Li Yunsi looked at Si Lili as if she were an idiot. "Where did you get this information? You didn't just down a bottle of 20-year-old liquor, did you? You're probably so obsessed with Xiao Shuyan that you're just dreaming about it."
Sili angrily pushed the person away: "What are you saying? You want Shuyan to get beaten up by Taoyao, why do you keep dragging me into this?"
"Stop pretending to be a little lamb here." Li Yunsi pointed to the hall, circled her index finger, and said slowly, "Of the women here, a third are thinking about how to marry your good fifth brother and become the fifth prince's wife, but at least half of the women are eyeing Shu Yan, and of course, that includes you."
Slily: "..."
Li Yunsi's sharp tongue was unmatched. "Really? He's rich and good-looking, with those legs, that waist, those invisible pectoral and abdominal muscles... tsk tsk, I don't believe you've never dreamed of him standing in front of your bed naked, wearing only a bed sheet..."
Slily: "..."
I really want to pull down her skirt again!
"Stop it already!" Slily said angrily. "Do you still want to hear Sihe's gossip?"
"Speak," Li Yunsi said haughtily, raising her chin.
Sili grabbed Li Yunsi and led her to a corner, pointing there, "Look over there, right there, at your 10 o'clock position. What are you looking at? What the hell were you doing in school, chasing after guys? You don't even know where the 10 o'clock position is! Can't you put anything in your head besides men?!"
Sili turned the person around and finally made Li Yunsi see Sihe walking in the crowd.
The two glasses in Sihe's hand were filled with golden-yellow wine.
Li Yunsi's eyes were filled with disbelief: "Would Sihe be stupid enough to let you see him poisoning the food?"
“Why not?” Slily retorted. “You can see for yourself.”
The two stared intently, wishing they had awakened the ability to see far and wide, so they could magnify every move, every frame, and every detail on the other side a hundredfold and see it clearly.
Ideally, it would also have the ability to read minds, so that the current inner thoughts of Sihe could be heard by Sihe from every angle!
***
Sihe, carrying two wine glasses, walked through the crowd and approached Taoyao, Xie Langhuan, and the other two who were sitting together.
“Miss Tao,” Sihe said, holding a glass and handing one to herself, her tone sincere, “I am very sorry for what happened just now.”
Li Yunsi sighed from afar, "Sihe is always so stupid that it leaves me in awe."
Slili chimed in, "Who says otherwise?"
Although that person was her half-brother.
But it is said that boys resemble their mothers, so Sihe must have resembled his mother.
Even a dog would know there's something wrong with a glass of wine served like that; it would be a miracle if Tao Yao drank it.
On the other end, Sihe seemed to know that his actions wouldn't get the other party to drink, so he smiled in what he considered a gentleman's manner, and before Tao Yao and the others could speak, he took back the glass of wine that he had handed to Tao Yao and drank it all down himself.
His bold manner suggested he could easily down a whole gulp.
“The wine is fine.” Sihe handed over the wine in his other hand and said, “I’ve come here sincerely to apologize. Please do me the honor of accepting my apology earlier, Miss Tao.”
Before Tao Yao could speak, Hu Tiantian stood up and said, "What if we refuse to give the Fourth Prince the face you deserve?"
“Then I’ll have to drink two glasses of wine by myself.” Sihe said, downing both glasses of wine in one gulp. “I’ll drink this first as a sign of respect, and punish myself with two glasses.”
Looking at Si Lili from afar, Li Yunsi asked, "What about the drugging you mentioned?"
I drank both glasses of wine by myself. Did I poison myself?
Slili was also dumbfounded: "I didn't know he did it this way either."
The two were watching to see what tricks Sihe would pull, while Taoyao and the others were also waiting for Sihe's next outrageous move.
Sihe finished two glasses of wine, waved his hand, and called over a waiter who brought a few more glasses and placed them on the small table in front of everyone.
"Please do me the honor, gentlemen," he casually picked up one of the glasses and held it up in front of the three girls, "for my sincere apology."
Hu Tiantian looked at the several glasses of wine on the table. There were three of them sitting here, and Si He had placed six glasses of wine on the small table.
"Fourth Prince, even if you are sincerely apologizing, we don't need to drink your wine," Hu Tiantian said.
Tao Yao didn't even bother to exchange a glance with Si He. She just sat there, looking at her newly done nails in Yanli Courtyard: "Fourth Prince, I have already made my point and avenged my grievances. Why do you need to come over and apologize to me again? I don't want to do you the honor of drinking the wine you offer."
Xie Langhuan sat there as well, her face cold and indifferent. Sihe's insults to Langxing still made her feel uneasy.
"Why don't you try that wine?" Li Yunsi asked, her eyes fixed straight ahead as she whispered in Si Lili's ear.
"Why aren't you going?" Slily asked.
“You said Sihe drugged me, not me,” Li Yunsi scoffed. “Besides, I’ve already sworn to avoid Taoyao from now on, so I’m not going.”
"!"
Slili stopped reading the gossip and carefully looked the person next to her up and down:
"Tao Yao is really something, managing to make you so obedient. Even concubines in ancient times weren't this compliant. No, you can't become Shu Yan's concubine yet!"
"roll!"
As the two were talking, the Fifth Prince, Si Yi, strode over from the middle of the field and stood in front of Tao Yao and her group.
It's unclear whether this person was keeping an eye on this small table all the time amidst the crowd of admirers, as the speed at which he arrived makes his attitude unpredictable.
Compared to their indifference towards Sihe, Taoyao and the other two couldn't openly show any disrespect to Siyi, the protagonist of the night.
The struggle among members of the royal family for the supreme position of marshal has never ceased, and this fifth prince is the one most favored and most promising by the marshal.
"Your Highness, Fifth Prince." Tao Yao and Xie Langhuan stood up, their faces still not looking too good, but they still respectfully performed the royal etiquette.
“Ladies,” Si Yi stood in the same row as Si He, exuding an air of refined elegance and gentlemanly politeness, “it seems that my fourth brother is apologizing to you for what happened earlier. How about this…”
He took a glass of wine from the table and said, “On behalf of my fourth brother, I would like to apologize to the ladies. Please forgive my fourth brother’s rashness and impulsiveness just now, Miss Tao and Miss Xie. For my sake, please drink this apology glass, so that we can maintain harmony.”
Then, Si Yi drank the wine in his glass.
He held up his empty wine glass in front of everyone, flashed it, and smiled slightly.
Using power to oppress others is a tactic that every member of the royal family can master without being taught.
Seeing this, Sihe laughed and said, "Fifth Brother is always the most thoughtful."
Then, he raised his empty glass to Xie Langhuan and said "please," his smug face clearly saying: If you don't drink this wine, are you looking down on the main character of tonight's banquet?
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