Chapter Thirty-Seven: I'm Blind
Before the ministers could figure out what this meant, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was already underway.
Before leaving for the banquet, a palace maid presented Nan Wan'er with a medicine box.
"Your Majesty, this is the medicine His Majesty sent via Eunuch Yuanbao."
Nan Wan'er's mind flashed through a thousand kinds of poisons from novels, but she didn't take them. Instead, she wrote in crooked calligraphy on the paper: "What kind of poison?"
The palace maid replied, "His Majesty didn't say anything, he just told Her Highness to eat it."
Nan Wan'er hesitated for a moment, looking at the palace maids around her, but still ate.
Whether she takes the medicine willingly or is forced to swallow it, it makes no difference.
However, after taking the medicine, she felt a cool sensation in her throat, as if she could speak again.
She opened her mouth and called to the head palace maid beside her: "Ronghe".
The palace maid standing beside her immediately curtsied and said, "This servant is here."
"My throat is better now." Nan Wan'er covered her throat in surprise.
It seems that not only can I speak again, but the pain has also subsided.
"Yes, Your Majesty's voice has recovered, and you can attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet with His Majesty tonight," Ronghe nodded.
Nan Wan'er was completely immersed in her happiness and didn't care about the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet at all.
She would be content if she could speak, no longer had to be mute, and no longer had to drink bitter medicine.
However, as soon as she stepped out, she encountered Consort Li's entourage.
Consort Li sat on her palanquin, arrogantly ignoring Nan Wan'er, and ordered her to hurry over.
Nan Wan'er gritted her teeth in anger, but there was nothing she could do.
He could only angrily order the eunuchs to chase after them.
Gu Yanjing actually didn't want to show up at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, but she couldn't resist Lu Lingjun's persistent pestering.
Gu Yanjing sometimes wondered if Lu Lingjun had studied somewhere, otherwise how could his tormenting skills have become more and more profound every day?
"Your Majesty." Nan Wan'er's bowing voice brought Gu Yanjing, who was lost in thought, back to reality.
Gu Yan snapped out of his daze, nodded coldly, and told her to get up.
Nan Wan'er was helped by a palace maid to sit down on a phoenix throne.
At the banquet, almost all the ministers had arrived early, and many female relatives were also peeking at Gu Yanjing, who was drinking on the emperor's throne, using handkerchiefs and fans to cover their eyes.
Although His Majesty's reputation is not very good, his appearance is truly first-rate.
Even though some of them were already married and knew what kind of person His Majesty was, they still couldn't help but be moved by him.
Many ministers were so jealous that they pulled their wives aside.
My dear wife, your gaze is too intense; I'm getting a little cuckolded.
"Your Majesty, so many people are looking at you." Nan Wan'er couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
Clearly, this is her husband, even if he's a fake, he's still hers in name only.
Why is it that others see things so clearly, while I have to be timid and hesitant?
"Yes." Gu Yanjing nodded.
"Does Your Majesty know what the next program is?" Nan Wan'er continued to ask.
Gu Yan shook his head in surprise: "I don't know."
Nan Wan'er: ......
Damn it, even if you like men, you don't have to kill the conversation with a guy like that.
Where is your manners? Where is your gentlemanly conduct? Did the dog eat them or your dead bird?
Gu Congxin: ...If you want to insult my master, then insult my master. Why are you insulting me?
Just as they were chatting away, the music on stage suddenly changed, and the dozen or so dancers who had been dancing earlier suddenly stepped aside. A woman in red came running in from outside.
While dancing, she beat the rhythm and gave Gu Yan a flirtatious wink.
Gu Yanjing glanced at it with some interest. Big breasts and big buttocks, good for bearing children.
Lu Lingjun coughed softly from the seat below.
Gu Yanjing looked away guiltily: ...I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind.
Consort Li: ...If you're so capable, take a good look at me. I'm over twenty years old, and it took me a long time to finally be able to do the splits.
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