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On the Empress Dowager's birthday, the palace was extremely lively, the opera singer babbled and sang for three days, and the acrobatics and monkeys were at most the concubine's erotic dance.Seducing the emperor in the name of celebrating the queen mother's birthday... I don't know if they are stupid or not.Anyway, the queen mother secretly rolled her eyes when she saw one.

The liveliest thing was the banquet, which was held in the Empress Dowager's palace, and the emperor was always by his mother's side, so unfilial, and won the unanimous flattery of the ministers.

Before presenting the presents, serve the food first. There is a long line of dishes, densely arranged, and the carver board game looks very good, but it is not very tasty, because Yu Shengyan put down his chopsticks after seeing Ji Chang take a bite. , Others are also making a show.

After eating, it was time for the ministers to let the blood out.

On the queen mother's birthday, the presents should not be too shabby, and they are presented one by one according to the occupation of the ministers. Ji Chang has no position, so he was the third one to present.

Ji Chang walked in front, and Yu Shengyan bowed his head and lifted the water-sinking wooden box above his head respectfully followed behind.

After bowing and kneeling, Yu Shengyan was still kneeling, Ji Chang got up and opened the water-sinking wooden box, took out the jade carving and presented it respectfully.

The ceremonial eunuch read aloud, "Ji Chang, the champion of the new department, is offering a piece of white magnolia jade carving——"

The clear and moist jade carvings shone brightly in the sun, and they looked better than real white magnolias. A group of ministers below were discussing and admiring, which greatly satisfied the vanity of the champion.

The Empress Dowager was overjoyed, and called someone to bring up the jade carving to observe with the emperor next to her, "Your Majesty, look... this jade material, this carving... is really amazing!"

The emperor nodded and said yes, as long as the queen mother likes it, he waved to Ji Chang, "reward."

Ji Chang quickly knelt down and returned the salute, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

The queen mother touched the jade carving again fondly, and asked him, "Hey, how did Zhuangyuan Lang get such a good thing?"

"Chenyi's friend is a jade seller, and he got it occasionally when he was doing business."

"Selling jade?" The queen mother was thoughtful, "Oh, is it the newly opened jade store in the capital?"

Ji Chang didn't expect that the reputation of Yu Shengyan's jade shop would spread to the palace, so he nodded in agreement.

The queen mother happily continued, "Ai's personal maid told Ai's family that she had seen that store when she was out shopping in the palace. It has a good reputation and the owner is also a young man as beautiful as jade!"

Ji Chang thought about Yu Shengyan's beautiful face, and quickly established a relationship, "Yes, the owner is my friend."

If I keep on nagging, I am afraid that the banquet will not be finished after dark. The emperor immediately interrupted the topic with a light cough, "I will bring up this matter later. If the champion has a chance, he can bring your friend into the palace for the queen mother to have a look at. Let your little one Come up with the box, it won't work if you knock on such a fine jade carving."

Yu Shengyan then stood up, lowered his head, and quickly presented the water-sinking wooden box to him.The emperor looked at the white and slender hand holding the black box, which was as slender as the most precious jade, and was slightly dazed. The hand of the servant in the Zhuangyuan Lang's family was actually more beautiful than any concubine in his palace!

"You look up."

Yu Shengyan raised his head, his face was so beautiful, she was indeed a beauty, the emperor sighed inwardly.

Suddenly there was a crisp sound of "pa", and the jade carving in the Empress Dowager's hand fell to the ground and shattered.

The emperor turned his head to look at the empress dowager in astonishment, but saw that the empress dowager slightly opened her mouth, pointed at Yu Shengyan and trembled slightly, tears welled up quickly and then rolled her eyes and passed out.The emperor quickly helped her up and shouted, "Send to the imperial physician! Quickly pass on to the imperial physician!"

Yu Shengyan also looked confused, what's going on?

The emperor pointed at Yu Shengyan and shouted again, "Put this person and Zhuangyuan Lang in prison!"

Ji Chang and Yu Shengyan looked at each other in the prison, Ji Chang broke down and asked him, "My dear brother, what did you do to scare the queen mother like that?"

Yu Shengyan was confused all day, "How do I know?"

After they were imprisoned for a day, they were released and respectfully invited into the palace. The queen mother had already woken up. The emperor sat next to her and looked at Yu Shengyan with a strange expression. There was an old man standing beside the queen mother.As soon as the queen mother saw Yu Shengyan, she immediately pointed to Yu Shengyan and asked the old man, "Look, is he your brother?"

The old man who was still stroking his beard suddenly stared at Yu Shengyan with wide eyes, then his body froze and he fell straight over.

Yu Shengyan: "..."

Fortunately, the emperor was quick to support the old man in time, and patted his chest.Ji Changzao was so scared that he lay on the ground, while Yu Shengyan was still standing there blankly watching the emperor's movements.

After a while, the old man finally woke up. Seeing the emperor hurriedly got up and begged the emperor to forgive him for his misconduct in front of the palace, the emperor waved his hand indifferently to absolve him of the crime.

After thanking the emperor again, the old man turned his eyes to Yu Shengyan, his cloudy old eyes were filled with tears, he opened his mouth, showing his characteristic yellow teeth, and spit out two affectionate words, "Brother..."

Yu Shengyan cupped his hands, and said softly, "The old man is confused, the grassroots name is Yu Shengyan, not brother."

"This..." The old man pointed at Yu Shengyan and looked at the Queen Mother.

The queen mother hesitated, as if she wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, and finally looked at the emperor, who was also helpless, and said to Yu Shengyan, "You and Zhuangyuanlang should stay in the palace first."

Yu Shengyan refused, "There are still..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ji Chang kowtowed first, and pulled Yu Shengyan away by his sleeve.

In the middle of the night, the two stayed in the palace. Even if it was a temporary room, everything in it was extraordinary. Ji Chang touched the incense burner and sighed the good stuff, then went to make the bed.

Yu Shengyan put down his hair and took a selfie in the mirror, touching his face in thought, according to the reaction of the queen mother, the old man and the emperor, they should know the identity of this body, and now it has been almost time since he found the body 50 years, maybe that old man is really his brother...

But seeing that they are all high-ranking and powerful people, they don't look like they want to eat themselves. Why was their body treated so cruelly in the first place?

He slowly opened his mouth, looking at the half tongue that hadn't grown yet in the mirror, he felt extremely uncomfortable, the dead are safe, how could it be safe like this?

"Brother!" Ji Chang suddenly yelled behind him, so frightened that Yu Shengyan almost swallowed the blood jade in his mouth into his throat.

"Hey, what's the matter?"

"It's time to go to bed." Ji Chang was amused. He saw Yu Shengyan holding the mirror and touching his face to admire himself. "I didn't expect my virtuous brother to be such a beauty-loving person!"

"Brother Xian was joking." Yu Shengyan crawled onto the bed.

The moonlight came in from the window shiningly, as transparent as jade. Ji Chang thought of the jade carving again, and said regretfully to Yu Shengyan, who was also awake, "It's a pity, a pity...such a good thing, like this moonlight It is usually bright and clean, but it was broken by the Queen Mother, what a pity..."

"It's nothing to be sorry about," Yu Shengyan didn't want to hear him sigh for a long time, and promised him directly, "If brother wants it, just prepare it for him next time."

"More?" Ji Chang couldn't believe it.

"Yes," Yu Shengyan nodded, "There is no jade in this world that I cannot get."

Ji Chang only thought he was bragging, as if he often brags to those sour scholars about how educated he is and how romantic his temperament is.

After not hearing Ji Chang's words for a long time, Yu Shengyan took up the conversation by himself, "What's the background of that old man?"

"I'm not an old man," Ji Chang groaned, "I'm the queen mother's cousin, and he's also a grand teacher! He has a high position and authority... Hey, dear brother, I haven't asked you yet. You and the queen mother and grand teacher Is... what's going on?"

"How do I know?" Yu Shengyan responded softly.

There is no point in asking any more, so Ji Chang shut up and went to sleep.

On the third day, the queen mother called him over again, this time he was alone, but there were three people with the queen mother.

The queen mother spoke first, "Are you really the servant of Zhuangyuan Lang? Aijia must listen to the truth."

Yu Shengyan had no choice but to tell the truth, "Caomin is just a jade dealer in the capital."

"Aijia heard that there is only one jade store in the capital... Are you the friend who sells jade that Zhuangyuan Lang said?"

"Yes."

The emperor slapped the table and said coldly, "Why did you sneak into the palace with Zhuangyuan Lang? This is already a capital offense, but it looks so long? Is it premeditated?"

Yu Shengyan is depressed, what does it matter to him if he grows up like this?

Immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty forgives your sins, the grassroots are short-sighted, and want to see the beauty of the palace...so..."

The empress dowager was kind, she brought this matter up for him, and asked him, "Where are you from?"

"Caomin was adopted by a jade merchant in a border town since he was a child, so he didn't know who he was."

The queen mother was in a dilemma, "Do you know who your real father is?"

"I don't know," Yu Shengyan pretended, "I heard that Cao Min's father was bitten by a wild beast and was seriously injured, and was rescued by a woman in the mountain. Unfortunately, the root cause of his illness was that Cao Min died of illness not long after he was born. They also went away, and the relatives were unwilling to adopt the grass-roots people, and gave them to a jade dealer who had no heirs in other places as adopted sons."

What he said was vague and unpredictable, and the emperor didn't believe it.

"How can you just talk nonsense for a while?"

"Grassmen dare not speak nonsense."

The emperor sneered, "The queen mother said that you are exactly the same as my uncle who died young, but even father and son cannot be exactly the same in this world. There are many people who are not related by blood but are similar. What's more, when my uncle died, he was already in a weak year. You should be an old man in his seventies by now, and you... are only twenty years old, right? In that case..."

Yu Shengyan shuddered, feeling very annoyed in his heart. If he had known this, he should have called himself a grandson from the start...

The old man said disappointedly with a trembling voice, "So I made a mistake? I thought, I thought my brother..."

The emperor squinted his eyes and walked around Yu Shengyan. The further he walked, the more guilty Yu Shengyan became. He comforted himself that it was not a big deal to say it. Anyway, his body was the deity, and he would be burned to death at worst...

"Help, Queen Mother!" The closed door was suddenly knocked open by a palace lady. The maid probably didn't expect the Queen Mother's Palace to be so lively today. Seeing so many people, she was stunned for a moment, and fell to her knees in front of the emperor begging for mercy with a "plop" , and then asked the Queen Mother for help with a look of despair, "The Ninth Prince is critically ill, I beg the Queen Mother to save him... This servant knows that he is guilty, and this servant is willing to die..."