Fingers of crossing

The Hanliang Hall was brightly lit, reflecting the tenderness in Yan Junyao's eyes slowly flowing.

Jiang Ning was stunned drunk, her eyes swept over Yan Junyao in front of her, and finally she hung down and landed on the cold ground.Although she had already guessed seven or eight points in her heart, Jiang Ningzui was still not completely sure of Yan Junyao's identity before it was confirmed.

"What?" Yan Junyao's voice was still gentle, as if he didn't care about Jiang Ningzui's faux pas at this moment, he just smiled and said, "Silly girl, you don't even remember me?"

Yan Junyao's words revealed a touch of pampering, as if he had always been so gentle.This kind of recognition made Jiang Ningzui no longer so unfamiliar. She was about to speak when suddenly there was a sense of oppression looming behind her. This feeling was so familiar that she could be sure of who was behind her without turning around.

"The prince has only been out of the palace for a few days, and he has even forgotten the rules of the palace?" Yan Yilan curled her lips, but the words she said did not have much joy, only lingering dignity and indifference. "When will the prince no longer need to salute when he sees this palace?"

Most of the gentle gaze in Yan Junyao's eyes was gone, he looked over Jiang Ningzui's figure to look at Yan Yilan, and called coldly: "Sister Huang."

Yan Yilan smiled casually, and said: "It seems that you still have me as the imperial sister in your eyes."

Seemingly thinking that Yan Yilan's making things difficult was just a joke, Yan Junyao replied: "Sister Huang is joking."

A noncommittal smile appeared on Yan Yilan's face, her gaze swept over Jiang Ningzui lightly, that seemingly unintentional gaze was like a prairie fire, and Jiang Ningzui was stunned.

There was a strange and depressing atmosphere in the air. Although Jiang Ningzui didn't know the reason, she obviously sensed the tension between Yan Yilan and Yan Junyao.One is the eldest princess with power over the government and the public, and the other is the future king of a country. If the relationship between them is delicate and tense, it seems reasonable.

"The Empress is here."

An announcement from the internal officer instantly broke the stalemate. Yan Yilan silently withdrew her gaze from Jiang Ningzui's side, and turned to face Queen Ning's figure.

"See Queen Mother."

Empress Ning smiled, and looked at the three people standing in front of her one by one, and finally fell on Yan Junyao, and said with a smile: "The prince must have worked hard to inspect the soldiers' drills this time, so Aijia specially came here Here is a banquet, to cleanse the dust for you."

Hearing this, Yan Junyao said with a refined smile on his handsome face, "Thank you, Queen Mother."

"Take a seat."

Empress Ning waved her hand to signal everyone to sit down, Jiang Ningzui calmly averted her eyes from looking at Yan Junyao at this time, and sat down beside Yan Junyao silently according to the rules.

Yan Yilan happened to be sitting opposite Jiang Ningzui. Every time Jiang Ningzui raised her head, her gaze would meet Yan Yilan's seductive face. Whenever her eyes met, Yan Yilan's ink-like phoenix eyes would lighten slightly. Narrowing his eyes, he blinked at her intentionally or unintentionally.Every time at this time, Jiang Ningzui would always look away indifferently, and instead heard Yan Yilan's faintly sneering in her ears.

I don't know whether I'm laughing at her boredom or her seriousness.

There was nothing special about the banquet. Although the singing and dancing in the hall was beautiful, but leaving aside the initial novelty and curiosity, after watching for a long time, Jiang Ningzui lost interest in watching.Suddenly someone approached by her side, Jiang Ningzui instinctively turned her head to the side following the induction, turned her head to see Yan Junyao looking at herself with a jade-like complexion, and asked considerately: "Your body has just recovered, and you have been sitting for so long, is it right? Tired?"

Facing Yan Junyao's closeness and concern, Jiang Ningzui was still a little hard to get used to. Although her tone had been deliberately slowed down, it was still difficult to hide the natural alienation in her bones: "Thank you, Prince, for your concern."

Yan Junyao also seemed to have noticed the change in Jiang Ningzui. He was slightly taken aback, then smiled nonchalantly, and said, "We are husband and wife, and I should care about you. You don't have to be so alien."

"Yes."

Jiang Ningzui responded lightly, her expression relaxed a little, and suddenly she heard a commotion outside the hall, and the rest of the people in the hall obviously heard the sound at this time, and looked outside the hall one after another.

"Come here." Yan Yilan called the guards outside the hall in a low voice, and then asked, "Who is acting presumptuously outside the hall?"

The guard heard the words, saluted and replied: "If you want to return to the eldest princess, the person who came is... Mrs. Mei from the Prince's East Palace."

"Oh?" Yan Yilan took a sip of the old wine in the wine cup, her bright red lips lightly pressed against the wall of the cup, she glanced in Yan Junyao's direction, and she smiled playfully and flirtatiously. "It seems that the crown prince is going to invite all the wives and concubines from the East Palace?" After speaking, he smacked his lips and said, "Tsk tsk, that was really lively."

Empress Ning also put down the chopsticks in her hand at this time, and wiped her hands with the silk handkerchief handed over by the maid, with a little impatience on her face.Yan Junyao didn't seem to have expected this scene, he frowned lightly, with complicated emotions on his face.Even Yan Yilan's obvious teasing and sarcasm did not have time to pay attention.

As if fearing that the world would not be chaotic, Yan Yilan clapped her hands, and the guard immediately raised his head upon hearing the sound, and then saw Yan Yilan turned his head to his direction, and ordered: "Please come in soon."

The guards received the order to retreat, and there was a brief silence in the hall. Jiang Ningzui felt that the atmosphere was extremely weird. Empress Ning and Yan Junyao's expressions were gloomy. Only Yan Yilan was still smiling, noticing her scrutinizing eyes. Looking back, he smiled coquettishly at her.

"Your Highness." There was a rush of footsteps in the hall, accompanied by Mrs. Mei's choked call, and they sounded together in the hall.

Jiang Ningzui turned her head to follow the sound, and saw Mrs. Mei crying pear blossoms with rain on her face, a look that I still feel sorry for, and there is no half of the arrogant and domineering arrogance of the past.As she spoke, she knelt down in the hall with a plop, looked at Yan Junyao and wept, "Your Highness, I have something important to do with you, and I hope the empress and Your Highness will forgive me."

Yan Junyao originally had an expression of displeasure that he tried his best to suppress, but now seeing Yang Simei crying, he couldn't help but darken his expression, and asked, "What's going on?"

"Your Highness doesn't know something. Yesterday, the Eldest Princess said that she missed Xiaoshizi, so she specially sent someone to take Xiaoshizi to Fengyi Palace. It's just that Xiaoshizi is still young and cannot be taken care of without someone, so I am worried..."

Yang Simei's voice was choked up, and she paused just right. It sounded like she was worried that Xiao Shizi would not be taken care of, but the meaning in her words could not be clearer. She was worried that Xiao Shizi was true, but she was just afraid that Yan Yilan would poison Xiaoshizi.

"Sister Huang, is this serious?" Yan Junyao's tone was a little lower, his brows and eyes were a little sullen, and his gaze towards Yan Yilan also became deeper.

Yan Yilan ignored Yan Junyao's questioning, just pinched a cherry in her mouth, and said casually: "I just miss my nephew, so I specially took him here to stay for a few days. Is this trivial matter worth the prince's anger?"

"Chen'er is still young, so I'm afraid it will delay Miss Huang's rest. If Miss Huang wants to see him, I will ask Mrs. Mei to take him to Fengyi Palace in person tomorrow."

Hearing Mrs. Mei's name, Yan Yilan sneered lightly, and said disdainfully: "How can a lady who can't even learn the palace rules teach Chen'er?" As she spoke, she saw Yang Simei's whole body tremble when she heard the words, Yan Yilan smiled even more indifferently. "It's time for Chen'er to start learning the principles of governing the country, the three cardinal principles and the five constant principles from the Taifu. The prince also knows the rules in the palace. In order to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics, it's time for Chen'er to move out of Yinxiang Pavilion."

In the final analysis, Mrs. Mei is just the prince's concubine, and she can't be on the stage. Even if she gave birth to the prince's only heir, it still can't change the fact that she came from a humble background.Even if you can rely on the small family, the mother and the child are expensive, you can only be a small wife in the end, relying on the small family to win the prince's favor and care.

Although Yan Junyao was not in the palace, he could understand a thing or two about Yan Yilan's accusation.Apart from his own crown princess, who else could make Yan Yilan, who has never looked down on anyone, so arrogant?

Thinking about it, Yan Junyao said flatly: "If Mrs. Mei had inappropriate words and deeds before, I will definitely discipline her strictly, but this is a matter of my palace after all, so I don't need to bother the emperor."

"A mere lady is naturally not qualified to bother me." Yan Yilan smiled contemptuously. Although the smile was beautiful, it was not true at all. "It's just that a madam dares to be so defiant. If she doesn't have the prince's indulgence and protection, forgive her for being so brave, she wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous?"

Yan Junyao's hand on the side of his leg suddenly tightened, his expression was still graceful, but a little more cold and frightening: "What do you want to say, Miss Huang?"

"It's nothing." Yan Yilan didn't take Yan Junyao's warning seriously, and said with a smile: "Chen'er is still young after all, and he really needs someone to take care of him. Here, there is only one person who can make Chen'er respectfully call 'Mother Concubine', so it is more appropriate for her to take care of her."

Empress Ning has not interrupted, there are her children on the left and right, which one is not meat?Listening to their confrontation, she could only remain silent, and she couldn't bear to part with anyone she favored at this time.She didn't put down the silk handkerchief in her hand until she heard what Yan Yilan said, and gave Yan Yilan a sudden look, both amused and angry in her heart.

Damn girl!I have worked hard to raise her for more than 20 years, and I have never seen her care for me so much. Today, I have spent all my thoughts and means for an outsider.

If I had known this before, I might as well have thrown her out like a handful of water, just to have fun and worry.

Jiang Ningzui was originally standing on the sidelines and watching with cold eyes. This matter had nothing to do with her anyway. Until this moment, she suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Yan Yilan. She seemed to have a premonition, but she still hoped that Yan Yilan Yilan was just joking.

She never liked troublesome things, and she didn't want to get too involved in all kinds of troubles. She didn't expect that today she couldn't hide, and the hot potato was handed to her.

"Your Highness!" Yang Simei's voice was full of anxiety and despair, and it rang out in the huge palace, making people's hearts tense when they heard it.

Turning a deaf ear to Mrs. Mei's urgent call, Yan Junyao just looked at Jiang Ningzui with a complicated expression. His previous gentle eyes had long since been struck by all these changes. After a long time, he said: "Ningzui just married into the palace. Come on, besides the body has not fully recovered, it is better to send Chen'er to the side concubine."

"Drunk," Empress Ning suddenly interrupted at this moment, although her tone was gentle, the majesty in it was beyond doubt. "What do you mean?"

Jiang Ningzui was slightly suffocated, and raised her head in such dead silence, her face was dull, and there was no panic in her calm eyes. "Everything is as the crown prince said, my body has not yet recovered, I am afraid that I will not be able to take good care of the little prince with all my heart."

When Yan Yilan heard this, her long and narrow phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and she almost couldn't hold her breath at Jiang Ningzui's words.

Empress Ning was also surprised, she looked at Jiang Ningzui with a confused expression, suddenly she couldn't help feeling worthless for Yan Yilan, more of a kind of inexplicable sullenness.

I really don't know whether to say that Jiang Ningzui is stupid or really aloof from the world. Yan Yilan's purpose of doing this is very obvious. If the young prince lives in Jiang Ningzui's palace, let alone Yang Simai, there are still people in the East Palace. Who dares to cause troubles in Zhaoling Hall.But Jiang Ningzui coldly refused, as if everything Yan Yilan had done so painstakingly was just a trouble in her eyes, and she wished she could throw it away like a hot potato.

"That's good." Yan Yilan smiled instead of anger, looked at Jiang Ningzui and smiled hoarsely, but Jiang Ningzui couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine. "The palace is a little tired today, let the crown princess come to Fengyi Palace in person tomorrow, and take Chen'er back on behalf of the side concubine."

Jiang Ningzui clearly saw it. When Yan Yilan said this, there was a bottomless cold smile in her eyes.

Those coquettish eyes clearly seemed to be able to speak, but what was revealed repeatedly was just a sentence.

Wait for Bengong to clean you up tomorrow, you damn stupid woman.