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Chapter 168 Emperor Yongqing Bestows a Marriage

Shen Sitang looked away and looked at the empress.

She finally knew why Jun Ting Yan was born so good-looking. He and the queen resembled each other so much that it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were carved out of the same mold.

The empress was nearly forty years old, but she was still as delicate and perfect as a girl in her early twenties, as if she would attract everyone's attention as long as she stood there.

No wonder.

No wonder Emperor Yongqing liked the empress so much, who wouldn't love such a stunning wife?
She is no stranger to the clothes worn by the empress today, the gorgeous crimson purple is even more graceful and luxurious when worn on the empress, all the women on the field were eclipsed the moment the empress appeared.

Emperor Yongqing held his head high and his chest was high, showing off in his eyes, it could be seen that he was very proud.

Well, who is proud if he is not proud?
When Emperor Yongqing and the empress were seated, everyone knelt down and saluted, shouting: "See Your Majesty, see the Empress. May the Empress be as blessed as the East Sea and live longer than Nanshan."

Emperor Yongqing raised his hand slightly, and said with a loud smile: "Everyone, today is a palace banquet, so don't be cautious, just sit down."

After everyone was seated, after a while Le Niang and the dancing girl entered the arena to add atmosphere to the palace banquet. All the ministers congratulated the empress one by one, and the scene was very lively.

Shen Sitang huddled in a corner, receiving a wave of vicious stares from time to time.

She couldn't help feeling: "I'm really unlucky, and I'm not the one who wants to talk to His Royal Highness, why are they staring at me?"

Shen Lezhi thought for a while, and gave a sincere response: "Maybe it's because they dare not stare at His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Shen Sitang looked at her and patted her on the shoulder in affirmation.

Shen Lezhi laughed and served Shen Sitang some food: "Sister, eat some first."

Shen Sitang hummed, picked up the chopsticks and said, "Maybe I won't have anything to eat later."

"Huh? Why?"

"It's nothing, nothing, um, this dish is good, you can eat it too." Shen Sitang also served Shen Lezhi with food.

Their daughters of officials sat behind Shen Mingyi and Shen Cao's. There was a table for two at the palace banquet. On the left were civil and military officials, and on the right were the concubines and princes and daughters of the palace.

It is worth mentioning that the imperial concubine did not come.

It is said that the imperial concubine is happy and quiet and does not want to participate in any palace banquets. Emperor Yongqing never made things difficult for her. After all, she was the first woman that Emperor Yongqing married back home.

At that time, Emperor Yongqing was still the crown prince, and the imperial concubine was sent to the East Palace as the prince's side concubine. Although she was a side concubine, she also wore wedding clothes.

The imperial concubine gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Emperor Yongqing, but the first son died shortly after birth. She thought her child would not be destined for the crown prince, but she was pregnant with the second soon after. The child, is now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The empress was married into the palace after the third prince was born, and it took more than a year after entering the palace to conceive the royal banquet.

But after that, no more princes were born in the harem. It is said that this was the meaning of Emperor Yongqing, and all concubines had to drink Bizi Tang, except the empress.

Perhaps Emperor Yongqing felt that this was his romance with the empress, but after the empress gave birth to the sixth prince, she never became pregnant again. After so many years, the sixth prince is still the youngest prince, and is loved by Emperor Yongqing.

Shen Sitang was working hard listening to the officials congratulating him on his birthday, when suddenly he fell silent.

She looked up and realized that everyone was looking at her.

Shen Lezhi reminded in a low voice: "Sister, say a few words of congratulations."

Shen Sitang was stunned, and quickly stood up to salute the queen: "My daughter Shen Sitang, I wish the queen a happy birthday."

Happy birthday?Have this congratulatory message?
There was a moment of silence in the audience, and then the empress's laughter was heard: "You are Shen Sitang? Deputy envoy Shen of the Procuratorate?"

Shen Sitang responded: "If you go back to the empress, it is the minister's daughter."

"He is so beautiful, similar to Mr. Shen when he was young."

Emperor Yongqing didn't know whether it was because he hadn't seen the empress smile for a long time, or if there were other reasons, his expression was a little dull at this time, and he looked at the empress beside him in a daze.

Shen Sitang replied respectfully: "Thank you, Empress Empress, for your compliment."

The empress seemed to like Shen Sitang very much, and said: "I heard that you have uncovered many unjust cases, but your temper is like your mother's, and she hates evil like a vengeful."

Shen Sitang was at a loss when he heard this, why the empress seemed to be very familiar with her parents.

The queen seemed to see her doubts, and took the initiative to explain: "I grew up with your father."

She didn't explain much, but her words were concise and to the point. Unexpectedly, father and empress are childhood sweethearts?
So that's why Emperor Yongqing didn't like her father?

In the case of the third prince, Emperor Yongqing didn't bother to investigate, so he sentenced her father to death, which is refreshing!
Shen Sitang couldn't help looking at his father sitting in front.

The father smiled lightly and bowed to the empress.

The queen looked at Shen Sitang: "Is today's banquet still to your liking?"

Shen Sitang nodded quickly: "It's very delicious."

"Then eat more."

This meant the end of the chat. After thanking Shen Sitang, he sat down again, and the voice of congratulations sounded again.

Shen Sitang couldn't help but look at Jun Ting Yan, because today is the empress's birthday party, Jun Ting Yan, as the only heir of the empress, was arranged in the closest position to the queen, so that he was sitting at the crown prince's up position.

The prince smiled gently, as if he didn't care about these small things at all, but Shen Sitang knew that ancient people were very particular about their seats, did the prince really not care about it?
If he had been as kind as he appeared on the surface, he wouldn't have said anything to her about Mu Huaichuan's rejection of the emperor's marriage offer, and the emperor didn't want to marry her to Juntingyan.

It seems that His Royal Highness is not as simple as it seems.

After everyone had said their congratulatory speeches, Emperor Yongqing looked at Jun Tingyan: "My son, what did you do for your mother this year?" He said and looked at the queen: "Why didn't I see your mother wearing it?"

Can Emperor Yongqing recognize all the empress's jewelry?Really paid attention to it.

Speaking of this, the queen said with some dissatisfaction: "The emperor is extra perfunctory this time, and gave two east pearls, which have not yet been made into earrings."

Emperor Yongqing was obviously surprised when he heard this.

Sitting next to the prince, the fourth prince smiled and said, "Sixth brother will give mother exquisite jewelry every year, and they are all handmade. Why didn't they finish it this year? Sixth brother is too late to do it?"

Shen Sitang looked at Jun Ting Yan, he still has this skill?

Jun Tingyan also looked towards her, the two of them met their eyes, Shen Sitang immediately looked away, Jun Tingyan was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head lightly as if thinking of something, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Yo, the sixth brother laughed, who are you looking over there?" While speaking, the fourth prince looked towards Shen Sitang.

Seeing this, Emperor Yongqing frowned, suddenly changed the subject, and smiled at the queen, "The queen is really gorgeous today, Huaichuan has a heart."

For some reason, when Shen Sitang suddenly heard Mu Huaichuan's name, his heart skipped a beat.

Just now the fourth prince was still talking about the Junting Banquet, why did Emperor Yongqing mention Mu Huaichuan?He did it on purpose, he was changing the subject!

The queen frowned imperceptibly, but still responded: "Yes, Huai Chuan has always been sensible."

Emperor Yongqing took advantage of the situation and said, "Huai Chuan is not young anymore. He has no mother, and his father doesn't care about him. My uncle will always make arrangements for him." He then looked directly at Shen Sitang: "My I heard that Huai Chuan and Shen Aiqing's eldest daughter are getting close, they both work in the Inspector's Office, presumably they have been in love for a long time, I intend to marry you, what does the Empress think?"

(End of this chapter)