Chapter 8: The Banquet Turmoil
Sure enough, Dugu Lianyu just walked with the front foot, and the people in the palace came with the back foot, and after coping with it, taking advantage of the gap, Ruan Wushuang rested for a while, and at sunset, he set off to the palace for a banquet.
For the palace banquet, she has a great headache, not to mention the lack of interest for the time being, that is, she is subject to too many constraints, and she is not as free as she is now, but the emperor's banquet, no matter how much headache she has, she can only go to the banquet obediently.
When she arrived at the gate of the palace, there were palace people who waited to take her all the way to the palace banquet.
Ruan Wushuang stood in place and glanced around casually, Dugu Liancheng hadn't come yet, and she hadn't seen An Le, it seemed that she had really come early, thinking of this, she shook her head secretly, and then found a clean place to sit down.
Suddenly, a familiar voice was heard.
"Su Xiaotian, are you annoyed?" The voice made a lot of noise, and in an instant, a lot of eyes gathered.
Ruan Wushuang was not surprised to be "attracted", and when he looked up, he saw Dugu Anle staring at Su Xiaotian, who looked like a leper dog next to him, with a bored and impatient face. An Le and Su Xiaotian, what is the situation, her willow eyebrows furrowed slightly, her eyes did not move, and she raised the lamp and took a sip.
"Princess, I like you, so I stick to you like this!" Su Xiaotian smiled with a dead face, but no matter how he looked at it, the smile was really stiff, and he was "humiliated" in front of everyone, how could Su Xiaotian, who had always been arrogant and domineering, suffer it?
Seeing that Su Xiaotian stretched out to take her hand, she brushed it away with great disgust, this move obviously made Su Xiaotian more and more unable to get off the stage.
"You're less disgusted with this princess. Dugu Anle hissed contemptuously, Su Xiaotian's "confession" just now almost didn't make her angry, but considering the occasion, she couldn't bear it, otherwise she would have to make him look good.
Hearing this, Su Xiaotian turned pale for a while, and his eyes were a little angry. Then he looked at Dugu Anle deeply and said, "Princess, the minister is a little unwell, so he retired first." ”
"Hmm. Dugu Anle raised his chin arrogantly and said expressionlessly. If this is the case for a long time, why suffer these "humiliations", but this Su Xiaotian is really the same as that maggot, then there is him, thinking of this, Dugu Anle felt irritable.
After Su Xiaotian left in a gloomy manner, Dugu raised his eyebrows happily, and happened to sit next to Ruan Wushuang.
"Alas, aren't you Su Ruan, the champion of the imperial examination this time?"
Dugu Anle's fussy voice made her pull the corners of her mouth, put down the teacup in her hand, raised her eyebrows slightly, and said, "I've seen the princess." But she was very strange in her heart, how could Dugu Anle recognize her, after all, she had never seen Dugu Anle since she used Su Ruan's identity.
"Sure enough, it's a talent, but it's a little worse than Brother Wuji, no, it's a lot, but it's not bad. Dugu Anle glanced Ruan Wushuang up and down, and said with a smile.
Belch...... Ruan Wushuang was amused in his heart, not knowing what to say.
"Thank you, Your Highness Princess, for the compliment. ”
"Comfort. Dugu Anle was about to say something, but was interrupted by this cold voice, looking for prestige, only to see wearing a purple robe, a jade belt to tie his waist, a clear face but no expression, giving people a feeling of spring breeze, like a noble son of Dugu Liancheng, looking at his complexion, he seems to be in a good mood today.
Ruan Wushuang raised his eyebrows and looked at him who walked over without a single glance.
"Brother Liancheng. Dugu Anle jumped up like a child, walked to Dugu Liancheng's side, and raised his hand to hold his arm.
"Hmm. Dugu Liancheng responded lightly, but his eyes were looking at Ruan Wushuang who was frowning, and gradually the bottom of his cold eyes was stained with a little warmth.
"I've seen Your Highness. Ruan Wushuang got up and patted his wrinkled robe, and said with his eyebrows furrowed.
"Liancheng, peace. Hearing this, Ruan Wushuang's heart jumped, and he saw Meng Qingya coming with a slight lift. She just wanted to find a quiet place, but she didn't want this person to come one by one............
"Sister Qingya. Dugu Anle let go of Dugu Liancheng's arm, and then turned around and smiled at Meng Qingya, who came over.
Ruan Wushuang helplessly raised his hand and squeezed his temples, but Dugu Liancheng smiled lightly.
"Headache?" He took a step closer and asked with a smirk.
Hearing this, she gave him a blank look and spread her hands, which was self-evident.
"Liancheng, no ...... I thought you came so early. Meng Qingya couldn't believe it, except that he didn't like it, it was this kind of banquet, according to usual, he wouldn't come, and when she saw it today, she couldn't believe it.
And what she didn't know was that the reason why Dugu Liancheng came was completely because of Ruan Wushuang.
Hearing this, Dugu Liancheng looked at Meng Qingya, and in the blink of an eye, the warm color under his eyes disappeared, leaving a little bit of calm.
"Hmm. He replied lightly and walked away.
Meng Qingya was stunned for a moment, and the gentle smile on her face gradually became dark and colorless. Ruan Wushuang's afterglow swept over Meng Qingya's face, and he didn't know what to feel in his heart, and Dugu Anle looked at Meng Qingya's eyes and rolled, then raised his hand and hooked her arm and said, "Sister Qingya, do you know Su Ruan?"
Hearing this, Ruan Wushuang raised his eyebrows, Dugu Anle What kind of moth is this........................
About an hour later, the old emperor and Empress Su came.
"Su Ruan, the champion of the imperial examination this time, is there, come out and take a look. The old emperor laughed and glanced at the people below the high ranks.
The sudden roll call made the wine that Ruan Wushuang had just put in her mouth almost squirt out, so she simply held back, raised her hand and wiped the wine stains on the side of her mouth, and then confidently and cautiously moved to the central place.
"Su Ruan, a grass man, has seen the emperor, long live the emperor. Ruan Wushuang said neither humbly nor arrogantly, and knelt down as he spoke.
The old emperor glanced at Ruan Wushuang, hooked the corners of his mouth with satisfaction, a pair of shrewd old eyes had already begun to make plans, this Su Ruan was a usable talent.
Dugu Lianyu's deep afterglow glanced at the old emperor, and when he saw the old emperor's satisfied appearance, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a strange arc.
Dugu Liancheng drank wine expressionlessly, making it impossible to see what he was thinking.
"Get up!"
"Your Majesty, Emperor. When the words fell, Ruan Wushuang stood up, lowered his eyes, and was respectful.
"What does Su Aiqing think about Shaoqing of Dali Temple?" the old emperor said inexplicably.
The smart man understood the meaning of the old emperor's words as soon as he heard it, and this made the people who sat down again have different expressions, this is the first time that the banquet has been sealed, which shows the importance of the old emperor to Ruan Wushuang.
Ruan Wushuang's heart moved, if she remembered that above the court, the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple had been vacant, and this position was fat in the eyes of everyone, and now that this fat was thrown in front of her, she would naturally not turn it away.
"Weichen thanked the emperor. ”
"Haha, is Su Aiqing satisfied with my arrangement?" The old emperor laughed heartily, but he didn't know how calculating there was in this smile.
Even if it was a calculation, at least it proved that the old emperor was still satisfied with her Ruan Wushuang, and she also admitted it, so where should Dugu Lianyu "reuse" her more! Then she would have more chances to get the evidence that Dugu Lianyu had embezzled the emperor's silver for disaster relief. Thinking of this, the corners of Ruan Wushuang's mouth hooked slightly.
"As long as it is arranged by the emperor, Weichen is satisfied. ”
"Oh, as long as you're satisfied with what I've arranged?" The old emperor picked up his last tone, and his tone contained a bit of tentative flavor.
Hearing this, Dugu Lianyu's deep eyes gradually became darker and darker, and he secretly wondered what the old emperor meant by asking this?
Sure enough, she knew that it was not as simple as there, and she really responded to that sentence that a companion is like a tiger, even if she knew that there was a bottomless hole in the ground, she could only jump down.
"Weichen didn't dare to deceive the emperor. Ruan Wushuang said with trepidation.
"Haha, that's good, how about Su Aiqing's peace of mind?
Hearing this, Queen Su's eyes narrowed, her brows furrowed, and she was about to say something, but before she could say anything, she was stopped by the old emperor raising his hand, and the old emperor looked at Queen Su coldly, he naturally knew what his good queen was thinking?
Queen Su swallowed unwillingly. Dugu Lianyu raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, which was a bit interesting.
Dugu Liancheng's cold phoenix eyes were slightly darkened. Although Dugu Anle was extremely reluctant to marry the old emperor, she didn't dare to speak, after all, she would rather marry the champion in front of her than marry Su Xiaotian's wine bag and rice bag, but Brother Wuji............ Thinking of this, Dugu Anle's heart flickered.
Ruan Wushuang's heart was shocked, the old emperor meant to give Dugu Anle to marry him? Even though he was in his heart, he quietly covered it all, pursed his lips secretly, and pretended to hesitate and said: "The emperor has something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”
Ruan Wushuang's words made everyone present gasp for her, and they all felt that this Su Ruan really didn't know how to lift, of course, more people were gloating, what she meant by this was undoubtedly to brush the old emperor's face on the spot, and the old emperor's wrinkled face was a little displeased.
"Su Aiqing, let's talk about what is difficult to say. ”
Ruan Wushuang naturally knew that her words would inevitably displease the old emperor, but responding to this matter was undoubtedly equivalent to increasing the incident, but ...... Ruan Wushuang's afterglow swept the nervous Dugu Anle, and thought of Su Xiaotian's entanglement with her just now, as well as Empress Su's reaction just now, and couldn't help but secretly guess in his heart, could it be that the old emperor originally wanted to give Anle to Su Xiaotian? If he didn't agree at this moment, wouldn't Anle ruin her?
After several trade-offs, Ruan Wushuang's lowered eyes closed for a moment, and when he opened his eyes, he was already clear.
"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't have anything unspeakable, it's just that the minister hasn't reached the crown ......"
Before he finished speaking, he only heard the old emperor laugh and interrupt Ruan Wushuang's words: "Su Aiqing doesn't need to say any more, and Anle is not too late, how about getting married after the two of you have done the crown and the ceremony?"
As soon as the tail note fell, it was full of unquestionable color.
"The minister bowed to thank the emperor. Ruan Wushuang took a deep breath and said. She really couldn't go back.