Chapter 71 Lantern Festival Family Banquet

On the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor gave a family banquet in the Taiji Hall, and all the princes, princesses, imperial concubines and emperors and emperors in Beijing went to the banquet. Because of the low grade, Qiaoyu was not invited.

The banquet has always been harmonious and happy. The princes and princesses saluted the emperor and the queen in turn.

When it was the youngest Princess Changning's turn to salute, the little girl, who was only 11 years old, walked forward respectfully, saluted deeply, and said quietly, "I wish my father and queen good health!"

"Qing'er, get up!" Zhu Di said kindly. This daughter is as quiet as her mother's concubine, but she is less lively at this age.

"My son, thank you, father!" Qing'er got up slowly and retreated respectfully.

Sitting back to the seat, he turned his head and whispered to Princess Xianning, who was sitting next to her, "I wish you happiness!"

Ning Er also whispered, "Sister, I also wish you an early son-in-law!"

The two of them laughed in a low voice.

"Ning'er, what are your sisters talking about? Laugh so happily!" Zhu Di saw their smiles and asked curiously.

Ning'er and Qing'er both stood up and walked to the front together. Ning'er said with a smile, "My father, my daughters were blessing each other just now. Because they all talked about what the other party was thinking, they smiled happily.

"Oh! That's it!" Zhu Di looked at the queen Xu beside him with relief. It's time for Ning'er to get married in early March. I don't know if the queen has a candidate to send her relatives.

Empress Xu looked at the shy Ning'er with a smile before answering, "The emperor thinks Sui'er is the right person?"

"The queen really knows what I mean!" Zhu Di said happily, "Where is the king of Zhao?"

Zhu Gaoshuai quickly got up, walked to the front, knelt on his knees and answered respectfully, "Father, my son is here."

"Shuan, I order you to escort Princess Xianning out of the palace to get married."

"My son obeys the order!"

Ning'er knelt next to Zhu Gaosu with a smile, "Son, thank you! Thank you for your father and mother for thinking so well about the marriage of her children.

"Get up! Today is a family banquet. You don't have to do this big gift!" Zhu Di looked at a pair of children with relief.

"Yes! Thank you, Emperor!"

Ning'er respectfully saluted Zhu Gaoshuai, "Ning'er, there is Lao Huang's brother!"

"Princess Xianning is so polite!" Zhu Gaoshuai suppressed his laughter and deliberately bowed and saluted.

"Hahaha!" Zhu Di was very comforted to see that the brother and sister were so close. He whispered to Queen Xu, "I was born in the emperor's family, and my family is even more valuable."

"Yes! Yes!" Queen Xu echoed with a smile.

After the Xu time, the banquet broke up. Everyone took a carriage back to the house. Zhu Gaosuan protected Tingjuan's carriage and went back to the palace. At the gate of the royal palace, Zhu Gaosuan stopped the horse and waited for Tingjuan to come down from the carriage. Tingjuan asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, won't you go into the house?"

Although Zhu Gaosuan saw the loss in Tingjuan's eyes, at this time, he only thought about Qiaoyu and replied absent-mindedly, "It's late at night, go in quickly!" Without waiting for Tingjuan to say anything else, she urged Ma to leave. Tingjuan, who left at the door, sighed and walked into the huge palace alone.

When Zhu Gaosui returned to the other courtyard, Qiao Yu was sitting and doing his homework. Zhu Gaoshou walked in gently. Before he could sit down, Qiaoyu didn't raise his head and said, "I'm back."

Zhu Gaoshuai lay caresantly on the couch on Qiaoyu's side and asked curiously, "How did Yuer know I was back?" I shouldn't have made a sound!"

After writing the last word, Qiaoyu put down her brush, turned around and replied with a smile, "Brother Sui, there is no sound, but as soon as I entered the door, I smelled the smell of alcohol all over your body. My nose is abnormal**. Did Brother Sui forget it?

Zhu Gaosui took advantage of drunkenness to kiss Qiaoyu. Qiaoyu smiled and stretched out three fingers to block Zhu Gaosui's lips and said coquettishly, "No! Yuer guessed that when Brother Sui came back, he would be full of alcohol. I've been preparing hot water all the time. Why don't you let Yuer serve you to bathe and relieve fatigue?

Zhu Gaoshuai approached Qiaoyu and whispered, "Shall we go together?"

Qiao Yu blushed and nodded. Zhu Gaoshuai picked up Qiaoyu with a smile, and the two of them sweetly entered the inner room...