Chapter 113 Palace Banquet Incident
As New Year's Eve approached, news suddenly broke that Princess Baoyue was pregnant. Emperor Shengyuan was delighted and changed the New Year's Eve banquet to the Qilin Hall, implying a child given by heaven.
As a princess and the daughter-in-law of the general's mansion, Jiang Yuyan sat near the front. Xie Jingyu and Qin Shangyu looked resentful and sat slightly below her.
Jiang Yuyan's every move was quite eye-catching, so she didn't dare to express her feelings openly with her eyes, so she used her hand gestures to secretly make a "yeah" gesture. This was their special secret signal.
Xie Jingyu raised his glass to her from a distance, causing everyone who saw it to speculate whether Mrs. Jiang's husband had changed his mind and wanted to divorce and marry someone else?
After the emperor, empress, princess and all the princes had taken their seats, Emperor Sheng Yuan raised his hand, and the eunuch Li, the chief steward in front of the emperor, shouted sharply, "Open the banquet!"
Everyone quickly stood up to express their gratitude.
Emperor Sheng Yuan was very happy today. There hadn't been any happy events in Dayue for a long time. Princess Baoyue was pregnant, and he was about to welcome his first grandchild. At this moment, he found his usually ignorant daughter particularly pleasing to the eye.
Concubine Jia and Xie Siqi looked at the emperor with naturally complacent and arrogant expressions.
When Jiang Yuyan raised her eyes, she saw the look in that family's eyes towards her.
Emperor Sheng Yuan was very happy and toasted to her from a distance. Jiang Yuyan stood up and replied in a hurry.
As for Concubine Jia and Xie Siqi, they looked at him with hatred on their faces. Xie Yi's expression was even more gloomy and unpredictable.
Jiang Yuyan ate her meal calmly and properly.
Soon, a spy was waiting outside the palace to ask for an audience. Eunuch Li came out to deal with it, then returned to Emperor Sheng Yuan and whispered something.
Emperor Sheng Yuan frowned, put down the jade chopsticks in his hand and said, "My dear ministers and ladies, please do as you please. I will leave first."
After saying this, he hurriedly left the table.
Empress Hua was exhausted from arranging banquets for days. Seeing that the emperor had left first, she lost interest and handed the banquet over to the second son, the newly promoted Prince Jing, Xie Yuan.
Without the emperor and empress in charge, the atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became relaxed, and the powerful ministers all walked around and toasted each other.
The most frequent visitors to Madam Gu's case were ladies of high rank. The real purpose was not to drink, but the princess was extremely beautiful, and now she "had just married a young master", so all the young masters in the capital rushed to curry favor with her. Although the young master had the power to manage the harem, Jiang Ming'an was not in the capital now, so whoever entered the princess's mansion was a special lover. Naturally, everyone flocked to her.
This was probably the most glorious moment of her life. Mrs. Gu was so happy that her face was red and she drank whatever was offered to her. She only said, "Ahem, let her make her own decision about the child. I can't make the decision for her..."
Jiang Yuyan glanced diagonally across with a headache. Xie Jingyu's face was dark and even Qin Shangyu looked lonely.
“……….”
Jiang Yuyan was just speechless when she saw Xie Siqi walking towards her, with the eunuch beside her holding two white jade cups.
"Princess..." Jiang Yuyan quickly stood up, but her body was slightly tense.
Xie Siqi raised her lips, "My father often praised you in the past, saying that the Saint was dignified, smart, and always asked me to learn more from you... Today I will offer you a cup of tea instead of wine, you teach me..." After saying that, he moved closer and handed one of the jade cups to her, "How can I win the favor of the Saint?"
The tone was heavy, carrying a dangerous message.
Jiang Yuyan stared at her belly. She was used to seeing palace fighting dramas, and at this moment she was most afraid of being scammed, so she couldn't help but take two steps back and move away from her.
Xie Siqi: “….”
"Why is the Saint so far away from me? Are you so disrespectful that you won't even drink this cup of tea?"
Jiang Yuyan said, "I dare not. Princess is of noble status, and we should respect you."
After saying that, he did not take the white jade cup from Xie Siqi, but took the wine cup on his own table, poured himself a glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Princess, please!" Jiang Yuyan drank the glass without changing her expression.
Xie Siqi narrowed her eyes and didn't drink. Instead, she looked at the eunuch beside her with a bad look.
"How do you do things? The princess doesn't want to drink my tea, can't you persuade her?"
The eunuch trembled with fear and suddenly knelt down at Jiang Yuyan's feet, still holding the tray in his hand.
Jiang Yuyan quickly stepped back alertly, but happened to bump into a palace servant who was serving food.
With a "clang" sound.
The thick soup soaked half of her skirt, and her slender thighs and shape immediately caught everyone's attention.
Some polite young people had already turned their heads away, while Xie Jingyu and Qin Shangyu looked at her worriedly.
"Princess, please forgive me! Princess, please forgive me!"
The palace servant who served the dishes was so frightened that his face turned pale and he kowtowed repeatedly.
Jiang Yuyan frowned and looked at the hem of her skirt. Fortunately, the weather outside was cold, and the soup sent from the kitchen was not too hot. It was just that her lower legs were wet, which was uncomfortable and extremely rude.
Concubine Jia sneered from above, "Qier, the princess doesn't want to drink your tea. Don't force her. The princess should go to the warm room to change her clothes. This soup and vegetable dress will only tarnish your beauty."
Xie Siqi snorted coldly and went back to her seat with her waist twisted.
Jiang Yuyan's face darkened, and she felt that this series of events was too coincidental. A series of palace fighting plots flashed through her mind, so she went to call her mother-in-law, wanting her to accompany her. But Mrs. Gu was drunk, and she couldn't understand what she meant even after she said it several times.
"What did you say..." Mrs. Gu stammered.
Jiang Yuyan: “…….”
She raised her eyes and looked at Xie Yuan, who immediately understood and pointed to two eunuchs to accompany her.
Jiang Yuyan felt relieved when she found out that he was not the imperial concubine's man.
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