Xie Xuanji stood behind Jiang Mingwei, Jiang Mingwei didn't see it, while Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen were opposite, but they looked straight.
Mu Mingtang saw Xie Xuanji coming in from the corner of his eyes, but he didn't speak, he hid behind silently, looking at Jiang Mingwei with an almost scrutiny look, not knowing what he wanted to do. And Jiang Mingwei too, she looked at Mu Mingtang and the others in this direction, she didn't know what she was thinking, and she lost her mind for a long time.
Mu Mingtang saw it but didn't show it, and so did Xie Xuanchen. The two of them talked as usual, as if they didn't notice anyone behind Jiang Mingwei. Mu Mingtang secretly bet on when Jiang Mingwei found Xie Xuanji, but Xie Xuanji couldn't bear it any longer before Jiang Mingwei found out.
Maybe Xie Xuanji can't be blamed, Jiang Mingwei's eyes are really too obvious. Mu Mingtang couldn't see it from such a distance.
Even if he couldn't hear it, Mu Mingtang could have expected that the atmosphere between the couple on the opposite side would not be good. Xie Xuanji asked something, Jiang Mingwei was a little flustered, she pretended to be calm to decorate peace, but the more she said, the worse Xie Xuanji's face looked.
Mu Mingtang whispered to Xie Xuanchen by pouring tea: "I think they will quarrel after they go back."
"It's useless after I go back." Xie Xuanchen took the teapot in Mu Mingtang's hand and poured a glass of water for each of them, "It's quarreling now."
Mu Mingtang hurriedly looked back, and found that the situation on the opposite side was indeed not optimistic. Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei's seats are second only to Mu Mingtang's table. Their husband and wife's changes cannot be concealed from others. After a while, someone has already looked in the direction of Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei.
Among them, Mrs. Jiang was the most worried, and she almost couldn't help but ask. Jiang Mingwei and Xie Xuanji noticed that there were many people watching, and they both restrained. Jiang Mingwei stopped talking, and Xie Xuanji also sat back to his seat in silence. However, although he sat down, his face was still tense, and he was far away from Jiang Mingwei.
You know, in the first half of the banquet, Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei sat side by side, showing the demeanor of childhood sweethearts and golden boys and girls. Now, although Xie Xuanji is sitting beside Jiang Mingwei because of his affection, his body language cannot deceive people. Looking at the distance between the two, he knows that Xie Xuanji is not relieved.
Mu Mingtang wanted to laugh very much, but at the banquet now, in front of so many people, it was not easy for her to show schadenfreude too clearly. Mu Mingtang could only twist his face in the direction of Xie Xuanchen, using Xie Xuanchen's shoulder to block the smile on his face.
Mu Mingtang held back his laughter and was about to suffer from internal injuries, and quietly said to Xie Xuanchen, "Look at the two of them, can there be another person sitting between them?"
Xie Xuanchen also smiled lightly: "It seems that your eye drops are very good." He said and handed the teacup to Mu Mingtang, and said, "Drink your sip and go well, don't hold back your laughter too much, put I got bored myself."
Mu Mingtang took it with a smile, took a sip, and found that it was Wen Wen.
Mu Mingtang was surprised: "The queen arranged the palace banquet so intimately? This is the order, and warm tea?"
"What queen." Xie Xuanchen glanced at Mu Mingtang and said, "I made a special trip to call you."
"I'll just say, how could someone arrange it so meticulously." Mu Mingtang knew that it was the water that Xie Xuanchen called, so he felt a lot more at ease, and lowered his head and took another sip.
A cup of warm water into the stomach, the body really feels much better. At this moment, halfway through the banquet, the emperor and empress went to the back to rest. In the first half of the table, Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen couldn't stop. Now that everyone was tired, they could just relax for a while. After Mu Mingtang drank the tea, he picked up the thin-necked silver jug and filled it for himself and Xie Xuanchen respectively.
"Today's New Year's Eve, I drank a lot of other people's wine, and I repaid a lot, but I haven't even had a drink with you. This drink is toast to you, and I wish the prince a safe and healthy life, year after year."
After Mu Mingtang finished speaking, he smiled at Xie Xuanchen with the cup, and drank it all in small sips. Instead, Xie Xuanchen didn't speak. He stared at the wine glass in Mu Mingtang's hand, and finally understood why her expression was so strange when he drank for Mu Mingtang at the banquet just now.
Mu Mingtang finally drank the cup, and his face flushed again. She looked at Xie Xuanchen not moving, her eyes were hesitant to say anything, and she asked strangely, "What's wrong?"
Xie Xuanchen's eyes fell on Mu Mingtang's lips. She had just drank wine, her lips were blushing, and there was a faint water on it, which looked extremely attractive. Xie Xuanchen turned his eyes a little deliberately and said, "The cup in your hand is mine."
Mu Mingtang's mind was suddenly stunned. He didn't know if it was because of alcohol or what, but he couldn't react for a long time. Fortunately, the awkward silence didn't last long, Xie Xuanchen quickly picked up the glass in front of him, which was Mu Mingtang's glass, and wanted to drink it.
Mu Mingtang reacted suddenly, and quickly grabbed Xie Xuanchen's wrist. Xie Xuanchen's arm was already raised in the air, when Mu Mingtang suddenly pulled it, the water surface in the cup did not even shake.
Mu Mingtang stared at him with wide eyes, and Xie Xuanchen also looked back calmly. Mu Mingtang was very embarrassed, and he couldn't say anything at all: "What are you doing?"
"You toast, I will drink it without a drop." Xie Xuanchen seemed to be saying something very common, "You used my wine glass, I have to use yours. You don't even care about a glass with me. Bar?"
"But..." Mu Mingtang's face was already blushing, not knowing whether it was because of embarrassment or drunkenness, his eyes were filled with water, "I just used it, you use it now, that's not..."
This time Xie Xuanchen glanced at her, with an inexplicable smile, raised his head and drank the wine. He put down the cup in Mu Mingtang's unbelievable eyes, and said, "I've used it before, and it's only one or two times away? Besides..."
Xie Xuanchen glanced at Mu Mingtang with a smile, with a flying look in his eyes, a fearless domineering, and a hint of spring: "I just use it, what can you do?"
Mu Mingtang pursed his lips, and although he tried his best to appear calm, his ears were still quietly red.
Mu Mingtang's face was flushed, and even his head was dizzy, and he no longer had time to pay attention to the other side. How could she still remember that the couple on the opposite side were in a cold war, and the reason was still related to her.
Mu Mingtang felt that the drink seemed particularly strong, and she was embarrassed to talk to Xie Xuanchen. Fortunately, the eunuch came out to remind everyone that the emperor and queen were back.
At this time, it is almost time to go, and fireworks and firecrackers have been set up outside the palace, and there are juggling performances. The emperor led the crowd to the outside, and Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen also followed the crowd to watch the fireworks outside.
Merging into the crowd, Mu Mingtang undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief quietly, but fortunately he didn't have to be alone anymore. With Xie Xuanchen present, everyone naturally scrambled to avoid him. In the end, the emperor stood in the middle, with Xie Xuanchen and Mu Mingtang a little off, and then the princes and ministers. The queen and concubines stood on the other side of the emperor.
In order to please the masters behind the fence, the little eunuch brought in fancy fireworks and firecrackers early in the morning. Sparks bloom in the open space like peacocks, with bright rays of light, and fire trees and silver flowers. When the son's time arrived, the drums sounded from the Xuande Building, which was exciting and loud, and the whole city suddenly fell into the ocean of sound.
Firecrackers blared in unison in the ban, and the flames blared loudly, blocking the whole city. The largest firecracker made more than 120 sounds. At this time, the people on the fence handed over to each other to congratulate each other, and many people congratulated the emperor in unison: "Your Majesty is safe, longevity and happiness, the country is prosperous and the people are safe."
The atmosphere of the New Year enveloped the whole city, Mu Mingtang forgot the embarrassment just now, and subconsciously pulled Xie Xuanchen's sleeve. The sound of firecrackers almost drowned out everything, and Xie Xuanchen had to lean over in front of Mu Mingtang to hear what she was saying: "My lord, have a happy new year."
Xie Xuanchen smiled, looked back at her and said, "You too, happy new year."
The surroundings were full of hustle and bustle, and all kinds of voices were noisy, but when Xie Xuanchen looked down at Mu Mingtang, the two of them seemed to be a world by themselves, with only each other beside each other.
Xie Xuanchen stood sideways, and colorful fireworks rose from behind him, exploded, bloomed, and illuminated his profile face from time to time, and the tear mole became more and more beautiful against the firelight.
It's as if people from heaven have fallen into the world by mistake.
Mu Mingtang retracted his gaze, stared at him embarrassedly, and couldn't help but smile. Festivals are never the most important, it's just a certain day of the year. It is the people around you who really give unique meaning to festivals.
This is their first New Year. If they have a New Year's wish, Mu Mingtang doesn't look forward to a long life and a wealth of wealth, but only to the next year.
The firecrackers were noisy, and everyone greeted each other for the New Year, and the formation slowly dispersed after a while. Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen didn't want to crowd with others, so they went out together, away from the emperor in the middle. Unexpectedly, Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen didn't want to join in the fun, and just bumped into Jiang Mingwei and Xie Xuanji and his wife on the outside.
The two of them were having trouble just now, and now, naturally, they don't have the heart to watch the fireworks. As soon as the time passed, many people crowded into the middle to congratulate the emperor. Neither Xie Xuanji nor Jiang Mingwei had the heart to celebrate the New Year, so they were naturally leaked outside, but Mu Mingtang and Xie Xuanchen were too crowded and took the initiative to go out.
Now that the two couples meet, the scene is really delicate. But Mu Mingtang didn't have any self-knowledge, so he had to take the initiative to talk: "The third brother and younger sister are originally here. The New Year is here, and I wish the two of you a long-lasting relationship and beauty."
Jiang Mingwei likes to listen to these words on weekdays, but in this situation, Mu Mingtang said it, Jiang Mingwei is really difficult to be happy. Jiang Mingwei pulled the corners of her mouth without smiling, and said, "Thank you, second sister-in-law."
"No thanks, this is what your second brother and I have in mind." Mu Mingtang rolled his eyes around the two of them and said, "However, why don't the third brother and the younger brother look so happy? Is there a conflict? ah?"
The atmosphere froze obviously, Xie Xuanji said lightly, "No, the second sister-in-law got it wrong."
"That's good." Mu Mingtang nodded seriously and said, "It's good that you don't have conflicts. It's not auspicious for you to have conflicts during the New Year. You are angry on the first day of the new year, and you will be angry for the whole year after that."
Jiang Mingwei picked up her eyes and was obviously offended by this sentence. Mu Mingtang didn't wait for Jiang Mingwei to speak, and said her lines by herself: "Do you have anything to say about your brother and sister? If you have any dissatisfaction, you should say it quickly, but don't hold it back. On the first day of the new year, you will swallow your anger, and you will have to swallow your anger for the next year. ."
Xie Xuanchen couldn't bear it any longer, and laughed softly. After Xie Xuanchen laughed, the expression of the couple on the opposite side was obviously even more ugly.
With a smile in his eyes, Xie Xuanchen looked down at Mu Mingtang: "Why do you say so many things, and you still have a set of them?"
"New year's new atmosphere, this naturally makes sense." Mu Mingtang glanced at Xie Xuanchen and said seriously.
Xie Xuanchen held back a smile and said to Xie Xuanji, "Your sister-in-law is young, lively, active, and outspoken. She is for your own good, so you should worry more."
"Don't dare." Xie Xuanji bowed his head slightly, avoided Xie Xuanchen's eyes, and said, "Second brother is serious, and second sister-in-law is very serious, and the younger brother will keep it in mind and dare not neglect."
Jiang Mingwei also smiled reluctantly and said, "Second brother, what are you saying? Sister-in-law is right. It's not advisable to bear your anger in the new year. Sister-in-law is for our own good. How can we not know what's good and bad and blame my sister-in-law?"
Xie Xuanchen's weight is different from Mu Mingtang's. Mu Mingtang deliberately picks things up. Jiang Mingwei can turn a blind eye and secretly contradict him, but once Xie Xuanchen speaks, even Xie Xuanji doesn't dare to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
"That's good." Mu Mingtang reaps this year's good mood just after the new year, with high eyebrows and refreshed eyes, "Brother, younger brother and sister must speak out when they are angry, don't hold back, otherwise the next year will have to be done. Forbearance. Although forbearance is calm for a while, but if you endure it for a long time, it will be too boring to live. Brother and sister, don't you think?"
Jiang Mingwei very much suspected that Mu Mingtang was deliberately mocking her, but no evidence could be found. Jiang Mingwei was about to retort, when a loud noise suddenly came from behind them, Mu Mingtang was startled, and subconsciously ducked back.
Xie Xuanchen immediately reached out and embraced her. Mu Mingtang grabbed Xie Xuanchen's sleeve and was shocked. When he looked back, he realized that it was an acrobatic artist who hung firecrackers on his body. At this moment, he turned somersaults with the crackling fire, alarming everyone around him.
When the emperor saw it, he smiled and applauded. The emperor was interested, and no one dared to disagree. Jiang Mingwei was clearly frightened, but she still had to laugh reluctantly and followed suit.
Inspired by the artist, with a suit of fireworks, they performed various complex acrobatic movements in the open space. Although Mu Mingtang was frightened, he had to admit that this person was very talented and daring, and he looked very spectacular at the moment. Mu Mingtang hid in Xie Xuanchen's arms, afraid and wanted to continue watching: "He lit firecrackers on his body and ran so fast, isn't he afraid of being burned?"
"Maybe there is a special way." After Xie Xuanchen finished speaking, another firecracker was lit on the artist's body. Xie Xuanchen could feel that Mu Mingtang was obviously hiding, so he had no choice but to cover Mu Mingtang's ears, and his arms were empty. Mu Mingtang circled and said, "I'm here, don't be afraid."