The two silently exited the space and returned to Qingli Hall.
Qin Jiaoxi tried to analyze today's events.
"If the emperor was not an uncle, why did he protect me and give me the gold medal as soon as we met?"
If this were not the case, Qin Jiaoxi would not have guessed whether the old emperor was Bo Qingyan through his face so quickly.
"But if he is my uncle, there is no way he could not have recognized you back then. Why did he send you to Duke Yan as a hostage?"
But Bo Ji knew and couldn't understand this.
He frowned and thought for a while, then said word by word: "Xi'er, I may have never told you that this jade ring was a gift from the emperor when I was sent to Duke Yan by name."
Qin Jiaoxi looked at him in shock: "He gave this to you? Does he know..."
Bo Jiming shook his head: "He couldn't have known that there was room in this thing, otherwise he wouldn't have just casually sent an old eunuch to see me off."
"I was only seven years old at that time. This thing would fall off even if it was worn on my thumb. I could only hang it around my neck with a red string."
"Not long after arriving in the Duke of Yan, someone used poison to control my mind. Soon I couldn't remember when this jade ring fit on my thumb."
"Besides, even if he is really my father, he may not be the one you have seen."
Bo Jiming sighed: "Maybe he is my father from that dimension of my world? In that case, if you remember him and recognize him, he may not be able to recognize you!"
Qin Jiaoxi: "..."
That's true!
"Sorry, I saw a few people wearing it, so I thought anyone who looked like him was wearing it!"
Bo Jiming reached out and rubbed her head: "It's okay, it's normal, especially since you just returned from two years there."
Then he smiled: "Okay, let's not talk about it. The emperor may give us face for the sake of my father. In any case, as long as he does not condone the queen to deal with us!"
But having said that, the old emperor has no extra sons to waste.
The new princes who were born after the little prince Boqing were jointly suppressed by the Queen and Concubine Shen. Two of them died early, and the remaining ones were either frail and sick or felt mentally retarded.
There is indeed no person more suitable to take over the country for him than Bo Qing.
Soon it was time for the dust-washing feast.
Since it was a simple banquet as mentioned before, Qin Jiaoxi simply washed up and changed into a suit before going out.
Unexpectedly, when I passed through Yuchi Hall and arrived at Taihe Hall, which was specially used to hold palace banquets, I looked up and saw a mass of black heads.
Qin Jiaoxi: "???"
Is she in the wrong place?
Or have you misunderstood the time of the Dust Cleansing Banquet?
Blinking again, she saw a group of people inside wearing heavy makeup and costumes. Qin Jiaoxi turned around and left.
Then he saw the Crown Princess Shang Yin who was also dressed up.
"Xi'er, are you here?"
She happily grabbed Qin Jiaoxi's hand: "I thought you wanted to rest for a while, so I didn't ask Ji Ming to call you!"
"Come, my concubine will show you someone!"
In full view of everyone, Shang Yin took Qin Jiaoxi's hand and dragged her back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
However, Qin Jiaoxi's simple dress made her look like a refugee princess that Shang Yin had just picked up from outside the palace.
Everyone couldn't help but said: "Is this the princess of Yanchu?"
"Yes, I heard that I've been here for two days, but I'm just very low-key!"
"Fortunately, I had already guessed that there would be a dust-cleansing banquet and had prepared for it, otherwise I would have been outclassed by that bitch next door today."
"Uh...Looking at the way this Princess Chu Ning is dressed, is Yanchu Country very poor?"
"Is that why you want to marry the only princess to our Danlie?"
Qin Jiaoxi caught part of the discussion with sharp ears and couldn't laugh or cry for a moment.
"Concubine, didn't you just say that we would just hold a simple cleansing party?"
Why are there so many people here? And they are so dressed up?
Even if Yanchu's large-scale palace banquet brought together all the people of royal blood, it would probably only be of this scale!
Shang Yin smiled awkwardly: "Ah... the main reason is that palace banquets are rarely held in the palace, and it is rare to have the opportunity to get together, so everyone can't wait."
Qin Jiaoxi gritted his teeth: "But on the way here, brother Ji Ming told me that they like to hold palace banquets here. There are one or two every month!"
Shang Yin was stunned: "How can that brat lie to others?"
After a pause, he suddenly thought of something: "Oh, well, it seems that I lied to him like this first... At that time, I was worried that he would be frightened in the Duke of Yan, and also worried that I would not have a good life here, so every time Bo Qing sneaked away
When he took me out of the palace to play around, I wrote to Ji Ming saying that I was attending a palace banquet...ahem!"
"Well, this is not important. Anyway, you can guess from the simple layout of this palace that the emperor is not happy with so many extravagant palace banquets!"
While talking, Shang Yin pulled Qin Jiaoxi to the banquet and began to introduce her one by one:
"The person talking to the Queen over there is Concubine Shen Shu, who is the same as her. Remember that face and avoid it from now on!"
"Next to Concubine Shen is Concubine Liu, who is the sister of Concubine Boqing's mother, but don't pay too much attention to this relationship."
"The next ones are Concubine Chen Yue, Concubine Zhang Wan, Concubine De, and Concubine Meng Zhaoyi Angui. Remember the faces of these people. Forget about the remaining dozens of ordinary concubines and talented beauties. Don't mention you, I will also remember them.
Can’t stop!”
Qin Jiaoxi: "..."
The old emperor is really good at sleeping.
It seems that he just looks similar, so he is probably not his uncle.
Otherwise, if a modern male protagonist comes through, even if they are not a couple for life, they won't really have hundreds of people in the harem, right?
Because in addition to talented and beautiful people, Qin Jiaoxi also heard people on the edge of the main hall calling each other Chang Zai and promised.
There were at least two hundred people sitting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
There must be many beautiful ladies whose status is not enough to attend the palace banquet, right?
My scalp is numb.
After turning the corner, Shang Yin continued to introduce to Qin Jiaoxi: "The eldest prince Bo Qianhao, who is sitting in a wheelchair, is basically useless. He will leave soon, so don't worry about him."
"The eldest princess Yuan is very peaceful, but her son is a little jumpy. However, he was punished by Bo Qing before, so he must be grounded today and cannot come. The two princesses are married and are not in the palace."
"The second prince is gone, the concubine is ill, and the only son left behind is now raised by Bo Qing, and he is very obedient."
"The third prince and his family were sent to the border, leaving only Princess Wan'er to accompany the old queen and stay in Changshou Mountain."
"Fourth Prince..."
Qin Jiaoxi bravely followed behind and memorized all the names in his mind. Finally, he cautiously approached Shang Yin and said, "Concubine, I seem to have seen Han Wei coming."
Shang Yin paused in his steps.
She had forgotten that she had been released from confinement through the palace banquet, so how could Han Wei miss this opportunity to meet Bo Qing.
