Chapter Seventy-Three: The Dinner Party Begins

Ruan Li and the others came to the hall under the guidance of the maid.

"Miss, sons, our dinner is personally organized by His Majesty, and His Majesty has specially arranged seats for you, and you can look at the wooden cards on the table and sit down."

Hearing this, Ruan Li and the others nodded.

"Miss Xie, Yun Shizi, please come with me."

The maid did not leave, but led them to the innermost part of the seat.

Looking at the wooden sign on the table, Yun Xuan frowned and said, "Why is Ah Ruan's seat next to Shen Sichen?"

Seeing Yun Xuan frowning, the maid hurriedly knelt down and said, "The prince forgives the sins, the seats are arranged by His Majesty himself, and the slaves and maids are just acting on orders."

Yun Shang stepped forward and said, "This is arranged by your emperor, but we don't want to sit like this."

As he spoke, Yun Shang wanted to pull Ruan Li up to their seat, but Ruan Li looked at Yun Xuan and wanted him to stop Yun Shang.

Yun Shang cares about her so much, and in the eyes of outsiders, those who don't know think that Yun Shang is helping his eldest brother, and those who know can see that their relationship is not ordinary. If it reached Shen Qingling's ears, it would inevitably not be suspicious of her relationship with Yun Xuan.

At this time, Shen Sichen came in.

He saw Yun Shang holding Ruan Li's hand, Ruan Li looked at Yun Xuan, and the anger that he had just been in the carriage that was about to disappear suddenly came up again.

"Cloud merchant son."

Shen Sichen looked at Yun Shang and Ruan Li expressionlessly, and Yun Shang and Ruan Li also looked at him.

"What's the matter, Shen Gongzi is not with the county lord of Nanyang anymore?"

"When did I go with Nanyang, besides, you pulled my fiancée, what is this matter?"

"Shen Gongzi, don't talk too much, Miss Aruan is your fiancée now, but there is still no certainty whether she will be yours or my eldest brother in the future."

"She's going to be mine."

Looking at the two people in front of him, Yun Xuan was about to step forward, but was preempted by Bai Lingyin: "Two sons, it's going to be a dinner party soon, now most of the civil and military officials and nobles are coming in soon, now is really not the time to talk about this, after all, this is the seat arranged by the emperor, it must have the emperor's intention, we will sit down first according to this seat now."

Bai Lingyin had now misunderstood the relationship between Yun Xuan and Ruan Li, but for the sake of decency, she still stood up and spoke.

Yun Xuan glanced at Bai Lingyin and nodded, Yun Shang wanted to say something, but Yun Xuan grabbed him and signaled him not to, he glanced at Ruan Li again, and after seeing Ruan Li's signal, he snorted coldly and turned back to his seat.

"Ah Ruan, let's go."

Ruan Li looked at Shen Sichen like this, reluctantly stepped forward, walked to his side, and the two sat down together.

The people who were still standing just now and didn't dare to move, saw Ruan Li and them sit down at this time, and only then did they dare to find their seats.

"Brother Si Chen, didn't I say that I want to sit with you?"

The county lord of Nanyang and Xiao Cijiu followed closely and came in, and as soon as they came in, they saw Ruan Li sitting with Shen Sichen, and she ran to the two of them.

Ruan Li has never been a lord who swallows her anger, this Nanyang County Lord has been a demon under her eyelids several times, and now she also said coldly: "Nanyang County Lord, your seat is over there."

"I don't want it, I want to sit with Brother Si Chen."

Saying that, the county lord of Nanyang didn't care about Ruan Li, and walked straight to the middle of the two.

"Lord Nanyang, today's seat was arranged by the emperor himself, if you want to mess around, won't you disobey the emperor's wishes?"

"No, Uncle Emperor loves me so much, so he won't blame me for a seat."

The lord of Nanyang County relied on the emperor's favor, and he was not afraid at this time.

"Lord Nanyang, our Yunwangfu and Nanwangfu have always been friends, if you want my Yunwangfu to have no contact with your Nanwangfu, please do it."

Yun Xuan couldn't see Ruan Li like this, and at this time, he put pressure on the Nanyang County Lord.

Yuncheng is rich and prosperous, and the Yunwang Mansion is even more unfathomable, how many people want to be friendly with the Yunwang Mansion, but for decades, the Yunwang Mansion has only been friendly with the South Wangfu, and the two mansions are at peace with their respective fiefdoms.

"Yun Xuan, it's good that our two mansions have so much friendship, and Yun An and I know each other, and now you are going to ruin the relationship between our two mansions because of her?"

Hearing the words of the Nanyang County Lord, Bai Lingyin also looked at Yun Xuan, waiting for his answer.

Listening to the words of the county lord of Nanyang, Ruan Li glanced at Nanyang, she and Nanyang did know each other, at that time, Nanyang came all the way to Yunwangfu just to see her, and the two even competed in martial arts, Nanyang was not convinced, shouting that the next time they met, Yun An did not answer, but in Nanyang's opinion, it was a tacit acquiescence. After going back, the county lord of Nanyang has been struggling to practice martial arts, but until her soul pierces, Nanyang has never come to look for her.

However, the two of them do not know each other.

Later, her uncle also told her that Nanyang's father had liked her mother before.

"I, Yunwang Mansion, when do I need to take care of the relationship with others?"

When those present heard this, they all gasped.

The county lord of Nanyang was stunned, he didn't expect Ruan Li to be so important in their hearts, and Yun Xuan's tone was not much different from Yun An's.

Bai Lingyin heard Yun Xuan's words, and felt very lonely, but he still understood, glanced at the people present, and said: "Lord Nanyang, this position was originally arranged by the emperor, and we, as courtiers, should abide by the emperor's wishes, so why worry about the emperor."

The people present listened to Bai Lingyin's words and all nodded.

The lord of Nanyang County saw that there were steps down, so he also went down the steps, and said: "Since Miss Bai said, then I will abide by the emperor's will, and I will do my duty as the county lord and share the worries of the emperor's uncle."

After speaking, the county lord of Nanyang got up and walked to Xiao Cijiu's side and sat down, but he still didn't look away, letting Ruan Li Rumang on his back.

"Major General Shen, this seat, the emperor has arranged it well."

"I think I'm afraid it's wrong, after all, I couldn't arrange you and Yun Shizi together."

Listening to Shen Sichen's words, Ruan Li held the golden wine glass in his hand and said, "Shen Sichen, can you talk to me well?" I haven't said anything about you and the Nanyang County Lord, so you don't have to worry about me and Yun Xuan. ”

Shen Sichen did not speak.

"Your Majesty, the queen has arrived!"

A eunuch shouted loudly, and a pair of men in golden robes walked up the steps hand in hand.

"Here, be careful."

Ruan Li's seat was not far from the steps, and coupled with excellent hearing, the intimate language pierced Ruan Li's heart like a thorn.

She looked at the two of them coldly, the man was the lover her mother had been missing, and the woman who was supporting him next to him was most likely the culprit who killed her mother, and it was these two people who were so close and supported each other at this moment.

Her mother disappeared into this world with her love for Xuanyuan Chen, but the person she loved still lived a warm life.

At this time, Ruan Li's body exuded a huge chill, Shen Sichen noticed her emotional change, looked at the woman beside her, and the hand that wanted to stretch out still stopped in mid-air.

"Ladies and gentlemen, all of you are here today......"

At this time, Xuanyuan Chen said something, she didn't know, she didn't hear it, and she didn't want to hear it.

"Yun Shizi, why didn't Yun An come along?"

Xuanyuan Chen thought about the Lord of Yun'an in his heart, and wanted to see the only pearl in the palm of King Yun.

"Emperor Lao is worried, Yun An doesn't want to enter the imperial city, let alone enter the palace, she just wants to stay in the cloud city. If she wanted to come, she would. ”

"That's it, that's really a pity, I hope Yun'an will come to the Imperial City when he figures it out."

Xuanyuan Chen's face was full of regret, he actually hoped that Yun An could come, Yun An was the only daughter of King Yun, and her age was about the same age as Ah Ruan, for so many years, he had never seen Yun An.

"We will bring the emperor's words."

Yun Xuan's words did not carry respect for Xuanyuan Chen, he was still always cold and noble, just sitting there like that, but there was no lifeless stagnant water in his eyes.

Hearing Xuanyuan Chen's words, Ruan Li knew that Xuanyuan Chen just wanted to see how she was doing as the county lord of Yun'an. However, she thought, this Kyoto was like a huge cage in which her mother hastily lived her life, and although it was once brilliant, it was still like a flash in the pan.

When she's done with what she's supposed to do, she'll be far away from Kyoto, and she'll probably never come to Kyoto again.

Ruan Li glanced at Shen Sichen beside her, she knew that now she liked Shen Sichen as if she was in love, and it was the love of men and women.

But that's not what she's going to do.

Whether it's love or love, for her, it's just fleeting.

Both her mother and her eldest brother told her with the price of their lives and time not to indulge.

"In that case, then everyone should drink and have fun."

In this way, Xuanyuan Chen ordered the banquet to be held.

Shen Qingling, who was sitting in a high position, had always had the intention of matching the county lord of Nanyang and Shen Sichen, and now seeing that the two were arranged to be separated by Xuanyuan Chen, she touched Xuanyuan Chen next to her, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Nanyang and Chen'er have known each other for many years since childhood, and now they finally return to Beijing, why don't you arrange them together?"

"The queen forgot, Chen'er is the one who finalized the marriage date with Ah Ruan, and now, the two children are already older, it's time to avoid suspicion, and any rumors that come out are not good for Chen'er, Nanyang and Ah Ruan."

Hearing Xuanyuan Chen's words, Shen Qingling couldn't continue to talk about it, she really didn't expect that Ah Ruan was not his daughter, and he would think about Ah Ruan.

However, these thoughts were perfectly hidden by Shen Qingling, and she whispered in Xuanyuan Chen's ear again: "Then Your Majesty, it's okay for me to let the two of you toast."

Xuanyuan Chen thought that the two had not seen each other for a long time, and there should be no big problem with toasting at this time, so he nodded.

Seeing that Xuanyuan Chen agreed, Shen Qingling sat on the golden chair dignifiedly, spoke up extremely gently, and said, "Chen'er, you and Nanyang haven't seen each other for a long time, do you remember that Nanyang at that time was still crying and arguing that he would marry you when he grows up, don't you think about it...... Now that we can finally meet, you two will have a bar. ”

Hearing Shen Qingling's words, Shen Sichen raised his head not very happily, not understanding what his sister meant, but still nodded.

Xuanyuan Chen listened to Shen Qingling's words, and naturally understood the meaning of her words, but he thought that the queen wanted to say something, and she had worked hard for so many years, so let her be happy now.

When the county lord of Shenyang heard this, he was naturally very happy. Only Xiao Cijiu next to her, his face changed and changed.