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The New Year's banquet was rushed and hasty because the emperor's holy body was violated and the queen was grounded again.

Although the ruling and opposition parties knew about the Holy Body of the Son of Heaven, they never thought that the saint would not even be able to give a New Year's feast, and the Son of Heaven never showed any intention of establishing a reserve.

This undoubtedly casts a fine and subtle shadow on the auspicious and prosperous world that is in full swing and blooming like a brocade.

Song Yu lives deep in the Hanyuan Palace but is familiar with the affairs of the world. He is naturally aware of the hidden rivalry under the quiet court at this moment.

Years ago, Prince Cheng was demoted and demoted to the rank of County King. Although Prince Shen had military merits at a young age, he was never favored by the emperor. In comparison, Prince Rui, who had the imperial concubine Ming as his mother, was particularly eye-catching.

Only Prince Rui has always been a cautious person, to put it bluntly, he is gentle on the surface, but in fact he does not let oil and salt in.

However, even though the Son of Heaven is so sick and lives in seclusion in the deep palace, he has been under the rule for more than 20 years and has a great prestige. No one dares to discuss the matter of establishing a reserve with great fanfare at this time.

It's just that I don't know if these active thoughts have exceeded the limit that the emperor can tolerate.

Almost without warning, a decree was sent down in the Hanyuan Hall to deal with the Empress Dowager Qianqiu who is more than a month old.

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Prince Rui's Mansion, in Sandalwood Garden.

Yu Ya was sitting in front of the mirror, and Wen Yue put the last golden hairpin on her complicated and dignified lady-in-law's hair bun, "Someone has been sent outside to deliver the message, and Concubine Yu and Hong Zhen are already waiting in the hall. I'm waiting for you."

She pursed her lips lightly after hearing this, and finally took a closer look at the beautiful face of the woman in the glasses, and reprimanded pretendingly, "When you enter the palace soon, you can stop calling Hongzhen Hongzhen, and you should call it side concubine Qi."

"Yes." Wenyue responded lightly with a sarcasm similar to Yu Ya's, and stretched out her hand to help Yu Ya get up.

"When did the lord leave in the morning?" Yu Ya stepped across the threshold lightly and asked.

"The prince values ​​filial piety the most. He entered the palace before dawn and waited to kowtow to the queen mother." Wenyue winked again and said, "When His Highness left, he gave special instructions not to disturb you."

Yu Ya raised her hand and tapped Wenyue lightly, with a shy face, "You're the only one who talks a lot." She seemed to have thought of something, and then said with a bit of ruthlessness: "When Aunt Sui'er lived in the house, she was quite embarrassed Take care of A Wan, I'm afraid I have some thoughts about her. We have to hurry up, A Wan hugged me and raised her, and if I can't stop that broken child from entering the house in the future, I won't be passive."

"You are right, it's just that His Royal Highness values ​​side concubine and A Wan, so you have to find a suitable time, so don't be in a hurry." Wen Yue persuaded.

"...Your Highness is suspicious." Yu Ya sighed, then stopped talking.

She turned around the corner of the corridor and walked for a while, raised her fan and leisurely pushed aside the beautifully blooming pomegranate flowers in the Changjin corridor, looked back again, and sighed softly, "This year the flowers bloom really well."

"I think so too." A pregnant woman in a second-tier palace costume was coming out of the hall, and when she heard Yu Ya's words, she smiled coquettishly, "The May pomegranate flower is alluring. That's all." With one hand on her waist, she walked quickly towards Yu Ya, calling out sweetly, "Sister!"

Although she is pregnant, she is not young, and her round face still looks sweet and innocent as a boudoir daughter.

Yu Ya quickly stepped forward to help her, "Tao Tao! Little ancestor! You should be more careful." She raised her hand and led Ah Wan who came out, and gave instructions to the servant who followed her: "Call side concubine Qi to come out, Let's go."

With every move and every move, he maintains a kind and virtuous official appearance, completely unable to see the cruelty of the daughter of the scheming man just now.

Concerned about Yu Taotao's age and bloated figure, Yu Ya simply arranged for three chariots and horses.She originally wanted to take Ah Wan with her, but the little girl was close to her biological mother, and she didn't want to be separated, so she gave up.

Yu Ya took Wenyue into the car, and did not continue until the curtain of the car was drawn, "Go and kowtow to the Queen Mother before the banquet, and we will go to Zhaoyang Hall to meet the concubine mother. If you can marry her Huanxi, I don't need to worry too much about Ah Wan after I finished speaking."

Wen Yue said: "You forgot, the empress has released her foot restraint, and presided over the arrangements for the Empress Dowager Qianqiu this time. According to the rules, I will pay my respects to the empress first."

"The queen mother was released?" Yu Ya asked in surprise.

"Yes, I told you when I got the news a month ago. I'm afraid you forgot it in a hurry?"

Yu Ya raised her eyebrows and looked at Wenyue, "What did she come out for? She fell out of favor and had no children. Shouldn't she be trapped to death in Yong'an Palace to make room for our mother and concubine?" said the pair of long and narrow eyes. There was a flash of secretiveness, "I said I would wait for a good opportunity, so here it is. If it works, it will kill two birds with one stone."

"Even if His Highness finds out, it doesn't matter. If this happens, the lord will be the first son of the palace sooner or later." Yu Ya said, looking at Wenyue with a smile, thinking that she had already made up her mind.

Seeing her leaning forward like this, Wen Yue also smiled, "You've made your plans, just order."

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Xiao Lingming had always been at odds with the Queen Mother, so he delayed his departure until the last moment.When he arrived, even the empress dowager and the emperor had already taken their seats.The eyes of everyone under the steps fell on him.

The Son of Heaven at the head of the high seat didn't seem to be aware of the undercurrent, and he stood up and waved to Xiao Lingming himself.

When Xiao Lingming saw the emperor, a smile appeared on his expressionless face. He stepped forward and saluted as usual, without pleading guilty to the empress dowager, and sat down beside Emperor Wu of his own accord.

The queen mother watched him sit down meanderingly, covered her lips and coughed violently for a while, then she winked at the eldest aunt who was standing next to her as if nothing happened, and announced the opening of the table.

After the banquet, kowtows, birthday celebrations, gift offerings, and dances and music were performed as usual.

Although it is a big deal, it is just that it is fresher here and more beautiful there. For Xiao Lingming who is used to seeing all this, there is only the word "boring".

After less than half of the meeting, there were people from the seat in Prince Rui's mansion who came up to reply, saying that Concubine Yu felt a little unwell, and Prince Rui asked for an order to leave temporarily.

The queen glanced at the emperor who was concentrating on talking with Xiao Lingming, and said: "The emperor's grandson is the most important thing, go to the side hall to rest, and also send an imperial doctor to take a look."

When the sun goes down, the foreign ministers will leave the table, and the wives who get the words of the nobles can stay and talk with the concubine.

"Minger?" Emperor Wu got up and left the table, but Xiao Lingming didn't follow him, he called him sideways, but he turned his head and looked intently at Prince Rui and A Wan who were walking with the queen towards the imperial garden.

Xiao Lingming heard the voice of the emperor, turned around and followed quickly.

He raised his hand to shake the hand offered by Emperor Wu, and got on the chariot.After sitting down, he opened the gauze curtain, lowered his head and asked Li Fu who was walking beside him, "Where are Prince Rui and side concubine just now? I haven't seen Prince Rui's side concubine carefully yet."

Emperor Wu leaned on the table, holding his fingers to play with. Hearing this, his expression was filled with sarcasm.

These words were really harsh, Xiao Lingming couldn't get over his face, and he couldn't get angry with the emperor, so he could only glared at Song Yu and turned his hands away.

"Turn around!" Seeing that he was not happy, Emperor Wu felt happy in his heart, stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Lingming's sleeve.

But the person in front of him was unmoved and still turned his back, so the emperor had no choice but to straighten up, grab the person's shoulder and force him to turn back.

When Xiao Lingming turned around, tears welled up in his eyes, he frowned, and looked at Emperor Wu with anger and resentment.

Seeing this, the Son of Heaven raised his hand and tapped his forehead hard, his tone was firm, but his words softened, "Tears come as soon as they are said, and there is really nothing in my heart, so you just cajole me like this." I accept it!"

After Song Yu finished speaking, Xiao Lingming's tears did not stop, but accumulated more and more, and then rolled out of his eyes all at once, staining the emperor's hands.

Emperor Wu was annoyed by his tears, and roughly wiped his face with his hand, "Okay! I won't mention it anymore."

After Xiao Lingming got the words, he lowered his head and slowly wiped away his tears, raised his face and showed an aggrieved look, "You can't always hurt Ming'er like this."

"Say no more!"

"I can't mention it in the future." Xiao Lingming saw that the emperor was rarely soft, so he took advantage of the situation to make progress.

Xiao Lingming was a little proud of getting the soft guarantee from Emperor Wu, so he leaned over and kissed the emperor's forehead with a smile on his face.

Then Fang retreated, and the emperor grabbed the hair on the back of his head and pulled it back and bit his lip.

But when Emperor Wu was about to lick the teeth of the person lying on him and go deep, he heard Li Fu, who was so unlucky, say outside the thin gauze curtain of the chariot: "Luo! Your Majesty, empress, the Hanyuan Hall has arrived."