At the same time, there was also a flurry of toasts at the banquet for the female guests.
Qin Jialuo also attended the banquet today. After three rounds of drinks, she suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Chu Qingluan opposite her with a meaningful smile on her lips.
Chu Qingluan was wearing a moon-white dress with wide sleeves and gold weave today, a dark waist belt with silver glass pattern around her waist, and a nine-phoenix hairpin in her hair, which glowed with a warm radiance in the sun.
A bright red cinnabar mark on the forehead makes the whole person look very pure and otherworldly.
Qin Jialuo narrowed his eyes, suddenly picked up the wine cup and stood up.
"Princess Zhaoyang."
Her voice was gentle but deliberately intended to be heard clearly by everyone around her.
"I heard that Prime Minister Xie was willing to break up with his family in order to support your new policy. Is this true?"
After he finished speaking, the table suddenly fell silent.
In recent days, everyone has heard that Qin Jialuo has been sending gifts to the Prime Minister's Mansion every day. When she mentioned Xie Xiang at the banquet, the noble ladies held their breath and dared not make a sound.
Everyone realized that the Princess of Qin was going to do something weird again.
"It is truly moving to have such assistance from a subject who shows such deep affection and loyalty," Qin Jialuo added.
Chu Qingluan's hand holding the cup paused slightly, then she raised her eyes, her phoenix eyes still calm.
"Princess Jialuo, you are too kind. Prime Minister Xie has been loyal to the country, and promoting new policies is the duty of a minister."
Qin Jialuo chuckled and suddenly said, "This princess has a question and would like to ask Princess Zhaoyang to help solve it."
Without waiting for Chu Qingluan to answer, she continued, "If I ask the emperor of your country for an imperial decree to arrange a marriage, and let Prime Minister Xie accompany me back to Daqin, what do you think, Princess Zhaoyang?"
As soon as the words fell, there was a gasp in the audience.
Everyone looked at Qin Jialuo in shock, as if they were looking at a monster.
How absurd is it that a princess from another country wants to abduct the prime minister of Chu?
Immediately, Qin Jiuge was the first to slam the table and stand up, his almond-shaped eyes filled with anger.
"Princess Daqin is so arrogant. Do you really think that there is no one in my Great Chu?"
The wife of Duke Dingguo also frowned. "Prime Minister Xie is a loyal minister of the Great Chu. Princess, what you said is too frivolous."
The wives of other upright officials also echoed: "That's right, is there no one left in the Qin Dynasty, so they came to our Chu Dynasty to snatch people?"
Everyone at the table was talking about it, and many people had angry looks on their faces.
"Prime Minister Xie is the regent appointed by His Majesty. How can he be taken away casually?"
Facing the accusations of the crowd, Qin Jialuo was not annoyed, but smiled softly and said, "Why are you all so angry? This princess just heard that the prime minister of your country is infatuated with Princess Zhaoyang, but has not received a response so far. Even this princess, an outsider, can't stand it.
She looked at Chu Qingluan with a moving gaze, and said, "I asked this question today just to test it out for Prime Minister Xie."
"Since your country is unwilling to give up, this princess will naturally not force it, but..."
She suddenly changed the subject: "I heard that Prime Minister Xie has been expelled from the family and has been isolated and helpless until now. If this happened in Daqin, I'm afraid he would be robbed."
These words not only mocked Chu Qingluan for not knowing how to cherish, but also implied that the Great Chu was unable to retain talents. What's more, they were said so flawlessly that no one could find any fault with them.
Several ladies at the table were so angry that their faces turned blue, but they couldn't show it.
Qin Jiuge snorted coldly, "The princess is good at talking, but the capable ministers of our Great Chu cannot be seduced away by just talking."
Chu Qingluan gently rubbed the glass cup in her hand and suddenly chuckled.
"The princess is so concerned about the officials of the Great Chu that it reminds me of an interesting story."
"Three years ago, an envoy from the Qin Empire came to the court and said that your country's laws clearly stipulate that anyone who marries a princess must give up his official title and surrender his military token. I wonder what Princess Jialuo thinks of what should happen if Xie Xiang really goes to the Qin Empire?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the women in the room began to make an uproar.
This clearly means - you, the Great Qin, even want to humiliate your son-in-law, so how dare you come to the Great Chu to ask for someone?
Qin Jialuo's face changed slightly, but she saw Chu Qingluan had already stood up and said lightly: "I am tired. If Princess Jialuo is really interested in Prime Minister Xie, you might as well ask Prime Minister Xie's wishes first."
After saying that, Chu Qingluan turned around and went towards the guest rooms in the backyard.
After Chu Qingluan left, some noble ladies and young ladies began to whisper in front of Qin Jialuo:
"How could a princess be so shameless?"
"That's right, are all the women in Daqin so ignorant of etiquette?"
“…”
Qin Jialuo's face was as gloomy as water. When she was about to explode, a maid suddenly brought a bowl of plum soup and accidentally knocked the bowl over on her skirt.
Qin Jialuo was furious and raised his hand to slap the maid, but suddenly he saw that the maid quickly gestured with her hand while bending over to wipe it.
Qin Jialuo's hand, which was raised in the air, suddenly froze there.
The maid's action just now was clearly the secret signal Chu Lang had given her earlier, indicating that the matter was done and that she should get up immediately and go to the backyard.
Qin Jialuo's eyes suddenly changed, he retracted his raised right hand, and stood up pretending to be angry: "You are blind."
She waved her sleeves and shook off the maid who was supporting her. "Come with me to change clothes."
As she turned around the corridor, her steps became more urgent.
If nothing unexpected happened, Xie Yunqi should have already taken the Chinese medicine and was waiting for him in the room.
——
At the same time, Xie Yunqi was being led by a servant towards the backyard.
But then he vaguely realized that something was wrong.
Because this was obviously the road leading to the backyard, even if Chu Qingluan wanted to see him, she would not choose such a secluded place.
That woman clearly wanted to be as far away from me as possible, so why would she take the initiative to ask someone to tell her that she wanted to see me?
Realizing that something was wrong, Xie Yunqi immediately stopped and reached out to grab the shoulder of the leading boy.
"Tell me, who sent you?"
The servant felt pain and began to beg for mercy: "Please spare my life, sir. I am really following the order of Princess Zhaoyang to come to you to discuss something."
Xie Yunqi narrowed his eyes dangerously, and his voice was as cold as an ice cone.
"You are from Daqin!"
"Did your princess ask you to come?"
He used affirmative sentences.
The servant suddenly widened his eyes, and Xie Yunqi did not miss the surprise and shock in his eyes.
"I'm curious about why the truth was guessed, right?"
The servant remained silent, but his defensive and fearful expression had already told him the answer.
"Because in the Duke's Mansion, the servants just call her Princess or Your Highness."
The servant was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.
But then, he felt annoyed, as if regretting why he didn't notice this small detail at the time.
Seeing that his identity was exposed, he simply stopped pretending and continued: "Prime Minister Xie is indeed wise, but even if you find out now, I'm afraid it will be of no use..."
Xie Yunqi's heart suddenly started to alarm. When he was about to exert force with his hands, a feeling of heat suddenly rushed from his dantian to his limbs.
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