After losing the vest at the beginning, the female general was forced to marry the scheming prince

Chapter 287 New Year's Eve Banquet in the Palace

Half a month later, the emperor received a letter from General He through the Ministry of War, and the contents written were similar to the secret letter to General Qu, but more subtle.

Because the wolf country is not at war with the Dayu country at present, in order to avoid panic, the emperor asked Du Haiping, Minister of the Ministry of War, to conceal the changes in the wolf country.

The court ministers didn't know that the crisis was coming, and they quarreled every day for two things: the establishment of a prince and the disarmament.

The emperor had already made up his mind about the establishment of the crown prince, and the totem on Ning Qingheng's body made the emperor even more determined to pass the throne to Ning Youbei.

The emperor even thought:

If Ning Qingheng is limited to being a woman and cannot be enthroned as emperor, Youbei can pass the throne to Ning Qingyu in the future, and let Ning Qingheng assist the government as Princess Zhenguo or Princess Fuguo. The saying of family blood branding.

As for the matter of disarmament, the emperor also thought about disarmament before, and it was Qu Chu who advised him:

There is still a battle between the Dayu Kingdom and the Wolf Kingdom. These [-] troops are elites who have survived many battles with the Wolf Kingdom, and their combat effectiveness is far from comparable to other armies.If it is withdrawn, it will be impossible to recruit such an army in the future.

The emperor thought for a long time before leaving these 7 people.

But the military expenditure of these 7 people is not a small amount, so the voice of withdrawing troops has not stopped in the past few years. A few days ago, a minister said that they could only pay half of their military salary.

The emperor has persevered for so many years, and now that there is a change in the wolf country, he will not withdraw his troops at this time.

Seeing these civil servants in the imperial court speak passionately about disarmament, the emperor really wanted to say: "You don't need to say anything, there will be another battle soon."

But now is not the time to talk.

Things ushered in the new year amidst such useless quarrels.

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This year's New Year's Eve, Ning Youbei will go to the palace to have a reunion banquet as usual.

During dinner, Ning Youbei asked Deng Mingyu: "Since you have returned to Yudu, do you want to attend the reunion banquet too?"

Deng Mingyu looked at Su Yingxue and asked for her opinion.

Su Yingxue said: "I won't go, you can go if you want."

While Deng Mingyu hesitated, Su Chongjiu said: "I haven't seen what the imperial palace looks like, I want to see it."

Deng Mingyu immediately agreed: "Then I will take you to have a look."

Su Yingxue expressed disapproval, "In what capacity is he going?"

Deng Mingyu said unhappily, "My son."

Su Yingxue wanted to say something else, but Qu Chu interjected: "Isn't it just to attend a banquet? There's no need to pay so much attention, let Chongjiu and Qingyu be together."

Ning Qingyu answered: "I will protect my brother."

What he said made everyone laugh, and the matter was settled like this.

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Yan Hong dressed up the three children beautifully, and Qu Chu also put on the improved version of the court dress of Princess Chu, and went to the palace early in the carriage of the Chu Palace.

Now all affairs in the harem are presided over by the imperial concubine (former virtuous concubine). She can do it in the first place, take care of all the affairs in the harem properly, and the reunion banquet is no problem.

Seeing the carriage of Prince Chu's mansion from a distance, Xiao Liuzi, the servant next to the imperial concubine, greeted him.

"Greetings to the prince, concubine, son, and Princess Luanfeng."

"The king came early today on purpose. You arrange two people to take Qingyu and the others to play, and then take the princess to meet the queen and imperial concubine. Prince Deng and I will go find the emperor's brother."

Today is New Year's Eve, and now that Qu Chu has given birth to a child, if he enters the palace and does not visit the queen, it will cause trouble.

Xiao Liuzi answered "Yes" repeatedly, and called two clever servants over: "Serve the Prince of Chu well."

Ning Qingyu said with a straight face, "And brother Chongjiu."

Xiao Liuzi hastily added: "Serve the prince of Chu and Prince Chongjiu well."

Deng Mingyu added without fear of death: "Chongjiu is my son."

The matter between Deng Mingyu and Su Yingxue was no secret in Yudu's aristocratic circle. Little Liuzi had also heard about it. He immediately understood Su Chongjiu's identity, but he didn't show anything.

After the two servants took Ning Qingyu and Su Chongjiu away, Qu Chu carried Ning Qingheng to see the queen.

When they arrived at the queen's palace, the palace maid Ruhua came out and bowed to Qu Chu: "Princess, the empress is washing up, please wait a moment."

Qu Chu didn't speak, and after waiting for a cup of tea, he said to Ru Hua, "Since the empress doesn't want to see me, I won't dirty her eyes."

Ruhua hurriedly stopped Qu Chu, "Princess, please wait a little longer, and I will report to your empress again."

Qu Chucai didn't like her, and it was a shame to the queen to wait for this cup of tea.She said to Xiao Liuzi who was waiting at the side: "Take me to see the imperial concubine."

Little Liuzi hurriedly bowed to lead the way, and Ruhua just watched Qu Chu walk away.

Ruhua went in to report to the queen, who was so angry that she swept all the things on the dressing table to the ground, "Too arrogant."

Ruhua didn't answer the call.

She had persuaded the queen before that General Qu was not an ordinary prince or concubine, she was still a prince and general, so it was useless to deliberately neglect her, but the queen just refused to listen.

If not, General Qu would not accept this at all, and in the end it was the queen herself who was sulking here.

The queen gritted her teeth resentfully: "I must let the eldest prince ascend the throne, and trample everyone under my feet."

Ruhua dared not say a word.

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Little Liuzi brought Qu Chu to the imperial concubine's palace, and the grand maid Cuiping hurriedly greeted her, "Princess, please come in."

Qu Chu nodded to her, and carried Ning Qingheng into the hall.

The imperial concubine greeted her with a smile, "This is Princess Luanfeng, right? I heard that she is a blessed child, but I saw it today and it is so."

Speaking of the child, the smile on Qu Chu's face softened a bit, "It's just a little annoying."

Ning Qingheng is a very smart child, he knows who to smile at and whom to treat nicely, except for one thing, he must sleep with Qu Chu every night, no one can coax him.

Seeing the two talking about her, Ning Qingheng showed a pleasing smile to the imperial concubine, "Your Majesty."

The imperial concubine has no children of her own, and she always avoids the children in the palace. When she suddenly sees such a cute little person, her maternal feelings well up.

"I heard that she would call people at the full moon banquet. I thought it was an exaggeration, but I didn't expect it to be true. She is only two months old, right?"

Qu Chu smiled softly: "Yes, she will only be March in a few days."

The imperial concubine looked at Qu Chu, "Can I hug her?"

"Hug."

Qu Chu handed Ning Youheng to the imperial concubine.

The imperial concubine took it carefully and held it tenderly in her arms.

Looking at Ning Youheng, who is as beautiful as a fairy boy, the imperial concubine urgently wants to raise a little girl, and she has a decision in her heart:
If she wants to adopt a cute girl from her natal family, she doesn't have to recognize her as a daughter, as long as she can bring laughter to herself.

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(End of this chapter)