Chapter 312: Family Banquet (13)
"But is it really okay for you to be here with me now?"
Xia Qing looked at Bai You, who didn't plan to get up at all, and felt helpless in her heart.
He's the most important part of the whole plan, right?
He's also a central figure, right?
So he just sat here and didn't go anywhere. Who's going to carry out the plan, is their plan to sit here with her and gossip?
"Hey, when I said it, you're ......... anyway."
"If it were you, would you let your friends take risks?"
"What?"
"Risking your life and doing something, will you allow it?"
"It also depends on what kind of thing he wants to do. If it is a righteous thing, even if there is a danger of life and death, I will help him do it together. But if it's something that hurts nature, even if he's my friend, I won't allow him to do it. ”
"You are really very moral. ”
"Although I am not from the rivers and lakes, I still know that etiquette and honesty are shameful. ”
"But ah, after all, this is not the rivers and lakes you know, this is the palace. ”
There was some sadness in Bai Yushi's voice.
He sat there like an old man who had seen everything, with a strange glint in his eyes.
Xia Qing often felt that he couldn't see through him.
Sometimes he is like a teenager, sometimes mature like a middle-aged, sometimes wise like an old man.
Every time I see him, it's a different person.
I don't know why, this handsome man always gives her an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Although I know that she has had a few encounters with him when he was in the desert.
He even treated her to a few buns.
But it was also from that time that her familiarity with him remained.
Until now, this familiarity has not gone away.
It's like, once, where, I saw this man.
"Even if it's a palace, it has its own rules of survival, and you can't do everything against morality. ”
Xia Qing has always known what a big difference there is between a person living upright and living unrighteously.
Qianmo has always taught her to learn to be a person before doing things.
To be a good person with great righteousness and awe-inspiring.
Don't delve into those crooked ways.
He is a prime example of this.
He was originally a master of Ouchi.
He was the personal guard that the first emperor believed in the most, but he retreated bravely after the death of the first emperor.
It's not that he can't do this job anymore, it's that he feels that continuing to stay in this palace will only make his conscience uneasy.
He didn't tell Xia Qing the truth about what happened back then, but just told her lightly that he didn't like the feeling of being sorry for his conscience.
He didn't say he was a good guy.
He just said that he was a man who could live up to his own morality.
So he just wants Xia Qing to be a good person and a real good person when he is an adult.
She is also deeply influenced by him, and she has never allowed herself to deviate from the path of being a good person.
Maybe Qianmo has been protecting her in the dark, and over the years, even if something has happened, she has mostly been able to maintain her true heart and will not do things that go against her will.
"Yes, very moral hibiscus girl, you have been living under the sun, and how many shady things have you come into contact with. After you have seen all those filthy things, if you can still say that you want to obey morality as casually as you do today, I will definitely admire you. ”
Bai Youshi suddenly stood up and walked in front of Xia Qing, who was much taller than Xia Qing, and suddenly blocked the light in front of Xia Qing's eyes.
"What's wrong..........
"You see, you are in the dark, are you afraid?"
Bai Yu lowered his voice, his voice was low and a little gloomy, "If you have been living in such darkness all the time, how much light can you have left in your heart for such a person?"
Xia Qing was stunned.
She didn't expect Bai Yu to have this kind of thought in her heart.
She is living in the sun all the time.
Even when her mother died and she was abandoned by her father, in that dark time, there was Qianmo who warmed her like the sun.
Pulled her up from the darkness.
She didn't dare to imagine what she would have become if she hadn't had Qianmo at that time.
Even later, after Qianmo died, she was taken to the Drunken Immortal Building by Mei Niang, gained new friends, and lived a new life.
Indeed, she seems to have been lucky all along.
"I....... However, no matter how dark it is, from the bottom of my heart, this kind of thing is not right........ Hmmm......"
Xia Qing was suddenly covered by Bai Youshi.
"Hibiscus, this is the Imperial Palace, there are some things that you can't say. ”
"Uh-huh..... Uh-huh........"
She nodded desperately.
"Don't talk about it, over there, it should be about the same. Let's go. ”
"Whew..... Where are you going?"
The hand on the mouth finally let go of her.
"Didn't you ask me about your role? Now is the time for you to manifest your role. ”
"Ah........?"
In Chongrui Palace, it has been completely renewed.
Just a while after Cheng Qing left, a large group of palace people brought all kinds of tools and props to arrange.
Inside it was already festive.
Small tables, small cushions.
The table was full of melon and fruit dishes.
The adults also took their seats one by one.
This position is arranged by Concubine De, and there is an adult's name on each table.
Concubine De is a smart person.
She had already inquired about the relationship between the various adults and their official positions.
The big official positions are in the front, and the small official positions are in the back.
Two who have quarreled?
Okay, do it spaced.
These two have a good relationship?
into it, put it together.
So when the adults took their seats one by one, they found that the position was very comfortable.
If you look at yourself that you don't like it, you can't see it at all.
Look at the pleasing one right next to you.
Everyone unconsciously praised Concubine De again.
Praise her for being careful and being a person.
But there are also uncomfortable aspects of it.
For example, the prime minister and the Taifu.
It's not a matter of a year or two that the two don't like each other.
Concubine De is naturally clear.
But the positions of these two people are also the most difficult to arrange.
The official positions of the two are actually the same, and if they are ranked first, the two will definitely offend one of them.
If they sit together, then their family banquet is probably over in the midst of mocking each other.
So she set up her seat in two rows to the left and right, the same position she stood on.
The prime minister is first on the left, and the Taifu is first on the right.
In this way, the two of them will not have a priority, and they will be more comfortable.
But this means that the two have to look at each other's faces for dinner.........
From the time they entered the table to the present, the two don't know how many times they have looked at each other.
Every time, either the prime minister rolls his eyes and tilts his head first, or the Taifu rolls his eyes and deviates his head.
This position made them have to look at the hateful face of the other party.
For the sake of face, neither of them proposed to change positions.
Changing positions is a small matter, and when the time comes, it is a big thing to make people laugh.
So the two of them were so tense, waiting for Cheng Qing to announce the opening of the table.
As for the uninvited guest Mo Chen, the palace people very kindly set up a small table at the end of the banquet for him to enjoy.
As the only prince, King Rui is naturally treated differently from other royal princes.
He sat at a table for one person and one seat closest to Cheng Qing.
There, he only needs to tilt his head to talk to Cheng Qing.
If you are closer to him, only Concubine Li is left.
The royal relatives were arranged in a place further back than the adults, because they were all just clans of the Cheng family, and they didn't receive Cheng Qing's attention on weekdays, and this time they just came to make up the numbers.
Further afield are some unfavored concubines and beauties.
They're also here to make up the numbers.