The man she imprisoned was a white-skinned

I don’t know if it was because Xiaoyi had tormented me for too long yesterday, or because I had let go of the knot in my heart. Meng Xuanhe slept soundly that night, and woke up the next morning.

Although the dinner was at night, Meng Xuanhe started preparing for it in the afternoon.

After cleaning the palace, washing and dressing, and learning some common banquet etiquette, it was already the You hour.

Many royal relatives, including high-ranking officials and their families in the capital, had come to the banquet. On this festive and grand day, they all came to the palace to share the emperor's blessings.

A gorgeous and grand dinner is quietly unfolding in the Forbidden City.

The guests who came to the dinner were dressed in their best clothes. They greeted and chatted with each other at the table. The atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

The opening music was played by the palace musicians, which was melodious and graceful, interweaving with the laughter and clinking of glasses into a beautiful long song. The dancers danced to the rhythm of the music, with flowing skirts and graceful postures.

Meng Xuanhe stepped onto the sedan chair and came. When he heard the music, the sedan chair stopped steadily.

A man's hand stretched out from outside the curtain, with distinct joints, broad and strong.

Meng Xuanhe was still immersed in the music and directly put her hand on the man's big hand.

When she jumped off the sedan chair, the man waiting outside put his arms around her waist.

Before Meng Xuanhe could react, she was forced to lean against a warm embrace. The steady and powerful heartbeat lingered in her ears, and she looked up in a daze and looked at the man.

"Let's go." Xie Lin didn't look back. He took her little hand and walked towards the banquet hall.

This road is short, yet somewhat long.

"Xie Lin?"

Meng Xuanhe had something to say but didn't know what to say, so the first words that came out of her mouth turned out to be just calling his name softly.

"Hmm?" Xie Lin responded calmly. Ever since what happened between the two of them, they haven't spoken in a calm and peaceful manner.

"sorry."

Meng Xuanhe opened his mouth and finally said an apology.

Because it was only a door away from the banquet hall, even if she had a lot to say or wanted to communicate with Xie Lin, she had to stop there.

Xie Lin did not answer her, but silently squeezed her little hand and pulled her closer to his arms.

"Let's go." Xie Lin's voice showed no emotion as he pulled her through the banquet hall's door.

"Your Majesty, the Queen has arrived."

When Eunuch Su's voice came, all the civil and military officials looked at the newcomer. Everyone had seen His Majesty's face, but he seemed different today from his usual black robe.

Xie Lin was wearing a crescent-white brocade robe today with a scarlet edge and wide sleeves in a gradient of red and white. The difference from Meng Xuanhe's skirt was that the golden phoenix had turned into a cloud dragon, hovering above the brocade robe.

Then everyone turned their eyes to the woman beside His Majesty. The woman had gentle brows, eyes like stars, and a stunning beauty that was otherworldly.

The young men in the seats were so fascinated by the sight. Xie Lin gave them a cold glance, as if he didn't like the way these men were staring at Meng Xuanhe.

The kneeling princes and nobles all looked at his majesty and understood his majesty's thoughts in an instant.

The old men in the family raised their hands and slapped their boys on the head, making the young men put away their astonished looks and lower their heads.

"No gift."

Xie Lin didn't speak until the two of them sat in the highest seat.

Everyone in the banquet hall then sat up. Meng Xuanhe sat next to Xie Lin and had a clear view of the entire hall.

"Your Majesty, do you have anything important to announce today?" The speaker was the Minister of Rites in the court. He rolled his eyes and said very cleverly.

Xie Lin clapped his hands, and many palace servants rushed in from outside the hall.

They all held trays covered with red velvet in their hands, and they opened the trays only when they reached the front of the hall.

The first plate contained a phoenix crown, which was luxurious and solemn, inlaid with many priceless gems and pearls; the second plate contained a shawl, embroidered with auspicious patterns of phoenixes; the third plate contained calligraphy and paintings of auspicious dragons and phoenixes, which looked peaceful and grand.

The fourth and fifth plates contained the golden book and the jade seal respectively, which were documents indicating the queen's title and symbolizing her power and status.

Everyone gasped. This was just a banquet, and the official ceremony of crowning the queen hadn't even begun, yet His Majesty had already handed it over like this.

It seems that this woman is indeed the apple of His Majesty's eye. You should only make friends with her and not offend her.

The people at the banquet understood his majesty's intention immediately. This was to announce to the world that this woman was the queen he truly recognized.

Everyone winked at their daughters, thinking that if they could get close to that girl, the family's status would be improved in the future.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your honor." Meng Xuanhe stood up and bowed in the direction of Xie Lin.

Looks gentle, generous and decent.

"I will give you the best." Xie Lin personally reached out and pulled the girl up. He didn't want to have to go through all these formalities with Meng Xuanhe.

Meng Xuanhe had an indescribable feeling in her heart. She wanted to wait until the banquet was over before telling him what she was thinking.

Now I will just stay with him quietly, Meng Xuanhe thought.

Just as the two of them were holding each other in their hands, with only each other in their eyes, a sonorous voice suddenly came from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, I am late."

Meng Xuanhe looked in the direction of the voice. They met again after a long separation. Yan Chengan was still the same as usual, dressed in fine clothes and riding a horse, like a burning flame.

He was no longer wearing the majestic armor he wore on the battlefield, but was now wearing the bright red brocade robe he often wore in the Duke of Yan's mansion.

It feels like being in Bianjing, but also not like being in Bianjing.

Because the flames of war and gunpowder smoke had already left marks on the boy's face. During the last war to suppress the rebels, a sharp blade brushed past the corner of his eye, leaving a permanent scar there.

Seeing Yan Chengan coming, Xie Lin did not immediately offer him a seat, which was slightly different from the way he treated him in the past.

"Why are you here, General? Weren't you recuperating from your injuries? Are you healed now?" Xie Lin looked at Yan Cheng'an with deep eyes.

The past in Bian Jing also came to mind as Xiao Qi's memory recovered. Xie Lin remembered Yan Cheng'an, the man who once said he wanted to be the princess's consort.

I even had a fight with Yan Chengan in the street. Haha, no wonder. When Yan Chengan followed me in marching and fighting, he always looked at me with nostalgic and sad eyes.

Thinking of this, Xie Lin held Meng Xuanhe's little hand tighter and hugged him closer to him.

"In reply to your Majesty, my injury is no longer serious."

Yan Chengan smiled and clasped his fists to Xie Lin.

When he bent over, the wound on his thigh cracked and the pain crept up on him, but Yan Cheng'an didn't care.

Because looking at the two of them snuggling together, the pain in my heart was even worse than the pain in my thigh.