After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

Hearing Concubine Ru's voice, several people turned around at once, only to see Concubine Ru standing behind them dressed as a palace maid. She walked forward quickly regardless of their surprise, hid behind the curtain and took a glimpse of the scene, then turned around and looked at everyone and added: "It would be a pity if I didn't come to see it today."

"Empress Ru, there are so many people here today, be careful not to be discovered!" Shuiyue reminded.

"Then Miss Shuiyue, please don't call me Concubine Ru anymore. Today I am Xiaoru - Palace Maid Xiaoru." Seeing that they were still worried, she added, "Don't worry. I have already found out that no one except the Queen Mother has seen me among the people who came today. Besides, it has been so many years, it's hard to say whether she still remembers what I look like. At most, I will avoid her. You will have a dance performance later, and I must come to support you."

Hearing Concubine Ru's confident words, they all felt relieved and watched the performance on the stage from behind the scenes.

Everything went smoothly here. On the other hand, the conversation between the emperor and Prince Qi was also going smoothly. After receiving the emperor's edict, Fu Yuanlang did not happily take up the post because of the promotion. Instead, he refused to accept the promotion on the pretext that his father was old and in poor health.

"Uncle, look at this memorial. Fu Yuanlang has only written a petition to present. How can you bear to let him return to Nanye to serve as an official?"

Prince Qi took the memorial, glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Fu Yuanlang looks a bit like his father. Last time I saw him, he was still a child this tall. Now he can stand on his own."

"He does have principles, but now he would rather disobey the imperial order than come to Nanye to be an official. What should we do?" asked the emperor.

"Even so, Your Majesty is still willing to use him?" Prince Qi asked back.

"Talents are recruited regardless of their background. As long as Fu Yuanlang is truly a capable person who can offer advice to the State of Chu, it's not a bad thing to have temper and principles. But we still have to ask the emperor's uncle to step in." The emperor was currently facing a situation where no one was available. As long as it could be good for the State of Chu, not to mention asking Prince Qi to step in, he would even go to the Fu family in person.

After several meetings outside the palace, Prince Qi already had an answer in his mind as to whether he should return to the center of power in the court. The emperor in power now is different from the previous one. Not only does he really consider the development of Chu State, but more importantly, he is not jealous, which means that the tragedy of leaving again will not happen, so he is also willing to help the young emperor of Chu State.

It was not until the conversation ended and the door in front of the palace was opened again that the emperor realized that it was completely dark and the air in early winter was cold. The two walked out of the door side by side, and Prince Qi's entourage quickly handed him a cloak.

"Where is Ke'er?" Prince Qi asked his attendant about Princess Ke, while taking the cloak handed to him, and only tied it on himself after seeing that the emperor had already put it on.

"Princess Yan Ke is still at the banquet," the follower asked respectfully with his head lowered.

"Not over yet?" King Qi asked puzzledly.

"I think today's banquet is very exciting. Princess Le Yan has been preparing for it for a long time. Uncle Qi, are you interested in going to see it?" The emperor suggested, "Maybe we can catch the most exciting part if we set off now."

"Oh, since this is the first event after my sister returns to the palace, as her brother I naturally have to go and show my support." Prince Qi was busy on weekdays and didn't know the theme of the banquet. He just thought it was an ordinary palace banquet and naturally didn't have much expectation.

Although Princess Le Yan had lived in Prince Qi's mansion for a period of time, Prince Qi was always out early and back late, so he didn't have much contact with her. Most of the time, they didn't see each other, and when they did, they talked very little. So he didn't have any expectations for this banquet, and went there without any precautions.

When the two of them reached the courtyard where the banquet was held, the finale was being performed inside: a huge white curtain slowly rose, and a small shadow was projected on it, like a baby in a cradle. As the lights changed, the shadow on the curtain also began to change, first turning into a toddler, growing up with gradually steady steps, and then projecting the appearance of learning and playing on the curtain; later all the lights went out, and when the lights came on, there was only the shadow of a slender woman on the curtain, wearing a long skirt, posing dance moves, and the graceful posture and profile of her face were all projected on it.

Even though he couldn't see her face clearly, the emperor recognized Wan Ning behind the curtain at a glance, and secretly felt lucky to have caught up. What was strange was Prince Qi's behavior. He stood there as if in a trance, staring at the shadow on the curtain, and even when Yan Ke waved at him, he didn't respond.

The sound of the piano suddenly changed, and Pei Lan's favorite song rang out. It was also the song she and her father often played to relieve boredom when they lived in seclusion in the countryside. As the sound of the piano rose and fell, the shadow on the curtain began to dance, spin and jump. At first it was quite soft, but gradually it became heavy. Suddenly the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and the shadow on the curtain became broken and disappeared bit by bit, just like the disappearance of life.

At this time, someone threw a long sword towards the curtain, and the dancer flew into the air and held it in her hand, and her dance became more vigorous. She was determined to fight this unfair fate to the end. As the curtain was cut in half, the dancer, hanging on the wire, flew into the air, holding a special sword in her hand and continuing her performance in the air.

At this time, people around discovered that the person dancing with a sword was actually Princess Le Yan. Everyone was fascinated, but only the Queen Mother and Prince Qi knew that she was wearing the clothes that Pei Lan wore on the day she entered the palace, and even the makeup on her face was based on her habits. Usually, they only thought that the two of them were somewhat similar, but now that she had changed into Pei Lan's clothes and dressed up like her, they actually looked about 70% similar.

The Queen Mother was in a trance and thought that she had really seen her sister Pei Lan again, and she had returned to the day when she entered the palace. She was so excited that tears fell. The nanny next to her was worried that something might happen, so she quickly supported the Queen Mother and sent her down to rest.

At this time, the last dessert of the night, lotus cake, was served at the banquet. Yan Ke noticed the arrival of Prince Qi and picked up the cake in front of his table and walked to Prince Qi and the emperor, bowing obediently: "Good luck to my brother Emperor. Father, why are you here just now?"

"I'm just here to pick you up. If I hadn't come, I'm afraid you wouldn't plan to return home tonight." Prince Qi answered Yan Ke's question, but his eyes never left Le Yan's dance.

"I know that my father loves me the most. Since you love me so much, why don't you let brother Zijian go back to Nanye?" Seeing that her father was in a good mood today, Yan Ke talked about Zijian again. Seeing that King Qi did not answer, she quickly changed her request: "If not, then don't let him go to dangerous places?"

"You, Zijian, have his own ideas. He may not like what you do." Prince Qi saw the expectant expression on his daughter's face and felt a little sorry for her. "Then I'll ask for his opinion next time he comes back."

Seeing that Prince Qi's attitude had softened, Yan Ke quickly handed the lotus crisp in his hand to him, and said with a smile: "Thank you, father. I know you love lotus crisp. To express my gratitude, please have some lotus crisp. This is not an ordinary lotus crisp. It is different from the ones I have eaten before."

Prince Qi withdrew his gaze and looked at the lotus cake. He didn't like to eat it but always liked to order one and put it on the table. Yan Ke had heard him comment that other lotus cakes were "vulgar". The young girl didn't understand why her father used the word "vulgar" to describe a food.