Chapter 1703 Extra: Ome (43)

"It's nothing, it's just that the concubine has always heard about Nanling Shizi and the princess, and knows that the emperor has a good relationship with them, and wants to get acquainted with the emperor." The queen explained with a smile.

"In the future." He said lightly, without any intention of introduction.

"good."

Holding a glass to drink, her smile darkened even more.

He called her queen, and spoke to her in a respectful tone, as always.

She didn't feel it before, but when she saw the look in his eyes on the girl, her heart began to ache like a needle prick.

He sees everyone the same, indifferent, not alienated but distinctly alienated.

It's only different when looking at Princess Hongdou. That's normal, the way a man looks at a woman.

Does he know?

The strong wine entered her throat, choking and bitter, and the smile on the corner of the queen's mouth also became bitter.

Really, she would rather that he looked at everyone with the same indifference, without exception.

In this way, at least in his heart, no one is special.

Beside him, the man lowered his eyes halfway, and looked in that direction after a while, but this time he was looking at the boy beside him.

croton.

I haven't seen it for more than ten years. The little baby at the beginning has grown up, and the facial features have become three-dimensional and deep, with edges and corners.

It's just that the expression on his face is still the same as before, and the anger in his eyes has not changed at all.

But after all, I have grown up and matured, and many emotions have become hidden, and I can't easily see it.

"Uncle Peng, send a pot of wine and a pot of fruit tea to the table of Nanling Shizi and the princess, and invite the son to go to Linhua Hall after the banquet." Yan Rongjin said lightly.

"Yes, I'll do it right now, old slave." Uncle Peng bowed, glanced at the queen quietly before leaving, and sighed softly in his heart.

There are many women in the emperor's harem, but the emperor is careless and doesn't know women's hearts.

Apart from the envoys from various countries, all present at the banquet were officials of the fourth rank and above from the Eastern Yue Dynasty. They all noticed the emperor's extra care of the Nanling envoys and each had their own thoughts.

After the banquet was over, on the way to leave the palace, there were more than one wave of courtiers gathered in one place to discuss in a low voice.

"It seems that the Nanling princess is different in the emperor's heart, what do you think?"

"Princess Nanling was invited by the emperor to live in the harem before the Empress Ceremony. Who dares to say that she will not have a place in the harem in the future? According to this old man, the emperor's thoughts on Princess Nanling are stronger than that of the new empress."

"Your heart is unpredictable. It's better not to talk nonsense until the conclusion of this kind of matter is reached. Nanling County Master is Nanling King's precious lump. Nanling King can let his precious daughter enter the palace as a concubine?"

Even if you want to enter the palace, you need to be a queen.

This point was tacitly understood by the ministers discussing it, and they didn't dare to bring it up again, lest the topic leaked to the Ji family's ears, and the two ends of it were not human.

The ministers who were discussing dispersed and got into the carriages of their respective governments.

After they left, two figures slowly walked out from the shadow of the palace gate. They were the current Grand Fu Ji Xuekun and his son, Inspector Yushi Ji Zihang.

"Father?" Ji Zihang's face was very ugly.

Ji Xuekun flicked his sleeves and snorted angrily, "Go home!"

Regarding the gossip they heard just now, the two of them didn't mention a word outside.

On the other side, Croton followed Hongdou back to Linhua Hall.

The Dongyue Emperor invited him to talk, and the place he chose was the Linhua Hall where his sister was temporarily staying. It happened that the three of them could have a good talk about Qiqi.

He heard Hongdou talk about the recent situation, and knew that Yan Rongjin had been helping to find people, and it would be clearer to ask Yan Rongjin directly about some things.