"Empress! Old Madam Feng!"
Meng'er walked in from outside the palace, first bowed to the two servants, and then muttered to the emperor about the title of noble concubine.
Concubine Feng frowned and said indifferently, "Mother, do you know? Miss An has returned to the palace. Every time she does, the Emperor's mind is always on her. It seems that he has forgotten the promise to dine with us tonight."
"No way? After all, I am his mother-in-law, right? It's rare for a mother to go to the palace, and the emperor has agreed. How could he go back on his word? Are you thinking too much?" Old Lady Feng felt that it was unlikely. Maybe Long Xunyi did not dote on her daughter, but after all, it was her daughter who gave birth to a son for him, not to mention that she was Long Xunyi's mother-in-law. Sometimes some etiquette should be in place, right?
"Thinking too much? I also hope that I am thinking too much." Concubine Feng laughed at herself. How could she not know that Long Xunyi treated her like this? But in her heart, she still had a glimmer of hope, because as Madam Feng said, she was not the only one here today, her mother was also here. Maybe Long Xunyi was not so heartless!
However, although Concubine Feng comforted herself in her heart, she soon fell to the bottom.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are truly incredibly cruel!" Imperial Concubine Feng slowly closed her lost and disappointed eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks. Although she had always known that Long Xunyi always put An Tingyu first, today, in front of her mother, he had actually broken his promise to them so easily.
"Your Majesty..."
Old Madam Feng looked at her daughter's aggrieved and sad face and clenched her fists tightly. This damn An Tingyu had turned her children into this. One was obsessed with her, and the other was crying because of her. Such a disaster should not live in this world.
At this time, the Anhe Hall was brightly lit and the atmosphere was quite harmonious, except for the Queen Mother's attitude of ignoring Long Xunyi. However, An Tingyu was no longer surprised by the way this mother and son got along, so even though she couldn't understand why this mother and son had become like this, she chose to ignore it.
"I haven't seen you for a while, you've lost weight. Eat more. Here are your favorite spicy chicken feet, pepper pork tripe and chicken, and this, this preserved egg soup. These are all your favorite foods." The Queen Mother said as she elegantly picked up some dishes for An Tingyu. Although her voice was lukewarm and she still had a condescending attitude, everyone could tell from her behavior that she was actually very happy at this moment.
"Mother, don't just focus on me. Eat something too!" An Tingyu also picked up the preserved egg, but...
"Sister An, I love preserved eggs. Give them to me..."
Long Xunyi extended the bowl, but before he could finish his words, the Queen Mother glared at him. Seeing this, Long Xunyi had no choice but to withdraw his hand awkwardly.
An Tingyu looked at Long Xunyi, then at the Queen Mother, and after a while she put the preserved egg into the Queen Mother's bowl. The Queen Mother looked at the preserved egg for a while, then ate it without saying a word.
After the meal, the Queen Mother said she was a little tired, so she went to rest. But looking at her back, An Tingyu seemed to understand something: "You don't like preserved eggs, right? That's why you were fighting for them?"
Long Xunyi nodded, "Since you know, why give it to her?"
An Tingyu sighed helplessly, "I didn't know at first, and didn't think much about it. I only noticed it when she was eating. If I had known earlier, I would have given her something else."
Because the Queen Mother was a little hesitant when she picked up the preserved egg and was about to eat it, although she still ate it, An Tingyu could see that the Queen Mother did not like it, or perhaps she particularly hated it. After all, the taste of preserved eggs was a bit strange and not everyone could accept it.
Originally, she wanted to ask the Queen Mother to stop eating, but she was afraid that the proud Queen Mother would feel embarrassed, so she remained silent.
Long Xunyi smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "Don't take it too seriously. In fact, as long as it's you who picked it up, the Queen Mother will eat it even if she knows it's poison."
Hearing this, An Tingyu frowned slightly, "Are you kidding me?"
Although she knew that the Queen Mother's attitude towards her was unusual, she still thought that she would take poison. This was too absurd. She believed that there was no one in this world who did not cherish themselves, and no one would be willing to take poison for someone who was not related to them.
"Do you think I'm joking?" Long Xunyi raised his eyebrows lazily.
Looking at his serious expression, An Tingyu fell silent and did not ask why, because she knew that Long Xunyi would not tell her. She had known this for a long time.
Three days later, at the palace, at Long Xunyi's birthday party, the banquet was full of guests, some from far away and some from nearby. Of course, except for the empress dowager who had never liked Long Xunyi, all the civil and military officials in the court were present. There was also an unexpected person who showed up, that was the emperor's uncle Long Feikuang, who was a food taboo for everyone in Longyan country.
Looking at Long Feikuang entering the hall, Long Xunyi frowned slightly, because he never thought that he would really come.
Even though he thought so, Long Xunyi still said, "Please take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Long Feikuang said lightly.
Sitting in the seats above, An Tingyu and Jing Aotian looked at each other secretly, and then their eyes fell on Long Feikuang.
Long Feikuang was dressed in a light silver robe today, with no extra accessories on his body, only a piece of sheep white jade tied around his waist. Overall, for a member of the royal family, at such a grand palace banquet, Long Feikuang was actually a bit rude, or perhaps he was deliberately embarrassing Long Xunyi, but...
He is such a young imperial uncle. Long Feikuang looks to be only about 30 years old. If he were born in modern times, Long Feikuang would be a mature man and the marriage partner that many women dream of, a prince charming.
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