Chapter 140: First Encounter

ack, “Second brother” Then she thought again, “Oh right, I do have a second brother, Xiao Shūbai and Ye Jǐngshèng’s only son” 。You suspect him So he just returned to Beijing to find someone to kill me...The palace servants carried the sedan chair away, and the long princess's shrill cries echoed along this palace road.

Shouting out every word, one by one, as if she were a madman. Her cries caused the palace attendants passing by to keep glancing in their direction. 。Yè Wēn Yán didn't do anything. Even when the Crown Princess cursed her and her family with such venomous words, she didn't react at all. 。Because she knew this matter had a backstory, and the details of that backstory were unknown to both her and the original owner, but it seemed that Mu Shi and Ye Qingmei were aware of it. 。But Mu refused, only following the palace maid from Changxin Palace step by step forward. 。She gently tugged on Ye Qingmei's sleeve and softly asked, "Sister, what is the connection between the Crown Princess and our family What did Father do to her"

Ye Qingmei sighed, “Yaner, you still… some things the family has never told you…”

Of course, I'm not much older than you. The reason I know a little is because I overheard it unintentionally over time. 。Because I heard it, so curious, then clinged to my mother and asked her about it several times. 。Come now, our Northern Qi princess has not attended a palace banquet for many years. I wonder why she would enter the palace this New Year's Eve. 。" He flipped through the original owner's memories, and indeed, in every memory about the royal banquet, there was never such a princess. " 。Even the original owner only knew that the royal family had three princesses, the eldest being over thirty years old, and nothing else about the others. 。The original owner was a particularly casual person, and also too genuine. In their short life, they had never thought much about anything. 。The royal princess was much older than him; she had reached marriageable age before he was even born. They had never met. 。It's not just the original owner, but all the girls of this generation are more than a decade younger than the princess. So, for things that happened in those past years, few people of this generation know about them. 。Even if they knew something, they chose to remain silent, just like Ye Qingmei. 。After all, she was a princess who was not favored by the former emperor. Even the royal family deliberately tried to forget her existence. Who would want to remember her 。Ye Qingmei continued, “Actually, I’ve only seen the Princess once, when I accompanied my mother to the palace a few years ago and saw her from afar.” 。That was the only time, and it's something I'll remember forever. 。Because she was dressed in mourning clothes, even when there was no funeral in the royal court, she still wore them. So at first glance today, I immediately knew who she was. 。"I seem to recall that the Princess and the late Emperor weren't particularly close. " 。"Ye Wen pondered, "There were only a few vague impressions. Once, I accompanied my grandfather to the palace. My grandfather spoke with the former emperor in the Hall of Immortals, and I waited outside..." 。When we arrived, the Emperor had just finished his meal. There were eunuchs outside because the Princess had come. And every time the Princess comes, she makes the Emperor mad. 。"

Ye Qingmei nodded, "Yes, she hates the former emperor because when she was sixteen years old, he sent her to Qiuhun Kingdom to marry. " 。That year, when the princess refused to leave the palace and caused a commotion, she was eventually tied onto a flower sedan chair. 。Thus, several more years passed. The Qiūhú Kingdom was destroyed by the Northern Qi Dynasty. The king, who was also the empress dowager's husband, died in battle, and the empress dowager herself was taken back to the Northern Qi. 。When she returned, the Princess was pregnant and had a wonderful relationship with her husband, whom she had been so unwilling to marry before. 。Because of this, she was heartbroken and had a huge fight with the late emperor. She also lost her child. 。“ Though Princess Long had just cursed her family so viciously, Ye Qingmei felt sorrow for the princess. 。Her narration was heard by Mu Shi. The person walking in front slowed his pace until he was caught up by his two daughters. Only then did Mu Shi let out a long sigh and took the initiative to tell Ye Wen: "Regarding that battle in Qiuhu Country, it was your father who fought." 。" Originally it was like this! Night Wenyan turned his head to look in the direction where the Princess had left, but the sedan chair was nowhere to be seen, and the curses were no longer audible. " 。But the kind of sadness still lingered, as if the eldest princess had left her emotions on this palace path, drawing a boundary for herself and letting them walk around it however they pleased. They couldn't escape. 。She wasn't feeling well either. Ye Qingmei's narration was like a series of ancient paintings, forcibly laid out before her. 。She saw a sixteen-year-old girl being carried out of the palace gate on a flower palanquin, all the way out of her own country. 。I also saw that young girl from her initial resistance, to later slowly falling in love with that king. 。The last scene was one of bloodshed, with armies clashing and corpses littering the battlefield. 。The princess was brought back to her homeland by the Northern Qi army. The princess pointed at the late emperor's nose and shouted: "Why did you let me marry him, and then kill him" Mu Shi couldn't stop talking. She told her two daughters: "The reason the princess calls herself '本宮' is not because she is the princess of Northern Qi. Princesses of Northern Qi would never call themselves '本宮'." 。And she used those two words because she always remembered that she was the Queen of Qiuhugu, and she always remembered that her husband was the Lord of Qiuhugu. 。The Long Princess's family members are always haunting her, appearing before her eyes and giving her a hard time. 。I had gone to the late emperor's court several times before, weeping and pleading. I could still see the Ye family coming for me with their murderous intent just by closing my eyes. 。She wished the late emperor had dealt with Ye Family, but he had never listened to her words. 。How could one possibly deal with a family in the night Generals protect their homes and serve the country, and men going to battle to kill the enemy is perfectly normal. 。Besides, if the Qiuhu Kingdom hadn't been so aggressive and constantly encroaching, Northern Qi wouldn't have launched another war after marrying off a princess. 。The Ye family is a family of warriors, the pillar of the former emperor. So many years have passed, even though the Empress Dowager hates the Ye family and your father with all her heart, she can't do anything to us. 。When your father passed away, the Chang Princess's mansion set off firecrackers for three nights straight, scattered red paper everywhere, and even gave candies to the children on the street. 。She treated it as a happy occasion, for all the family funerals were her Qian Luo's joy. 。Fine, we won't bother with it. Let's just consider her a pitiful soul driven mad. 。Mu's words stopped, unwilling to continue 。"But she kept silent. Then her grandmother added, 'Actually, after returning from the Autumn Tiger Country, the princess married again.'" 。Unfortunately, he didn't live long either. He died in less than three years... The Phoenix Hall was a banquet hall that the late Emperor favored even before his death. Because it was close to the Yanghua Palace and situated on higher ground, guests had to climb over forty steps to reach the main hall. 。Sitting on the main seat in this hall, one could just follow the temple door to see the Yanhuagong on Yanhuashan. 。The late emperor felt that this was the place closest to the Emperor's Throne, he even considered moving the Grand Hall of State Affairs here. 。It's just that this place is a bit off, and it's close to the inner court. There are many officials coming and going, which is inconvenient, so I gave up. 。

Nevertheless, he still held every palace banquet here, just to be able to gaze upon the flickering candles of Yanhu Palace for a few more moments.

Quan Qingcheng also had such thoughts. He liked this place, and he felt that he was much happier than his former father. 。Because of his relationship with Ye Wen, he became close with the Emperor, and could be considered to have "hung up a sign" in front of the Emperor. At least these days, he had seen the Emperor more times than his father had in his entire life. 。This made him feel very proud! The main hall was almost full of people, Quen Qingcheng sat behind the main seat, and he could see the situation in the hall through the curtains. 。 He asked Wu Fu, "Should I make my entrance last Remember at previous palace banquets, Father Emperor would wait until everyone had arrived before appearing. Should I follow suit"Wu Fu shook his head, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid not. This year, the one making a final entrance is Prince Regent." 。"Why" Quan Qingcheng was furious, "He's just the Regent King, not the Taishang Emperor. Haven't you heard that even at a palace banquet like this, the Regent King has to appear above me, the Emperor" 。"Where did you hear such rules""Are they recorded in any texts" Wu Fei still shook his head. "There's no record of it, and I've never heard of the Regent wanting to overshadow the Emperor in terms of ceremony." 。This is what the Regent just sent over, Your Majesty. This old servant will relay it to you, but ultimately it's up to your decision how to handle it. 。"

Quan Qingcheng fell silent. Ever since he ascended the throne, the most he did every day was to persuade himself to think calmly" 。For example, in this current situation, it's important not to be impulsive. Impulsiveness can lead to trouble and make you the subject of ridicule. 。Once he and the regent quarreled over this, it would be the royal family's face that was lost. 。After a long pause, Qu Qingcheng took a deep breath and said, “Fine, let him..." 。Who made him His Royal Uncle, who made me so young! When I can take the throne myself, he won't be able to ride on my head anymore. 。By the time Ye Wen arrived, almost all of the guests had already gathered in the Phoenix Fei Hall. 。She saw Jiang Wanting waving at her, so she walked over with her mother and elder sister. 。At the imperial banquet, men and women sat at separate tables, with men on the left and women on the right. Each family had its own table, and palace attendants would lead them to their designated seats. 。Of course, if acquaintances are willing to gather together, the palace people will not interfere. 。At this moment, Ye Chulian sat beside Jiang Wanting and Madam Jiang, but she was timid and hid behind them with her head bowed. She didn't dare to look at the magnificent hall even once. 。She wondered why Ye Chu Lian didn't sit with the old matriarch. The Ye family should have their own table, shouldn't they 。At this time, Madam Jiang pointed in one direction. Several people followed her gaze and immediately saw Old Madam Ye with several elegantly dressed elderly ladies seated at a table, sipping tea and chatting noisily. 。Mrs. Jiang: "Your old lady is really something else, making a scene outside and finally calming down." 。Upon entering the banquet hall, he immediately greeted his acquaintances and made friends with them. 。This is not it, you guys have packed the noodles of your Ye family's banquet so tightly that even this Fifth Sister has been squeezed out of a seat. 。"Would she want to keep those old ladies filling the entire place It's fine that Wenyan and the others sit with us, but them taking the initiative to come over is one thing, being squeezed over by this group of elderly women is another." 。Weny, how about we go and take back our seat Your grandmother has no shame, maybe other grandmothers would still have some. 。 As soon as he finished speaking, a round-faced girl squeezed over to the side and stuck her head up and called out, “Give me one too!” Jiafei said with a self-evident air, "We are not competing for the mistress position, we are just concubines. The elder sister can't control men taking concubines! Besides, this is for her own good....