Xu Yixing didn't know how angry Lu Anyuan was, and she didn't need to know. The reason was simple: as long as he was still making a move, it meant he had her in his heart. If that was the case, then why was he making such a fuss?
But Mr. Yao has not returned since he left. I don’t know if he was bitten to death by a snake.
In a blink of an eye, it was the New Year's Eve palace banquet. As a prince's consort, she was no different from an ordinary woman. She had to attend the family banquet when it was time. And if she went to the palace, her father would have no reason to let her go home.
The scope of the New Year's Eve palace banquet is relatively small. Apart from the princes, princes and other real relatives, no one else is present.
Lu Anyuan had been in a bad mood with Xu Yixing for ten days, but tonight he had to let her take his arm with a half-sadness and a half-happiness, and ride in the carriage to the banquet together.
Xu Yixing still had a triumphant smile on his face. He sat in the carriage and looked at Lu Anyuan: "Are you still angry?"
"Why should I be so angry? After all, it's your own body. It's not my turn to make decisions."
Xu Yixing looked at Lu Anyuan's face, his face full of duplicity, and found him rather adorable. So he softened his voice, "Yuan, I just don't want a child anytime soon. We're living in constant worry and fear every day now, and it's really not the best time to have a child."
Upon hearing this, Lu Anyuan looked straight at Xu Yixing: "Since you married me, of course you knew in advance that you would live such a life. Why did you do such shady things in secret?" Although the name Yixing said was very touching, Lu Anyuan just felt chilled at this moment.
He knew very well that Yixing had taken advantage of him in the past, but people are so strange. In the past, they just thought that being useful was enough, but now, they always want to get some true love from him.
"This was indeed my fault. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to accept it if I told you directly, so I took the medicine secretly. I already know my mistake. Let's not make a fuss about it, okay?"
Lu Anyuan saw Xu Yixing's sparkling eyes and was momentarily shaken, but he quickly dismissed the idea. Yixing had been hesitant to commit to him for the rest of his life, so perhaps having a child would change that?
Thinking of this, he became more determined: "You are not wrong, I am wrong. I shouldn't have been so wishful thinking."
After saying that, he turned his head and looked at the lights outside the car in a huff. Seeing this, Xu Yixing felt that he was just like a very unreasonable child, so he could only bring up Mr. Yao: "If you don't believe me, forget it. By the way, why hasn't Mr. Yao returned home yet? When he comes back, I..."
"You are thinking about him???" Lu Anyuan was already quite worried about Mr. Yao. It was fine that there were no female relatives in the mansion before, but now Yixing actually favored him. It wasn't long after he left the house that she started to nag about him. Humph, he would be kicked out of the mansion sooner or later!
"You...that's all. I can't reason with you." The two turned their heads away and stopped looking at each other.
New Year's Eve is the coldest night of the year, and it was also unlucky. It snowed heavily the previous night, and today was freezing cold. Even after entering the Linde Hall and finding a seat, Xu Yixing still felt very cold.
But she saw that Lu Anyuan and everyone else in the hall had no reaction. They all took off their outer robes and handed them to the palace servants for safekeeping. Was she the only one who felt cold?
Helpless, I handed the cloak to the palace attendant, and after much hesitation, I didn't take off my outer robe. Damn it, you guys can do whatever you want, I can't freeze!
The Queen Mother also came to the palace banquet today, but Xu Yixing was sitting far away and couldn't see what was going on clearly. It seemed that the Queen Mother just said a few words of blessing to everyone and that was it.
Xu Yixing watched the singing and dancing prepared for the palace banquet while drinking cup after cup of wine. It was too cold and he couldn't bear it without drinking some.
I was watching a certain Hu Ji dancing when I felt my whole body sink and something warm covered me.
"Huh?" It turned out that Lu Anyuan took off his outer robe and gave it directly to Xu Yixing.
"Don't drink anymore. You'll be blamed if you make a fool of yourself when you're drunk."
"You can feel the cold? I thought I was sick...why didn't anyone else react?"
"They are pretending." Lu Anyuan glanced at the people on the field, especially the fifth brother opposite. His legs were shaking under the table, but there was no trace on his face.
"Huh?" Xu Yixing laughed dumbly. It turned out that he was the only honest person. He wanted to say a few more words to Lu Anyuan, but he seemed to be deaf and didn't respond anymore.
Tsk, so stingy!
It was his and Lu Anyuan's turn to go up and toast the elders. Xu Yixing had no choice but to take off his outer robe and walk up the stairs. Hey, why is it so warm up there? It turns out that only the seats at the bottom of the stairs are cold!
"Your Majesty, what do you think? Is the marriage I chose for Yuan'er a good one?" Madam Jing had already received several waves of toasts from the younger generations, and there was a hint of drunkenness in her eyes. Now she spoke with a smile, and her voice was warm and gentle.
"Very good, very good!" The emperor raised his glass and seemed very happy.
"Yuan'er, now that your marriage is finally settled, I don't have anything to worry about anymore. It's time to explain it to your mother!"
Madam Jing seemed a little sad. When Lu Anyuan mentioned Concubine Yi, his eyes were filled with sadness. But no matter how Xu Yixing looked at it, he felt that the sadness was fake. What was going on?
"Yes, thank you for worrying about me, aunt."
The emperor put down his wine glass and said in a deep voice, "You really should thank your aunt. If she hadn't been watching over you and helping you all these years, I wouldn't have been able to take care of you."
"Your Majesty is busy with all sorts of affairs, and I dare not burden you with any more worries."
Madam Jing shook herself and said with a smile, "Haha, that's wrong. You are His Majesty's son. How could he not think about you?"
Xu Yixing felt that there was a hint of a soft knife in these words, blaming the emperor for not caring about Lu Anyuan. What's wrong with Madam Jing? How dare she say such a thing?
But before he could finish thinking about this, he was immediately pointed out: "Yuan'er, you and Yan'er should also work harder and give birth to a little grandson as soon as possible!"
Xu Yixing looked at Lu Anyuan. There was no unnaturalness on his face. Instead, he blushed at the right time: "Yes, nephew will work hard."
After going down the stairs and returning to the ice cave, Xu Yixing hurried back to his seat and put on his outer robe. When he looked up again, the lively atmosphere in the upper seat had returned, as if the strangeness just now was all his imagination.
He sat there stiffly until the palace banquet was over. When Xu Yixing left the palace, he saw several princes and princesses running around in a hurry. It was obvious that they were also frozen and were waiting to get on the car to warm themselves up.
She was about to get in the car, but she saw Lu Anyuan standing there and stopped the second prince who was about to leave.
"Second brother, can you please excuse me for a moment?"
Seeing this, the Second Prince helped the Second Prince's wife get into the car first, and then slowly walked towards their carriage.
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