The banquet continued, the maids lined up neatly and served various delicious dishes, the aroma of food was fragrant.

Sitting next to Xiao Yanzhou, she looked around the palace, the magnificent architecture, the gorgeous craftsmanship, and looked down at the domineering and majestic carvings on the dragon throne. Every detail demonstrated the supreme authority of the royal family.

It can be seen that the magnificence recorded in ancient books is not exaggerated at all.

"What's wrong, Xiaoyu?" Xiao Yanzhou saw her looking around curiously.

"It turns out that the scene inside that day was so luxurious." She curled the corners of her mouth, curious about everything that came into her sight.

"So what do you think, Xiaoyu?"

She raised her eyebrows slightly, her amused smile still retaining the innocence of a child, "I think it's great, a false and flawless beauty."

"Haha, come, Xiaoyu, try it." Xiao Yanzhou pushed all the delicacies on the table in front of her.

Her eyes lit up as she stared at the table full of delicious food, her mouth watering. "Okay, thank you Zhou... Your Majesty."

She realized that she shouldn't be so casual at this moment and immediately changed her address, but Xiao Yanzhou didn't think so.

He looked at her delicate cheek and said, "I still like Xiaoyu to call me Brother Zhou."

"Hmm? Is it okay?" She blinked and tilted her head slightly. Isn't it said that the authority of the emperor cannot be tested?

"of course can."

Addressing him as His Majesty would only add unnecessary resentment.

"Will it be bad?" She was concerned, after all, it was in front of so many people.

"Hehe, what's wrong with that?"

She lowered her eyes and thought seriously, "Aren't there a lot of rules in the palace?"

"But I don't want Xiaoyu to be like this. Have you forgotten what Brother Zhou said? Xiaoyu can be willful."

"Haha, Brother Zhou is so nice." He seemed to really do what he said to himself.

He responded to her cute smile, "Haha, Xiaoyu, this is best."

"Try it now. The food in the palace is different from that in other places."

"it is good."

Soon, the depressing atmosphere in the lobby dissipated as she tasted the delicious food.

However, in this happy feeling of fullness, she naturally would not ignore the increasingly strong smell of gunpowder in the air.

The anger of someone in the audience was almost burning her body, but she deliberately avoided looking at him.

Xiao Wenshu kept his gaze on them. He leaned closer to his brother and whispered softly.

"Brother, do you think... Qing Yu and His Majesty know each other, and they are very familiar with each other?"

As far as Xiao Wenshu could remember, he had never seen his uncle so happy.

He was considering the subtleties of this, but his brother didn't reply after he asked. He turned around in surprise and asked, "Brother?"

Xiao Yanqing had a calm and indifferent expression, but his right hand was tightly gripping the wine glass. Veins on his arms were bulging, and his knuckles were shaking slightly from the force, almost crushing the glass in his hand.

Xiao Wenshu suddenly felt something was wrong.

What happened? Why is my brother so angry? Is it because of Qing Yu?

He wanted to ask with his eyes, but Qingyu was so immersed in the food that he didn't even glance in that direction.

After a while, Xiao Yanzhou saw that she had almost finished eating and her chubby cheeks looked very cute, so he asked the maid to move the fruit in front of her.

She was so happy that she was about to eat the grapes in front of her, but from the very beginning she smelled a special floral fragrance. What was it?

As she looked around, she looked at the wine glass next to Xiao Yanzhou's right hand, "Brother Zhou, what kind of wine is this?"

"Hmm? This is osmanthus wine." Xiao Yanzhou explained to her.

“Osmanthus?” Wine brewed from osmanthus?

"Well, Xiaoyu, do you want to try it?"

She nodded expectantly, and Xiao Yanzhou immediately asked the maid to pour some for her to taste.

"But this is wine, Xiao Yu can only taste it."

"Why?" She was stunned, picked up the wine and smelled it, and it was indeed its fragrance.

"Because..." Xiao Yanzhou deliberately moved closer to her, "Xiao Yu is still young and can't drink."

Listening to his joking words, she pursed her lips and smiled. Is she still young? Maybe to him, yes.

As her thoughts wandered, she drank the slightly sweet osmanthus wine.

Xiao Yanzhou also drank the glass of wine with her. He stared at her calm face with his pupils. A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes as he thought of her sad expression that day.

"Xiao Yu, did you get punished when you went back that day?"

Her pupils paused slightly, and she lowered her eyes, revealing a hint of indifference, as if she didn't know how to answer this question.

He added, "If he punished you, Brother Zhou will help you vent your anger now."

"Vent out your anger?" She seemed a little confused. What did he want to do?

He curled the corners of his lips, ready to give her an answer.

Seeing him stand up, she looked up at him, her heart tightened. What was he going to do?

Suddenly, he showed signs of speaking, and she suddenly realized what was happening, and quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him to sit down.

"Brother Zhou, what are you going to do?!"

Seeing her nervous look, he suppressed the smile on his lips and said, "Brother Zhou will help you scold him."

She quickly denied it, unable to conceal her anxiety, "No, he didn't punish me."

Isn't this making enemies for her? !

"Really?" he confirmed again.

She nodded repeatedly.

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhou had given up the idea, she let go of his hand with relief.

But in the next moment, she noticed the suppressed smile on Xiao Yanzhou's lips. Why did she feel like he was teasing her?

During this feast, Xiao Yanqing was almost injured by the anger in his heart. His eyes, as sharp as knives, were always watching their every move.

Their intimate words and actions, as well as the conspiracy behind this feast, all started with her, or perhaps were designed by her.

Jiang Qingyu! So all this was your plan! No wonder you didn't want me to stop you! You had planned it all!

He saw her smile, eyes, and initiative towards Xiao Yanzhou! This woman!

Every time he drank a glass of wine, he suppressed the accumulated anger, which continued.

Suddenly, Xiao Yanzhou stood up, and everyone stopped their noisy conversation.

"Everyone, Jiang Qing's daughter is very much loved by me, so I specially confer her the title of Princess."

As soon as the words fell, the already quiet hall suddenly fell silent.

It was unprecedented that a woman who had no relatives or connections was directly named a princess on the day she met the emperor.

Qing Yu looked surprised, but his true emotions were hidden in his heart. It seemed that Xiao Yanzhou's love was within his expectations after he learned of his identity today.

During this time, she examined the expressions of the royal family members in the hall. Some of them were smiling, while others were quite emotional while congratulating them.

The other side frowned slightly, thinking that this was an unsatisfactory enthronement.

Xiao Yanzhou didn't care about their reactions at all. "By the way, Eunuch Li, isn't there another house in the east? Give it to Xiao Yu as a gift for enthronement."

"Yes." Eunuch Li announced, "Confer the title of Princess Bei'anshi on Prime Minister Jiang Qingyu, and grant her a house."

Upon seeing this, the royal family, who were already dissatisfied, became even more unhappy because of this gift.

One of them, who looked like Xiao Yanzhou's brother, stood up and made a proposal.

“Your Majesty, although Miss Jiang is the daughter of Lord Jiang, she is also born out of wedlock and from Huanxiang Pavilion…” The man pursed his lips and forcibly suppressed her identity as a prostitute.

Then he continued, "Besides, granting a mansion... is a power only the prince has."

Although her words seemed righteous, this royal family member kept paying attention to Xiao Yanzhou's expression from time to time. She could not hide her fear of him, but she was really unwilling to accept her sudden change in identity.

She watched all this silently. They were afraid of her brother Zhou. Why? Could it be...

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