Chapter 290 Leaving
Soon, all the girls from various mansions who were attending the banquet arrived. Yuan Ziyu also saw Miss He Er and Miss Zhang San, and they all greeted them.
"The prince is here!" Suddenly, a voice rang out from the entrance of Zixinyuan, and the girls who were chatting and laughing stood up hurriedly upon hearing the voice.
Yuan Ziyu and Ji Nuanqing looked at the shy girls, then looked at each other, both holding back their laughter and lowering their heads slightly. It seemed that all the girls who came to today's birthday party understood!
Xuanyuan Xiao and Ah Man strode into Zixin Garden. Yuan Zitong greeted them with a smile and said, "My concubine greets His Majesty!"
"Hmm!" Xuanyuan Xiao responded calmly, and then heard the voices of the girls: "Your servant greets the prince!"
Xuanyuan Xiao smiled and said, "No need to be polite!"
After saying that, he walked into the pavilion, where a long table was placed. Xuanyuan Xiao sat behind the table, with Yuan Zitong and A'man following on his left and right respectively!
Xuanyuan Xiao saw that the women were still standing, so he smiled and said, "Everyone, please sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The women then took their seats.
Xuanyuan Xiao smiled and said, "Today is my birthday. I'm very happy that you've come to the banquet. I'm not one to beat around the bush. I've only prepared a play and a banquet. I hope you won't be disgusted!"
"Your Highness wishes you a long and healthy life and a happy birthday!" The ladies hurriedly stood up and congratulated him.
"Haha, okay!" Xuanyuan Xiao said with a smile, "Everyone, sit down!"
A servant came up with a play script, and Xuanyuan Xiao selected a few plays. After a while, various dishes were served, and the actors on the stage began to sing.
The atmosphere was harmonious for a while!
Ji Nuanqing had no interest in watching the show, so she whispered to Yuan Ziyu about her personal matters. Yuan Zitong sat next to Xuanyuan Xiao, looking at Yuan Ziyu calmly, secretly angry in her heart, and then coughed lightly a few times.
"Ah!" Yuan Ziyu was talking in a low voice with Ji Nuanqing when a maid walked by with a celadon bowl in her hand. She seemed to have tripped for some reason and rushed towards Yuan Ziyu.
The moment the maid fell over, Yuan Ziyu reacted extremely quickly. With a push of his hand, he saw that the celadon bowl in the maid's hand was held steadily. The maid was also supported firmly by Qingying. Therefore, the soup in the celadon bowl in the maid's hand did not splash out at all!
"Your servant... Your servant..." The maid seemed to be frightened and looked panic-stricken!
Yuan Ziyou smiled faintly: "It's okay, just be more careful next time!"
"Yes, I thank Miss Yuan Er!" The maid concealed the panic in her eyes, hurriedly bowed to Yuan Ziyu, and left in a hurry!
Yuan Zitong, who was sitting in the pavilion, saw this from afar and felt angry, but she had no choice but to suppress her anger.
Yuan Ziyu dodged the soup in the maid's hand, but Huo Jiao on the other side was not so lucky. She was accidentally bumped by the maid, and her cuffs were stained by the dishes on the table!
"Ah!" Huo Na exclaimed from the side: "Third sister, your sleeves are dirty!"
Huo Jiao glared at the maidservant who kept apologizing, but she couldn't get angry in front of Prince Ning's mansion. Seeing this, Lian Qiao hurried over and said, "Miss Huo San, your clothes are dirty. Let me take you to change clothes!"
"Okay!" Huo Jiao responded gloomily, and then instructed Wu Rui: "Go to the carriage and get my spare clothes."
"yes!"
Lian Qiao smiled and said, "Miss Huo San, I will take you to the warm room first. I will ask this little girl to bring your maid to the warm room to find us later. How about that?"
After saying this, she scolded the maid: "You are blind, you can't walk steadily, and you have implicated Miss Huo San. You will take this sister to the warm room later. If you don't do things well again, you will be in trouble!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Your maid hurriedly said, "Sister Lianqiao, I will definitely do my best."
Seeing this, Huo Jiao didn't say anything and prepared to follow Lian Qiao to the warm room. Huo Na then said, "Third sister, do you want me to accompany you?"
Huo Jiao saw Xuanyuan Xiao saying something to Yuan Zitong out of the corner of her eye and then getting up and leaving the table. She quickly said, "No need. You can stay here. Just go to the warm room and change clothes!"
"Yes, third sister!" Huo Na responded quickly.
Not long after Lian Qiao and Huo Jiao left, Xuanyuan Xiao returned and continued to sit in the pavilion to watch the show. Yuan Zitong held her forehead and said to Xuanyuan Xiao, "Your Highness, I have a headache. I'm afraid it's coming back. Would Your Highness allow me to go back and take some medicine first?"
Xuanyuan Xiao raised the corner of his mouth: "Go ahead, don't worry, if there is any situation here, Ah Man can handle it!"
"Yes, Your Highness!" Yuan Zitong suppressed the anger in her heart, smiled slightly, bowed to Xuanyuan Xiao, and took Yinqiao back to the room.
After Yuan Zitong left, Ah Manjiao smiled and whispered to Xuanyuan Xiao, "Your Highness, aren't you afraid that she will ruin your birthday party?"
Xuanyuan Xiao smiled and said, "It's okay. Anyway, today I just want to meet these women. If she can succeed, my losses will not be in vain."
"Hmph!" Ah Man pursed her lips and smiled: "It seems that the prince has already made a choice. Once the main wife and concubine come into the house next year, it seems that Ah Man will no longer be favored by the prince!"
"Nonsense!" Xuanyuan Xiao squinted at Ah Man, "How could I bear to part with a demon like you? No matter how good they are, how can they compare to your beauty?"
"Your Highness, you must be joking. I think Miss Yuan Er is beautiful, but she is much better than me!"
Xuanyuan Xiao looked at Yuan Ziyu calmly, smiled softly and said to Ah Man, "It's a pity that it's already taken. Since I can't get it, it won't be a pity to destroy it."
"Your Highness is truly cruel!" Ah Man glanced at Xuanyuan Xiao coquettishly and said with a smile.
"I can't be cruel to you!" Xuanyuan Xiao was almost charmed to death by Ah Man's glance. If he hadn't considered the noble ladies present, he would have wanted to carry Ah Man back to the room directly.
"Second Miss!" Yuan Ziyou was watching the play on the stage when she saw Yin Qiao hurriedly approach her. "Our concubine has suddenly had a severe headache. I know you are well versed in pharmacology. Please go and see our concubine!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ziyou said calmly, "If Madam has a headache, just ask the imperial physician. Why are you looking for me?"
"Second Miss, the imperial physician won't be able to come for a while. Please go and see our concubine for the sake of being sisters of the same bloodline!" Yin Qiao pleaded hurriedly.
The noble lady at the table nearby heard this and said to Yuan Ziyu, "Second Miss Yuan, go and take a look. No matter what, you are still cousins!"
"Okay, I'll go take a look, but I'm not a doctor, so you should find a doctor right away!"
Yuan Ziyu didn't go to see Yuan Zitong because of any sisterly love or fear of people's gossip. She knew that Yuan Zitong didn't have any headache at all. She was just afraid that she was setting a trap for her. Wasn't the soup from the maid just now enough? Was this another method?
She wanted to see what kind of trap Yuan Zitong was going to set for her.
If there is a chance, it would be best to get rid of it once and for all, so that he won’t fly out like a fly and annoy her from time to time in the future.
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