Li Jiaqi noticed everyone's gazes and sat down quickly. His face turned red and he glared at Han Yan with a look that could almost kill someone. But the ladies around him didn't dare to say a word at this moment.
Shu Hong stood next to Han Yan and carefully adjusted her collar. Han Yan was not in a hurry, and his expression remained unchanged. The smile seemed to be glued to his face. He looked beaming and said leisurely: "So With so many people watching, is Miss Li trying to cheat? I thought that the girls trained by the Prime Minister's house must be brave enough to do what they want. After all, Prime Minister Li is the pillar of the country." After saying this, he sighed, as if he was extremely regretful.
Prime Minister Li occupies an important position, but the daughter he raised from his own family has a temperament that refuses to take responsibility for disasters. This has to make people doubt the character of the Prime Minister himself. Today, the Holy See is most interested in the virtues of ministers. The profound meaning is, It goes without saying.
Li Jiaqi sneered: "Zhuang Hanyan, don't threaten me. I only said that this pastry is for my dog. Because it is my beloved dog, I am willing to give it to him. Who do I give the food in my house to, and I still want this from you?" Outsiders come to intervene?”
Han Yan supported her chin with one hand, her face full of innocence, and said with a smile: "I see. Miss Li's family is rich and her father is the right minister of the court, so the emperor must be courteous. Naturally, there is no need to give the imperial gift in the palace Yan'er's eyesight is so blind, I'm sorry."
Her tone was warm and cheerful, and while she spoke it, there was a vague chill in her heart.
Li Jiaqi felt that what she said was strange, but he couldn't think of a reason. Seeing that she readily admitted her mistake, he wanted to make things difficult for her. But because of her sharp retort just now, some eyes were attracted here, so she endured it and said bitterly: "Miss Zhuang, you don't have to be polite, it's okay."
Han Yan lowered his head and continued drinking tea indifferently, but sneered in his heart.
At the night banquet in the palace, the emperor's spies are naturally everywhere. This kind of thing happens in the gate of the mansion. In her previous life, if there was something happening on her side, the other side of David Tong Garden would know about it within a quarter of an hour. Sometimes she would have a headache and fever at one moment, and Mrs. Zhou would be able to bring her medicine the next moment. In the past, she thought that Mrs. Zhou cared about her and was grateful to her. Now that she thought about it, she was afraid that she had people planted by Mr. Zhou inside and outside Qingqiu Garden.
The same goes for the imperial palace, even worse. The seemingly random maid and young eunuch in this palace may be the emperor's secret confidant. What I said just now was not meant for Li Jiaqi, nor for the ladies here, but for those informants.
Prime Minister Li has great power. If he doesn't take the imperial cakes into his eyes this time, will he not take the emperor into his eyes next time
The spy in the dark will naturally bring this news to the emperor. It is up to the emperor what he thinks. Kings have been suspicious since ancient times, not to mention that it is related to their own status and dignity. What is certain is that the days ahead for the Right Prime Minister will not be easy.
She held back her plans and made false promises, only in the Zhuang Mansion, and outside, if she wanted to harm her, she didn't have so much good intentions, and she would definitely pay back tenfold.
Han Yan smiled and talked to Deng Chan. He didn't see his every move, but all fell into the slightly sinister eyes of the male family member opposite him.
The dishes at the banquet were really good. Han Yan has lived in the Zhuang Mansion for so many years, and this is the first time he has seen such a sumptuous banquet. But she had something on her mind and really didn't want to use her chopsticks, so she just twisted a few pieces of peony cake. The ladies around were even more polite and elegant. They were joking in a low voice, or talking about their recent experiences, what sachets they had embroidered, and what beautiful clothes they had cut. It's more about showing off than talking and laughing. Deng Chan was not that pedantic. She really felt hungry, so she just focused on eating. Han Yan held the tea cup with one hand and calmly paid attention to the people at the banquet.
Needless to say, the emperor and empress sat in high positions with a majestic appearance. However, the ministers in the court seemed to be clearly divided into two groups. In the previous life, Han Yan heard Zhuang Yushan reveal intentionally or unintentionally that there were two factions of ministers in the court who were competing against each other. One faction is dominated by King Wei and the Seventh Prince, and the other faction is dominated by the Crown Prince and King Xuanqing. The emperor is now in his prime, at the age when he is full of energy, but he has established a prince early, which is beyond everyone's expectations. The prince is the daughter of the queen and is only ten years old this year.
It is understandable that the prince born by the queen should be made the prince. However, the seventh prince is the daughter of Concubine Chen. Concubine Chen is now favored by the emperor. In addition, the seventh prince has made many achievements in the court in the past two years, which is commendable. . The emperor's attitude towards the seventh prince was also particularly affectionate, but he didn't care much about the prince. The deeper meaning became confusing.
As the future crown prince, the prince must go through some considerations. The seventh prince has talents in the world, so he naturally has ministers to support him. Some people are even secretly speculating whether the emperor has any intention of changing the crown prince. After all, the current prince is just a child, which is really puzzling.
The reason why King Wei had a good relationship with the Seventh Prince was that Concubine Chen and Concubine Wei were sisters. They had a level of kinship and their interests were closely linked. In the previous life, the Zhuang Mansion had surrendered to the Seventh Prince's faction and married Han Yan to the in-laws. However, at that time, Han Yan thought that the reason why she was hired by King Wei's family was that Wei Rufeng really wanted to marry her. Thinking about it now, he just wanted to use the power of the Zhuang Mansion, so as long as his surname was Zhuang, he would marry anyone. Finally, he gave her a glass of poisonous wine.
Han Yan's eyes dimmed. It was just that the Wei throne held a high position and there were many high-ranking ministers in the Seventh Prince's faction. Why would he choose the banker? The Zhuang family is just a house of third-grade courtiers, and Zhuang Shiyang has made no achievements. Is there any hidden meaning in this
In this life, the situation in the court has not changed. Han Yan remembers that in the year of his wedding, the war between the princelings and the Seventh Prince's faction had entered a fierce moment, and the two sides were in a stalemate. I don't know the final outcome.
Han Yan looked at the cold figure among the lively male relatives over there, and frowned slightly. Judging from King Xuanqing's demeanor, this man was definitely not a creature in the pool. There would be no benefits to be gained from going against him.
In troubled times, a woman's life has always been closely related to the entire family behind her. As the daughter of the Zhuang family, Han Yan will also be implicated if the Seventh Prince falls one day. Naturally, it was impossible for her to persuade Zhuang Shiyang to turn back. In fact, she didn't want to persuade him at all. The only way was to separate herself and Brother Ming from the Zhuang Mansion and have nothing to do with them anymore. But how can it be done
The Holy Will is unpredictable. As for the Crown Prince and the Seventh Prince, Han Yan doesn't want to guess what importance they hold in the Emperor's heart, but in this life, even for that glass of poisonous wine, she cannot join the Seventh Prince's faction.
Thinking about it, he started laughing again.
When the wine is in full swing, the atmosphere is thick. The ladies were laughing and chatting, the courtiers were changing cups and cups, ladies and gentlemen, you looked at me and I knocked at you, just like the men and women at the Yuanhua Lantern Festival, looking at each other with each other while they were guessing riddles.
(End of chapter)