As a majestic voice sounded, the officials stood up one after another. Ruan Qingliu knelt at the last position. He did not dare to get up in a hurry after hearing the Queen's words. He waited until the people in front of him stood up before slowly getting up. This is just like doing exercises. The bigger the amplitude, the easier it is to attract others' attention. Ruan Qingliu in the back simply waited for everyone else to stand up before standing up silently.
A pair of big eyes were peeking at the empress on the throne.
I saw that the empress was wearing a golden dragon robe embroidered with dragon patterns, and a golden crown on her head. She looked graceful and luxurious.
Although she looked almost forty years old, there were no signs of age on her well-maintained face, only a solemn and steady aura.
It can be said that Nangong Rong's appearance is completely inherited from the Queen, but in comparison, the Queen's face is more angular, which can vaguely reveal Nangong Tou's appearance.
Following the footsteps of everyone, Ruan Qingliu quietly took his seat and listened to the Queen's speech before slowly opening the table.
During the banquet, Ruan Qingliu was sitting alone in the corner. No one took the initiative to toast her, so she was at ease.
I looked here and there, but the main focus was still on the gigolos.
Looking at the men in red and green clothes in the middle of the banquet, they were twisting and dancing with graceful postures and dancing with enchanting movements. The people around them were watching as if they were appraising items.
Ruan Qingliu can only say one thing - this world is so wonderful!
It wasn't until the song was over and everyone was chatting in a harmonious atmosphere that the queen in charge opened her mouth and said:
"It is a happy thing for all my dear friends and family members to gather together today. I am in a very good mood today."
At this time, several courtiers took the initiative to stand up, saying nothing more than some high-sounding words, and their purpose was very clear, which was to please the queen.
It’s just that I don’t know who is short-sighted. He obviously has a grudge against the Minister of War, and he took the initiative to mention Ruan Qingliu’s return to Beijing.
As soon as these words came out, Ruan Qingliu, who was gathering dust in the corner, couldn't help shaking his wrist, and the wine in the wine glass almost spilled all over him.
You must know that the reputation of the original owner in Kyoto has not been very good. Originally, he was not summoned to the capital, which already violated the emperor's taboo. Now, the person who raises this matter at this juncture is obviously looking for trouble!
"Huh?"
When the queen heard what the courtier below said, she raised her eyebrows, looked at the Minister of War sitting beside her and asked:
"Ruan Aiqing, is this serious?!"
As soon as Ruan Jun, the Minister of War, heard the Queen's question, he came to the front, knelt on the ground and said:
"To tell you your Majesty, my daughter is indeed here for the palace banquet today."
"Oh? Where is Ruan Qingliu?"
When Ruan Qingliu heard the aloof Queen calling him, he dared not to agree. A Guru came to the bottom of the steps, knelt on the steps and imitated the appearance of the original owner in his memory, and kowtowed to the Queen respectfully:
"Long live my emperor!"
The Queen looked down at Ruan Qingliu, neither saying anything nor superfluous words. Ruan Qingliu did not dare to raise his head, she only felt beads of sweat leaving her cheeks, and she couldn't help cursing in her heart——
It seems that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. It is not an easy task for a man or a woman under the emperor! If she cannot handle this matter today, Ruan Qingliu will be completely screwed!
"Ruan Qingliu, why did you come back from the border?!"
Listening to the Queen's majestic voice, Ruan Qingliu was so frightened that her legs went weak, so she could only bite the bullet and said:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I... I am not talented and I really can't stand the bitter cold at the frontier fortress. I beg your majesty, for my father's sake, please don't let me stay at the frontier fortress!"
As soon as Ruan Qingliu finished speaking, he heard a disdainful snort from someone behind him.
Ruan Qingliu knew the memory of the original owner. The father of the original owner Ruan Qingliu was a half-brother of the Queen. He was most obedient and obedient, and the Queen took good care of him.
And it is precisely because of this that Ruan Qingliu is also domineering and uneducated in Kyoto City.
"Yes, Your Majesty, my daughter really can't stand that bitter cold place. Please be merciful to Your Majesty! Don't let our family be separated from each other!"
At this time, Ruan Jun kowtowed a few times. If others were like this, others might see some pity, but facing Ruan Jun...
Ruan Qingliu twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at his cheap old lady kowtowing. Something was obviously wrong with the surrounding atmosphere.
Ruan Qingliu knew that she, a cheap old woman, was not a good person. When she was young, she was even more dissolute than her original owner, wandering around the Fireworks Willow Alley, happy to be in Shu.
If Ruan Qingliu's father hadn't fallen in love with Ruan Jun, Luohua would have been ruthless and would have given her life to marry Ruan Jun and give her a child after being seduced by Ruan Jun.
It is absolutely impossible for the Queen to marry the original owner’s father to a playboy like Ruan Jun.
Ruan Qingliu's set of things is completely a replica of his mother when she was young, and she can already feel the anger of the queen above.
So he quickly reached out his hand to hold Ruan Jun and said:
"Mom, don't be like this."
Then he said to the queen:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, my mother also loves her daughter very much and cannot bear to see me suffer..."
"Are you suffering? If you are suffering, then wouldn't it mean that Yuge, the daughter of the Duke of Jade Kingdom, has been sent to the eighteenth level of hell?!"
Before Ruan Qingliu finished speaking, a sonorous and powerful voice came from behind - it was Wei Guogong.
Facing the daughter of the Minister of War, Ruan Qingliu, Wei Guogong really didn’t have a good impression.
Here tonight, she has already heard that her daughter Wei Yu was pushed into the water, and she is still unconscious!
If it hadn't been for the palace banquet today and she couldn't leave, she would have gone to see Yu'er immediately!
There has been faint news from the Princess Mansion that Ruan Qingliu and Wei Yu pushed her into the water during a dispute!
If this is the case, then Wei Guogong will definitely not let it go. Today she took the initiative to stand up and embarrass Ruan Qingliu just to give her and the Minister of War a disgrace!
It's still a long way from going against her, the Duke of Wei!
Ruan Qingliu looked at the person in front of her who was a round older than her. At this moment, Zheng Zheng looked at herself angrily. If he didn't know her, he would have thought she was Yu Ge's wife!
But Ruan Qingliu recognized this person through the memory of the original owner. She was none other than Wei Guogong.
The Duke of Wei who has always been dissatisfied with the Duke of Jade.
Today, Duke Jade has been ill for several months, so he did not come to the palace banquet. If she came, she would be the first to rush to compete with Duke Wei.
Ruan Qingliu was about to say something when he was stopped by Ruan Jun, his own cheap lady, and a weak voice sounded in his ears:
"Silly girl, don't mess with the people from the Duke's family! I haven't had enough of your life yet!"
Seeing that Ruan Qingliu didn't speak, and Ruan Jun still looked like a pretty boy who couldn't stand up to the stage, Wei Guogong smiled coldly and pressed every word:
"What? The daughter of the Ruan family went to the frontier and was so frightened that she peed her pants?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into laughter. The queen, who was in charge, just took a sip of tea. Facing the situation below, she had no intention of stopping her. It seemed that she deliberately allowed Duke Wei to do all this.
“It’s bitterly cold here, so not everyone can go there!”
When everyone in the hall was waiting and waiting to see the joke of the Minister of War's family, a cheerful female voice sounded outside the hall. Everyone turned around and saw a woman in red clothing standing outside the hall. p>
The woman wore a high ponytail, her skin was a healthy wheat color, and there was a deep scar on the corner of her eyebrow. Her whole person looked wild.
Seeing that she was coming, everyone consciously moved out of the way.
This person was Yu Ge, and she was not polite. She strode to the foot of the stairs and knelt down to salute the Queen:
"Long live my emperor. I came from the frontier fortress day and night and am late. Please forgive me. I am willing to punish myself with three cups of wine!"
The queen lowered her head and played with the ring in her hand, but looked at the people below with interest. She gave a signal to the servant next to her. The man understood what he meant, and then took out three large bowls filled with wine, and ordered the servants to bring them.
In front of Yuge.
"Okay, today you are punishing yourself, and you are also alone. I will support you."
Yu Ge looked at the several bowls of sea food, without saying any unnecessary nonsense, he just picked them up one by one and drank every drop.
Then he stood up and said:
"It's bitterly cold at the frontier, your Majesty, please don't criticize the family of the Minister of War. Duke Wei should not be aggressive on this great day."
The Duke of Wei was choked by a junior. Although he looked bad, he didn't say anything else.
Everyone knows that Yuge, the young prince of the Jade Kingdom, was born with supernatural powers. He could carry a cauldron at the age of nine, went to the battlefield at the age of thirteen, and even volunteered to guard the border between the Southern Kingdom and Xuanyuan Kingdom at the age of fifteen.
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Xuanyuan is good at building weapons and fighting.
After Yuge went there, he repeatedly defended Xuanyuan Kingdom's attacks, large and small, and defended the southern border towns, not to mention taking back several.
This stay lasted for ten years. When Zhou Ang and Wei Yu were enjoying the glory, wealth and power in Kyoto City, Yu Ge already understood the strategy of life and death and knew that people's hearts are dangerous.
And Duke Jade did not relax for a moment in Kyoto City. Whether they were merchants or petty officials, they all spoke surprisingly well of Duke Yu.
One is working in the city of Kyoto to pave roads, and the other is opening up territory in the frontier fortress. The mother and daughter have a clear division of labor, even though Duke Yu has been ill since the end of last year and is about to die.
But relying on the contacts accumulated in the past, once the Duke of Yu goes to Yuge and inherits the Duke of Yu, he can still defeat Zhou Ang and Wei Yu.
Duke Wei was very afraid of her, but he couldn't say anything in front of the queen.
"Well, I know that all the Aiqings have good intentions. Ruan Aiqing doesn't have to be so nervous. Yuge came back at the right time. Today, the flowers are full and the moon is full, and the whole family is happy. I will always think of those memories before..."
Everyone looked at Her Majesty the Queen and fell into memories, knowing that the most important thing to the Queen was the princess Nangong Rong who was born to her and the Queen. She was raised by the Queen's side from childhood, from poetry and song to music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Horse riding and archery were all taught by the Queen herself.
At this time, Nangong Rong was banned in the princess mansion.
In such a contradictory situation, which courtier would dare to talk to him easily? I'm afraid it would be someone who can't say that losing his official position is a small matter, but losing his life is a big deal.
"Reporting to Her Majesty the Queen, after the flowers are full and the moon is full, and the family is reunited, I will go to the princess's mansion tonight to attend the banquet. I see that the princess misses you very much. Why don't your majesty release the princess's confinement and see you again, so that you can relieve your grief!"
As soon as Ruan Qingliu said these words, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, and Ruan Jun almost fainted. He thought that he would have nothing to do at this banquet, but he didn't expect that his worthless daughter was even more stupid than him.
My heart! You are so brave that you dare to mention the princess!
Even after marrying her husband, Ruan Jun still didn't get rid of his flirtatious character, and because he didn't take things seriously, his official position was obtained from Ruan Qingliu's father who was pregnant with the queen's sister.
Since then, Ruan Jun has been 'invited' to the palace by Her Majesty the Queen every now and then. After repeated teachings, Ruan Jun's two sides trembled when he saw the Queen, and he was as scared as a mouse seeing a cat.
At this time, the Queen was really like a cat, staring at Ruan Qingliu with sharp eyes for a long time, and her whole body was numb when she saw Ruan Qingliu.
She could only comfort herself silently - it was all fake, fake, fake.... She couldn't see the Queen's eyes.
Even though he pretended to be calm, all his clothes were soaked through.
One of the tasks Nangong Rong gave her today was to speak for her at the palace banquet and try to get Nangong Rong's ban lifted.
Ruan Qingliu really didn't expect that she would receive such a difficult task just after she came here. She really risked her life to hold her thigh.
Fortunately, the queen just looked at Ruan Qingliu sharply for a while and didn't say anything about dragging him out and killing him with a stick.
The Queen lowered her eyes, seemingly unhappy, and then opened her thin lips and said:
"Oh? The lonely princess has already realized her mistake?"
Ruan Qingliu knelt down again at this time and said with confidence:
"I dare not lie. If your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can summon the princess now. Your Majesty already knows her mistake and misses you very much. Everything I said is true. Your Majesty, please take a closer look!"
Ruan Qingliu kowtowed her head to the ground as she spoke. As soon as she said these words, it meant that the family of the Minister of War belonged to the captain and the princess, and there was no turning back for her.
Everyone in this court is afraid of the Queen's coercion. Since the day Nangong Rong was banned, no one dared to mention this matter to the Queen in person, and the matter has been shelved.
At this time, when they encountered such a person who was not afraid of death and rushed forward, everyone opened their eyes to see Her Majesty the Queen's reaction.
The queen looked at Ruan Qingliu for a while, then suddenly laughed and said:
"Ruan Aiqing, when did your girl become so brave to speak up? It seems that this trip to the frontier was not in vain!"
"Back to Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."
Ruan Junchen didn't say a word for a long time, and the queen didn't wait for her, then looked at Ruan Qingliu and said:
"Get up, I believe it. Ronger is willing to let you spread the word because she trusts you and she really knows she is wrong."
"Today is a good day. The confinement in the Princess Mansion will be lifted tomorrow."
Ruan Qingliu stood up tremblingly with Her Majesty the Queen's pardon, and then she felt her whole body trembling.
I looked up and saw that there was nothing wrong with Her Majesty's face, and then I breathed a sigh of relief.
Once you understand this in your heart, it’s done!