Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

The front hall, above the banquet.

The girls in Fengchenju finished their dance. The dance was not too difficult. It was well-regulated and festive, so it was suitable for birthday celebrations.The noble concubine sat on the right hand side of the emperor, pursed her lips and praised a few words, then turned her head and said softly to the emperor, "Speaking of this wind and dust residence, the ministers and concubines know that they have lived in the deep palace for a long time and are ignorant. Gaining fame outside the palace...the Ministry of Rituals also did not arrange to go in, luckily it was in time. Your Majesty...have you been to Fengchen Residence?"

The emperor shook his head, lazily holding his glass of wine, then turned his head to ask the queen after a while, "Have you heard about it, the queen?"

"Of course the concubine has heard of it." The queen frowned and smiled lightly, looking over the crowd to look at Bai Xing, "Here, there is such a monkey here, the concubine's ears are not as clean as the concubine's."

The emperor also laughed, "That's true... But I have discovered over the years that this Bai family boy has grown up and understood the rules. He used to come to my place often, but now he has learned his father's restraint... ..."

Bai Xing grinned, raised his glass and stood up, "Your Majesty, I want the distinction between monarch and minister. But... it's my nephew's fault for letting my uncle remember it, so I'll punish myself with a drink." After finishing speaking, he raised his head and took a drink And all, very chic.

First the rulers and ministers, then the aunts and nephews, Bai Xing was able to get along like a fish in water in Yanjing City, not only because of the Bai family.

The emperor laughed, pointed at Bai Xing with his fingertips, and teased the queen, "Look, he still remembers that I'm his uncle. He's a stranger to me now...so I thought there were only monarchs and ministers left."

The queen smiled gently, "This child has grown up, so he should know some rules. Before, it was because children didn't understand reason..."

"Hey! Don't! If his Bai Xing is the same as the big guys, or if he learns the tune of Ning Xiuyuan, it's not good, not good..." The emperor changed his posture, propped his chin and squinted his eyes and ordered with a smile Manager Zhang beside him said, "Here, take the grapes in front of me to Mr. Bai. I remember that he liked to eat them most when he was a child."

"Your Majesty, do you still remember this?" Bai Xing grinned, a little out of tune, "Then, nephew...is it disrespectful?" He said, ran up in two or three steps, took the grapes from Manager Zhang, He smiled sweetly at Manager Zhang again, "Eunuch Zhang, you look really good today!"

"Ah! Mr. Bai's mouth...he can talk! No wonder His Majesty likes it, and asks this old slave every now and then, why hasn't the Bai family boy entered the palace these few days?" He imitated the emperor's tone, and said again , "You have to be more diligent in the future!"

"Okay, okay! Definitely!"

The emperor sat in the upper seat, watching the interaction between the old and the young with his chin propped up, squinting and shaking the wine glass in his hand, with a blurred smile.

The noble concubine's face was slightly stiff, she pursed her lips and remained silent - her birthday banquet made this kid from the Bai family sing a show.She has been in the harem for so many years, and she naturally knows His Majesty's intentions. Recently, Guo Wen'an's incident has caused a lot of trouble, and even the minister of the Ministry of Industry has been implicated. He has been demoted and fined. Everyone said that the Bai family was about to lose their favor, and even the position of queen was on the verge of collapse.The emperor is...coaxing the Bai family to express his attitude.

However, she was a little displeased that this move borrowed her birthday party.

Looking at his son who came late and quietly took a seat from the side, his face became darker and blacker than ink—did he think that if he walked in like this, others would not be able to see him?It's better to be generous... This kind of food is really not on the table, like a thief.

Just as he was about to reprimand a few words, he saw a woman holding a qin in a light yellow dress, standing still in the middle, saluting, and whispering, "The daughter of the people is like water, the qin master who lives in the world, see your majesty, see the empress, Empress Dowager."

The imperial concubine swallowed all the reprimands when she reached her lips, squinted her eyes for a moment, said "um" in a deep voice, and her eyes fell on Ji Wuyan who was talking to Bai Xing next to Mrs. Bai.

As soon as the piano sound started, Ji Wuyan's hand holding the grape paused slightly, and it turned out to be Feng Qiuhuang.But it's not... It's Ruoshui's own adaptation of the song by Feng Qiuhuang. It's more difficult than Feng Qiuhuang, but it can be seen that Ruoshui has really worked hard these days, playing the ground...not bad.Ji Wuyan smiled slightly, and went to grab the grapes on the plate that Bai Xing handed to him.

There is a plate of grapes in front of each table, but Bai Xing insists on sharing this plate of grapes with Ji Wuyan because he adheres to the principle of "you have what I have, and you have to have it, and the same goes for the one given by the emperor".

Two people share a plate of grapes, eating leisurely.

The imperial concubine was looking at Ji Wuyan, she didn't seem to be worried, and she even shared the grapes with Bai Xing there leisurely.She was wearing a veil, and she didn't shy away from eating. She gently lifted a corner of the veil, revealing fair and flawless skin.Just now when the girls in Fengchenju were dancing, the imperial concubine also looked at Ji Wuyan. At that time, Ji Wuyan was looking very seriously with her chin resting on her cheek, indeed she looked worried.

Are you not worried now?

Really... a little childish.

A young girl, Wang Zi, has a sharp mouth and a sharp mouth. Although she is liked by the Ning family, she is still not a good person. Although... that mouth is very annoying.But even with the addition of Fengchenju, it would not be surprising.The imperial concubine leaned against the back of the chair, holding the bird's nest cup handed over by the nanny, frowned and pursed her eyes slowly, thinking that the prince has spent all day thinking about these trivial matters, so it's no wonder that His Majesty doesn't like it.

As a mother... she was not very happy either.

Thinking of this, her eyes froze for a moment, and she put down the half-drinked bird's nest in her hand heavily, half a bowl of bird's nest splashed on the back of her hand, and it was no longer hot.She took the handkerchief handed over by the nanny, wiped it carefully with lowered eyebrows, and then raised her eyelids, and looked at the woman in the middle who was frightened by the movement and was kneeling on the ground tremblingly. Already born, "Presumptuous! What is the purpose of playing such obscene songs at my concubine's birthday banquet?!"

Obscene words and pornographic songs?

Ruoshui's face turned pale, and he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy, "Your Majesty! To the imperial concubine, this is Feng Qiuhuang, not a lewd song, my lord! Madam, Feng Qiuhuang is not a lewd song!" After finishing speaking, bang Kowtow.

"Feng Qiuhuang?" The noble concubine smiled playfully and sneered, "Young girl, you are not old, but you are not too courageous. How dare you lie in front of His Majesty! Is this Feng Qiuhuang? Do you think this concubine is ignorant and has never heard of it?" That's all for Feng Qiuhuang, you should never tell such a big lie in front of His Majesty, the Empress, and in front of all civil and military officials! I will ask you one last time, this concubine, is this... Feng Qiuhuang?"