Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 197 Fireworks
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Seeing that Chen Quan was in a trance, Empress Shen knew that her words had already touched his mind, so she didn't continue to speak, but reminded Chen Quan, "Your Majesty, Xiao San is toasting you."

"Oh, Karma..."

Chen Quan looked at the third prince who stood at the bottom holding the wine cup, looked at the pale and thin face that was five or six points similar to Empress Shen, and it took him a long time to realize, "You are not in good health, so don't drink the wine. Father, have a cup of hot tea."

The eunuch who was waiting behind the empress hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea, changed the wine cup in the hands of the third prince, and said softly: "His Royal Highness Qin Wang, this is because His Majesty loves you, so you can replace the bar with tea."

"Thank you father for being considerate of the children." Chen Jianye raised his glass and replaced wine with tea.

His Royal Highness Qin Wang was only in his early twenties, and his eyebrows and eyes were very beautiful, as if they were carefully carved by God.The phoenix eyes under the eyebrows that flew obliquely into the temples were slightly raised, and a pair of clear and bright eyes contained a little bit of starlight.The lip color is like a purple vetch, the lips are thin and slightly dull, making a thin face more and more pale.The eyes under the broken hair were extremely cold, and when he looked at his parents sitting up, he slightly bent his lips and smiled very faintly.

"Ye'er, if you can't hold on anymore, go back and rest."

With a loving father on his face, Chen Quan drank the wine toasted by Chen Jianye in one gulp.

Looking at his handsome son, even Chen Quan had to admit that his youngest son looked the most like a queen.

Thinking of his eldest son, Chen Jiancheng, who defended him in Huaicheng, and his second son, Chen Jiangong, who died in the capture of the capital for no apparent reason, Chen Quan's originally smiling expression was slightly restrained, and his eyes skipped the faces of the queen and noble concubine without a trace.

The queen turned her body halfway, looking at Chen Jianye lovingly, her eyes were full of worries and worries.

The imperial concubine was talking to the people beside her with her head sideways, the beaded flowers hanging from her temples were shaking slightly, as if she had said something happy, she just raised her sleeves to cover her mouth and chuckled.

I don't know why, but he likes the delicate and charming appearance of the imperial concubine very much on weekdays, but today he feels a little tired of having a deal with the dignified and majestic queen.

Back then, his queen was also the most beautiful girl, she had suffered so much, sitting in this hall now, the queen's elegance is not something ordinary people can suppress.And the noble concubine, in the most prosperous period, cannot be compared with the queen.

When did he start, he didn't even want to watch the empress' disgust?

Are you blind?
When was it that he didn't even want to be a queen for this woman who gave birth to him three sons and was devoted to serving his parents and waiting for him to go back?

Is he blind?

Chen Quan remembered how worried he was when he knew the queen was going to jail for him, and also remembered that the imperial concubine asked casually whether the women in the prison would be bullied.

Did it start from then?
But when the queen was in prison, he was inconvenient to rescue her to confuse the former dynasty, but Nanyang and Dongyang counties were already in his hands.There are his people in the jailer and in the prison, and the queen's every move in the prison is under his nose, so why does he doubt the woman he tried so hard to marry back then?

Perhaps the world has been settled, the panic and busyness of the first few years have passed, everything has settled, and his disposition has changed.

Or today's feast, where the lights are everywhere, the lights are bright, the trees and silver flowers are never dark, and the wives, concubines and courtiers are full of joy, he suddenly recalls the past and feels guilty.

The singing and dancing outside is lively, and the banquet is intoxicating.

Chen Quan raised his hand, poured a glass of wine first, and handed it to the queen next to him: "This wine is not strong, you can taste it, it is like the Qionghua dew that my younger sister gave you when she got married. The Qionghua dew back then, But the best wine I've ever had."

When Chen Quan mentioned the little sister, Empress Shen's face changed slightly, and then she took a sip from the wine cup, "What's the name of this wine?"

"Qinghua juice."

"The names are somewhat similar, but the taste is different." Empress Shen put down her wine glass, her expression slightly restrained, "Your Majesty, little sister..."

As if thinking that today is New Year's Eve, Empress Shen swallowed back the rest of the words, and changed the subject abruptly, "Let's not talk about this, it's also my little sister's family blessing, I didn't wait until today's good day."

"I know, I know..."

Chen Quan sighed lightly, reached out and patted the back of Empress Shen's hand, "It can only be said that good luck tricks people... At that time, there were no two sons and one daughter left in my younger sister's family. Here, give the Lu family a stepson. The Lu family is big, so if you want to pick a better child, you can still pick one."

"Is Your Majesty drunk?"

Before Empress Shen opened her mouth, Concubine Zhou Gui couldn't help but scolded, "Today is the New Year's Eve feast, didn't Your Majesty say that you want to surprise Your Majesty? I also want to see what surprise Your Majesty has prepared for Your Majesty."

Chen Quan seemed to wake up, and hurriedly said: "Yes, there is a surprise, today I want to fulfill the oath I made to the queen many years ago."

"Oh."

Concubine Zhou's eyes moved, she smiled before saying anything, "What kind of oath, I will listen to it myself."

Empress Shen cast a sideways glance at Concubine Zhou Gui, and said calmly: "Since it's a surprise, of course we can't tell the truth. If we tell the truth, we should be surprised."

"Yes, now I will take you to see the surprise I prepared for the queen."

Chen Quan called the eunuchs around him to give some instructions before leading the crowd to the viewing platform.

The days of winter are short, and when a banquet arrives, the sky outside has already darkened.

The viewing platform in the palace is not far from the Jiying Hall, but it is cold in winter, and when you come out of the warm Jiying Hall, the north wind howls and blows people's faces with needle-like pain.

Chen Quan led the way to the entrance of the hall and stopped, raised his hand to support Queen Shen beside him: "Queen, slow down, be careful of the slippery ground outside."

Concubine Zhou Gui, who was walking behind the two, watched His Majesty raise his hand to help Empress Shen, and Empress Shen put her hand on His Majesty's arm, and finally the two of them crossed the threshold in front of the hall with their hands clasped.She hurriedly lowered her head and pretended to lift her skirt to hide the jealous look on her face.

In the eyes of Concubine Zhou, Empress Shen has long been a mid-mature woman, and she was a day gone by yesterday.In the past few years since Empress Shen and the Empress Dowager were taken into the palace, His Majesty has never spent the night in the Empress' bedroom.

Even on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, His Majesty only went to the Queen's Jiaofang Hall to sit for a while, and then returned to his own Hall of Supreme Harmony to rest, never staying overnight.

Today, in front of all the courtiers, His Majesty became kind to the Queen because of a bowl of mutton soup.

How can this not make Concubine Zhou feel dissatisfied and unable to control her anger.

When everyone got on the viewing platform, there was a sudden loud noise in front of the viewing platform, followed by a bunch of fireworks rising into the sky, one by two, and with the rumbling sound, countless fireworks bloomed in the night sky, colorful, Colorful, golden flowers splashing everywhere...

The emperor and the empress stood at the front of the viewing platform hand in hand, looking up at the fireworks rising and falling in the night sky together, decorating the dark night beautifully.

(End of this chapter)