"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Empress Shen saw that Chen Quan was in a daze, and knew that her words had touched his mind. She did not continue, but reminded Chen Quan, "Your Majesty, the mistress is here to toast you."

"Oh, Ye'er..."

Chen Quan looked at the third prince standing at the bottom holding a wine cup, and looked at the pale and thin face that was half or sixty percent similar to Queen Shen's. It took him a while to realize, "You are not well yet, so don't drink the wine. I'll accompany you." Father, let’s have a cup of hot tea.”

The eunuch serving behind the emperor hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea, took the wine cup from the hands of the third prince, and said softly: "His Royal Highness, this is because His Majesty loves you, so you can have tea instead of a bar."

"Thank you, Father, for caring about the children." Chen Jianye raised his glass and replaced the wine with tea.

His Highness King Qin is only in his early twenties, and his eyebrows are extremely beautiful, as if they were carefully carved by God. The phoenix eyes under the eyebrows that fly into the temples are slightly raised, and a pair of clear and bright eyes contain a little starlight. Ziyun His lips were of an English-like color, thin and slightly dark, and set off a thin face that became increasingly pale. His eyes under the broken hair were extremely cold. When he looked at his parents sitting above him, he slightly curved his lips. , with a very faint smile.

"Ye'er, if you can't hold on any longer, go back and rest first."

With a fatherly look on his face, Chen Quan drank the wine Chen Jianye offered him in one gulp.

Looking at his son with outstanding appearance, even Chen Quan had to admit that his youngest son looked the most like the queen.

Thinking of his eldest son, Chen Jiancheng, who shielded him from arrows in Huai City, and of his second son, Chen Jiangong, who died inexplicably after capturing the capital, Chen Quan's originally smiling expression was slightly restrained, and his eyes passed over the faces of the queen and the noble concubine without leaving a trace.

The queen turned half sideways and looked at Chen Jianye with a loving look on her face, her eyes full of worry and anxiety.

The imperial concubine, on the other hand, was talking to the person next to her with her head tilted, the beads hanging down from her temples swaying slightly, as if she had said something happy, and she just raised her sleeves to cover her mouth and smiled softly.

I don't know why, but he usually likes the charming appearance of the imperial concubine, but today he felt a little bored with the dignified and majestic empress.

I think back then, his queen was also the most beautiful girl and had suffered so many hardships. Now sitting in this hall, the queen's magnificence cannot be suppressed by ordinary people. And the imperial concubine, in her most prosperous period, cannot be compared with the queen. .

Since when did he start not wanting to even look at the Queen's disgusted look?

Blind?

And when did he not even want to give up the position of queen to this woman who gave him three sons and devoted herself to serving his parents and waiting for him to return?

Is he even mentally blind?

Chen Quan thought of his heartbreak knowing that the queen was imprisoned for him, and also recalled that the imperial concubine casually asked if the women in prison would be bullied.

Did it start from that time?

But when the queen was in prison, he was unable to rescue her because of the confusion, but Nanyang and Dongyang County were already in his hands. The jailer and the prison were all under his command, and every move the queen made in the prison was under his watch. Why would he doubt the woman he had worked so hard to marry?

Perhaps the situation has been settled, the panic and busyness of the first few years have passed, everything has settled, and his character has changed.

Or maybe it was during today's feast, with lanterns and lanterns everywhere, and the night sky full of wives, concubines, and courtiers, that he suddenly felt guilty when he recalled the past.

There was lively singing and dancing outside, and the banquet was intoxicating.

Chen Quan raised his hand, poured a glass of wine first, and handed it to the queen who was next to him: "This wine is not strong. Try it, it will be like the Qionghua dew that my little sister gave you when she got married. That Qionghua dew, But it’s the best wine I’ve ever had.”

Hearing Chen Quan mention her little sister, Queen Shen's expression changed slightly, and then she took the wine cup and took a sip, "What's the name of this wine?"

"Qionghua juice."

"The names are somewhat similar, but the taste is different." Empress Shen put down the wine glass and said with a slightly calm expression, "Your Majesty, little sister..."

As if thinking that today was the New Year's Eve, Queen Shen swallowed back what she said and changed the subject abruptly, "If I don't talk about this anymore, it's because my little sister's family is so lucky that they didn't wait for such a good day as today."

"I know, I know..."

Chen Quan sighed softly, stretched out his hand and patted the back of Queen Shen's hand gently, "It can only be said that fate has a way with people... Back then, my little sister didn't have two sons and one daughter left in her family. I thought, how about joining the Lu clan? Here, give the Lu family a stepson. The Lu family is big, so if you want to choose a better child, you can still pick one."

"Is Your Majesty drunk?"

Before Empress Shen could speak, Concubine Zhou couldn't help but said angrily, "Today is the New Year's Eve feast. Didn't His Majesty say that he wants to give the empress a surprise? I also want to see what surprises His Majesty has prepared for the empress."

Chen Quan seemed to wake up and said hurriedly: "Yes, there is a surprise. Today I will fulfill the oath I made to the queen many years ago."

"oh."

Concubine Zhou's eyes flashed, and she smiled before saying anything, "What's the oath? I even want to hear it."

Empress Shen gave Concubine Zhou a sideways look and said calmly: "Since it is a surprise, naturally it cannot be revealed. If it is revealed, it will be a surprise."

"Yes, now I will take you to see the surprise I have prepared for the queen."

Chen Quan called the eunuch beside him to come over and give some instructions before leading everyone to the observation deck.

The winter days are short, a banquet has arrived, and the sky outside has darkened.

The observation deck in the palace is not far from Jiying Hall, but it is cold in winter. When you come out of the warm Jiying Hall, the howling north wind blows on people's faces, causing needle-like pain.

Chen Quan took the lead and walked to the entrance of the palace, stopped, raised his hand to support Queen Shen beside him: "Queen, please slow down, be careful of the slippery ground outside."

Concubine Zhou, who was walking behind the two of them, watched His Majesty raise his hand to help Queen Shen. Queen Shen put her hand on His Majesty's arm. Finally, the two of them crossed the threshold in front of the palace door with their hands clasped. She hurriedly lowered her head and pretended Lift up your skirt to hide the jealous look on your face.

In the eyes of Concubine Zhou, Empress Shen has long been a mature woman and has become a thing of the past. In the past few years since Empress Shen and the Queen Mother were brought into the palace, Your Majesty has never spent the night in the Queen's bedroom.

Even on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, His Majesty only went to the Queen's Jiaofang Hall to sit for a while, and then returned to his own Taihe Hall to rest, never staying overnight.

Today, in front of all the ministers, His Majesty actually became kind to the Queen because of a bowl of mutton soup.

How could this not make Concubine Zhou feel dissatisfied and unable to control her raging anger.

When everyone went up to the viewing platform, they saw a sudden loud noise in front of the viewing platform, followed by a bunch of fireworks rising into the sky, one or two. With the rumbling sound, countless fireworks bloomed in the night sky, colorful, Colorful colors, gold flowers splashing everywhere...

The emperor and empress stood hand in hand at the front of the observation deck, looking up at the fireworks rising and falling in the night sky, making the dark night extraordinarily beautiful.
Chapter completed!