There are lovers in the world

Chapter 22

Most of the banquet was over, and the ministers raised their glasses to celebrate, and A Ruan could only sit on the table and hope that the time would pass faster.

The singing and dancing in the audience was not yet fully enjoyed, the dancers and singers changed batch after batch, but fortunately, Xia Yi was focused on A Ruan, he always paid attention to A Ruan's face, even if he forced a smile, but he It is still visible.

Ah Ruan... is really strong and works very hard to be his wife, her role.

Xia Yize's big hand was attached to Ah Ruan's small hand that was pinched into a ball, and he gave her a gentle look, and Ah Ruan looked at him with confidence.

Not long after, the palace music fell down again, and another clear piece of music was changed, and then eight dancers with peach blossom faces came up, not only the dance was much more enchanting than before, even the dress was in accordance with the style of the foreign race to reveal the female Delicate waist.

Xia Yi frowned instantly, and his eyes immediately fell on the eight women, with serious expressions that could kill people.

Ah Ruan saw it, the eight women in the audience would give Xia Yi a glance every time they changed the lead dance. If it was normal, she would have pointed at them angrily and said: "What are you looking at! No! Look! Yi Ze does not belong to your family!"

It's just that it can't be done today, not only the servant girl's repeated warnings, but also Xia Yize's serious expression made her calm down.

This expression...she only saw him when he sensed monsters around him...

Unable to contact Wen Renyu, Ah Ruan was anxious again, remembering that there was Ahri beside her, so she immediately put Ahri down.

Ari got the order, and immediately rushed down to check the monster's breath.

The steps of the dancers in the audience were strong and powerful. After the formation changed, they formed a circle with the music. The lead dancer in the middle was already supported by the sisters around him. Just as he was about to raise his sleeves, he saw a ball Black and furry things were scurrying underground.

The lead dancer lost his balance all of a sudden, and the other seven girls around him also secretly felt something was wrong. They noticed that there was a furry thing running around under their feet, and the next moment they fell off the dancer in the middle, and the other seven girls also led each other. fell down.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Ah Li ran back under Ah Ruan's sleeves in a panic, pretending nothing happened.

Xia Yi was still wondering why these women were unsteady in their steps, but when he saw Ari's small figure, he understood everything...

The hall fell silent all of a sudden. After the palace music stopped, the eight dancers immediately reacted and hurriedly knelt down, saying in unison: "The emperor forgives me—"

The important point is that several senior ministers in the front row also hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty. Several veteran senior ministers had already knelt down, and the rest of the ministers also knelt down, although they didn't know why.

Xia Yi sat in the hall calmly, remained silent all the time, quietly looking at the white jade wine glass in his hand, the coldness revealed in his eyes made anyone who saw it fearful.

After a long silence, Xia Yi stood up, and A Ruan also stood up.

"The empress is not feeling well, so go back to the palace to rest on your own. I heard that the empress is on good terms with you, this time I will trouble you to send the empress back to the palace."

Xia Yi's solemn voice echoed in the empty hall, Wen Renyu frowned and quickly realized, "This subordinate obeys the order."

But Ah Ruan understood what he said, did he drive him away?The hall was so quiet that you could even hear a needle drop, Xia Yize's face was so gloomy that he didn't dare let anyone approach him, Ah Ruan was suddenly in a daze and didn't know what to say.

The previous maid never told her about such a thing, and...she did it to let Ari go down, and she hasn't explained it yet...She wants to say sorry...

Ah Ruan stared blankly at Xia Yize, completely confused about the situation.

"Go back first." Xia Yi said softly again.

The maid beside him pushed Ah Ruan secretly, and kept looking at him. Ah Ruan saw that the maid had already made a gesture of accepting the gift, and Wen Renyu was already tugging on his sleeve. The next can only follow suit.

Ah Ruan saluted and retreated, and seeing Ah Ruan being helped away, Xia Yi returned to the stern expression just now, with a chill on the corner of his mouth, and said, "The gentlemen have worked hard."

When the ministers below heard this, they immediately kowtowed and confessed, "Your Majesty, forgive me—"

"Forgive me?! I think you are all against each other!"

Pa——Xia Yi smashed the white jade wine glass in his hand, this action startled all the guards, maidservants and musicians in the hall, and they all knelt down.

"Ah!" Ah Ruan, who had just walked not far away, clearly heard the sound of the cup being thrown, "It's Yi Ze!"

Ah Ruan turned around and wanted to go back, but was stopped by Wen Renyu, "Sister Ruan, you better not go back, Yi sent you away because he didn't want you to be present."

"But Yize is angry. Sister Wenren, I have to go back. Well... At worst, I'll just eavesdrop at the side door, and I won't let Yize find out."

Regardless of Wen Renyu and the maid's obstruction, Ah Ruan ran back again and hid secretly behind the side door. He could see everything in the hall from the crack of the door and could hear Xia Yize's words clearly.

The maidservant was so frightened that her legs started to shake, and the woman who dared to lie down under the hall to eavesdrop on the emperor's speech, the woman in front of her was still No.1.Although the queen is a good master, she would rather not have taken up this job. Today, Longyan was furious, and she was responsible for sending the queen back to the bedroom. In the end, not only did she not send the queen back, but she even went back to the high hall to listen to the soundproof words?Thinking about it makes me feel terrible, the servant girl is very restless...

"Your Highness, shall we go back?" the maid begged softly.

"Please, just let me listen to it. After listening, Ah Ruan will go back immediately~I promise~" Ah Ruan's voice is so sweet and sticky that people don't want to refuse, and the servant girl has no choice but to stand by After death, I hope that A Ruan can be sent back before the emperor returns to the palace.

"Your Majesty forgive me—" the voices of the ministers came from the hall again, and Ah Ruan put his ears closer to the door.

"Prime Minister Li, Shangshu Sun, if I remember correctly, have I ever told you not to meddle in my private affairs?"

Hey, Ah Ruan was puzzled in his ears when he heard these words, "What does Yi Ze mean?..."

"The little girl is not good at dancing, she angered the emperor, I hope the emperor will punish her."

One person said, and the others followed suit and said, "I hope the emperor will punish—"

Xia Yi was angry in his heart, it was clear that he was going to confront him!

Ah Ruan blinked her big eyes, but she still didn't understand the whole thing, so she turned her head and asked the maid: "What's the matter? Is there an old man's daughter in the dance just now? It's okay if you fell down, Yi shouldn't." Why are you so angry?..."

The maid stomped her feet angrily, is her queen really stupid? "Your Highness, you don't know that it is very difficult for a minister's daughter to perform dances in front of the imperial court. And today is the second day after the emperor and you have a dark night. They, veteran officials, dare to arrange their daughters to perform dances in the palace, and they have three times. Arranging their own daughters to enter the palace over and over again, this is simply not paying attention to the emperor. Besides, performing dances means letting the emperor accept concubines from them, and what they are doing is forcing the emperor to choose a concubine as soon as possible."

Wen Renyu was taken aback for a moment, he never thought that the women who danced just now were the daughters of ministers, he thought they were all well-trained dancers in the palace.

Choose a concubine... Choose a concubine? !

She was worried about this a few days ago, but with Xia Yi caring for her every day, she has gradually forgotten it...

Think about the woman who led the dance just now, isn't it the same woman who called Ari a beast on the first day she entered the palace?

She remembered that from that day on, there was talk about dancing. She was so angry that she danced in front of Xia Yize and told him not to watch other girls dance for him.

Later, before nightfall, she heard about the harem again, but Xia Yi said that she wanted to solve it, so she didn't think about it.

And today...a dance in front of the hall...

Ah Ruan understood everything. For so long, from the first day she entered the palace until now, there was always a plan lingering around her, but she didn't understand it.

As if her head had been gouged with a sledgehammer, Ah Ruan's mind was momentarily dazed, and she felt afraid after connecting all the plots together carefully.

Perhaps she had been crying at a loss for a long time before, but Ah Ruan was very calm today...

"Your Highness, let's go, the emperor will take care of this matter." Seeing A Ruan in a daze, the maid could not help persuading her distressedly. Anyway, there are many women in this palace, surrounded by men like A Ruan who think about their future. Seeing thousands of concubines, and being just one of them, she became overwhelmed. After a few months, when the concubine was accepted and the matter was settled, these women would all want to leave.

Besides, her master is the queen, who is different from the daughters of the ministers outside. Thinking about it this way, is there any dissatisfaction with this dazed woman in front of her?

"Your Highness, let's go..." the maid persuaded again.

"I'm not leaving!" Ah Ruan said suddenly, the maid was startled, and after pushing Wen Renyu away, seeing that Ah Ruan seemed to be determined, she walked towards the main hall.