The abandoned queen is reborn: she makes the prince cry and seizes the throne!

Even so, Ji Mengshu could roughly guess who he was. His voice, appearance and smile overlapped with the person in her past life memory. She couldn't help but ask, "Is he an old friend?"

"What?" Ning Rongzhang, who was close to the crowd, seemed not to have heard clearly and asked again, which made her come back to her senses for a moment.

"Nothing... This must be the distinguished guest you mentioned." Ji Mengshu walked around the table and finally saw the face shrouded in the thin green smoke. His sword-like eyebrows were slanted, his eyes were bright, his thin lips were gently pursed, and his temples had slightly curled hair on both sides. According to the tradition of Luanzhou people, a few strands of black hair were braided and hung by his neck, and there were small silver bells at the end of his hair. He was clearly a young man!

"I am the guardian of Luanzhou tribe. I am worthless and cannot be considered as the honored guest mentioned by the prince."

After saying this, he took a sip of tea, but the way he drank it was not like most literati who wanted to be elegant. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he drank it like a cow.

The Great Protector of Luanzhou Tribe was the Wu Yanhe that everyone talked about. Now he was honest and told his real name.

"Why are you staring at me like that, girl?" Wu Yanhe raised his eyes, his gaze met hers without dodging or evading.

He hurriedly lowered his eyes and sat next to Ning Rongzhang.

"I just feel that the Protector seems to be an old friend I met a long time ago."

"That's really a coincidence."

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滦州

大帐

Along with the cold wind of the tiger's roar, one could even hear angry curses in Luanzhou dialect, "You useless piece of shit! I have raised you for so long, and this is how you work for me?!"

"Yes, yes, I have failed in my duty! I failed to track down Wu Yanhe's whereabouts! Please punish me, Prince!" Upon closer inspection, it was the person who tracked down Ji Mengshu and threatened Prince Huai some time ago.

"What's the point of punishing you!" The man had a broad face, deep eyes, high eyebrows, a high nose and wide lips, a typical Luanzhou face. "My good brother, you have grown strong now. Since the war with the Dali Dynasty, you have collected some spoils and handed them over to the big tent. Is that a trick? My father is old and confused. How can he be so presumptuous to my brother?"

"Now he is colluding with the royal family of the Dali Dynasty. Who knows if he has done anything behind his father's back?"

The man said, "Why don't you persuade the Khan to urgently summon Wu Yanhe? As long as Wu Yanhe stays by the Khan's side, there is no need to worry that he will be able to escape the prince's trap!"

The third prince snorted coldly and said nothing.

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The situation in Kyoto was not as tense as in the north. Even though it was still a cold winter day, the ladies in the palace all wore new clothes with bright patterns.

Admiring the exotic flowers and plants blooming in the greenhouse, Concubine Xian picked up a flower and put it to her nose to smell it carefully, "The Queen Mother's birthday is coming soon. Have you sisters thought of a gift?"

The other concubines who were competing for beauty pursed their lips and smiled very elegantly, "The Queen Mother has lived to such an old age, what new things have she not seen? If we give her some Shoushan stone gems, it would seem petty."

"Your Excellency is right. The birthday gift for the Empress Dowager should be more novel." Empress Xian pursed her lips and smiled, then nodded at Wanrong, who was hiding in the crowd and was slightly absent-minded.

"What do you think, Mr. Wan?"

The concubines around him poked Wan Rong secretly, lowered their heads and kept silent. Wan Rong came back to her senses and smiled, "Your Majesty is right. I also think it is very good."

Concubine Xian chuckled, twirling her handkerchief and returning to the palace, she said to the little servant beside her, "The Empress Dowager is old, who knows how many birthdays she will have in her life? Right now the harem is without a master, and His Majesty has entrusted me with the task of hosting the birthday banquet, which means he still has me in his eyes and heart. Why don't we take advantage of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet and hold a grand and magnificent one to please the Empress Dowager and His Majesty, then why should we be afraid of Miss He?"

"Your Highness is right."

As the Empress Dowager's birthday was approaching, everyone in the harem was filled with joy, and the Empress Dowager's complexion also looked much better.

Ever since the news of Ning Rongzhang's death and the Luanzhou troops' retreat came from the north, Ning Huaixuan was obviously much more relaxed than before.

As long as there is no war, the Dali Dynasty will eventually recover.

"The Empress Dowager seems to be in a very good mood these days."

"My birthday is approaching, and this is probably what it means when people are in high spirits due to happy events. I heard that you have handed the matter of the birthday banquet over to Concubine Xian?" The two palace maids beside her held the empress dowager's hands and walked forward slowly.

"Empress Xian comes from a famous family and handles things properly. The harem is currently without a master..."

The Queen Mother continued, "You also know that the harem is without a master. Emperor, if things are delayed for too long, something will happen. Do you also want He Hui to repeat Ji Mengshu's mistakes? To make such a big joke in the imperial city of Kyoto?"

"Grandmother is right. I also think that the matter of establishing the empress cannot be delayed any longer." Holding the old man's arm, he walked aimlessly, smelling the fragrance of cedar. "I will ask the people of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau to calculate the date carefully. The date will be set in spring. A year's plan depends on spring, and spring can be considered a good weather day."

The Queen Mother snorted, "As long as you still care about my old bones, you should know to appoint a queen."

The Empress Dowager's birthday banquet was approaching, and all the noble ladies, whether married or unmarried, were flocking to the clothing shops, hoping to own the most fashionable clothes in Kyoto that would keep them warm without being too heavy.

A hundred flowers compete with each other in beauty, and the word "beauty" is the most beautiful.

Big bosses naturally know the tricks. The ladies spend a lot of money to have their clothes tailor-made. The styles are definitely not the same in Kyoto. Each piece is unique.

But if there is a small boss who doesn't know the trick, he will ask the tailors in his shop to go around the big shop, pick out the fashionable patterns and colors, and make batches of counterfeits based on memory.

At the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, all the prominent families in Kyoto would come to celebrate.

He Hui will definitely go, and she can't go as low-key as before.

The sun was shining brightly at noon, and there was almost no noticeable warmth on people.

The sun is very bright.

"Hey - look, isn't that Miss He?"

Wu Ya turned around and saw a beautiful figure behind the bridge. She was wearing a bright red cape with peony patterns and a circle of white fox fur around her neck, which made her look even more petite and delicate. She walked slowly towards him. From a distance, she really looked like a queen.

Wu Ya finally made it to the palace, so she naturally stayed close to her sister Wu Xian. Wu Xian wore twelve white jade hairpins in her hair, which made her look very noble. She wore a light lotus-colored cloak tied around her neck, and raised her chin to look at the person who was coming.

"Humph."

"Don't be angry, sister. Last time, the opportunity was so good, but it was Ya'er who didn't prepare well. But this time, she can't escape. Ya'er will definitely make her lose her reputation."