Chapter 823

Xie Yunjin had nothing to do, so she suggested to help Lu Jiao settle the accounts. Lu Jiao was happy to be free, so she handed over the accounting to him.

He didn't know if he didn't trade, and he was shocked when he traded, and then he realized how much money Lu Jiao had earned in the past few years, which was really a scary figure.

Xie Yunjin looked at Lu Jiao again with a different look.

"In a few years, Jiaojiao might become the richest man in Dazhou."

Lu Jiao responded with a smile: "Low-key, low-key, we won't fight for that name."

Xie Yunjin was amused by her, the two of them were at home for a while, it was a rare happy time.

At the end of the year, Bailu Academy had a holiday, and Dabao came back. The most rare thing was that Sanbao rushed back from Ningzhou.

Seeing him, Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao were indescribably happy, they looked around Sanbao again and again, Sanbao was blushed by his parents.

"Father, mother, what's the matter?"

Xie Yunjin looked at him and said, "I've grown taller and stronger, and now I look like a real man."

Although Sanbao is only fifteen years old, but because he handles the affairs in Ningzhou independently, he looks calm and introverted, and he has a warm aura, which makes people look friendly.

Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao were naturally happy to see such a son.

Seeing that his parents were so happy to see him, Sanbao was also in a particularly good mood. He stretched out his hand to hold Xie Yunjin and said, "I didn't want to come back this year, but when I brought someone out for a doctor, I heard people say that my father was injured. I was scared." It was a jump, so I decided to return to Beijing on the spur of the moment."

After Sanbao finished speaking, he looked at Xie Yunjin's face with distressed eyes: "Father, your face is not in the way."

The white gauze on Xie Yunjin's face has been removed, but her face is still a little scary because the scar is a bit deep.

But this gave Mr. Xie a gloomy sense of beauty.

But Sanbao still felt distressed seeing his old father like this.

Xie Yunjin hurriedly comforted him: "It's okay, isn't dad okay now? As for the injury on his face, it's fine with your mother around."

When Dabao and the twins heard that Sanbao was back, they ran over early.

When the brothers and sisters met, they were indescribably happy, talking and laughing while hugging each other, and the scene was indescribably lively.

Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao looked at the children and thought of the second treasure who was far away at the border and the fourth treasure in the palace. They couldn't help but sigh, wondering when their family could really get together.

In the evening, Lu Jiao ordered Aunt Hua to prepare a table and the whole family gathered for dinner.

Dabao was on vacation, and Sanbao came back again, Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao saved their troubles, and the two little ones were left to the two older brothers to take care of them.

The new year is approaching, the two adults will visit relatives and friends, and go to the homes of courtiers who are close to each other. It is really inconvenient to bring twins. Now Dabao and Sanbao are back to take care of the two younger siblings.

On the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, a banquet was held in the palace, and Xie Yunjin, Lu Jiao and his wife entered the palace for the banquet.

Every year on New Year's Eve, there will be a banquet in the palace to entertain the ministers of the court and their family members. In fact, it is His Majesty's wooing and courtiers to show His Majesty's benevolence.

This year's palace banquet is slightly different from previous years. In previous years, the courtiers all flattered King Jin, and they also believed that King Jin would become the heir apparent of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and finally ascended to the throne smoothly. Therefore, King Jin has always been one of the stars.

But this year, because of the return of the second prince, coupled with the various attitudes displayed by His Majesty, many people in the courtiers suspected that the candidate for the heir apparent that His Majesty was looking for was probably the Second Prince.

So this year's banquet is divided into two factions, no, three factions, one faction supports King Jin, the other faction supports King Ming, and the neutral faction, no matter who is in power, they will support it.

When Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao arrived, almost all the ministers and wives arrived, but the concubines and princes and princesses in the palace did not show up. As soon as Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao walked in, someone greeted them.

The two looked at each other, and went to talk separately, until outside the main hall, the eunuch shouted: "The Empress is here, the Concubine Shu is here, and the Empress Zhaoyi is here."

All the courtiers and wives in the hall turned to pay their respects.

Lu Jiao's face turned cold in the crowd. She didn't expect the emperor to let the empress come out so soon. This woman won't make any more troubles when she comes out. If she dares to do it again, she doesn't mind making a move.

The queen's whole body has lost a lot of weight, and her expression is also indifferent, with a condescending and high-profile appearance.

"Get up, everyone."

Lu Jiao stood up following the others, just in time for the queen to look at her coldly, the eyes were full of hatred, cold and cold.

But just as she looked at Lu Jiao, the eunuch's report came from outside the palace gate: "Your Majesty is here, the Empress Dowager is here, King Jin is here, and King Ming is here."

When the queen heard the eunuch's report, she immediately turned around and greeted her. His Majesty relieved her foot, and she didn't want to be grounded again.

"I have seen His Majesty."

The queen led the courtiers to salute Xiao Yu. In front of the palace gate, Xiao Yu saw that the queen frowned almost imperceptibly. If there was not a palace banquet to be held tonight, he would not have relieved the queen's feet. When the queen comes out, tonight's palace banquet must be presided over by his mother, which will elevate the status of his mother and the Zhao family.

Xiao Yu didn't want to do that, so he had to untie the queen's feet, but if the queen didn't keep her position, Xiao Yu didn't mind punishing her.

Even if the queen didn't look up, she could still see the cold and stern look in the emperor's eyes looking at her.

She knelt down more and more politely.

Xiao Yu didn't want to embarrass the Queen in front of everyone, so he walked up to her and said in a deep voice, "Queen, get up."

The queen stood up as she said, and followed the emperor into the hall.

Empress Dowager Zhao looked at all this from behind, humming, don't think she doesn't know what her son is thinking, doesn't she just don't want the Zhao family to be the only one, and she doesn't want to be the only one? But can Li Yunshan, a stupid woman, hold on?

Empress Dowager Zhao thought about looking at Concubine Zhao's belly, why there was no movement for so long, Empress Dowager Zhao suddenly froze as she thought about it, it could be that the emperor didn't want Concubine Zhao to become pregnant, so what did she do?

When Xiao Yu walked to the high seat and sat down, he found that the Queen Mother's complexion was very bad. He turned to the Queen Mother and asked, "Queen Mother, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Empress Dowager Zhao looked at him with a cold snort. I'm afraid this is what he hoped for. I hope she is not in good health.

Xiao Yu looked at Queen Mother Zhao's expression, she was clearly annoyed by him, what did he do to annoy her?

Empress Dowager Zhao pursed her lips tightly and did not say a word, but looked at Concubine Zhao, who was not far away from Xiao Yu, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.

Xiao Yu followed her line of sight to look over, and instantly had a guess in his heart. The queen mother guessed that he played tricks on Concubine Zhao, and that's why Concubine Zhao was not pregnant for such a long time?

The corner of Xiao Yu's mouth curled into a mocking look, is it his fault or the Zhao family has a big heart, obviously he married a daughter of the Zhao family before, and then sent another daughter of the Zhao family into the palace, is he so hungry? However, in order to stabilize the court situation, he agreed, but he didn't even think about wanting a girl from the Zhao family to give birth to a prince.

Xiao Yu didn't look at Empress Dowager Zhao, turned around to look at the courtiers looking down, and motioned: "Everyone, please sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

(end of this chapter)