Chapter 132 Becoming a Part of History

The palace maids who had been waiting outside the hall for a long time heard the noise inside. The imperial concubine's maid waved her hand, and the two young eunuchs guarding the door immediately pushed open the door.

Xu Zhao followed closely behind Su Yao, raised his eyes and looked outside. The sky was already dark.

Today is New Year's Eve. Lanterns are hung on the palace roads. There is a lantern every two steps, lighting up the road ahead.

Xu Zhao deliberately said: "He and I are from two different worlds, so there will be no good result."

At that time, Su Yao and Xu Zhao felt that she was not a daughter of an official family, she did not have a family to rely on, and her status was very different from that of King Anding, so they said that they were from two different worlds.

Little did she know that the two worlds she spoke of were literal.

"If you want to marry Prince Anding, for Qinghe's sake, I can accept you as my sister. As the imperial concubine's sister, it is enough for you to marry Prince Anding." Even though Xu Chaoxi did not completely solve the problem of Qinghe going to Zhongjin for her, she could still generously give Xu Chaoxi this honor.

Xu Zhao said politely: "Thank you, Imperial Concubine, for your kindness. Chaoxi thanks you in advance, but Wujue and I are not destined to be together in this life."

No one in this palace would do good things for no reason. After all, they all want to get something from her.

"Why? Can you explain this to me?"

Xu Zhao just shook his head, "This is a matter between him and me. Your Majesty knows too much, which only adds to the trouble."

"Well, I won't care about what happens between you two. However, if you need it, my promise will still be valid." Su Yao was just doing a favor. In this way, Xu Zhao and the others would remember her kindness to some extent.

After today's exchange, Su Yao felt that Xu Chaoxi was indeed different from the girls she had met in the past. When facing her, she did not have the excitement and caution of ordinary people when seeing a concubine. She looked respectful on the surface, but Su Yao could see a hint of difference in her eyes.

To be honest, Su Yao was full of curiosity about Xu Chaoxi. "Chaoxi, Yueguo people have to go to the temple to burn incense on the second day of the Chinese New Year. Would you like to go to Baoguo Temple with me to burn incense?"

"Since your Majesty has kindly invited me, Chaoxi is naturally willing."

"Chao Xi!"

Just as Xu Zhao and Su Yao stepped out of the gate of Fengyi Palace, a familiar and steady voice came from the side, accompanied by hurried footsteps.

For Shen Yu, who has been exercising for many years, this amount of exercise is just a little bit of water, and he didn't even have to breathe.

Seeing that it was getting late, he guessed that the imperial concubine should have finished her conversation, so he said goodbye to Emperor Showa and went to the gate of Fengyi Palace to pick her up.

Tai just walked around the corner and saw the imperial concubine coming out with Xu Zhao. He immediately stepped forward and called out to Xu Zhao.

"Wu Jue?"

"King Anding, be well."

Chen Yu simply bowed, "Your Highness, how are you."

Su Yao's eyes lingered between Xu Zhao and Shen Yu. Seeing how they were dressed, she understood what he meant and said jokingly, "You are dressed very uniquely today. I will try it with Your Majesty next time."

She then said to Xu Zhao, "Since someone has come to pick you up, I will go to the banquet with His Majesty."

Xu Zhao nodded.

When the imperial concubine traveled, she was accompanied by a grand procession. She got on the prepared sedan chair, followed by a group of eunuchs and palace maids.

Su Yao's maid stood by and shouted, "Lift the sedan chair!"

A group of people left in a mighty stream.

The banquet was scheduled to be held in Jiying Hall, which was not too far from the Imperial Concubine's Fengyi Palace. Besides, the banquet had not started yet, so there was enough time to walk there.

"Let's go." Chen Yu took Xu Zhao's hand and walked towards Jiying Hall.

No one noticed that there were two people standing at the corner of the palace road.

They look like a young lady from an official family and her maid.

The maid said, "Miss, King Anding has left, let's go too."

When my young lady saw Queen Anding passing by in the Imperial Garden, she followed her all the way to the Fengyi Palace where the Imperial Concubine lived.

The woman in front of the maid twisted the handkerchief in her hand, her face full of anger, and said viciously: "Go and check who the vixen beside Prince Anding is." After that, she angrily kicked the snow that was swept into the corner by the palace servants.

Xu Zhao walked slowly with Chen Yu. The two of them were very close to each other and seemed particularly intimate.

"What did the concubine talk to you about today?"

Chen Yu originally did not intend to ask this question, worried that the two were talking about private matters between women. But when she saw the two men coming out just now, the imperial concubine did not show any enthusiasm on her face. It seemed that the two of them were not chatting well, so Chen Yu could not help but feel a little worried.

"Zhongjin wants the other three countries to send their princes to Zhongjin to study. On the surface, it's for study, but in reality, it's just to be a hostage."

Xu Zhao did not hide anything and told Shen Yu what happened today, including the "grudge" between him and Emperor Zhaohe that he already knew.

Shen Yu sighed softly, "In other words, Qinghe will go to Zhongjin soon?"

He is the only prince in the harem, so Qinghe might not be able to fly away.

Chen Yu suddenly remembered that on the way back, Xu Zhao found a staff member for Qinghe. Could it be...

Confused, Chen Yu immediately asked, "But because of this incident, you asked Yu Chengyan to be Qinghe's aide. Has Qinghe ever had such an incident in history?"

"That's right, but I also remembered him when I heard Mr. Yu introduce himself. Historically, he was Qinghe's staff, so I was just following history."

After spending a long time with Xu Zhao, his mind has become more active. He has a bold guess, "Chaoxi, is it possible that because you have seen history, what you did after coming here has become a part of history? Therefore, some history may have been created by you."

Xu Zhao's eyes lit up, that makes so much sense!

Can……

"But we cannot prove that what you said is right or wrong. I cannot go against history and cannot bear the responsibility of changing history."

As they were talking, they arrived at Jiying Hall.

The Jiying Hall was brightly lit, and many ministers were walking into the Hall with their families.

When they saw Shen Yu, they all stopped and saluted.

These ministers were all shrewd people. Although they were curious about why Xu Zhao, who was beside Chen Yu, was so close to Prince Anding, they did not have the courage to ask this question out loud. After paying their respects, they hurriedly left.

Walking into the Jiying Hall, it is magnificent and the lamp stands are filled with candles, illuminating the entire hall very brightly.

At the front was the throne of Emperor Showa. Since there was no empress in the harem, the seat for the imperial concubine was placed next to him.

There were tables and chairs on both sides below, and the ministers were seated according to their ranks.

Although the banquet has not yet begun, melodious and soothing music has already sounded, gently floating in the wide and deep hall.

There were palace maids carefully placing dishes and chopsticks beside each table and chair.

Chen Yu's seat was closest to the front, and he walked towards his seat holding Xu Zhao's hand. Because they had informed in advance, the palace maids serving their table had already set out two sets of bowls and chopsticks.