Neither Emperor Shunde nor Xie Xiaobai noticed the figure that had just walked over.

Emperor Shunde carefully looked at the hairstyle of the osmanthus branch for a while, nodded, and took the flower branch from Xie Xiaobai's sideburns, "That's it!" Let's go, go back and change your clothes! ”

She hid the osmanthus branch in her sleeve pocket and returned to Zichen Hall with Xie Xiaobai happily.

"Your Majesty, you are back." Lady Chen quietly appeared between the two, "The crab banquet has been set up, just waiting for you and the eldest princess to attend." ”

Emperor Shunde covered his head, "Hiss...... Xu is just blowing a cold wind in the Imperial Garden, and my old ‖ problem with a headache has been committed again......"

"Slave maid, this is the ‖ for Your Majesty." Female official Chen tacitly helped Emperor Shunde to the inner hall.

She didn't forget to branch Xie Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, you go and tell the eldest princess that Your Majesty is sick and can't go to the banquet." ”

King Liang's interest group didn't know that Xie Xiaobai knew that Emperor Shunde was his daughter.

Xie Xiaobai stepped back in response.

……

Xie Xiaobai rushed to the banquet site, and the eldest princess naturally hadn't arrived yet.

After about another stick of incense, the eldest princess sat down on the upper seat with the support of the maidservant.

A beaded curtain separated the eldest princess and the gentlemen.

Xie Xiaobai stepped forward to report: "Eldest princess, Your Majesty has blown a cold wind in the imperial garden today, and you can't come to the banquet. ”

"Got it." The eldest princess's face was hidden behind the bead curtain, and she couldn't see it really.

Everyone could only hear her say softly, "Since the imperial brother can't come, then let's have a banquet." ”

Cui Shangshi led the palace mermaids of the Shangshi Bureau to enter and serve wine and food to the guests.

The steamed hairy crab shell is red and fragrant, and it is accompanied by clear osmanthus wine, which is a limited delicacy that belongs only to autumn.

The eldest princess's personal palace maid said loudly: "The princess is weak and can't drink, so he will replace the wine with tea and toast everyone." ”

The eldest princess raised her teacup, "Ladies and gentlemen, please take care of yourself." ”

Everyone present knew that this was a princess's husband selection banquet.

They naturally also understood that the eldest princess could have such honor now was due to her royal brother who had become the puppet of King Liang, and when the royal brother of the sixteenth princess was gone, she would go back to the dust.

But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, no matter how this princess is a relative of the emperor, she is not favored princess, and she is also a princess who enjoys the support of the court!

They are the most mediocre people in the clan, with a handsome skin, no talent, and no political sense, so what can they do.

If you marry a princess, you will directly stand at the top of your life! Even if they fall from the top in the future, it will be much better than their current situation.

The sons raised their glasses and touched the teacup of the eldest princess.

In this, Chen Yan, who raised the teacup, looked maverick.

"Young Master Chen Yan, if I'm not mistaken, you just drank it...... Not a bar? "Someone with good deeds has come out.

Chen Yan, the concubine of King Liang, among their mediocre talents, his appearance and bearing were a little top-notch, and he was naturally unlucky.

The man sitting next to Chen Yan relieved him and said, "Xu is the palace maid was negligent, you see, Chen Gongzi did not have wine on the table." ”

Emperor Shunde cast a look at Xie Xiaobai for help.

Xie Xiaobai took a step forward and said, "Before the princess prepared for the banquet, she specially told the Shang Shi Bureau to pay attention to the dietary taboos of the princes, Chen Gongzi could not drink alcohol, so the Shang Shi Bureau changed the tea for him. ”

Cui Shangshi also followed up and said: "That's right. ”

Emperor Shunde breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: Fortunately, when they took care of Chen Yan at that time, they took care of other people's dietary taboos in order to show that they did not take special care of him.

The other sons were busy blowing the rainbow fart of the eldest princess, but there was also Tie Hanhan, who was not very emotionally intelligent, and he was holding on to Chen Yan.

"Chen Yan, the princess toasts, how can there be any reason to excuse yourself? You can't even drink, or are you not a man? ”

The sons gloated and looked at this "self-eliminating" Tie Hanhan, and then looked at Chen Yan, who was in an embarrassing situation.

Chen Yan stood up and walked straight to the palace maid holding the wine jug, and he poured himself full of wine.

"This cup, to the princess." Chen Yan smiled and drank all the wine in the cup.

He poured another glass of wine and said, "This one, to you." ”

It's all over again.

Emperor Shunde saw that Chen Yan was going to pour the third glass of wine, and his tears were about to burst out, so he shouted angrily in a hurry: "Enough!" ”

She clenched the handkerchief in her hand: calm down, I can't let King Liang's ears and eyes see the abnormality.

Emperor Shunde took a few deep breaths and resumed his soft voice, "Ahem...... Since Chen Gongzi can't drink, there is no need to force it. Your mind has been understood, so let's eat crabs. ”

She introduced: "Recently, Jiangnan has presented a batch of tribute crabs, the meat is fat and delicious, and you are specially invited to taste it. ”

Chen Yan returned to his seat, did not move the crab on the plate, just stared at the crab, his eyes were covered with mist, and his cheeks were slightly red.

He quietly left the table while everyone was struggling with the crabs and went outside to blow the wind.

A bowl of decanting soup was handed to him.

"Well, drink it hot, the medicine is good."

Chen Yan saw the "eldest princess" with osmanthus hairpins between her temples.

He was drunk and hazy, and said in his heart: This female official Xie is really favored in front of the emperor, and she and His Majesty's sister-in-law are wearing the same osmanthus branches.

Emperor Shunde saw Chen Yan drink the decanting soup to the point that there was not a drop left, so he stuffed the bowl into his arms and went back to eat crab first.

Chen Yan breathed outside for a while, feeling that he had eased up, and then returned to the table.

He was stunned: the crab on his table that he hadn't eaten had been removed.

"Chen Gongzi, your crab is cold, the cold crab is inedible, we replaced it with a new crab that has just been steamed for you."

Xie Xiaobai served Chen Yan a plate of crabs that were still steaming.

The crab has cut off the legs, broken the shell, removed the heart, lungs and stomach, and exposed the fat roe and white flesh.

Chen Yan looked around: It seems that the crabs on other people's desktops are not preliminarily processed by palace maids?

He peeled out a crab leg, dipped it in the sauce, and put it in his mouth.

Hmm, no garlic in this sauce?

How could he have the illusion that he was being taken care of?

Xie Xiaobai, who was standing on the side, saw through Chen Yan's thoughts and gave Cui Shangshi a look.

Cui Shangshi methodically gave orders to the palace maid.

The palace maids removed the crabs that were cooled on the table, and provided crab peeling services for the guests who did not seem to enjoy their own crab peeling.

Xie Xiaobai knocked on the crab claws for a noble son beside him, and complained silently in his heart: Emperor Shunde and her sweetheart had a sweet love, and the hard work of peeling crabs for hair was actually done by her, an outsider?

She glanced at the noble son who had powdered on his face: Okay, it's just a matter of handling a crab for Emperor Shunde's sweetheart. Why did she do the work of the Shangshi Bureau in order not to make Emperor Shunde's sweetheart suspicious, and peel crabs for other people for free friendship?

"Bang-"

With a hammer, the shell of the crab claws cracked. Xie Xiaobai took out the firm crab meat and put it in the boy's bowl.

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