Episode 36

The days in the palace were long and busy. In order to hold the birthday banquet of Empress Xuan, Cheng Shaoshang was very busy and followed the birthday banquet from beginning to end. He drafted the menu several times and finally approved it with Emperor Wen..It's just that Empress Xuan didn't want the birthday banquet to be too grand. After all, Emperor Wen admired simplicity and economy.Cheng Shaoshang hurriedly stopped and suggested that Queen Xuan discuss with Emperor Wen in the name of his wife, with a gentle tone and admiration in his eyes.Empress Xuan's face turned red when she heard these words. After all, she had been reserved and cautious since she was a child, and she was dignified and gentle when she grew up. She could not learn to smile and pretend to be angry, so she was made laugh by Cheng Shaoshang.The fifth princess suddenly came to Changqiu Palace and said that she was arranging a new dance and preparing to debut it on the day of the birthday banquet.Queen Xuan's smile faded, and when asked about the occupation of land for personal gain, the fifth princess did not take it seriously. She even felt that her mother was partial to Ling Buyi and Cheng Shaoshang, and was always targeting her.

Queen Xuan's expression changed after hearing this, and she scolded her for not having any rules and regulations. Then she asked Cheng Shaoshang to place the five princesses and others in the Yue Concubine's palace, not wanting to see them wandering around in front of her eyes.However, when passing through the back garden, Zuo Niangzi, prompted by the fifth princess, directly pushed Cheng Shaoshang into the pond.The accompanying girl watched Cheng Shaoshang struggling in the water. Instead of helping her, she kept throwing stones at her.Luo Jitong reminded the fifth princess not to go too far, so as not to cause death, but the fifth princess didn't care at all and felt that Cheng Shaoshang only had a cheap life.Cheng Shaoshang wanted to swim to the shore, but the girl threw a snake into the river again. Although Cheng Shaoshang tried his best to escape, he still couldn't avoid being bitten.

Fortunately, it was not a poisonous snake and no one was killed. Cheng Shaoshang crawled to the shore exhausted. The fifth prince came out of the bushes. The fifth princess gave a warning and led everyone away.Today's encounter made Cheng Shaoshang extremely uncomfortable. This war with huge disparity in strength did not see the smoke of gunpowder, but it was murderous at every step. It was difficult to vent the grievances he suffered.Ling Buyi suddenly appeared, focusing on pouring out his thoughts and not noticing anything strange about Cheng Shaoshang. He didn't notice it until Cheng Shaoshang turned his back and sobbed softly.Ling Buyi nervously stepped forward to ask, but the smile was no longer on his face. Cheng Shaoshang hugged Ling Buyi tightly and cried, but gradually calmed down in the end, lying that he missed his family.But Ling Buyi didn't believe it. After calming Cheng Shaoshang's emotions, he took the initiative to teach her how to identify acupuncture points.

Later, at Cheng Shaoshang's request, he was taught several self-protection techniques.After a few rounds, Ling Buyi threw Cheng Shaoshang down on the bed, stared at him, and continued to ask what happened.Cheng Shaoshang was filled with confusion and couldn't think of a response for a moment. After a long time, he spoke slowly, hoping that Ling Buyi could promise him something.In such a hurry for several days, Empress Xuan's birthday finally came. The palace maids and eunuchs were spreading colorful decorations everywhere. The princes and princesses prepared birthday gifts as usual, but they were instantly overshadowed in front of Cheng Shaoshang and Ling Buyi.The mountain and flowing water designed by Cheng Shaoshang was quite creative, and Ling Buyi took the initiative to play on stage, much to the surprise of the emperor and empress.The third prince presented a map of the iron mines, while the prince found a pair of jade unicorns from the Western Regions.

Just as Emperor Wen was praising his intentions, the Crown Princess suddenly forgot about her and suddenly mentioned the high price of the jade unicorn, which made the atmosphere at the scene awkward.Cheng Shaoshang immediately came out to relieve the siege, and the prince was very grateful for this. But when he returned to his seat with the princess, he suddenly saw his sweetheart Qu Lingjun sitting opposite, who was now married.Because the prince kept staring at Qu Lingjun, the princess felt very sad in her heart.On the other hand, Cheng Shaoshang and Ling Buyi got along sweetly and drank a glass of wine together, which made the emperor and empress deeply pleased.The fifth princess was embarrassed during the dance performance. Cheng Shaoshang stood up again and presented poems inscribed by Xuan Hou together with Ling Buyi.Empress Xuan's eyes turned red when she saw her father's calligraphy. Emperor Wen praised the two of them for really preparing the gifts carefully.

Cheng Shaoshang noticed that Ling Buyi's finger was injured, and thinking that he had entrusted him to play on stage, he felt guilty and moved, so he kissed him on the face in public. Everyone in the palace was stunned by this scene.Yuan Shen looked very bad, and so did Luo Jitong.Cheng Shaoshang shyly left the main hall, quickly bypassed the crowded place, and went straight to the Jingxin Lake in the back garden to get some fresh air.The fifth princess came up with a plan and asked her maid to lure the fifth prince there. As expected, the fifth prince was extremely drunk, talked frivolously and wanted to tease Cheng Shaoshang. Unexpectedly, he was dragged into the lake.Seeing this scene, Luo Jitong's maid also had evil intentions. Cheng Shaoshang deliberately taught the fifth prince a lesson and then started chatting with him.In fact, Cheng Shaoshang knew that the fifth prince seemed stupid and lustful, but in fact he was well versed in strange stories, but it was difficult for others to understand him. This was very similar to him.

Cheng Shaoshang felt sympathy for this, so he took the initiative to say hello to the fifth prince, and the two quickly got to play together.At the banquet, Luo Jitong found the right opportunity to come to Ling Buyi and wanted to use his marriage to the Western Regions to get Ling Buyi to have a drink with him. However, Ling Buyi only said a few words to Luo Ji.When Tong was thinking about saying a few more words, a maid ran into the hall in a panic and threatened that Cheng Shaoshang had a tryst with the fifth prince at Jingxin Lake. His words made everyone talk.