Chapter 138 It turns out they are all chess pieces
"His Royal Highness King Zhao saved Luo Jiuli regardless of danger on the street. It seems that His Highness King Zhao wants to get her forgiveness and hope to reunite."
No, it can't be done. She has been thinking about His Highness Prince Zhao for so many years, and now she finally has the opportunity. She will never let the opportunity disappear before her eyes again.
Her fingers were curled together tightly in the wide sleeves of her robe, and the sharp palms pierced hard into the white and delicate palms, but she felt no pain.
King Zhao's silky eyes were always glued to Luo Jiuli's body, which made her feel piercing pain.
She put away her eyes full of jealousy, looked at Luo Jiuli's wine glass calmly, and then looked at Shen Miaoqian next to Luo Jiuli calmly.
Luo Jiuli had long felt the unkind glances directed at her, but she still pretended as if nothing had happened.
Now that she has entered this dragon's pond and tiger's den, she naturally has to lure out all the demons and ghosts, so that she can know what their plans are for her.
Not far away, the Duke's wife looked over. Luo Jiuli could clearly see a kind of worry and contemplation on her mother's eyebrows that she could understand. She smiled slightly and signaled her mother not to worry.
"Sister Li, this fruit wine is really delicious. It's so sweet without the bitterness of wine."
Beside her, Shen Miao looked like a dodder flower, she smiled softly, picked up the wine pot and poured herself a glass, then pointed the spout towards Luo Jiuli's wine glass.
"Sister Li, I'll fill it up for you."
Luo Jiuli wanted to say no, but the wine had slowly flowed out. She glanced at Shen Miaoqian lightly and then calmly closed her hand.
On the side, Lu Xiyun curled her lips and snorted.
"Sure enough, I come from a small family, but am I ignorant and want to drink fruit wine? It would be a waste to give you spring flowers to drink like this."
Lu Xiyun's voice was not loud, but Shen Miaoqian could still hear it clearly through Luo Jiuli.
There was a hint of nervousness on Shen Miaoqian's face, and she held her skirt with her fingers.
"Princess Xiyun is talking about my daughter. She has just returned to the capital not long ago. She really doesn't know much about the good things in the capital."
Ahead, another noble lady turned back and smiled disdainfully.
"Princess Xiyun is very knowledgeable. I have heard that the spring flowers are introduced into the wine mother with plum blossoms and fine plums in the cold winter, and then buried in the plum blossom forest. When the plum blossoms bloom and fall , the winter snow melts, and the peonies cannot bloom until the next year, hence the name spring flower."
"It's such a good wine, but it's really a waste if it's given to some people."
The noble lady glanced at Shen Miaoqian and rolled her eyes at Luo Jiuli, then turned around and stopped looking at them.
This made Luo Jiuli raise his eyebrows involuntarily.
Shen Miaoqian smiled bitterly, the tension on her face became a bit more tense, and her eyes showed a slight fear as she picked up the wine glass.
"It's true that I am ignorant. I would like to thank the princess for your generous advice, and please give her a favor."
When Lu Xiyun saw her like this, she frowned imperceptibly, but she still picked up the wine glass.
"Are you the second lady of Editor Shen's family in the Hanlin Academy?"
"yes."
"Well, this princess is quite familiar with your sister."
Lu Xiyun held the wine glass neither high nor low, neither far nor near. She brought it to her mouth and took a light sip. The small amount of wine had already reached the bottom.
Shen Miaoqian took a look and hurriedly carried the wine bottle across Luo Jiuli to pour wine for Lu Xiyun.
Luo Jiuli didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, his face was calm, his eyes were unwavering as he watched Shen Miaoqian suddenly become humble and cowardly, and he also watched the arrogant Lu Xiyun actually treat a Hanlin Academy Editor Shen. The second lady is interested.
This is intriguing.
After Shen Miaoqian finished pouring the wine for Lu Xiyun, she picked up the wine glass.
"It's my first time back in the capital, and it's also my first time attending a palace banquet. I'm really happy tonight. Not only did I get to know Sister Li, but I also got to know Princess Xiyun."
"Sister Li, I also want to toast to sister, because she is the first person to talk to me at this palace banquet."
A trace of deep thought flashed through Luo Jiuli's eyes. He calmly picked up the wine glass and slowly brought it to his mouth. The wine tasted lighter than the previous one.
What was the specific reason? Luo Jiuli sneered in his heart, knowing that he couldn't drink this wine.
She originally thought that Lu Xiyun sitting next to her was the one she needed to be wary of the most, but she didn't expect that there was more than one Lu Xiyun she needed to watch out for.
What does it mean to confuse people, what does it mean to cover people's ears and eyes, what does it mean to hide from the truth.
Tonight, she finally saw it.
In order to deal with her, those people really took great pains.
What she didn't expect was that Shen Miaoqian didn't know that her sister Shen Miaoqing once had a relationship with her eldest brother.
What is the reason for uniting these people to deal with her?
"Sister Li, why don't you drink?"
Shen Miaoqian stared at her big black and white innocent eyes, seemingly not as nervous as she was towards Lu Xiyun just now.
Luo Jiuli looked at her, narrowed his eyes and smiled, took a sip slowly, and then put down the glass.
On the side, Lu Xiyun saw that she had drank, her slightly sweaty palms slowly loosened her grip, and she pursed her lips slightly.
Shen Miaoqian also withdrew her gaze and looked towards the high platform.
Luo Jiuli's face was expressionless, and he calmly wiped the corners of his mouth with a silk handkerchief, and soaked all the wine in his mouth that he had not swallowed into the handkerchief.
Then he looked at the wine on the table. He couldn't keep this wine and had to deal with it as soon as possible.
In fact, it wasn't just Luo Jiuli who wanted to deal with it as soon as possible.
Lu Xiyun watched Luo Jiuli drink the wine and winked at Shen Miaoqian calmly.
Mrs. Hu once said that just one sip of this wine can make a person delirious and make him feel like he is in a state of ice and fire.
Shen Miaoqian curled her lips and picked up candied dates from the tables in front.
"Sister Li, try it quickly. These candied dates are sweet, soft and glutinous. They are very delicious."
As he said that, he handed over the candied dates, his elbow almost touching the wine glass. Luo Jiuli also followed his trick and took the small bowl to catch it. One deliberately dropped the candied dates, and the other dropped the small bowl intentionally.
"oops."
The wine glass that was originally placed on the edge of the table also fell down at the right time, half of the wine spilled on Luo Jiuli's skirt, and the other half spilled on Shen Miaoqian's skirt.
Shen Miaoqian was startled, panicked and apologized hastily.
"Sister Li, I'm really sorry. I was too careless. How can this be so good?"
"it's okay no problem."
Luo Jiuli waved his hand. It was obvious that Shen Miaoqian did it on purpose. He wanted her to drink it but didn't want to leave any clues.
At this time, Su Xinrou's red makeup dance on the high platform had also finished, and everyone in the imperial garden looked behind the female family members.
"What's wrong?"
It was the voice of the Queen Mother.
On the side, Lu Xiyun stood up and saluted.
"Replying to the Queen Mother, the wine spilled on the skirts of Miss Luo Er and Shen Er."
The Queen Mother understood.
"In that case, let's take the two ladies to change into clean clothes."
The Queen Mother spoke, and a palace maid immediately came forward to guide the way. Luo Jiuli thanked the Queen Mother for her kindness, and left the Imperial Garden with Shen Miaoqian.