The day of New Year's Eve arrived in a blink of an eye, and the princess of Donglan Kingdom also arrived in the capital the day before yesterday.
Emperor Yihong's condition has also stabilized, but what makes her strange is that during this period, King Pingnan seemed to have stopped taking action against her, and many of the informants around Su Mansion were withdrawn.
Liu Yao seemed to have disappeared from the world, and no one mentioned her again for a while.
It was more like Baili Mao and Baili Shou had reached some kind of agreement to not invade each other.
Su Qing lay on her exclusive rocking chair with her eyes closed, holding Mrs. Tang in her arms, feeling inexplicably emotional.
When will this day of calculation end?
Since Bailiyu took over the power of supervising the country, he has been busy with state affairs all day and rarely visits her.
She stroked the agate on her wrist and felt a little melancholy for a moment. She didn't know what was wrong with her.
Her mind kept flashing back to all that she had experienced in the past few days.
Dragon Jue? The world? The goddess of heaven? Time and space? The throne?
What exactly did she want? For a moment, she couldn't remember her original intention.
She was a little tired of these days of scheming. She actually missed the days when their family lived in the West Village.
Although I was poor at that time, I lived a happy and fulfilling life.
"Ah, what are Qing thinking about? Are you so entranced?" Su Changyun took a cloak and covered Su Qing's body.
"Dad, where is Wen Sheng and Wen Hai?" Su Qing asked a little strangely. She had clearly seen the three of them going out together in the morning, so why was her father back alone now?
"Those two boys are playing in the military camp!" Su Changyun said with some sigh, "Oh! I have been at the border for ten years, and now that I see you all doing well, my father is very happy."
Su Changyun pulled over the empty rocking chair beside him, followed Su Qing's example and lay down on it, sighing in secret.
Not to mention, this chair is really good for lying down on. No wonder Qinghui likes the chair.
"Dad, I want to go back to Xixiang County. I want to go back and have a look." Su Qing said softly.
The sunshine in this winter shines warmly on people, but this light cannot shine into people's hearts.
This light can dispel the cold, but it cannot dispel the darkness in the human heart.
"Then let's go back after the New Year. Dad also wants to go back and see your mother." Su Changyun's eyes turned red unconsciously. The person he was most sorry for in his life was his first wife.
It's time for him to go back and take a good look at her. He is now the Lord Protector and enjoys the glory and wealth, but his first wife has long since fallen into the cold loess.
What he regrets most in his life is that he could not let Aunt Tian enjoy the happiness for a day.
"Dad, there should be a palace banquet tonight." Su Qing felt helpless as she felt that the topic had been changed.
Her cheap father was very loyal. Even though he stayed at the border for ten years and became the protector of the country, even though he enjoyed the glory and wealth, he never forgot Aunt Tian.
"Well, dad is going to prepare first. You should also pack up quickly. You will enter the palace in two hours." Su Changyun instructed.
"Okay." Su Qing responded, knowing in her heart that this palace banquet was far from as simple as it seemed on the surface.
The Donglan Kingdom's so-called peacemaking is just to send a princess over for marriage.
Behind Princess Donglan is the country of Donglan. This princess is of great help in seizing the legitimate heir. Who among the princes is not moved?
Bailiyu, will you be like them?
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This New Year's Eve palace banquet is no different from ordinary palace banquets.
Because the palace banquet on New Year's Eve not only welcomes the new year, but also welcomes the arrival of the Princess of Donglan Kingdom tonight, so this palace banquet is particularly grand.
"Miss, please wear this." Lian'er took out a pink coat with dark floral filigree and silver trim from the cabinet.
Su Qing nodded in agreement.
Because it was to welcome the New Year, I had to dress more festively. But since the Queen was present, she couldn't dress too brightly.
Lian'er combed Su Qing's hair into a hanging bun, with gold and jade combs on the hairpins on both sides, and gold and red agate earrings.
Finally, she put on a silver fox fur cloak trimmed with brocade.
The already beautiful little face looks even more stunning with a little makeup.
After adding the anemone mark between the eyebrows, a fairy floated from the sky.
"Let's go." Su Qing took the Fengyue Knife with her to defend herself, and walked out of the house with Lian'er.
Su Changyun had been waiting for her at the door of the house for a long time. When he saw Su Qing's appearance today, his eyes flashed with surprise, and then there was a hint of pride.
Su Qing is his Su Changyun's daughter. She is beautiful and capable. How can he not be proud?
Su Qing and Su Changyun got on their respective carriages, and the carriages slowly drove towards the palace...
Since driving was not allowed inside the palace, Su Qing and the others had to get off the car and walk into the palace when they arrived at the gate.
As soon as Su Changyun got out of the car, many people came to greet him.
It's just that most of the content of their pleasantries was about Su Qing.
"This is my eldest daughter Su Qing, ah Qing, come and greet all your uncles and uncles." Su Changyun proudly introduced Su Qing to others.
If you carefully taste the words in it, there is probably a hint of showing off your daughter.
"Ah Qing has met all of you, uncles. I wish all of you happiness and prosperity every year." Su Qing nodded, blessed his body, and said pleasant words.
She didn't want to deliberately please anyone, she just didn't want Su Changyun to lose face.
As the saying goes, a tiger's father has no dogs. Although she is not a man, she is still a general queen, and she must not lose the face of the Duke's palace no matter what.
"Okay, Duke, your daughter has taught you well." Some of the people in the group nodded in agreement.
Su Qing spoke to Su Changyun and followed the young eunuch to the main hall.
I also met other noble ladies along the way, but they looked down upon Su Qing for coming from the countryside and were too lazy to say hello to her.
Su Qing pretended not to see it and continued to follow the young eunuch to the Yuehua Palace where the palace banquet was to be held.
At the top of the hall is a dragon chair, which is the seat of Emperor Yihong. Next to the dragon chair is the seat of the queen.
The remaining concubines were arranged according to their rank. The higher their status, the closer they were to Emperor Yihong.
As for the ministers, they are also arranged according to their rank. The higher the official position, the higher they will be.
The Lord Protector is a first-grade general and is ranked first in the first column on the right.
Su Qing found a seat and sat down, and tasted the tea carefully.
To be honest, this was her first time to see such a grand palace banquet, and she still felt a little bit excited.
Then more and more people entered the palace, including noble ladies and young men.
They frequently looked at Su Qing. Although they all pretended to look over accidentally, Su Qing was not stupid.
She had seen through their little tricks a long time ago, but she just didn't bother to pay attention to them.
"I heard that she came from the countryside, but I didn't expect that she had a father who was a protector of the country." A woman in blue clothes said in a low voice. She looked about thirteen or fourteen years old.
"So what? She still smells sour and poor. She was also given the Third Prince." Another woman in yellow clothes looked at Su Qing with disdain.
"I heard that the third prince personally came to the palace to ask for this marriage. I don't know what kind of tricks she used." said the woman in pink clothes who was with them.
The woman in pink deliberately spoke loudly and gave Su Qing a fierce look.
"..." Su Qing glanced at her but said nothing and continued to sip the tea.
She didn't want to pay attention to those women. Anyway, as long as they didn't go too far and she went in and out, the matter would be over.
When the woman in pink clothes saw Su Qing following her, she didn't look at her seriously. She suddenly felt that her face was dull, so she walked up to Su Qing and poured the tea on the table at Su Qing.