Chapter 723: Banquet
In the afternoon, the carriage prepared by the palace was waiting outside the gate of the mansion early. According to the practice in previous years, after the end of the year festival, the emperor and the empress dowager would arrange a family banquet to reward the royal family and outstanding ministers, and personally It was the first time that a carriage prepared by the palace was sent to meet him.
Chu Nanzhi knew that it was the ancestors who thought that she was pregnant, and worked hard all night for the court affairs to get this special encounter. She didn't dare to be proud of being favored, so she changed her body for the quadruplets and Shen Yunqing. With the newly prepared clothes, he, Liu Yun and the two elders got into the carriage and entered the palace silently.
Although Chang Yanjue has some foreign relatives with the Lin royal family because of Ji Huazhen, it is quite common for him to be rewarded with dishes and rare treasures by the emperor at the year-end banquet all his life as an official, but it is quite rare to be invited to attend the royal family banquet in person. It's the first time.
Thinking about what happened last night, he guessed that the old ancestor was planning to let his student's family leave Beijing, otherwise it wouldn't be so grand.
When he arrived outside the palace gate, he deliberately stopped the carriage and ordered everyone to walk into the palace on foot, so as not to arouse the suspicion of people with ulterior motives.
Seeing the brand-new furnishings in the palace and the traces that could not be covered up, Chang Yanjue guessed that the situation in the palace must have been very tragic last night, walking beside Chu Nanzhi, she couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "You girl Now it's getting more and more confusing, without telling the old man and you, Mr. Nie, about such a big event, you and Jin Shu quietly led such a big show."
"It's also my fault that the students didn't inform the elders in advance, which frightened the elders."
Chu Nanzhi immediately apologized.
Chang Yanjue didn't really want to blame her, but he felt that she shouldn't take such a big risk alone, so he sighed lightly: "You are always smart, so you don't need me and you, Mr. Nie, to worry about this kind of thing. After all, it's not something you should face, if there is something good or bad, how do you tell us to go back and explain to Jinxiao?"
Thinking for a while, he lowered his voice and told her: "Now that Yang's party has been overthrown, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hide Jinxiao's life experience from the world. You must be more cautious in the future."
Chu Nanzhi had already expected this matter. Yang Runchen didn't want to make this matter public before, but he was afraid that Lin Jinxiao would become more powerful, so he didn't dare to act rashly.
Now that he has lost power, he will no longer hide this matter.
Judging from the current situation, King Qinghe and the Queen Mother's party obviously don't know about Lin Jinxiao's life experience, otherwise there would have been changes already.
But after going through the great changes last night, Chu Nanzhi faintly felt that Lin Jinke would make some moves next.
Fortunately, this trip to Beijing finally lived up to the expectations of the Empress Dowager and the emperor, and they found out the old cases back then.
I just don’t know what arrangements the Empress Dowager will make next.
With doubts, he came to the palace and entered Baohe Hall, the venue of the family banquet. At this time, there were no guests in the hall, except for some internal officials and maids preparing for the banquet, and the royal family had not yet arrived.
Chu Nanzhi was looking around, when Hai Lianying, the servant in front of the ancestor, suddenly appeared, and first greeted the two elders, "Your Majesty was frightened last night, which affected the old illness, and the imperial doctors used medicine for His Majesty. Your Majesty will stay in the Rongde Palace to recuperate today, and the ancestor will personally receive you for the banquet tonight, the second elder and Mrs. Liu please rest here for a while, the ancestor will arrive later."
After finishing speaking, taking advantage of the time when the palace people arranged seats for everyone, he deliberately walked up to Chu Nanzhi, and whispered: "The ancestor has something to discuss with the princess, please move the princess."
Looking at Hai Lianying's mysterious look, Chang Yanjue and Nie Huai'an looked at each other, nodded understandingly, and led Shen Yunqing to sit down first.
The quadruplets didn't know why the great-grandmother called their mother away alone, and moved over worriedly.
Chu Nanzhi probably guessed that it was time to leave the capital, so she comforted the little treasures with a smile: "Your uncle Huang is sick, so my great-grandmother wants me to go and visit your uncle Huang. He Dian obediently listens to grandma and the two grandpas, and mother will be back later."
Helianying immediately asked the palace staff to bring some snacks and fruits prepared in advance to the little ones, and the quadruplets felt at ease, and watched the kind old father-in-law lead the mother away.
Entering the harem, Chu Nanzhi was worried about the emperor's body, seeing that Hai Lianying was still refusing to talk to herself in detail, she took the initiative to ask: "Is your majesty's dragon body more stable?"
"The imperial doctors followed the prescription prescribed by the princess, and His Majesty has improved a lot after taking the medicinal diet."
Hai Lianying sighed sadly: "Your Majesty has been thinking about the death of the old King Qinghe all these years, and now he has suddenly found out the real culprit who murdered the old Highness, and cut off the Yang family. I am afraid he is too happy , Hearing from the Queen that His Majesty stayed up all night, this caused the old disease."
Hearing these words, Chu Nanzhi's eyes were full of helplessness.
Although I haven't had much contact with this emperor, after some understanding, I always feel that he is like a child, with an unstable mind.
Although he is a few years older than the little white-faced idiot, it is completely incomparable with his city.
It is pitiful to say that he was burdened with blood and deep hatred at a young age, and a child of only a few years old was forced to the throne. If there was not a queen dowager who really loved him to maintain the situation in the court for him, I am afraid that today He was killed by those treacherous villains around him a long time ago.
She sighed silently, didn't ask any more questions, and followed Hai Lianying into Zhaochun Palace.
In the inner hall, Yin Enci was personally arranging the make-up for the concubine Givenyin, when she saw Chu Nanzhi coming in, she stopped what she was doing and told the maids: "Add more charcoal fire in the yard, Ask the Imperial Dining Room to send more of the dishes that the concubine likes for the dinner, so that the concubine can take a break earlier after serving the dinner."
After all, he glanced at Chu Nanzhi whose belly was slightly swollen, and couldn't bear to pull the dull-faced Givenyin forward, and put her slender fingers on Chu Nanzhi's lower abdomen, muttering to himself. Yu said: "Aijia promises that it won't be long before you can see the son you miss so much."
Given Yin was much more stable than usual today, she still remembered Chu Nanzhi's appearance, and just kept giggling at her.
Thinking that the old ancestor asked him to come alone today to discuss the matter of leaving Beijing, looking at the miserable woman in front of him, Chu Nanzhi felt inexplicably sad.
Gently hugged her, and secretly said: "Don't worry, Concubine, I will definitely bring the little boy to your side in person, and you will never be separated again."
Givenyin didn't resist either. Thinking of how she stood up to her a few days ago, it made people feel very kind to each other, so she stretched out her hand with a smile and hugged her too.
"Send the concubine down."
Yin Enci watched the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law embracing each other reluctantly, and felt even more uncomfortable. She motioned for the maids to lead Givenan out of the inner hall, and helped Chu Nanzhi to sit down. He smiled and said, "Did you rest peacefully last night?"