Tao Yao knew that her uncle and aunt would also be coming to the palace banquet today, so after sitting down next to the eldest princess, she turned around and looked for Tao Tian and Mrs. Li.

Li's eyes happened to look over, and when they met Tao Yao's eyes, she froze for a moment, and then smiled at her nonchalantly.

Seeing this, Tao Yao also smiled.

At this moment, she noticed a gaze falling on her.

She froze for a moment, turned her head to look, and happened to meet Jing Wen's eyes that seemed to have been poisoned.

From Tao Yao's point of view, Jing Wen made no secret of her hatred and disgust for her.

Tao Yao frowned.

I don't understand how I offended her?
"Don't pay attention to that crazy girl, she's just spoiled." The eldest princess also saw Jing Wen's unkind eyes on Tao Yao, patted Tao Yao's hand, and comforted her.

Tao Yao shook her head indifferently, "I know."

Not long after, the palace banquet began, and the ladies in the palace filed in with delicacies and wines.

Immediately afterwards, the beautiful silk and bamboo orchestra also sounded, and beautiful dancers danced in the hall.

When the atmosphere was lively, Princess Jingwen suddenly stood up and said: "Father, today is such a good day, my son and Mrs. Lu Guogong have prepared a performance for the imperial concubine to celebrate, and I hope that my son and Lu Guogong will be happy." Madame is performing at the banquet."

Tao Yao: "..."

When did she prepare the show with her?

The eldest princess looked at her in surprise.

The others looked the same.

The emperor asked with interest: "What performance?"

"Putting the pot!" Princess Jingwen said with the corners of her lips curled up, while she looked at Tao Yao contemptuously.

Tao Yao came to her senses and knew that Jing Wen did it on purpose, just to make her look ugly in the hall.

And if she doesn't admit it, Jingwen will definitely say, did she change her mind temporarily because of stage fright?
In this way, she will also lose face.

And if she really performed on stage, she would not only make a fool of herself, but also flatter and flatter the imperial concubine, which would be detrimental to Duke Lu's government.

In a flash of thought, she picked up the wine glass, drank it all in one gulp, then supported her head, and said with a look of intoxication: "Princess Jingwen's skill in throwing pots is unmatched in the entire capital.

Today, Princess Jingwen is mainly performing arts for the imperial concubine, so there is no need for the minister's wife to add superfluous things.

What's more, the minister's wife was greedy for drinking and drank a few more glasses of wine. At this moment, her alcoholism is on the rise, which will make everyone laugh. "

Her skin was fair, and after drinking, her face immediately turned red, and she looked a little drunk.

When the emperor saw this, he waved his hand and said, "Since Mrs. Lu is drunk, don't force yourself. Jingwen, since you want to show the imperial concubine your pot-throwing skills, let's start."

When Jing Wen heard this, she almost exploded in anger.

She glared fiercely at Tao Yao.

Tao Yao smiled innocently at her.

Jingwen looked at her face, wishing she could tear it to pieces, but unfortunately, her father was still watching, and she couldn't speak anymore, so she could only hold her breath and perform on stage.

While eating, Tao Yao watched her perform pot throwing with great interest.

Although Jingwen is annoying, her pot-throwing skills are really not bad.

Almost every arrow went into the jug.

The audience applauded.

"Princess Jingwen's pot-throwing skill is really amazing!" Tao Yao sincerely praised.

The Eldest Princess is a wise person. When Tao Yao refused to perform on stage because she was drunk, she knew that Jing Wen was deliberately targeting Tao Yao.

At this time, hearing Tao Yao's praise for Jing Wen, she patted her hands and said helplessly, "It would be great if her temperament is as good as her skills."

After hearing this, Tao Yao took it for granted.

When Jing Wen heard the applause from the whole hall, the depression just now faded a lot.

In addition, the emperor and imperial concubine praised her in public one after another, and her mood suddenly improved.

But when she returned to her seat, she looked at Tao Yao with deep meaning in her eyes.

Tao Yao ignored her and ate by herself.

But Jingwen's ghost lingered, and she couldn't make her embarrassing in public, as if she would not give up.

She came over with a wine jug and a wine glass.

"Tao Yao, I will call you Aunt Nine soon. As your junior, I would like to offer you a toast through today's palace banquet."

After finishing speaking, she took the jug by herself, filled Tao Yao's glass with wine, and then poured herself another glass.

Before Tao Yao could refuse, she had already picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. At the end, she showed her the empty glass.

Tao Yao froze.

Jingwen brought it over and toasted her. If there was no poison in the wine, she would not believe it.

Thinking about it, she pretended to be flattered, and hurried to get the wine glass, but accidentally brought the wine glass down.

"Oh, look at my clumsy hands and feet." She blamed herself, and quickly fixed the glass, "Fortunately, the wine at today's banquet is the same."

As she said that, she picked up the jug on her table, poured herself a glass again, and then raised the glass and said, "Thanks to Princess Jingwen for calling my wife Ninth Aunt, this glass of wine, whatever you say, I will do it too .”

After all, she drank it all in one gulp, so fast that Princess Jingwen couldn't react at all.

"Princess?" Tao Yao also pointed the bottom of the cup at her.

Princess Jingwen came back to her senses, looked at the pool of wine stains on the low table in front of her, her complexion was so blue that she couldn't speak.

She took the flagon and turned away without saying a word.

The eldest princess frowned.

This kid is really getting more and more crazy.

She took off the silver hairpin from her head and put it in the wine stains on the table in front of Tao Yao.

Seeing that the hairpin didn't turn black, she was vaguely relieved.

It seems that she was thinking too much, no matter how domineering that girl is, she should not have the intention of poisoning others.

Seeing her actions, Tao Yao froze for a while.

Unexpectedly, the eldest princess also suspected that there was poison in the wine.

But there are some poisons, which cannot be tested with silver hairpins.

And she didn't think that Princess Jingwen would dare to inflict such obvious poison.

Thinking about it, she took out the handkerchief from her sleeve, and by wiping the table, absorbed all the wine into the handkerchief, and then stuffed it into the sleeve.

If there is any problem, she will go back and ask someone to check.

After the palace banquet was over, Tao Yao left the palace with Princess Dachang and Duke Chen.

"Yaoyao, come to the house to accompany the old lady tomorrow." Before getting into the carriage, the Eldest Princess held Tao Yao's hand and instructed.

"I will." Tao Yao smiled and nodded.

As soon as the Eldest Princess left, Tao Yao was about to get into the carriage, when suddenly someone patted her on the shoulder from behind, "Tao Yao!"

Tao Yao turned her head and saw that it was Wu Yiren, she was instantly happy, "Yiren." Then she greeted Ping Xihou beside her, "Ping Xihou."

Ping Xihou nodded, took Wu Yiren's hand, and was about to leave, but Wu Yiren broke free from his hand, "Go back by yourself, I want to stay at Tao Yao's place tonight."

Ping Xihou hesitated, "Impossible."

"Tao Yao didn't say no, why did you say no?" Wu Yiren said angrily.

"Because I am your husband-in-law." Ping Xihou was very displeased.

This woman usually acts as a domineering figure in the mansion, but outside, she is also so presumptuous, and she is not taken seriously at all.

"I'm going, you don't care about it." Wu Yiren said, and suddenly quickly climbed into Tao Yao's carriage.

Tao Yao: "..."

How come no one asked her opinion?

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