Chapter 362 Another Twist in Life
The third prince was a little dumbfounded. He had just been attacked for such a long time, but the imperial teacher's few words made the other party escape unscathed?
However, he couldn't think of a better way to help himself out of the predicament immediately.
"That's right, Your Majesty, please don't take it to heart. I won't take the young master of the Gu family's rudeness to heart either."
Gu Yuxuan didn't say anything this time. He did it for his sister and Dayao. For his own sake, he chose to keep it to himself.
Seeing that he stopped talking, the emperor nodded. It turned out that Mr. Changbai's teaching was effective. The child now knew when to advance and when to retreat.
"Alright, I've heard the Third Prince's admiration for soft words, and everyone present has heard it too. Just now, the young master of the Gu family was anxious to protect his sister, and he was indeed impolite. Yuxuan, why don't you apologize to the Third Prince?"
Gu Yuxuan felt extremely happy. The emperor had just changed the third prince's admiration for him into respect, which was a disguised rejection of the marriage proposal. What would happen if he asked him to apologize?
"I was just reckless, please don't take it to heart, Third Prince. We are a hospitable country in Dayao, please have fun in Dayao..."
Bailixi had no way to argue with him. The other party was not very old and had already apologized to her.
"It's okay, I understand how you feel..."
He felt aggrieved and couldn't help but look at Xue Chenglun who remained silent.
Xue Chenglun was also feeling depressed at this time. The third prince's direct proposal of marriage had disrupted their original plan.
These damn Yamato people are arrogant and despicable, and they don’t trust people. What the hell are they?
He simply turned his face away and didn't even look at Bailixi.
The emperor asked them to sit down, as there always had to be some activities at a palace banquet.
I don’t know if the Minister of Rites did it on purpose, but Xue Chenglun’s seat was right opposite the Zhou family.
As long as Ye Lanxin looked up, she could see Xue Chenglun and Mrs. Xue Liu beside him.
Liu was not in a good mood towards Ye Lanxin. After all, their second branch was exiled, but Ye Lanxin, as the legitimate wife of the first branch, was not spared. This made her feel resentful to this day.
Ye Lanxin felt a little restless. Even if she didn't want to look, she could see the opposite side as long as she raised her eyes.
Zhou Zhili also felt uncomfortable. He always felt that the look in Xue Chenglun's eyes when he looked at Ye Lanxin was very awkward.
His brother is dead and his sister-in-law has remarried. She has nothing to do with him.
Zhou Zhili muttered to himself, but couldn't show it, so he could only sit there pretending to be calm.
The Minister of Rites didn't seem to notice anything unusual here and continued to arrange the process of the palace banquet.
There was singing and dancing, the sound of stringed instruments was endless, and it was a prosperous scene.
However, behind this prosperity, there are people with different thoughts.
Xue Chenglun looked at Ye Lanxin from time to time, his eyes were complicated and difficult to read, with resentment, unwillingness, joy, longing, and a hint of indescribable emotions.
Ye Lanxin felt that gaze and felt even more uneasy. She didn't know what Xue Chenglun was thinking, nor did she know whether he would cause any trouble at the palace banquet.
The Ye family members saw it clearly from the side and couldn't help but worry for Ye Lanxin.
Ye Chi was already thinking secretly, if it was really Xue Chenglun who caused some trouble, should he help or stay out of it?
When Xue Chenglun's eyes finally fell on Zhou Qinzhu, he was stunned.
Then he was ecstatic.
His eyes had betrayed him, and Ye Lanxin also understood. She shook her head slightly in horror, taking advantage of the moment when someone was talking to Zhou Zhili.
Xue Chenglun glanced at Zhou Zhili beside her, then looked away.
When Liu saw what happened to Zhou Qinzhu, her expression changed.
Then, she whispered to Xue Chenglun beside her, "Master, is that my eldest brother's posthumous child? She looks very similar to the portrait of my grandmother."
Xue Chenglun hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly, his eyes still fixed on Zhou Qinzhu, as if confirming something.
"Does the Zhou family know? We've heard over the years that this girl's surname seems to be Zhou..."
Liu was a little surprised because the version she had heard before was not like this.
Xue Chenglun felt a little distressed and said, "Under the circumstances back then, it was very risky for my sister-in-law to give birth to a child alone. Although my eldest brother died as an apology and spared my sister-in-law, the child in her belly is his bloodline. I'm afraid the royal family won't let it go if they find out."
Liu grumbled, "It didn't implicate my sister-in-law, but it implicated our second branch."
"What did you say?" Xue Chenglun was unhappy.
Liu felt bored and said, "Forget it, it's nothing."
Ye Lanxin felt that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly strange, and she felt uncomfortable all over.
Zhou Yuxiu and Zhou Yuzhi had already sensed that something was wrong with her and looked in the direction of the Xue family.
After all, they lack age and experience, and don't quite understand their mother's embarrassment towards her ex-uncle.
There were constant cheers coming from the front. People from the Zhou family, the Ye family, and the Xue family all had their own ulterior motives, and their laughter was not genuine.
"Mother, why is Minister Xue always looking at me?" Zhou Qinzhu asked in a low voice.
Ye Lanxin gently pulled her sleeve, signaling her not to ask any more questions.
Although Zhou Qinzhu had many doubts in her heart, she had to put them aside for the time being when she saw her mother's expression.
Seeing the unwillingness in her eyes, Ye Lanxin could only whisper: "This matter is very complicated, you kids should stay out of it." After she finished speaking, a trace of barely perceptible worry flashed in her eyes.
Zhou Qinzhu was even more curious. She knew this was her mother's brother-in-law from before she remarried, but what did this have to do with her? She was a descendant of the Zhou family.
When the palace banquet was going on for a while, Yamato's national teacher Jing Luoquan stood up again and said that Yamato still had a gift that had not been delivered.
The previous gift-giving session was used by the third prince Bailixi to propose marriage. In fact, he was also devastated when he heard it.
However, he behaved very steadily and was not impatient from beginning to end. Instead, he analyzed the current situation rationally.
Now that everyone's emotions have almost calmed down, giving gifts can take it to the next level and make the other person happy.
The emperor knew that this imperial teacher was a difficult character and did not look down on him. Instead, he waited with a smile for Jing Luoquan to bring the things up.
Bailixi then came over, feeling somewhat embarrassed when she thought about the plan that she had ruined.
Just as Jing Luoquan thought, no matter what the gift is at this time, it is more reasonable than when everyone was embarrassed just now.
The emperor accepted it with a smile and ordered Xue Chenglun to entertain the guests who came from afar well.
After all, he is now also a member of the Ministry of Rites, and is the negotiating envoy between the two countries.
The eldest princess Lu Shuyi, who rarely appeared at the palace banquet, was a little angry just now that Gu Ruanci was not sent away.
The young master of the Gu family spoke such harsh words, and the person he was targeting was the third prince of Yamato, who was of noble status, but his father did not blame him. He just asked him to apologize and let the matter go.
The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt, but she didn't dare say anything provocative in such an occasion, otherwise she would definitely be scolded.
At this moment, Lu Wenxue happened to be looking in her direction. When their eyes met, they seemed to see the same meaning in each other's eyes.
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