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your turn. "

Qian Jia withdrew her scrutinizing gaze. On the opposite side, the prince and concubine were seated at the first seat of the emperor.Qian Jia looked at the prince and felt that something was wrong. Although it was night, but the lights were brightly lit, the expression of the prince was very different from that of the day. I didn't see him too many times, but every time he was gentle and elegant. , such as Mu Chunfeng, his words and deeds are calm and calm, with a touch of arrogance in the world, but tonight, he bowed his head slightly and shrunk his shoulders. Not loved by his parents, he looked like a down-and-out prince who was squeezed out and suppressed everywhere, without any temperament that a prince should have.

Qian Jia was chewing on a piece of pastry that Xue Wanyi had just stuffed into his mouth, while chewing with puffy cheeks, while thinking hard, who is the prince's brother pretending to be?

Below the crown prince is the second prince. There is an extremely obvious contrast between the two. The arrogance and vague irony in Er Huanzi's eyes are obvious. He looked at the prince disdainfully, with strong disgust and contempt flashing in his eyes.He had a similar appearance, similar look, and similar aloofness to the noble concubine sitting next to the emperor. Qian Jia looked at the two of them back and forth, and then secretly asked Xue Wanyi: "Mother, are the second prince and that person mother and son?"

Seeing him pointing at Concubine Li, Xue Wanyi nodded and said in a low voice, "Yes, Concubine Li is the second prince's biological mother."

"What about the queen? Who is the mother of the prince's brother?"

"The queen passed away many years ago. The mother queen of the prince's brother is the queen."

"Oh." Qian Jia nodded, said "oh" clearly, and continued to look around.

There are still two princes in their teens below, and the rest who are estimated to be younger may not be present. Further down, most of them are court officials and relatives of the emperor.Qian Jia looked around for a few times and saw that she didn't recognize anyone, so she looked away boredly and concentrated on eating.

On a large piece of ground in the middle, a group of dancers were dancing, bringing out the smell of incense powder. Qian Jia wrinkled her nose, stared at them for a while, then turned her head and sniffed Xue Wanyi's sleeve carefully. He murmured, "It still smells good on my mother."

Xue Wanyi smiled and gave him a piece of chicken.

Tang Ziao sat on Qianjia's right, shaking the wine glass in his hand, didn't eat much, occasionally raised his head to look around, and continued to drink with his head down, seemingly absent-minded.

"Daddy, why don't you eat vegetables?" Qian Jia asked with her mouth full, trying to swallow a big gulp.

"You can eat."

"Daddy, since you don't want to come here, why do you still want to come?"

"Nothing, don't worry so much."

"Look at you, you don't eat vegetables, you look around with a vigilant look, how can I eat?" Qian Jia taught Tang Ziao a serious lesson, and put two chopsticks of vegetables into the small bowl in front of him inside.

After the dancer finished the song, she bowed her waist and bowed her head back. The prince stood up first, holding a box in his hand, walked to the center of the open space, and knelt down on his knees: "Congratulations to my father on his birthday."

The emperor smiled lightly, and ordered the eunuch standing beside him to take the things, and opened the lid. It was a white jade with a few streaks of blood in it, holding it in his hand, which seemed to give off warmth.

"Father, this is a piece of jade that wards off evil spirits and exorcises poison. If poison or something unclean gets close to it, he will get hot, and the blood inside will gradually increase, allowing people to detect danger in time."

"Okay, okay, let's get back together, the prince has a heart." The emperor looked at the prince, his face became softer, his eyes were full of kindness and consideration, and there was no airs in his speech, it was more like treating a caring and loving child.

The second prince came up second and opened the box. Immediately, the surroundings were as bright as day, and a huge luminous pearl shone as brightly as the sun. Everyone around gasped. They had seen luminous pearls before, but they had never seen such a big, bright pearl. of.It's really rare.

The emperor nodded, and after receiving it, the soft intimacy in his eyes faded away, and after a few words of praise, he turned his gaze to the fifth prince behind him.

Seeing this, the second prince puffed up his cheeks, suppressed his anger and retreated respectfully, sat on the table, looked in the direction of the prince, snorted coldly, and vented his anger at him: "The prince has a heart. "

The prince bowed his head: "It's not as rare as the second brother's things."

"Of course." There was another cold snort, and then he looked away in disdain. The prince's appearance in front of his eyes did not attract the attention of his father.

Also a little better.

The next few princes, the younger ones didn't give anything. They just performed martial arts or piano skills on the spot. The emperor smiled and nodded. After rewarding the two princes, no one came forward.As for the official's congratulatory gift, naturally it will not be presented here on the spot.

After eating for about an hour, the restraint and crampedness just now were gone, and many people started talking with the people next to them.During the banquet, there were frequent sounds of toasting and chattering, and although the buzzing conversation and laughter were suppressed, they also spread.

Although it was the emperor's birthday, but with him present, many people still couldn't let it go. After he and Concubine Li left first, the voices below suddenly started to rise and could not stop.

Qian Jia kept eating the new dishes that came up until her stomach bulged and she couldn't eat any more. After belching a few times, she fell on Tang Ziao's shoulder, her eyes squinted, and she began to feel sleepy.

"Sleepy?" Tang Ziao grabbed him and pulled him into his arms, making him more comfortable.

"En." Qian Jia rubbed her eyes, at this hour, she should be sleeping at home.

"Go to sleep."

"Aren't we leaving?"

"Wait a minute."

"En." Qian Jia folded her hands in front of her body, grabbed Tang Ziao's clothes, closed her eyes, and dozed off sleepily.

Although Tang Ziao and his table didn't have many people paying attention at first, as time went by, seeing the four of them sitting in the front seat, they kept calm and ignored everything that happened around them. Many people's attention.Several people tried to come up to talk, but they were all frozen on the seats by Tang Ziao's cold refusal, secretly guessing whether it was the prince with his own back cover or the general who had been away for many years and did not easily enter Beijing.

Until the emperor's personal eunuch came to announce the end of the banquet and let people go back on their own, no one dared to say a word.

Tang Ziao and the others were still sitting in the same place. Tang Qianxiang hesitated to see that the people around him had almost left, and opened his mouth to say something. He found that Tang Ziao and Xue Wanyi were sitting there quietly waiting, so it was inconvenient for him to ask more. Looking at Tang Qianjia who was leaning on Tang Ziao's arms and sound asleep, he sighed secretly.

The eunuch walked up to Tang Ziao and Xue Wanyi when the crowd was almost gone: "The emperor asked me to invite some of you to come over and wait behind."

The two nodded, and Xue Wanyi said: "Please trouble the father-in-law, let's lead the way."

"Where is it, here."

Tang Ziao held Qian Jia in his arms, and the four of them followed the father-in-law all the way to the back, through the long corridor, and came to a house. The father-in-law bowed his head: "I'll make a report."

Tang Ziao put Qian Jia down and shook his shoulder: "I'm awake."

"Well?"

"Are you awake?"

"Got home?"

"No, I'm going to see the emperor later, remember, don't talk too much."

"Okay." Qian Jia was in a daze. Seeing Tang Ziao's anxious and worried expression, he understood the current situation. He immediately stood up straight, blinked hard a few times, raised his spirits, and looked at the tall man. The houses and the yellowish light shining through the window paper.

"Please." The father-in-law came out from the inside, opened the door, and beckoned the four of them to go inside.

The emperor sits at the head, next to Li Guifei.Further down, the prince and the second prince are also there.

When Tang Ziao looked at the prince, he saw a flash of worry between his brows. After the two looked at each other, the prince immediately lowered his head, as if he was indifferent to their arrival.

Xue Wanyi and Tang Ziao supported the two children, and they were about to kneel when they approached a few steps. The emperor raised his hand and stopped him in advance: "Forget it, they are all from my own family. There is nothing else, but I haven't seen Seventh Sister for many years and want to talk to her." Say a few words. Sit down here."

"Yeah, we are all one family. There are not so many rules. Sit down. I won't see Seventh Sister again." Li Guifei smiled charmingly, the pendant on her head jingled, and the sincerity in her words seemed to be true. He was once very close to his family.

"Thank the emperor, thank you noble concubine."

The two held Qianjia Qianxiang's hand and walked to the designated seats to sit down. Looking up, the imperial concubine was staring straight at Qianjia. Xue Wanyi's hand trembled, and she held Qianjia's hand tightly. He let him sit next to him, blocking it with his tall body.

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The low-browed and obedient father-in-law closed the door, and he was the only waiter left in the room.

For a while, no one spoke, and the warm yellow candlelight jumped from time to time, covering them with a layer of faint yellow light, which looked much softer. The emperor's eyes were a little excited, but he didn't show it. It's just that the look that looked tired just now will look a lot more energetic now, soft like Xue Wanyi, he made a signal, and the father-in-law who has been with him all year round immediately walked to Tang Ziao and the others knowingly, poured tea, and pushed them to the side .

The enthusiasm in Li Guifei's eyes is not less than that of the emperor, but she inadvertently appears a little anxious and anxious. Her long and charming eyes slid across the four of them one by one, and then looked back at her own son - the second prince. She pursed her lips and smiled, pointing at Qian Jia and said softly to the emperor: "Your Majesty, look, that child looks so much like Seventh Sister, and the little clothes she wears are so