The state banquet to reward the three armies was uncomfortable at the very beginning. Emperor Jin Yuan was a little unhappy. He looked at Uncle Changping with deep eyebrows, and he simply waved his hand and asked the palace attendant to pull him down. He retreated outside the hall to reflect on his past.

There was a chill in the late autumn night, and Uncle Chang Ping, who had been demoted, was cold all over his body. He shrank into a corner under the gloating eyes of everyone, and he didn't dare to make a sound to find any sense of existence.

Wei Xizhou watched him coldly as Uncle Chang Ping stepped back and said nothing, and waited for the generals to receive their respective titles before thanking the Holy Grace again.

Songs and dances were played again in the hall, but after a while, everyone seemed to have forgotten the unhappiness in the hall before, drinking and drinking, and feasting.

The Empress Dowager Zhao also got the news that Uncle Changping was demoted. At the beginning, the Empress Dowager Zhao was a little surprised, but after hearing that Uncle Changping did something contemptuous to the Wei family, she frowned and felt that the emperor treated Changping today. The Bofu's punishment was lighter.

On the side, Princess Anning couldn't help but feel relieved for the queen mother: "After all, the Wei and Bai families are still related by marriage, not to mention the complexities involved, besides, the prince of the Bai family and the third brother also have the holy decree of the father's marriage, the father is for the three emperors. For the sake of the royal brother's marriage, at this time, he will not punish Uncle Changping too much."

Empress Dowager Zhao frowned, feeling that what An Ning said was reasonable, but according to Emperor Jin Yuan's temperament, she felt a little inappropriate.

Although she is a woman in the deep palace, there are some things that cannot be hidden from her eyes. She only said that Emperor Jinyuan actually regretted King Jing's marriage long ago, and that Concubine Hui was blowing pillow wind beside Emperor Jinyuan, and wanted to marry Pei's daughter. She knows a thing or two about King Jing.

But right now, there is just a chance for Emperor Jin Yuan to destroy his previous marriage edict, but the emperor just dealt with Uncle Changping lightly...

Empress Dowager Zhao raised her eyes to look at Her Highness, pointed to a plate of pastries on the table, and said to the mother beside her: "The Ai family tasted this pastry and it tastes good, you can give it to the two sons of the Wei family and Uncle Changping's family to eat." Eat and see."

Gong Nai lowered her eyes: "Yes."

Suddenly they were rewarded with a plate of pastries, Bai Guo and Wei Liangyin didn't know what the Queen Mother Zhao meant, and after being flattered and thanked the Queen Mother Zhao from afar, the palace nurse smiled and said: "Mr. The Empress Dowager likes the two young masters."

"Uncle?" Wei Liangyin was keenly aware of the change in the name Nanny had given to Bai Guo.

Bai Guo also looked up at Madam Gong, with a trace of doubt in her eyes.

Seeing that Bai Guo still looked ignorant, Madam Gong lowered her eyes and said, "You two don't know something. Just now, Uncle Chang Ping at the male guest's table was exposed by General Wei because of some mistakes in the past and angered His Majesty. So he was demoted in public."

"Father...was demoted." Bai Guo was stunned for a while, but she didn't have much emotional fluctuations, she just raised her eyebrows and whispered, "Thank you, mother, for letting me know."

Gongmao completed her task, bent down and returned to Queen Mother Zhao.

Your Highness, Wei Liangyin pulled Bai Guo to sit on the table, took a bite of the snack that Queen Mother Zhao had just given him, and skillfully fed it to Bai Guo, looked at him seriously and said: "Father caused your father to be demoted. Are you not angry?"

"Ah?" Bai Guo's puffed cheeks were still freshly fed snacks. He didn't have a strong sense of the family's rank, and Chang Pingbo was nothing more than a stranger to him in the first 17 years. I was only a little familiar with it, so I shook my head, and said honestly, "Uncle is a great general... He won't trouble my father for no reason, and... if my father is really at fault..."

He paused, with a guilty smile on his face, and whispered: "If you make a mistake, you will always be punished."

Wei Liangyin nodded, looking at Bai Guo's clear and innocent eyes, he suddenly felt a little distressed.

He suddenly remembered some of the living conditions of his little cousin in the Hou Mansion that he had collected with his father Wei Xizhou two days ago in the Zhenbei Military Camp. At that time, he just felt very angry and thought that the Hou Mansion was deceiving It's too much, but now, seeing the well-behaved and sensitive Bai Guo, Wei Liangyin's thoughts have turned into wishing to rush into Bai's house immediately, and beat Changping Hou and his wife severely, even if they are beaten to death. Too much.

Such a good child, how could those people be willing to treat him like that?

The people in the Marquis of Changping are probably blind and blind.

Wei Liangyin sighed, trying to suppress the anger in his heart, rubbed his face and said to Bai Guo with a smile: "That's right, father has his reasons for doing this, but it's just for Uncle Changping. ...My father wants to see you!"

"Uncle...would you like to see me?" Bai Guo's cheeks flushed slightly, and a trace of uncertainty and faint hope flashed in his eyes.

Wei Liangyin rolled his eyes: "Of course."

After all, before Bai Guo could say anything, Wei Liangyin quietly squeezed Bai Guo's fingers as if interrupting, and winked at Bai Guo from an angle that the Queen Mother Zhao could not see, and said, "Do you think this cake is delicious? I took a bite, and I felt almost tired to death."

Empress Dowager Zhao is not young, and most of the cakes on her table are those made by the Imperial Dining Room with added sugar for the sake of Empress Dowager Zhao's taste. The taste is indeed too strong for ordinary young people.Originally, Wei Liangyin was not exaggerating, and Bai Guo just thought it was a little sweeter, but he deliberately added some funny ingredients, and Bai Guo couldn't help showing two shallow pear dimples at the corners of his mouth.

The two were talking and arguing, when suddenly a familiar voice of a little eunuch came in.

"Young Master." Xu Xiaoyan came here from the male guest's table at some point in time, holding a delicate jade jug in his hand, first looked at Wei Liangyin with a smile, and invited Wei Liangyin An, then smiled and said to Bai Guo, "It's cold and the dew is heavy, the prince is worried about your cold body next door, so he specially asked the servant to bring you a pot of fruit wine from the Western Regions, drink it to warm your body."

Beside him was Wei Liangyin with a curious face, Bai Guo couldn't help but blushed again, and said in a low voice, "Please...His Royal Highness Jing is concerned."

Xu Xiaoyan poured him a glass of fruit wine graciously, and Wei Liangyin said, "Give me a glass too."

He poured him another cup.

Wei Liangyin always followed the soldiers at the border to eat big bowls of meat and drink. The wind was very cold there, and the stronger the drink, the warmer he was. Not bad, but after drinking it in one sip, the taste seems to be just a little bit of fruit sweetness added to the white water, and it fades out like a bird!

"Can you warm up after drinking this wine?" Wei Liangyin was startled, "Your lord is using this to fool people!"

Xu Xiaoyan raised his eyes to look at him, and said respectfully: "Master Hui, this fruit wine is the favorite drink of young masters of aristocratic families nowadays, and it does have the effect of invigorating the stomach and warming the body."

Wei Liangyin didn't believe it, tilted his head and asked, "What do you think, cousin?"

Ginkgo didn't know whether the wine warmed up or not, but he took a sip carefully, and the sweet and refreshing taste made him really like it, so he rolled his eyes and said, "It's very sweet."

Xu Xiaoyan smiled: "As long as the eldest son likes it, he will live up to His Highness's wishes."

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In this room, Xie Lin sent his personal eunuchs to the next table, but the young master of the Pei family, who was covered in tea by Concubine Hui's natal nephew, finally returned to the main hall of the banquet.

He Qing was still a little nervous because he accidentally spilled Pei Feizhang's clothes. Seeing him come back, he hurriedly walked over to Pei Feizhang with a wine cup under the sign of his father's eyes: "Master Pei, it was me who was careless before, Please excuse me."

Pei Feizhang is the son of Pei Xiude, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. Although he is a proud person, but at the palace banquet where the words and deeds of the children of this aristocratic family will be watched by others, no matter how strong his dissatisfaction with He Qing is in his heart, his face He still put on a very magnanimous smile, as if he didn't mind at all, and said: "It's just a small accident, so Young Master He doesn't need to worry about it."

He Qing breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'll toast to Young Master Pei first."

Pei Feizhang smiled and asked the palace attendant to fill up the wine cup, but he drank it down in a face-saving gulp.

When He Qing returned to the seat where he was sitting, He Zhongtang, Concubine Hui's elder brother, said with a sullen face: "This palace is full of nobles, if you are as reckless as before, don't come out with your father next time! You have lost face to my He family, and even the face of Concubine Hui!"

He Qing shrank his neck when he was told by He Zhongtang, but he couldn't help curling his lips and said, "But how did I know that the young master of the Pei family suddenly appeared behind me? I didn't intend to splash the tea on him."

He Zhongtang glared at him, couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Idiot, shut up."

Before the cooperation between Concubine Hui and the Pei family, only He Zhongtang and his younger brother He Zhongyi knew about the He family, and He Qing was only one of He Zhongtang's many sons. Before the palace banquet, He Zhongtang intended to train He Qing as the heir of the He family , but now He Qing's attitude after provoking the young master of the Pei family inevitably made him think a little bit more in his heart, whether he should change to another son-in-law and re-cultivate him.

It's a pity that He Qing didn't know anything about it. After a few cups of yellow soup, his eyes stared straight at the dancers dancing in the hall, looking like a fool in Beijing.

Not far away, Xie Lin narrowed his eyes and looked at the positions of He Zhongtang and the Pei family, and then looked at the sky outside the hall, his eyes were cold.

After a cup of tea, Xie Lin seemed to be drunk, then closed his eyes, curled his fingers, and lightly tapped the rim of the wine cup.

At the same time, outside the imperial city, a woman rang the Dengwen drum outside the gate of the imperial city at night. It's an imperial certificate.

The guard on duty at the gate stepped forward, groped in the dark and saw the woman's peaceful eyes, and asked with a frown, "Little lady, do you know what it means to beat the drum ten times?"

The woman held a long letter of complaint, knelt straight on the ground, raised her eyes and said: "The woman knows, and the woman wants to sue the imperial court."

The guard didn't raise his eyebrows, and asked the eunuchs in the palace to bring nail boards, lined up in a long row in front of the woman, and asked, "Then why do you feel wronged?"

The woman glanced at the nailboard, then lowered her eyes again.

But just when the guards thought that the woman was already afraid, the woman suddenly opened her mouth, and said in a resolute voice: "The woman came here to sue the current Duke of Jingzhao for colluding with the Jingzhao Mansion and killing his son." Ning Zuoting rode horses in the street, killed my husband but was allowed to go unpunished! The women are not afraid of death, but I beg the Holy One to be the master for the women, and give my husband a justice that died in vain!"

The author has something to say: Dengwen Drum = Mingyuan Drum

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