After the general's wife was reborn, everyone knelt down and begged her for mercy.

Empress Yue gave birth to a son and a daughter to Emperor Xia Wen. Her daughter Xia Nichang was Emperor Xia Wen's first child and was directly named the eldest princess. Although her son Xia Qiulin was the second prince, as the emperor's legitimate son, her future was certain upon her birth. The crown prince.

And Jiang Yan is Xia Qiulin's reading companion.

Just two years ago, the direct prince Xia Qiulin was accidentally poisoned. Although it was not life-threatening in the end, he became blind.

A disabled prince would lose the qualification to be a prince. Therefore, after Xia Qiulin was disheartened, he left the capital and went to Huguo Temple to rest.

Jiang Yan has been looking for an antidote for him. In his previous life, he really found it. Xia Qiulin returned to normal and was naturally named the prince. However, the first thing he did after becoming the prince was to deal with Jiang Yan. Yan, because his power is too great, to the point where the queen and the prince are afraid.

In her previous life, although she had not seen it with her own eyes, she knew that the poisonous wine served to Jiang Yan came from the hands of the Queen Yue.

Then in this life... should we remind him not to make the same mistakes again?

Just when Ning Ruyan's thoughts were racing, she suddenly heard Empress Yue calling her name, and her heart couldn't help but hurriedly took two steps forward and knelt on the ground: "The Empress."

"You are Ning." Empress Yue looked at her condescendingly, "Raise your head."

Ning Ruyan could only raise her head, but her eyelids were drooped.

"He is indeed a marked person." Empress Yue smiled, "It's just a pity that she became a widow just after getting married."

"My husband dedicated his life to the country, and I feel proud of it." Ning Ruyan hurriedly knocked her head to the ground.

"Yes." Queen Yue couldn't help but nodded, "That's right. Okay, get up."

Ning Ruyan thanked En and stood up, then retreated to the back of the crowd. She chose to ignore the looks of the people around her.

The Spring Festival banquet was held in the Nuan Pavilion in the Imperial Garden.

The queen basically invites female family members to the annual Spring Festival banquet. However, in recent years, as the princes have grown up, some male guests will also be invited to the Spring Festival banquet, and there has been a trend of blind date banquets.

The Nuan Pavilion is very large. There is a small lotus pond in the middle that divides the Nuan Pavilion into two parts. Men and women can sit separately, so that they can communicate with each other from a distance and avoid suspicion.

Ning Ruyan's seat was originally supposed to be at the door, but the eldest princess directly called her by name and asked her to come forward to serve her. Therefore, she could only move to the eldest princess's side in response to everyone's gazes.

And when the emperor came with the male guests, the banquet began.

In addition to eating and drinking, the banquet is also a talent show. Especially the girls, they all know that if they perform well today, they may be favored by the royal family and then fly into the royal family.

"Have you prepared any talents?" The eldest princess picked up the wine glass and drank a glass of fruit wine, then looked at Ning Ruyan.

"Your Highness, my wife is wearing a filial piety."

"Oh, I actually forgot about it." The eldest princess smiled, "You said that after a man dies, a woman must observe filial piety and chastity for him, and even build a chastity arch. But what if the woman dies?"

Ning Ruyan hurriedly lowered her head. It was hard for her to answer this question.

"That's all, let's not talk about this anymore." The eldest princess put the wine glass down and "pour the wine."

Ning Ruyan stood up and poured wine for the eldest princess with fear. However, she always felt a vague gaze looking at her. She subconsciously looked over and met the gaze of the colorful princess. , his heart sank, he nodded hurriedly, smiled, and looked away.

Princess Qicai's eyes narrowed slightly. Last time in Yanyu Pavilion, she found a woman. Although she couldn't see her face clearly, she always felt that she looked very similar to the widow of the Jiang family. However, how could Brother Ayan want to do this? A widow? No, she must find out.

At this moment, another noble girl came up on the stage and began to perform a dance.

"The girls from the Liu family are all outstanding." The eldest princess sighed as she looked at the girls performing on the stage.

Ning Ruyan glanced at the girl on the table. She didn't know her in this life, but she had been in contact with her in the previous life. This person was Liu Jiajia, the second daughter of Liu Kan, the Minister of Household Affairs.

Liu Kan's eldest daughter is called Liu Sisi. It is said that she has been engaged to Jiang Yan since she was a child. However, because of Jiang Yan's poor reputation and the fact that he killed many people after serving as the commander of the Yulin Guard, the Jiao Didi Miss Liu was very afraid of Jiang Yan. When she was growing up last year, she wanted to break off the engagement. Then in order to avoid Jiang Yan or fear that Jiang Yan would hold on to her, she immediately married her father's protégé. Went to the Han family in Tianjin Wei.

In the previous life, Liu Jiajia, the second young lady of the Liu family, fell in love with Jiang Yan and even recommended herself as a pillow mat. Unfortunately, Jiang Yan didn't like her at all and bluntly called her ugly, making the little girl cry many times.

Therefore, when Liu Jiajia saw that Ning Ruyan could enter and exit Yanyu Pavilion, she was very jealous and even ridiculed her on many occasions.

And in this life, if she didn't climb into Jiang Yan's bed, then Miss Liu Er didn't know if she would have a chance.

"The Liu family had an engagement with Ayan, do you know?" The eldest princess suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Ning Ruyan was stunned, "Your Highness is joking. My wife has only been married to the capital for half a year. She rarely goes out and doesn't even know a few people."

"Yes." The eldest princess nodded, "It's not easy for Ayan, a child, and his reputation is like that now... In short, you should be nice to him in the future."

"Your Highness is joking. Mr. Jiang is like the bright moon in the sky, and I can only look up to him."

The eldest princess smiled and said nothing.

After Liu Jiajia finished her performance, Princess Qicai stood up and said, "Queen, Ran'er has also prepared a show."

"Really?" Queen Yue laughed when she heard it, "Then let us open our eyes."

"Yes." The emperor also nodded, "If you perform well, I will reward you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Princess Qicai walked to the stage after saluting, "Of course I want to paint, but I need someone to set the music. I heard that Mrs. Jiang's piano skills are extraordinary, how about letting her cooperate?"

Ning Ruyan frowned slightly, but did not speak, just waiting for the Queen's decision.

"Ning, what do you think?" Queen Yue looked at Ning Ruyan.

"The Queen." Ning Ruyan stood up and knelt down to salute, "I am a newly widowed husband, my husband's body is not yet cold, and he is deeply filial. I really don't dare to offend the Holy Majesty and the Queen."

"Of course." The eldest princess said, "Don't you think it's unlucky to let a widow in filial piety play the piano for you? What do you think?"