This concubine can eat too!

Half a year later, the news of Song Huaxi's illness spread. He knew that he would not be able to hide the news for a long time, but he still suppressed it even though he had an incurable disease.

As he expected, the empress and the third prince Song Ling couldn't suppress their desire to seize the throne, and they were eager to collude with the powers of the court and China. Slightly inappropriate, or dug up something that has not been done well, implying that the prince is not the emperor's choice.

The forces that surfaced made Song Huaxi amazed. Under the surveillance of the dark guards, the two mothers and sons were still able to stretch out their minions to bribe people's hearts. In his opinion, the queen might have buried her daughter before she was the first to conceive the eldest son. plotted a mutiny.

It was Song Huaxi's birthday two months later, and the queen came one day, and asked his will with a gentle face, whether to hold a low-key and simple family banquet as in previous years, with the concubines, princes and princesses, and some important officials in the court To congratulate Song Huaxi on his birthday, except for the first year since his ascension to the throne, Song Huaxi had to spend extravagantly to set up a longevity banquet to share with the emperor and ministers to show his royal prestige, and the subsequent birthday banquets were kept simple.

Song Huaxi sat at the front of the Dragon Table and took a sip of tea from his teacup. He held back the dull pain in his abdomen, and kept his usual seriousness on his face, but his slightly pale face and his gradually thinning figure could not deceive anyone. The empress told him about his condition Into the eyes one by one, the corners of the mouth even couldn't help but raise an arc in joy.

"I want to hold a longevity banquet this year, and invite all courtiers, princes and counts to come and enjoy the banquet together. The palace has not been lively for a long time, so it's time to add some festivities. What does the queen think?" When he said that, his face relaxed a little, With a smile on his lips, a pair of bright eyes stared straight at the empress' weather-beaten face. He held the cup with one hand, and gently wiped the rim of the cup with the lid in the other, making a slight bumping sound.

In the past, he also treated her with sincerity, but she stabbed Song Ling in the back in order to let Song Ling ascend the throne of God. Song Huaxi had a heartache, and after the heartache, he was cold-blooded and ruthless as an emperor, and regarded them as enemies.

The emperor asked for a longevity banquet for Jinkou's birthday, how could the empress object rashly, she only guessed in her heart why after many years of simplicity, the emperor asked for a longevity banquet to celebrate her birthday for no reason.

The queen smiled coquettishly, and whispered softly: "I think the emperor has been keeping things simple for many years, and this time, hosting a longevity banquet to have fun with the officials will not cause gossip. The palace will definitely be lively at that time." Very much, it can also appease the uneasiness of the courtiers who are worried about the emperor's illness recently, and show them the emperor's dragon power."

The action of wiping the mouth of the cup stopped, Song Huaxi took another sip of tea, and said with a gentle smile: "The queen really understands my thoughts best. In the past, Congjian just thought that I had just ascended the throne and didn't want to use too much treasury to host a banquet." , and I don’t want the courtiers to offer birthday gifts, now under my rule, the world is peaceful, the country is prosperous and the people are safe, and the courtiers are also responsible for this great achievement, so I would like to express my gratitude through this year’s longevity banquet.”

The queen only half believed the reason why Song Huaxi wanted to hold a longevity banquet. She nodded with a smile, flattering the emperor and praising him for his benevolence. The two old foxes came and went to show the friendship between husband and wife. Later, Song Huaxi even invited her down to have lunch together After lunch, the empress went back to the harem on the grounds of not disturbing the emperor's review of the memorial.

Soon, Song Huaxi promulgated the edict of the Longevity Banquet, and gave it to all the courtiers to enter the palace to celebrate together on the same day. Many courtiers were a little surprised because they had been keeping things simple for many years in the past, but no one dared to let the emperor keep the way of keeping things simple. After all, the emperor had been keeping things simple for many years. It is also reasonable to hold a longevity banquet on a birthday.

The purpose of Song Huaxi's birthday banquet was to choose the right person to be Jin'an's son-in-law in the family of the ministers on the day of worrying that Jin'an would be eighteen soon and the marriage had not yet been settled. He had already arranged it, and it was half a year ago that he went to Guizhou to replace Ren Moxian's Gu Changyan.

In order not to make people suspicious, he asked Xiao Qi to take his newly trained secret guards to Guizhou half a year ago. First, he executed the servants and maidservants in the Hou's mansion one by one, and then arranged the new secret guards into the mansion to pretend to be House servants and maids, although Ren Shouqing is a Marquis, she is low-key and does not like to make public, so there are not many servants and maids in the mansion, and not many people in the city know them, so they changed a group of servants, and the people in the city did not feel anything. The problem is that those people need to go back to their hometown or find another job.

The servants and servants are all secret guards. It was Gu Changyan's turn to appear. She pretended to be seriously injured and was taken back to the Hou's mansion by Xiao Qi who was pretending to be a servant, and then spread around. There is a sick and weak son who escaped because the servant vowed to protect him to the death and can come back.

The people in the town felt deeply sympathetic for what happened to the Hou's family, and worried about whether their son, who had always been sick, could be rescued. However, they were worried in vain. Decree, the emperor decreed that he was deeply saddened by Ren Shouqing's death, and as a token of his heart, Ren Shouqing's Marquis position will be succeeded by his son Ren Moxian.

Gu Changyan didn't like the name Ren Moxian, and insisted on using her own back. Xiao Qi, who followed her, felt helpless, so he told the emperor that Gu Changyan wanted to change his name. Changing the name was impossible and would arouse suspicion. Song Huaxi had a headache Let Xiao Qi find a respected master and take the word Changyan for Ren Moxian. Then, it will not be suspicious for Gu Changyan to call himself Ren Changyan in front of others in the future.

After changing the name, Xiao Qi also wanted to find someone to spread around the town. Ren Moxian was given the word by the world-renowned Grandmaster Kong, which made most people in Guizhou City establish a kind of relationship with Ren Moxian who called himself Ren Changyan. Habit.

The day of the Longevity Banquet arrived in a hurry, and the courtiers and princes and counts from all directions came to the banquet with congratulatory gifts. When presenting the gifts, everyone showed off how noble and expensive the gifts they brought, and everyone was comparing each other. The preciousness of the congratulatory gift, except that Gu Changyan casually presented a landscape painting stolen from the Baijin Villa as a congratulatory gift, and she didn't even give the end of the eye after the gift, and sat down with the maid in a rage. seat assigned.

The banquet was really "lively", and soon the courtiers, princes and counts who received the banquet had arrived, and it was time to start the banquet.

The Longevity Banquet was declared open, and the maids brought out the banquet for the banquet guests to taste. In the middle of the birthday banquet, Song Huaxi put down the bowls and chopsticks at the right time, and the eunuch who was watching his actions along the way immediately brought a cup of green tea, and also watched him the whole time The empress felt that the emperor was going to do something.

"Jin'an." Song Huaxi looked at Jin'an who was arranged to be closer to him, and called her with a louder voice than usual.

Jin An also put down the bowls and chopsticks, and hurriedly came out of the seat and knelt in the middle of the hall, "Your servant is here, what is your order?"

"Jin'an is about to turn eighteen. It's unreasonable for a girl to be married after her eighteenth birthday. Today is my birthday, and I have hosted a banquet for a group of nobles. I want to add to the happy day and make a marriage for Jin'an. I don't know if Jin'an is willing?"

He talked to Jin An like a gossip, but this seemingly plain conversation has already shocked the queen at the table, the princes, princesses and everyone at the table. After entering Jinkou, Princess Jin'an can choose the person she likes to marry.

Because Princess Jin'an is the most favored by the emperor, many important officials in the court, and those who have been named Hou Bo have been coveting Princess Jin'an for a long time.

They were overjoyed, wishing that the emperor would choose their family!

"Jin An listens to Father's arrangement." Jin An's face was not disturbed, just like she was in the eyes of others, she was calm and elegant, possessing the kingly demeanor of the emperor.

"Okay! Let me see, I will definitely choose an excellent consort for Jin'an today." Song Huaxi walked down from the dragon banquet, everything was in chaos, they all put down their bowls and chopsticks, and knelt down.

Song Huaxi stopped in front of Prime Minister Li, "Prime Minister Li seems to have several sons, but it's a pity that those who are suitable for Jin'an have wives, and those who don't seem to go to school."

Li Chenglian nodded hurriedly, sweating from fright: "Return to the emperor, yes, I have four sons under my knees, the eldest and second sons have wives and concubines, the third and fourth sons are eleven and thirteen respectively." In his heart, he is It's a shame, once Er'er said he wanted to marry a wife the year before last, he was against it, just waiting for the opportunity for Er'er to marry Princess Jin'an!

Song Huaxi looked regretful, walked to the other side and stopped in front of Prime Minister Wu, thought for a while and said: "I remember that Prime Minister Wu also has two sons who have wives, and the youngest son... um, I heard that he lacks moral character and is not worthy of Jin'an."

Prime Minister Wu also laughed with embarrassment, saying yes repeatedly, and humiliatingly belittling his lustful son.

Passed by several court ministers, Song Huaxi also named them one by one. Those with children in the family all judged them as unsuitable due to lack of character or age. A few steps away, he stopped his pace again, turned around and walked back a few steps, everyone took his actions into full view.

"You..." Song Huaxi looked at Gu Changyan, pretending to think for a while, "I remember, you are Ren Hou, your father saved my life back then, but unfortunately your father was killed by bandits half a year ago ..."

Gu Changyan secretly cast a sideways glance at him, and if he wanted to act, she would act with him, anyway, she often acted with her mother in Qingyun Valley.

She stepped forward and knelt down, "This humble minister is Ren Changyan, my father is remembered by the emperor, Quanxia must be very happy."

"I think it was a close call back then. The enemy's sword was half in front of me. Your father gave up his life to meet the rescue, so I saved my life..." Song Huaxi stroked the beard under his chin, his eyebrows were filled with joy, he He pretended to look up at Gu Changyan and said, "I don't know how old Ren Hou is this year?"

"Reporting to the emperor, my humble minister has eighteen, and will soon be nineteen."

"Oh? You can meet Jin'an at the same age...I see that you look good, and you are quite suitable for Princess Jin'an."

As soon as he opened his golden mouth, all the officials, including the queen, understood that the emperor had chosen Princess Jin'an's husband-in-law.

The queen stared at Gu Changyan, she always felt that the emperor's choice of this person was not as easy as she saw.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment." Gu Changyan lowered his head and snorted!

What a match!What a fart, she is a dignified woman, how can she be worthy of a princess!

Song Huaxi returned to Jin'an along the road, stroked his beard and said: "Ren Shouqing sacrificed his life to escort him back then, he has the virtue of great benevolence of sacrifice, and he is also kind to me. I think his descendants will definitely inherit his kindness and benevolence. His moral character is quite similar to Jin An's purpose, Jin An, what do you think of this Marquis? Is he qualified to be Jin An's son-in-law?"

On the surface, Song Huaxi wanted to put Jin An's wishes first.

How could it be possible for a woman to look at a man straightforwardly, let alone under the eyes of everyone, she bent down again to salute, lowered her head and said: "The person chosen by the emperor, I am convinced that he must be a good man, if the father The emperor asked his ministers to marry Renhou, but the ministers have no objection."

"Okay! It's good that Jin An understands me. I believe in my vision, Jin An will be happy in the future."

Song Huaxi laughed a few times in front of everyone, Long Yan was very happy, and the people at the table also laughed together when they saw this, congratulating the emperor and the princess, but Gu Changyan was forgotten on the seat, no one came to congratulate She can marry Princess Jin'an as his wife.

She is not greedy for such false congratulations, and she is even more unwilling to marry Princess Jin'an. Right now, she just wants to eat a few more dishes and rice. Meat porridge, now I am so hungry that I almost have no energy to continue the performance.

Speaking of which, Uncle Emperor's palace banquet dishes are really delicious, I really want to eat everyone else's...

Gu Changyan was drooling like this, staring at the dishes on other people's tables.

After the banquet, Song Huaxi had a short rest in the side hall of Fukang Hall, and before he had even had a cup of tea, the eunuch outside heard Princess Jin'an begging to see him.

His lips curled up as he was blowing hot tea, and he guessed that Jin An would come to him soon.

"Pass." He replied lightly before taking a sip of tea.

Jin An hurried in, and just before she was about to speak, Song Huaxi raised his hand and retreated all the servants to the door.

After all the servants had retreated, Jin An calmed down, calmed down and spoke first: "Jin An heard that the father is ill, and there are even...some people rumored that it is an incurable disease. Father... Jin An wants to ask Father, ask for proof."

The only thing left in the room was the rubbing sound of Song Huaxi rubbing the lid of the cup against the rim of the cup. He sipped his tea comfortably, with an expression of unprecedented comfort and joy. Shaking his head before he had to ask, he put his index finger to his lips.

"Jin An, who said that, the father is just old, and can't help but work day and night to review the memorials. The imperial doctor has warned me. I will rest more and cooperate with the treatment." When he said, his expression was serious, and he pointed out with his finger , Tell Jin'an that the partition wall has ears.

After he reported that he was ill, the queen's minions appeared. One of the things he didn't expect was that she actually controlled the hidden guards who only obeyed his orders. The hidden guards didn't know when rebels would appear. Fortunately, he immediately sent Xiao Qi After investigation, it was found that the two hidden guards monitoring Ren Shouqing were not traitors, otherwise his plan would be in vain.

That's why he secretly reorganized the hidden guards and used one trick to do the trick. If the queen snatched away the hidden guards, he would send her off, and let Xiao Qi take the rest of the loyal ones and the newcomers under training to hide in Guizhou. This is the result of the fact that there are secret guards up and down in the Hou's mansion, and some of them hide in various places in Guizhou City and act as ordinary people.

Tears of worry welled up in Jin An's eyes, she gritted her teeth and said in a steady voice, "Father is so ignorant of love and body, how can Jin An marry with confidence..."

"Father knows, he will definitely value his body in the future, so Jin An can marry Ren Hou with peace of mind." He blinked vigorously, wiped a loving smile, leaned over and raised his hand to wipe Jin An's slip on his cheeks with the back of his finger tears.

"I will be someone else's wife in the future, so I can't cry so much anymore. My father is fine, and I will make arrangements for you." He caressed the face of his daughter, Li Ren, and missed the love of his life more and more. concubine.

There is something in his words, at least he is smart and understands what his father thinks very well. Jin An naturally knows the meaning of arranging this marriage.

Vaguely, she felt that before long, demons would dance in the palace, whether it was a human or a ghost, her father wanted to send her away before the palace was in danger, and marry her to the Hou's Mansion far away in Guizhou.

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Although the two are on the same stage in this chapter, they are not officially meeting. The official meeting between the two will be on the day of their marriage~

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