Concubine Huang said she wanted to leave

Chapter 633 Going to the Banquet in the Pepper House

In Fengdu, a gorgeous carriage drove out of the Prince's Mansion and headed towards the palace quickly.

Half an hour later, after a series of procedural checks, the imperial guards at the palace gate let the two of them in.

At noon, Jiaofangdian.

Concubine Wang was wearing a water-blue embroidered hibiscus dress, and a long apricot-colored beanie with a fur collar sandwiched on both sides.

There are charcoal stoves on both sides of the bedroom, and the wounded silver charcoal is burned inside, so there is no smoke.

The surrounding windows are all open, and a thin layer of snow has drifted outside at some point. On the crimson-colored round wooden Eight Immortals table, various exquisite meals are placed in it, which can easily arouse people's appetite. These meals are also delicious. It has just been served not long ago, and it is still steaming white.

Sitting with Concubine Wang was a long-haired man in a red brocade dress. This man had a coquettish face and an amber light in his eyes. It was Wei Jin.

After pouring a glass of wine on his own, Wei Jin respectfully held the glass of wine in front of the noble concubine, and said with a slight smile: "Today, my son came here uninvited, so I punished myself with three glasses here, and please don't let the queen be with me." My son is surprised."

After all, he drank the glass of wine in one gulp.

Concubine Wang Guifei looked at him with a half-smile, Liu Meixiu couldn't see the depth of her eyes: "The emperor seldom comes to this palace, I don't know what happened today, the emperor also took the initiative to come to my Jiaofang Palace to beg for food." coming?"

If these words were spoken by a mother from an ordinary family, it would be meant to be teasing and not malicious, but when Wang Guifei said this to Wei Jin, the contempt in her tone was not hard to hear.

Wei Jin laughed and didn't say much.

After Wang Guifei took the wine in his hand, he explained in a clear voice: "After returning to the mother, when the son-in-law came to the palace to visit the father, I overheard someone saying that you have to go to the Jiaofang Hall The banquet was held because I was curious, so I came to have a look, and the person who can make the queen mother pay attention, the son is also very curious!"

It sounds grand, but in fact, don't you still want to see what you're doing?
Wang Guifei glanced at him lightly from the corner of her eye, took his drink and put it on the table without taking a sip.

At this time, Haruyuki opened the curtain from the outside and came in, leading a woman in red and a woman in orange.

"Report to the imperial concubine, the crown prince and Miss Mo Wen have arrived."

As soon as her words fell, Zhang Baozhi hurriedly bowed his knees respectfully to Wang Guifei and said: "The concubine sees the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine is auspicious!"

Is this Wang Guifei?Indeed, just sitting there, keeping one's face still can give people a sense of majesty and oppression.

Shang Kelan slightly raised her eyes and glanced at the woman sitting at the table, and had a vague idea in her mind that she followed closely after Zhang Baozhi just saluted, which was not considered rude.

"Men's daughters, don't ask, see the imperial concubine."

Elegant posture, soft voice, and the gentle meaning in his tone can easily make people feel good.

Since Shang Kelan appeared, Wang Guifei's eyes fell on her.

This is a gaze that cannot be ignored. It is calm but inexplicably feels a sense of pressure and chill, like the gaze of someone who has been in a high position for a long time.

After a while, Concubine Wang Guifei looked away from Shang Kelan and raised her hand to her, with a slight smile on her indifferent face: "You are the girl Mo Wen brought back from the Diemeng Tower by His Highness the Crown Prince. ? It looks like an extremely elegant and quiet woman, you and the princess should get up and sit down."

The tone is not very warm, but it can make people subconsciously feel a sense of relaxation.

Hearing this, Zhang Baozhi and monk Kelan said in unison: "Thank you, Concubine Gui."

The two said, got up and sat down.

But just as Shang Kelan straightened up, she met a gaze that seemed to be a smile but not a smile. Following this gaze, her eyes fell on Wei Jin.

Suddenly, Shang Kelan was shocked, and subconsciously wanted to take a step back.

But at this moment, Wei Jin had already looked away from her, and turned to concubine Wang Guifei with a smile: "Mother, this Miss Mo Wen is unfamiliar, she is the guest you want to see?"

What Wei Jin said was like meeting Shang Kelan for the first time.

And he didn't show any familiar look on his face. I don't know, I really thought that the two of them were just meeting for the first time.

Even though Shang Kelan was terrified in her heart, she knew that she should not show any strangeness at this moment, otherwise people would find out, and she would have to be interrogated by Wang Guifei.

Although I don't know why Wei Jin pretended not to know him, but since he did this, he could breathe a sigh of relief, at least he didn't have to worry about revealing his identity.

After a pause of only a few seconds, Shang Kelan concealed it by bending over, and naturally sat down beside Zhang Baozhi.

After Wei Jin finished speaking, Wang Guifei looked at him helplessly and said: "It's not big or small, the princess can say it, this Miss Mo Wen is your second brother's favorite girl, this palace and the former queen are like sisters, Also, I watched your second brother grow up, so I naturally have to pay more attention to the girl your second brother likes."

At this moment, Concubine Wang Guifei's attitude towards Wei Jin was completely different from before, as if the two of them were really as close as a mother and child in an ordinary family.

Wei Jin didn't show any abnormality on his face, he just smiled suddenly, poured himself another glass of wine, and then respected Shang Kelan: "Since you are the person your second brother likes, then I have to offer you a glass too." , to make the wine of acquaintance."

Shang Kelan's palms were already sweating, but she still smiled slightly on her face, picked up her tea cup and saluted him, and said embarrassingly: "The women of the people are too weak to drink, so they have to use tea instead of wine. Don't be disgusted, Your Highness."

In a dinner for four people at a table, Zhang Baozhi didn't say a word after taking his seat, acting like a child.

Just sipping a bowl of soup, Wang Guifei looked at her and Wei Jin lovingly, and the atmosphere during the banquet could barely be called "warm".

But every time Wei Jin's gaze swept over him intentionally or unintentionally, Shang Kelan couldn't help but tighten his heart.

Her eyes flashed slightly, as if she suddenly remembered something, she asked with some doubts: "By the way, empress, why does the Second Highness call His Highness the Crown Prince the Second Younger Brother? Isn't this a conflict in ranking?"

Hearing this, Concubine Wang wiped her pink lips with an embroidered handkerchief, and explained with a helpless smile: "My son was born at the same time as His Highness the Crown Prince, and the two of them could hardly tell which came first. , so that both of them will be ranked as the second child."

It turned out to be like this, no wonder the titles of the two would have conflicts in terms of seniority, but the father of the two became playful.

Shang Kelan nodded knowingly.

I saw that although Wang Guifei was smiling, her smile didn't reach her eyes.

The people on the table didn't move much at all, and after finishing speaking, Wang Guifei looked at Shang Kelan with emotion: "Actually, don't ask about this temperament, it looks a bit similar to the previous empress, no Speaking of appearance, the figure alone is very similar."

In the sleeve, Shang Kelan's hand trembled...

(End of this chapter)