and son

Pei Jing always felt that something was wrong with Meng Chuji today, but Meng Chuji didn't want to tell him, so he couldn't force him to ask.

Countless methods of punishing Pei Xian came to Meng Chuji's mind. Along the way, he was guarding against Pei Xian's unreasonable tricks, while thinking about which method would make him die the worst.

Generally, he doesn't settle accounts after the fall, because if there is a grudge, he will avenge it on the spot.

After entering the hall, Meng Chuji finally didn't have to be wary of Pei Xian anymore. Pei Xian reluctantly glanced at Meng Chuji several times.

Pei Xian left, Pei Jing asked him: "Did uncle Huang just do something to you?"

Meng Chuji laughed dryly: "It's nothing, it looks too ugly, it looks scary."

Just kidding, can he let Pei Jing know? If he knows, maybe he will be stopped to prevent him from taking revenge.

Pei Jing shook her head helplessly: "After staying with Gillian for a long time, I am more and more like her."

Meng Chuji suddenly remembered: Oh no, this brave uncle even dared to attack the princess, he never bullied Gillian, right?

With this uneasy feeling in mind, the New Year's banquet is coming.

The hall was full of people, sitting peacefully. After a while, I heard loud singing outside the hall:

"His Majesty is here!"

"The Queen Mother is here!"

"The Empress is here!"

"Her Royal Highness is here!"

……

I saw Emperor Sui in a bright yellow robe holding the Queen Mother's hand, and Gillian holding the Queen's hand, the four of them walked in a row, the royal majesty was clearly evident, and the four people who were very different stood in one place and were separated from each other. The outside is harmonious and harmonious, and it looks like a family at first glance.

Everyone in the hall got up from their seats to salute, shouting long live and thousand live together, until Emperor Sui shouted to be flat, and took their seats with the empress dowager, and then everyone sat down.

The crown prince was in the first seat on the lower left, very close to the hall, Meng Chuji only felt several intense gazes focus on him, making his scalp numb, and he dared not behave in the slightest.

He didn't even need to look up to know who those strong gazes belonged to - Gillian, the Queen, and the Queen Mother.

Among them, what he fears the most is the queen mother. The fact that the queen mother knows his true gender is like a knife hanging over his head. He doesn't know if the knife will fall, when it will fall, and where it will pierce him when it falls...

With her fingers curled up under her sleeves, Pei Jing gave Meng Chuji a strange look, looked down, and held his hand silently.

"take it easy."

Pei Jing said.

Meng Chuji was taken aback for a moment, and then slowly calmed down. He was really not that scared anymore.

Yes.

He shouldn't be so scared.

If the Empress Dowager wanted to say something, she would have said it long ago. If she didn't say anything, she must have hesitated about something. If the negotiation failed last time, she might have to talk to him in private. If she still talks to him, he might as well agree to it.

Anyway, it wasn't his grandson who was in trouble, it wasn't Da Chu's prince who was in trouble, it was she who insisted on forcing each other, no matter what happened, it wasn't his fault.

Thinking of this, the string in my heart loosened a lot.

Pei Jing took a special look at Meng Chuji, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, because this was the first time Meng Chuji was being held by him without breaking away from his hand. The manager was right, dripping water wears away rocks, Meng Chuji has gradually been moved by his sincerity up.

The two of them had their own thoughts, and they went back and forth a thousand times before Emperor Sui rewarded the courtiers with dishes.

Two courses below the third rank, three courses above the third rank, and a dessert for those who have made outstanding contributions, to show that the emperor values ​​them.

After the dishes are given, the banquet can be held in the hall.

The chief officer sang, "Have a banquet!"

The sound of silk and bamboo sounded in an instant, and the maids filed in from outside the palace, holding trays in their hands, on which were placed gold cups and jade cups, tooth chopsticks and silver plates, and served the dishes in an orderly manner.

The first dish is dragon and phoenix presenting auspiciousness, which means festive, and the exquisitely carved dragon and phoenix will look ordinary on the plate, making it look like ordinary people can't afford it.

Emperor Sui moved the chopsticks first, and Emperor Sui put a white jade ball into the Empress Dowager's bowl. The two mothers and sons filially ate, and the people below moved their chopsticks cautiously.

The dragon and phoenix Chengxiang presented to Emperor Sui was in a large plate, and they all served in small plates, and they couldn't hold a few chopsticks. Meng Chuji felt very disgusted, the portion was so small that this year's banquet was not as good as their big Chu's dumplings.

However, Pei Jing put all the meat and meatballs cooked on Longfeng Chengxiang's dish into Meng Chuji's bowl, and said, "Come."

Meng Chuji was embarrassed to accept it, and wanted to be polite to him, but he casually glanced at Shangguan Ting's eyes like knives, his heart moved, and he ate it.

He only ate half, and passed the remaining half to Pei Jing's lips, "Come..."

Pei Jing didn't think there was anything wrong, so she held the tip of his chopsticks in her mouth, and when Meng Chuji looked at Shangguan Ting again, she was about to go mad with anger. Although there was no reaction on the face, the back of the hand that was holding the chopsticks was so hard that it turned white.

First, the queen pointed at Pei Jing and Meng Chuji who were training people, who was training, naturally Gillian:

"Look at your brother, how affectionate you are with your sister-in-law. Your sister-in-law is only as old as you, and she is favored by her husband. If you don't want to marry, what's wrong with Li Xiuyi, who follows you all day long?" Turn, I am sincere to you, do you still agree?"

A-Jiao stared at Meng Chuji, annoyed and sullen, not wanting to speak at all.

The queen mother glanced at Meng Chuji and smiled: "Queen, don't make Gillian unhappy by talking about the happy new year."

The queen snapped back: "If her father is in charge, why should I worry so much?"

Emperor Sui who was called suddenly stopped his chopsticks and raised his head, as if seeing his daughter for the first time, he said in deep thought: "It's time for Gillian to get married."

Ah Jiao suddenly wanted to go down and sit next to Meng Chuji, it was not comfortable to be with them at all, only Meng Chuji could make her happy.

Meng Chuji didn't know what A-Jiao was thinking, when the dish was served with mutton soup, his eyes lit up, and he picked up a small bowl and scooped a large spoonful for Pei Jing.

The mutton soup nourishes the kidneys. Take a sip to nourish, drink two sips to boost your spirits. I am afraid that the royal chef also thought that it is time to relax on New Year's Eve, so I specially made such a bowl of soup.

Pei Jing didn't think about invigorating the kidney, but Meng Chuji asked him to drink it, and he drank it, but after one bowl was finished, Meng Chuji filled another bowl, and made him drink two or three bowls in succession, Pei Jing couldn't help but said: "Quiet!" Jing, I don't like mutton soup."

Two or three small bowls is the limit.

When Meng Chuji heard it, he thought that everything should be taken care of slowly and should not be made difficult by others, so he gave up, drank a spoonful by himself, and said, "I love drinking, so I want to serve it to you."

Pei Jing's heart warmed up, and just as she was about to say something, the next dish - venison, suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, and as expected, Meng Chuji's eyes were burning, and she said extremely happily: "This year's banquet is really well organized, Qiu Yu, you must eat more."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Pei Jing to refuse, Meng Chuji picked up a plate of venison for him.

Seeing the empress who was burying Emperor Sui, her beautiful Liu Mei frowned, and asked lately, "A-Jiao, is your brother too tired recently, and your health is a bit weak?"