How to Be a Male Queen

【War Between Women】

All Beijing officials and their family members of the fifth grade or above can participate in the Qixi Palace Banquet.

Before the banquet, a group of officials waited in the outer hall, and members of the royal family performed activities in the inner hall.

In previous years, the powerful princes took care of him inside and out, and it was an opportunity to make friends with officials in an open and aboveboard manner.

The situation this year is a bit sad.

Qin Sheng had a total of four princes, one was bestowed to death by him years ago, and the other was imprisoned in the mansion for allegedly opening a salt mine. The former prince Qin Xiang was even imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple.

Only the fourth prince, who is still underage, is left behind. He is far behind the three elder brothers in terms of talent, demeanor and vision.

The ministers secretly had thousands of thoughts in their hearts, but they didn't show the slightest bit on their faces.

At this time, Qin Yuan was sitting with Qin Xiyao in the Tingfeng Pavilion in the West Hall, chatting.

Jian Xiaoshizi nestled on the couch, holding a snack in one hand and a charcoal pencil in the other, tracing the appearance of the clothes one by one.

Qin Xiyao saw it, and couldn't help asking: "Haohao, what is the meaning of the dress you made for Sister Anya?"

It was just now that he saw the faces of the Queen and the others with his own eyes in Jingyuan Palace, and he was really relieved!

Xiao Shizi said confidently: "Don't they like to follow the trend? Then I will let the capital blow a 'natural wind' and see if there is anyone else wearing a dead body to put gold on their face!"

Qin Xiyao was stunned, "A corpse?"

Based on his understanding of Xiaoshizi, His Highness Ping Wang explained on his behalf: "Haohao is talking about the colorful feather coat."

Qin Xiyao knocked on the palm of his hand with a feather fan in his hand, and sighed: "Isn't that right, I don't know how many birds' lives will be lost by wearing a feather coat! Later, I will send someone to Nanzhao to deliver a letter, tell my uncle this, and see how he refute ,Ha ha!"

His Highness Prince Ping hooked his lips, and slowly peeled off the peach skin with his slender fingers, and sent it to Xiao Shizi in a small dish.

Xiao Shizi took a big bite of his hand, and said very face-saving: "Sweet!"

"Take it and eat it yourself." Although His Highness Prince Ping's voice was cold, there was an indelible warmth in his tone.

Xiao Shizi accepted it obediently, and brought the plate to His Highness Prince Ping's mouth, "After peeling it for a long time, you can try it too."

Qin Yuan took a shallow sip, pinched Xiao Shizi's ears, and looked back at Qin Xiyao, "These fruits are growing well, I'll send some to Uncle Qiwang later."

Looking at the interaction between the two, Qin Xiyao was both relieved and emotional, and said, "You guys save it for food, I'll be leaving after Qixi Festival."

Qin Yuan was slightly surprised, "Aren't you going to stay for the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Qin Xiyao shook his head helplessly, "I'm afraid it won't work, that guy is not going well now, and I don't want to make him suffer."

His Highness King Ping snorted coldly and said, "He's not having a good time this Qixi Festival!"

Qin Xiyao lowered his voice and asked, "Speaking of which, the letter written by Si Tiantai two days ago saying that the astrology was in conflict and asking to stop the construction of Yongle Palace was your handwriting, right?"

Qin Yuan nodded frankly, and said calmly: "No matter which prince has an accident, he can't hurt him. If you want him to hurt, you have to use a knife on him."

Qin Xiyao raised his eyebrows and smiled lightly, "Liang Guangping is also yours?"

"The Liang family and the Gu family are family friends. When Gu Zong died for no reason, Liang Guangping naturally had doubts."

Qin Yuan paused, and continued, "One of my lieutenants had a marriage contract with Miss Liang's family since she was a child, and even if something happened to the Gu family, the Liang family did not call off the engagement." Instead, Gu Feibai committed suicide by himself.

Qin Xiyao shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "I didn't know that there was such a relationship. I think this time, I really hit that sore spot. What he might do next, Zhong Qu, you have to be more careful. "

His Highness Prince Ping nodded slightly, "My nephew understands."

In the main hall, the officials arrived early and gathered together in groups of three or five, talking loudly or discussing in low voices, and they were not too restrained.

Li Shu also came, and when he saw An Muxi, he threw away his brother-in-law and threw himself into Little Yogurt's arms.

Yue Minglang was somewhat jealous, but before he took any action, he was dragged away by Min Jiang Bai—they still had business to do.

Jian Zhenxi went to the northwest to hand over military affairs, and was not in Beijing at this time.An Gubei was too lazy to deal with other people, so he just put on a straight face and made a gesture of keeping away from strangers, and An An stayed with the two juniors in a peaceful manner.

Li Shu's eyes kept turning to the generals, and when he saw those who were interested, he asked An Muxi.

"Hey, little yogurt, who is that?"

Opposite him was a well-proportioned young man, with a fair face and elegant eyebrows, if he wasn't wearing a suit of armor, it would be hard to imagine him as a military officer.

An Muxi has been walking around the capital frequently in the past year, and he has known a lot of people, and most of them can talk about it.

"That's the second son of the Great General of Liaodong, Li Wenbing." An Muxi thought for a while, and rarely took the initiative to add, "The Li family, like the Jian family, is a pure minister. It has been stationed in Liaodong since the founding of the Great Xia. In the Pingxi Army, all sons inherit their father's position, and they will never be entrusted with Marquis."

Li Shu nodded, and hummed, "He's pretty handsome, but he's not as good compared to you!"

An Muxi was used to teasing from his friend, and his expression didn't change a bit.

Li Shu's attention was quickly attracted by other people.

When asked about a military general with gray hair and black face, he hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I've never seen it before."

An Gubei took a sip of tea, and interjected, "Of course you don't know him. You weren't even born when Lord Jiang led the troops to fight!"

Li Shu's eyes lit up, and he said pleasantly, "Could it be that this is the Jianghou Lord who came from the family of founding heroes and asked to guard the mountain after the death of Emperor Wen?"

An Gubei laughed and said, "You know it!"

Li Shu scratched his head and smiled embarrassingly—wasn't it because of the "People in Beijing" given by his brother-in-law!Even if he had never seen these famous people on the list, he could recite them by heart.

An Muxi was a little dazed, he had never heard of these things.

Li Shu enthusiastically listed the Jiang family's great achievements in the past, as well as the open-minded behavior of resolutely withdrawing from the center of power after becoming famous. He was quite admirable in words.

After hearing this, An Muxi couldn't help being awed.

Thinking of something, Li Shu stared at him with dark eyes and laughed.

An Muxi's heart was trembling, but he didn't take the initiative to speak.

Li Shu laughed to himself for a while, then said in a sly way: "Do you know who is in this Jiang family?"

An Muxi responded indifferently: "You just said that there are eight sons and daughters in Jiang's generation, and all of them are brave."

Li Shu stretched out a finger, and said with a smile: "There is another one, speaking of which, I have some relationship with you..."

An Muxi glanced at him coldly, and kept silent - he knew very well in his heart that whenever Xiao Lizi showed such an expression, he was about to make a fool of himself again.

Li Shu was guessed, and curled his lips angrily, "Don't you really want to know who it is?"

It's not that An Muxi didn't want to know, but he expected that Li Shu would definitely say it.

Sure enough, Li Shu couldn't hold back any longer, and took the initiative to say, "Okay, okay, let me tell you, the youngest child of Master Jiang's family is the little lady who is clamoring to marry you——Jiang Xiaomei!"

As soon as these words came out, not only An Muxi, but even An Gubei were stunned.

Li Shu bumped into An Muxi's shoulder, and joked, "Don't worry, brother, I've made inquiries for you a long time ago. That little sister Jiang is the only daughter of Lord Jiang Hou, Mrs. Jiang is an old daughter, and she is very pampered—speaking of it , this little lady has no shortcomings except that her strength is different from ordinary people and her personality is a little bit special!"

An Muxi's face was green and pale, wishing to gag him.

An Gubei changed into a comfortable posture, and asked with great interest: "I'd like to hear, how about the 'special character' method?"

Facing the elders, Li Shu regained his respectful look, and replied seriously: "The younger generation heard that this little girl Jiang is lively, she doesn't like women in the boudoir, she only likes to wield knives and guns. A herd of wild boars... by the way—"

Li Shu looked at An Muxi, "It's the group that attacked us last time."

Speaking of this, Li Shu couldn't help but click his tongue twice, "At first, I thought, why did the little lady have such vicious thoughts, and she drove wild boars to deal with us. I didn't expect that she raised them--since they were raised, naturally they can You can control it, come to think of it, she was just being playful at the time, she didn't really want to hurt us!"

An Muxi remembered the scene that day, and his face became even uglier.

Originally, he thought that the little lady was good at hard whipping, and her martial arts skills were also upright, so he admired it quite a bit, but who would have thought that there would be such a place later, it really made him...unspeakable.

An Gubei smiled, "It's really interesting. Xiaoxi, it's rare that a young lady is willing to marry you. Why don't our family rush to change posts and offer dowry?"

An Muxi blushed and said coldly, "No need!"

An Gubei shook his head, pretending to be serious, "I think you have to tell your little dad about this matter, he must be happy to hear it, and it's unknown if it will be settled directly tonight."

An Muxi suddenly became anxious, unconsciously raised his voice, and shouted: "Don't say it!"

This voice startled the small half of the people in the hall.

Everyone in Angu Beichao clasped their fists together, and their smiling eyes fell on their son again.

An Muxi didn't have a sword in his hand, so he grabbed the teapot on the table angrily and held it in his arms - this was his habitual action when his mood fluctuated greatly.

Li Shu looked at this, looked at that, and finally understood why every time he mentioned Zhenbei Hou, An Muxi always had an expression that he hated to know - the relationship between father and son of a daring lover is not bad, but the way of expressing it is a bit special That's all!

I have to say that Li Shu was really relieved for his friend.

As the evening approached, the royal family in the hall arrived in the hall one after another.

Firstly, the members of King An's Mansion headed by Brother Qin Feng, followed by the men of Prince Xian's Mansion headed by King Xian, Qin Xiyao and Qin Yuan fell behind, and then the county kings and princes of the side branches.

Jian Hao saw the figures of the two little friends at a glance, and ran over without hesitation.

An Muxi stood up and looked at Qin Xiyao eagerly.

The two princes looked at each other, and had no choice but to give up their seat and walked over.

As soon as they sat down, they saw a young lady in a fiery red dress pulling a tall man and running towards them.

Qin Yuan raised his eyebrows, and the veins on his forehead twitched habitually.

The others didn't react for a while.

Jiang Xiaomei opened a pair of watery eyes, first looked at His Highness King Ping, as if she wanted to call out, but was stopped by the man behind her, and then she looked at An Muxi, she was a bit shy.

Anmusi moved his fingers and subconsciously grasped the handle of the pot.

Qin Xiyao raised his eyebrows—why is his son so nervous?

Soon, the little lady gave him the answer.

Jiang Xiaomei pulled her brother's sleeve, pointed at An Muxi, and said crisply: "Fifth brother, this is the husband I have chosen."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone reacted differently.

Some people were shocked, some snickered, and some were shocked by the shock.

An Muxi clenched his fists and reprimanded in a low voice: "Stop talking nonsense!"

Jiang Xiaomei straightened her chest and said confidently, "You defeated me, so you will naturally be my husband!"

An Muxi blushed immediately, unable to speak.

The rest of the people looked at them in a daze or with interest.

Qin Lao Wu is also a straightforward character, since his baby sister likes it, he will recognize it, not to mention that An Muxi is such a good-looking talent.

He didn't care about An Muxi's attitude, he put down the bamboo basket in his hand very willingly, and said naively: "This is the Qiaomomo that my younger sister steamed herself. She steamed these few after learning for several days. I specially brought it here for you to taste today."

At the Qixi Festival banquet, the little lady took the initiative to give Qiaomomo to the man, which could not have been more clear.

Jiang Xiaomei grabbed her brother's clothes and said anxiously, "What are you talking about?"

Qin Laowu stared, "Isn't this the truth?"

Jiang Xiaomei quickly looked at An Muxi, and argued: "No, I can steam it. It's big and soft. If you don't believe me, look at it!"

As he spoke, he lifted the red cloth outside and showed it to An Muxi.

Seeing the eager look of the little lady, Qin Xiyao held An Gubei's hand unconsciously, and his heart was very moved - just this childlike affection alone deserves to be taken seriously by his own boy.

An Gubei raised his eyebrows, and held Qin Xiyao's hand tightly.

Qin Xiyao realized that he couldn't pull it out again.

A delicate voice suddenly interjected from the side, with undisguised malice, "Hey, this is the first time the Princess has seen such a big Qiaomomo!"

Without waiting for others to speak, Qin Chu stretched out his hand with bright red nail polish, poked at the fat white steamed bun, and clicked his tongue twice, "Can this still be called 'Qiao' steamed bun? Let me tell you, It should be called 'Stupid Momo', ha ha!"

"You - go away!" Jiang Xiaomei was so angry that she pushed her back.

If it wasn't for the attendants who happened to support him behind him, Qin Chu would have fallen to the ground.

Naturally, Qin Chu was not a snob. She shook off the attendant's hand, gave Jiang Xiaomei back, and arrogantly threw a delicate food box on the table.

Then he glared at Jiang Xiaomei with a pair of round almond eyes, "My princess will let you see what is Qiao Momo!"

As soon as the food box was opened, a faint sweet smell wafted out. The steamed buns in the box were no more than the size of an egg. There were animal-like and flower-like ones, painted in red and green, really cute.

Jiang Xiaomei was dumbfounded all of a sudden - she never knew that Qiaomomo was like this... She thought it would be better to steam the steamed buns bigger and whiter.

Qin Chu looked at her devastated, and was extremely proud, "Have you finished reading? Hurry up and leave!"

Jiang Xiaomei bit her lower lip and looked at An Muxi stubbornly.

An Muxi couldn't bear it, so he glanced at Qin Chu coldly, and said bluntly, "Princess Chu, please do what you want."

Qin Chu stared, and just about to explode, Jian Xiaoshi suddenly yelled: "Oh! It's so sweet, it's quite delicious, and it doesn't have any smell at all!"

Everyone followed the sound and saw that he was sitting cross-legged at the table, holding the big steamed buns in the basket with both hands, eating with gusto.

Jiang Xiaomei wiped the tears from her eyes, and said proudly: "This is buffalo milk and (huo2) noodles, my mother taught me—there are ten buffaloes in my family, all raised by me!"

When An Muxi heard it, he said for no reason, "Don't you raise wild boars?"

Jiang Xiaomei obviously didn't expect that An Muxi would take the initiative to understand her. She was both happy and ashamed at once, and she was a little embarrassed, "I also raise pigs and cattle...On weekdays, I have nothing else to do except practice the whip."

An Muxi pursed her lips, not knowing what to say.