This year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is the first grand banquet held by the new emperor after he ascended the throne. All ministers are invited to feast and admire the moon in the palace. Officials of fourth rank or above are specially allowed to attend with their families.
This is not the first time Su Yu has entered the palace.
But this is the first time I have seen such a grand scene like today.
It is not surprising that three years after the death of the late emperor, the third prince did not even organize a grand ceremony for his enthronement as a sign of filial piety. Now that three years have passed, there is no way to hold a palace banquet in a lively and lively manner.
She and Cui Ling arrived not too early, almost as soon as they arrived, the emperor came behind.
Everyone kowtowed.
"Everyone loves you."
As the emperor, the third prince started with a very official tone. The clichés were no different from before. Su Yu felt sleepy after listening to them.
"Are you sleepy?" Cui Ling asked sideways.
Su Yu cheered up: "It's okay."
Cui Ling put his arms around her shoulders and used a little force to let her lean on his shoulders: "If you're sleepy, just lean on me and sleep for a while."
Su Yu was speechless for a while, then she stood up and glared: "What are you talking about? With so many people watching, and Your Majesty, how do you want others to see me?"
Cui Ling said in a bold tone: "What do you care about them?"
Su Yu choked, arrogant, too arrogant.
"What about Your Majesty?"
Cui Ling was silent for two seconds and said: "He is not so free to care about such trivial matters."
Cui Ling was the only one in the Manchaotang who had the confidence to say such a thing about the emperor.
Su Yu was too lazy to pay attention to him.
At this time, the opening remarks were finished and the atmosphere gradually became lively.
The palace maids filed in, and the small table was quickly filled with food. The portions were not large, and they were not hot. They were mainly exquisite and beautiful, but the taste was not as good as the Cui Mansion's chef.
Su Yu reluctantly tasted two chopsticks and then stopped. Fortunately, Cui Ling had experience and let her eat to fill her stomach before coming, otherwise she would starve to death after the whole palace banquet.
The officials exchanged greetings, and the female relatives also talked in twos and threes.
Su Yu was called away by someone she knew. She ignored Cui Ling's resentful eyes and patted his hand perfunctorily: "I'll be back soon."
During this period, Su Yu also met Lin Jinse.
At this time, Lin Jinse was already a woman with a bun, and it was said that she was married to a promising descendant of Mrs. Lin's natal family.
Mrs. Lin's natal family is also an aristocratic family, but it has declined in recent years. Despite this, there are still many people serving as officials in the government.
The youthfulness of the girl has faded away, and she is dressed in a solemn and steady purple robe. Her cheeks are rounder than before. Her eyes occasionally glanced over Cui Ling, and she was stunned for a few seconds, as if she was in another world.
Seeing Su Yu, she forced a smile and said, "Congratulations. I couldn't go there in person on my wedding day. I hope it's not too late to say congratulations now."
Su Yu smiled unnaturally: "I should also say congratulations. How many months has it been?"
As she spoke, her eyes glanced at Lin Jinse's slightly bulging belly under her loose robe.
Su Yu's heart was bleeding. In the world of missions, the male and female protagonists got married separately, and the female protagonist even had children. Is there any sadder news than this?
"Just five months old."
After saying this, the two seemed to have no topic to talk about, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Su Yu left decisively and nodded: "I'll go back first."
Lin Jinse also breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay."
It was rare for the two of them to be able to say a few words calmly.
After bidding farewell to the heroine and the other ladies, Su Yu went back to find Cui Ling with a heavy heart, but she stopped halfway and narrowed her eyes.
On the other side of the seat, I saw a strange woman standing in front of Cui Ling with a blushing face, her eyes filled with spring water, and her smile so sweet that it could be drawn.
"Master Cui, I have often heard my father talk about you, and I have always admired you in my heart. When I see you today, you are truly extraordinary. I give you a toast."
The woman Yingying raised her wine glass, blinked her big and bright eyes, as if she could talk, and was extremely courageous. She stared straight at Cui Ling, her intentions so obvious that she did not conceal them.
Cui Ling held the wine glass and swirled it gently, seeming to be interested, and raised his eyebrows: "What did your father say about me?"
The woman was overjoyed and said, "My father often said that Mr. Cui is outstanding in appearance, rigorous in temperament, and talented in dealing with the world. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect that Mr. Cui is even more powerful than what my father said."
After so many compliments, even the coldest person would be embarrassed to keep a cold face. Unfortunately, Cui Ling's expression remained unchanged and she didn't seem to accept this trick.
Cui Ling smiled noncommittally: "You haven't asked your Majesty yet?"
The woman felt hopeful and her smile became sweeter: "My father is Wei Ping, the young master. I wonder if Mr. Cui has heard of him."
No wonder Shaofu, one of the nine ministers, dares to come and propose a toast.
Cui Ling's eyes flashed with sarcasm, but what does this have to do with him.
He was polite and distant: "Sorry, I'm not familiar with you. My wife is coming back soon. Can you please stay away from me? I don't want her to misunderstand."
The woman's smile froze.
She refused to give up: "Master Cui..."
Before the words were spoken, the man suddenly stood up. His eyes were like melting ice, extremely gentle. Without even looking at her, he walked straight towards the other woman.
"Why did you come back? What took you so long to say?" Cui Ling's expression showed a bit of resentment of being abandoned.
Su Yu couldn't help but smile: "Why are you coming back to prevent your beauty from being pregnant?"
Cui Ling was wronged: "When did I become pregnant with this beauty?"
Su Yu snorted coldly and glanced at the woman who came to chat with someone with an unclear meaning: "You know it in your heart."
Cui Ling suddenly realized: "Madam, I am wronged by my husband. I swear to my husband that I have never done anything sorry for you. That man came here by himself. When he came, he said a bunch of incomprehensible words. He couldn't understand what he heard, and he was in a hurry. Don’t leave, madam, please don’t get me wrong.”
The two people's voices were not avoided at all. The woman heard them clearly, her face turned blue and white, and finally she hid her face and left in shame and anger.
Su Yu was also disgusted by Cui Ling. Who taught him these words?
A smile flashed in Cui Ling's eyes: "Madam, she's gone."
Su Yu shook goosebumps and hummed in a low voice: "I won't do this next time."
The system was amazed: [Host, do you like the male protagonist? 】
Su Yu was stunned and immediately denied: [How is that possible? 】
[Then why do you care about him and other women? 】
Su Yu frowned and said, "Why can't I care?" No matter what, he is mine now. How disgusting would I be if he hooked up with other women behind my back? 】
System: [What if it’s the heroine? 】
Su Yu’s joke: [The heroine...but the heroine is already married...]
The system sighed heavily and confirmed its guess. The host seemed to have really fallen. There were signs of this in the previous world, but the situation in this world was actually more serious.
Fortunately, I can clear my emotions after returning to the quick travel game. I hope nothing happens.
There will be no good results if the tasker falls in love with someone from the small world.
Su Yu was also distracted by the system's words. She held up her chin and mechanically opened her mouth to accept Cui Ling's feeding. Grapes, delicious, pastries, delicious, vegetables, unpleasant, grapes, delicious...
Others in the hall quietly stared at this, their jaws dropped in shock.
Is that man with a smile as gentle as the spring breeze and a gentle look on his face who takes care of his wife really Cui Hanzhang, who is sharp-handed and unkind in the court?
There was a little incident in the middle of the palace banquet.
One of the concubines seemed to have eaten something by mistake. She became pregnant on the spot and had a miscarriage.
There was a period of chaos and chaos, but it was difficult to deal with it.
The new emperor's face was so serious that it could drip. He glanced at the frightened queen and said in a cold voice: "Queen, you go and deal with it."
"Yes, I will go right away."
The queen responded quickly, fearing that he would question her in front of the ministers about how she managed the harem. If this was true, she, the queen, would lose face.
The miscarriage was a concubine who had just been promoted to the throne and was quite favored.
After today's experience, I'm afraid the favor from now on will be greatly reduced.
No one noticed that the queen lowered her head, and a woman in gorgeous makeup and attire slowly raised the corners of her mouth.
Finally, a low-ranking concubine who had a problem with the concubine was found. The low-ranking concubine was thrown into the cold palace and a bunch of related palace officials were executed.
Su Yu's heart palpitated and she leaned closer to Cui Ling.
Cui Ling glanced at her, raised his hand and put his arm around her shoulders, and said as if unintentionally: "There are so many things like this in the deep palace. Do you think it is really that simple? There is probably a black hand behind the scenes."
"Most women in the world yearn for being inside the palace walls. Little do they know that the splendor inside the palace walls is made of countless bones. If anyone really thinks that they can sit back and relax after entering the palace, most of them will turn into bones in the end. one of them."
Su Yu thought it was very profound and reasonable at first, but gradually she came to realize that Cui Ling was teasing her.
"……oh."
Cui Ling stops as soon as he clicks.
Anyway, she was already married and the eldest prince was dead a long time ago. She wanted to enter the palace and become a princess, but there was no way.
After the interlude, the banquet was still lively.
Su Yu lost her previous interest. After thinking about it, she happily left Cui Ling behind and went out with the other ladies to enjoy the moon and the scenery. Wouldn't it be nice?
Cui Ling tried to follow him several times but was driven back by Su Yu. Her whole body exuded a strong aura of resentment towards her husband, which made all the ministers wonder.
After the palace banquet was finally over, Cui Ling didn't stay for a second, took Su Yu home, and decided to report to the emperor not to hold a banquet in the palace next Mid-Autumn Festival.
With so many people, it is impossible to accompany my wife alone to enjoy the moon.
…
After returning home, the two of them had a family dinner with their family members. Su Yu was so sleepy that she couldn't keep her eyes open. She went back to the house to wash up and then lay down on the bed.
The clothes slipped from the screen to the ground, and Cui Ling went over to pick them up skillfully.
Suddenly, he paused slightly.
On the ground, an ocher-colored purse came into view clearly.
Cui Ling was confused at first, then his expression suddenly changed. He picked up the purse and held it in front of his eyes for observation.
Cui Ling had a good memory. If he read it correctly, this purse was exactly the one Su Yu gave to the eldest prince four years ago.
The temperature plummeted.
Cui Ling resisted the urge to tear her purse into pieces, went out and called Zitong, asking her where Su Yu had been in the palace today.
Zitong didn't know why, so she answered honestly: "Miss and my wife were admiring the moon and scenery in the Imperial Garden. Not long after, Miss got tired and said she wanted to come back first. However, when she came back, she accidentally took a sidetrack and passed by an abandoned palace. Miss Out of curiosity, I went in to take a look, came out after reading it, and then asked the palace maid to lead the way back to the banquet, and then disappeared."
Cui Ling asked carefully about the appearance of the abandoned palace, and finally determined that it was the place where the eldest prince was imprisoned.
Zitong shivered and felt a little scared.
Cui Ling suppressed the turbulent emotions in her heart and waved her hand: "You go down first."
That night, Su Yu felt that Cui Ling seemed crazy today.
His body was about to fall apart.
"Cui Ling, why are you crazy? I'm so sleepy, can we continue tomorrow night?" Su Yu hugged Cui Ling's neck, unable to open her eyes, and instinctively kissed him to comfort him.
It's a pity that Cui Ling is so hard-hearted.
When spring was in full swing, Cui Ling's gloomy voice sounded in Su Yu's ears: "I heard that you went to an abandoned palace today."
Su Yu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly woke up.
Her eyes dodge unnaturally: "Why do you ask this?"
Cui Ling sneered: "Why, I can't ask? Are you bothering to burn paper for the eldest prince?"
Su Yu retorted: "I didn't burn paper for him!"
Cui Ling didn't say anything, but moved harder, as if venting his dissatisfaction and jealousy.
Su Yu bit her lip, occasionally letting out a broken sob or two.
"What happened to the purse? Don't tell me you went there just to pick up a purse?" Cui Ling finally couldn't help but ask.
Purse?
Su Yu suddenly realized that no wonder he was acting like this suddenly. It turned out that he saw the purse.
But Su Yu was wronged. She really just picked up a purse and spent one point on it.
If the system hadn't said it could be recycled at half price, she wouldn't have picked it up.
Su Yu endured the trembling of her body and apologized: "Brother Hanzhang, I know I was wrong. Who is the eldest prince? I have forgotten him a long time ago. As for the purse, I just went the wrong way and saw it accidentally. If you don’t like what I picked up, I will throw it away tomorrow.”
Cui Ling twitched the corners of his lips: "What are you throwing away? If you like it, just keep it."
If he had been gentler when he said this, Su Yu might have believed it.
Woohoo, I knew I wouldn't have picked it up...
Just when Su Yu thought she was going to die, she suddenly felt cold and Cui Ling left.
Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, a pair of red candles suddenly lit up in the room.
Su Yu blinked her sleepy eyes, raised her hands to block the light, and shed two tears unaccustomedly. A shadow hit her, and Cui Ling came back again.
After leaving and returning, there was an unknown object in his hand, hanging down one by one, making a subtle ringing sound during the collision, and glowing with a light golden metallic luster.
Su Yu suddenly woke up and had an ominous premonition.
The man leaned over and whispered in her ear: "There are other things he left behind. You must also like them."
Su Yu finally saw clearly what was in his hand.
A piece of clothing, a piece of clothing connected by golden chains, with tiny golden bells hanging from it. It is called clothing, but it cannot even cover a piece of skin. The jade-white body and golden chains complement each other. With a slight movement, the bells The sound is endless.
Su Yu was so embarrassed that her skin felt like it was burning. She pushed him angrily: "How can you wear something like this?"
"Why not?" Cui Ling's eyes were dim and his voice was low and hoarse, "She's very beautiful."
In the Yuhua Villa, Baishan basically burned all the things left by the eldest prince, and smashed those that could not be burned. But when he saw this "clothes", Cui Ling kept it by some strange coincidence.
Looking at it now, it is indeed beautiful.
That night, the bell in Cui Mansion’s main courtyard rang for a long time.
After that night, when Su Yu saw something golden, a strange ringing sound rang in her ears, and she felt uncomfortable all over.
The system prays for the host in the dark room, praying that the dark room lasts longer.
…
Everyone in the Cui Mansion discovered a very strange thing.
The eldest son used to like to wear cyan purses the most, but these days he wears different purses every day, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, all kinds of colors.
Su Yu bitterly ordered ten or eight bags from the system, and also went to the kitchen to ask for a whole can of red beans.
Wear it, wear it, why don’t you wear it to death!
