Hearing this, Xiao Yunchen's chest felt tight, and he felt depressed for a moment. He said, "Well, you think highly of him," and then stopped talking. He simply lifted the curtain and looked out the window at the night scene.
Yu Yunxuan observed him for a moment and found that he suddenly had a bad look on his face, and she didn't know why. Then she shook her head and thought, let it go, no matter what the reason was.
When we arrived at the palace, it was already completely dark, and the Yiyuan Garden where the moon-viewing banquet was held was already full of people. Everyone gathered in twos and threes to chat, and the atmosphere was harmonious and lively.
Some people can't wait to show off their talents in front of others, reciting poems in front of the flowers in the garden and the full moon in the night sky.
Yu Yunxuan didn't understand poetry, let alone poetry, and she didn't know anyone. Before the banquet started, she could only sit and drink at an empty table in a corner.
"Princess, I heard that although Dongchen's flower wine is delicious and mellow, it has a strong stamina. You don't have a good drinking capacity, so you'd better not drink too much, otherwise you'll get drunk and it will be bad." Dong Xiu persuaded in a low voice.
Yu Yunxuan didn't listen, and poured herself another glass and said, "Don't underestimate me. My drinking capacity has improved a lot during this period, and I can't even get drunk with this amount."
At this time, a familiar voice came: "I didn't expect that I will meet the girl again so soon."
Yu Yunxuan looked up and saw that it was Xu Yubai whom she had only met during the day. She smiled, stood up and said, "Mr. Xu is here too."
"I rarely appear on such occasions, but this year my father's old illness relapsed and he couldn't come, so I had to come."
Xu Yubai said with a smile, the sound of every word was extremely pleasant, and every move was extremely elegant. It would be difficult for ordinary women not to be tempted when they see her, but Yu Yunxuan was an exception because she belonged to someone else.
"Can I sit down and have a drink with the princess?"
Yu Yunxuan raised her hand in a "please" gesture and said, "Of course, please sit down." After sitting down, she poured a glass of wine for her personally.
Xu Yubai took a sip and said with emotion: "I didn't expect that the girl is actually Princess Yunxuan of the Western Kingdom, the princess of the regent. I didn't know the identity of the princess before. If the language is inappropriate, please forgive me.
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"Mr. Xu, you're welcome," Yu Yunxuan said with a smile, "I don't intend to hide my identity, I just don't want my identity to hinder me from making friends."
Xu Yubai raised her lips and smiled and said: "Princess, if you think that your identity will prevent you from making friends, then you are wrong. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water and should not be mixed with any impurities, right? What is your identity?
What’s the relationship?”
Yu Yunxuan nodded: "To hear the young master say this, I think I am vulgar."
The two of them started chatting again and again, completely unaware of the displeased look cast from not far away. It came from Xiao Yunchen.
He was originally talking to several ministers, but he accidentally saw Yu Yunxuan and Xu Yubai sitting together. He immediately became dissatisfied and became absent-minded even when talking to others.
What is he doing? When did he start feeling this way?
I couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Why are you looking at me with that look?"
"What look? I always look at people like this, don't you know?" Xiao Yunchen replied coldly.
Yu Yunxuan stared at him for a long time, still feeling something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong. Finally, her doubts turned into a sigh, and she bowed her head to drink again.
Just when she turned to talk to Xiao Yunchen, the wine glass in front of her was replaced by Concubine Sun next to her. The movement was so fast that no one saw it.
As I drank, I felt my head was getting heavier and heavier, I felt a little tired and wanted to sleep.
In order to avoid losing her composure in front of everyone, Yu Yunxuan waved to Xia Lian and Dong Xiu and asked them to help her go to a nearby deserted place to rest for a while.
Dong Xiu nagged: "Princess, my servant just advised you to drink less, but you refused to listen. How about now? Are you really drunk? The headache will be worse than yours in a while."
Yu Yunxuan glanced at her and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't complain. I was greedy this time. I won't be like this in the future."
There was a palace nearby for guests to rest, so Dong Xiu and Xia Lian helped Yu Yunxuan go in, went to one of the rooms, and asked her to lie down and rest.
Yu Yunxuan seemed to be very drunk indeed. She fell asleep as soon as she lay down and couldn't wake up.
Xia Lian went to the courtyard to fetch cold water, wiped Yu Yunxuan's face, and then she and Dong Xiu exited the room and came to guard the door.
It was still hot during the day at this time of year, but it was quite cool at night. Xia Lian and Dong Xiu were sitting on the steps at the door chatting, and they felt very comfortable.
After about a stick of incense, they vaguely heard slight movement on the roof, like the sound of someone stepping on the tiles. The alarm bells rang in their hearts immediately, and they wanted to get up and look back, but it was already too late.
The two of them felt a sharp pain in the back of their necks, their vision went dark, and they fell unconscious.
In the dark night, a man in black neatly carried the two maids and threw them behind the flower garden outside the palace. According to the strength of his blow, they would wake up after an hour, and the time was right at that time.
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After hiding the person, the man in black returned to the room where Yu Yunxuan was, lit the incense he brought in the incense burner, and then left quietly. At this point, her mission was completed.
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She took off her night clothes and threw them behind an inconspicuous rockery, then hurriedly returned to Yiyuan and was next to Concubine Sun during the banquet.
When Concubine Sun saw her maid coming back, she waved her hand as if nothing had happened and motioned for her to pour her wine.
"How's it going? Is everything done?"
"Yes, it's been done." The maid replied.
Concubine Sun smiled with satisfaction and said, "That's good." Then she called another maid, Xiao Li, over, "Xiao Li, now is the time for you to take action."
Xiaoli lowered her eyes, nodded in agreement, and immediately accepted the order and left.
At this time, on the other side of the banquet, Xu Yubai was drinking while looking for a figure opposite him, but after looking for a long time, he did not see her.
When he was melancholy, someone came over, leaned over and whispered to him: "Mr. Xu, my master is in love."
"Your master?" Xu Yubai looked at Xiaoli doubtfully and asked, "Who is your master?"
Xiaoli replied: "Princess Yunxuan."
Xu Yubai looked at Xiaoli suspiciously, as if he was examining her. Xiaoli was a little flustered and quickly lowered her head to hide the twinkling in her eyes.
"The princess said that she had something to say to the young master face to face. It would be inconvenient for there to be so many people, so she asked you to go to a quieter place nearby to talk in detail."