Chapter 335 Mandarin Ducks

During the palace banquet, Li Zhao saw Song Qingyue yawning and feeling sleepy, so he complained to his father and wanted to take Song Qingyue back to the palace in advance.

The emperor not only allowed Song Qingyue to leave the banquet early, but also exempted her from entering the palace tomorrow to pay New Year's greetings.

"It's snowing and the roads are slippery, so the eldest daughter-in-law is taking care of herself in the dormitory to raise her baby. She does New Year greetings every year, many of them this year."

Song Qingyue immediately said sweetly: "Then today I would like to wish my father a happy New Year in advance. I wish him smooth sailing, two dragons soaring, three sheep prospering, peace in all seasons, five blessings coming to my door, six and six fortunes, seven stars shining high, and blessings coming from all directions.

If we work together as one, we will be perfect, everything will be prosperous, and our industry will be prosperous!"

A jingle that had been practiced in advance made the emperor burst into laughter, and immediately rewarded Song Qingyue with a bunch of things.

Li Zhaodu was so amused that his shoulders shook with laughter.

Song Qingyue glanced at him, is it so funny? She spent a long time combing her hair today.

After that, Song Qingyue seemed to have exhausted all his talent, and used a very clichéd greeting to the Queen Mother, such as "Blessed as the East China Sea and longevity as the Nanshan Mountain". After that, he paid New Year's greetings to the ladies of the palace. This time, it was obviously much more perfunctory, and even

I didn’t pay New Year’s greetings to the Queen alone.

The queen, Xiao Ning, was extremely angry as she watched from the sidelines!

This goblin is accustomed to pouring ecstasy soup on people, but the emperor, a romantic ghost, was actually obsessed by his daughter-in-law, and allowed her to deny him face in public!

Queen Xiao Ning suddenly said in a sinister tone: "Does His Majesty's love for Princess Jin go too far? Yes, when he was in the dormitory in the past, His Majesty often talked to Princess Jin. When Zhao'er was not around, he would also talk to Princess Jin.

I have watched a play and played chess. Your Majesty is so fond of Princess Jin. Even if the younger sister in the palace is pregnant, I will never see your Majesty take such good care of her!"

After saying this, everyone at the banquet changed their expressions.

Concubine Mu Shun took an exaggerated breath and shouted: "Oh my God!"

Li Zhao's complexion suddenly turned livid.

If that wasn't the queen, if she were an ordinary concubine, he would dare to rush over and slap her!

"Queen!" The emperor's face also darkened, and he looked at the queen coldly with a pair of phoenix eyes.

Xiao Ning shivered and bit her lip unwillingly, not daring to say anything more.

Then the emperor glanced at Concubine Mu Shun coldly.

A chill seemed to suddenly rush up from the soles of her feet to the top of her head. Concubine Mu Shun was so cold at the emperor's glance that she quickly lowered her head.

Xu Pingting, who had been sitting silently, curled her lips and glanced at Concubine Shun with a mocking look. Concubine Shun lowered her head, retracted her hands in her sleeves and clenched her fists.

For a moment, no one spoke.

Seeing that the scene had cooled down, Concubine Xian smiled and said: "Your Majesty! Look at what the Queen said. His Royal Highness Prince Jin is your Majesty's eldest son, and this child of Princess Jin is your Majesty's eldest grandson. It is only human nature that Your Majesty attaches great importance to me."

I want you to tell me, Sister Xu and Sister Mu should work harder to give His Majesty another prince!"

The emperor's expression softened, he looked at Concubine Xian and said with a smile: "My beloved concubine is still young. How come you, Sister Xu and Sister Mu, just work harder, but you don't work hard yourself?"

Concubine You Xian smiled: "Concubine, now I hope that Your Majesty will choose a good princess for Shi'er, so that I can have grandchildren soon. We are all going to be grandmothers, and I won't argue with my sisters.

what about this!"

When she said this, the emperor finally laughed heartily again.

Concubine Zhuang glanced at her jealously and wondered in her heart, when she was Liang Yuan, she had never seen Youshi so eloquent, now she is not pretending?

On the contrary, she herself became more and more cautious after entering the palace, not even daring to say anything. This kind of palace banquet actually let that bitch who came from a merchant background steal the spotlight!

Queen Mother Meng looked at Song Qingyue with an increasingly unkind look.

Such a charming thing! She felt that the emperor treated her a little too well! This kind of thing is not unprecedented in history, so wasn't Yang Yuhuan snatched from his son by Li Longji?

Is it possible that the emperor wants to learn from his old ways and do the same thing?

Regardless of everyone's true thoughts in private, the royal family still has to be decent, and no matter how dissatisfied they are, they have to suppress it.

Song Qingyue was very calm, with a smile that was as calm as a mountain despite the weather, stood up and said goodbye to the emperor.

The emperor waved his hand and told her not to worry too much and to go back and have a good rest. After thanking his father, Li Zhao slowly and carefully walked out while holding Song Qingyue's waist.

Li Yi looked at his elder brother in surprise, with even some pity in his eyes!

The eldest brother is really willing to sacrifice anything for status!

On the way back home, Li Zhao felt a little depressed.

Song Qingyue poked him with her elbow: "What's wrong?"

Li Zhao sighed: "It's nothing, I'm just afraid that some unpleasant rumors will spread in the capital in the future." His stern face was grim for a moment, and he seemed to grit his teeth and said: "Queen, she did it on purpose! She wanted to

He wants to sow discord between me and my father, and also wants to ruin your reputation! His intentions are to be punished!"

Song Qingyue smiled: "What do you want from Lao Shizi's reputation? We don't live by reputation."

Hearing what she said, Li Zhao's tense application gradually relaxed. He pinched her face helplessly and warned: "If you hear something unpleasant in the future, don't take it to heart, and don't think too much about it. You are

No one knows what it is like than my husband. If you are with your husband in everything, you will never be bullied for nothing!"

He held Song Qingyue's hand tightly, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Song Qingyue hummed obediently and rested her head on Li Zhao's shoulder.

She took Li Zhao's hand and said leisurely: "Husband, don't worry too much. After all, this is just a matter of fact. The queen is talking nonsense in public, so my father will not let her off lightly.

Anyway, I will not be bullied. Whoever dares to bully me, I will slap him back until his teeth are all over the floor! With you and my father supporting me, who should I be afraid of? "

When Li Zhao heard what she said, he burst into laughter, kissed her on the cheek several times, and sighed again: "Why are you so popular?"

"That's natural." Song Qingyue hummed. She played with Li Zhao's big hand and pressed the calluses on his palm with her slender white jade fingers. "But you, after the New Year, don't you have to go back to Nanzhili to finish the unfinished work?"

Are you done?"

Li Zhao seemed to have just remembered this and clicked his tongue.

Song Qingyue gave him an idea: "Why don't you give it a try over there? The six tribes in Nanjing are gone. As for those big families, why don't you ask others to take care of them? You are the eldest prince and the future heir apparent. If you have to do everything,

You do it yourself, why don't you be exhausted?"

"Yue'er is right!" Li Zhao touched his chin and muttered, "Is there anyone you would like to recommend, madam?"

Song Qingyue glanced at him: "Husband, didn't you read the latest issue of the Di newspaper?"

Li Zhao was stunned.

After returning to the palace, Song Qingyue immediately took out the newspaper from the bookshelf that published Xing Zhuangyuan's flattering article and showed it to Li Zhao.

Li Zhao read it very quickly, reading it roughly and laughing.

Song Qingyue said: "I met Zhuangyuan Gong once before, and I thought he was a strict, stubborn person. I didn't expect him to be so adaptable to the wind. It reminds me of my father when he was young."

Li Zhao corrected him: "This is called following the trend and adapting to the situation!"

Song Qingyue hummed softly, sat down with barley tea in her hand and asked: "The Xing family is a prominent family in Luzhou, and Mrs. Xing's natal family is the Wu family in Suzhou, both in South Zhili. Mrs. Xing has come to me to beg for mercy before.

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Li Zhao frowned, but he didn't mind Song Qingyue's proper participation in political affairs. Yue'er had no selfish motives, and her repeated suggestions had nothing to do with the Song family. She only served the court and her own plans. On many things, he was even happy to ask her

suggestions.

However, Mrs. Xing came to Song Qingyue to plead for her family. But before she came back, she received a birthday gift from her. She was anxious to come back and happened to stop at Suzhou Mansion.

If word of this gets out, the censors will be able to accuse Yue'er of interfering in government affairs.

Li Zhao felt that this matter was more difficult than the mythical things the Queen said at the banquet today. He couldn't help frowning, and even wanted to go to Mr. Song to discuss countermeasures.

Song Qingyue, however, was so nervous that she didn't take it seriously at all. She just pushed him and urged: "Okay, let's talk about anything tomorrow. Tomorrow morning you and your father will go to the Ancestral Temple to worship your ancestors, so go to bed early!"

Li Zhao smiled, grabbed Song Qingyue and asked, "Do you want to come together?"

Song Qingyue pouted: "My husband doesn't mind that I am a big-bellied woman, so let's go together."

Li Zhao laughed, stood up, picked her up, and strode towards the clean room.

At this time, the clean room was already very warm due to the earth dragon. There was also the kind of stove invented by Song Qingyue that extended a tall copper pipe out of the window. Its heating effect was comparable to the radiator in the previous life. Even if all the clothes were put on

I don't feel cold even after taking it off.

In the mist of steam, the bath water was slightly hot. Song Qingyue leaned in Li Zhao's arms, feeling comfortable and wanting to sleep directly in the tub.

Li Zhao stretched out his hand to gently touch her rounded belly and muttered: "My palms are full of calluses and I don't dare to touch you anymore."

Song Qingyue smiled, turned around and kissed his chin: "There are calluses in the palms, which makes it comfortable to touch."

"real?"

"Um."

He looked down at her belly and saw that it suddenly moved.

Li Zhao shouted excitedly: "Yue'er, it's moving! It just moved!"

Song Qingyue also felt it. She lowered her head and looked down and said, "Is the water too hot and the baby feels uncomfortable?"

"Then... no more dating?" Li Zhao felt a little regretful.

"Well, the water is too hot and it doesn't feel good." Song Qingyue actually didn't quite understand.
To be continued...