That woman had entered the Eastern Palace with them before, probably because her family was better than theirs, and she had taken a more dominant position among the girls, but this young bird suddenly disappeared, and they couldn't help but panic in their hearts.

Qin Wanqing turned her eyes to Fei Shuang and said, "Do you know where that girl went?"

Fei Shuang shook his head and said, "I don't know, but...in this huge Eastern Palace, who would dare to let a person disappear? This person..."

Fei Shuang's words also temporarily reminded her, and made her silently grow an eye in her heart.

Soon came the day of Empress Dowager Wu's birthday banquet.

For the Empress Dowager's 60th birthday, Emperor Xuanhui, in order to show his filial piety, had already asked the palace people to prepare for it, so the preparations for this birthday banquet were extremely grand.

The Empress Dowager Wu attended the ceremony in full attire, graceful and luxurious, looking down at the courtiers and officials kneeling below, the smile on her face was even bigger.

Emperor Xuanhui sat in the side seat very cooperatively, fully showing the protagonist's position.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Jin Zhao had touched Shen Li's side quietly before, and the others knelt down to salute, but he was absent-minded, and the hand placed below hooked the fingers of the people next to him from time to time, and rubbed against him from time to time.arm, various small movements

Shen Li patted his dishonest hand away, got up, and returned to his desk.

Jin Zhao also got up, and sat down on the table next to him calmly.

No one knew about the episode that just happened.

Li Zhong walked to Emperor Xuanhui's side, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, about General Cui..."

Emperor Xuanhui waved his hands calmly and said: "I know, I have my own considerations."

Empress Dowager glanced at him sideways and said in a low voice, "Emperor, today's banquet is well arranged."

Emperor Xuanhui smiled and said, "It's good that the queen mother is satisfied."

Empress Dowager nodded slightly, "Well, what's the matter with your fourth brother? Why hasn't he arrived yet?"

Hearing this, Emperor Xuanhui's eyes darkened slightly, but his tone was as usual: "I sent a letter before, I think it should be on the way here."

Empress Dowager is still not at ease, "It's getting dark, today is such a special day, there is no reason to be late..."

Emperor Xuanhui comforted in a calm tone: "Mother, please rest assured, my son was asked to inquire about it just now, and the fourth brother will be here soon."

"Okay, Emperor, have you made up your mind about what the Ai family told you before?"

Emperor Xuanhui didn't say a word.

Empress Dowager didn't know whether it was in a hurry or something, and continued: "It's okay to hand over the province to others. Your fourth brother can also help you when you come back."

Emperor Xuanhui: ...

On the other side, Shen Li leaned back on the seat with a sullen expression, and there seemed to be something on his mind.

Jin Zhao almost kept paying attention to the people next to him from the corner of his eye, but he couldn't get close to them openly across the table, so he could only watch quietly, unable to do anything else.

Not long after, Shen Li got up and walked out of the hall from the side.

Seeing this, Jin Zhao followed after him in a daze.

When Jin Zhao rushed to the corridor, he saw a man in black clothes just leaving, as if he had received some orders just now.

As soon as the man left, Shen Li turned around, just in time to meet Jin Zhao who was following him.

There was nothing unusual about his expression, but Jin Zhao walked up to him and asked with a smile, "What were you... doing just now?"

Shen Li shook his head and said, "It's nothing, why did you come out?"

Jin Zhao: "I'll come out when I see you come out." As he said, he raised his hand to hold his hand, and gently swipe his fingertips on his palm.

"you……"

"Why, you can't even touch your hands?" Jin Zhao raised his eyebrows.

Shen Li didn't break free, and let him hold her, "No, it's just... I might be discovered here."

"You're right, but...do you feel...that the two of us seem to be...stealing?"

Hearing this, Shen Li's cheeks flushed, "What nonsense, are you drunk?"

"I didn't drink just now, I was very sober, but... I became sober when I met you. I have to say... Your Highness is more powerful than alcohol." Jin Zhao held his hand tightly, and moved forward step by step.move forward.

"Nonsense." Shen Li's back involuntarily pressed against the wall, and the distance between the two suddenly shortened.

They were already deep in the corridor of the palace, and the light was dim, which instantly brought the ambiguous atmosphere to the extreme.

Jin Zhao reached out to support his chin, and pressed his forehead against his forehead, his breath was slightly warm, "Why don't we both not participate in this banquet?"

"Then Empress Dowager is not an important person."

Shen Li raised his eyes to meet his gaze, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, "You don't mean to be here..."

Before he could finish speaking, his mouth was sealed with a kiss.

Jin Zhao's palm slipped to the back of his neck, supporting the back of his head, kissing him inch by inch.

Shen Li looked at him quietly, as if there was a glimmer of sadness, but Jin Zhao didn't notice it.

Just feeling that his attention was not very focused, his arms wrapped around Shen Li's waist again, "What? Am I no longer attractive to His Highness?"

Shen Li instinctively came back to his senses, buried his head into his neck, and said in a low voice: "I'm just thinking...how long can we stay together like this."

"As long as you want." Jin Zhao said without hesitation, gently stroking his black hair with his palm.

"Really? I'm just afraid... something will happen."

Jin Zhao couldn't see his expression, but felt that his words were inexplicably depressed, which was a sign of lack of security.

Jin Zhao didn't know what was wrong with him, so he had no choice but to back away, stroked his temple hair with his palm, lightly kissed his eyebrows, and said softly: "No, with me here, you don't have to worry about anything."

Shen Li nodded slightly, and was about to speak, but there was an untimely voice behind Jin Zhao.

"Your Highness, you will be closer from here..."

"Eh? Why is there someone there?"

As soon as the words fell, Jin Zhao rubbed the person in front of him into his arms, and covered most of his body in his arms with his wide sleeves.

No sooner had this movement been carried out than the sound approached.

"General Cui, is that you?"

The eunuch asked cautiously.

Jin Zhao slightly turned his gaze to the side, and saw two figures standing beside him, one was the eunuch Cao Huiming, and the other was King Su Shen Qi.

Jin Zhao replied coldly, "Can't you see with long eyes?"

Cao Huiming was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly moved his eyes to the side, "This...slave didn't know you would be here...I'm really sorry..."

"Then get out!" Jin Zhao cut him off.

Cao Huiming glanced at Shen Qi beside him with obvious embarrassment, wondering: "General Cui, this is...His Royal Highness King Su, you..."

Jin Zhao still maintained that posture, and said calmly: "Hello, Your Highness King Su, I will greet you when I am free."

"You..." Cao Huiming was about to reprimand him dissatisfiedly, but Shen Qi beside him interrupted him, "Forget it, Eunuch Cao, it's nothing important, let's go."