After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

After the Emperor and Empress entered the Pepper Chamber, the wedding viewing ceremony ended. As for drinking the wedding wine, that could not be seen by outsiders.

Besides, no one dared to disturb the emperor and empress's bridal chamber, so everyone went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony and started tonight's palace banquet.

The emperor placed a black piece on the chessboard: "You know, I like quietness."

King Miao said: "Hey, my own son is getting married, let's go and have some fun!"

The Emperor placed another white piece and said with a faint smile, "Do you know how long it has been since I was put under house arrest by your precious grandson and have not been out to see anyone?"

"Cough cough!"

King Miao cleared his throat awkwardly, "A wise man doesn't talk about past losses. Besides, didn't you almost kill my grandson? It was all thanks to the old lady."

The emperor corrected him, "A good man never brags about his past achievements."

King Miao waved his hand and said, "Same as before! Let's go. What's the fun of playing chess with yourself? I'll play with you later!"

The emperor shook his head: "Forget it, you will regret it if you take one step forward."

King Miao looked wronged: "Didn't I learn this from you?"

The emperor asked in return: "When did I ever live like this?"

The Miao King put his hands on his hips and said confidently: "There was an epidemic in the palace, and you played chess with my granddaughter-in-law, and you cheated when she won!"

The emperor choked.

In the end, King Miao "invited" the retired emperor to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

When the civil and military officials saw the long-lost emperor, they were so excited that they all knelt down and saluted: "Greetings to the emperor!"

The emperor said gently, "Please sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone knelt back on the cushions.

The emperor pointed to the seat slightly below him, which was one of the most honorable seats besides the emperor's throne: "King Miao, please."

The other one was beside Zong Zhengxi, and was given to Prime Minister Xun by the retired emperor.

Zong Zhengxi was completing the final ceremony in the Pepper Room at this time. The seat was empty, making Prime Minister Xun look a little lonely.

King Miao disliked him, so he pulled the retired emperor aside to chat about all sorts of things, toasting him with a few glasses of wine from time to time, leaving the retired emperor no chance to pay any attention to Prime Minister Xun.

When the Emperor wanted to talk to Prime Minister Xun for the third time and was interrupted by King Miao again, he sighed helplessly: "Isn't it too obvious?"

Isn't Chao Dou full of conspiracy and intrigue? Why are you so direct?

King Miao: If I have no shame, no one else will have shame!

Meng Qianqian, Lu Yuan and Liu Qingyun also sat at the table.

The young couple sat at one table, Liu Qingyun and Bai Qingchen sat at another. Bai Yuwei was too frightened and was still recuperating at home.

As for Baoshu, she was showing off again.

She showed off while recruiting followers. Soon, she had a long group of followers, each of them older than her.

But while they were playing, her new two-year-old brother somehow started fighting with the second prince's youngest son.

The second prince's youngest son was two and a half years old, more than a year older than Baoshu. However, Baoshu hit the other man with her chubby fist and made him cry.

She turned around and went to complain to the emperor: "Wow - my hand hurts!"

The emperor looked at the little guy who was blaming him: You beat up my grandson, and you still have the nerve to complain to me, saying that your hand hurts? Can't you just not do it?

Baoshu had a serious face and said that anyone who bullied her must be beaten!

There was singing and dancing and toasting in the hall.

Tan'er had no interest in watching the singing and dancing. She knelt beside Meng Qianqian, guarding the small table in front of her.

"Red braised pork—not red braised pork."

"Red braised pork—it's not red braised pork."

"No."

"No."

"no……"

Tan Er was extremely sad: "With such a huge palace, you can't even afford braised pork? How poor is your Great Zhou Emperor!"

Are you from the Great Zhou?

Meng Qianqian's eyes moved.

A mocking voice came from the next table: "Abalone, shark's fin, and pork belly are much more expensive than braised pork. Wild boars really can't eat fine bran."

Meng Qianqian turned her head and looked at the other person.

Next door is the seat of the Changning Marquis's Mansion. The wife of the Changning Marquis is the elder sister of Concubine Li, and the person who just spoke was her.

Tan Er said: "You are the wild boar! Your whole family are wild boars!"

Lady Changning said coldly, "How dare you! How dare a mere maid to act so presumptuous in front of me!"

Meng Qianqian smiled faintly: "You are just a little lady of the Bo Mansion, aren't you also yelling in front of me?"

Lady Changning sneered, "Who do you think you are?"

Meng Qianqian asked back: "Who do you think you are?"

"I am the emperor's aunt!"

As soon as Lady Changning finished her words, Zong Zhengxi brought Eunuch Qin and Xiao Dezi into the main hall.

The dancers were swaying gracefully. Zong Zhengxi did not want to disturb the officials' enjoyment, so he signaled everyone not to bow.

The voices of Lady Changning and Meng Qianqian were not loud and were drowned out by the sound of musical instruments, so not many people noticed that they were arguing.

Seeing Zong Zhengxi walking towards her, Lady Changning hurriedly stood up to stop him, accusing Meng Qianqian and her maid of being rude to her.

I thought Zong Zhengxi would seek justice for me, but after listening to me, Zong Zhengxi just turned to look at Tan'er and said, "Tan'er, do you want to eat braised pork?"

"Uh-huh!"

Tan Er nodded vigorously.

Zong Zhengxi ordered Xiao Dezi: "Ask the imperial kitchen to make a bowl of braised pork."

"Yes!"

Xiao Dezi went there in a hurry.

Lady Changning was dumbfounded: "Your Majesty!"

Zong Zhengxi said: "Aunt, today is my wedding, please stop making trouble."

The boy still looked childish, but his eyes already showed the majesty of an emperor.

Meng Qianqian was very pleased.

This is exactly the kind of emperor Lu Yuan wanted to see.

So, where was Lu Yuan? He left as soon as he sat down and didn't come back for a long time.

Tan Er was so happy: "Red-braised pork, red-braised pork, red-braised pork!"

Lady Changning sat down unwillingly.

Zong Zhengxi greeted Meng Qianqian and sat on the emperor's seat.

Not long after, Lu Yuan finally came back, with a faint smell of alcohol on his body.

Meng Qianqian sniffed and said, "Husband, did you go out for a drink just now?"

Lu Yuan said coldly: "No."

Meng Qianqian looked at him and asked, "What are you holding in your arms?"

Lu Yuan remained calm: "Nothing."

Meng Qianqian: I don’t believe it.

Lu Yuan said coldly: "It's so boring, let's go back home."

Meng Qianqian asked: "The banquet hasn't ended yet?"

Lu Yuan: "Headache."

Meng Qianqian quickly reached out and touched his forehead.

Lu Yuan said seriously: "This is in public, please be careful."

Meng Qianqian: “…”

Lu Yuan stood up and said, "Let's go!"

Meng Qianqian was stunned: "Now?"

Lu Yuan left the Hall of Supreme Harmony without looking back.

Meng Qianqian could only follow with Tan'er.

Tan Er looked at the meat that was brought in just after she left, stretched out her hand and cried, "Oh my, the braised pork——"

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After returning to the Governor's Mansion, Tan'er immediately went to the small kitchen: "Madam Du, I want to eat braised pork!"

"Come out and eat, come out and eat!"

Nanny Wan dragged Tan'er out.

Tan Er looked at Aunt Wan who was talking in a mysterious way and asked, "What?"

Nanny Wan closed the gate and said, "Shh, don't talk, act like a mute."

Meng Qianqian felt something was wrong as soon as she entered the yard. There was no one in the huge yard.

"Strange, where did he go?"

Meng Qianqian pushed open the door puzzledly.

A dazzling ray of light came into view, with dragon and phoenix incense and candles, big red wedding characters, jade ruyi, red silk cloth...all the furnishings were exactly the same as on the wedding night.

"Is this... am I going the wrong way?"

She left the house and looked carefully at the yard. "That's right, how could it be..."

Her first reaction was that she was reborn again, and was reborn on the day of her wedding with Lu Yuan.

She would rather believe that she had died again than to think that it was Lu Yuan who made her wedding night relive again.

Meng Qianqian turned around in disbelief and looked at Lu Yuan hesitantly: "Grand Commander."

Lu Yuan said coldly, "I owe you a wedding night, and I'll make it up to you tonight."

After that, he walked with his slender legs, crossed the threshold calmly and gracefully, and walked towards the wedding bed full of joy.

Meng Qianqian was stunned: When did you prepare these things? Are you serious?

I also didn’t say you owe me a wedding night. No, I really don’t!

Lu Yuan said calmly: "Why don't you come in?"

Meng Qianqian walked into the house hesitantly and stood far away.

Lu Yuan sat on the marriage bed: "Stand closer."

Meng Qianqian took a few steps forward, like a bewildered little quail.

Lu Yuan glanced at her and said, "Sit down."

Meng Qianqian slowly sat down beside him.

Lu Yuan took out the wine he had hidden along the way, went to the table, took two wine glasses and poured them out.

Meng Qianqian was dumbfounded and whispered, "You said you didn't hide anything?"

She quietly looked at the wine jug and found that it was made of silver, carved with auspicious totems of dragon and phoenix, and was exquisitely crafted.

Thinking of something, she asked tentatively, "This...isn't this the bar where the Emperor and Empress will have their wedding ceremony?"

Lu Yuan neither admitted nor denied it.

Meng Qianqian took a breath of cold air.

It’s bad enough that you stole the emperor and empress’s wedding date, but why did you even steal their wedding wine?

Lu Yuan sat back on the marital bed with two glasses of wine and handed one of them to Meng Qianqian.

Meng Qianqian blinked, lowered her head and was about to drink.

Lu Yuan: "Are you sure you drink it like this?"

The commander-in-chief who returned from his studies was a mature groom. He already knew that the wedding wine was the wedding wine, which had to be drunk from the same cup.

Meng Qianqian smiled wryly: "There's no need to be so strict."

Lu Yuan was trying to cover up his mistake and said in a very cold tone, "I just didn't want to do it at that time, not because I didn't understand. I know the process of a wedding very well - welcoming the bride, blocking the door, getting on the sedan chair, getting off the sedan chair, stepping over the fire basin, stepping on tiles, worshiping in the hall, lifting the veil, drinking the wedding wine, and consummating the marriage."

Meng Qianqian: “…”

Seeing her hesitation, Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Why? You don't want to? You used to swear that you loved me deeply, but you were deceiving me? Do you know the consequences of playing tricks on me?"

Meng Qianqian immediately raised her finger: "Xiaojiu's love for the Grand Commander is as deep as the sea, the sun and the moon can testify to that!"

Lu Yuan: "Why don't you drink it?"

Meng Qianqian: "Xiaojiu just doesn't dare to dream of the Grand Commander..."

Lu Yuan said calmly: "This Governor allows you to have such a wish."

Meng Qianqian looked down at the wedding wine in her hand and suddenly asked, "Grand Commander, you are not really... in love with Xiaojiu, are you?"

Lu Yuan's eyes moved, and he said confidently: "How is it possible? I have already said that my family likes you and they just like you."

Meng Qianqian: “Oh.”

She paused, raised her head, and smiled: "Then, Grand Commander, let's drink to each other's cups!"