Time flies, more than ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and soon it was the thirtieth of the twelfth lunar month.

Shen Ruochen stayed alone in the palace these days. Except for the two visits by his close friend Jin Fei, no one else came to the door.

"Master, it's New Year's Eve today. Everyone is here, including the Emperor and the Queen Mother. Isn't your dress good?" Little Walnut asked tentatively.

Shen Ruochen looked at the pure white clothes on his body and said, "It's really bad. Who doesn't think it's unlucky! But I can't do it if I'm asked to wear red and green clothes to have fun with them!"

Little Walnut said, "Master, I know that you are sad about the master, but you also have to think about yourself. This is the palace, we can't follow our own temper! The emperor allows you to offer incense to the master later. , it’s already a grace, you will definitely be happy when you go there.”

"I can't laugh." Shen Ruochen sighed, "As for my father, he is really not a good father. How many times did he take care of us when we were at home! He didn't care about what the second sister did after she got married. The eldest lady forced me to come in. He doesn’t care about the palace, huh, even if I die in the palace, he won’t care about it, I know.”

"Then you still..."

"I don't know what's going on. I just feel angry, angry with myself, and angry with the emperor. I always feel..." Shen Ruochen shook his head, "It's weird anyway, I can't explain."

Little Walnut had no choice but to force Shen Ruochen to look at his clothes, "Master, if you don't understand, don't think about it. Just look at your clothes. Which one will you wear later?"

Little Walnut and Little Lotus have almost recovered from their illness, and they all moved out their clothes one after another, "Master, these sets are new ones given during the New Year. Take a look."

Shen Ruochen looked around and pointed at a piece of blue clothing, "That's it."

After cleaning up, Shen Ruochen held Xiao Dezi's hand and came to the banquet place. Many people have come, but the emperor, queen and queen mother haven't come yet.

"Why is she here?"

"Not to mention that her father is dead, but the emperor still allows her to worship in his palace. It's really unlucky!"

Several people were talking quietly.

Normally, Shen Ruochen would have pretended not to hear and would have done whatever he was supposed to do. But today, Shen Ruochen didn't know why, so he directly replied, "Does your family live by the sea? You are so lenient!"

Several people were suddenly choked and speechless.

But she had to be dishonest and muttered in a low voice, "The emperor doesn't even go to her place anymore, why are you so proud after offending the emperor!"

"She is..." Shen Ruochen looked at Xiao Dezi, who hurriedly said, "To tell you the truth, it's Guiren Yang."

"Oh, you are a nobleman! What a pity, the emperor just won't come to my place. I am also a concubine. I don't know whether the emperor will come to your house or not, but I know that you are just a nobleman without a title." Shen Ruochen snorted coldly. He snorted.

Yang Guiren said unconvinced, "So what, the emperor didn't find anyone to sleep with him this month, otherwise maybe..."

"Maybe you will be a noble concubine?" Shen Ruochen directly asked, "Let me see, maybe you will be exhausted after working in vain, but you will still be a noble person in the end! You think that is not in vain? Oh, then you can give it Now that you have been banned, you can call me Bai Guiren. Now Bai is a noble person, how about that?"

"You...you..." Yang Guiren was so angry that he couldn't help but shed tears.

"You dare to shed tears on this big day, and the people waiting around you are slapstick!" Xiao Dezi said unceremoniously. When it's time to support your master, you must not be vague.

The little maid waiting on the side felt very wronged, but she could only accept the punishment resignedly.

"Who is so presumptuous on this New Year's Day! And even beat up a palace maid?"

"The Queen Mother is here! The Emperor is here! The Queen is here!"

Everyone knelt down to say hello, and the Queen Mother came over and said, "Who is so presumptuous here?"

Shen Ruochen knelt down and said, "What I said to the Queen Mother is not that I am being impudent, but that I am telling the truth."

"Bold!" The Queen Mother glared at Shen Ruochen, "Chen concubine, do you know what you are going to say?"

Emperor Yuan De hurriedly said, "Empress Huang, please don't be angry on such a good day. I didn't mean it. Her father just passed away, so she will inevitably be sad. Please be considerate to Empress Huang."

"The Ai family seems to think that the emperor is too indulgent of the concubines!"

"Mother Huang, I have always been docile and dedicated to serving my children. Today I just feel unhappy for a moment." Emperor Yuande said with a smile.

The Queen Mother frowned and gave Shen Ruochen a condescending look, "Since the Emperor has spoken, the Ai family will understand your filial piety this time and will not punish you. You can go back and reflect on this yourself."

"Yes!" Shen Ruochen stood up and turned to leave. Emperor Yuan De hurriedly said, "Wait a minute."

"What does the emperor want to do?" The Queen Mother looked at Emperor Yuan De, "Today the civil and military officials from all over the court are here, the emperor must not lose control!"

Seeing that many people were looking over, Emperor Yuan De had to suppress what was in his heart and said to Shen Ruochen, "I see that you have lost a lot of weight these days. You should also take good care of yourself. I will see you when I have time."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Shen Ruochen said expressionlessly. He glanced at the proud Yang Guiren and turned to leave.

Seeing that Shen Ruochen was driven back, Yang Guiren was very happy. Taking this opportunity, he let out a loud ouch. When Emperor Yuande looked over, he hurriedly stepped forward and said aggrievedly, "Your Majesty, I am such a good concubine. I was scolded by the concubine, that's all, but I can't even protect the girl next to me. Look at the beating, I feel really uncomfortable."

"Since it's so uncomfortable, then don't stay here!" Emperor Yuande said, "Come here, please send Yang Guiren back to his residence. You don't have to come out before fifteen!"

"Ah?" Yang Guiren never expected that the emperor would say this. He originally hoped to gain the emperor's affection, but who could have imagined...

"Your Majesty, concubine..." Before Yang Guiren could say anything, two young eunuchs had already come up and dragged him down half-stretched.

That's all. I heard Emperor Yuande say impatiently from behind, "It's not appropriate. After the Chinese New Year, I'll teach you the rules!"

Yang Guiren wants to cry but has no tears!

Everyone looked at this scene and had some concerns in their hearts. Concubine Shu also let it out and muttered in a low voice, "This little wolf cub stopped pretending to be a sheep and started to stretch out his claws to scratch people."

"Who is your concubine talking about?" Concubine Jin snorted from the side, "Would you like to speak louder so that the emperor can hear it?"

"So what if the emperor heard it?" Concubine Shu looked at Concubine Jin, "Is it possible that the emperor can still punish me because of her?"

"It's hard to say. Is it because the imperial concubine was banned and didn't reflect on it properly? She forgot about it so quickly!"

"you!"

Concubine Jin rolled her eyes disdainfully, "Concubine, it's better to be less angry, so as not to do anything unworthy of publicity!"