After being a widow, the empress dowager was favored by the powerful ministers

Chapter 41 The Little Emperor's Calculations
Jian Jia watched Pei Ci drink one cup after another, feeling a little guilty.

But don't let anyone find out that it is fake wine.

Compared with Jian Jia's guilty conscience, Sheng Baoling is obviously stable.

She glanced at Pei Ci's direction, and looked away after a while.

The little emperor also took a look, and when he caught sight of King Jing beside Pei Ci, he said to Sheng Baoling, "Mother, I think this daughter of the Jin family is not bad."

As he spoke, he looked at Jin Milan, who was sitting at the front among the ladies' seats, wearing pink and white clothes, "Queen, look, that's the girl in pink."

Sheng Baoling's gaze then fell on Jin Milan. Although the Jin family said that they did many things unkindly, their ability to discipline girls was real.

Whether it's from the dress, or the sitting posture, gestures, manners are very in place.

At least you can't fault it.

It is suitable to enter this palace and be a master.

A faint smile appeared on Sheng Baoling's lips, "Ai Jia also thinks it's good."

The little emperor: "I feel that this Jin family girl is very suitable for the emperor's brother."

As he said that, he seemed to observe Sheng Baoling unintentionally, trying to see some reactions from the expression on her face.

"How does the queen mother feel?"

Sheng Baoling shook the wine glass slightly with his fingertips, smelling the faint aroma of the wine, the voice in his ear was not so noisy.

"A man with a talent and a woman with a beautiful appearance is a perfect match."

Seeing nothing on Sheng Baoling's face, the little emperor was very disappointed.

At this time, Sheng Baoling felt very much like Pei Ci.

Keeping one's countenance, people can't understand, can't figure it out.

It's just a usual indifference and a usual decent smile.

The little emperor's eyes were gloomy, and he cast his eyes on a waiter who was serving drinks not far away, as if to signal.

The waiter was slightly taken aback, but quickly came to his senses.

After drinking for three rounds, the girl of the Jin family was a little overwhelmed by the alcohol, and with the support of the palace servants, she went to the back hall to have a rest.

After a while, at the men's table, the waiter who served the wine accidentally knocked over the wine glass, and the clothes of Prince Jing and Pei Ci beside him were wet with the wine.

At this time, not only King Jing frowned, but also Sheng Baoling frowned.

Soon, some palace servants took the two of them to the back to change their clothes.

Seeing the two of them leave the table, Sheng Baoling vaguely felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Until the little emperor got up and left the table under the excuse that he was a little drunk, Jian Jia asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, do you want to go and see?"

Sheng Baoling looked to the other side, and the girl from the Jin family hadn't returned, "There's no rush, the fun has just begun."

If he went so soon, wouldn't it be a waste of the officials' painstaking efforts.

Jian Jia always had some bad premonitions in her heart, after all, if the girl of the Jin family changed her mind and turned to Prince Jing... In the end, the empress would instead be the one to push.

King Yu Jing, this matter is the injustice of the empress.

Things are not in the end, there will always be variables.

But Sheng Baoling sat firmly. She had always been confident in her arrangements. If she appeared too early at this time, it would arouse the little emperor's suspicion.

Calculating this little emperor is not an easy task.

After a while, King Jing came back, changed his clothes, stepped into the banquet and took a seat, but Pei Ci, who had just gone with him, had not returned for a long time.

Jian Jia breathed a sigh of relief, so it was up to Miss Jin herself.

Sheng Baoling frowned, where did Pei resign?
Looking at the other side, the girl from the Jin family hadn't come back yet, and the little emperor had been away for a long time, Sheng Baoling began to feel a little uneasy.

Is it...

"Ai's family is drinking too much, Jian Jia, you help Ai's family to rest in the back."

Said, Sheng Baoling raised his hand, Jian Jia was taken aback, and hurried to help.

The two went in the direction where the little emperor had just left, and when they got away from the crowd, Sheng Baoling's pace obviously quickened, Jian Jia could hardly keep up, and Sheng Baoling tightly clenched her hands.

Jian Jia was afraid that Sheng Baoling would accidentally fall while walking too fast, so she said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, slow down, His Royal Highness Prince Jing has already returned."

Sheng Baoling's complexion was tense, and he walked faster, "Prince Jing has gone back, but Pei Ci has not."

Jian Jia was taken aback for a while, unable to understand what the mother-in-law's words meant.

So the empress is in a hurry to go there now, because she is worried about Mr. Pei?
Sheng Baoling felt more and more uneasy, he was afraid that the little emperor had changed his mind temporarily, and it was not King Jing who wanted to plot, but someone else.

If King Jing was to be plotted against, King Jing would only be afraid of returning to his seat.

But at this moment, among the outsiders, only Pei Ci has not returned.

It was Pei Ci who the little emperor wanted to plot.

Just as Sheng Baoling was walking to the back hall, he heard nothing, did not see a single person, and was hesitating whether to go in, a cold voice sounded behind him.

"The Empress Dowager."

Sheng Baoling was startled, turned around, and when she met those deep and emotionless eyes, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the tense emotions just now finally dissipated.

Jian Jia on the side obviously noticed Sheng Baoling's emotional changes, and her heart suddenly became complicated.

The three of them walked to another place, Sheng Baoling pressed many questions in his heart, pretending to ask casually, "Why are you here?"

Pei Ci said slowly, "After changing clothes, I got a little drunk, so the palace servants brought me here to rest for a while."

Hearing this, Sheng Baoling didn't understand anything in his heart, Pei Ci's jug was full of water, how could he get drunk?

What drunk and sleepy, I'm afraid it's the effect of drugs.

It was indeed Pei Ci who the little emperor wanted to plot.

Seeing Sheng Baoling's reaction, Pei Ci already had a guess in his mind, he pursed his thin lips, and finally asked, "The Empress Dowager came here in a hurry, but are you worried?"

In a word, he only said the first half.

Don't worry about anything, don't worry about King Jing, or worry about him.

He wanted to ask the latter, but naturally he couldn't ask the latter.

The difference between monarch and minister, once the words are asked...

Pei Ci's eyes dimmed.

Sheng Baoling was slightly startled, and looked up at Pei Ci, as if he didn't expect Pei Ci to ask such a question suddenly, for a while, the words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't speak for a while.

After a while, she said slowly, "The Ai family is a little tired, come out and enjoy some fresh air."

At this moment, a woman's scream came from the apse!
The few palace people scattered around the apse were alarmed and went towards the apse one after another.

Sheng Baoling and Pei Ci also cast their gazes in the direction of the apse.

Sheng Baoling knew that Jin Milan had succeeded.

She looked at Pei Ci and saw that there was no abnormality in his face. It seemed that the medicine given by the little emperor was not serious. Seeing that it was almost time, she said, "Master Pei, go back. Remember to find the doctor and get a pulse."

Pei Ci turned his eyes away from the direction where he was screaming just now, and clapped his hands in response, "My minister bids farewell."

He turned around and walked away, but he could clearly feel that the gaze behind him had been falling on him, and his back seemed to be burned by that gaze, scorching hot.

(End of this chapter)