When Princess Qinbao followed the queen in, she saw Wen Jinhe and Lu Zhixi sitting next to each other and her heart was pricked by a needle.
Wen Jinhe looked at the wives and ladies of each family sitting at the table. Princess Changping's status was indeed noble.
If Lu Zhixi is favored as an adopted daughter, this banquet will definitely be a big hit.
Is it intentional or a coincidence that I deliberately arranged to sit under them?
Li Junche saw that Wen Jinhe had not moved his chopsticks for a long time. Because he came back late, they did not eat in the palace before attending the banquet.
"Stop looking, aren't you hungry?" Li Junche took a piece of beef and put it in Wen Jinhe's bowl.
Wen Jinhe turned her head to look at him, exhaled and opened her mouth, "Feed me."
Li Junche twitched the corners of his mouth, picked up the piece of beef again and put it into Wen Jinhe's mouth.
"Che'er, I haven't seen you in three years, but you are better at taking care of people than before." Princess Changping sat next to the emperor, her eyes falling on Li Junche.
Li Junche looked up at Princess Changping and said, "Of course you have to take care of your own princess. Didn't the consort treat the emperor's aunt in the same way back then?"
Wen Jinhe felt that the conversation in the palace disappeared at this moment, as if Li Junche's words had touched some taboo.
Li Yuheng looked at the queen and shook his head. They could sing this good show without any effort.
Unknown to everyone, Princess Changping's concubine took in several concubines and even kept an outhouse.
If the late emperor hadn't taken action to kill those women, who knows what would have happened.
Lu Zhixi, who was sitting aside, frowned and then let go.
The emperor glared at his son, wondering what to say, and quickly interrupted: "Since the emperor has returned to the capital, how about staying a little longer, and then returning to the fiefdom after the New Year?"
The stiff corners of Princess Changping's mouth were suppressed, "This time I am accompanying Zhixi back to worship her ancestors. I think she has reached the age of marriage, so the emperor will have to put more effort into arranging a good marriage for her."
The queen ate faster, and Princess Qinbao sitting aside was a little worried.
Emperor: "The Lu family is full of loyal people, and Zhixi is the adopted daughter of the emperor's sister. I can only dream of having this matchmaker. During this time in the capital, if you fall in love with someone's son, feel free to talk to me."
Lu Zhixi knelt down on her seat and bent down to thank her.
Because of Li Junche's actions just now, Wen Jinhe felt a little less angry.
I happened to be hungry, so I started eating.
All the civil and military officials present, as well as the noble ladies, watched as King Che and his concubine were absorbed in eating the food on the table. From time to time, they would pick up food from each other, completely ignoring the dancers and musicians from the Bell and Drum Department performing in the middle of the Jiaotai Hall.
In public, this is not the backyard of Prince Che's Mansion where you and your wife treat you like no one else.
Princess Changping saw that Lu Zhixi's face was getting sadder and sadder, and she said distressedly: "Che'er took great care of Zhixi when she was a child. How come she has become so raw when she grows up?"
During the disaster relief period in Thirteen Northern Cities, Li Yuheng completely lost the right to speak in the court and deliberately kept silent, suppressing the anguish in his heart, "Aunt Huang's words reminded me of when I was a child, Miss Lu often ran behind her second brother. The relationship is so good that we are inseparable.”
Li Junche put the shrimps he peeled in his hands into Wen Jinhe's bowl. He kept peeling the shrimps in his hands, "I didn't expect that my aunt and brother would still remember what happened so many years ago. But how could I remember it?" At that time, my brother took care of Miss Lu everywhere, and even joked that when Miss Lu grew up, he would marry her as a princess. Unexpectedly, things changed and people eventually turned into yellow flowers and withered leaves on the ground. "
Li Yuheng's face turned dark. At first, he thought that marrying Lu Zhixi would give him the military power of the Lu family. Who would have thought that he would later fall into the hands of the general Zhen Guo. An orphan girl without the support of her mother's family would become a worthless waste. How could he marry her as his princess again?
Everyone present tacitly looked at Lu Zhixi, who was sitting there with a calm expression on her face, and saw that the loneliness and sadness on her face turned into rain and sprinkled down.
Princess Changping stared at Wen Jinhe who was eating shrimps every bite, and her dissatisfaction became more and more intense. How could a marriage princess sent from Linyue Kingdom compare to her carefully raised daughter? If she had known that Li Junche would get married, she should not have brought Lu Zhixi with her in the first place. Go to fiefdom.
"The capital city has changed a lot in the past three years. Zhixi doesn't have many friends here. You two grew up together, so Che'er will take care of you. I heard that Princess Qinbao now lives in Prince Che's Mansion. You are about the same age, so let Zhixi go over and accompany you. How about that?" Princess Changping asked, staring at the restless Princess Qinbao.
Qinbao, who didn't say a word from beginning to end, didn't expect that a disaster would fall on her. How could she answer?
Put the second sister-in-law's love rival into the second brother's side?
This is impossible.
Wen Jinhe chewed the shrimp meat into pieces. This was bullying at the doorstep.
When she was about to speak, Li Junche suddenly held her hand.
"The imperial sister is still saying today that she is tired of living in the palace and wants to go back to the palace to accompany her father. Her luggage has been packed." Every day during dinner, Princess Qinbao sat next to Wen Jinhe, and the two of them often ignored him when talking.
Just take this opportunity to get the person out so as not to disturb their world anymore.
Princess Qinbao's throat was clogged and she stared at Li Junche with disbelief. After receiving the threatening look from the other party, she nodded with a wry smile, "Yes, I have planned to move back to the palace. If sister Zhixi wants to play with me, , you can enter the palace at any time.”
Princess Changping's face was as dark as if it was stained with ink.
Lu Zhixi looked at Princess Qinbao tenderly, "I heard that Her Royal Highness the Princess often goes out to play in the palace, so I made trouble for you."
Princess Qinbao nodded reluctantly, "You come to me often, so I can't go to my second sister-in-law."
Emperor Li Jingxing watched these people coming and going as if they were watching a play. He finally understood what Princess Changping was thinking.
This is to marry Lu Zhixi to Li Junche.
King Che already has a main concubine. Even if he marries her, she will be a side concubine. Is she willing to give up?
There was a hint of contentment on the queen's face. As the emperor's sister and the late emperor's most favored princess, Princess Changping would definitely get married if she opened her mouth for Lu Zhixi and the emperor.
Princess Changping felt uncomfortable when she saw that Wen Jinhe was between Lu Zhixi and Li Junche, so she said, "Zhixi, come here and sit next to me."
Princess Changping's seat was to the emperor's left, just above Li Junche's seats.
This exchange is not far away.
"Ah." Lu Zhixi stood up while holding up her skirt, but she didn't want to step on the head beads that fell on the ground during the performance of the Bell and Drum Master, causing her whole body to fall to the side.
Li Junche suddenly sat next to him, and he was about to fall into his arms.
Just when everyone thought King Che would reach out and help him.
Li Junche put one hand around Wen Jinhe's waist, lifted him up, turned him around in a circle to the left, and dodged in a daze.
