Hearing her name, before Concubine Ye could say anything, Concubine Xian stood up and walked down first, smiling and said, "She is the princess of the Dashi Kingdom, how can we not welcome her?" She held Murong Wan's hand and said, He said loudly, "Come here, give the princess a seat!"
Her identity was announced, and everyone present became even more excited. Calmly, only Shen Jingci and Xie Ruzhuo, who had already received the news, were left.
Looking at Shen Jingci's determined face, Xie Ruzhuo suddenly had a plan. Shen Jingci, you treated everyone as pawns in your previous life, but you worked wholeheartedly for Xiao Junhan. Then do you know that he gave birth to an heir with someone else behind your back, but he is still a son
It doesn't matter, whether you know it or not, in this life, I will mess up your chessboard one by one, making this muddy water even more muddy. Until then, I want to see if you can still be so calm and self-possessed!
Murong Wan was immediately surrounded by everyone after her identity was revealed, but she walked directly in front of Xie Ruzhuo and said with a smile, "I know you, you are Miss Xie's family, right?"
Xie Ruzhuo looked flattered and said, "How do you know me?"
"I was also at Zhenlong Pavilion last night. Miss Xie, I admire you very much. Can we be friends?" Murong Wan had a sincere smile on her face, but Zhang Xiuyan blushed with anger.
"I'm flattered. Thank you princess for your love." Xie Ruzhuo smiled slightly. Although it was a thank you, it made people feel polite.
She is the daughter of the Xie family, so naturally she cannot lose her status too much. However, the relationship must be well established. Otherwise, how could she plan her next step
Xie Ruzhuo remembered clearly that in her previous life, after she had canceled Xiao Junxi's marriage, the princess of the Great Food Kingdom knelt down in front of the emperor and said word by word, "I have admired the third prince for a long time, and I beg the emperor to please He proposes marriage to me. I am willing to give up my identity as the princess of Dashi Kingdom and only be the third prince’s concubine from now on!”
Look, what a profound and affectionate scene. But what did she do behind her back? If she said that she did not collude with Xiao Junhan, Xie Ruzhuo would not believe it even to death!
But it doesn't matter, as time goes by, we'll see.
Except for Murong Wan's stunning appearance, the rest of this banquet seemed extremely boring. Xie Ruzhuo hid something in his heart and became more and more absent-minded.
But if you don't look for trouble, trouble will come to you.
"Miss Xie, what happened last night was my fault, so I will punish myself with a glass of wine. If you are willing to forgive me, just drink this glass of wine. From now on, we will turn our hostility into friendship. What do you think?"
Zhang Xiuyan walked up to Xie Ruzhuo with two glasses of wine in her hands, with a provocative smile on her face.
Female relatives are not allowed to drink alcohol, but later the princess of the country of big food said that there is no joy without alcohol. In order to cooperate with her, Concubine Ye ordered several jars of fruit to be brewed, and even Concubine Xian took out her daughter's wine.
But the cup Zhang Xiuyan handed over now contained her daughter's drunkenness.
Hearing her speak, everyone looked over. Zhang Xiuyan's back was turned to everyone, so others could not see her expression clearly, but Xie Ruzhuo could clearly see her provocation and gloating.
After accepting this glass of wine, she probably wouldn't be able to walk out of this hall sober. But if he didn't drink, it would be a blatant slap in the Zhang family's face, and by the way, Concubine Xian's face would also be slapped.
Of course Xie Ruzhuo didn't know how to drink, but she also wouldn't hit Concubine Xian in the face. After all, it's not easy to completely break up in public.
"Miss Zhang, what happened last night is in the past. If I still care about it, wouldn't it be a disgrace to our noble daughter? You should not take it to heart. Sisters should be kind and gentle. That's the truth." Xie Ruzhuo's words were like a breath of fresh air, causing all the ladies present to nod in praise. The daughter raised by the Xie family for hundreds of years is indeed extraordinary.
There was a trace of resentment in Zhang Xiuyan's eyes, but she said, "Then just forgive me, that's great. After we had a drink together, we will be good sisters from now on." After saying that, she didn't give Xie Ruzhuo a chance to react. He drank all the wine in the glass and then raised the other glass in front of Xie Ruzhuo.
Before the wine reached her mouth, Xie Ruzhuo could smell the spicy smell. Not to mention that she was injured now, even under normal circumstances, she would faint after drinking such a large glass of wine.
But when the wine was handed to her, she had to take it, "We are naturally good sisters. Since you drank it, I definitely have no reason not to drink it. I will drink this wine."
As she said that, she slowly brought the wine glass to her lips, but stopped under Zhang Xiuyan's increasingly fierce gaze. She seemed to have remembered something, and said, "It's just that I just took medicine this afternoon, and the doctor told me not to drink." Yeah, what should I do?"
Zhang Xiuyan was waiting for her to refuse, and then she snorted and said, "You said you can't drink, Xie Ruzhuo, you just don't want to give me this face, don't want to forgive me, right? Humph, the Xie family tradition is nothing more than that!"
"What are you talking about? It's obviously you who is being unruly! My fourth sister is still injured, do you think she's as lively as you?" Xie Ruzhuo hadn't spoken yet, but Xie Rufei on the side spoke first. She glared at Zhang Xiuyan angrily, looking like she was defending her sister.
Zhang Xiuyan snorted angrily and said, "Hey, another unruly person came out and coaxed me to drink, but she didn't drink herself. She just told me that she looked down on me. There are so many roundabout ways!"
"My sister is injured, so I will take this glass of wine instead." The cup in Xie Ruzhuo's hand was snatched away. The next moment, Xie Ruyue drank it all, and then said with a smile, "Zhuo'er is injured. Everyone knows that she is injured, but now that she has not recovered from her injury and cannot drink, why should Miss Zhang have trouble with an injured person?"
Xiao Xinning originally didn't want to pay attention to these things, and even wanted to see how Xie Ruzhuo would solve the matter as if watching a good show. But when she saw Xie Ruyue taking action, she felt a little uncomfortable. She stood up and said, "Zhang Xiuyan, have you forgotten something?"
Hearing this, Zhang Xiuyan was slightly startled and forced a smile, "What is the seventh princess talking about?"
"It's because you pushed Xie Ruzhuo into the water." Xiao Xinning smiled with crooked eyebrows, but her words were unceremonious, "She was pushed into the water by you, and the wound opened again. When I paid tribute to my mother and concubine, I When I saw the blood stains on her clothes, I quickly took her to my palace to find the imperial doctor. Didn't you notice that the clothes she is wearing now don't fit, because they are mine."
When Xiao Xining said that, everyone noticed that Xie Ruzhuo's face was a little pale. Several young ladies who fell into the water during the day immediately surrounded Zhang Xiuyan. They talked all over and made Zhang Xiuyan feel a little embarrassed.
It was Concubine Ye who was the first to speak, "Ning'er, please don't be rude. Miss Xie's injury is not healed yet. Let's go to the Tai Hospital to prescribe some more prescriptions and send a set of medicines to Xie's Mansion to nurse her back to health."
Hearing this, Ms. Qiao thanked her first. Concubine Ye waved her hands and said, "It's my job, so there's no need to thank you." After saying that, she looked at Concubine Xian and said with a smile, "These young people are full of energy. I'm a little tired."
Of course Xian Fei understood what she meant, and immediately agreed with a smile, "Me too, I'm old and no longer useful. Sister, why don't we go back together?"
Seeing that the two masters were about to leave, everyone immediately stood up to see them off.
Once the two of them leave, the banquet will come to an end. After Xie Ruyue drank the glass of wine, her feet were a little stepped on cotton, and she walked out of the hall feeling dizzy with the help of the maid.
Jiang Qinglan caught up with Xie Ruzhuo in a few steps and asked worriedly, "Ruzhuo, is your wound really open again? Is it in the way?"
Xie Ruzhuo shook his head and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm fine. It's getting late, so go back quickly."
Jiang Qinglan warned her again and again, and when she saw that her carriage had already arrived, she got into the carriage with her mother and reluctantly said goodbye to Xie Ruzhuo.
Mrs. Qiao ordered her maid to help Xie Ruyue into the car, then came back and took Xie Ruzhuo's hand, saying softly, "Let's go too."
The carriage rumbled out of the imperial city and returned to Xie's Mansion not long after.
Xie Ruyue drank that glass of wine and her daughter got drunk. As expected, she was so drunk that she fell unconscious. Xie Ruzhuo couldn't sleep peacefully all night because of the wound on his back.
But no matter what, the Mid-Autumn Festival finally turned a page with excitement.
In the morning, there are birds chirping on the corridor, calling people to wake up from their sleep.
Xie Ruzhuo opened his eyes and stared at the tent in a daze. She had a dream all night last night, in which the past whizzed past, and all the faces lingered in front of her eyes, making her unable to avoid them.
She seemed to have returned to that day, when her eldest brother was pierced by thousands of arrows in front of her, but she was protected by Xiao Junxi in her arms.
Under the city wall, his slightly weak shoulders protected him, and the two of them fell straight into a pool of water.
Seeing his soft lips approaching again, Xie Ruzhuo's heart trembled, thinking, is he going to kiss her again
Startled by the word "again", Xie Ruzhuo suddenly woke up.
All the things from yesterday came to mind. Xie Ruzhuo patted his feverish face, but he couldn't get rid of that face.
She sat up from the bed with a sigh, but forgot about the injuries on her body, and she suddenly grimaced in pain.
Hearing the movement inside, Jiang Zhu hurriedly walked in from the outside and said with a smile, "Young lady is finally awake. The imperial doctor has been waiting outside for half a day."
"The imperial doctor?" Xie Ruzhuo reacted for a long time, and then he remembered, yes, at the palace banquet last night, Concubine Ye said that the imperial doctor came to the house for treatment, "Please come in quickly."
After some questioning, the imperial doctor prescribed some more medicine and said, "Your injuries are quite severe. Are you afraid that you fell into the water more than once yesterday?"
Xie Ruzhuo smiled apologetically and said, "I accidentally fell into the water a few days ago, but it turned out not to be a serious problem." At that time, in order to get rid of the child in Fu's belly, she had no choice but to fall into the lake with him.
Speaking of which, she is really incompatible with water.
"Hey, you are young and don't know how to cherish it. Your body can't bear such a waste." The imperial doctor sighed, and added something to suppress the bitter taste in the medicine, and then said, "Have a good life and don't ruin that snow lotus. "
Xie Ruzhuo's face stiffened, he responded dryly, and asked Jiang Zhu to send the imperial doctor out.
As soon as the doctor went out, the smile on her face suddenly fell, she got up and put on her clothes one by one.
After Jiang Zhu came in, he saw her twisting her hair and said hurriedly, "Miss, I'll do it." After saying that, he took the comb from Xie Ruzhuo's hand and carefully arranged her hair.
After finishing everything, Xie Ruzhuo asked, "Where is Dongmei being held?"
Hearing this, Jiang Zhu was stunned for a moment, then said, "In the backyard woodshed."
Yesterday afternoon, the eldest lady hurriedly ordered someone to capture Dongmei and bring her back to her house. Although she didn't know what happened, she also vaguely felt that something was wrong.