Jiang Shi smiled at Yu Tanqi, and Yu Tanqi felt inexplicably relieved.
It’s just a Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, not the Hongmen Banquet.
No one should be bold enough to assassinate the male protagonist in the palace. If they have to assassinate someone, they should assassinate the emperor.
Empress Zhang not only asked Eunuch Li to convey the oral order, but also asked him to bring a reward for Yu Tanqi, a complete set of luxurious jewelry and clothes.
Eunuch Li smiled and said, "The Empress really likes the iced drinks made by Miss Yu, but it was difficult to reward her at that time, so she waited until today when she asked us to come over to deliver the oral order and bring the reward along with it."
Yu Tanqi bowed his head and said respectfully, "Thank you, Her Majesty, for the reward."
Eunuch Li looked at the young girl in blue in front of him. Her skin was as white as cream, her neck was as slender as a cicada, and her eyebrows were as delicate as a fairy. He secretly admired her, thinking that she was indeed a rare beauty.
Marquis Wu'an, Prince Jiang, also dressed in green, stood beside her. The two of them looked like the golden boy and jade girl in a painting, a perfect match.
Eunuch Li smiled and said something again. Yu Tanqi glanced at Linlang, and Linlang immediately stepped forward and gave Eunuch Li a heavy purse.
Eunuch Li felt the weight of the purse, the smile on his face became brighter, and he felt more and more favorable towards Yu Tanqi.
As expected of the fiancée of Prince Jiang, she is personally taught by the old lady of the Xie family in Chenjun, and is indeed well-educated and well-mannered.
But he still tried to refuse, "I can't do that."
Yu Tanqi said softly, "Thank you for taking the trouble to make this trip, Eunuch Li. This is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it."
Eunuch Li was a little embarrassed but accepted the purse happily after seeing it.
When Jiang Shi saw Eunuch Li off from the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, he also asked Danqing to give him a big purse.
Eunuch Li opened the two purses after he boarded the carriage back to the palace. Seeing that they were filled with fine silver, he smiled broadly and sighed, "The Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion is truly wealthy and powerful, and Miss Yu is also very generous. It's obvious that she is very much loved at home."
Although he was a eunuch and could not pass on his family line, he still had human desires. Who would complain about having too much silver?
Money makes the world go round, and eunuchs are no exception. When Eunuch Li returned to Fengyi Palace, he told Empress Zhang how beautiful and elegant Miss Yu was, and how well-matched she was with Prince Jiang.
The emperor and the empress are also husband and wife, and husband and wife should be one. The emperor loves Prince Jiang, and the empress naturally loves Prince Jiang as well. During festivals, the emperor and empress give double the rewards to the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, which are comparable to the rewards given to the prince.
Empress Zhang listened with a smile as Eunuch Li described Yu Tanqi. Recalling the description given by the eldest prince when he entered the palace a few days ago, she could probably imagine what a lovely person Yu Tanqi was.
She said gently, "Seeing is believing. The Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet will be held in three days. I am looking forward to meeting Miss Yu."
Eunuch Li smiled and said, "I will definitely not let your Majesty down."
Empress Zhang also smiled, then she thought of something and sighed, "This year's Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, Crown Prince Jiang is finally not alone."
Thinking of Jiang Shi's past situation, Empress Zhang showed pity in her eyes.
When Old Madam Jiang was still alive, she could accompany Jiang Shi to the palace for banquets, but after Old Madam Jiang passed away, Jiang Shi could only enter the palace alone.
The people from the Jiang family wanted to follow him into the palace, but the emperor did not allow it.
Empress Zhang sneered in her heart. The emperor knew that the Jiang family had ulterior motives and didn't want to see them, but he still let them run around. Isn't this a kind of checks and balances?
Poor Marquis Wu'an and his wife went through life and death for him for many years, but both died an untimely death.
Empress Zhang didn't believe that the emperor hadn't contributed to this.
The imperial family is indeed the most ruthless.
…
It was autumn in August and the weather was a little chilly. The clothes Empress Zhang sent were autumn clothes, so Yu Tanqi naturally had to wear these clothes and enter the palace with Jiang Shi.
Jiang Shi took a look at the color of the clothes, which was aqua blue, similar to the color of the clothes he had originally chosen to wear when entering the palace.
In the past, he almost always wore blue clothes when he entered the palace.
Jiang Shi curved his lips and said, "The Queen is thoughtful."
"What?" Yu Tanqi didn't understand.
Jiang Shi smiled and said, "I will accompany you to the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet to express my gratitude to the Empress."
Yu Tanqi asked nervously, "This is my first time in the palace. I don't know anything. Please tell me what to do, otherwise I'm afraid of being embarrassed."
Jiang Shi said gently: "Don't be afraid, I'll take care of everything."
He thought about it, and carefully and patiently told Yu Tanqi the things to pay attention to when entering the palace.
The palace banquet was no different from Yun Shu's birthday party. There were more people there, all of them were dignitaries, and there would definitely be people who would come to cause trouble for Yu Tanqi.
In the past, Jiang Shi was fearless when he was alone, and he never took the insults and ridicules to heart.
But this year, with the addition of Yu Tanqi, he couldn't help but worry about her, and even sighed. If he were not in this situation, she wouldn't have to be so cautious.
His girl should always be carefree and happy.
Instead of being implicated by him, unable to enter the palace with peace of mind, or even unable to go out and play as she pleases.
We must become stronger quickly.
Only if you are strong enough can you do whatever you want, protect her and make her worry-free.
Jiang Shi lowered his long black eyelashes, his dark pupils were like a bottomless pool of ink, and his usually gentle expression was filled with a heavy solemnity.
Yu Tanqi was recalling the original plot.
The book does write about this year's Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet. Because the male protagonist at that time was still in the transitional low period of Long Aotian's life, he attended the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet alone, and was inevitably ridiculed and bullied by those who looked down on him and disliked him. When Princess Yun saw this, she was so angry that she helped him out, and then she was also ridiculed by those people. Then the Sixth Prince and King Yun came forward to stop this farce.
This palace banquet also had a famous scene where the male protagonist said some harsh words to those who mocked and looked down on him.
"God will reward you with good, and evil with evil. It's not that there's no retribution, it's just that the time hasn't come yet."
Most of the people present were confused. Some uneducated people thought he was showing off his talent and mocked him, saying that he was just a scholar and what was he showing off.
Only a very few people knew that the male protagonist was about to do something big.
Those who have bullied him will eventually get their comeuppance.
The first is naturally the Jiang family, and then the third prince.
…
Yu Tanqi thought that he had been in the book for more than half a year. Although the plot of the book was advanced a little, it was still too far from the end. Who knew if there would be other variables?
She didn't want to steal the spotlight from Princess Yun.
But if someone dared to say something bad about Jiang Shi in front of her, she naturally could not remain silent and would definitely speak up for Jiang Shi.
Her character and personality do not allow her to remain indifferent when her people are insulted and bullied.
Even if Linlang and the others were bullied, she would stand up for them.
Yu Tanqi sighed inwardly.
There is no way around it.
At the beginning, Yu Tanqi came to Jiang Shi just to cling to the male protagonist to survive.
Now, she has regarded him as a friend. He is good to her, so she must be sincere to him and not let him down.
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