After seeing Silly Girl finish eating the entire plate of drugged meat, they touched her and retreated from the room.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Xiao Jingxi comforted Xiao Jinglin and Ren Yaoqi.
Xiao Jinglin nodded absentmindedly. Xiao Jingxi wanted to say something to Ren Yaoqi again, but Ren Yaoqi still remembered that Xiao Jingxi had teased him before, so he walked past him without looking at him and ignored him.
Xiao Jingxi was stunned for a moment, then smiled and followed them.
Then, it was not until the three of them sat in the pavilion to drink tea and Xiao Jinglin got up alone to change clothes that Xiao Jingxi found the opportunity to talk to Ren Yaoqi.
Xiao Jingxi took the opportunity to pour tea for Ren Yaoqi and moved a little closer to her. He whispered, "Are you still angry?"
Ren Yaoqi ignored him.
Xiao Jingxi put the teapot down and whispered, "Don't be angry, I apologize. I didn't mean to tease you. I learned the trick just now from someone else... and I just let you see it."
Ren Yaoqi blushed, and Xiao Jingxi's words "I only let you see it" made her heart beat faster. In fact, she also knew that Xiao Jingxi did this just to make her happy, and she was not really angry with him.
So Ren Yaoqi glanced at Xiao Jingxi, blushed, picked up the teacup in front of him, and took a sip, as if accepting Xiao Jingxi's apology.
When Xiao Jingxi saw this, the gentle smile in his eyes made him very attractive. Even the little maid standing outside the pavilion accidentally glanced over here and immediately lowered her head with red eyes and a beating heart. She didn't dare to look anymore.
Ren Yaoqi looked at him for a while, then turned away silently.
The two sat in the pavilion for a while until Xiao Jingxi said, "Don't worry about the Queen Mother's arranged marriage. I will take care of it."
Ren Yaoqi lowered his head and said "hmm".
Xiao Jingxi looked at Ren Yaoqi, who was blushing and silent, and couldn't help but burst out laughing: "If I can't refuse in the end..." Xiao Jingxi paused deliberately. He was just about to see Ren Yaoqi's reaction before continuing, "I will only marry you."
Unexpectedly, he ignored the existence of someone.
Then a voice coldly interrupted them from behind, "Didn't Dad help you push it? Don't take on a job you don't know how to do. Given your condition, you'd better give up the idea of enjoying the best of both worlds."
The smile on Xiao Jingxi's face froze. Sure enough, Xiao Jinglin walked out from behind them, glanced at Xiao Jingxi, and sat down in his seat steadily.
Ren Yaoqi looked at Xiao Jinglin, then at Xiao Jingxi, who looked a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but burst out laughing. This time, her laughter was full of gloating, and she didn't have any sympathy for Xiao Jingxi at all.
Xiao Jinglin ignored Xiao Jingxi and talked to Ren Yaoqi about the Thousand Gold Banquet. He told Ren Yaoqi what he had heard about the reason why the Queen Mother suddenly wanted to participate in the Thousand Gold Banquet.
When Ren Yaoqi heard that it was because of Concubine Wan, he was stunned for a moment, then frowned.
She felt that this matter was directed at her.
Many people said she looked like the late Concubine Wan, while the eldest daughter of the Yan family looked like Empress Dowager Yan. Given Empress Dowager Yan's deep grudge against Concubine Wan, she certainly wouldn't want her to be better than the daughter of the Yan family, especially since Xiao Jingxi had rejected the Yan family's marriage proposal because of her.
Empress Dowager Yan had sent people all the way to Yanbei to attend the Qianjin Banquet. Although there were ten ladies sent, the eldest daughter of the Yan family would definitely appear. This was clearly intended to let her compete with the eldest daughter of the Yan family.
But it’s not easy to deal with whether you lose or win.
If she wins, she will slap the face of the court and Empress Dowager Yan. If she loses, she will lose face not only for Concubine Wan and Prince Hezhong, but also for the Yanbei Palace, which chose her and rejected the Yan family's marriage proposal. She is really in a dilemma.
As if he knew what she was thinking, Xiao Jingxi said nonchalantly, "If you win, you win. I've only heard of people who can't afford to lose, but I've never heard of people who don't dare to win."
Although Xiao Jingxi's tone was ordinary, his words revealed a certain confidence and arrogance. If King Yanbei were here, he would definitely pat him on the shoulder and laugh, "Good son! You didn't bring shame to your father!"
Ren Yaoqi looked at Xiao Jingxi and asked curiously, "What if she loses?" Even if the Yanbei Palace is not afraid of offending Empress Dowager Yan, is Xiao Jingxi so confident that she can win?
Speaking of this, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but recall her impression of Miss Yan. In her previous life, she had never met Miss Yan in person, but she had heard of her title as the most beautiful woman in Kyoto. This "most beautiful woman" title might have been somewhat diluted due to Empress Dowager Yan, but Miss Yan was undoubtedly a beauty, otherwise this title would have become a joke.
She had also heard that the Yan family's daughters were multi-talented. The Yan family was a family of noble birth. With a rich and profound background, it was not difficult for them to raise their daughters to excel in all aspects. In the first few decades of the Great Zhou Dynasty, many aristocratic families were reluctant to intermarry with the royal family. It was only after several generations of accumulation that the Li family gained the confidence to stand before the aristocratic families today.
Thinking of this, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but recall the incident in her previous life when the eldest daughter of the Yan family came to Yanbei with her dowry, chasing Xiao Jingxi. She gently knocked the teacup in her hand on the stone table in the pavilion, making a muffled sound.
In the previous life, the eldest daughter of the Yan family came to Yanbei several years later. The current Miss Yan should be only thirteen or fourteen years old. It is unknown whether it was because she was attracted to Xiao Jingxi or for some other reason. In the previous life, Miss Yan never married.
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