Don't ask where people go

Chapter 1028
Fang Zilan took the post with Awan and Vice General Cao into the palace, and went all the way to the imperial garden unimpeded.

Zhuge Yu had already arrived and was talking to Li Shengxuan.

Fang Zilan took the two of them up to meet the ceremony, exchanged a few words, and then heard Li Shengxuan say: "The queen took people from Xiahou's family to pay her respects to the empress dowager and the empress dowager. They are old and don't want to move around. Here we come." Hearing this, she felt relieved.

However, there were too many people to greet Li Shengxuan, so Fang Zilan couldn't stay longer, so he took A Wan and Vice General Cao for a walk in the imperial garden.

It's just that she hadn't walked a few steps when she heard Li Qiyou's voice, with a bit of surprise, "Master Fang, it really is you."

She turned her head to face Li Qiyou, and bowed respectfully, "I have seen King Yucheng, and I greet the prince."

"Lord Fang, you don't need to be too polite." Li Qiyou stepped forward and walked in front of her, "Earlier, my grandmother and queen mother said that Master Fang had come to Beijing, but I still didn't believe it. Today, I came here specially for the palace banquet. I don't think it's true. of."

Fang Zilan keenly noticed that Li Qiyou's self-proclaimed change when talking to her.

In the past, in the northern border, he always talked about the king, but now it has become a simple word for me.

"My lord doesn't want me to go to Beijing?" Fang Zilan raised her eyebrows, and Li Qiyou shook her head hurriedly, "What are you talking about, Mr. Fang? You have saved my life, and it is too late for me to repay you. I don't know what Mr. Fang is doing this time How long can I stay in Beijing? Let me express my gratitude."

"My lord, you're being polite." She smiled slightly, polite and distant, "It's my duty to protect my lord, so I don't need to thank you."

The two came and went, and Li Shengxuan and Zhuge Yu who were not far away had a panoramic view.

The smile in Li Shengxuan's eyes dissipated a bit, Zhuge Yu still had a calm and breezy appearance, "Everyone from Xiahou's family has arrived, His Majesty's mind should be settled."

His indifferent words were like a sharp stone, piercing the peace of Li Shengxuan's heart and causing ripples.

"Zhuge Yu, what do you think of Fang Zilan?"

Zhuge Yu asked without answering, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Li Shengxuan's expression remained unchanged, but his eyebrows stretched a little, "I think it's good."

Zhuge Yu remained calm on the face, but panicked for no reason in his heart, "Your Majesty is saying..."

"The flowers and trees in the palace are growing well this year, even better than in previous years." Li Shengxuan interrupted Zhuge Yu's unfinished words, his calm and relaxed appearance made his heart a little more at ease.

He remembered that his grandfather said that their emperor, who grew up on the battlefield, had passed between life and death countless times. One point was more fatal and one inch was useless. No one knew how to control the size of the two words better than him.

Xia Houzhang, who was standing by, leaned over to Li Shengxuan and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the empress and members of Xiahou's family have arrived."

Li Shengxuan looked up at the person walking towards them, and nodded to indicate that he understood.

When Fang Ziqin and members of Xiahou's family approached, the people who were talking softly stopped at the same time, their eyes focused on several of them.

Fang Zilan was no exception, looking at the visitor intently.

The woman walking among the crowd was wearing a cyan colored riding outfit, and the cloak of the same color made her a bit petite, and she looked very stylish and spirited every step of the way.Her sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes reveal an indescribable heroic spirit. She is not a beauty in the traditional sense, but has an indescribable chilling temperament. People can't help but want to look at her more, but they are suppressed by the power of her body. Looking directly at something means that it can only be seen from a distance.Fang Zilan thought to herself that with such an aura, it must be Xiahou Yunzhao.

On the left side of Xiahou Yunzhao is a man dressed in white, who looks about the same age as her. Although he is over middle-aged, his facial features are still extremely delicate and beautiful. His unsmiling and proud appearance is like a banished fairy walking out of a painting. Incomparably noble, it must be Xie Chen himself.

The man behind Xiahou Yunzhao on the right side is dressed in the same cavalry outfit as her. He looks ready to fight with the unique killing spirit of a member of the army. He is the current head of the Xiahou family——Xiahou Mingxun.

Xiahou's family and Li Shengxuan greeted each other one by one, and their speech and behavior were neither warm nor alienated, showing indescribable decency and restraint.

Fang Zilan observed secretly, only feeling strange.It stands to reason that Xiahou's family is Li Shengxuan's mother's family, so they should be more affectionate than other people, but for some reason, she always feels that Xiahou's family and everyone present have a sense of disobedience, and she vaguely feels that their disobedience The sense of harmony is more like deliberate.

After everyone talked for a while, the Queen Fang Ziqin came to invite everyone to a banquet.

The palace banquet was held in Wanfu Palace, which is the closest to the imperial garden, and it was a place in the palace for entertaining relatives and courtiers.

Not long before Li Shengxuan came to the throne, Fang Zilan had been there when he was walking around the palace to familiarize himself with the terrain. The Wanfu Palace is not big, but the layout is very delicate.

She once heard the old man in the palace say that the Wanfu Palace was originally built by Emperor Tai'an for Concubine Yu, and many of the furnishings inside were made according to the customs of Baiyue, and it was abandoned after Concubine Yu passed away.

Until Emperor Ningshun rebuilt the Wanfu Palace after he ascended the throne, it was also repaired according to the style of Dajing. The original Baiyue set was removed, and it became a place exclusively for banquets.

However, when Fang Zilan went in with the crowd, before he could see the scene inside the palace clearly, he saw the crowd froze at the gate of the palace.

She looked up, and although it was autumn and winter, she saw straw mats and curtains in the hall, intertwined flowers and vines, and colorful screen brocades, which seemed to be the decoration style of Baiyue.

No wonder everyone froze in place, she looked around knowingly, except for Li Shengxuan, Fang Ziqin, Zhuge Yu and Xia Houzhang who didn't respond, the rest of them were all stunned.

Xiahou Yunzhao glanced at it, and said calmly: "Your Majesty still remembers Concubine Yugui's appearance in the Wanfu Palace, and she has intentions." After she finished speaking, she walked in unceremoniously.

Qiu Shui next to Fang Ziqin was very discerning and hurried forward to lead several people from the Xiahou family to sit down.

The others looked at each other in blank dismay, and followed Xiahou's family into Wanfu Palace.

Everyone took their seats one after another, Fang Zilan sat under Li Qiyou, Zhuge Yu was beside him, facing Xiahou's family.

Xiahou Yunzhao sat in the first seat on the left facing Li Qiyou, while Xie Chen and Xiahou Mingxun faced Fang Zilan and Zhuge Yu respectively.

Such a row of seats made Fang Zilan a little curious, and couldn't help but quietly looked at Zhuge Yu, and said softly: "Isn't Xiahou Mingxun the head of the Xiahou family? Why is he sitting at the end?"

Zhuge Yu didn't answer her, and reminded her to be careful, and she realized that Xiahou Yunzhao's eyes fell on her at some point, and she couldn't help sitting up straight, still indifferent as usual .

It was still early, and there was still some time before the formal banquet.

(End of this chapter)