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Empress Dowager Gao pondered for a while after hearing this: "The Qingliu Party has never been in the emperor's eyes in the court, and their political opinions are often flashy. The emperor is a pragmatic person and will not ultimately adopt their opinions."

Gao Xiangguo sighed: "I'm afraid that the emperor will use the Qingliu party to attack us. In this case..."

He didn't say anything for the rest of the sentence, but Empress Dowager Gao naturally understood. The court and the harem have always been inseparable. Now Xiao Fengming is doting on Concubine Yun alone and has the potential to favor the harem. Now that Xiao Fengming is gaining popularity, she is afraid that people from the Qingliu faction will take advantage of this opportunity to attack her. The emperor remonstrated and suppressed the rear party. Behind the rear party were the Gao family and the Xu family. These two families had always been interdependent and inseparable. The families that controlled a lot of land and power in the country would be in trouble if the emperor took action. If you think of this idea, it will simply shake the whole country.

Empress Dowager Gao's eyes were heavy: "Don't worry, the Ai family is here. They can't get over this!"

…to the end…

The seventh princess of Qi State has been in Ying State for more than a month. During this period, the queen received her many times and hosted banquets for her. Five or six days after the Chinese Valentine's Day banquet, the queen saw the flowers in the imperial garden in full bloom, a rare beauty, and posted a banquet inviting the royal concubines and the wives of the ministers to attend the banquet.

The number of palace banquets this year increased because the seventh princess of Qi State came to get married. Nie Wushuang was absent several times to avoid trouble in Donglin Temple. This was her first time to attend the queen's palace banquet. In order to compensate her, Xiao Fengming rewarded her with many gorgeous clothes, each one of which was shining and beautiful.

Xia Lan and Ming Qiu were greatly impressed and admired: "Nie Meiren, the emperor is really attentive to you."

Nie Wushuang looked at the pieces of clothing and said calmly: "Take them all off and pick something more elegant to wear."

Xia Lan asked in confusion: "Why? Doesn't Meiren Nie want to make a splash at the palace banquet?"

Nie Wushuang smiled: "There are so many beauties at the palace banquet, and everyone is dressed up extremely beautifully. Why should I join in the fun?" There is another meaning she did not say. Now that Concubine Yun dominates Xiao Fengming and only dotes on the harem, the hearts of all the concubines in the palace are She was filled with jealousy, thinking that there would be so many beauties at this palace banquet that there would be no room for her to get involved.

Xia Lan could only respond angrily and put away her clothes.

The next day, the palace banquet arrived. Nie Wushuang had breakfast and then started to wash up. When he was dressed, it was time for the palace banquet to begin.

When she came to the imperial garden, she couldn't help but marvel at the queen's arrangement. The queen was very meticulous in her work. In order to avoid the heat of the guests, she set up a pergola in the royal garden for people to rest or enjoy flowers. The banquet was set in the cloister, with tables stretching out, very unique. On the waterside pavilion in the corridor is where the emperor, queen and several higher-ranking concubines sit. A gauze curtain hangs around the pavilion, and an ice basin is placed inside. This translucent gauze curtain can not only see the surroundings, but also allow guests to Saw the emperor and queen.

When Nie Wushuang arrived, she found that there were only a few low-ranking concubines sitting in the corridor, and no one from Yamei was there, and no one was chatting or joking with her. She chose a secluded location, admiring the lotus flowers by the corridor pond, and ordered the palace servants to bring fish food to tease the koi in the lotus pond. Today she wore a light blue gauze dress with a white jade double-button knot around her waist. Her hair was styled in a flowing bun with a few beaded hairpins and no other accessories. Her face was lightly powdered, very clean and tidy, just like the branches of lotus flowers in the lotus pond, elegant and indescribably elegant.

The sun was getting higher, and the palace concubine's wife was late. For a while, there were bursts of laughter in the imperial garden. Nie Wushuang was feeling drowsy when someone tapped her on the shoulder. She looked back and saw that it was Yamei.

"Why are you dressing up so elegantly today?" Yamei chose a crimson gauze dress today. Her carefully decorated face looked like a peach blossom, very charming and charming.

Nie Wushuang rarely had the intention of joking, so he smiled lightly and said: "I will act as a green leaf to set off this beautiful flower like yours."

Hearing this, Yamei touched her face in embarrassment and sighed: "I went to call Sister Yu several times, but she still refused to come out."

Nie Wushuang threw down a handful of fish food and said: "The knot in the heart still needs heart medicine. She will come out naturally if she can figure it out." At this moment, there was the sound of the palace people singing. The two of them followed the sound, but the emperor and empress had already arrived. The bright yellow figure is tall and straight, wearing a purple gold dragon crown on his head, and his face is handsome and clear in the sky. He held the queen's hand with a smile and walked slowly towards the crowd. The queen solemnly wore bright yellow phoenix clothes today, and twelve heavy gold hairpins were inserted on her temples, like the wings of a phoenix, shining in the sky.

Everyone knelt down quickly and shouted long live. Nie Wushuang sat down with Yamei, and he held the queen's hand and passed by them. The faint scent of ambergris enters the nose, as if even the heat is about to be swept away.

Xiao Fengming and the Queen were sitting in the pavilion. At this time, another chamberlain sang: "Qi Guorui and the princess have an audience with the Emperor and the Queen——"

Nie Wushuang looked up and saw Qi Yan, the seventh princess, meandering over in a magenta twelve-piece palace dress. The clothes on her body were very unique, with a long skirt trailing behind her, unfolding slowly as she walked, like the tail wings of a phoenix. The skirt was embroidered with light violets of the same color in turn, wrapped around vines, elegant and noble.

Her hair was combed into a half-moon bun. Because she had not yet gotten married, her long uncombed hair was draped neatly over her shoulders, like fine silk. Nie Wushuang didn't pay attention to her appearance when he bumped into her last time, but he could see her clearly this time. She was indeed a beautiful woman, but her face was downcast, as if she was humble and unwilling to come to the banquet.

She bowed down in front of the emperor and queen. Xiao Fengming said with a smile: "Princess has come all the way, I am very happy." He gestured with his hand, and Eunuch Lin beside him had already taken out the imperial edict and began to read it loudly. Nie Wushuang was seated next to The pavilions are far apart, and I can only vaguely hear the long speech in front of me praising the diplomatic relations between the two countries. At the end, Xiao Fengming conferred the title of Seventh Princess Qi Yan.

As the virtuous concubine.

Nie Wushuang watched Qi Yan receive the order to thank her, and complex thoughts arose in her heart. She was the most beloved daughter of the Emperor of Qi, the daughter of her enemy, and now she was serving the same husband. The fate is indeed arranged in a way that makes people laugh.

While she was sighing, suddenly a chamberlain sang loudly, "Concubine Yun has arrived -" The crowd looked towards the entrance of the Royal Garden, and before they saw anyone, they smelled a faint fragrance.

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