The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Yao Sheng returned to Yu Sheng Pavilion with a list of names in his hand, feeling heavy-hearted.

Tang Chujun carefully looked through the list from top to bottom, "Are these the people my son-in-law wants to invite?"

Yao Sheng nodded, "Chu Jun, what is Yuan'er going to do?"

Tang Chujun's eyelids twitched violently. "It would be fine if you invited the emperor, but you also invited the prince? Are you asking Long Yun to protect you?"

She didn't expect that a casual word from her would touch upon the truth.

In the palace.

Emperor Mingde asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure?"

Cen Yuan was silent for a moment, "If I was sure, why would I ask the True Dragon Emperor to protect me?"

"Nonsense!" Emperor Mingde's face darkened upon hearing this. "I won't allow you to take even the slightest risk."

Cen Yuan frowned and said nothing, just sitting in a chair beside him in a daze.

After a long while, the helpless Emperor Mingde summoned Shen Siyuan and Liang Yanbing to the palace for an audience.

By the time they left the palace, it was already dark.

The invitations to the plum blossom banquet sent by the Young Master's Mansion have been delivered to each household.

In a house in the south of the city, the Shi family was having dinner.

After Shi Yunzhou finished a few bites of his meal, he slipped away to the study to study hard.

He thought that if he worked harder today, he could make up for the time he would have to spend at the banquet tomorrow.

Shi Chengyi stopped him and said, "You don't have to go tomorrow."

Shi Anxue looked up in surprise and asked, "Father, why? I want to go see Sister Xia'er."

Shi Yunzhou put down his raised foot and sat back at the table. He asked the same question, "Why?"

Yu Sujun had the same expression as the children, waiting for her husband to reply.

Shi Chengyi lowered his brows and spoke in a very calm voice, "It is said that the flower viewing banquet at the Young Master's Mansion tomorrow will be attended by influential people in the court. It would not be appropriate for our family to go."

Yu Sujun didn't react, "We are Xia'er's closest relatives, why is it inappropriate?"

Shi Yunzhou also said, "Tomorrow is the winter solstice, maybe Sister Xia'er will wake up." He suddenly whispered mysteriously, "I heard that even the emperor and the prince will get to kiss this time."

Shi Anxue blinked her big eyes and said, "Then we must go and see the excitement."

Only then did Cheng Yi frown more and more, and finally said, "Then you guys go, I won't go. I don't feel well, I want to rest at home."

In the evening, when Yu Sujun saw that Shi Chengyi was not returning to his room for a long time, she personally brought him some Tremella soup.

"Take a break and drink some Tremella soup." She saw that he had lost a lot of weight in recent days and didn't know what had happened. "Worrying too much will hurt your mind. Anyway, you don't have to worry about going to court, so you should take more rest."

Shi Chengyi felt a little annoyed when he heard this, and raised his eyes, "Are you blaming me?"

Yu Sujun was startled, "No. Why do you say that, husband?"

"You blame me for demoting myself to save Anxin's life." Shi Chengyi looked at his wife's face without blinking, "But I can't help it, Sujun, she is my daughter!"

"Husband, An Xin grew up under my watch." Yu Sujun looked bewildered, "I'm not unhappy that you saved her."

Shi Chengyi shook his head and stopped looking at Yu Sujun. "I'm sorry, I'm just in a bad mood."

He himself regretted that he should not have easily traded his future for something else, and he also hated that he could not serve the court during the period of mourning. Seeing that all the positions were filled, he was extremely anxious.

Shi Chengyi had not cared about it for a few days, and his eyes were dark and his ears were not listening to what was happening outside. Even when he saw some personnel changes in "Yingjing Weekly", he felt that it had nothing to do with him.

But things were different after he met Emperor Mingde. He found that Emperor Mingde was hostile to him.

He had sensed Emperor Mingde's hostility long before.

At that time, he still didn't understand why. It was not until he found out that Emperor Mingde had feelings for Tang Chujun that he finally understood where the other party's hostility came from.

Now that the emperor has a grudge against him, can he still have a bright future?

Shi Chengyi concealed his brow and the distress in his heart, but he couldn't say it to his wife, so he could only bury his head in reading.

Seeing that he had no intention of returning to his room, Yu Sujun reminded him not to boil the Tremella fuciformis soup for too long, and then left.

The couple has always had a harmonious relationship, and their children are filial, so they live in harmony and have no barriers between them.

But since Shi Chengyi came back from visiting Shi Anxia last time, he has been in a bad mood. Yu Sujun just thought he was worried about Shi Anxia and went to bed.

If her husband didn't go, she would have arrived early.

Sister Chu Jun can't do without her, she has to help greet the guests.

The next day, Yu Sujun came to the young master's residence early with her two children.

The Young Master's Mansion, which had been deserted for a long time, was now wide open, with carriages and horses coming and going in front of the door.

Yu Sujun thought that it was better for her husband not to come, so that she wouldn't be envious of the high-spirited court officials.

Many important officials and powerful ministers came today, and their wives also came.

There were already several banquet halls in the plum blossom forest of the Young Master's Mansion, and they were now decorated especially gorgeously.

There is one hall for men and one hall for women.

The halls are connected by a small plum forest. The occasional chirping of birds adds a bit of vitality and vigor.

The breeze blows and the petals fall, just like a fairyland.

The literati wrote poems and painted, led by Huang Wanqian, and the topic naturally could not escape whether "Qi Yunshi" was "Shi Yunqi".

When asked, Shi Yunqi was vague, "If you think it is, it is. If you think it is not, it is not."

The generals played the game of tossing pots and also competed with each other in martial arts, making the scene lively.

But the atmosphere in the Blue Courtyard was extremely tense...

Shi Anxia was enveloped in endless darkness.

She actually saw where the exit was, but was unwilling to move.

I am somewhat afraid of the dawn after the darkness, perhaps there will be even more unbearable pain.

what is it then?

She forgot.

She knew the answer the moment she fell into darkness, but after being surrounded by darkness for so long, her memory gradually blurred.

Or maybe she simply didn't want to recall the truth. Shi Anxia's heart suddenly ached.

A big black dog barked at her in the distance.

She subconsciously shouted, "Mo Baoer!" But then she remembered that it might not be Mo Baoer, but Ye Baoer.

A big black dog came running over from a distance, bit the corner of her clothes with its mouth and pulled her towards the light.

She had never been able to resist Ye Baoer, so she obediently followed it to the bright exit.

In the light, she saw a small white flower mark on the dog's head.

In an instant, I can’t tell the difference between my past and present lives.

Time and space overlap, life is like a dream, and the past is like smoke.

She smiled, squatted down and hugged the big black dog, "Mobaoer! You came to see me!"

It’s not just Mo Baoer who’s looking for her.

There is also her mother Tang Chujun, her mother Yao Sheng, and many familiar faces.

Even the civil and military officials she had relied on were on the list.

Finally, Emperor Mingde and Cen Yuan pushed through the crowd and walked out.

At that time, An Xiafang suddenly remembered that hey, it seemed that he had already gotten married.

This was her husband... As the light shone on his profile, she recalled the countless times she had stood under the eaves, watching him go to court, and then waited for him to come home.

She murmured "husband"...