Chapter 187 The Palace Banquet is Coming
The atmosphere was frozen for a moment.
Eunuch Li widened his eyes. He felt that the emperor at this moment was like a teenager who liked a girl but didn't know how to express it and could only attract the girl's attention by flirting.
The emperor felt that he was in trouble.
This feeling is really strange.
Just like when I was eight years old, I accidentally broke the vase in my father's room, and when I was nine years old, I secretly cut off the beard of my tutor...
It seems like he hasn't been like this in a long time.
But now it's actually to a palace maid...
An Jiu looked at the headband in the emperor's hand in shock.
No, is there something wrong with this kid? Do you know how difficult it is for her to do this hair well?
The emperor said dryly, "My hair was crooked just now."
An Jiu looked at him.
So what?
I just like the crooked ones.
Can you just chop it off if you feel like it?
Eunuch Li tried to smooth things over: "Your hair is indeed crooked. Let me help you comb it."
An Jiu is so bold. She dares to be angry with the president, but how could she dare to be angry with the department leader?
So she smiled and said, "It's okay, sir. I can comb my hair myself."
The emperor frowned and looked at An Jiu, then at Eunuch Li.
【Not happy.】
An Jiu: If you are unhappy, go to hell!
When An Jiu went out, the emperor was already very unhappy.
"How rude! You're giving me the cold shoulder!"
Is he worse than a eunuch?
He is so pissed off!!!
Eunuch Li smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is a good thing."
The emperor frowned: "What good news?"
He was shunned.
His mother didn't give him the cold shoulder.
His father didn't give him the cold shoulder.
No one gave him the cold shoulder.
This Xiaojiu dares to give him the cold shoulder.
Eunuch Li smiled and said, "This proves that Xiaojiu cares about you. Before, she was always very scared when she saw you. Now look, Xiaojiu is so lively."
Eunuch Li is worthy of being the first special assistant of the President's Office and the first eunuch chief of the Imperial Palace. Just a few words brightened the emperor's mood.
Xiaojiu has done a lot of things that don't follow the rules. If it were someone else, he would have died eight hundred times.
She is still fine.
What does that mean?
It means the emperor likes it.
No matter what the rules are, the emperor’s likes are the most important.
This is the emperor's world. The rules of Daxia are set for others, not for the emperor.
As long as the emperor likes, he can favor anyone.
"You're right. I don't bother to argue with a woman." The emperor saved his face.
Eunuch Li nodded with satisfaction.
Look, look, the emperor who used to kill people as easily as chopping vegetables now knows that he can’t bother with women.
Tsk tsk tsk!!!
…
The palace banquet that everyone had been looking forward to finally began.
The venue was Hualin Garden. When they arrived, all the civil and military officials, court ladies, and royal relatives were already there.
The originally bustling hall suddenly became quiet because of the words "The Emperor has arrived".
An Jiu followed the emperor nervously and watched him walk in. There was a huge crowd below, and everyone knelt down and shouted, "Long live the emperor!"
An Jiu swallowed and looked at the people below, and his mood became nervous.
This feeling is hard to describe. It was the first time she intuitively felt the emperor's power.
Suddenly, she felt an indescribable inferiority complex, as if the emperor was very close to her, yet so far away from her.
It was as if there was an invisible wall standing abruptly between the two people.
"Stand up."
The emperor sat on the dragon throne in the middle. He was tall and had long legs, with a handsome and serious face. With the clothes he was wearing, his aura reached 2.8 meters. An Jiu stood behind him and didn't dare to breathe, as if the emperor had suddenly become a stranger.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Everyone stood up and sat back in their original seats properly.
Yan Wenjie, Zhang Ming and the other two were added temporarily, so their positions were a bit far away, but how far could they be? They had good eyesight and could see the emperor clearly, but they were too nervous. It was their first time in the palace, so they didn't dare to look directly at the emperor's face.
The three of them were quite happy before entering the palace, but now, the people sitting around them are all rich and powerful. They are dressed in gorgeous clothes, and then look at them...
As for the food on the table, they dared not even touch it, for fear of being laughed at as country bumpkins who had never seen food before.
"Brother Yan, I'm nervous." Zhang Ming said timidly.
"Don't be nervous. There's nothing to be nervous about." But it was not Yan Wenjie who answered.
The three of them looked to the side at the same time and saw the same three people.
The list of people for the palace banquet had been decided long ago, and an official decree had been issued. Every seat was carefully arranged. Defei and Shufei had started working on this a few months ago, and it was impossible for them to mess up the original positions just to squeeze in a few people.
Therefore, the people who came later were all seated in the temporarily added seats, which resulted in Yan Wenjie and his three companions sitting together with the three NPCs.
Young Master Guo had just gone to the toilet twice. He was really nervous. God knows he was almost scared to death when he saw the emperor in the restaurant in the morning. He thought the emperor deliberately went there because they had informed on him.
Now the three of them are together again...
There were six people, and it was a bit awkward for them to look at each other.
Mr. Li San said, "There's nothing to be nervous about. Look, the princes have arrived."
An Jiu had met seven of the eight princes. Now that they were all here, she turned her gaze to the one next to Prince Ruyang. He should be the Eighth Prince. He was a very young and handsome boy, dressed simply, with no expression on his face. He was cold and had no extra decorations on his body, only a string of Buddhist beads on his wrist. He looked like a cold and aloof Buddhist.
An Jiu sighed, he is still young, if he grows up, who knows how many girls will be attracted to him.
The Queen Mother was the last to arrive. As soon as she entered the room, the scene became quiet. An Jiu saw that almost everyone turned to look at Prince Ruyang at the same time.
Prince Ruyang was still smiling, with a look of confusion on his fair face, as if he didn't understand why everyone was looking at him?
"I have been ill for many days. Today, I came out to see the fun." The Queen Mother said with a smile.
An Jiu's eyes fell on the young eunuch beside the Queen Mother.
This eunuch was the disciple of Eunuch Wang mentioned by the Queen Mother before. He had learned the true skills from Eunuch Wang. Although he was young, his face was painted very white and his lips were painted red. Standing behind the Queen Mother, he looked like a lifeless paper man.
Concubine Shu smiled and replied to the Queen Mother: "We are so happy that the Queen Mother can come."
【There are so many people.】
An Jiu was watching the fun when he heard the emperor's voice.
【I am sleepy.】
An Jiu "..."
[Another boring palace banquet, and then there will be dancing. ]
[It's so annoying. It makes me dizzy. ]
As soon as he finished complaining, the dancer came.
The palace banquet has the same process every year. The emperor has attended it countless times since he was a child with the previous emperor, and he knows it by heart.
That's why he felt bored.
and……
He was the emperor, and countless pairs of eyes were staring at him in the dark. Others could relax when they were sleepy, but he had to maintain the demeanor of an emperor and sit upright for almost two hours.
He is so tired, isn't he?
The clothes worn at banquets like this are all very gorgeous, but gorgeous clothes are good in every way except for one thing: they are tiring to wear.
And the crown on his head was pressing on his neck, causing pain.
[Ah~]
【I wanted to leave as soon as I arrived. 】
【It’s Chinese New Year, why can’t we celebrate separately? 】
The emperor exhaled.
An Jiu also wanted to know why the company had to hold a dinner party and team building on a nice Sunday.
What's the point of getting together with colleagues and bosses? Isn't work boring enough?
An Jiu listened to his complaints over and over again, secretly feeling that if you relax, no one will see it. Even if someone sees it, so what? You are the emperor, who dares to say anything to you?
It would be a shame to save face, so she thought to herself, and went forward to put a small soft pillow behind his back as a backrest.
The emperor almost couldn't help but turn his head to look at An Jiu.
[How come she has everything? ]
This was indeed something An Jiu had specially brought because the emperor would lean on such a soft pillow when reading memorials in Guanghua Hall.
The emperor was silent for a long time. An Jiu was enjoying the singing and dancing, and he seemed to hear something he said. But when An Jiu wanted to listen carefully, he could hear nothing.
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