Chapter 253
When Meng Shan saw that Song Xuan had accepted the goddess, a look of joy appeared on his face, but he quickly concealed it.
The banquet continued, but the conversation among the crowd always revolved around the goddess from earlier.
The goddess of Chongmeng Kingdom is already shrouded in mystery, and now that she has been offered up, everyone is naturally extremely curious.
Shen Qingnian sat down and moved her stiff neck, feeling a little tired.
"Would you like to go for a walk?" Song Xuan asked in a low voice.
Shen Qingnian nodded slightly: "I can go down for a walk by myself, Your Majesty need not worry."
Since there is someone with a dream-like quality at this palace banquet, it would be better for him to stay here and oversee things, in order to prevent any disputes between the officials below and Meng Shan.
As the palace banquet progressed, everyone drank quite a bit of wine. Some of the more restless officials began to intentionally or unintentionally provoke Meng Shan. If Song Xuan were not present, these people might do something unpredictable in their drunken excitement.
"I'm sending Xiazi to accompany you. Go for a walk and come back," Song Xuan waved for Xiazi to follow.
After agreeing, Shen Qingnian led her people to the outside of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
A cool autumn breeze blew outside the hall, carrying the delicate scent of jasmine, which made her take a deep breath.
Shen Qingnian walked slowly along the road, with Xia Xiazi and Zhu Lan beside her.
Just then, a female voice rang out from behind: "Wait a minute."
It was Wang Jiarong who hurriedly left the palace.
She had seen Miss Liu leave the palace and couldn't help but follow her.
Shen Qingnian stopped in her tracks and looked at Wang Jiarong with a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Madam Wang, is there something you need?"
She didn't think Wang Jiarong recognized her.
“I also want to take a walk, let’s go together,” Wang Jiarong hesitated, and finally only said this.
The other party was not the late empress; she chased after her on a whim.
Shen Qingnian nodded slightly: "Then let's go together."
The moon was as dark as a hook, and two women walked slowly along the palace path, the faint scent of jasmine carried on the autumn breeze.
The two walked together in silence. Shen Qingnian looked at the palace at night and felt that nothing had changed from three years ago. The only thing that had changed was her state of mind.
It was a man's birthday banquet back then, and she was preoccupied with how to seduce men. The palace was beautiful at night, but she had no time to appreciate it.
The moonlight shone like water overhead, and lanterns were carried by palace servants behind them.
Wang Jiarong's gaze was always drawn to the jasmine hairpin in the hair of the woman beside her. She felt that the hairpin was extremely dazzling, like that of the late Empress...
“She really loves jasmine,” Wang Jiarong finally couldn’t help but say, her tone tinged with resentment.
It was clearly her favorite flower, but now it's being worn on a stand-in.
Shen Qingnian was slightly taken aback when she heard this, and then realized who the other person was talking about. She turned her gaze to the jasmine tree not far from me.
"I've heard that too. The late Empress loved jasmine the most when she was alive."
Wang Jiarong felt that this Miss Liu was very upright and outspoken. Her tone couldn't help but be tinged with resentment: "Since you know that the late Empress liked her, yet you deliberately brought Jasmine along, if you want to gain a title, you can rely on your own abilities to win His Majesty's favor, but don't use the late Empress to do such disgraceful things!"
The late Empress was a kind person; this Miss Liu really shouldn't have done that.
In Wang Jiarong's view, the Miss Liu in front of him was imitating the late empress's preferences in order to win the emperor's favor.
Shen Qingnian remained silent, unsure of what to say.
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