Chapter 148 Humiliation Crabs

"These are inedible. They are very prickly. In the afternoon, a few eunuchs didn't believe it and insisted on trying them. They are still hiding in the room. Their mouths are all pierced and bleeding."

It's not good to show up at such a festive palace banquet with wounds on your face. If you offend the nobles, you will lose your life.

Xiao Xuanzi nodded: "Then I'll leave first. I'll tell the queen later."

What?

Of course, Chief Steward Gao cooperated highly and found him the hardest crabs among tens of millions of crabs.

"Lord Jiang..."

Xiao Xuanzi smiled and walked into the "battlefield" filled with gunpowder. As if he didn't notice Pei's anger, he placed four plates of peeled crab meat in front of Jiang Xinyan, Jiang Junze, and the sisters Jiang Yunxia and Jiang Yuncai.

"The emperor said that this year's crab meat is quite plump, so he asked me to give the young masters an extra portion so that they can enjoy it."

Jiang Yuncai swallowed her saliva and whispered in her sister's ear: "No way? I just ate a few more bites, and the emperor saw it? The emperor is too doting on cousin Yue!"

How could the emperor notice what they like to eat?

It's obvious that he wants to take care of cousin Yue more because he likes her.

No one present... no one would have thought that the crab meat was not a reward from the emperor, but Jiang Xinyue was just using the emperor's power to bully others.

Would the person who was rewarded dare to ask the emperor, "Did you really reward me with crab meat?"

Pei's face turned pale, and she turned to look at Emperor Xuanwu, who was sitting at the top of the table. However, she saw that his eyes were always glancing at Concubine Zhen. Concubine Zhen's eyes... Why... Why were Concubine Zhen's eyes always staring at her?

She felt guilty for a moment, afraid that Concubine Zhen would cause trouble for her.

"Is it just for us, or for others?"

Jiang Yankun was a bit like Lin Daiyu at this moment, and asked in a sinister tone, "Didn't Miss Pei have any?"

A young woman in her thirties was called Miss Pei, and she was called so righteously that Pei was almost ashamed and angry.

Every time she was called Miss Pei, the people present would think of how she immediately divorced Prime Minister Song when something happened in the Song family, and returned to the Pei family with her dowry.

Yes, she didn't leave even a penny for Prime Minister Song, and didn't care about his life or death, or his situation in the Song family, and she just took the money and ran away.

Xiao Xuanzi looked at Pei, with a smile on his face: "How can Miss Pei's be left out? The emperor was very sorry that he couldn't go to Secretary Pei's 60th birthday, so he asked me to send two crabs to Miss Pei." Pei

's face was ecstatic, and she started to show off: "My father is the Secretary of State, a close minister of the emperor. How could the emperor forget me? You..."

"Miss Pei, please--"

Xiao Xuanzi opened the lid of the silver plate, and there were two steamed crabs inside.

The two crabs that the eunuch said were really two.

Two whole crabs, with shells and meat.

How can people eat this?

How can a rich family eat crabs like this?

Only the fishermen who didn't care about food gnawed and spitted it out with their mouths, which was extremely uncivilized and even wolfish.

Pei looked at the plates of the children from the two families. The food inside was clearly peeled and piled up into a small mountain, and even drizzled with vinegar. The little guys finished it in a few bites.

"Puff!"

Jiang Yankun laughed out loud in a very impolite manner: "Sorry, Miss Pei, I usually don't laugh unless I can't help it."

After laughing, he coughed twice again: "Miss Pei, eat quickly! Don't let the emperor down. He remembers you and hasn't forgotten your kindness. You can't be ungrateful for this great favor!"

Pei's face turned pale and blue, and she laughed uglier than crying and said: "Eunuch, can I...can I eat later?"

Let the personal maid take care of it before eating, and she won't be laughed at by others.

"That won't work."

Xiao Xuanzi frowned: "The servant is still waiting to go back and report to the emperor! How does this crab meat taste? You will be happy after eating it. If you don't eat it, the emperor will ask about it, how should the servant answer?"

Not eating it means not knowing what's good for you. If you reject the emperor's kindness, you will lose your head.

Under the gazes of the crowd, Pei had no choice but to pick up a crab. But after looking at it for a long time, she didn't know where to start.

She had only seen crabs that turned into a bowl of crab meat after being served, but where had she seen a whole crab like this?

But the father-in-law was obviously impatient, and looked at her with displeasure. She could only bite the hard part with red eyes and full of humiliation.

"Crack!"

"Ah!"

It was unknown what kind of crab this was. The edge of the shell was undulating wavy lines, and there were sharp thorns on each raised point.

When Pei opened her mouth, the corners of her mouth were pierced by the thorns. She screamed in pain, but the sound of singing and dancing in the hall drowned it out.

Jiang Xinyue was amused by her uncivilized appearance, and she and Xi Que and Shuangjiang laughed with their mouths covered.

Emperor Xuanwu was a little unhappy before he saw this smile tonight.

But now, Concubine Zhen's eyebrows were relaxed, and her happy and unrestrained smile infected him, making him curl the corners of his lips unconsciously.

In his eyes, everything lost its color, and Concubine Zhen was blurry. Only she was clearly imprinted in his eyes, with a gorgeous complexion and a delicate appearance.

The noise around him disappeared in an instant, and even Concubine Zhen's every frown and smile became slow motion, repeating over and over again in his mind.

She is really beautiful and lovely.

It's not because of her appearance, but Emperor Xuanwu feels that she is beautiful from the heart, which makes him want to get close to her, want to indulge her, and want to give Concubine Zhen the best of everything.

He is finished!

He fell in Concubine Zhen's smile!

Isn't it just a piece of clothing?

She gave it to the empress, so she gave it to the empress!

Maybe she didn't like the pattern!

I'll make her a new one next time.

Empress Zhu sat next to him and felt the emperor's sudden happiness most directly.

He turned his head to look over. Emperor Xuanwu calmly withdrew his gaze from Concubine Zhen and looked at Empress Zhu in confusion: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the Empress?"

Empress Zhu smiled and shook her head: "Your Majesty, I was too impulsive a few days ago and did not consider your face. Now the old year is about to pass. Let's leave all the unhappiness in the old year and walk into the new year together, okay?"

Fenyun was right. Even if she didn't think about herself, she should think more about the fifth prince.

Emperor Xuanwu held her hand: "I am very pleased that the Empress thinks so. This is also the meaning of the New Year's Banquet."

The ministers were also very pleased to see that the emperor and the empress were in harmony. It seems that the previous rumors that the emperor and the empress were estranged were false.

If they were estranged, how could the couple wear clothes that represent love together?

Look at the flowers on the empress's dress clinging to the vines on the emperor's robe, and it's obvious that a lot of thought went into it.

Jiang Xinyue looked at the emperor and the empress, and she was also smiling.

But that smile was much more meaningful.

Sometimes the more a couple is separated from each other, the more they will deliberately show affection in front of others.