The Regent's Little Wolf Concubine

Chapter 192 The Hundred Birds and the Phoenix
The banquet in the palace started at Xushi, and Youshi Wenqian entered the palace with an invitation, accompanied by Xiaojing, and Zhumo, who was already dressed as a guard, did not arouse the suspicion of others.

After entering the palace, she first went to Lingxuan Palace to visit Concubine Huo, and when it was almost time to sit in, she left Lingxuan Palace and headed for the palace banquet, but bumped into an acquaintance on the way .

"Meet King Jingjiang"

The maids in front are respectfully saluting Chu Linyu. It's been a long time since we saw him, and he doesn't seem to have changed much. He always has a light smile on his face when facing others, even when dealing with court ladies.

Smiling slightly, he nodded to several court ladies, and when those court ladies left one after another, he suddenly realized that there was a beautiful figure standing not far away, and he couldn't help being startled.

After recovering for a while, he suddenly recognized that the person standing in front seemed to be Wen Qian.

Wen Qian has been taking ginseng fruit for some time, and the changes are not small now, at least not as small as before. When Chu Linyu saw her for the first time, she almost couldn't recognize her.

"Aren't you?" He walked up to her in a few steps, carefully looked at the person in front of him, but she interrupted him before he finished speaking.

"I'm your sister-in-law! I haven't seen you for a year, but the fifth brother doesn't recognize me?"

The phrase "fifth younger brother" sounded a little funny when she said it, after all, he looked much older than her, and now it was a bit awkward to talk to him as his sister-in-law.

Hearing this, Chu Linyu froze for a while, and then smiled again and again after she realized it: "Indeed, I haven't seen you for a year, and you have changed a lot." She has gradually faded away from that layer Childish, becoming more beautiful than before.

Or she looks more like a woman now
Hearing what he said, Wen Qian pursed her lips and smiled lightly, but then said to him: "Fifth Brother has been staying in Jingzhou all this time, when did you come back this time?"

Chu Linyu is the king of Jingjiang, and his fiefdom is in Jingzhou hundreds of miles away. It stands to reason that a king like him is not allowed to enter the capital without an imperial edict, but he is quite an exception. He can return to Beijing freely at the end of each year. do not know why.

"Just a few years ago, I didn't come back for a few days. When I came back, I thought that I would visit Prince Xiao's mansion, but I never took the time." Chu Linyu said with a helpless expression.

Hearing this, Wen Qian twitched the corners of her mouth and said disapprovingly: "Now your brother Wang is not in Beijing, and you won't see him when you come. What is there to visit? Is it possible that you still want to visit my sister-in-law Wang?"

As soon as she said this, Chu Linyu's complexion became unsightly, and she quickly smiled dryly and said, "Uh hehe, sister-in-law Wang, you really like to joke."

"That's right. I guess fifth brother, you don't know what it means to avoid suspicion. You come to the palace knowing that your brother is not there. If it gets out, it will be so unpleasant. Those who don't know think it What do you want?"

There seemed to be something in her words, and Chu Linyu also heard some meaning, her expression froze on her face, now she didn't know what to say, and she was embarrassed if she didn't say it, she really didn't know how to reply.

Seeing his embarrassed expression, a cunning flashed in Wen Qian's eyes, and then he didn't say anything more to him, and then said after a pause: "Fifth brother must have come here for the banquet, if that's the case, then I will I won't tell you any more, I also have to go to the Yonghe Palace, so let's leave now."

Before he could say anything more, she took Xiao Jing and Zhu Mo behind her and left the spot, leaving Chu Linyu standing there looking at her back without looking back for a long time.

After not seeing each other for such a long time, he felt that Wen Qian seemed to have changed a lot, but also didn't seem to have changed. Maybe it was because she had grown up after not seeing her for a year!
"That person just now is King Jingjiang?"

They walked for a while, and when Zhumo finally confirmed that Chu Linyu would not hear their conversation, he stepped forward and asked Wen Qian a question.

"Yeah! It looks like a pretty face, doesn't it?" Wen Qian said as she walked.

Zhu Mo didn't reply, but nodded in agreement, and then they arrived at the Yonghe Palace very quickly, and the wives and ladies of many high-ranking officials also just arrived at this time.

Seeing this, Wen Qian turned around and looked at Zhu Mo again, and said, "You can't go through the front, so just wait here for me first."

Hearing this, Zhu Mo didn't say much, just nodded briefly, and then watched Wen Qian and the two enter the main hall in front, and then found an inconspicuous rockery by himself, and closed his arms there. Sleep well.

At this time, many people had arrived in the main hall. Although Wen Qian was not the last to arrive, she came relatively late, which inevitably attracted some people's attention.

"Isn't this Princess Xiao? Why are you here today!"

Just before she found her place when she entered, Wen Qian heard a familiar voice, turned her head and found that the person talking to her was Zhang Qianyu.

Zhang Qianyu is the prime minister's daughter, and she has a share in the palace banquet every year. It's not the first time Wen Qian met her here, but last time, she didn't greet her like she does now.

"So it's Ms. Zhang! Didn't expect you to recognize me?" Wen Qian replied with a smile, but saw her walking directly towards this side.

"Hehe, even if I forget who, I can't forget you, Princess Xiao! The song you sang at the palace banquet last year attracted all the birds, but it opened our eyes, just want to forget I will never forget it!"

Zhang Qianyu's words sounded like she was praising Wen Qian, but her tone didn't show any admiration. Instead, it seemed that there were thorns hidden in her words, which made people feel uncomfortable no matter how they heard them.

Now that she mentioned it like this, the eyes of other people in the hall were also attracted by her words, and they looked at Wen Qian strangely, whispering to each other without knowing what they were discussing in secret.

"The incident last year was just a coincidence, and I was only blessed by the Empress Dowager. You see those birds seemed to be attracted by my singing, but in fact they all came to the Empress Dowager. I think you should have heard this sentence, right?"

Wen Qian's answer was very ingenious, and with a few words, she pushed the matter to the queen mother. Zhang Qianyu's expression changed after hearing this, but she was unwilling to let it go. She paused and was about to say something, but Huo Taifei never Walked outside.

"There are so many people, it's really lively." Concubine Huo walked in slowly, holding the maid's hand, and said, when everyone saw her, they immediately knelt down to pay their respects, but she waved her hand to stop it.

"Since they are all invited by the Empress Dowager, you don't have to be so polite with me, just be more casual."

Hearing what Huo Taifei said, everyone responded respectfully, and then chatted with the people around them.

At this point, Concubine Huo turned her eyes and walked towards Wen Qian, seeing Zhang Qianyu standing with her, she smiled and asked: "Just now, I heard the two of you talking outside. What are you talking about?"

"Back to Concubine, I'm asking Concubine Xiao for advice on how to sing to attract birds!" Before Wen Qian said anything, Zhang Qianyu answered before her.

Concubine Huo's eyes showed curiosity when she heard the words, she then nodded and said: "So that's the case, but I also felt strange about it at this time. At that time, I thought it was a dream when I saw birds flying in the whole Yonghe Palace. Woolen cloth."

"That's right! Just now I wanted to ask for advice, but Concubine Xiao told me that those birds were not attracted by her, they came for the queen mother, and she also said that they are called a hundred birds chasing the phoenix. Concubine Xiao, what do you think?" Is the princess too good at leaving things alone?"

When Zhang Qianyu said this, Concubine Huo deliberately glanced at Wen Qian, and seeing that her expression was calm, she said to Zhang Qianyu: "It can't be said that Princess Xiao is bluffing, maybe it is like that?"

Seeing that Concubine Huo was helping Wen Qian, Zhang Qianyu twitched her lips indifferently, and said, "Concubine Huo, do you believe this kind of nonsense? Or, because you like Concubine Xiao, you help her to speak. "

"presumptuous!"

Before she could finish her words, Concubine Huo scolded her harshly, Zhang Qianyu was so frightened that she shut her mouth tightly and dared not speak, and the others were also attracted by the movement to look over here, and also I don't know what happened to make Concubine Huo so angry all of a sudden.

Concubine Huo turned a blind eye to those gazes from her surroundings, and stared at Zhang Qianyu who was standing with her head bowed in front of her, and then continued after a long while: "You mean to say that this palace is helping the younger generation to talk nonsense together, Or is it that I can't even tell the truth from the lie?"

"Toffee, please calm down. My daughter is used to self-willedness at home, and she doesn't have a sense of proportion. Please don't argue with her too much." Zhang's mother saw that her daughter was in trouble again, so she hurriedly came over and knelt down to plead for mercy, and then pulled Zhang Qianyu Kneeling together.

"Why are you so ignorant in the palace? Why don't you kneel down and apologize to the concubine!"

Zhang Qianyu also knew that she had said the wrong thing again, and now she dared not say anything else. When her mother asked her to admit her mistakes, she did not dare to neglect her at all, and kowtowed several times to the people in front of her to make amends.

"It's Qianyu's outspokenness, please forgive me, the concubine."

Seeing their mother and daughter knelt down to plead guilty, Concubine Huo's expression softened a little.

Finally, she looked at Mother Zhang and said: "The palace is no better than your own home! In this palace, you must be cautious in every word and deed, and you are as open-minded as your daughter. Fortunately, I met this palace today." , if she accidentally contradicts the empress dowager, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to talk about!"

After hearing this lesson, Zhang's mother didn't dare to say anything else, she just kept nodding her head and said: "Yes, yes, yes, the concubine taught me a lesson, and I will definitely teach her a good lesson later!"

(End of this chapter)