Yu Qizhe glanced at him, and Lu Jin said angrily, "I'll go check it out. They said they're going to the Nian Qu Tower to rescue people in the next few days. I'll follow them secretly."
After that, Lu Jin muttered softly, "I don't know if I am the senior brother or you are the senior brother. I have never seen a senior brother afraid of a junior brother."
When Yu Qizhe looked at him again, he quickly shut up.
Yu Qizhe lowered his head and continued to compile the history book, saying, "The kitchen cooked sea bass today, and Liuzi bought some barbecued pork."
Lu Jin was immediately overjoyed and changed his words, "My junior brother loves me the most! I'll go to the kitchen and ask Aunt Song to add another dish of braised lion's head." After saying that, he ran out of the study.
Yu Qizhe lowered his head and looked through the booklet in his hand, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his lips.
The next day, a banquet was held in the palace. Because it was held to celebrate Xue Rong's pregnancy with the heir to the throne, the Xue family sat on the left seat next to the upper seat, which was quite glorious.
Before Emperor Mingzheng took his seat, Jingyuan Earl Xue Li was already drunk with a red face. All the members of the Shen party who were close to the Xue family came to congratulate him, and Xue Li was toasting each other, looking very happy.
Zhu Yu, who was sitting at the first seat on the right, had a gloomy face, and the knuckles of his fingers that were holding the wine cup turned white due to the force. Yang Congwen, who was serving beside Zhu Yu, saw that he was unhappy and whispered, "I heard that Ji Wudao entered the capital yesterday and captured the fourth prince of Wala alive. The Xue family is very proud now. Your Highness must keep calm."
Zhu Xun was annoyed and drank the wine in one gulp. Although his grandfather held the military power in the northwest, he was never willing to help him at all and just stayed in Pingliang Prefecture with the power. His mother was incompetent and did not favor him at all. She gave him the position of crown prince, but he had to fight for everything by himself. He had to plan every step and dare not make any mistakes in order to be able to bear the position of crown prince.
Now that Ji Wudao has returned to the capital after making great contributions, his father will definitely promote him to the commander-in-chief of the three towns of Datong, Xuanfu and Taiyuan. The garrison in Datong alone has nearly 130,000 soldiers, and the combined strength of Xuanfu and Taiyuan towns is at least 200,000. By then, Ji Wudao will be the military commander with the most military power. If Xue Rong's baby is really a prince, I'm afraid that his position as the crown prince will have to be replaced by someone else.
At this moment, Emperor Mingzheng brought Xue Rong into the palace. All the officials and their families quickly stood up and kowtowed, "Welcome Your Majesty."
Emperor Mingzheng embraced Xue Rong and said with a smile, "Today's banquet is to celebrate the fact that Concubine Xue is pregnant with an heir. I am very happy and would like to share the joy with you. Please sit down and take a seat."
Everyone kowtowed to express their gratitude and stood up to take their seats.
Emperor Mingzheng and Xue Rong took the seats of honor. Xue Rong was dressed very formally today and wore a phoenix hairpin on her head. This was inappropriate, but no one would say anything and no one dared to blame her. Over the years, the phoenix seal was in her control and Empress Feng almost never attended the palace banquets. It was always Xue Rong who accompanied Emperor Mingzheng to the table. The seat next to Emperor Mingzheng, which should have been for the Empress, was always sat by her. Over the years, everyone had gotten used to it.
Zhu Yu was filled with hatred in his heart. He clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves, sat down stiffly, and pressed the corners of his lips into a cold straight line.
He hated his mother for not fighting for her. The Queen Mother, who was clearly the mother of the country, was suppressed by the Imperial Concubine and he was controlled in every way. He was also annoyed that Emperor Mingzheng was blinded by lust and never gave his mother the respect she deserved as the Queen of a country.
When Yang Congwen, who was beside Zhu Yu, saw that the palace maid dressed brightly and pouring wine for Emperor Mingzheng was Shui Yuan, his face changed and he became uneasy for a moment.
After he returned home yesterday, he discussed the matter with his father for a long time and quickly found a scapegoat. But if Shui Yuan was employed by Emperor Mingzheng and whispered in his ear...
After all, Emperor Mingzheng was equally famous for his love of beauty and his obsession with taking elixirs, and everyone knew it.
A few years ago, he had heard from his father about an absurd incident that happened shortly after Emperor Mingzheng ascended the throne. When he was traveling incognito, he met a woman washing clothes by the river. At first sight, he was so aroused that he took people to break into the woman's house, intending to commit suicide.
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