Imposter Queen

The venue for the Lantern Prayer Banquet was set at the bank of Weiming Lake. The so-called "Weiming Lake", as the name suggests, means that it has not been formally given a name.

So Xuanyuan Hao decreed to give it a very nice name - Praying Lake.

Soon it was the day of the banquet. According to Murong Lin's intention, the Lantern Wishing Banquet was originally planned to be held at night, but Xuanyuan Hao changed it to daytime because of the 'dangerousness' at night.It seems that God is also doing beauty, there is a big sun, the sky is clear, white clouds are blooming, and there is a cool breeze blowing.

There are many small pavilions built around the lake, and all kinds of exquisite small lanterns are hung on the columns of each pavilion. There are also large lanterns that imitate various buildings, animals, and characters moored by the pavilions. , red, yellow, blue, green... dazzling.

At the hour of the hour, the ministers and their female relatives entered the venue in an endless stream. Those female relatives, especially those young girls who are not yet married, are even more colorfully dressed, and they are very eye-catching.

And this time the most attention-getting concubine Mi.I saw that she was dressed in maple red satin, standing gracefully in a small building by the lake, like a peony flower in full bloom, even if she had a big belly, it didn't affect her coquettishness at this time.

The ministers all heard that the empress empress proposed this banquet to pray for Concubine Mi's smooth birth of a prince, so they all brought their family members to congratulate.Although this empress does not have the support of the backstage, the child in her belly is the first prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so the mother is more expensive than the child, so it is better not to offend Concubine Mi and the others.Besides, the emperor is fascinated by the empress now, maybe the birth of this prince can make the emperor change his mind, after all, not many men can tolerate having no offspring, and by then their daughters may enter the palace Opportunity.

Xuanyuan Mi'er didn't know what the ministers were thinking. At this time, she was obediently following behind Jiang Shuyu, pursing her lips and smiling. His blessing, in the eyes of other concubines, she is very proud.

"The concubine greets the queen mother, and the queen is auspicious." Wearing a beige gauze dress with a waist, the noble concubine Lian took the lead to greet Jiang Shuyu, followed by concubine Yan and concubine Rao.

"The concubine greets the queen mother, and the queen mother is auspicious."

"The concubine greets the queen mother, and the queen mother is auspicious."

"What a good daughter-in-law of the Ai family. Get up quickly. I haven't come to the Hall of Compassion and Ning to pay my respects to the Ai family for so long. The Ai family thought you all forgot about the Ai family." 'The tiger falls in Pingyang, let the dog bully', without power, even these three little girls don't take themselves seriously.

"Where is the empress mother? How could the concubine forget the empress mother? The concubine misses the empress mother every day. Don't you think it is sister Mi?" The person who spoke was Concubine Yan, still dressed in pink , very pretty.Concubine Yan is the daughter of the new Prime Minister Wang Donggui. Wang Donggui was originally Yao Qihua's subordinate. Because of his talent and integrity, he was strongly recommended by Yao Qihua and was able to ascend to the throne of Prime Minister.

The imperial palace is a big dye vat. For the sake of his daughter's happiness, Wang Donggui opposed his eldest daughter entering the palace as a noble concubine. He couldn't resist the begging of his daughter and wife, and even forced him to die, so he reluctantly agreed.

"Hey, is this sister Mi'er's lantern? It's so cute—" Concubine Rao pointed to the small lantern that Xuanyuan Mi'er was carefully protecting in her hand and exclaimed, "What's the name of this lantern, sister?"

Following the line of sight of Concubine Rao, everyone realized that Xuanyuan Mi'er was holding a boy wearing only a red bellyband in his hands, who looked so delicate and pretty like a real baby, looking at Xuanyuan Mi'er's extremely careful appearance , Contempt flashed in everyone's eyes, and of course, jealousy.

Just when Xuanyuan Mi'er was attacked by everyone's 'evil' eyes, a long voice like a duck's voice rescued the 'poor' her.

"The Emperor is here—"

Everyone bowed their bodies to salute, Yan Batian was following Xuanyuan Hao at this time, making him feel as if he was also receiving the gift, he slightly raised his head, humming happily in his heart.

Xuanyuan Hao walked to the largest gazebo and took a seat. Murong Xilin was also seated together. Today, Murong Xilin is still dressed in a fresh green skirt. What is different from the past is that he no longer wears a waist, and even the hollowed-out phoenix crown on his head is replaced with a Xiaoyu praised, if it wasn't for seeing the emperor helping the empress to sit and serving tea and water, the empress would really think that the empress would no longer be favored by the empress's outfit today.

After Xuanyuan Hao and Murong Xilin took their seats, everyone got up and sat down in their small gazebo.

"Xiaobai, do you feel that the empress is special today?" Ye Xiantong, who had been looking at Murong Xilin for a long time, raised his head and asked the boy in blue, who was also facing Murong Xilin, who was seated on the table. He glanced at it twice, then touched his chin, nodded evilly and said, "It's a little different."

"Yeah, it seems that it has a little more charm than before."

"Smell of a mature 'woman'?"

"Fuck you, our empress is a man!"

Bai Yan rubbed his head when he was beaten, this little boy was becoming more and more uncute, and he would give his poor self a shudder every now and then. Fortunately, his scalp was thick enough, otherwise he would have been beaten out of his head.

"Little San'er, let's have a discussion."

"Um?!……"

"Oh, no, no, it's the county, the county, let's have a discussion, shall we?"

"Say something quickly, don't dawdle like a bitch."

... "Xiantong, don't watch your empress drooling all the time in the future, okay? If you promise me, I will wash and cook for you every day from now on."

"!..." Is he drooling?Unconsciously wipe the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, there is no wet feeling~~ This evil Xiaobai is playing tricks on him again!

"Ouch—" What's wrong with him?I was hit again for no reason!The slender Taohua complained with tears in her eyes: "No matter how beautiful your empress is, it belongs to your emperor. No matter how much you drool, it can't be yours."

"You!..." Ye Xiantong is a humble young man, how could this person think so badly of him?Can't help it, another burst of chestnuts!

Murong Xilin was looking around the audience with great interest at this time, just in time to see this scene, "Pfft—" chuckled, this little brother is getting cuter and cuter now, in fact, even without an older brother, a little brother would Very happy.Mentioning that brother who failed to live up to expectations, Murong Xilin sighed inaudibly: The brother sent to the frontier does not know how he is doing now.

"Lin Lin, what's the matter?"

"No, it's nothing, Your Majesty, little brother is very happy now, right?"

"Yeah." Xuanyuan Hao nodded at the two who were still arguing as if no one else was around.

"But Lin Lin will be happier than the little brother, right?"

Xuanyuan Hao stared at the slightly frowning man in deep thought. Did happiness come so fast and so blissful, did it make him uneasy?Pulling him over, he kissed gently on the forehead, and said in an unusually firm tone: "We will be the happiest people in the world!"

"Hehe, your majesty, you are really not ashamed, you are so nasty in such a large audience."

"..."

Seeing the intimacy of the two at the banquet from a distance, the smile on Concubine Mi's face disappeared, a pair of bright eyes gradually cast a faint shadow, and the hand holding the lantern became tighter and tighter. Made of ceramics, the lantern will definitely be broken.Originally thought that because she was the protagonist of this banquet, the emperor would invite her to take the seat, but I didn't expect that the emperor not only didn't do this, but didn't even look at her more. Yes, she has managed to amaze everyone, but if the emperor doesn't look at it, what's the use of being beautiful!

The maidservants serving Xuanyuan Mi'er were all trembling in their hearts, even Jiang Shuyu held his breath a little bit, and suddenly the pavilion was strangely oppressed and extremely quiet.

The scenery outside the pavilion was still beautiful, Xuanyuan Hao motioned for Eunuch Cheng to read out the imperial edict he had drawn up early in the morning.

"By God's blessing, the emperor ordered that Empress Murong of the Great Zhou Dynasty had successfully conceived a dragon son. This banquet is specially held to pray that the little prince will come to the world safely and benefit the Great Zhou. I respect you!"

As soon as the imperial edict came out, everyone was stunned, what did Eunuch Cheng read out in a sharp voice just now?Who is pregnant?Empress?How can it be?The empress is obviously a man!Several ministers even doubted whether the Empress Dowager dressed in a man's attire in the high seat could be a woman. After careful examination, the Empress Dowager indeed had an appearance that even women would envy and envy!

"Hey, Yao Qihua, do you think the emperor is joking with us~~" Pan Zaixing, who had just arrived, sat down and heard Cheng Gonggong's shocking reading. His first reaction was that Xuanyuan Hao was joking, so he He smiled and asked Yao Qihua beside him, what a joke, he had to find a way to join.

"Shut up, how could the emperor joke about such a thing." Although he would not believe that the empress is pregnant, he knew his friends well, and he would never joke about such a thing.Those who would make such jokes are childish things that only the people in front of them would do.

"It's really pregnant. In this case, can you also..." Pan Zaixing glanced at Yao Qihua's stomach with malicious intentions and smiled wickedly.

"Don't think about it!..." Yao Qihua blushed suddenly and pushed Pan Zaixing, but his heart was beating.

Pan Zaixing, who was knocked to the ground without any warning, was not annoyed, he smirked twice and sat back beside Yao Qihua.

……

"Oye! The empress is pregnant, the empress is pregnant, the empress is really pregnant! Great, haha~~~"