The Princess of the Fairy Phoenix Road

Chapter 176 The Palace Thorn (2)
Chu Qiyan had already taken a step back, but when she heard this, she hesitated for a moment and then stopped suddenly.

He turned his head, and his eyes fell on Chu Xunyang's face with deep sarcasm, and he asked, "What about Lord Yanling? Does he count as the handle and weakness you left behind?"

Although Chu Lingxiu's condition did not improve, despite Su Wan's repeated tossing, there was no sign of deterioration.

There is a rift between Su Lin and Lord Yanling, it is impossible to invite him to the Su Mansion for medical treatment, but as far as the current situation is concerned-

The entire imperial hospital is under the control of Lord Yanling, which imperial physician can escape his control?
There is no doubt that Chu Lingxiu's delay until now must be due to this person!
Chu Qiyan's tone was not kind, but Chu Xunyang was not surprised at all about this topic.

She tilted her head, showed her whole face in front of him, and said with a smile: "If you have the ability, you can catch him out, I'll wait and see."

Chu Qiyan couldn't say a word, her chest felt tight.

They all knew that Lord Yanling's appearance was too coincidental, and they all felt that this person was mysterious and there was definitely an unknown hole card behind him, but they couldn't get any valuable clues even under open and secret investigations.

Chu Xunyang's words clearly meant that he was confident, and it was expected that he would not be able to do anything about this matter.

"As you said, if it's a fox, there will always be a tail exposed. Let's wait and see!" Chu Qiyan said, although her expression was cold, she still drew a smile with her bent lips calmly.

He glanced at Chu Xunyang, then lifted the corner of his robe, turned around and went back to the hall first.

Chu Xunyang still stood behind the corner of the wall without moving. The light here was relatively dim, so most of her face was hidden in the shadow of the wall, making it unclear.

It was not until Chu Qiyan's back was far away that someone came out from behind a clump of plum trees directly in front of Chu Xunyang, brushed aside the lush flower branches, and walked out.

Chu Xunyang stood on the corridor without moving.

Lord Yanling didn't intend to climb over the fence either, he just stood in the flowerbed below, looked up at her slightly, with a playful expression: "How is it? Did you find anything?"

"How is it possible?" Chu Xunyang shook his head, his tone a little frustrated, "If the clues were revealed so easily, he wouldn't be Chu Qiyan!"

Lord Yanling smiled and comforted him: "Then just wait and see how he gets better, don't worry, even if something happens, he doesn't have the energy to deal with you today!"

"Yeah!" Chu Xunyang smiled, nodded and smiled, "Then I will trouble you, Master Yanling, if you are capable."

Seeing that she was still in the mood to tease, Mr. Yanling relaxed a little. He stepped forward, and just as he was about to say something, he saw another person walking quickly from the other end of the corridor.

It was Chu Qifeng.

Lord Yanling frowned unconsciously, stopped his footsteps, and said helplessly, "I'd better go first!"

"En!" Chu Xunyang nodded, but didn't stop him. When he turned around and remembered what Chu Qiyan said just now, he suddenly felt a little uneasy.

"Yanling!" Putting aside the sound of Chu Qifeng's approaching footsteps, Chu Xunyang suddenly followed his back and called out.

Lord Yanling stopped, turned around and gave him a questioning look.

Chu Xunyang looked at him, hesitated for a moment with a serious expression, and then said: "You—be careful!"

Lord Yanling was taken aback for a moment, then the corners of his lips curved into a smile: "Okay, see you at the banquet later!"

Chu Xunyang also showed a slight smile and watched him leave.

In a blink of an eye, Chu Qifeng had already walked over from behind, and his eyes flicked past the back of the man in the distance, and his eyes deepened involuntarily, but they returned to normal in just an instant.

"What are you doing here in a daze?" Chu Qifeng asked, raised his hand and patted Chu Xunyang's shoulder, "It's time to go ahead, the state banquet will start in a quarter of an hour."

"Yeah!" Chu Xunyang turned around and smiled at him, "Let's go!"

The two brothers and sisters turned around and walked back, but Chu Xunyang couldn't help but look back again. The place where the man had just stood behind him was only the shadow of flowers under the sun, nothing else.

A group of people went to the Zhaode Hall in front. At that time, the Luanjia of the empress and concubines had not yet arrived, and everyone took their seats one by one under the guidance of the maids and servants.

When the seats here were almost settled, the little eunuch sang in a high-pitched voice outside: "The emperor is here, and the empress is here!"

As soon as everyone sat down, they quickly got up again and knelt beside their seats waiting to be picked up.

A group of princes headed by Chu Yi'an went directly to the outside of the hall, greeted the ceremony, and came in surrounded by the empress.

The emperor and empress sat down on the high-ranking chief in the innermost warm pavilion, and other concubines who were eligible to sit were seated according to their rank.

The emperor's harem is full of four concubines, and the most favored one is undoubtedly Tuoba Rongyao, who has just entered the palace. However, the emperor always abides by the principle when it comes to women's sex. In such a situation, he would never deliberately promote anyone just because he loves them. Therefore, the first seat on his left was still given to Defei Qi, who was second only to the empress.

Tuoba Rongyao only took the third seat.

Giving a banquet in the palace on New Year's Eve is an ancient tradition, and there is nothing special about it. Everything follows the old rules. All the officials order their wives to pay homage, and then the emperor and empress will give a congratulatory speech and announce the opening of the banquet.

At the banquet, everyone followed the rules and used the dishes on the table in front of them. Only when the empress started to argue, some higher-ranking courtiers and wives echoed and said auspicious words. Banquet, in the final analysis, is nothing more than a show to be praised by the world.

During the banquet, everyone did a good job on the scene, and the atmosphere was considered pleasant, especially in the innermost warm pavilion, the emperor seemed to be in a good mood, occasionally he could hear a few laughs, and the people below followed suit. .

In the middle of the banquet, Empress Luo reminded the emperor before remembering, and waved her big hand: "Xuan Song and Dance—"

But before the words finished, Concubine De next to her covered her mouth with her hands and jumped up from her seat with an exclamation.

Because the scream was too abrupt, the banquet that was going on in an orderly manner below was instantly planned, and countless pairs of eyes all looked in the direction of the Nuan Pavilion.

When Empress Luo heard Concubine De's bluff, her face instantly turned black into ashes. Just as she was about to reprimand, Concubine De was already pointing at the Emperor's right hand which had been lifted halfway up and hadn't put it down yet, and tremblingly said: "Emperor —Your Majesty, your hand—”

The emperor subconsciously turned his head to look at his hands.

At this moment, Concubine De had already breathed a sigh of relief, she gritted her teeth anxiously and ran over with her skirt in her hands, without caring about the etiquette rules, she directly grabbed the emperor's arm and pulled his sleeve over the elbow.

(End of this chapter)