Chapter 307: The Dinner Move
"Your Majesty."
Mu Xiwan watched quietly, and after Qi Cheng'an entered the palace, the general of the guard walked in quickly and came to the emperor's side, leaned over and whispered something in his ear.
Sure enough, the emperor's face, which had just been joyful, suddenly became cloudy. Mu Xiwan looked carefully, and the emperor's gloomy gaze slowly lifted and fixed on Qi Cheng'an, who had just sat down.
The silk and bamboo orchestra played, the hall was festive and peaceful, Qi Cheng'an entered the palace door and greeted the ministers present as if there was no one, talking and joking, the courtiers naturally didn't want to be more enthusiastic with this unpredictable enemy prince, and dealt with it at will, just hoping that he would find someone else to be warm.
"Stop!"
At this moment, the chief steward beside the emperor waved his hand, stopping the palace maid who was percussion on the side.
Because of the actions of the manager, the hall that was still lively just now became silent for a moment.
"What's going on?" Qi Cheng'an looked left and right, looking at the atmosphere, and laughed heartlessly.
"Prince Cheng'an, the commander of my guard came to report that you brought a group of people with you when you entered the palace, and you were guarding outside the gate of my palace at this time, I don't know if there is such a thing?" On the throne, the emperor looked at Qi Cheng'an, his voice was faint, and he couldn't hear joy or anger.
"Your Majesty's Praetorian Guard Commander has said it, so it's naturally true." Qi Cheng'an said with a smile.
"Oh, above the main hall, what are you going to do with the banquet that you are going to take some samurai servants to guard outside the palace gate?"
"What are you not doing?" Qi Chengan shook his head innocently, "They have been following me for a long time, I heard that the palace is very expensive, don't the ministers think that they will leave tomorrow, so I will take them to see the nobility in the palace and open their eyes." ”
"Dinner hall, my Darong has always not allowed warrior servants to go to the door of the palace, and now you can bring a personal guard by your side, and now bring all the ten or twenty people around you here, Your Highness Cheng'an, I'm afraid it's not in accordance with the rules, right?" The Praetorian Guard Commander said coldly.
"Heh, what is Lord Lin doing so nervously?" Qi Cheng'an seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then pointed at the commander of the guards as if he suddenly realized, "Oh, I know, Lord Lin shouldn't be looking at the many people brought by this prince, so you are afraid that they will cause some trouble, and even more afraid of what means I will use, right?" ”
"What are you afraid of?" Qi Cheng'an flicked his sleeves and looked untight, "It's just to let them come to see the world, and when they enter the palace gate, the weapons in their hands are all unloaded outside." I'm leaving tomorrow, I won't do anything, and besides, now is the time for peace between the two countries, how can I, as the prince of a country, have nothing to do and cause trouble? ”
"His Royal Highness Cheng An said with a smile, I was just afraid that the night would be heavy, and if your people were standing outside in case of a cold, who would protect you on the way back." The commander of the Praetorian Guard also changed quickly, and seeing that Qi Cheng'an was deliberately sarcastic, he also quickly changed to deal with it.
"Then let them in!" Qi Cheng'an said with a smile.
The emperor's eyes were cold.
"No, it's not appropriate to come in, since General Lin is sympathetic to them, why don't you do it, let General Lao let them take them to the corridor of the side hall to stay for a while, to avoid the wind." Qi Cheng'an's tone changed extremely quickly.
"I didn't expect Beiyan to be in a cold place, so I should be used to the wind and cold, who knew that the first-class guards around His Royal Highness Cheng An were also like this." Feng Chengyi on the side couldn't help but mock.
Qi Cheng'an turned around and glanced at Feng Chengyi, not angry at his words at all, but retorted in a decent manner: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know, follow the customs of the countryside, Darong has always been like this, how embarrassed we are when we come is too obvious, naturally we want to follow the customs." ”
"Heh, you ......"
"That's it!" The emperor glanced at Feng Chengyi and signaled not to entangle with this scoundrel, hurry up and get over today's scene, and send him away tomorrow.
"The gangsters in the market, don't bother with him, it's simply shameless." Mu Xiwan pulled the sleeve of Lafeng Chengyi and scolded in a low voice.
Feng Chengyi knew the purpose of tonight, so he suppressed his rebuttal and sat down.
The tense atmosphere on the field relaxed a little, the chief manager made a look, and the silk and bamboo orchestra sounded again.
Since the last time the two children were sick, Mu Xiwan was a little uneasy, Qi Chengan didn't leave Darong for a day, she had to keep guarding him from making a black hand, so when she came out today, at the request of Feng Chengyi, the two children were also brought out, and they were hidden behind the curtain behind Mu Xiwan and taken care of by the nurse, which was also convenient for Mu Xiwan to pay attention to.
Qi Cheng'an drank wine on the table, as if he was really enthusiastic about accepting the banquet that Darong held for him tonight, and he was happy.
Feng Chengyi's face-saving work still had to be done, drinking with Qi Cheng'an with other ministers, and saying some flattering words between the two countries.
Mu Xiwan simply ate, paying attention to the situation of the children behind him from time to time, just looking forward to the end of this banquet soon.
Maybe it was because of Mu Xiwan's wish to manifest in his heart, Qi Cheng'an drank too much wine, his body shook a little, and after a while, he applied to the emperor to go to the side hall to rest and sober up.
"I can't drink enough, I'm a little drunk, and I'm sick and uncomfortable, which makes Your Majesty and everyone laugh." His face was red, and he said with his tongue wide open.
"Ask someone to cook a bowl of sobering soup for Prince Beiyan." The emperor didn't think much about it, nodded his head and allowed it, and let people help him down.
Mu Xiwan glanced at it coldly, pretended not to see it, and calmly ate the dishes in front of her.
The protagonist is gone.,The atmosphere at the banquet is also relaxed.,A quarter of an hour later,The maid next to me came over to add tea to Mu Xiwan.,Accidentally poured the teacup over the sleeve.,Instantly splashed the tea of Mu Xiwan.。
"The slave and maid deserve to die, the slave and maid deserve to die, please forgive the princess." The maidservant was frightened, and hurriedly kowtowed, making a lot of noise, and everyone sitting near looked over.
"What are you going to do?" Feng Chengyi saw it, and reprimanded in a low voice with a cold face.
"It's okay, I'll go and change my body." Mu Xiwan frowned and looked at her wet clothes, and then looked at the kneeling maid, a little helpless, stood up, and prepared to go out in a low-key manner.
The timing of tonight is not right, and it is not appropriate to punish a servant girl who pours tea at a banquet. It's better to have more than less, she seems to be unintentional, so she just put up with it.
"Wow." Mu Xiwan was about to go out, but at this time, I don't know what was going on, the little princess suddenly woke up and began to cry in a low voice.
"Princess......" The nurse couldn't coax for a while, and looked at Mu Xiwan with some embarrassment, but her son slept comfortably in swaddling clothes.
Mu Xiwan looked at her embarrassedly, afraid that her crying would disturb the emperor on the throne, so she gave the nurse a look and asked her to go out with the child to change clothes with her.