Chapter 79: Willow flowers fly back to take advantage of the east wind (2)

The smile on my face was even more gentle: "The prince joked, you are the son of the queen mother, and this palace is just a daughter-in-law, so naturally you should be with the queen mother. Besides, the queen mother misses the prince very much."
After speaking, he walked to Shen Xiyao's side, smiled at him, and sat down slowly.
"He'er, the Aijia heard from your emperor's brother, that you were injured in the previous campaign, but can you take care of it?" The queen mother's tone was deeply concerned and deeply loved.
Xi He smiled slightly: "Thank you for your concern, the empress, the emperor can use all the rare medicines in the world on the children, and he also allowed the children to recuperate in the palace, and the children are naturally well."
There was a smile in his eyes, and the queen mother nodded and turned her eyes to me again: "Queen, the emperor said that you were very ill before, but what about you now? Looking at you, you are very thin."
I got up and bowed softly: "Thank you, the Queen Mother, for your concern, the concubines are all well. Thank you the emperor..."
My eyes were full of gratitude and admiration, and I glanced at Shen Xiyao, who was sitting aside with a faint smile, but that admiration was somewhat modified.
The queen mother frowned slightly, and Xi He smiled gently and said to me: "Why is the emperor's wife still calling herself a concubine to her mother? She should call her mother queen to her mother and her child minister."
I was taken aback, and hurriedly laughed: "Thank you for your reminder, my palace is careless."
After speaking, I looked back at the Queen Mother: "Mother, forgive your son."
The queen mother stretched her brows a little: "Don't blame you. On the second day of your wedding, Lai's family went to Mount Wutai. This is the last half of the year."
The queen mother didn't finish, she looked at me with a smile, and I lowered my head with a smile.
Shen Xiyao opened the mouth and said: "Mother, the son is to be blamed."
The smile on the queen mother's face deepened: "No wonder, no wonder, it's time for a banquet."
The banquet went smoothly. I watched the Queen Mother joking with her two sons, talking about what happened during this period. I played the image of a perfect daughter-in-law, and occasionally inserted two sentences, mostly listening with a smile. .
But I was a little cold in my heart. I saw Xi He's eyes that seemed to float over several times, and there were too many feelings in it.
After a while, the ministers stepped up to toast the Queen Mother one by one during the song and dance performance, and the Queen Mother responded one by one.
I looked at those unfamiliar figures, some of the names I have heard, I know that they are all the humerus of the country, but I also know that the most conflicts of interest in the past were also between these few people. It was caused by open struggle.
A person I felt familiar and kind came up to.
"Ling Hongjian, Shangshu from the Ministry of Ministers and Households, sends greetings to the Queen Mother.
After speaking, he turned to Shen Xiyao: "The minister pleases the emperor. Long live the emperor."
With a slight movement of my body, I couldn't help but look behind my elder brother, wanting to see my father's figure.
But behind him was a young man wearing lapis lazuli and blue Nie glass embroidered snow goose official robe.
I was a little worried. Although my father had resigned from office, he was still a Taifu, so he could attend.
After all, the relationship between the Queen Mother and her father is still good, if it is not for any special reason, the father should have come.
"Why don't you see Ling Xiang?" The Queen Mother's voice sounded, and she looked around like me.
The elder brother smiled faintly, his eyes quickly passed Shen Xiyao, softly but respectfully: "Thank you for the empress dowager's miss. My father has resigned from the official position not long ago, and now he is at home. It is not possible to attend on grades."
My eldest brother’s voice was a little more melancholy than the calm in the past. I was worried to the extreme, and there was an ominous feeling in my heart. Father, could it be that something happened?
The queen mother nodded unnoticeably, the worry in her eyes flashed, and then she became calm as a deep spring.
The eldest brother turned to me at this time: "The minister pleases the queen and empress."
I was stunned for a long while without responding. Shen Xiyao next to me said, "Get up. Ling Xiang has contributed to the country. If you encounter anything, you must tell me."
After he finished speaking, he smiled again, and said in a light tone: "No matter what, he is also the head of the country."
My heart became cold, his face was joking, and there was a trace of... a trace of everything under control... proud...
"Thank you, the emperor. The minister thanked him on behalf of his father." The eldest brother bowed to the end, but his voice was somewhat forbearing.
The queen mother laughed: "Wait some day when the state head is free to enter the palace, come to talk to the Ai's family, and you can be regarded as a family."
Shen Xiyao's face changed slightly, and his anger flashed past, like thunder and lightning faintly revealed in a thick cloud.
But he still smiled and said to the eldest brother: "Yes, when is Tai Fu too free, invite him into the palace."
I pursed my lips and smiled hard, "I miss my father too."
With a very light sentence, I saw Shen Xiyao inadvertently. His face was slightly pale, and my heart sank involuntarily, for no reason.
The eldest brother went down, followed by long officials, one by one, asking An to say auspicious words, but I could only smile with a false smile, watching Shen Xiyao accept one by one.
At this time, he is completely imperial, seemingly simple but in fact resisting people thousands of miles away.
My gaze quietly looked at Xi He, he and the Queen Mother joked lightly, and the peripheral light occasionally floated over, but it was just like a flash in the pan, hard to detect, but I could feel it.
Responding to a very shallow, cloud-like smile, he took a sip from the wine glass, and the hearts of the two seemed to be close.
Soon, the queen mother suddenly looked at Shen Xiyao and looked at me and said, "The Aijia saw Liu Guiren today. Although the case has not been investigated, after all, she is the birth mother of Di Ji, and she is just a noble person."
My heart beat, Shen Xiyao said casually: "What the queen said is."
He waved his hand when he finished speaking, Zhang Dehai stepped forward, Shen Xiyao nodded, and Zhang Dehai walked to the dining table, holding a decree in his hand.
Shen Xiyao looked at me, I did not look at him with a quiet smile, but my heart was slightly cool, even though I had known the content of the imperial edict a long time ago.
"Upon order: Qingyuetang nobleman Liu family, although the previous mistakes are unknown, but he has given birth to the emperor Ji with merit, and he has been promoted to the fourth grade Zhaorong.
There are only four crosses in this edict, not many, but all of them are like a stone pounding on my heart, and they give a lot of praise. Although they are not high among the nine concubines, they are really good grade four. It is only one step away from her former concubine, the third grade.
What's more, I haven't seen this edict before.
I was a little unhappy in my heart, but there was still a smile on his face, and his eyes were sad.
Shen Xiyao's gaze stopped at this time on Liu Zhaorong who walked out, with pity hidden in his eyes, after all, he was his favorite concubine for many years.
I stopped smiling and ran into Xi He's gaze.