Chapter 231 What is your attitude towards your brother?
The next day, there was a family dinner at the Zhenbei Palace.
Because the old concubine did not allow Wen Xingluo and Xie Guanlan to meet, the two of them always intentionally avoided attending family dinners.
This time, the old man invited both of them to the scene for the first time.
However, the sky above Wansongyuan seemed to be covered with dark clouds, and the atmosphere was solemn and silent.
Wen Xingluo sat on the left side of the old concubine and looked at everyone quietly.
Xie Shian sat in his seat with his head down, not even interested in eating his favorite date paste cake.
Xie Yanchen held up his face, looking equally indifferent to the plate of fried bugs and five-snake soup in front of him.
Xie Jing did not show his courtesy to Wei Si as usual, but just stared out the window in a daze.
Wei Si seemed to be the least affected, and her posture while eating was more calm and elegant than before. However, her tense shoulders revealed her nervousness in the face of the impending storm and the powerful enemy.
Wen Xingluo's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she looked at Xie Guanlan on the right side of the old concubine.
The young man looked calm, and when he noticed her gaze, he even boldly looked directly at her.
She quickly averted her sight.
The little maid suddenly came in, "Madam Dowager, the Third Master beside the Crown Prince wants to see you."
"We're having a family dinner at the palace, why is he here, an outsider?!" Xie Shian was the first to get angry. "No, no one here wants to see him!"
"Xie Xiaosi, what is your attitude towards your brother?"
Xie Zan rushed in.
He had a pair of shackles on his wrist, and the other end of the shackles was locked on Wei Ying's wrist.
Xie Zan said nonchalantly, "I don't want to attend your so-called family dinner either, but my Que'er was so desperate to come and tell her cousin she was safe, so I condescended to come with her."
His eyes swept across the table full of delicacies and stopped on one of the four-happiness meatballs.
Xie Zan paused for only a moment and then immediately looked away.
He sneered and pulled at his cloak. "Compared to the imperial banquets in the capital, your so-called royal family banquet is utterly shabby! Who would want to eat this kind of food?"
Xie Jing suddenly threw down his chopsticks, his facial muscles trembling with anger, "Xie Zan, you rebellious son!"
"Hey, old man! I haven't seen you for many years. I heard that you married a beautiful woman? You really are still going strong!"
"you--"
Xie Jing pointed at him, so angry that he couldn't speak.
The old concubine's eyes were red, and she cursed: "Third brother, how can you talk to your father like that?!"
"Grandma, I think you're getting old and confused. Yesterday you said you had no grandson back from the capital, so why are you calling the third son today?"
The old concubine immediately grabbed her cane and was about to take action, but was held down by Xie Guanlan.
Xie Guanlan looked at Xie Zan and said, "Today is a family dinner, no trouble is allowed. Third brother, please sit down."
You could hear a pin drop in the hall.
The maid glanced at Xie Guanlan's expression, then hurriedly lowered her head and brought two chairs.
Xie Zan pulled Wei Ying and sat down casually.
He ignored everyone's gaze and picked up a four-happiness meatball.
Before he could put it into his mouth, Xie Shian suddenly jumped up.
He raised his fist and hit Xie Zan angrily, "You are not allowed to eat our food!"
Xie Zan was caught off guard.
He fell to the ground, and the four-happiness meatball on the chopsticks rolled onto the floor tiles.
He staggered to his feet, wiped the blood from his lips, and caught the second punch from Xie Shian. "Xie Xiaosi, do you think I don't dare to hit you?!"
Xie Shian looked at the young man in front of him with complicated feelings.
When we were young, the eldest brother concentrated on studying and practicing martial arts, while the second brother went to the capital.
In the palace, only the third brother gets along best with him.
Third brother likes to take him with him wherever he goes.
They skipped school, climbed over walls, fought cocks and ran dogs, fished and stole melons. Together with the young people they were friends with in Chengdu, they jumped around all year round, so happy that they couldn't tell east from west.
His third brother doted on him very much and would give him half of any good things he got. Even his martial arts enlightenment was taught by his third brother himself.
He also likes his third brother very much, and he likes his own face which is very similar to his third brother's.
Every time he went out, as long as he and his third brother stood together, others could recognize at a glance that they were brothers. He was proud of this, so he was particularly keen on wearing clothes of the same color and style as his third brother.
But Xie Shian couldn't understand why his third brother, who was such a good person, suddenly turned bad?
Obviously...
It’s obvious that they grew up wearing the same pants!
The boy was shaking all over, his eyes red as he roared, "Go ahead and hit me, hit me in the face! I'll be happy only if you break my face!"
Xie Zan's face was gloomy and he grabbed his collar, "Do you really think I don't dare?!"
The room was tense when a light laugh was suddenly heard outside.
The palace maids led the way, and a strange fragrance filled the air.
Xie Xuchi stepped in and asked with a smile, "What are you arguing about?"
He is the crown prince of the current dynasty and has a noble status.
Although Xie Jing and others did not like him, they did not want to make a mistake in etiquette, so they stood up and saluted.
Xie Xuchi gave him a helping hand.
His gaze fell on Wei Si, and he said gently, "Is this Madam Wei?"
He did not address Wei Si as princess.
Wei Si lowered her brows and bowed to him.
Xie Xuchi didn't seem to want to accept her gift, and slightly turned aside. "Thanks to the King of Zhenbei for saving me, Madam Wei is temporarily staying at the palace as a distinguished guest. My father will arrive in Rongcheng tomorrow, and I will have a thank you gift then."
As soon as the words fell, the whole hall fell into silence.
This statement contains a lot of information.
Xie Xuchi represents the emperor, and his meaning is the emperor's meaning.
The emperor did not recognize the marriage between Wei Si and Xie Jing.
Is it because Wei Si is a remnant of the previous dynasty, or is it because he still has feelings for her?
Xie Xuchi looked at Wei Si deeply, then glanced at Wen Xingluo, and finally set his sights on Xie Yanchen.
He seemed to want to say something to him, but seeing that he was almost retreating into the shadow of the corner, he paused and ultimately said nothing.
He turned around, "A-Zan, let's go."
Wei Ying raised her eyebrows towards Wen Xingluo, indicating that she was fine.
She followed Xie Zan out of Wansongyuan and couldn't help but look back again.
Xie Zan snorted coldly, "I've only known her for a few months, how can you have such deep feelings for her?"
"What do you care about me?" Wei Ying said, as if by magic, a Four Joys meatball suddenly appeared in her palm. "At the banquet, I noticed you seemed to be craving this dish. Could it be that our great military advisor Xie is homesick? Xie Zan, kneel down and bark like a dog twice, and I'll give it to you. How about that?"
Xie Xuchi, who was walking in front, also turned around and looked at Xie Zan with interest.
Xie Zan laughed angrily.
He picked up the Four Joys Meatball and said, "Wei Gaoyang, you underestimate me too much. There are all kinds of delicacies in the palace, how could I be greedy for the Four Joys Meatballs from the Zhenbei Palace?"
He threw the four-happiness meatball into the pond outside the corridor.
Wei Ying made a "tsk" sound.
Xie Xuchi chuckled, "Okay, let's go back."
The scene happening in the corridor was seen clearly by Wen Xingluo and Xie Shian from a distance.
Xie Shian gritted his teeth. "Back then, they all said that Third Brother was willing to poison Big Brother in order to snatch the throne. I didn't believe it. I never thought Third Brother would really be such an ungrateful person! When he was at home, he loved eating Four Happiness Meatballs the most. He always begged Nanny Chen to make them for him. Now, he doesn't even look at them and just throws them away!"
Wen Xingluo rubbed his handkerchief.
No one in Zhenbei Palace likes to eat Four Happiness Meatballs.
She had been in the palace for two years, and this dish would never appear at ordinary family banquets.
But it happened today.
It turns out that was Xie Zan's favorite dish...
As if she sensed something, she suddenly looked back.
Xie Guanlan walked over.
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