It's autumn, and it's already cool in Zhaoyang Hall.

The maid respectfully welcomed the guests into the hall, and took their seats according to the positions already arranged.

The seats at this birthday banquet are very particular, the more favored and trusted by the emperor, the higher the family status, the closer to the emperor.

And at a glance, the ones sitting at the lower right of the emperor were all the juniors led by Old General Pei.

Many ministers secretly cast jealous eyes at Old General Pei - he has been stationed at the border all year round, but once he returns to Beijing, he will have this honor, and he will be able to marry the eldest princess as his wife. It is really good luck and skill!

Old General Pei stroked his gray beard with a smile, and told Gu Ning: "There are a lot of people at the banquet today, you have to be careful, and you must not be counted by others."

Facing Old General Pei's benevolent and clear eyes, Gu Ning nervously held both hands.

Even though she has completed many missions, she still has a feeling of being seen through in front of a person like Old General Pei.

"Ning'er knows." Gu Ning said obediently, "If people don't offend me, I won't offend others."

"Oh?" Old General Pei elongated his voice and said meaningfully, "Then what if they are after you?"

"That's naturally an eye for an eye!" Princess Dachang knocked on the table angrily, staring at Old General Pei, "Just drink your wine, you don't need to worry about Ning'er's affairs!"

Old General Pei drank a glass of wine very aggrieved: "Then you can leave me alone tonight!"

"If you're so drunk that you're unconscious, then simply go to the outer city and lie down for the night." The eldest princess sneered, "The Pei family won't let drunkards in!"

Hearing this, Old General Pei wanted to say something, but he suppressed it aggrievedly.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Gu Ning smiling with crooked eyebrows, and knocked on her head angrily: "Are you so happy to see your grandfather frustrated?"

"Of course not!" Gu Ning said seriously, "I just didn't expect that my grandfather, who is famous outside, turned out to be a strict wife."

Old General Pei rolled his eyes at Gu Ning, but looking at his delicate and soft granddaughter, he never dared to put his palm on Gu Ning's shoulder, so he could only wave his hand perfunctorily: "I love your grandmother! You When you grow up, you will know that a man like my grandfather is hard to find!"

Gu Ning immediately flattered him: "You're right! In my opinion, all the princes and grandsons in the capital can't compare to a single hair of your grandfather!"

These words made Old General Pei feel comfortable, turned a blind eye to Gu Ning's little tricks, and drank the wine beautifully.

The eldest princess glanced at the two people who looked like living treasures, and shook her head helplessly.

She waved at Gu Ning, and Gu Ning immediately came to her side.

"Is everything ready?" The Eldest Princess had a calm face, but her words were extremely strict, "There must be no mistakes in this matter! Do you understand?"

Gu Ning nodded like a pounding garlic: "Don't worry, Xie Yan is right there, he will protect me!"

"Xie Yan?" The eldest princess was startled, recalling the situation just now, but she couldn't find Xie Yan.

At this time, the two maids serving behind Gu Ning stepped forward together. Among them, the taller one was unfamiliar, but the eyes made the Eldest Princess notice something strange.

She couldn't hold back the surprise in her heart: "He disguised himself as a woman to accompany you into the palace?"

Is this still the Xie Yan she knew?

Xie Yan was the same as Chun Yu, with no mistakes in his etiquette. He squatted down and whispered in the ear of the Eldest Princess: "We don't have many eyeliners in the palace, and those eyeliners are extremely important. They are not available until the critical moment." , or should not be exposed, the subordinates personally protect the county lord, is the best policy."

Having said that, the corners of the eldest princess's eyes twitched when she looked at the pretty lady in front of her.

"Okay, you just stay behind."

She was afraid that if she watched it any further, she would not be able to help but laugh out loud.

Counting from the day when Xie Yan was brought back to Pei's house, it has been seven years. She claims to know Xie Yan well and understand Xie Yan's character.Even during the 13 years of living abroad, Xie Yan always had the cold blood of the Chu family.

She has never seen Xie Yan show great interest in anything or anyone. He has always been indifferent, and everything he does is to one day be able to kill his enemies.

But every time Xie Yan meets Gu Ning, he is like a brat who only knows how to please his sweetheart, and only knows how to protect his sweetheart with every effort.

If Xie Yan was indifferent to everything like a god and Buddha before, then he now has a trace of fireworks.

The more the eldest princess thought about it, the more satisfied she felt.

In this way, Xie Yan is really the grandson-in-law that makes her most satisfied!

The smile on the eldest princess's face never disappeared. Gu Ning poked at her several times, scratching his heart but couldn't see the key point, so he could only say to Xie Yan: "Chu Yunyi and Gu Qingqiu Haven't come yet?"

Xie Yan had already had a panoramic view of everything in the hall, and shook his head slightly when he heard the words.

Gu Ning propped his chin, drinking tea very bored.

The most important protagonist of this scene has not yet appeared, so she can only endure it.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the hall.

Immediately, a servant shouted in a high-pitched voice: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is here!"

All of a sudden, everyone in the hall stood up, whether they were sincere or not, and saluted the mother and son with the highest status in the whole world.

"See the emperor! See the empress dowager!"

The emperor filially welcomed the queen mother to the upper seat, while he sat on the dragon chair beside him.

With his actions like this, two more creases appeared on the Empress Dowager's face.

"The dishes and songs and dances prepared for this birthday banquet are all for the emperor's own purpose! I hope the queen mother will not be disgusted." The queen sat under the emperor, smiled and spoke, and deliberately raised her voice a lot.

"Personally hold the birthday banquet for me, the emperor has a heart."

The queen mother patted the back of the emperor's hand, very pleased.

It's clearly a scene of mother's kindness and son's filial piety, but for some reason, Gu Ning smelled something abnormal from it.

If the mother is really kind and the son is filial, why bother to act like this in front of the ministers?Deliberately promoting the emperor's filial piety?

The emperor is a powerful person who killed his father and brother. Gu Ning would not believe him if he said how much he has deep feelings for the empress dowager, let alone the empress dowager is not his biological mother.

Gu Ning rolled his eyes and kept this matter firmly in his heart.

After walking through the procedure, Chu Yunyi came late.

What he presented to the queen mother was a Buddha statue carved from high-quality suet white jade. The face of the Buddha statue was as impressive as the queen mother imagined.

The queen mother believed in Buddhism, and when she saw this Buddha statue, she immediately laughed like a flower.

Gu Ning counted two more wrinkles on her face, and secretly sighed, this empress dowager has a high heart, is it possible that she still wants to become a Buddha?

During this birthday banquet, the Empress Dowager received many rare treasures, and many of them were never seen by Gu Ning.

Her eyes were bright, and her burning eyes swept across the shining gems: "A lot of silver!"

Xie Yan had a panoramic view of her, and the smile in his eyes became more and more gentle.

They are just precious stones. From now on...he will definitely send all the treasures in this world to her and let her choose.

But the good mood didn't last long, Xie Yan saw Yan Yu sitting in the corner, staring at Gu Ning with interest.

He secretly clenched his hands, his killing intent towards Yan Yu was stronger than ever.

Yan Yu was keenly aware of the murderous intent, but when he looked around, all he saw was a harmonious atmosphere, as if the strong murderous intent just now was just his illusion.

This banquet...is really interesting!

Gu Ning was ignorant of these undercurrents, she tried her best to maintain her nympho personality, her eyes followed Chu Yunyi all the time, the deep affection in her eyes could be seen even by a blind person.

Seeing her like this, the queen breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's a good thing that Ning'er is madly in love with you." The Queen whispered, "Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to make a marriage contract with her."

Hearing this, Chu Yunyi's warm smile froze for a moment: "Queen, can you not mention her?"

"Don't mention her and whom?" The queen kept a dignified smile, but her sharp eyes shot at Chu Yunyi, "Do you want to mention that Gu Qingqiu who had a private meeting with you just after entering the palace?"

Hearing this, Chu Yunyi looked away with a cold face.

You can go to private meetings with Gu Qingqiu at such an urgent time, what about other occasions?If the affair between the two is exposed, the military power in the hands of the eldest princess will be handed over to others!

Thinking of the consequences of this incident, the queen couldn't help becoming anxious.

She held back the overwhelming anger in her heart, toasted the eldest princess, and brought up the marriage between Gu Ning and Chu Yunyi intentionally or unintentionally.

She didn't lower her voice, trying to let the people around her hear clearly.

"Today is the mother's birthday party, why don't we have a double happiness? Just set the date of Ning'er and Yun Yi's wedding today." The Queen smiled softly and dignifiedly, "This child Yun Yi has wanted to marry Ning'er for a long time gone."

Gu Ning blinked, and immediately closed his eyes with a smile.

It really doesn't take much effort to find nowhere to go after breaking through the iron shoes!Unexpectedly, the fuse was lit by the queen herself!

She immediately responded loudly: "When does the Empress think the wedding date is suitable?"

At this time, she was full of the attitude of a little girl, and someone who didn't know the inside story firmly nailed the label of being infatuated with Duan Wang to her.

Even if Xie Yan knew that everything was an illusion, he couldn't help feeling sour.

"Keep your voice down!" The eldest princess interrupted her angrily, and smiled at the queen, "Everything is according to the empress, and you know that Ning'er has a deep love for His Royal Highness Duan Wang."

"It's the wedding date..." The Eldest Princess smiled, "Of course the sooner the better, I'm tired of being annoyed by this girl all day long."

Hearing this, the queen's eyes lit up, and she immediately wanted to set a date.

But at this moment, a voice beside her coldly interrupted what she was about to say: "What is the queen talking about?"

As soon as this voice sounded, the excitement all over the queen's body was like being poured with a basin of ice water, completely cooling her down.

She squeezed her hands tightly, her heart beating like thunder.

Oops!

She is in such a hurry!He even forgot that the emperor is the most suspicious!

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