However, he remembered that just before the banquet began, Xu Mao had been constantly talking to his daughter. Now that the emperor had mentioned this matter again, he couldn't help but sarcastically say, "Your Majesty is absolutely right. Some people are like that. They rely on their own achievements to become lawless, hoping to have all the beauties in the world enter their rooms and become theirs. It's truly a joke."
With one person taking the lead, the other ministers naturally could not remain silent any longer, so they joined in in groups of three or two.
However, no matter how much those people agreed, there was no mention of how to punish them.
Chen Yalan was a little confused by the situation and felt a little bored. So she quietly retreated without anyone noticing.
After Chen Yalan left the hall, she breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that today's banquet would not be so easy, so she made up her mind from the beginning that if anything happened, she would leave immediately.
Sure enough, before the banquet even started, Xu Mao kept looking for her. Don't think she didn't see it. When Xu Mao returned to his seat, Mrs. Xu's eyes were still stabbing at him.
Although she felt wronged and had no romantic feelings for Xu Mao, she couldn't bear the misunderstandings of others!
What's more, she is a married woman now, so how could she be willing to have any unnecessary relationship with other people?
So, while Situ Yao was talking to the ministers about taking a concubine, she quietly ran out. Anyway, nothing should happen without her.
What she didn't expect was that as soon as she came out of the hall, she found a palace maid coming to greet her outside the hall.
It looked like she was waiting for him. Curious, Chen Yalan took a closer look and discovered that the person was none other than Bixia, who was standing beside Su Mengyan.
"Empress Chen, our queen invites you." Bixia came to Chen Yalan, bowed to her and said.
Because today was a banquet to celebrate the generals' success, and it was also to announce that Xu Mao was going to Tubo, which was a big event in the court. Based on the idea that the harem should not interfere in politics, Su Mengyan used the excuse that she had to take care of the children and did not attend the banquet. Since Su Mengyan, the head of the harem, did not attend, the other concubines naturally did not dare to ask to attend.
Chen Yalan was an exception, because she was a general who participated in the Tubo War, so she attended the banquet on behalf of General Chen, not Chen Ying.
Hearing Bixia say this, Chen Yalan felt a little puzzled. Su Mengyan knew about today's banquet. But why did she let someone wait for her here? What did she want to say to her?
"In that case, then you lead the way." Although she was confused, Chen Yalan still spoke to Bixia.
In the Phoenix Palace, Su Mengyan's eyes were fixed on the scene where the wet nurse was teasing Long Yao not far away, with a hint of smile on her lips.
Although her eyes were looking at her son, her thoughts had long since drifted away.
Time goes back to the morning. Early in the morning, after Situ Yao left court, he came to visit the child as usual. While teasing the child, he started chatting with Su Mengyan.
The two chatted like an ordinary couple, when suddenly Situ Yao said, "There's a memorial recently that says some ministers haven't taken any concubines recently. It's strange, but how many concubines would it take to be impeached?"
Su Mengyan had long disagreed with the ancient rule of having three wives and four concubines, so when she heard Situ Yao say this, she didn't have any special thoughts. Just one sentence floated in her mind: Don't you men like it this way?
But she knew that such words could not be said casually, so she followed Situ Yao's words and said, "Really? So taking too many concubines will also lead to impeachment!"
There was no other meaning in her words, but when Situ Yao heard it, his face turned red for a moment. Why did he feel that Su Mengyan was implying that he had added so many concubines to the harem, and she still had the nerve to talk about those ministers taking concubines?
He originally wanted to explain that he had no choice but to take on these concubines, but when he turned around, he saw Su Mengyan looking at her son with a smile on her face, which showed that her mind was not on this matter.
As a result, Situ Yao's words were all stuck in his heart and could not be expressed.
As a result, he was no longer in a good mood, so he stayed here for a while before leaving on the pretext that he had official business to deal with in the imperial study.
After he left, Su Mengyan kept talking to and teaching her son. Longyao was now seven or eight months old. His calves were very strong and he was crawling happily on the ground. So when Su Mengyan picked him up, held him in her arms, and taught him to call "Father Emperor" and "Mother Queen" word by word, the little Prince Longyao expressed his displeasure.
He kept kicking Su Mengyan's knees with his legs, trying to get her to let him go.
Seeing her little master like this, the nurse was shocked and immediately came over and said, "My lady, please put the little master down. He is still young and it is the time for him to be naughty."
Seeing her son like this, Su Mengyan knew that it might not be easy to teach him to speak, so she put her son on the carpet again.
Long Yao finally found his feet on the ground, and like a fish in the sea, he immediately climbed up. He giggled as he climbed, and it was obvious that he was very happy.
Never mind, the child is still young, there is no need to rush to teach him to speak, let's wait and see. Su Mengyan could only comfort herself in this way.
In the afternoon, when Su Mengyan woke up from a nap with her child, she heard Bixia say that several ministers' wives wanted to see her.
Because there was a celebration banquet tonight, some ministers' wives came to the palace early, hoping to show themselves in front of Su Mengyan.
They were not the only ones who had this idea, so when they arrived, they found that there were other people outside the Feng Palace like them.
When Bixia told them that Su Mengyan was still taking a nap, they all smiled brightly and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. Let the Queen have a good rest. I'll just wait here."
So Bixia could only serve tea and snacks and let them wait in the hall. At this time, Su Mengyan woke up, and she immediately told Su Mengyan the news.
As the mistress of the harem, Su Mengyan could not refuse the minister's wife when she came to see her, so she washed and dressed herself and came to the hall.
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