The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 418
To celebrate Li Ling's triumphant return from defeating the Xiongnu, the palace held a celebration banquet, and Emperor Ming attended in person. He took Li Ling to the throne in front of civil and military officials, and issued a decree to confer Li Ling as the Grand Marshal of the World.

This year, Li Ling was only 29 years old, and she climbed to the pinnacle of power entirely by virtue of her intelligence.

Li Ling was dressed in the official uniform of a first-rank general in red vermilion and was placed next to Emperor Ming. All these years of polishing on the battlefield made Li Ling look more heroic and extraordinary. The prince and Jin Wang paled in comparison.

Emperor Ming was very happy today, and exchanged cups with Li Ling again and again.

The Eldest Princess also attended the banquet today, her son is so promising and capable, the Eldest Princess is very happy today, she stood beside Emperor Ming, and said with a smile to Emperor Ming: "Your Majesty, please don't get my son drunk."

Emperor Ming smiled and replied to the eldest princess, "Bo Yue's drinking capacity is far higher than mine, so don't worry about it, elder sister."

The civil and military officials at the banquet also glanced at Emperor Ming's face, stepped forward to toast with Li Ling very measuredly, and complimented Li Ling in their mouths.

Emperor Ming always liked this nephew who was upright and able to share his worries. During the dinner, he joked with the eldest princess: "When I was young, my eldest sister protected me. Now that I am old, my eldest sister has raised such an excellent nephew for me. Haha, with Bo Yue here, why should I worry about the instability of the country."

The eldest princess was also polite, and replied: "The child raised by this palace is naturally good."

Empress Cao and Concubine Meng Gui, who were seated at the women's family table, had extremely ugly faces when they heard what Emperor Ming and the eldest princess said.

The next step is to accompany the ladies and gentlemen, Jing Shu, who glanced at her husband and wife Rong, felt sour in her heart, but she had no choice but to put on a smiling face to please her.

Qingluan was also present at the table. Although the seat of the women's family members was far away from the seats of civil and military officials, she looked at the eye-catching figure of Li Ling sitting on the head, and she was full of reluctance. Seeing Jing Shu being praised by the stars Even big figures like Empress Cao and Concubine Meng deliberately flattered her, and her heart was full of sour water.

Qingluan glanced at her anger, looked at Jingshu and said mercilessly: "Biao sister-in-law is wearing the high-grade Zhai clothes on her body, which is really eye-catching. Cousin-in-law can have today's scenery, and my heart It must be very happy."

All the noble ladies were flattering Jing Shu with each other, when they suddenly saw that the Ninth Princess made an unreasonable attack, they all looked at each other for a moment, and all of them closed their mouths in unanimous agreement.

Jingshu met Qingluan's gaze and looked at her, and slowly replied: "As the so-called husband and wife are honored, although this Diyi is luxurious and attractive, it is the shadow seal that my husband got from fighting on the battlefield. I wear it every time. On the body, I would always warn myself not to be fooled by this luxury, and forget my husband's hard work outside, so I am not as 'extremely happy' as my cousin said."

Jing Shu's appropriate and righteous words made the ladies present feel awe of her.

Such a beautiful and intelligent woman should match up with a hero like Li Ling.

Qingluan was stunned by Jingshu's words and didn't know how to fight back, but he glanced at the jealousy in his heart, but he was unwilling to admit defeat, and muttered in a strange way: "Born in a small family, speaking is better than singing. "

Qingluan is a princess, so she often attends banquets in the palace, but in the past few years, the eighth princess, Qingyuan, was the one to show off the limelight. She was just a little transparent. , but Qingluan has always been withdrawn, so all the ladies and nobles don't know much about this Ninth Princess.

Seeing her unruly appearance at the banquet today, the ladies who didn't know her were shocked and their jaws dropped.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, or secretly amused in their hearts, but they thought the same thing in their hearts.

This Ninth Princess, who has always shown her dignity to others, is just a rude and arrogant idiot, without any connotation.

Empress Cao is the lord of the inner palace. Seeing that Qingluan lost her dignity, she reminded her: "Qingluan, although you and Mrs. Li are close relatives, you can't mess around like this. Don't lose your temper in front of everyone. If you want to have a private conversation with Mrs. Li, I will allow her to come to your palace after the banquet."

Qingluan is short-sighted and paranoid, even though Empress Cao reminded her so, she didn't appreciate it at all, and still put on a face and said: "The Duke of Zhenguo's mansion is my close relative, but I can't get close to this Shen family. , Mother, don't worry about it."

As soon as Qingluan uttered these words, all the noble ladies lowered their heads in unison. Although their faces were full of fear, they were secretly watching a joke.

Empress Cao was even more annoyed by this Qingluan, she rolled Qingluan's eyes, and said in a low voice, "Shut up!"

Seeing this, Concubine Meng at the side smiled half-smilingly and said: "Why should the empress follow the child's knowledge, besides, the nine princesses have been raised under your knees, and if there is anything wrong, you can teach them slowly when you go back. Now, there is no rush at this moment."

Empress Cao rolled her eyes at Concubine Meng, and said coldly: "As the lord of the inner palace, how should I teach the children, it's never your turn to intervene."

The concubine also followed Empress Cao and said to Meng Guifei: "If the concubine is good at teaching women, she can use it on the Eighth Emperor Sister more often, and it will save her from making frequent disturbances and making the palace restless."

The Eighth Princess is the great regret in Concubine Meng's heart. After hearing what the Crown Princess said, her face turned pale with anger, she pointed at the Crown Princess and shouted: "My daughter is still His Majesty's beloved daughter no matter how sick I am, I cannot tolerate you here. Make irresponsible remarks."

The majestic emperor's harem, the palace banquet was so unseemly, Pingyang, as a married daughter of the royal family, couldn't help but feel a little nervous when she saw this, she quietly took Jingshu's clothes and said in a low voice: "Two Sister-in-law, let's go for a walk."

Jing Shu didn't bother to look at the ugly faces of these people, so she got up following Ping Yang, and the two of them left the chaotic royal family and left the banquet hall.

Although the female relatives in the palace were annoying, the scenery in the palace was pleasant. The two sat in the waterside pavilion in front of the banquet hall, enjoying the scenery and chatting softly at the same time.

After a while, a female official came to meet Pingyang and asked, "Dare you ask if your nobleman is the princess of Pingyang?"

Ping Yang nodded, and replied: "Are you looking for me for something?"

The female official replied: "The maidservant is the female official in the Qiangwei Palace Lan Zhaoyi Palace. The Lady Zhaoyi heard that the princess is coming to the palace for a banquet, so she invited the princess to have a brief talk in the palace."

This Lan Zhaoyi is from the family of Concubine Lan. According to her seniority, she should be Pingyang's cousin. It's strange.

Ping Yang replied: "Since my aunt invited me, I just happened to accompany you to visit."

As he said that, he told Jing Shu: "The palace banquet is about to end, the second sister-in-law will go back to the palace and wait for me first, and I will come as soon as I go."

Jing Shu nodded. After Ping Yang left, she was about to get up and go back to the palace, but was blocked by Prince Zhao Bi.

(End of this chapter)