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Chapter 242 Long Live the Princess (22)

After coming down, we arrived at Chenghe Hall where the celebration banquet was held.

Before Xixi and the Queen Mother entered the palace, they heard noisy voices from inside, both men and women.

Although the words are elegant, it is difficult to conceal the fact that they use elegant words to scold each other.

"The empress dowager is here, the eldest princess is here." The eunuch's sharp voice made the people inside instantly quiet down. , looking at the entrance of Chenghe Hall.

Yuxi followed the Queen Mother and slowly entered the Hall of Chenghe. Inside, the emperor and some famous concubines had not yet arrived, only some concubines who were not very favored, dressed very beautifully, and wanted to take this opportunity to win the emperor's favor .

Seeing Yu Xi and the Queen Mother coming in, a group of people stood up together, "I have seen the Empress Dowager, Your Highness the Eldest Princess."

Almost all the officials inside have come, because it is only a celebration banquet, so they are allowed to bring their family members, so no matter whether it is a male official or a female official, as long as they are married, they will bring their own family members with them.

Weichen is naturally what those officials call themselves, and those who claim to be ministers' wives and humble people are all people in the inner chambers of those officials.

"My dear friends, you don't need to be too polite. Today is a private banquet. The emperor's original intention is to have fun with the people. You don't have to be too rigid about etiquette, just do it rashly." The queen mother waved her sleeves lightly, with a smile Walking to the seat on the high platform, and sitting down slowly, there is such an aura of dominion over the world.

Although the empress dowager let the words go, there is no lack of etiquette, "Thank you, empress dowager, Long En."

The officials sat back in their seats. Although the Empress Dowager said that there is no need to be too rigid about etiquette, this group of officials still restrained themselves a lot and did not blatantly scold each other in the street as before.

It's just that although they didn't scold each other anymore, they couldn't sit still, they always wanted to find something to do, no, the idea hit Yu Xi in the blink of an eye.

The prime minister sitting in the first row at the bottom looked around, and finally his eyes fixed on Yuxi. He looked at Yuxi for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Why did the eldest princess come here alone, and I don't know where the son-in-law is?"

Xi Xi was originally burying her head in eating grapes, but when she was asked such a question suddenly, she raised her head and looked around in a daze.

Most of the officials who came to the banquet brought their families, except for a few unmarried, or those with bad family relations who did not bring their families, and the rest brought their families.

Compared with this, it seems a bit out of place to be married without concubine concubine.

Xixi swallowed the grapes in her mouth, rolled her eyes, and just thought of a way to deal with it, the eunuch's sharp voice came from outside the door.

"Princess Dening has arrived, and the editor-in-chief An Jingchen has arrived."

As soon as the eunuch's voice came out, the people in the room fell into a dead silence, and then became noisy again.

"An Jingchen, editor in the palace, isn't this the eldest princess' son-in-law? Why did he come with the third highness?"

"I don't know either. It's a good celebration banquet. The eldest princess came alone, but his son-in-law came with the third princess. Isn't this a violation of etiquette?"

"Who knows, I have never heard of the news that the eldest princess and the son-in-law are at odds. Could it be that the eldest princess was seriously injured and unable to move, in order to thank the third highness for saving her life, she sent the son-in-law to take care of the third highness?" Bian The last official put forward an opinion that he could barely agree with, and a bunch of people around him echoed it.

"Maybe that's the case. It's not impossible that the Eldest Princess and the sisters of the Third Highness are deeply in love, but it's just that this approach is still inappropriate."

"..."

The people below still wanted to discuss something, but Shangguan Ningxin brought An Jingchen in, and the one who came in with them was His Majesty the Emperor, and now the Chenghe Palace returned to dead silence.

"My minister sees Your Majesty, please punish me." Whoever was the first to shout, everyone knelt down in unison.

In private, the officials looked at me and I looked at yours, complaining in their hearts to the eunuch who notified him, why he didn't tell them the news that His Majesty was coming, and let them be so ugly for nothing.

The emperor walked to the center slowly, looked at the officials kneeling in a circle, and sneered softly, "Get up, you guys, you are like gossips every day, you don't have the bearing that officials should have, if your These thoughts for gossip are put above the people of Liming, and the official ranks do not know how much they have been promoted."

"Today is the celebration banquet for Princess Dening, not in the court hall. You don't have to be cautious, just relax." After the emperor finished speaking, he strode towards the highest seat.

Shangguan Ningxin and An Jingchen who were following behind also followed quickly.

Originally, she thought that An Jincheng would sit next to Shangguan Ningxin, but she never thought that after Shangguan Ningxin sat down, An Jingchen came straight to her side.

Because according to the rank, Shangguan Ningxin and Yuxi are seated next to each other. Shangguan Ningxin wants to bow down to Yuxi, but it is only a few steps away. An Jingchen came to the seat made by Yuxi in a few strides. , and sat down.

"Wu Wang, have you ever missed me? I don't see you every day like three autumns. I miss you so much." An Jingchen looked at Xixi sitting on the chair, smiling like a child who got candy.

Yuxi glanced at An Jingchen who was sitting on the ground, and decisively withdrew her eyes.

Because except for the emperor's table which is relatively high, the tables of the rest of the officials are all descending in descending order according to their grades. Although Yu Xi is the eldest princess, the table is only half a meter high. An Jingchen can only kneel on the mat on the ground to eat .

Even Ning Xin, the Shangguan next to her, knelt on the ground, staring at the food in front of her without moving, looking at Xi Xi who had been eating, with a bit of disdain in her eyes.

Yuxi glanced at Shangguan Ningxin, then looked away and continued eating.

mmp, I don't know how long it will take for this banquet to end, isn't it just waiting to be drunk and drink the northwest wind?
She didn't know whether Shangguan Ningxin ate or not, but she didn't eat much. If she kept putting on airs like this, they would have to drink in a while.

I have injuries and I am a supporting role, so I can find reasons to refuse, but Shangguan Ningxin, who is the protagonist, must be their main object of care.

Drinking on an empty stomach is the most deadly. Not only does it have great stamina, but it is also easy to get drunk, and it is especially harmful to the body.

She wanted to see how long Shangguan Ningxin's airs would last.

At that time, she will regret it.

The emperor came, and the rest of the concubines also arrived one after another, and the celebration banquet officially began.

As a celebration banquet, it must be to praise Shangguan Ningxin, the great hero who saved the eldest princess and wiped out a team of bandits.

Eunuch Fu Kuan took the imperial decree and read it out, and a series of compliments and rewards came down, making the people below look sideways, envious, and sent congratulatory eyes to the official Ning Xin.

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(End of this chapter)