Lord Zhang was somewhat speechless: "Shouldn't you be thanking me?"
"What's the point of going to that boring and uncomfortable banquet? You have to stay there for so long listening to them brag and flatter you. Don't you feel uncomfortable?"
Lord Zhang's lips twitched; that was indeed the case.
"If you go there now, do I still need to go there?"
Yuan Ru shrugged: "Whatever you want."
"Then I won't go, you can go by yourself."
Yuan Ruo smiled helplessly: "Okay, then you can stay here, it's safer there."
Lord Zhang felt looked down upon, but he still stayed in his room with a clear conscience.
At this moment, the person had already finished his sword dance.
"Good! Not bad." The lord clapped his hands.
The person left the stage immediately after finishing their dance, without lingering at all.
"Who is this dancer? She dances really well. Where is she? Where did she go?" the lord shouted.
The empress was somewhat embarrassed and quickly pulled him back, saying, "Your Majesty, this is the Regent's man."
"The Regent?"
The lord slapped his forehead: "I had completely forgotten that the Regent had returned. The Regent is a really good man, really good."
The Empress looked at him helplessly, speechless, and beckoned for the Emperor's eunuch to come and ask him questions.
"Why hasn't the hangover soup arrived yet?"
"Your Majesty, please don't worry, it should be soon."
"If we don't hurry, His Majesty will start acting crazy again. It won't be good if everyone notices something is wrong. Hurry up!"
"Yes." So the eunuch went out and hurried to prepare the hangover soup.
Yi Zexuan, who was sitting below, had already noticed all of this.
"It seems His Majesty has drunk too much. Why don't we help him back to rest? Otherwise, it will be too tiring for him to stay here," Su Lixia said.
The Queen nodded awkwardly and smiled, "It's alright, His Majesty has already drunk the hangover soup, he'll be fine soon."
But the lord beside her showed her no respect: "Empress! You are getting bolder and bolder! I am perfectly fine! Why did you tell the princess that I was drunk? You have become increasingly presumptuous lately!"
When everyone saw the emperor suddenly stand up, they all looked over.
"What's wrong with Your Majesty?" The crowd began to discuss among themselves.
Upon seeing this, the Empress's face turned ashen. She ordered the eunuch, "Take the Emperor away quickly and let him sober up before coming back."
"Yes." Then two men came and carried the lord away.
"Please continue eating, everyone. His Majesty is just a little drunk and will be back shortly."
Hearing this explanation, no one could say anything, they simply stopped watching.
Yi Zexuan lowered his head and smiled slightly: "It seems everything is going smoothly."
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