In the afternoon, the carriage prepared by the palace was waiting outside the palace gate early. According to the practice in previous years, after the year-end festival, the emperor and the empress dowager would arrange a family banquet to reward the royal family and outstanding ministers, and personally A carriage prepared by the palace was sent to greet him, which was the first of its kind.
Chu Nanzhi knew in her heart that her ancestors thought that she was pregnant and had to work hard all night for court affairs to get this special opportunity. She did not dare to be arrogant in the slightest, so for the sake of the quadruplets, Shen Yunqing replaced her. After putting on his new clothes, he got into the carriage with Liu Yun and the two elders and silently entered the palace.
Although Chang Yanjue had some foreign relations with the Lin royal family because of Ji Huazhen, it was quite common for him to be rewarded with dishes and delicacies by the emperor at the year-end banquet during his lifetime as an official, but it was not uncommon for him to be personally invited to attend the royal family banquet. It's the first time.
Thinking about what happened last night, he guessed that his ancestor was preparing to let his student's family leave Beijing, otherwise it wouldn't be so grand.
When he arrived outside the palace gate, he deliberately stopped the carriage and ordered everyone to walk into the palace on foot, so as not to arouse the suspicion of people with ulterior motives.
Looking at the brand-new furnishings in the palace and the traces that could not be covered up, Chang Yanjue guessed that the situation in the palace last night must have been very tragic. Walking beside Chu Nanzhi, she couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "You girl Now it is becoming more and more confusing. I didn’t inform you, Mr. Nie or me, that such a big thing happened, but you and Jin Shu quietly led such a big drama."
"It's also my fault that the student failed to inform the elders in advance, which frightened the elders."
Chu Nanzhi immediately apologized.
Chang Yanjue didn't really want to blame her, but he just felt that she shouldn't take such a big risk alone, and sighed softly: "You have always been smart, and you don't need me and Mr. Nie to worry about it, but this kind of thing After all, it's not yours to face. If there is something wrong, tell us how to explain it to Jin Xiao when we go back."
After thinking about it, he lowered his voice and warned her: "Now that the Yang family has been overthrown, I'm afraid it will be difficult to hide Jin Xiao's life experience from the world. You must be more cautious in the future."
Chu Nanzhi had already expected this. Yang Runchen had previously been unwilling to make the matter public. He was simply afraid that Lin Jinxiao would become more powerful, so he did not dare to act rashly.
But now that he has lost power, he will no longer hide this matter.
Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that King Qinghe and the Queen Mother's party do not know Lin Jinxiao's life experience, otherwise something would have happened already.
But after experiencing the huge change last night, Chu Nanzhi had a vague feeling that Lin Jinke would take action next.
Fortunately, this trip to Beijing finally lived up to the expectations of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and the old cases from that year were investigated.
I just don’t know what the Queen Mother will do next.
With doubts, I came to the palace and entered Baohe Hall, the venue for the family banquet. At this time, there were no guests in the palace, except for some internal officials and maids who were preparing for the banquet, and the royal relatives who were invited to the banquet had not yet arrived.
Chu Nanzhi was looking around when Hai Lianying, a close servant in front of the ancestor, suddenly appeared and greeted the two elders first: "Your Majesty was frightened last night, which caused an old illness. The imperial doctors used medicine for your Majesty. Your Majesty will stay in Rongde Palace to rest today, and our ancestors will personally receive you for the banquet tonight. The two elders and Madam Liu, please rest here for a while, our ancestors will be here soon."
After saying this, while the palace officials were arranging seats for everyone, he deliberately walked up to Chu Nanzhi and signaled in a low voice: "My ancestors have something to discuss with the princess, please move over."
Seeing Hai Lianying's mysterious look, Chang Yanjue and Nie Huaian looked at each other, nodded understandingly, and led Shen Yunqing to take a seat first.
The quadruplets didn't know why their great-grandmother wanted to send their mother away alone, so they came over worriedly.
Chu Nanzhi probably guessed that it was time to leave the capital, and smiled and comforted the little ones: "Your uncle Huang is sick, and my great-grandmother wants me to go and visit your uncle Huang. You are taking care of yourself." Hedian obediently listens to what grandma and the two grandfathers say, and mother will be back later."
Hailianying immediately asked the palace officials to bring some snacks and fruits that had been prepared in advance for the little ones. Then the quadruplets calmed down and watched the kind old father-in-law lead their mother away.
After entering the harem, Chu Nanzhi was worried about the emperor's health. Seeing that Hailianying still refused to talk to him in detail, he took the initiative to ask: "Is your majesty's dragon body more stable?"
"The imperial doctors followed the prescription prescribed by the princess, and your majesty is now much better after taking the medicinal diet."
Hai Lianying sighed sadly: "Your Majesty has been thinking about the death of the old King Qinghe these years. Now that the real culprit who murdered the old Highness was suddenly found and the Yang family's party was eliminated, he is probably too happy. , I heard from the queen that your majesty stayed up all night, which triggered an old illness."
Listening to this, Chu Nanzhi's eyes were filled with helplessness.
Although I didn't have much contact with this emperor, after getting to know him a little, I always felt that he was like a child with an unstable mind.
Although he is a few years older than the little white-faced idiot, he is completely incomparable with his city.
It is also pitiful to say that he was burdened with a blood feud at a young age. A child of just a few years old was forcibly promoted to the throne. If there was not an empress dowager who really cared for him to maintain the situation in the DPRK for him, I am afraid that today He had been killed by the evil villains around him a long time ago.
She sighed silently, didn't ask any more questions, and followed Hai Lianying into Zhaochun Palace.
Arriving in the inner hall, Yin Enci was personally arranging the makeup of Princess Ji Fanyin. When she saw Chu Nanzhi coming in, she stopped what she was doing and ordered the maids: "Add more charcoal fire in the courtyard. Ask the imperial dining room to send a few more dishes that the concubine likes for the dinner, and serve the concubine to rest early after dinner."
After that, he glanced at Chu Nanzhi, whose belly was already slightly bulging, and couldn't bear to pull Ji Fanyin, who had a dull look on his face, forward, put her slender fingers on Chu Nanzhi's lower abdomen, and murmured to herself He said: "The Ai family promises that it won't be long before you can see the son you miss so much."
Ji Fanyin was much more stable than usual today. She still remembered Chu Nanzhi's appearance and just kept giggling at her.
Thinking that her ancestors might have asked her to come alone today to discuss leaving Beijing, Chu Nanzhi felt inexplicably sad when looking at the miserable woman in front of her.
He hugged her gently and said secretly: "Don't worry, Princess, I will bring the pretty boy to you personally, and you will never be separated again."
Ji Fanyin did not resist. Thinking of how friendly she had been to him in the past few days, he stretched out his hand to hug her too.
"Send the concubine down."
Yin Enci felt even more uncomfortable when she saw her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law hugging each other reluctantly. She signaled the maids to lead Ji Fanyin out of the inner hall, helped Chu Nanzhi to sit down, stared at her deeply, and after pondering for a long time, she calmed down. He smiled and said, "Did you have a good rest last night?"