Queen is fearless

Chapter 98 New Year's Old Trouble

"You are... Haoyue?" King Rui also showed surprise on his face. He stopped, looked around for a long time, and hesitated to speak.

"It's me." In the Xing family, apart from the two sisters, only this cousin can distinguish the sisters.

It's a pity that he is the prince, since the former emperor established the crown prince, he left the capital, and he hasn't seen him for several years.

"Why are you in the palace?" As a prince, of course he doesn't care about things in the harem.

After returning to the capital, although he often went to Ci'an Palace, because of Haoyue's deliberate avoidance, he never saw her once.

Furthermore, when they were in Ci'an Palace, Concubine Xing and Nanny Liu never mentioned Mingyue and Haoyue, so King Rui didn't know about the Xing family sending someone into the palace.

"I..." Hearing King Rui's question, Haoyue's expression was a little sad, she lowered her head, and sighed softly, "I was sent to the palace by my family, and now I am Concubine Shengui, and Mingyue is here, but, she Grounded."

King Rui's expression became more and more surprised. Although he didn't have much contact with the Xing family in the past, he was deeply impressed by the twins.

The two sisters have the same appearance, but because of their completely different personalities, he can distinguish them.

"Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. I just heard that the emperor is still waiting for my cousin. Cousin, hurry up, don't delay."

Thinking of something, Haoyue blessed King Rui with a smile on her face.

"Well, I'll leave now. I'll talk about it when I have time." Now it's no different than in the past. She is a concubine in the palace, not just his cousin. King Rui understands that the chance of meeting again is very slim.

Even if they would go in and out of Ci'an Palace from time to time, they had to avoid suspicion.

Haoyue responded and watched King Rui leave. When he was gone, she sighed again and continued walking forward.

She didn't notice that everything just now was seen by everyone.

"Your Majesty, Madam Gu has been sent to Yanqing Palace." After squinting for more than half an hour, Gu Jinzhi opened his eyes, and Qingluan saluted her and said back.

"Well, before I leave, can I let my mother eat?" In response, Gu Jinzhi sat up straight.

Right now, it's already past noon. Although the palace banquet is scheduled for the afternoon, there is still some time before it starts.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the maidservant has already prepared it. The madam left after she ran out of things. The maidservant also prepared Mrs. Tang."

Qingluan was brought out from home, and she was naturally intimate with Gu Fangshi, even if Gu Jinzhi didn't confess, Qingluan would remember.

"I'll give you an extra red envelope later." During the New Year's Eve, Gu Jinzhi gave rewards to everyone in Fengyang Palace, which made the palace people very happy.

"Thank you, ma'am." Qingluan thanked Gu Jinzhi with a smile, and helped Gu Jinzhi to the table, "Madam, let's use some things too. We'll tidy up later, and we're leaving."

After tossing and tossing for a long time, Gu Jinzhi was also hungry. The food Bai Zhi prepared was easy to digest, but he would not come up with Gong's food because of this.

After all, from yesterday to today, I have been eating irregularly. If it is not easy to digest, it is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

After eating something and going to solve his personal problems, Gu Jinzhi got dressed again and waited for Zhou Jing to pick him up.

While she was eating, Zhou Jing was talking to King Rui, and while talking, he talked about the Xing family sisters.

Long ago, Zhou Jing made an appointment with King Rui to meet at Longgan Palace, but because of some things, King Rui delayed, not only that, he also met Mingyue.

When Zhou Jing asked, King Rui hesitated for a moment, but he knew that if he kept a secret, the emperor would know about it sooner or later, so he chose to be honest.

Hearing that he met Concubine Shen Gui, Zhou Jing couldn't help but frowned. He didn't have a good impression of the Xing family.

Although the queen mother had said it in front of him, about that concubine Shen Gui, but he still had no feelings for the Xing family.

Fortunately, King Rui is smart and knows how to keep a distance from the Xing family, otherwise, some things would be really difficult to handle.

"Your Majesty, don't get me wrong, Hao... Concubine Shen Gui is not the kind of person who is good at calculating, and she probably didn't expect that my younger brother would take that path."

"Brother was late at first, I was afraid that brother Huang would be anxious, so I took a shortcut, otherwise, I'm afraid there will be a delay."

"In this harem, nothing is absolute, don't worry, I won't doubt anything."

Listening to King Rui's explanation to himself, Zhou Jing smiled and opened his mouth, but just saying a few words is not a big deal.

Besides, King Rui told the truth, which shows that he has a clear conscience.

The two brothers talked for a while, Zhou Jing guessed that the time was about the same, and asked him to go to Yanqing Palace first, while he went to Fengyang Palace, and together with Gu Jinzhi, went to Yanqing Palace.

Today's palace banquet is prepared to entertain envoys from various countries.

At this moment, everyone has arrived, and the emperor and empress come together, sit in the hall, and accept the worship of everyone.

"Excuse me." Zhou Jing's voice sounded, his eyes turned around in the hall, and then he retracted, and ordered, "Let's start."

The singing and dancing sounded, and the palace people presented the food to the table in front of everyone.

When the song ended, envoys from various countries presented gifts to the emperor one after another.

Probably everyone had heard about last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, so no one went to present beauties without looking at them, which made Zhou Jing heaving a sigh of relief.

Gu Jinzhi was sitting on the chair, his whole body was stiff, but luckily he ate something in Fengyang Palace, otherwise, he would have fainted from hunger.

She can't move easily, and at most chooses some food that is easy to eat. After all, this outfit is too expensive.

During the palace banquet, everyone enjoyed themselves happily, but in the harem, it was not peaceful.

Concubine Xing didn't make any fuss, after all, now that King Rui came back, he told her more than once.

She was weak and always felt powerless, but she couldn't find out the reason. She knew in her heart that someone had manipulated her in order to calm her down.

If she didn't stop, those hands and feet might turn into reminders, and she might be ordered to leave the capital and go to the fiefdom of King Darui.

Therefore, she could only endure and not cause trouble for herself or her son.

What is not peaceful right now is Yichun Palace, Concubine Dong was grounded, and she really fell ill because of her too much work.

She was unable to attend the palace banquet on New Year's Eve. On New Year's Day, some concubines were able to see their family members, but she was unable to speak to her family members because of her 'illness'.

Gu Jinzhi didn't restrict her, it was the Queen Mother who gave the order, and she said that she should take good care of her illness, so she should look like she is recovering from illness.

If it weren't for the Dong family's sake, the queen mother's will would not be the only way.

After dropping a lot of things one after another, Concubine Dong was still angry. Since the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, she has been looking forward to the first day of the new year.

She was looking forward to seeing her family members, and asked them to find a way to intercede for her so that she could go out.

But all of this has been destroyed now, she can only stay in the Yichun Palace, as for how long it will take to fully 'recover', it depends on what the queen mother wants...

(End of this chapter)