61. Chapter 61 Winter Banquet

Author: Writer Yue Ye

Winter Solstice, Palace Banquet.

Shen Ange had originally made up her mind to complain that she was sick, but before she could even touch the cat for a rash, her sister fell ill due to overwork some time ago.

Now, if she falls ill again, it will inevitably bring the emperor's suspicion to the Shen family.

Shen Ange thought over and over again and could only attend the banquet on behalf of the Shen family. When Shen Wuhua fell ill, only Shen Bai went with her.

"Miss, do you really want to wear this? Why don't you change your clothes?"

Yun Zhi looked at Shen Ange with some embarrassment, who didn't put on makeup and didn't even bother to take care of her bun. She worried for her and said: "Miss, all the girls at this banquet were dressed up and worked hard. Dress yourself up, Yun Zhi knows that you are beautiful, but even this simple dress will make your waist look too small."

"It just needs to be inconspicuous."

Silly Yunzhi, if it's eye-catching, then that's fine.

Shen Ange looked at himself in the mirror with satisfaction, pushed away the golden hairpin in Yun Zhi's hand, inserted an inconspicuous hairpin into the random bun on his head, and went out with satisfaction.

Standing next to the carriage is Gu Qing.

Seeing Shen Ange walking down the steps surrounded by his maids, his calm eyes showed slight traces of turmoil.

Today she only wore a plain coat and skirt, her hair was in a simple and casual bun, with a jade hairpin inserted sideways, which made her even more elegant and refined.

The corners of Gu Qing's lips moved, and she took the initiative to step forward and stretch out her arms.

Shen Ange took his hand to get into the car, and her white hand left at the touch, leaving a faint daughter's fragrance on his wristband.

Shen Ange in the car thought of something, opened the curtain again and said, "You don't have to follow me when I enter the palace this time."

This palace banquet was a mixed bag, and she was afraid that someone would recognize Gu Qing, disrupt her plan, and bring trouble to the Shen family.

Gu Qing nodded obediently: "Okay."

After a moment, he added: "There are many people at the palace banquet, so it is inevitable that the guards will be negligent. Miss Wanwang, be careful not to go to a conspicuous place."

Shen Ange looked at Gu Qing inexplicably, always feeling that there was something in his words, as if he was reminding her of something.

However, she knew what to do without him reminding her.

"I know." Shen Ange lowered the car curtain.

Shen Bai accompanied Shen Ange to the banquet, and Liang had a panoramic view of the conversation between the two.

Is it possible that my sister really likes this guy with unknown origins?

Shen Bai frowned lightly.

"Li Zhi."

He replaced the guards, lowered his voice, and said: "Send someone to protect the young lady. It must be someone with strong skills. Also, check that boy. All information must not be missed. As soon as there are results, report it immediately."

The palace banquet was held in Hanyuan Hall.

The queen sent people to burn charcoal fire in the palace early. At this time, Hanyuan Palace was as warm as spring.

As soon as Shen Ange picked up her skirt and got out of the car, she saw a rider trotting over and called: "Colonel Shen..."

Seeing Shen Ange's face, Gu Yanbei, the eldest son of Nanyang Palace, felt embarrassed, "Is that the second girl? Sorry, it's County Master Shen."

"Your Majesty." Shen Ange raised her skirt as a gift.

Gu Yanbei hurriedly dismounted and looked into the carriage, as if he was looking for someone.

"Where's Colonel Shen?"

Gu Yanbei looked around in the car, wondering.

"Thanks to her for sacrificing her life to save Qiu Lie last time. She has been busy with the disaster these days. I have never found a chance to thank her face to face."

Shen Ange slandered, this young prince changed his name to me, from this prince to me. Is it because of my sister?

"Sister is ill and cannot attend the banquet."

Shen Ange smiled slightly, "I will personally convey the prince's thoughts to my sister."

After saying that, he stopped staying and went in for the banquet with Shen Bai who had taken off his saber.

In the north of the city, Hanshan Temple.

In the guest room in the backyard, the bed slowly opened under the action of a mechanism.

It took Gu Qing some time to get rid of the guards arranged by Shen Bai. When he entered the secret room from the temple guest room, there were already several guards waiting.

"Your Highness!"

Seeing Gu Qing entering the door with her hands behind her back, everyone knelt down with fists clasped, their Adam's apples trembling as they screamed fear, but they looked loyal to Gu Qing.

"Because my subordinate was so late, I almost caused His Highness to be injured. Please punish me."

The boy in black turned around and sat on the chair, looking at him with raised eyes: "In that case, do you still want me to do it myself?"

Konoe knew that because of him, he failed to arrive in time a few months ago, and that His Highness almost died at the Nan'an County Prince's Mansion. He couldn't help but feel scared, his Adam's apple rolled, and he seemed to have made up his mind, and drew out the heavy sword on his back.

With a muffled groan, the blade that was originally intended to chop off the hand as an apology deflected, cutting off only one little finger, and rolled it along the corner as an apology.

The heavy sword fell to the ground with a "bang", stirring up dust on the ground.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for showing mercy." Forget it if you don't hate him, the guard actually kowtowed and thanked him.

Konwei covered his severed finger, blood flowed out from between his fingers, and looked at Gu Qing's left hand with pain, which was still wrapped with a bandage.

That's the scar-removing medicine that Shen Ange told me. Wear a bandage to avoid contamination.

"His Royal Highness has been lurking for a long time and has endured such humiliation and danger. This time he appears to summon several of his subordinates to decide whether he wants to take action..."

"There's no rush yet."

Gu Qing's tone was careless, "The Shen family holds the city defense, Shen Bai and Shen Wuhua are both in the military camp, and... Shen Ange, the county lord, is such a big piece of fat, annexation is more valuable than destruction."

Konoe understood instantly, "What does Your Highness mean?"

Gu Qing seemed to have remembered something interesting and suddenly laughed: "The Shen family is very interesting. Interesting prey must be fattened and eaten slowly to be happy, isn't it?"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Gu Qing was sitting in the upper seat, playing with daggers one after another. Following the dagger, his eyes fell on the brand-new deerskin boots on his feet. There were two extremely small dots of bright red on them, which were the fingers he had just chopped off. It accidentally splashed on it.

His eyes darkened and the smile on his face faded.

After a while, Gu Qing said: "Feng Ying, you soiled my boots."

Mingming's voice was calm and could not tell the difference between happiness and anger, but Feng Ying felt as if he was suffering from coldness, like falling into an ice cellar. The murderous aura rushing towards him suddenly made him prostrate on the ground, unable to breathe.

Arriving in front of Hanyuan Hall, men and women sat at separate tables.

After separating from Shen Bai, Shen Ange went to the female family members and found an inconspicuous place to sit.

At the same time, Prince Gu Chongzheng strolled up to Ruichang Tower, followed by a young eunuch wearing an ocher jade belt.

Although he is a eunuch, he is not like other father-in-laws who have a flattering look on their faces.

"When there was a fire in Shui Yuntian, among the corpses of the young man found, there was indeed a scar on the left shoulder, and there were signs of broken bones. I guess that was the Ninth Prince."

The young eunuch had a straight back, a beardless face, and a gender-neutral beauty. After hearing Gu Chong's answer, he said slowly: "No one in the world can threaten your status, Your Highness, why are you so worried?"

Hearing this, Gu Chong snorted with hatred: "It's best to do what you said. If I find that bastard is still alive, I think it's better to put your eunuch's head on the ground."

Hearing the word "eunuch", the young eunuch narrowed his eyes, bent slightly and said, "I don't dare."
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