Chapter 261 Anxiety
The garden party at Biyuetan Lake is held every year by the royal family and is an annual grand gathering for the noble ladies and gentlemen of the capital.
To put it bluntly, this is also a blind date meeting for the noble ladies and gentlemen in the capital. The restrictions on women in the Dali Dynasty were not strict. The original initiator of this garden party was the empress of the first emperor of the Dali Dynasty. Since then, the royal family has held a garden party every year. The location and time are not fixed, but it is basically concentrated between July and August.
The sun in Beijing in August is scorching.
This day happened to be the day of a garden party, and the Biyuetan Lake in the suburbs of Beijing was extremely lively.
Young ladies and gentlemen from various families walked in groups of three or two along the stone path beside the pond, or took pleasure boats to enjoy the scenery in the pond. The sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in the osmanthus forest beside Biyuetan Lake had already begun to bloom, emitting a faint fragrance, which attracted the noble ladies to go into the osmanthus forest to admire them carefully.
"Do you want to take a ride on a pleasure boat?" Huo Xifei asked with a smile when he saw Yuan Ziyu looking at the pleasure boats in the pond with interest.
Yuan Ziyou shook his head: "No, let's sit alone later. We don't want to squeeze with those people. Look at those pleasure boats, they are almost flooded!"
The two Cui sisters behind couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
Now that they were a little more familiar with Huo Xifei, Cui Ruxun smiled and said, "Second cousin, it's not that exaggerated. I think it's fine. If you don't want to sit down, I'll go sit down with my sister. I won't disturb you and the prince from talking privately!"
After saying that, he winked at Yuan Ziyu playfully.
Yuan Ziyu smiled and pushed Cui Ruxun: "Second cousin, if you want to go on a pleasure boat, just go ahead and go, but you're using me as a raft. Be careful that if you marry my second cousin's husband in the future, I'll follow your example!"
Cui Ruxu smiled upon hearing this, while Cui Ruxun said nonchalantly, "Second cousin, you'll have a lot to wait for. I don't know where your second cousin-in-law is now!"
The sisters were laughing together when they suddenly heard a voice from beside them: "It turns out to be my second sister and two cousins!"
When they turned around, they saw that it was Yuan Zitong.
Yuan Ziyu's expression turned cold, and he pretended not to notice. The two Cui sisters already knew what Yuan Zitong had done before. Although they despised it, they couldn't ignore it, so they just said lightly: "So it's my eldest cousin!"
As he said that, he bowed!
Yuan Zitong was furious when she saw Yuan Ziyu ignoring her. Seeing Huo Xifei also ignoring her, she was even more furious, but she couldn't vent her anger. She just chatted with the Cui sisters for a few words and left in a hurry.
Yuan Zitong hadn't walked far when a man who looked like a servant came up to her and asked, "Is this the eldest daughter of the Yuan family?"
Yuan Zitong frowned and looked at the strange servant in front of him: "Who are you?"
"My young master wants to meet Miss Yuan, so he's come to invite her over." The servant said respectfully to Yuan Zitong with a smile on his face.
"Your young master?" Yuan Zitong frowned and said, "I don't know him!"
After saying that, Yuan Zitong was about to walk around the servant and leave.
The servant hurriedly turned around and was about to speak to Yuan Zitong again. Seeing this, Lian Qiao hurriedly stopped the servant: "My girl said she doesn't know your young master, why are you stopping her?"
"Miss Yuan!" The servant ignored Lian Qiao and said to Yuan Zitong, "If you don't go see my young master today, I'm afraid you will regret it one day."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Zitong turned to look at the servant and frowned, "You only came to invite me, but didn't tell me who your young master is. You're so secretive, yet you asked me to meet him. Who do you think your young master is?"
The servant's expression changed slightly when he heard this. He thought for a moment, then stepped forward and whispered a few words.
Yuan Zitong's face turned pale when he heard this: "Lead the way!"
"Miss!" Lian Qiao became anxious when she saw Yuan Zitong was going to follow the servant to meet that young master. She didn't even know the young master's identity or background, so it would be inappropriate to meet him rashly.
"Just follow me!" Yuan Zitong's heart was pounding. She managed to calm herself down and followed the boy to a pleasure boat.
"Miss Yuan, please come in!" The servant entered the pleasure boat first, and when he came out, he made a gesture of invitation to Yuan Zitong.
Yuan Zitong took a deep breath, glanced at the servant, and prepared to walk into the pleasure boat. Lian Qiao wanted to follow, but was stopped outside by the servant.
"Miss!" Lian Qiao saw the servant stopping her and hurriedly shouted to Yuan Zitong.
Yuan Zitong glanced back at Lian Qiao and said, "Just wait outside!"
When Lian Qiao heard Yuan Zitong say this, she could only watch Yuan Zitong enter the pleasure boat. She couldn't help feeling anxious. Today, she was the only one accompanying the eldest girl to the garden party. If something happened to the eldest girl, although the master didn't control her too much now, he would not let her off easily.
For a moment, Lian Qiao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
"Your Highness!" Yuan Zitong entered the pleasure boat and saw Xuanyuan Xiao sitting at the table drinking tea. Knowing that the servant had not lied to her, she hurriedly bowed to Xuanyuan Xiao.
Xuanyuan Xiao took a sip of tea from the teacup before slowly looking at Yuan Zitong: "Ms. Yuan is very cautious and doesn't reveal her identity. I, a secretive person, can't stand seeing Miss Yuan."
Xuanyuan Xiao didn't call out, so Yuan Zitong didn't dare to stand up. She quickly apologized, "I didn't know it was Your Highness who summoned me, otherwise I would never have said those words. Please calm down, Your Highness."
"Okay, get up!" Xuanyuan Xiao gently shook the tea in the teacup and said lazily.
"Yes!" Yuan Zitong stood up carefully, stood aside stiffly, lowered her head and waited for Xuanyuan Xiao to speak.
Xuanyuan Xiao glanced at Yuan Zitong, then smiled and pointed to the seat opposite him: "Sit down!"
"I dare not!" Yuan Zitong said hurriedly.
"Hmm?" Xuanyuan Xiao raised his eyebrows unhappily and hummed coldly.
Yuan Zitong's heart tightened, and she quickly bowed and said, "I obey your command!"
After saying that, she carefully sat down opposite Xuanyuan Xiao. She didn't know why Xuanyuan Xiao suddenly came here to find her, and she felt a little uneasy.
For some reason, she felt a little scared of Xuanyuan Xiao!
Xuanyuan Xiao saw Yuan Zitong sitting down, and his expression finally relaxed. He looked at the servant beside him and said, "Change the wine!"
"Yes!" the servant replied and hurriedly removed the tea set from the table.
Yuan Zitong was startled and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, I...I am not good at drinking!"
"Not good at drinking?" Xuanyuan Xiao looked at Yuan Zitong and smiled faintly: "That was in the past!"
"Your Highness, I am your servant..." Yuan Zitong wanted to say something else, but she automatically fell silent under Xuanyuan Xiao's gaze, and her heart became even more uneasy!
After a while, the servant brought up the wine pot and wine cups, poured two glasses of wine, and then left.
Xuanyuan Xiao picked up one of the lamps and placed it in front of Yuan Zitong: "Drink!"
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