei, who is only 15 years old and has not yet left the palace. At present, although the words are all naive, an Changqing will not think that he is really a naive child. In his last life, he had heard that when the third prince won the battle, he did it even more fiercely than his two brothers.

How can such a person be a naive child?

An Changqing dropped her eyes and skillfully replied, "the third prince is joking, but Prince usually talks less." And this brotherly feeling, is not expressed in words, flesh and blood affection, its own blood transmission. How can the others compare with the kinship of the heavenly family? "

The third prince shrunk his mouth and joked: "my second brother is a dull gourd. I didn't expect the princess to be a good talker."

"the third prince was admired." An Changqing pretended not to hear the sarcasm in his words and accepted his praise with a smile.

However, Xiao Zhige glanced impassively at the third prince, who was almost moved to their table, and said in a silent voice, "what is the third younger brother still doing here when the banquet is about to begin?"

"." The third prince smiled a lag, caught up with his line of sight, could only hum, and sat back honestly.

Xiao Zhige withdrew his sight, picked up the warm wine and poured a glass to an Changqing: "try it and see if you like it."

An Changqing picked up his glass and took a sip, slightly sweet and a little spicy wine rolled down his throat. He squinted his eyes comfortably, drank up the rest of the wine, and held out the glass to beg for wine: "more."

Xiao Zhige poured him another drink, looking gentle.

The others at the table watched, and there was another change of expression. The prince also saw this scene, glanced over an Changqing, snorted coldly, and turned back to drink in silence.

The author has something to say: "you look good when you drink."

Prince: I think so, too.

Countenance (bad face):. Get out.