Qu Xiaohan led people to check everything Shangguan Ruoli had access to. They quietly sprinkled insect repellent powder around the yard and under the doors and windows. Snake and insect repellent pills were also placed beside the bed tent.

All Shangguan Ruoli's utensils were brought from the mansion, including bedding, bed tents, all eating utensils, food ingredients, and even washbasins, bathtubs, and toilet barrels.

It wasn't that Shangguan Ruoli was too showy, but that the original Shangguan Ruoli had a slight mysophobia, so Qu Xiaohan ordered everyone to take it with him.

Soon the time for the lunch arrived, and Shangguan Ruoli walked to Yanyu Pavilion. Because Cuizhu Xiaozhu was relatively remote, when he arrived, except for the empress, prince and other big names, most of the guests had already arrived.

The servants all went to the side hall next to the hall to have their meal. Shangguan Ruoli left Rejoice to wait on her while Shi Shiran followed the maid who led the way to his seat.

It is better to have a small long table in front of each person and sit on the futon while kneeling. Shangguan Ruoli decided to popularize high chairs and large round tables.

The seats for men and women are still set up in separate seats in the same hall, facing each other, with an aisle more than two meters away in the middle for the palace people to serve food and move around.

Therefore, all the noble ladies put great effort into dressing up. In order to attract the attention of young talents, they would like to wear the most colorful clothes and the most outstanding jewelry.

On the contrary, Shangguan Ruoli, who was dressed in a fresh and refined look without any makeup, looked even more outstanding.

Coupled with her calm, detached and unhurried temperament formed by practicing yoga and martial arts for a long time, as well as the self-confidence, generousness, and intellectual freedom brought from modern times, she feels like she stands out among the ladies with colorful flowers and green willows.

Just look at the complicated expressions of jealousy, hatred, and disgust in Dongming Yuehua, Xu Jingxuan, Nanyun Yao'er's and others' eyes, and you will know that Shangguan Ruoxianxu is used to seeing Shangguan Ruoli like this, so he has restrained his emotions very well.

"The Emperor has arrived!"

"The Queen is here!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Xuan..."

As the eunuch sang, the emperor, the queen, several concubines, and the princes and princes came in.

Everyone stood up and knelt down to salute, shouting long live the mountain.

Shangguan Ruoli was so disgusted that he knelt down even while eating. This kind of life was really annoying. I don’t know if I can go back, and how can I go back?

Dongming Ziyu's face was as cold and solemn as usual, his warm eyes swept across the hall, and he paused slightly on Shangguan Ruoli's body. A touch of gentleness and weariness passed away in a flash, and no one noticed it.

To Shangguan Ruoli's surprise, Beiling Mo Xue also came, but his face was paler and his eyes were more sinister.

Shangguan Ruoli sat on her seat, Xu Jingxuan was arranged to sit on her left hand, and Dongming Yuehua sat on her right.

Such a coincidence? I’m afraid this is also a deliberate arrangement, right?

Shangguan Ruoli glanced around, and to the right of Dongming Yuehua were Nanyun Yaoer and Sophie. Their eyes were glued to Dongming Ziyu, with pink hearts popping out.

Zheng Shuyue sat in the row behind them, looking in the direction of Shangguan Yu, her eyes reserved and forbearing.

When Shangguan Ruoli looked back, he saw Xu Jingxuan and Dongming Yuehua's eyes meeting each other and then quickly separating.

Dongming Yuehua glared at Shangguan Ruoli fiercely. If the sword of the eye could kill people, Shangguan Ruoli would have been beaten by her now.

Shangguan Ruoli's pupils narrowed slightly. If they acted like monsters today, she would definitely make them regret giving birth!

After the emperor finished his toast, he announced: "Let the banquet begin! Etiquette for the noon game."

The queen smiled and said: "This time, by entertaining the envoys from the Three Kingdoms, we will also have a lot of fun."

The emperor also smiled and said: "Yes, this is the first time for such a grand occasion."

In this way, Dongming was already the leader of the four countries in Canglan Continent. He picked up his chopsticks and said, "My lords, please pick up your chopsticks."

The exquisite dishes were served like water, and the empty plates were removed. Everyone followed the table etiquette of "eating without speaking." The only sounds of the servants touching the plates and bowls while serving dishes were heard.

It feels like eating Western food, which is healthy and hygienic, but uses a lot of tableware.

A cup of pigeon soup was brought up, and Rejoice was on Shangguan Ruoli's left side, serving the soup to Shangguan Ruoli.

Xu Jingxuan and Dongming Yuehua exchanged glances without any trace. Dongming Yuehua pushed the palace maid who had just stood upright with the soup with her elbow. The palace maid exclaimed and tilted towards Shangguan Ruoli, seeing a bowl of hot soup.

I want to fall on Shangguan Ruoli.

Shangguan Ruoli had already been on guard with the corner of his eye. At this time, he quickly stretched out his hand to hold the palace maid's armpit and poked the palace maid's acupuncture point.

The palace maid bent over in pain, Shangguan Ruoli pretended to be panic and took the opportunity to hold her hand holding the soup bowl, and flicked her middle little finger into the soup bowl.

Rejoice also leaned over and held the palace maid's shoulder, whispering: "Be careful, you can't afford the punishment if you bump into the master!"

In the panic, some soup spilled out and splashed on Shangguan Ruoli's sleeve.

"Oops! Miss Shangguan, are you okay?" Xu Jingxuan stood up in surprise, took out a handkerchief and wiped the soup stains on Shangguan Ruoli's sleeves while Rejoice was supporting the maid.

The handkerchief seemed to brush against Shangguan Ruoli's nose unintentionally. The smell, haha, was Shangguan Ruoxian's medicine for plotting against the prince.

These little bitches have joined forces!

Shangguan Ruoli ducked sideways, and Rejoice came back, fending Xu Jingxuan away without leaving any trace.

Xu Jingxuan was slightly disappointed and annoyed, put the handkerchief into her sleeves and sat back in her seat.

The palace maid who caused the trouble looked apologetic and knelt down on the ground to apologize: "Miss Shangguan makes atonement, it's all because of my carelessness!"

Shangguan Ruoli recognized that this was the palace maid who was almost killed last time, and also saw that it was Dongming Yuehua who hit her, so he said softly: "Forget it, just be more careful in the future."

She is not that stupid to treat a palace maid here unmercifully, otherwise it will definitely come out that she is narrow-minded and treats her servants harshly.

Can't you see that everyone in the hall is looking over?

Shangguan Ruoxian, who was sitting in the row behind Shangguan Ruoli, also got up to check and asked with concern: "Is eldest sister okay?"

Zheng Shuyue strode over and asked with concern: "Little blind man, what's wrong?"

Shangguan Ruoli said hurriedly: "Nothing, just dirty sleeves. Let's eat quickly."

Zheng Shuyue picked up Shangguan Ruoli's hand and checked it to make sure it wasn't burned, then turned to give Shangguan Yu a reassuring look.

Shangguan Tianxiao looked thoughtful when he saw the eye contact between the two.

The queen also sent her maid to check and asked with concern: "Is there anything wrong with Miss Shangguan?"

Dongming Yuehua hurriedly said: "Mother, it's okay. The palace maid was not careful. She was blind and didn't know how to hide. She just soiled her sleeves."

The queen glared at Dongming Yuehua warningly. This daughter was really pampered and lawless. Why didn't her warning yesterday work?

A hint of guilt flashed in Dongming Yuehua's eyes, and she turned to Shangguan Ruoli and said bossily: "Go to the dressing hall to change clothes, or deal with it, this is not good."

Soft smoke is famous for being delicate, light and soft. Although it is as thin as smoke, it is not transparent. But it is troublesome when it gets wet. The sleeves stick together and stick to the skin, which is really unsightly.

So he said to Rejoice who was wiping her with a handkerchief: "Let's go out and clean up."
Chapter completed!