Traveling through the mountains and fields to be leisurely

Chapter 261 Assassination at the State Banquet
"Your Highness, please!"

Although the wives in front all walked in order, Lan Lingxue herself was at the end. She thought of An Zhiyuan's grade, which was really not high in front of these wives. The sudden exposure of my identity, I think it’s better to keep a low profile, the cat is at the back, and when everyone is seated, I should be in the last few seats, so it’s not conspicuous, just go quietly, I can’t think of it, now it’s better, It turned out that everyone paid attention to her and sent her to her seat respectfully, Lan Lingxue felt like she had needles on her back and felt extremely uncomfortable.

The matter has come to this point, and it is already too late to avoid it. Lan Lingxue can only blame herself for not preparing enough in advance. She never thought that the wives' concept of rank would be so serious. If I knew it, I would have ranked first Mrs. Zuo Cheng agreed that she would not be allowed to reserve a seat. After thinking about it, Lan Lingxue had already calmly walked behind the ladies and sat down firmly in the first seat. The appearance, the imposing manner, absolutely overwhelm the crowd, Lan Lingxue settled down, and then she collected her mind, glanced around from the corner of her eye, and found that except the emperor's honorable guest, the rest of the people had already sat down , I was actually the last one to sit firmly, even Fanbang's distinguished guests had already arrived, and I was sitting neatly at the banquet in another row, and my treatment was too much—— Lan Lingxue smiled wryly, right here At that time, a person sat down next to her, she turned her head slightly, and seeing An Zhiyuan sitting over, Lan Lingxue immediately felt a lot more at ease.

"Why are you here? Didn't I just see that you ministers are sitting in the lower seats of the madam?"

Lan Lingxue lowered her voice as much as possible, and asked An Zhiyuan,
"How is it possible, no matter how low the status of the courtiers is, it is impossible to sit at the head of the wives, just to wait for the wives to sit at the table. Isn't this all sitting here? It is already a precedent for the wives to attend. How can it be possible for women to sit first and men to sit first?"

Well, Lan Lingxue simply dismissed these words, but this is really a reflection of the current environment, even if Lan Lingxue wants to refuse, she can't accept it.

"According to what you said, it is not legal for men and women to sit together, why is there an exception?"

This is simply discrimination, Lan Lingxue was full of resentment,

"Look at how people are sitting across the table. Fanbang's envoys always bring their wives with them. Since we are holding this state banquet to welcome them, we must respect their customs. On the one hand, it also shows the demeanor of our Wuxia Kingdom, but..."

An Zhiyuan moved closer, and said in a lower voice, Lan Lingxue blushed suddenly,

"My husband borrowed my wife's credit to be able to sit on the chief seat today. Thank you for my husband!"

Lan Lingxue gave him a sip, and she knew that he was thick-skinned. In such an occasion, there is still no serious person.
"His Royal Highness is here—"

Now everyone knows that the emperor is in poor health and the prince is in charge of the country, so this time the state banquet will naturally be attended by the prince on behalf of the emperor.

"The Crown Princess is here—"

The one who came out from behind His Royal Highness was a very pretty woman. When Lan Lingxue saw it, she felt a little familiar, but she found that An Zhiyuan's face was serious, and Lan Lingxue suddenly remembered that this beautiful woman The concubine was three to five points similar to her, especially the eyes, which were seven to eight points. Lan Lingxue had to sigh inwardly, no wonder An Zhiyuan was sullen.

Lan Lingxue quietly tugged on An Zhiyuan's skirt, signaling to him that there is no need to do this, the two of them only need to control their own hearts, how can they control other people's hearts, besides, the prince did not do anything out of the ordinary In everything, courtesy is the first priority. To An Zhiyuan, he also cherishes talents and people. He is very reused and close. He does not have any jealousy or suppression. He treats Lan Lingxue with courtesy and has enough respect. This is not easy for a prince, and a prince who has become a prince. No matter how much he thinks about Lan Lingxue, he has not exceeded the bottom line. What's more, when he knew Lan Lingxue, Lan Lingxue Lingxue is still unmarried, and the fact that the two of them can sit here peacefully at this time shows that the prince's character is not domineering. Seeing the two of them enjoying each other and being able to retreat completely, the prince's Forbearance and atmosphere can also be seen.

After the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess sat down, an internal official came forward and announced the start of the state banquet. Of course, the Crown Prince had to say a few words first.
"Today's state banquet is to entertain foreign envoys to show the friendship between our Wuxia Kingdom and other countries. Because the father is not in good health, this state banquet will be entertained by His Highness on behalf of the father. Come, let us raise our glasses and wish our countries friendship will last forever.”

The crown prince drank the wine in the glass first, and the following envoys and courtiers also drank the wine in the glass one by one. The maids behind him naturally came forward with winks and filled the wine glass.

"I don't talk about state affairs today, it's just a welcome banquet. The envoys and ministers from various countries can relax and relax. Come, let the dancers enter the palace for our friends in Fanbang, and show the enthusiasm of our Wuxia Kingdom. .”

As soon as the crown prince gave an order, dancers naturally entered the hall. For a moment, the hall was full of charming and enchanting figures.

Seeing that Fanshi and his wives were all watching intently, it can be seen that the dancers of Wuxia Kingdom are still very lethal. Lan Lingxue was also very shocked. Speaking of the clothes of these dancers, they are carefully designed. When they pose collectively, these dresses will be combined into a large lotus flower, which is extremely beautiful, and when worn alone on each person, They all have their own style, everyone is a lotus-shaped dress, but they have different shapes, some are half-open, some are fully open, and some are flower-boned. Those body movements with a high degree of difficulty are simply dizzying, and she refuses to look away. When Lan Lingxue is concentrating on enjoying the dance, she always feels that someone is watching her. Looking in the direction of the prince with a premonition, sure enough, the prince was looking at her. Lan Lingxue was about to turn her gaze away, when she saw the prince veiled her thumbs in her direction, and then showed a smile of approval .

Lan Lingxue froze for a moment, and subconsciously turned her head to look at An Zhiyuan. An Zhiyuan stared straight ahead, as if he didn't see her looking over, but lowered his voice and said to Lan Lingxue,
"I'm praising your performance in the side hall."

oh?Lan Lingxue was very surprised,
"You know? He knows too? What happened in the side hall?"

No matter how smart Lan Lingxue is, she never thought that in such a heavily guarded palace, news would spread so quickly, so what secrets are there in this palace? It's just a funnel.
"Not everyone can get the news."

An Zhiyuan's words were spoken more softly. Lan Lingxue also knew that this was not a place to talk about this topic, so she could only look back at the prince pretending to be calm, and returned a shallow smile with the corners of her mouth bent, and then said again. Turn your gaze to the singing and dancing in the middle of the hall, and never look back.

The prince looked at Lan Lingxue's appearance, and couldn't help laughing. Although she was a very smart woman, her simplicity and innocence made the prince feel that it was the most rare thing. Becoming a wealthy landlady, from a low-status farming girl to a prominent princess today, she has never lost her kindness and simplicity. This is not something ordinary people can do, even if she has never The prince became a prince, and there was a slight change in his heart. Only this woman was still the same as before. This should be the place that moved his heart the most. Seeing her wearing the beautiful dress he sent over, the whole person felt so excited. Looking even more beautiful, the prince's heart couldn't help but thump again, he quickly turned his eyes around, and put his mind back on the banquet.

"Come on, let the palace servants give you wine, I want to have a few drinks with the envoys."

The prince signaled to the palace people behind him to have a conversation at the banquet of the envoys, and then he saw the palace people pouring wine for the envoys with wine jugs. Naturally, the envoys were all drinking to the brim. At this time, one of the envoys stood up and said in blunt Chinese,

"Prince, let us also offer some blessings to the banquet, and wish the friendship between our two countries last forever."

Although the words were not very clear, but after coherently speaking, the prince still understood what he wanted to express, so he readily agreed and raised his hand to signal that the dancers in the center of the hall stepped back and asked the envoy to perform. The envoy turned to the back of the main hall and ordered a few words in Mandarin, and there was a similar answer. Lan Lingxue unexpectedly discovered that it was English. Although it could not be exactly the same as the current English, the similarity reached 80.00 %, this surprised her very much, and she was also very pleasantly surprised. How long has it been since she heard such a conversation?

The envoys also brought dances, but their costumes made the ministers and wives dizzy at first. Both men and women were bare-armed. Fortunately, they were still wearing clothes, which made the prince feel relieved. , Immediately afterwards, the drum beat sounded, and the dance of these people was much rougher. Compared with Wu Xiaguo's soft and beautiful dance just now, it was really in sharp contrast, but it was precisely because of this contrast that everyone watched it with relish. Twisting her waist and swinging her hips, opening and closing, Lan Lingxue almost suspected that she had returned to modern times, but at this moment, Lan Lingxue suddenly heard someone shouted in the group of dancers, Everyone thought it was a chant for the dance, but Lan Lingxue yelled,
"Be careful--"

Standing up and rushing towards the prince, when Lan Lingxue moved, the group of dancers also moved, but they didn't expect that someone could reach out so quickly. The reason is that Lan Lingxue's sense of smell, hearing, and mobility are different from ordinary people, and she is very fast. However, she is fast, and An Zhiyuan is not slow. This is mainly because he put all his energy on Lan Lingxue. At the same time as it started, An Zhiyuan also moved.

(End of this chapter)