The queen sent her most capable aunt to invite her, so how could she give herself any room to refuse?

Since this is a Hongmen Banquet that cannot be refused, it is better to agree happily than to delay and embarrass it for a while.

Ji Fuyin immediately responded with a smile: "Concubine Xiu specially entertained me, how could I not go? I heard earlier that in Concubine Xiu's small kitchen, a famous maid can cook all kinds of delicious dishes.

Putting flowers into vegetables, since I have such a good opportunity, I naturally want to go."

"My servant said that the second young lady will never refuse. The queen is also worried that the second young lady will not want to see the beautiful concubine. My servant, look, the second young lady is so generous, how can she care about such insignificant things? Okay, my servant.

Now that I have received a reply from the second lady, it is time to go back and report to the Queen."

"Aunt Cheng, walk slowly."

When Aunt Cheng stood up, Ji Fuyin glanced at Luo Yu, who immediately understood and took out a fine jade hairpin and stuffed it into Aunt Cheng's hand.

"Hey, you can't use such a precious thing, you can't use it!" Aunt Cheng is an old man in the palace. With just one glance, she can tell that the hairpin is absolutely extraordinary. She said she can't use it, but she didn't move back.

It means to go back.

"Auntie, just keep it. It's such a cold weather, and I have to bother my aunt to come here. If I don't bring some gadgets for my aunt to wear and play with, I'll feel bad about it." Ji Fuyin said with a smile.

After just a slight refusal, Aunt Cheng accepted the hairpin and left Qionghua Pavilion with a smile on her face.

As soon as Aunt Cheng left, Qingmei couldn't help it anymore, "Miss, that hairpin is not cheap."

"I don't even feel bad, why do you feel bad?" Ji Fuyin said jokingly. Seeing Qingmei's face flushing anxiously, she explained, "How could I not know how valuable that hairpin is?"

"It's not that I feel sorry for you, it's just that the young lady knows that the Queen is going to do harm to the young lady, and Aunt Cheng is the person next to her!"

"It's because of this that I gave her a heavier reward. It's not just to bribe her. She's been with the Queen for so long, and it's not easy to bribe her."

"Then the lady did this for...?"

"Let the Queen relax her vigilance." Ji Fuyin said calmly, "Even her slaves, if I have to compliment her like this, she will definitely think that I am trying to flatter her. Once a person despises the other person, it means that he wants to harm him.

, and won’t come up with complicated and vicious strategies.”

Before she had the stable status of Crown Princess, she had to be cautious in everything she did, walking on thin ice. Even though Empress Sun was not that smart, she was better because she had the status of a queen. Playing against her, if she was not careful, she would fall into pieces.

People are themselves...

Luo Yu let out a breath, "I'm a little confused. I've seen Concubine Xiu. She's so arrogant. How come she suddenly wants to show her kindness to the young lady?"

Ji Fuyin looked at Luo Yu with a smile, "When did you hear her say that it was Concubine Xiu who wanted to express her love for me?"

"Didn't Aunt Cheng say..."

"Did you hear her original words clearly? It seems that the Queen feels that she feels guilty towards me. These words did not come from Concubine Xiu." Ji Fuyin narrowed her eyes slightly, with a half-smiling expression, "As for Xiu,

The concubine held a banquet, and the queen must have used some excuse to convince her. The person hosting the banquet was a concubine on the surface, but in fact she was the queen."

When the two people heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then they seemed to finally come to their senses, "Then the Queen is going to treat Miss again... Miss, what should we do?"

Ji Fuyin gently picked up the tea cup on the side, with a calm look on her face, "The soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it. Otherwise, what else can we do? This banquet cannot be pushed away. You should all be smarter on that day and don't let others

Got it."

Luo Yu and Luo Yu looked serious and nodded solemnly.

When the time came that day, Ji Fuyin prepared to iron her clothes early in the morning and went to Concubine Xiu's Jinxiu Palace. When she was waiting for her, Empress Sun had not arrived yet, and Concubine Xiu had already sat in her seat. When she saw her, she came.

, the high willow eyebrows were raised, and the glossy cherry lips wriggled slightly a few times, as if they were about to spit out a few harsh words, but they still endured it.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, and Concubine Xiu looks even younger and more beautiful. She is really envious of me." Ji Fuyin politely said compliments.

Concubine Xiu just lazily raised her eyelids, and snorted with great disdain, with a hint of reluctance in her expression, "Sit down, speaking of which, I disturbed you last time, this time

I am here to apologize to you, so please stop being so rigid."

Looking at Concubine Xiu's attitude, it didn't look like she was sincerely trying to apologize. Ji Fuyin just pretended that she couldn't see her, pretended to be grateful, and sat down in her seat.

After waiting for a while, Queen Sun came belatedly. Seeing that Concubine Xiu and Ji Fuyin were coming to salute, she waved her hand magnanimously, "I am here to be a notary today. As long as the private grudges between you two can be resolved,

Just solve it, these false etiquettes can be saved if you can today."

Everyone sat down at their seats, and the dishes began to be served one by one, starting with the queen and distributed to everyone's seat.

Empress Sun raised a glass of wine and said, "What happened before is in the past. I will be the intermediary today. Concubine Xiu, please match up well with the second lady. Apologize. When we meet in the future, everyone

It's better to be friendly and peaceful than to have resentments in each other's hearts."

Concubine Xiu rolled her eyes secretly. She probably didn't know how many times she had scolded Empress Sun. It had been so long. The person involved hadn't come to make things difficult for her yet. When would it be the empress's turn to be a good person?

.

But even if the emperor loves Concubine Xiu in his heart, the queen still has the title of queen on her head. No matter how favored she is, she still has to save some face for her, no matter how reluctant she is.

Therefore, Concubine Xiu, who was extremely unhappy in her heart, forced out a smile that had nothing to do with friendship. The anger caused by her reluctance could even be vaguely seen between her eyebrows, and she reluctantly raised her hand to Ji Fuyin.

He took the wine glass and apologized coldly and perfunctorily:

"I was rash before and offended Miss Ji Er. I'm sorry."

Saying these words extremely bluntly, regardless of whether Ji Fuyin wanted to say anything else, Xiu Fei just raised her head, drank the wine in her glass, and looked at Ji Fuyin with a bit of anger and coercion, "This

Once you drink, I will apologize to you."

Ji Fuyin also drank the wine in the glass slowly, and said with a decent smile: "Your Majesty, the Concubine Xiu, spoke harshly. Your Majesty is not wrong in the first place, and there is no need to apologize."

"That's all. Concubine Xiu, you must remember it in the future and never be so impulsive again." Empress Sun made a gentle and persuasive look and said, "This time, Miss Ji Er is tolerant.

Dadu, if it were those narrow-minded women, they wouldn't forgive you so easily."

Concubine Xiu, who had always been arrogant, had never heard anyone lecture her so continuously. When she heard Empress Sun saying it was her fault one after another and praising Ji Fuyin for being generous and tolerant, her face became colder and colder.

Fortunately, even if Concubine Xiu was unhappy, she knew that she was at fault for this matter. Although her face looked a bit ugly, she did not do anything embarrassing.

The banquet was coming to an end, and the last soup was brought out steaming hot. Luo Yu, who was standing next to Ji Fuyin, took the soup bowl from the hand of the maid. When she turned around, the silver needle quietly penetrated between her fingers.

After drinking the scalding soup in the bowl, almost instantly, the bright white silver needle turned pitch black.

Luo Yu's eyelids twitched, she put the soup down calmly, and deliberately waved the silver needle in front of Ji Fuyin's face.

This was what they had discussed before they came. There was a silver needle hidden in both of their hands. Everything that was to be put into their mouths must first pass through their hands. Is it poisonous?

You will know it once you try the silver needle.

Originally, this was just a protective measure that could be used or not, but what Ji Fuyin didn't expect was that in this situation, someone would actually dare to poison food.

Looking at the shiny black color on the silver needle, the poison is probably very strong. If you drink it, you will definitely bleed from all the holes immediately, and you will die on the spot.

Glancing at the hot soup, Ji Fuyin calmly picked up the small bowl that Luo Yu had scooped out, and stirred it gently with the spoon. She frowned slightly and hesitated to put the soup into her mouth.

Her expression was clearly visible to Concubine Xiu who was sitting opposite, and she smiled coldly, "Why, is there something dirty in my soup that Miss Ji Er can't drink?"

"Concubine Xiu, this soup just smells mouth-watering. How could it be bad?" Ji Fuyin smiled, but she had already put down the soup bowl in her hand, with a look of regret on her face, "It's just this soup, sir.

It is true that women are not allowed to drink. I have never been able to eat food from the sea. If I insist on eating it for the sake of lust, I will be covered in red rashes and it will be unbearable."

Concubine Xiu glanced at her lazily, as if she didn't bother to talk to her at all, "If you don't want to drink, then don't drink. I didn't ask you, so who are you talking to?"

Empress Sun shook her head helplessly, "Concubine Xiu, she is just explaining to you, don't be so mean-spirited."

Concubine Xiu snorted lightly and put a spoonful of soup into her mouth. Seeing that she stopped talking, Empress Sun also drank the soup.

But after the two people had taken a few sips, something unexpected happened suddenly. First, Concubine Xiu's face turned pale, and she frowned and said something to the palace maid beside her. The palace maid had just brought a cup of tea.
Chapter completed!