The dinner party started lively.
Nian Shilan looked around at the banquet, but there were no plum blossoms.
It seems that the queen didn't have to do it herself, so the queen saved a lot of trouble.
After three rounds of drinking, the emperor was even a little drunk.
"Concubine Hua."
The Queen Mother suddenly called Nian Shilan.
"My concubine is here."
There was a lot of singing and dancing at the banquet, but the Queen Mother only called out once, but Hua Shilan quickly got up and walked over.
"Queen Mother, what do you want me to do with my concubine?"
The Queen Mother saw Nian Shilan paying attention to her side, and felt very comforted in her heart: "Nothing happened. It's just that it's late at night, and the Ai family wants to go back first. You and the Queen will instruct some emperors to ask him to be young." Drink some, and he will listen to your words.”
"I will take you back to the palace."
Nian Shilan never wanted to take care of the emperor, but now she only wants to take care of the queen mother.
"No, the Ai family can just leave like this. There's no need to disturb other people. Just keep watching the New Year."
After the Queen Mother said this, Aunt Zhuxi helped the Queen Mother back to the palace.
The queen naturally noticed the movement here, but she didn't know what the queen mother and Nian Shilan said.
After a while, the emperor didn't know what he was looking at in Western Zhou Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, I respect you."
When the queen was about to have a drink with the emperor, the emperor asked: "Where is Wan Changzai?"
"Wan Chang was ill in Yiyi. The weather was freezing, so I asked her to stay in the palace to rest."
The queen's expression changed after listening to the emperor's words, but the emperor was not thinking about the queen at this time, so he naturally didn't notice it.
"There is also Cao Guiren, who has also been ill for some days. He was afraid that the illness would be transmitted to the emperor, so the concubine did not let her out. Then there is Concubine Duan..."
"Isn't Concubine Duan feeling much better?"
Before the queen could finish speaking, the emperor interrupted her.
"Concubine Duan's health has improved a lot, but Princess Wen Yi has had a cough these days, so Concubine Duan sent someone to send a message that she wanted to accompany the princess in the palace. I made the decision privately and agreed."
When the Queen found out that Concubine Duan was raising Princess Wen Yi, her first reaction was that there was a gap between Concubine Hua and Guiren Cao.
What is the relationship between Concubine Duan and Concubine Hua? Nian Shilan once said that they were incompatible with Qi Yuebin. How could he suddenly give her a daughter?
Although the Queen was puzzled, she also knew that the enemy of her enemy was her friend.
So since she knew that Cao Qinmo was ill, she asked Jianqiu to come over from time to time. Otherwise, concubine Li would have closer contact with the queen?
In fact, the queen's main purpose was to win over Cao Qinmo.
Cao Qinmo is not stupid, and her purpose is very simple, that is, to get her daughter back.
This time Concubine Duan had never come to these palace banquets before, but this time it was the Queen who took the initiative to prevent her from coming.
The purpose was to let the emperor know that Princess Wen Yi and Cao Guiren were ill at the same time, and to make the emperor think that Concubine Duan could not raise the child well, and that the child always had a better understanding of his mother.
But unexpectedly, Nian Shilan was observing the Queen and the Emperor.
As soon as the queen finished speaking, Nian Shilan came over.
"emperor,"
Nian Shilan leaned over slightly and said, "When I came over just now, I seemed to have heard the Queen say that Princess Wen Yi was sick?"
"Just a bit of a cough."
The queen's expression changed again and again, but she still kept smiling.
"I am also a little tired. Maybe I am getting older and can't bear to stay up late. I wonder if the emperor can show some sympathy to me and let me go back first? I want to sit with Sister Duan. By the way, take care of Princess Wen Yi."
Nian Shilan didn't even give the queen a chance to let Wen Yi go back, and cut off the words at the first call.
"You have a heart."
The emperor took Nian Shilan's hand and said, "You should also take care of yourself. If you go to have a look, go back and rest quickly."
Nian Shilan thought, since he left, he couldn't let the emperor stay here with the queen. It was just to spite you, and he couldn't let her be proud.
"Your Majesty, please drink less. When I pass by the Meiyuan Garden later, I will pick up some plum blossoms and bring them over. The princess will be happy to see the plum blossoms. Maybe it will be fine."
"Are all the flowers in Yimei Garden blooming?"
The drunk emperor naturally missed his deceased wife the most. When he heard that the plum blossoms were in bloom, he remembered that Chun Yuan liked plum blossoms the most.
When the queen heard Nian Shilan talking about Yimei Garden, she knew in her heart that it was not good. She was afraid that the banquet would end here.
"The flowers are so beautiful."
Nian Shilan smiled and pretended not to notice the emperor's silence: "Then I will leave first."
When Nian Shilan came out, she happened to see snow outside. She breathed a sigh of relief and heard the queen in the room saying something.
But she had no intention of listening to those words, so she took the first call and left.
"Aren't you supposed to be watching the New Year's Eve?"
Qi Yuebin saw Nian Shilan coming in smelling of alcohol and quickly asked someone to prepare the sobering soup.
"I didn't drink too much."
Nian Shilan smiled and waved his hands and said, "There are so many people there, but I am the only one missing. It would be great if I came to accompany you."
Nian Shilan took off his clothes and leaned on the couch: "The queen said that Wen Yi was ill and asked for permission to stay in the palace, so I came here."
Qi Yuebin was stunned for a moment after hearing Nian Shilan's words: "Wen Yi has a cough, but it was the queen who sent someone to tell me that I didn't have to go there."
Nian Shilan didn't feel strange at all when he heard Qi Yuebin's words. He just smiled and said nothing.
Qi Yuebin looked at Nian Shilan with clear eyes, which showed that she knew what was going on.
"Cao Guiren didn't go today either?"
Qi Yuebin had a suspicion in his mind, but he didn't know the reason.
"Of course I won't go."
Nian Shilan watched Ji Xiang take the sobering soup and sat up immediately: "I don't need to drink if I'm not drunk. Take it away."
Songzhi took the bowl from Jixiang's hand, brought it to Nian Shilan's side and persuaded: "Good empress, you see, Duan Fei specially asked someone to cook it, so you have to drink some, don't you? Why don't you get up early? My head hurts again."
Nian Shilan glanced at Qi Yuebin and Songzhi who were looking at him without temper, and could only take it and drink it in small sips.
"Okay, don't think about it anymore, it's just the situation you have in mind."
Nian Shilan didn't like to drink hangover soup the most. After finishing it with great difficulty, she frowned and said to Qi Yuebin: "The Queen is always ambitious, especially since my status is unstable now. She wants to suppress me even more. Such an enemy Your enemies are your friends."
"Yeah, how can she care about others?"
Qi Yuebin said to himself.
"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I won't let anyone take Wen Yi away from you."
Nian Shilan put down the bowl in his hand and pulled Qi Yuebin and said, "Guiren Cao, I can't see Wen Yi growing up."
