"Auntie, what's wrong?" Li Can came back to her senses, pursed her lips and asked with a smile.
"But the food is not to your liking?" Mrs. Lin moved closer and her voice became even lower.
"No." Li Can shook his head: "It's pretty good."
"Then why don't you just eat?" Mrs. Lin was worried about her: "But you're not feeling well yet and you can't eat?"
"I ate it." Li Can said, eating a chopstick of three jade strands to prove it to her.
"If you don't like it, don't eat it. Auntie will take you to a restaurant to eat on the way back." Mrs. Lin rolled up her sleeves for her: "Don't force yourself."
I don't know if it's her imagination, but I always feel that this girl is worried, but if I look carefully, I can't see anything.
"I know." Li Can smiled and nodded.
"A Yao." Liu Zhenlian suddenly stood up.
Originally, the main hall was very lively with people drinking and drinking.
But Liu Zhenlian's loud voice attracted everyone to look over, and immediately few people said anything. Everyone wanted to see what the newly returned daughter of General Fuyuan wanted to do.
"Lianzi, what are you doing?" Xia Jieyao asked everyone to look at him. He was still dignified and well-behaved. He put his hands in front of him and spoke calmly.
At this time, a woman had already whispered to her daughter that Xia Jieyao's rules were the best in Dazheng, and asked her daughter to imitate Xia Jieyao more.
"We haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's have a drink for our reunion!" Liu Zhenlian stood up and raised the wine cup towards her.
Xia Jieyao also stood up, raised the wine cup gracefully, and said with a smile: "It's true that I haven't seen Sister Lianzi for a long time. I am very happy to see you again today. Come."
"Wait a minute." Liu Zhenlian stopped her and said with a smile: "Ah Yao is so happy to see me. Isn't it too interesting to eat fruit wine?"
Xia Jieyao was stunned for a moment, then understood that she was deliberately making things difficult, and then said: "I will get drunk if I eat strong wine..."
"Eat less, it will be fine." Liu Zhenlian advised her, and smiled: "With so many people watching, Ah Yao won't give me this little face, right?
Besides, Princess Changle's Mansion is like your home. If you get drunk, just go back to the courtyard to rest. What are you afraid of?
Am I right?"
"yes!"
"good!"
"That makes sense!"
Many girls had the courage to respond.
In fact, it is common for Xia Jieyao to have no friends among the noble ladies in the Imperial Capital. Many girls here do not like Xia Jieyao.
Because of Xia Jie Yao's good manners and manners, ladies from various families often compared her with their own daughters and scolded her. Over time, the girls no longer liked Xia Jie Yao.
If Xia Jieyao's rules were not so good, wouldn't they be scolded less?
Among them, there were several girls who felt jealous because of Zhao Jie's attitude towards Xia Jieyao.
For so many years, Zhao Zong was like the moon in the sky, out of reach and unattainable. No one could get close to him except Li Can.
Today, Zhao Ji actually listened to Xia Jieyao playing the piano and even praised Xia Jieyao's piano skills. Is this really a big deal?
All of them are ladies of the family, and they think they are no worse than Xia Jieyao. Besides, if Xia Jieyao had not climbed up to the Seventh Princess, given her background and being unpopular, how could it be her turn to be crown princess?
At this moment, they all unanimously forgot how they praised Xia Jieyao for his deep love.
Xia Jieyao couldn't help but look at Zhao Luan. She hoped that Zhao Luan would open his mouth and help her out.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Luan nodded slightly.
She remembered how well Liu Shenxun treated Yong'er, and how Xia Jieyao drank a glass of wine with Liu Zhenlian was nothing.
"good."
Xia Jieyao knew she couldn't put it down anymore, so she simply took out the wine cup again.
"Let me help you." Liu Zhenlian poured her a full cup of strong wine, raised the cup high and clinked glasses with her: "Here, take a gulp!"
Xia Jieyao raised the wine cup very neatly, raised her head and drank it all in one gulp.
"Refreshing!" Liu Zhenlian smiled and praised.
“Ms.
I met Miss Xia today, and she turned out to be even better than the rumors said. Su Su is willing to bow down and come to offer a cup to Miss Xia."
She raised the wine cup and faced Xia Jieyao. She was also the daughter of the Taifu, so she didn't believe that Xia Jieyao wouldn't give her this honor.
There was Zhou Xianru before, but it was because his father held military power that he had to enter the East Palace. What talents did Xia Jieyao have? What kind of family background did he have? Why is the Crown Prince so favorably favored?
She refuses to accept it!
Xia Jieyao couldn't help but paused when she saw that her wine cup was also filled with strong liquor.
However, Han Susu had already raised her head to drink the strong wine in the wine cup, and held the empty wine cup towards her.
Xia Jieyao didn't want to be rude, so she had to drink another cup.
"Miss Xia, I'll give you a cup too."
Another girl came out from between the seats.
Li Can took a look and realized that she recognized this girl, and so did Zhao Zong.
She glanced at Zhao Ye, who lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes. Sure enough, he didn't even look at Song Guangyao.
Song Guangyao is the niece of the Queen Mother.
When she was a child, she often met Song Guangyao in the palace. Zhao Ye never allowed her to play with Song Guangyao, and Zhao Ye himself ignored Song Guangyao.
Li Can didn't know where Song Guangyao offended Zhao Gong or why Zhao Gong did this, so he just listened to him obediently.
Now that she thinks about it, this thing is a bit strange. In her memory, Song Guangyao seems to have never done anything to feel sorry for Zhao Zong. Moreover, she was still very young at that time. Even if she did something, why is it worth remembering now?
"Miss Xia won't stop eating mine after eating their wine, right?" Song Guangyao asked with a smile.
"How could it be?" Xia Jieyao could barely maintain the decent smile on her face. If this continued, she would definitely get drunk.
Liu Zhenlian took the wine cup and returned to the banquet to sit down. She looked up and smiled as the girls took turns serving Xia Jieyao's wine.
She originally wanted to win over Xia Jieyao by herself, but she didn't expect that Xia Jieyao had already aroused public outrage and didn't even ask her to greet him, so the girls all came forward to help her.
Xia Jieyao ate a few more cups, knowing that if she continued like this, she would have to drink and eat until she was drunk.
If she was really drunk in public, how unbecoming would it be? When people mentioned her again, they would no longer praise her for her good manners and infatuation, but would laugh at her daughter for not drinking properly and actually falling drunk at the banquet.
How will she meet people in the future?
Soon, she pretended to be too drunk, held her forehead and apologized: "Mother, everyone, Ah Yao is rude. I am very dizzy. Let's go outside to disperse the alcohol smell."
"Go ahead." Zhao Luan was right, and explained with a smile: "Ah Yao seldom drinks wine on weekdays, but today she ate too much because she didn't want to ruin everyone's fun. She also forgot that everyone shouldn't make jokes."
As soon as she opened her mouth, no one refuted her, and everyone praised Xia Jie Yao.
But no one noticed that Liu Zhenlian raised her chin to the maid standing at the door, and the maid lowered her head and retreated into the darkness.
After serving the sour goat's blood soup, the banquet was about to break up when a chaotic sound suddenly came from the door. A maid ran in in panic and knelt in the middle of the main hall: "Your Highness, Miss Xia fell into the water by the lotus pond...
…”
"It's fine, how did you fall into the water?" Zhao Luan stood up suddenly: "Has anyone been rescued?"
"When I came, a maid had already gone down to the lotus pond." The maid hurried back.
"Go and have a look."
Zhao Luan should go out first.
All the guests in the main hall immediately rushed out to follow him.
Most of the people who come to the banquet are the family members of dignitaries. They often tell interesting stories to pass the time when they are free on weekdays. Now that there is such a lively event, naturally none of them want to miss it.
Li Can was led by Mrs. Lin and walked at the end of the crowd.
"Are you tired?" Seeing that she kept her little head hanging down and showing no energy, Mrs. Lin just thought she wanted to sleep: "I'll go tell the housekeeper and we'll go back."
"Okay." Li Can agreed obediently.
"Madam." Zhao Zhen followed.
"His Royal Highness." Mrs. Lin said her blessing and found that Li Can hadn't moved, so she hurriedly pulled her: "Xin'er, salute quickly."
Li Can was indifferent.
"No need." Zhao Ye glanced at Li Can and said, "The accounts have not been settled yet, so follow me back to the East Palace."
Li Can lowered his head and still had no reaction.
"Do you want to go, Xin'er?" Mrs. Lin saw this and gently pushed Li Can: "If you don't want to go, just tell me the reason."
She saw that the child seemed reluctant to go. Could it be that the two of them were at odds again?
No matter what, she felt sorry for Li Can. As long as Li Can told him a reason, she would take Li Can home even if he was lying.
"Go ahead, the accounts are my homework." Li Can let go of her hand, raised his eyes, and spoke a little slowly.
She didn't want to worry her aunt, she could handle the matter herself.
"Then go ahead." Ms. Lin took a closer look at her face and said, "If something happens, send someone home to call Auntie."
"Yes." Li Can nodded: "Auntie, don't worry."
Zhao Zhen stretched out his hand to hold her, but she avoided his hand and stepped over the threshold.
When she walked out of the corridor, she realized that it had started raining outside. Did God want to cry for her?
She tightened the hood on her cloak, walked straight to the tethering place, and got into her carriage.
Zhao Zong rode his horse and followed her not far or near.
When she arrived at the dormitory, Zhao Zong asked Tanggao and others to wait on her to take a bath first.
She came out from behind the screen with her wet hair loose, and sat on the soft couch. Zhao Xie took the long towel, stood behind her, and carefully wrung out her hair.
Everything was as usual, Li Can only felt bitter in his heart.
"You do the accounting first, and I'll take a bath." Zhao Zhen threw down his long scarf and went behind the screen.
"You all go down." Li Can ordered Tang Gai and the others.
"Slaves, go to the door and wait." Tang Cake replied, leading the servants out of the dormitory and closing the door.
Li Can stared at the two tightly closed doors, listened to the sound of water behind the screen, and was lost in thought for a while.
It seems that there is no need for her to stay in the East Palace.
She didn't know how to face Zhao Zong later.
She had no position to question Zhao Ye, and she had no right to be angry. Should she stay and pretend that nothing happened and continue to sleep with Zhao Ye?
She can't do it.
She really shouldn't be here.
She stood up, picked up her coat and put it on her body, but when she saw the complicated buttons, she gave up. She pulled off her coat and threw it aside, then took the cloak from the fumigator.
She was only wearing her middle coat and put her cloak directly on top.
When she walked to the door, she stretched out her hand and then retracted it. Tanggao and the others were at the door. They would definitely make a fuss when they saw her going out like this.
She stood for a moment, then turned around and walked to another door.
The East Sleeping Hall and the West Sleeping Hall are connected, with a large main hall separated in between. She opened the door and walked in.
The hall was dark, but fortunately, there was a lantern in the corridor that let in a faint light, which was just enough for her to stumble through the main hall and then walk out through the door of the west dormitory hall.
Everyone was guarding the door of the east dormitory, and the sound of rain drowned out her footsteps, so no one noticed her coming out.
She raised her eyes to look at the dark sky and stepped into the rain without hesitation.