"The peach blossom wine in the palace is good. Madam can try it." Empress Yun, who was sitting next to Wu, said with a smile.
The senior palace maid standing behind her picked up the wine jug on the table and poured wine for Wu.
Looking at the pink peach blossom wine rippling in the green wine glass, Mrs. Wu remembered what her daughter said and she became cautious.
"Well, I'll try it later."
Mrs. Wu picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of food, and ate it in small bites.
When Concubine Yun saw this, she didn't think much about it. At this time, another row of dancers came into the hall, holding wooden swords in their hands and dancing sword dance. There were waves of cheers from the hall.
When Concubine Yun and others turned their heads to appreciate the wonderful scene, Wu's hand flew in and exchanged her wine with Concubine Yun's.
The sword dance is over.
Someone announced, "Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince, Prince Xin, has come to congratulate you on your birthday."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Jianchang was very surprised.
The eighth child never liked court banquets since he was young. He was a child who liked to be quiet and alone. He came to celebrate his birthday, which showed his filial piety.
Thinking of Lao Ba's life experience, Emperor Jianchang was distracted for a moment.
"Let him in."
【Wow, I can finally see the hero’s true face. 】
Tao Yuwei looked towards the palace entrance with great interest.
The Eighth Prince's background is far more scandalous than that of the other princes. When he was young, the Emperor's uncle, under the orders of the late Emperor, traveled south to provide disaster relief. He was schemed by a corrupt official and subsequently became involved with a married woman. The fact that she was able to convince His Majesty to acknowledge the Eighth Prince and have him as her son is no small feat.
[In order to get her own son to that position, the woman's methods of deceiving people were truly extraordinary...]
Xiao Lichen and Tao Zhihong's family were all shocked when they heard her thoughts.
No wonder the eighth prince’s biological mother has been unknown since childhood. It turns out there is such a bloody thing.
Their eyes all turned to Emperor Jianchang who was sitting high in the center of the hall. After careful observation, they did not find any disgust in Emperor Jianchang's eyes.
Tao Yuwei also admired Emperor Jianchang very much.
The royal bloodline cannot be lost outside. Emperor Jianchang did not vent his anger on this son who was plotted against by others. In private, he was actually kind to Prince Xin.
However, he didn't know that the biological mother of the eighth prince Xiao Chengyan was deliberately framed in order to climb up the social ladder with great ambition.
Ever since her son was brought into the palace by His Majesty, the woman has been scheming everywhere in the south.
She thought that His Majesty would take her into the palace because she gave birth to a prince.
Unfortunately, Emperor Jianchang was a rational man. He only restored his own bloodline and made some financial compensation to the woman, and then he had no further contact with her.
This made the woman unwilling to accept this, so she tried her best to help her husband move up.
She wanted to come to the capital and recognize her son.
Prince Xin Xiao Chengyan, dressed in a dark green python robe, strode into the hall with his head held high.
"I, your son, congratulate your father on his blessings, as vast as the flowing waters of the East Sea, and as long-lived as the evergreen pines of the Southern Mountains!"
He knelt down with his hands clasped in front of his head and kowtowed several times to Emperor Jianchang.
This man was not tall. According to Tao Yuwei's estimation, he was only about 1.72 meters tall when wearing boots.
His hands are chubby, and his face is pretty decent, fair and clean, but he has single eyelids.
In Tao Yuwei's eyes, there is nothing special about it.
[Oh, so disappointing. He looks nothing like Xiao Lichen. I really don't know why he is the male lead?]
[Wait a minute, let's see what tricks this old Sixth Prince has in mind.]
Tao Yuwei's thoughts reached Xiao Lichen's ears, and his handsome and cold face remained calm as usual.
No one noticed that his ears were flushed.
Well, he could use his cover to get more information from her about the murder of her grandparents' family.
As for the Eighth Prince, the Sixth, whom she mentioned, although he did not understand what she meant, based on what he knew about the Eighth Prince's daily behavior, he could roughly make the connection.
The Eighth Prince, who has always been hiding away to develop his own power and rarely appears in the court, suddenly appeared in front of everyone, which is uncharacteristically unusual, and it is inevitable that people will think too much.
He knew exactly what his cousin wanted to do, but as long as he was there, he would never let him achieve his goal.
Tao Zhihong's family looked at where Xiao Lichen was sitting, with a look of disgust on their faces.
Their idea has always been to cut off Tao Yuwei's aesthetic taste.
Unexpectedly, Tao Yuwei actually hid the problem of being unable to walk when seeing good-looking people.
No, when I get back, I must sternly warn her that anyone who looks good is not a good person.
The struggle in Prince Xiao's father's backyard is much more exciting than that in Your Majesty's harem.
He was well-known throughout the capital for favoring his concubine over his wife.
Feeling the unfriendly gaze of the Tao family, Xiao Lichen pretended not to see it.
"Get up!"
Emperor Jianchang put down the wine glass in his hand and gestured.
"I, your son, present to your Majesty a painting of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains. Please accept it."
Xiao Chengyan stood up and clapped his hands. Two guards came in holding a huge and exquisite landscape ink painting.
Emperor Jianchang had seen all kinds of good things, and his favorite thing was actually collecting ink paintings.
He had always kept this hobby well hidden, but unexpectedly, Lao Ba accidentally sent him a gift that touched his heart.
"Okay, very good. I accept the gift. Come, give Old Eight a seat."
Emperor Jianchang accepted the gift and laughed heartily.
Soon, Xiao Chengyan was led to a seat next to Xiao Lichen.
Others took the opportunity to present their gifts.
Tao Yuwei casually offered a recipe for grafting fruit trees.
Received praise from Emperor Jianchang.
He also rewarded her on the spot with a Persian horse worth a thousand gold coins.
Tao Yuwei accepted it happily.
Inside the hall, everyone saw that she had surpassed the third princess and was so favored that some people were so jealous that their eyes turned red.
Some people even had other ideas.
The eighth prince Xiao Chengyan's attention was also drawn to Tao Yuwei.
It would be fine if Princess Anle didn't take action, but once she did, she would definitely steal everyone's limelight and easily gain praise and benefits from His Majesty.
At this moment, Concubine Yu picked up the wine glass on the table and said to Wu with a gentle face, "Princess Anle is so lovely. I would like to take this opportunity to toast Madam and congratulate you on our fate of meeting."
Wu calmly picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in her hand.
She saw with her own eyes that Concubine Yu also drank up the wine in her glass, but she didn't care.
Whoever wants to harm her can be caught in a short time, so she is not in a hurry.
Just now, after receiving the reward, Tao Yuwei had just sat back in her seat and was pestered by the third princess to talk. She didn't pay attention to the situation on her mother's side for a while. When she got rid of Xiao Daifu, she found that her mother had finished drinking the wine in front of her.
【The fun is about to begin! 】
Tao Yuwei looked at Yu Fei who was sitting next to her mother with gossipy eyes.
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