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Other than affecting the King's Mansion, the emperor and the empress dowager, the king's departure did not affect the capital at all. Everyone was still celebrating the New Year, and although the ministers of the imperial court had already started their assembly, it did not affect the ladies of the household.

The banquet was as usual, and the Lantern Festival was a festive occasion. The streets of the capital were decorated with lanterns and decorations. Red lanterns were hung all over the place, and activities such as guessing the riddles of lanterns, walking on bridges and watching lanterns and dancing were coming one after another.

First, there were many people on the streets, almost covering all the families in the capital, making it easier for people to spread their reputations. Secondly, when a reputable merchant held this event, he would often invite some famous people from famous families to act as referees.

If you were able to receive a compliment from these people, no one in the capital would dare to slander you, it was the effect of fame.

The King's Mansion also hung up her red lanterns very early, so Shen Qi still had to go to the palace to accompany the empress dowager for the holidays. After all, it was a symbolic festival for members, and Shen Qi did not plan to go out and join in on the fun afterwards.

On this day, the imperial guards would be stationed at every corner of the capital to patrol the area. The more crowded the area, the more accidents happened, and martial law would be imposed for the next two days.

Shen Qi did not like to be in trouble, and even more so hated getting into trouble. Thus, she tried her best not to go out as long as she could, especially at times like this where things were most likely to go wrong.

After entering the palace, Shen Qi followed by the empress dowager's side. This time, the empress dowager did not have much energy, as she disdained to cause trouble for Shen Qi even without King Duanren in the middle of it all.

The empress dowager and empress dowager were still seated at the head of the table, while the rest of the concubines and princesses were lined up in order. Shen Qi quietly sized up the empress's expression and discovered that it didn't have much of an impact on her.

However, this time, the concubine did not appear, as she was born into a small family and would stay in bed for the rest of her life.

The emperor didn't have much of an expression on his face, but he didn't seem to be in a very good mood. Things were always the same. He didn't feel too good about sending his younger brother to Jiangnan just after the new year was over.

did not want to stay in the palace for too long, so the moment the palace banquet ended, he brought the servant back to the palace. When Shen Fei came back to look for Shen Qi, he realised that the person had already left, and was only able to anger him, "Why did you leave so quickly? We can't even find him. "

If she remembered correctly, this did not happen in her previous life. Although Duke Xian had gone on a long trip, it was not at this time that he was planning to fight a war with the Southern Barbaric Nether Domain in August.

This unexpected change made Shen Fei a little unsure. He did not know if there would be any accidents during this year's talent show because of this change. She was not young at all, and compared to those fresh beauties, he was still old.

Although she did not want to admit it, Shen Fei still knew her own limitations. Compared to her previous life, she already had limitless glory, but it was a pity that her knees were still empty today. If another batch of rookies joined, what would he be able to use to compete with them?

Every time Shen Fei thought about it, she couldn't help but feel resentment in her heart. Her mother indeed cared for her, but her father's heart was still with Shen Qi.

Shen Qi didn't know what the Shen Fei was thinking, but even if he did, he wouldn't care. The Shen Fei was just a person who righteously stood at the peak of morals to hide his selfishness. If this kind of person failed, he would always push all the blame onto others, and then, he would even feel like the entire world should revolve around her.

After returning to King's Mansion, Shen Qi instructed the kitchen to prepare a bowl of Mushroom Soup Dumplings. The palace banquet today was too dull, it made one's stomach ache.

"You guys should also eat a little. After that, if you want to go out and play, go. Today, I'll give you guys a half-day leave." Then, he said to Forge and the others.

He did not have the chance to go out in the Shang Shu Manor, not to mention a maidservant, he did not even have the chance to be a young miss. After arriving at the King's Mansion, Shen Qi didn't want to make them suffer any more. They were all teenage girls, and no matter how mature and sensible they were, they would still be very curious about the outside world.

"Thank you, consort. I've been wanting to see the lantern for a long time, I still need to see people guessing the riddle."

"I thought you wanted to come up and guess how many winners you would win." Shen Qi laughed and teased her.

"Hehe, this servant doesn't have such a good brain. If you were to go, I'd definitely be able to guess a lot, but this servant won't be able to."

"Princess Hua-Yang isn't going?" At this time, Zi Li suddenly asked.

"I'm not going. You guys can go out and play." Shen Qi said with a smile.

"If you don't want to go, then this servant will. Let them go out to play. This servant will stay behind to serve you." Zi Li felt that if the person was already gone, it would be better if there was something that the wangfei needed to do.

"This servant will stay behind as well." After Zi Li finished speaking, Zi Zhu also followed as she said this. She never planned to go out anyways, she just got beaten to it by Zi Li.

After Zi Zhu finished speaking, even the originally excited Bai Zhi and Lian Qiuquan felt a little embarrassed. It was better for the wangfei not to go with them, leaving the wangfei behind to play outside. There was no such logic.

Shen Qi knew what they were thinking the moment she saw their expressions. Since he couldn't open their mouths, he waved her hand and said: "Enough, there's no need to decline. You guys go out and play, I have Wang Ma here." Wang Ma would never go out to join the liveliness.

The purple bamboo was a bit hesitant. It frowned and said, "Esteemed wangfei, this … doesn't make sense."

Shen Qi did not mind and waved her hand, "Rules are that people who die are alive, can you still offend people just because of a few dry words? "Go, go. It's a rare opportunity, let's all go out and have a look."

Wang Ma looked at them and smiled. "Since Princess Consort gave you a holiday so you can go out and play, don't disappoint her kindness."

At this time, Zi Zhu and the others smiled as they thanked him. After eating something, they left the mansion together with the guards of the mansion.

Shen Qi looked at the moon in the sky. There was probably no water route, and the speed of the road was much faster than that of the water route. If that was the case, then it would take at least a month to travel from the capital to Jiangnan.

Then, thinking that there was nothing he could do, he sighed and put it down. Then, he picked up the account book and started reading.

At this time, the far away King Duanren suddenly sneezed, causing Yan Yi and the others to glance at him repeatedly.

King Xian rubbed his nose as he watched the officials fawning over him. The dancing girl was beside him, but his expressionless face revealed a hint of impatience. He had never intended to alarm the officials, but somehow he had revealed his identity.

Who knew that her spirits were waning at this moment? She wondered what the young princess was doing in the capital, attending a banquet? After the palace banquet, they would probably appear on the streets. After all, the streets of the capital were bustling with activity today.

He had originally wanted to take her out for a stroll on the Spring Festival, but he had reneged on his promise. He could no longer do so even when he had promised to do so. He felt somewhat regretful.

Some of them were lost in thought, while King Duanren kept his expression the entire time. The others didn't notice that he was actually distracted!

In the second month, the temperature started to rise slowly, but the temperature in the capital was still occasionally low, and at this time, Shen Qi did not dare to change out of her winter clothes too quickly.

The people of King's Mansion had already adapted to the days when King Duan was not in the capital, and everything was back to normal. Xie Shihan would sometimes send invitations to the Duke Palaces to chat with Shen Qi, but they were actually quite close to him.

Due to the absence of King Duanren, Yan Wan had lost her target and didn't come to the Duke Palace to entertain the Empress Dowager, but she had met Shen Qi a few times when she entered the palace to pay her respects. It seemed that she had changed her strategy, which was also true, rather than fawning on the Queen's Consort, it was better to curry favor with the empress dowager.

Xie Shihan jumped down from the carriage and saw Shen Qi smiling at her, then looking backwards unconsciously, she immediately knew what she was looking for, and mischievously smiled: "There's no need to look, other than me, there's no one else."

Shen Qi immediately laughed: "I'm not used to it!"

"Then I'll bring my younger sister to accompany you in getting over your boredom." Xie Shihan held Shen Qi's arm and spoke as they walked, but after the two of them got to know each other, they did not seem to be restrained. They got along very casually, as Xie Shihan did not have the arrogance of a female in this era, he was very generous and straightforward.

Hearing her words, Shen Qi immediately followed up: "So it's like that, very good!" Life was really boring, having an existence like that to relieve the boredom was also not bad.

Xie Shihan helplessly shook her head, "Mother would really like for her to be able to stay in King's Mansion forever." These words held some meaning. In other words, Yan Wan's actions didn't come from her alone. The Duke of Guo's residence had also been informed of her actions and supported her decision.

"Mother also had the same intention, but I thought of the same thing." Shen Qi said carelessly.

"During this period of time, she often comes to the palace to accompany Aunt Huang. It looks like the results are quite good!" Xie Shihan said with a smile, it was somewhat ironic that she hated concubines that shared the room the most, as she felt that such a woman was willing to be lowly and lowly, not only destroying the marriage of others but also sacrificing her own life. She really did not understand how there could be a woman who was willing to be a concubine.