The princess is so powerful that the fish pond is full of people

When Liang Chongyue arrived outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he could already hear the sounds of stringed instruments and orchestras coming from inside the hall.

Sure enough, it didn't exceed her expectations. It was the same every year.

Liang Chongyue calculated the time and found that he could go in now and take a seat before the dancer performed.

The door of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was opened from the outside, and cold wind rushed in. The person sitting closest to the door was the first to notice the figure of Her Royal Highness Princess Zhenguo.

Liang Chongyue strode into the hall and bowed to his scumbag father and his mother.

"I am late, please do not blame me, Father and Mother."

Liang Chongyue has been busy making things recently and has no mood to eat properly. The fat on her face that she had just grown has disappeared.

The whole person was standing in the hall. Even though he was wearing thick clothes because he was afraid of the cold, he still looked thin and pitiful.

"Get up. Since this is a family dinner, there aren't so many rules. Take a seat."

Liang Chongyue looked up and met the gaze of his scumbag father and the queen mother. Seeing the worry and heartache in his mother's eyes, he could only respond with a comforting smile.

Liang Chongyue just sat down when she heard her scumbag father say to her:

"You must have not eaten well recently. You look so bad."

Hearing the caring tone of his scumbag father, Liang Chongyue raised the wine glass in front of him and said to him with a smile:

"I've been busy preparing New Year's gifts for my father and mother, so I haven't paid much attention to anything else."

"On this auspicious occasion of New Year's Eve, I, your son, wish your father good health, peace and prosperity, a long and blessed life, the prosperity of the country, the everlasting stability of the country, the everlasting prosperity of the imperial power, and a long and lasting reign.

I wish the Queen Mother good health, eternal youth, a long life, happiness every year, and success in everything."

After Liang Chongyue finished speaking, he drank the wine in the glass. When the wine reached his mouth, Liang Chongyue realized that it was just ordinary water.

Presumably, her mother was worried that her back injury had not yet fully healed and that she was not fit to drink, so she changed the drink in front of her.

After Liang Chongyue finished drinking, she still maintained a dignified smile on her face, and no one revealed the matter.

"Chongyue is thoughtful."

The queen mother praised her with a smile, her eyes full of tenderness as she looked at her.

"The gifts prepared by the Princess of Zhenguo in previous years were always the best. I wonder if we will be able to see them this year."

An old voice came from the opposite side. Liang Chongyue looked up and saw a white-haired old man staring at her and smiling. Half of his teeth were missing, and his smile looked obscene no matter how you looked at it. Liang Chongyue didn't recognize which relative this was at first glance.

After the person and face went through his mind, Liang Chongyue finally remembered who the old man who was talking to him was.

"Unfortunately, today, I have already sent the gift to the Yangxin Palace. If Uncle Kang wants to see it, he can see it in the Yangxin Palace after the family dinner while he chats with the emperor."

The bed crossbow was indeed already in the Yangxin Palace. Liang Chongyue had personally escorted it all the way there and delivered it to the Taihe Palace where she had just arrived.

Prince Kang and Prince Yi have a close personal relationship, so there is no guarantee that they do not have ulterior motives. This is also the reason why she did not bring any gifts to the Hall of Supreme Harmony this year.

This is related to the Northern Expedition after the New Year. How could such an important thing be placed at the banquet?

"Haha, that's because we don't have the good fortune to do so."

Liang Chongyue did not respond. Because Prince Kang was the longest-lived prince of the generation of the retired emperor, whenever he said a word, there would be more than a dozen people following him to flatter and echo him.

This was the first time that no one responded to his words, and his face immediately turned ugly. He looked around and saw that those people who used to flatter him with their eloquence now didn't even dare to look him in the eye.

Old Prince Kang flicked his sleeves, snorted coldly, and sat back in his original seat.

Liang Chongyue just thought this was a small episode. Old Prince Kang was not favored among the generation of the retired emperor and was the marginal one among the many princes.

It was true that they both lived on the Qu'an official road, just like Liang Chongyue, but Prince Kang's Mansion was located at the very edge. Liang Chongyue's carriage rarely passed by on weekdays, and there was no chance of any intersection between them.

This kind of thing only happens a few times at palace banquets.

Liang Chongyue is now the subject of debate in the court. She usually speaks a few words, but today she is silent. She used to only speak a few words to the old Prince Kang all year round, but today is unusual, the old prince took the initiative to talk to her.

Liang Chongyue grew up in the harem, a big melting pot, and was accustomed to conspiracy theories. She always felt that Prince Kang had bad intentions.

Today's New Year's Eve family dinner was not as bad as Liang Chongyue had imagined. There were no monsters or ghosts, and no one mentioned the marriage to the Northern Territory.

Everything was the same as before, the familiar music and dance. Whether listening or watching, Liang Chongyue could guess what they would do next.

The only bad thing about today was that Prince Kang would glance at her from time to time, and even though half of his teeth had fallen out, he would still smile at her.

Liang Chongyue couldn't ignore it, so after responding with a smile, she controlled herself and never looked towards where the old prince was sitting, not even allowing her eyes to move in that direction.

"Fifth sister, I'm a little drunk. Can you accompany me for a walk?"

The third sister's position today was very close to Liang Chongyue, right behind her. It would be her turn for the scumbag father to speak soon. Every year it was the same things and the same people. Liang Chongyue's ears were almost callused from hearing them. It would be better for her to go out for a walk with the third sister, and avoid the crazy look of the old prince Kang.

Liang Chongyue poured the remaining water in the glass onto the tablecloth, and walked out from behind the crowd with his third sister with an empty glass.

After leaving the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Liang Chongyue felt a little regretful as he felt the cold wind whistling past his body. If he had known earlier, he would not have come out, and he would not be shivering in the cold wind now.

"Is Fifth Sister cold?"

Liang Chongyue took the hot water bottle handed to her by her third sister and held it in her hand. Her hands felt warm and she felt much better.

"Just came out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there are some."

Liang Chongyue and her third sister went to the plum garden in the Imperial Garden to appreciate the plum blossoms together, and Yunling and her third sister's palace maid followed behind them.

Liang Chongyue was walking very close to the third sister, and he could only smell a very faint aroma of alcohol and a faint floral scent on her. It didn't seem like she was drunk as the third sister said.

"Don't smell it. I didn't drink much. But you, do you know why that old Prince Kang kept staring at you and smiling?"

Liang Chongyue didn't want to recall the look on Old Prince Kang's face, so she just shook her head.

Liang Zhirou thought of the news she heard after entering the palace today. Her eyes gradually turned cold and she sneered:

"You're late today, so you don't know. Old Imperial Uncle Kang has numerous wives and concubines, and over thirty sons and daughters in his backyard. He learned that the new king of the Northern Territory was willing to marry you with his kingdom, and knowing you wouldn't want to, he went to the family banquet today to ask the Emperor, saying he was willing to send his daughter to the Northern Territory to marry in exchange for peace and prosperity for Great Xia. But the Emperor refused."

"I don't believe you haven't understood his thoughts yet."