No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 591 Palace Banquet (1)

Luo Junyao looked around but couldn't find Xie Yan, so he gave up.

Although the Qi people are not as good as before, they are still quite intimidating to some small countries and tribes around them.

At a glance, half of the people in the entire hall are not Qi people.

When Luo Junyao was leisurely observing the guests at the banquet, he suddenly noticed a gaze staring at him.She followed the direction of her gaze and met Ji Zhan's gaze.

Luo Jun shook his eyes and looked at Ji Zhan with some puzzlement.

Ji Zhan didn't pay attention to her, and quickly turned his gaze away, talking to Bai Jingrong who was sitting next to him.

Luo Junyao could only shrug his shoulders, lowered his head and tasted the fine wine in front of him.

"Ah Zhan was looking at Chuchu just now?" Bai Jingrong laughed softly.

Ji Zhan said calmly: "I just didn't expect that mother would be willing to give her to Wu Ye."

Bai Jingrong sighed, and said: "She is a lonely little girl, I always want to find a good home for her. Ah Zhan doesn't like her, and Wu Ye is still a good choice. It's a pity..."

"What a pity?" Ji Zhan asked.

Even the queen who was sitting on the other side of Ji Zhan couldn't help looking over.

Bai Jingrong said: "That girl refused to follow Wu Ye, she almost killed her. I can't let her die either. After the banquet tonight, I'd better keep her by my side."

Hearing the words, Ji Zhan looked at Luo Junyao again, only then noticed that his face was a little pale, his left hand was hidden in his sleeve, and he was motionless, no matter what he did, he only used one hand.

Did you cut your wrists?
She looks a bit clever, but she turns out to be a naive and stupid little girl.She actually believed in his mother, but now she doesn't know what it feels like in this girl's heart.

Thinking of Chuchu's firm defense of Bai Jingrong in front of him before, Ji Zhan suddenly gloated a little.

"Speaking of which, I quite like this girl." The queen suddenly said softly.

Ji Zhan was not interested, and said casually: "Since the queen mother said so, the queen also likes it, so it's okay to take it back. It's not like the palace can't afford an idler."

"Azhan is right."

The banquet gradually became lively, and envoys from various tribes came forward to offer gifts and blessings to Ji Zhan.

Ji Zhan responded calmly, chatted and drank with all the guests, and the banquet was full of joy and celebration.

Luo Junyao felt a little bored, and couldn't help lowering his head and yawning slightly.

"Chuchu, what's the matter?" Sitting next to Luo Junyao, Wu Ye felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

But he didn't dare to show it yet. In the past two days, he had also seen the methods of the regent princess.

Seeing her listless look now, he hurriedly asked.

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "It seems a little dizzy."

Wu Ye was overjoyed, but said calmly on his face: "Since you are uncomfortable, go back and rest first. This kind of banquet is not too much if you have one more, and if you are missing, it is not too much."

His tone was flat, and it sounded like he wanted to drive people away.

Bai Ning, who was standing behind Luo Junyao, thought that Chu Chuning would not follow his business even if he died, so it was not surprising that he would do this.

Wu Ye has always liked to have fun at banquets, but their sitting here disturbed Wu Ye's sense of humor.

It's just that this is what the empress ordered, and they have to obey.

"Sister Bai Ning, probably because I drank just now, I went out for a walk."

Bai Ning hesitated, "Shall I go with you?"

"No need, I'm familiar with the palace, so I'll just blow some air outside." Luo Junyao winked at Bai Ning, indicating that she still has something to do.

Bai Ning understood instantly, so he could only help Luo Jun to shake up and said, "Then be careful."

"Okay, if the empress asks sister Bai Ning to help me, I'll be back in a while."

"Don't worry."

Luo Junyao went out quickly, and Wu Ye glanced at Bai Ning who was still standing beside him, and said calmly, "What? It turns out that the Queen Mother didn't ask you to take care of that girl, who is going to watch me?"

Bai Ning lowered his eyes and said: "The general is serious, and the empress is also concerned about the general."

Wu Ye snorted coldly, turned his head and drank by himself.

Luo Jun shook out of the hall, looked around inadvertently, and found that there were indeed many guards around the hall.

Compared with Shangyong Palace, Qizu Palace is much smaller, and there are not so many palaces and pavilions. Standing outside the main hall, you can almost see most of the palace at a glance.

Luo Junyao walked out of the main hall and walked slowly towards the Empress Dowager's palace. She had just walked not far before someone blocked her way.

"Miss Chuchu, where are you going?" Luo Jun shook his eyes wide and looked at the person in front of him.

This is a young man of mixed blood from the Central Plains and Qi. Although Ji Zhan has half of the blood from the Central Plains, she has never seen many mixed bloods in the palace, except for Bai Jingrong.

"My hand hurts. I was a little dizzy after drinking alcohol. I want to go back and have a rest." After speaking, he asked curiously, "You know me? I don't think I've seen you before."

The young man didn't answer, but just glanced in the direction of the main hall behind him and said: "It's very dark outside, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for the girl to walk alone, why don't I send Miss Chuchu back?"

Luo Jun shook his head slightly and said with a smile, "Okay."

"Please."

Luo Junyao walked towards the Empress Dowager's Palace first, and the young man followed her silently.

As Luo Junyao walked, he couldn't help turning his head and said, "Brother, what's your name?"

The young man was silent for a while before answering: "I am Chen Zhong."

"Your surname is Chen? Your father is from the Central Plains?"

The young man didn't answer, Luo Junyao didn't care, said: "My father is also from the Central Plains, but my mother is not from the Qi tribe."

The young man didn't mean to answer her, and he only responded lightly when he heard this.

Luo Junyao continued: "I was exiled to the Qi clan by myself, but luckily the Empress Dowager was kind, otherwise I might have been assigned to the women's slave house."

"The Empress Dowager is really kind-hearted." The young man said.

Luo Jun shook his head to look at him, and said with a smile: "Right, you think so too."

The young man looked at her motionless left hand and asked, "Your hand..."

"Oh, it's nothing, I accidentally cut it."

"Don't you blame the empress dowager?" the young man asked.

Luo Junyao remained silent, turned around and continued walking forward.The young man didn't say much when he saw this, he just walked quietly behind Luo Junyao.

"Sister Bai Ning said that the Empress Dowager has no choice but to do so." Luo Jun said, "Besides, she has already promised me to return to the palace. If it wasn't for the Empress Dowager, I don't know what would happen now. By the way, Big Brother Chen , you were not a guard in the palace before, were you?"

The young man paused when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice, "How do you know?"

Luo Jun said, "I haven't seen you in the palace, and..."

"And what?" asked the young man.

"Besides, this is not the way to the Empress Dowager's palace. If you are a guard in the palace, why don't you know?"

"What..." The young man was startled, but Luo Junyao, who was standing in front of him, had already circled around him before he could react.

The hand he thought he could not move hit him hard, the young man suddenly felt a numbness in the acupuncture points in his waist, and he fell uncontrollably towards the shadow of the roadside.

At this time, everyone's eyes in the entire palace were focused on the front of the brightly lit hall. Other places in the palace were only lit up in twos and threes, and most places were plunged into darkness.

Just now while chatting with him, Luo Junyao inadvertently walked in the opposite direction to the Empress Dowager's palace, but this person didn't notice it at all.

Obviously, he is not a guard permanently stationed in the palace.

Of course, it is also possible that they were temporarily transferred, after all, there are too many guests in the palace today.

But Luo Junyao always felt that Ji Zhan would not blatantly call people from the Bai family army when he had not officially turned against Bai Jingrong.

Then the result is obvious, this person belongs to Bai Jingrong.

Luo Junyao unceremoniously dragged him to a corner of the garden, where people rarely come here, let alone tonight.

Under the faint moonlight, Luo Junyao knelt down and patted the young man's face with great interest, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, does it hurt?"

"Who the hell are you!" the young man gritted his teeth.

Luo Jun said: "It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is who you are. You are not a guard in the palace, are you? What do you want to sneak into the palace?"

The young man remained silent, just looked at her coldly, his eyes were very bright under the moonlight.

Luo Jun shrugged his shoulders and said: "Look, you don't even dare to scream, so you are more shameless than me. Why don't you tell me what you want to do tonight, how about I don't kill you?"

The young man said coldly: "I don't know where you come from, but you don't want to know anything from me!"

Luo Junyao clicked his tongue softly, raised his eyebrows and said: "You are so loyal, I can guess it if you don't tell me, but if you are like this, then I will cure it and say sorry."

Seeing that she was really about to make a move, the young man's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "Who are you? What do you want to do? Are you the King's man?"

Luo Junyao smiled and said, "So you are from the Empress Dowager?"

The young man shut his mouth.

"Yao Yao." Luo Junyao wanted to ask something more, but heard a familiar voice behind him.

The fake smile on her face instantly became sincere, she stood up, turned around and rushed towards the visitor.

Xie Yan stretched out his hand to catch the man in his arms, glanced at the young man lying on the ground and asked, "Who is it?"

"Bai Jingrong's people want to look at me." Luo Jun said, "Didn't you say you entered the palace with Zatu? Why didn't I see you? I thought something happened to you."

Xie Yan said: "I did enter the palace with Za Tuo, but I didn't go to the main hall."

That's why he entered the palace as Zatu's servant and bodyguard, and Mr. Luo understood it.

"How is it?" Luo Junyao asked.

Xie Yan said: "Bai Jingrong wants to control the palace, and Ji Zhan's people have already gone to the Bai family army."

Hearing this, Luo Junyao couldn't help laughing, "The mother and son want to get together, so what should we do?"

Xie Yan said: "Let's watch a play first."

Luo Jun shook his head, "Who will win or lose between these two?"

(End of this chapter)