When it was time for breakfast the next day, Xia Houyu, who usually came early to wait, did not show up. Ye Yongan was wondering when Xiao Quanzi asked to see him outside the door.

Xiao Quanzi came to send a message to Ye Yongan. Xia Houyu left the palace and returned to the Prince's Mansion last night. The Wanshou Festival is only ten days away, and envoys from various countries will arrive in these days. The emperor asked Xia Houyu to be responsible for the reception.

Ye Yongan knew about Halloween, but she didn't know what Wanshou Festival was. After asking the maids around me, I found out that it was the emperor's birthday and his birthday.

Although the Dayu Kingdom was only founded for a short period of more than 20 years, it is a large country with a vast territory and strong military power. Naturally, when the emperor of a big country celebrates his birthday, all countries will send people to congratulate him. However, there are good and bad relations between countries, and arrangements must be made in advance when arranging accommodation. In addition, the eating habits of different countries are also different, so you need to prepare in advance for convenience.

Xia Houyu went to the Ministry of Rites as soon as he went to court early in the morning to hold a meeting with the officials of the Ministry of Rites to discuss everything and strive to make it perfect without any mistakes. The people in the Ministry of Etiquette are not only responsible for receiving foreign guests, but the emperor's birthday banquet is their top priority now.

As a result, due to different opinions on many things, the meeting lasted for a whole day but no specific plan could be formulated.

At night, Xia Houyu returned to the Prince's Mansion, had a simple dinner, and then went into the study and didn't come out of the study until midnight. Rubbing his swollen temples, he suddenly remembered that the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs had sent the mask he made for Ye Yongan. He was so busy during the day that he forgot to send it to Ye Yongan.

He told Xiao Quanzi to put the mask in a box and take it with him to the palace tomorrow, and remember to remind himself about the mask during the morning court. After explaining everything to Xiao Quanzi, he went back to his room to rest.

The next morning, Xiao Quanzi followed Xia Houyu to Yongfu Palace with a beautiful lacquer box in his hand. The Yongfu Palace was lively today. As soon as Xiahou Yu entered the Yongfu Palace, he heard chatter and laughter coming from the main hall.

Concubine Hui was an orphan girl brought back by the emperor from outside the palace. She had no natal family. The ladies in the palace often stayed in Yongfu Palace every day in order to "encounter" the emperor with Concubine Hui. After the emperor found out, he ordered his concubines not to disturb the imperial concubine in Yongfu Palace. After that, no guests came to Yongfu Palace again.

I don’t know who came today. Xia Houyu still had something to do, so he didn't enter the main hall. He thought about giving the mask to Ye Yongan directly and walked towards Ye Yongan's room. When I arrived, I saw that no one was in the room. I asked the passing maid and found out that Ye Yongan was also in the main hall, saying that Princess Nanping and the eldest lady of the palace were here.

When they entered the main hall, they saw Princess Nanping and Ye Wanning sitting on the left and right next to Ye Yongan.

After some pleasantries, Xia Houyu took the lacquer box Xiao Quanzi was holding and handed it to Ye Yongan. Ye Yongan opened it and saw that the mask he had designed together with Xia Hongyu was ready.

"Try it on and see if it fits."

Xia Houyu took out a golden mask from the box and raised it in front of Ye Wen'an.

Ye Yongan looked at the people in the room and hesitated. She didn't have the courage to change her mask in front of these people here, and she didn't want these people to see it. Especially the so-called sister Ye Wanning, she could clearly notice that Ye Wanning's eyes had never left Xia Houyu since Xia Houyu entered the door.

That kind of look was full of blatant love for Xia Houyu, and that kind of love was fully expressed on his face without any concealment.

Ye Wan Ning is also very beautiful. She has practiced martial arts with King Nanping since she was a child and learned to lead troops in war. This made him exude a heroic spirit that the boudoir lady did not have. Ye Yongan had to admit that this girl was very beautiful, but her beauty was also unique.

Ye Yongan used to be so beautiful that no one could compete with her. But now, she is so ugly. She didn't want anyone to see how ugly he was now.

"This is inconvenient, please accompany me back to the room."

He pulled Xia Houyu's sleeve, and Xia Houyu pushed her out of the main hall.

"Your Highness, isn't he busy with official business recently? Why do you have time to come here?"

Xia Houyu heard that she was a little unhappy, thinking that she felt she had been left out, so he coaxed: "No matter how busy you are, I still want to come and see if you are okay. By the way, Princess Nanping and the others are here to do this?"

Princess Nanping has been in the capital for so long and now she is finally willing to show up. Is she going to take any action?

Ye Yongan felt very uncomfortable, so he asked others when they met, why didn't he ask her if she thought Ye Wanning was good-looking, and wanted to ask her about Ye Wanning.

"He said he came to the capital to celebrate the emperor's birthday. He heard that I was injured before. He just arrived yesterday and he hurried into the palace to see me first."

Ye Yongan suddenly thought of the carriage he met on the road when he and Xia Houyu left the palace. Xia Houyu said that the person on the carriage was Princess Nanping. Then didn't she arrive in the capital a long time ago? She really didn't say she just arrived yesterday.

"Your Highness, didn't you say that Princess Nanping had arrived in the capital a long time ago? Why did she say that she just arrived yesterday? Could it be that you made a mistake before?"

Ye Yongan returned to the room and put on a new mask with his back to Xia Houyu. He turned to Xia Houyu and said, "It's really finely done, doesn't it look good?"

Xia Houyu nodded: "It looks good. By the way, I'm afraid I'll be very busy these days and won't be able to see you often. I'll find out more about Princess Nanping. It's better that you have less contact with her until you find out."

Ye Yongan asked, touching his ruined left cheek through the mask.

"How did my face get hurt? Was it really her?"

"It's very possible, but there's no evidence yet."

An idea suddenly popped up in Ye Yongan's mind. If it was really Princess Nanping who did this to him, would it be for Ye Wanning?

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