[023]Shou banquet

The Empress Dowager's birthday banquet finally arrived as scheduled. Although it was not the birthday of the emperor, Yanjing was still boiling because of the arrival of the envoys from other countries. Chu Yuan was the eldest girl of the Yongshou Palace and the director of this birthday banquet. Naturally, she did not dare to be careless at all.

Nangong Li was ordered by Nangong Che and was responsible for receiving envoys in Yanjing. This time, there were many envoys. Daqin and Xiliang sent generous gifts respectively, and even sent several people with high status to pay their greetings here.

Chu Yuan took the palace people in the Yongshou Palace to check the utensils used for tomorrow's birthday banquet here. At the same time, she explained the affairs of the banquet with the officials of the Ministry of Ceremonies. It was not until all the items were in her mind that she returned to her yard to rest at ease. At this time, it was the time of the moon. It is.

As soon as she stepped into her yard door, she found out the abnormality in the yard. Usually, the pendant would come to greet her when she entered the door. However, at this time, her movements were obviously very big, but there was no movement in the room. Looking at the slightly lit warm light, she frowned. Was she not there?

She quickly walked into the door. Sure enough, the room was empty.

A coolness surged into her heart. The pendant was the person she brought. She would never walk around without her order. At this time, it was getting late. Where can she go alone?

Chu Yuan was very anxious, but she didn't know who to go to. After thinking for a long time, she was going to find the emperor. In this deep palace, only Nangong Che is now on the same road with her.

However, just as she turned around, the sound of her footsteps had fallen into her ears.

The pendant is dressed in black, and the action of closing the door is very light. In this way, you will know that you have just gone to an unknown place and want to hide your eyes and ears.

"Girl--"

Zhuan'er seemed to be a little surprised by the appearance of Chu Yuan. Although it was a little late, Zhu'er knew that Chu Yuan had a lot of things to do tonight, so she didn't expect her to come back so early.

"Where have you been?"

Chu Yuan's eyes were like torches, and the pendant looked down at her toes without saying a word.

Chu Yuan slowly approached the fall and whispered, "You have no relatives in this Yanjing. It's so late. Where can you go?" Faller, do you have something to hide from me?

There was an unconscious sense of deterrence in her tone, and her eyes were slightly closed. "It's true that she has something to hide from the girl, but it has nothing to do with the girl, so she didn't tell the girl."

Looking at her low eyes, Chu Yuan's heart was still a little unbearable. In the days when she came to Dayan, she had been guarding her with all her heart. If she had any other thoughts, Chu Yuan herself would never believe it.

Chu Yuan sighed. After all, she knows little about the life of Fallen'er. Maybe she has an old friend here. Since she doesn't want to say it, why should she force her?

"Well, since you don't want to say it, I won't force you, but don't act privately in the future. The Great Yan Palace is heavily guarded. If you can go out for the first time, you can't guarantee that you will be safe the second time."

The pendant breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes."

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A night's sleep. When the bell rings in the early morning, Chu Yuan has come to the Yongshou Palace in formal clothes. Today is the birthday of the Empress Dowager. After the early morning, the emperor will come to the Yongshou Palace to say goodbye. After that, the emperor will receive the envoys from other countries in the Wuyi Hall. In the evening, the birthday banquet will begin, and then it will be The dignitaries and messengers gathered together to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday.

And Chu Yuan, the most important thing today is the banquet in the evening.

Throughout the day, Chu Yuan's mind was tight, for fear that the subordinate would suddenly run over and say that something would make a mistake in the banquet. It was in such a suspended mood that Chu Yuan spent the day smoothly.

As long as all the preparations are done, there will be no problem with the whole banquet step by step. When the Shuyi Hall lit up the palace lamp that night, the birthday banquet began.

Shuyi Hall is a common place for large banquets in the palace. Chu Yuan has been decorating this pavilion for a long time. The Empress Dowager Suwen's favorite is the iris. The arrangement in this pavilion is mainly iris. All kinds of flower frames are set up, and the flower frames with jade as the bone are faint against the lights with paint. The lighting made the whole hall colorful for a moment, which was both unique and royal noble. As soon as the Empress Dowager stepped into this place, she felt as if she had stepped into the Qionglou Fairy Pavilion, praising Chu Yuan's dexterity.

At this time, there were Yan nobles sitting under the hall, and Nangong Li was also sitting in it. At this time, they saw the empress dowager and the emperor appearing on the high position together, kneeling down and saying hello to the empress dowager.

The emperor ordered the envoy of Qin Tianjian to read a divination of great auspiciousness, followed by a happy banquet for the guests. However, today is naturally not only that simple, just because there are also two countries to present their birthday gifts, only to hear the Duke Fu shout, "Please invite the Prince of Xiliang Taifu Linyuan into the hall--"

Chu Yuan looked up and saw that an old man with blue and white hair entered vigorously through the main door. There was a sense of elegance floating all over his body, but his eyes were shining.

Is Prince Taifu the master of Xiao Zimo?

Chu Yuan squeezed the corners of her mouth and stepped back slightly to stand in the shadow.

"Seeing the Emperor of Yan, I specially ordered by His Majesty the Emperor of Xiliang to come with some small gifts to congratulate the Empress Dowager on her birthday. I hope the Empress Dowager will accept it with a smile."

The Empress Dowager nodded and raised her hand slightly, "The Emperor of Xiliang is really careful. I thanked him first again. Please sit down and do whatever you want."

Lin Yuan was a courtesy, but his eyes swept around the high position and bent slightly, "Why didn't the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet see the eldest princess?"

Nangong's eyes were shining, and the empress dowager's hand in her sleeve tightened and smiled softly. "Anwu said that wishing a long life is not to praise a hundred Buddhist scriptures to the family in the Buddhist hall. At this moment, it's in my palace. It's really hard for him. It's really a blessing for Dayan to have such a queen."

Lin Yuan nodded with a smile and sat in the seat beside him.

Chu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Yuan naturally saw her appearance. Today, although she has made some careful changes, she can't take too much risk. And this person will ask about the whereofing dance, but she doesn't know what her intention is?

Thinking about this, Grandpa Fu shouted again, "Your Highness King Rui of Daqin, please enter the hall--"

Chu Yuan's face did not move, and she didn't react much. When she read what Grandpa Fu said again in her heart, her eyes suddenly changed!

King Rui of the Great Qin Dynasty?!

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