It's a pity that no matter how good the abacus is, it's useless. Because of the large number of people in the palace banquet, there are a lot of dishes to be prepared. Basically, the dining room prepares them in advance.

By the time the lengthy etiquette process is over, the dishes are already cold.

The meals for the official banquet are all hot and hot. They are colorful and fragrant, but the taste is much inferior.

The white jade bamboo shoots are soft, the Jinxiu fish balls are full of fishy smell, and the shredded chicken is even hot until it becomes dry...

Before eating a few bites, Xiaoruo wrinkled her face into a small bun, covered her mouth with her hands and whispered to Xiaoxun, "I think the Holy One should appoint you to be the head of the imperial dining room... Your cooking is much more delicious than these... "

The corner of Xiaoxun's mouth twitched into a smile, and he picked out pastries that didn't affect the taste after repeated heating, "Eat a little to fill your stomach, and I'll get you custard jelly when I go back."

He gnawed on the pastry and raised his eyes to look around.

Seeing such unpalatable dishes, those officials still pretended to be delicacies, and praised them repeatedly against their will with smiles on their faces, Xiaoruo couldn't help shaking her head and sighing softly.

No matter what era it is, social animals are not easy...

In the midst of the feasting, the two people who have no official position and no family background seem to be invisible, and no one pays attention to this corner.

Xingxing rolled her eyes, Xiaoruo swallowed the last bite of pastry, and whispered in Xiaoxun's ear, "Let's run away... It would be a waste not to appreciate such a beautiful lantern..."

Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, Xiaoxun nodded, pointed to the trail on the left rear, and made a walking gesture of a little man with his fingers.

The two backed away quietly little by little, and exited the banquet area along the corner.

"Huh~" Breathing out a breath of freedom into the night sky, Xiaoruo twisted her neck and wrists, moving her joints like oiling a puppet.

"It's suffocating me, I couldn't speak louder just now..."

Walking side by side on the palace road, Xiaoxun looked at Xiaoruo like a bird out of the cage, shuttling under the lanterns, the candlelight reflected on her white and tender face, like a soft fluorescent pearl.

The imperial city was intricate and complicated, and the palace roads looked almost the same in the night. The two walked and looked at the lanterns, unknowingly deviated from the original route, and when they realized it, they no longer knew which palace they were going to.

It was the time of the Lantern Festival banquet, and most of the palace guards were sent to the Qianqing Palace. After walking for ten minutes, there was no one to ask for directions.

Look at the left, it is a red wall and yellow tiles, look at the right, it is a yellow tile and a red wall.

"It's over, we seem to have lost our way..."

Xiao Xun remained calm, and comforted him: "Don't worry, after the banquet is over, there will be palace maids and eunuchs scattered on duty again, and we can just ask for directions at that time."

After walking for half an hour, he was a little worried about Xiaoruo's knees, "Are you tired? I saw a pavilion next to it just now, let's sit for a while?"

Knocking on her swollen knees, Xiaoruo really felt a little tired.

So the two walked back a few meters and came to the pavilion they had just passed by.

The pavilion is next to the corner of the corridor, which is a blind spot, so the palace people did not hang lanterns around the pavilion.

Leaning on the stone railing of the pavilion, the two held hands, quietly admiring the gorgeous lights.

There are thousands of flowers and trees in the winding corridor at night, and the fire trees and silver flowers are never in the sky. The pavilion without hanging lights seems to be hidden in the shadow, wrapping them gently and quietly.

While they were exchanging the temperature of their palms, a figure looking around appeared on the corridor.

The bright light illuminated his old face clearly, Xiao Ruo squinted and recognized this man they had seen in the imperial hospital before, and it was the steward Zhao of the Uncle's Mansion.

Strange, how could the housekeeper of Uncle Guo's family appear in the palace at this time?
Looking around and sneaking around, it doesn't look like he is doing serious business at first glance.

Xiao Ruo silently scratched the palm of Xiao Xun, who had his back to Steward Zhao, and motioned him to look at the corridor as well.

At this moment, a person dressed as a court lady rushed over.

When Housekeeper Zhao saw this person, he immediately straightened up, making him look a little younger.

"Hanzhu! Here!" Butler Zhao waved his hand, and the smile on the old face was extraordinarily bright under the shadow of the lamp.

The court lady named Hanzhu was much more cautious. She looked around a few times to make sure that there was no one else around, and then walked up to Steward Zhao.

"Steward Zhao, why did you change the location this time? What if someone sees you!" There was obvious dissatisfaction in her words.

Butler Zhao still smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, I have already inquired about it, and today everyone is going to serve the Lantern Festival."

While talking, he was about to reach out his hand to hold Rou Yi who had a pearl, "It's been a while since I saw you, this is the bad thing about Chinese New Year, it makes people miss you..."

Hanzhu took a step back, just in time for Housekeeper Zhao to find a space, and she said coldly: "It's important to be serious, have you brought the empress's things?"

"Tsk..." Butler Zhao sucked his teeth, and the smile on his face faded a little, "It's just a good time here, Hanzhu doesn't talk to me personally, and he wants things when he comes up, it seems out of place."

"Steward Zhao!" Hanzhu emphasized her tone, clenched her fists restrainedly, and held back her anger: "The matter of the uncle of the country and the empress is the most important thing. I can't afford to delay you!"

After mentioning Sui Yingtai's name, Steward Zhao restrained himself a little bit with fear, and after a soft snort, he took out a white jade porcelain bottle from his bosom and handed it to the frost-faced person in front of him.

"Here, this month's yin medicine." By handing over the porcelain bottle, he took the opportunity to touch the back of the pearly white tender hand.

Hanzhu endured and endured, finally couldn't take it anymore, pulled out the handkerchief in the armhole, and wiped the back of his hands vigorously several times.

After wiping the porcelain bottle several times, she put the white jade porcelain bottle in her bosom for safekeeping.

Quickly and perfunctorily saying Wanfu, Hanzhu turned around and was about to leave.

Butler Zhao, who witnessed all her movements, lowered his face in displeasure, and shouted when she was about to leave: "Wait! The master asked me to tell the empress that the two of them have taken the yin and yang medicine for many years, and I am afraid they have developed resistance. Doubling the amount will be effective."

After hearing this, Hanzhu answered yes, and said another blessing, this time she left without looking back.

The footsteps were fast, as if there was a man-eating ghost chasing after him.

Qianying went away, butler Zhao spat on the ground, and said to himself sadly: "When the master of my family succeeds in giving birth to the purest Sui family blood with the empress, and is honored at the grand ceremony, then I will let the master, oh No, the Supreme Emperor bestowed you on me to be my fourth concubine! I'll see how proud you are then!"

As if he already had the image of the beauty in his arms, Housekeeper Zhao rubbed his hands, with a lewd smile on his face, and walked around twice before leaving the lantern corridor happily.

Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun hid in the dark and witnessed the whole process, and couldn't help being shocked.

I didn't expect to hear the news about yin and yang medicine here, and the last sentence of Steward Zhao was more informative. He meant that Sui Yingtai, the uncle of the dynasty, and the empress of the dynasty, who was also his own sister, wanted to have a baby together. child? !
This ungodly product is going to be the next emperor? ? ?
"Did you both hear it?" A faint sentence came from a darker place, startling the two people who were immersed in shock.

Xiao Xun subconsciously stands in front of Xiao Ruo, every muscle in his body is on alert, his eyes are like a torch, ready to deal a fatal blow to this sudden person at any time.

"Don't be nervous, I won't hurt you." The owner of the voice took the initiative to take a step forward, fully exposing himself to Xiaoruo and Xiaoxun.

On the front of the stone blue dragon coat, there are four lifelike five-clawed golden dragons embroidered on the front, and a five-clawed golden dragon is embroidered on the front and back of each shoulder, with five-color clouds.A gleaming pure gold pendant at the waist reflects the brilliance even in the dim light.

The only person in the world who can wear a five-clawed golden dragon is Zang Tinghua, the only seventh prince of the dynasty.

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