At the royal banquet in the evening, the food and drink, singing and dancing were peaceful.

  The Empress specially prepared hairy crabs to entertain everyone.

  Shangjing is located in the north. Although it is close to the water, it is not rich in crabs. Especially the big river crabs, which need to be transported from the south, are relatively rare food.

   "Li Chengyin, what is this big bug? Can it be eaten?" Qu Xiaofeng looked at the crab with giant pincers, eight claws, and bright red body, and asked in surprise.

  In her opinion, this is a big spider, it must be poisonous.

   "This is called crab, and it tastes delicious." Xiang Nan explained, then picked up eight pieces of crab, and quickly shaved off the crab meat.

  With the dexterity of his hands, it is naturally very easy to disassemble a crab. In a short while, he disassembled the huge crab, and then put the plump crab meat and crab paste on a plate and handed it to Qu Xiaofeng.

   Qu Xiaofeng curiously picked up the chopsticks, tasted a couple of mouthfuls, and immediately felt that it was extremely delicious, far better than the mutton she ate before, "Wow, delicious~"

  Seeing that Xiang Nan helped Qu Xiaofeng peel the crabs himself, Zhao Sese couldn't help being very envious, but also inevitably a little disappointed.

   At this moment, Xiang Nan had already peeled another crab, "Come on, Sese, I'll eat it for you."

   "Thank you, Your Highness." Zhao Sese took the crab meat with a smile, and most of the grievances in his heart were immediately dispelled.

  …

   "Your Majesty, look, the prince and the others are so loving." Zhang Meiniang said with a smile.

  Li Xi nodded with a smile.

  The East Palace is harmonious, which shows that the prince is very skillful in dealing with emotions.

   Moreover, Qu Xiaofeng is the ninth princess of Xizhou, and Zhao Sese's father is Zhenbeihou. The son has a good relationship with them, and it is very helpful to win over their mother's family.

   Just then, the group dance ended.

  Following that, a young woman covered her face with a sleeve with one hand, and led Su Lian with the other, and slowly fell down from the roof beam. Such a stunning way of appearance immediately attracted the attention of the audience.

   "Wow~" Qu Xiaofeng was dumbfounded.

  Zhao Sese was also a little surprised.

   Only Xiang Nan was taken aback for a moment, unexpectedly, Zhang Meiniang still helped Gao Ming and brought Gao Ruyi into the palace.

   Doesn't he know the consequences of luring a wolf into a house and seeking skin from a tiger?

  Once Gao Ruyi is favored and becomes pregnant with a dragon fetus, Gao Xiang will only support his daughter. At that time, Zhang Meiniang, the niece, will be completely reduced to an abandoned child.

   What the **** is going on!

  …

   "Who is this woman?" Li Wei asked suspiciously.

   "Your Majesty, she is the only daughter of Gao Xiang's country, named Gao Ruyi." Zhang Meiniang said immediately.

   Li Xi was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

  After Gao Ruyi airborne, she danced to the music.

  She has a beautiful appearance, a graceful figure, and a smart dancing posture, so she attracts the attention of everyone in the audience.

  Only Xiang Nan carefully disassembled the cream crab in his hand without even looking at it.

   To him, although Gao Ruyi's name is "Ruyi", she is actually just a poor pawn.

  For the benefit of the Gao family, he was pushed into the fire pit by his father.

  Li Xi has no feelings for her at all, but just uses her as a tool to contain and paralyze the Gao family.

  He favored Gao Ruyi, and even made her pregnant with a dragon fetus, making Gao Ming mistakenly think that the emperor still trusted their Gao family, so he continued to work for him without complaint.

   As a result, it was just Li Xi's plan to delay the attack. First use Gao Ruyi to stabilize the Gao family, then cut off the Gao family's wings with a thunderous force, and finally threaten Gao Ruyi's life, and Gao Ming will be imprisoned without any effort.

   This is the imperial mind!

  …

   Soon, let Gao Ruyi dance to a song.

  Zhang Meiniang went off in person and brought Gao Ruyi to Li Xi.

   "Ruyi pays respects to the emperor." Gao Ruyi bowed gracefully.

"Okay, okay, okay! Yun Xiang's clothes are beautiful and beautiful, and the spring breeze blows the threshold of Revlon. Your dance in neon clothes and feathers is very good. I really didn't expect that Gao Xiang would have a daughter like you. Not only is he beautiful, The dancing posture is so light and elegant." Li Xi nodded with a smile.

   "I wonder if Ruyi's dance suits His Majesty's wishes?" Zhang Meiniang asked with a smile.

   "Queen, you have always been a caring person." Li Xi smiled and said, "A high-ranking daughter and my son are really a match made in heaven, a beautiful marriage."

  Hearing what he said, Zhang Meiniang and Gao Ruyi were taken aback.

  They all planned to make Gao Ruyi the emperor's concubine, but they didn't expect that Li Xi would promise Gao Ruyi to the crown prince, which was far beyond their expectations.

  Xiang Nan was busy eating crabs at first, but he couldn't help being taken aback when he heard what Li Xi said.

  Unexpectedly, he threw this hot potato to himself!

  He doesn't like Gao Ruyi at all.

  Although Zhao Sesur is scheming and sometimes hurts others, at least she loves herself.

  But Gao Ruyi only knows how to harm others, and only knows how to protect the interests of the Gao family. And sooner or later, I will have a battle with the Gao family. Putting her by your side is equivalent to raising a beautiful snake.

  …

   "Cheng Yin, come here quickly." Li Xi looked at Xiang Nandao.

  Xiang Nan was speechless, so he had to stand up and come to the front, "The child is visiting the father, but I don't know the father is calling for the child, why?"

   "I think that a high-ranking daughter is beautiful, intelligent, dignified and elegant, gentle and virtuous, and well-educated. She is really a rare and good woman, so I decided to make you a side concubine." Li Xi said immediately.

   "Father, the child is already satisfied with Xiaofeng and Sese." Xiang Nan said quickly after hearing this. He really didn't want to have anything to do with Gao Ruyi.

"Hey, as the crown prince, you should spread your branches and leaves as soon as possible to continue the incense for the rich dynasty. How can only two concubines be enough?" Li Xi waved his hand and said, "When I was your age, I already had five concubines. Two sons."

   "But..." Xiang Nan wanted to ask the emperor to withdraw his order again.

  But seeing the emperor's face turned serious, "You still don't accept the decree to thank you?"

  Xiang Nan had no choice but to kneel down and kowtow, "Thank you, father, for the marriage!"

  Gao Ruyi also knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the marriage!"

  Seeing that the emperor suddenly gave Xiang Nan a marriage, Qu Xiaofeng and Zhao Sese were stunned.

  Qu Xiaofeng suddenly felt empty in her heart, as if a piece had been dug out by someone, so she couldn't help but want to cry.

  Although she quickly suppressed her tears, her eyes were still red soon.

  Zhao Sese also had red eyes and tears. But she was afraid of being seen, so she immediately wiped away the tears.

  Among the seven traits of a woman, one of them is 【Envy】.

  Xiang Nan is the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, who will be the emperor in the future, and will be the seventy-two concubines of the Three Palaces and Six Courts. She is jealous because she doesn't understand the general situation and has a small belly.

   Besides, this marriage was bestowed by the emperor. The slightest dissatisfaction with her is the crime of deceiving the king. So no matter how wronged she was, she could only endure it.

  Luoxi, Yongning, and Pei Zhao were also a little surprised when they saw this scene. They didn't expect that the emperor would suddenly give the fifth brother a marriage. Didn't this mean that he deliberately made his housework quarrel.

   It's just that they are juniors, so they don't have the right to speak freely, so they can only pretend not to know.