After I was reborn, I became Mrs. Chief Assistant

Chapter 107

Yun Zhuo and Pei Wanyin walked for a while, and did not go to Jiyu Palace until the banquet was about to start.

As soon as he entered the main hall, Yun Zhuo saw Xie Jie.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty sat in the left row in official uniforms, pushing cups and changing cups, or bowing their heads and whispering. Only Xie Jie, dressed in white, sat at the head of the row, clear and cold, as if he had nothing to do with the excitement relation.

She said goodbye to Pei Wanyin, and sat down in the empty seat next to Wen's.Wen Shi was joking with the lady next to him, but when he saw Yun Zhuo coming, he stopped talking and asked where Yun Zhuo had gone.

Yun Zhuo said: "Walking around."

"Just now the emperor personally awarded the top three winners of the Zhanglu Banquet. If you are not here, your brother will accept it for you. It is a jade ruyi, and 6000 taels of silver." Wen whispered to her, and motioned her to watch the case Yu Ruyi on it.

It was only then that Yun Zhuo noticed that on the food table in front of him, in addition to the high-foot plate with lotus root, lotus root, ink, plum blossom and bird picture, which contained fruit snacks, there was also a tray carved with red lacquer and lotus patterns, which contained a handle of green jade. As one wishes.

Yun Zhuo glanced at it and then looked away. Later, he felt that it was getting in the way on the food table, so he handed the tray to Hong Xiu, so that she could carry it comfortably. Of course, if she was tired, she could just stuff Yu Ruyi into her sleeve.

Zhao Yuying looked at Yu Ruyi in the hands of the maid behind Yun Zhuo, and her eyes were bleeding with hatred.

Why is she!
Yunzhuo sat cross-legged in front of the food table, with her back straight, and a little girl sat on her right, with a red gold inlaid necklace around her neck, two buns on her head, and butterflies and flowers cut out of silk. The hair rope forms a circle around the bun, which adds two points of innocence to the little girl.

The little girl is the youngest daughter of the Minister of War, and she is holding Yun Zhuo's sleeve: "I heard they say that you are very powerful, is it true?"

With a pair of obsidian-like eyes embedded in the round face, Yun Zhuo's heart almost melted immediately.She imitated the little girl's childish voice and answered her: "I'm not very good either."

"Yeah, the first thing you can say is that you are very powerful. You are obviously very powerful, but you lied to me!"

"But I don't think I'm very powerful." She tilted her head slightly, her eyebrows and eyes curled up.At this time, she let go of that strong aggressiveness again, and her face became calm. Although she was still beautiful, this kind of beauty became gentler and softer.

If we say that before she faced Zhao Yuying and the others with arrogance like a sharp long sword, her complexion was like a sword glow, and every move was shocking; but now she looks like a Wang Qingtan when facing the little girl , her beauty has turned into drops of water, each drop is peaceful and moist, and can soak into people's hearts.

Xiao Yi looked at her through the dancing girl with fluttering sleeves, and remembered what Zhu Lingqing said to him: "Brother Xiao, when did you become so narrow-minded?"

Is it narrow?
seems like it.

From the very beginning, he had a prejudice against a girl he had never met, and in many subsequent meetings, he carried this prejudice and misinterpreted her words and deeds.Isn't this narrow?
Yun Zhuo teased the little girl for a while, then fell silent again, staring intently at the food table in front of her.Among the male guests on the opposite table were Xie Jie, Pei Yan, and even... Pei Kuan.

She suddenly remembered what the Ning family had said to her in her previous life, that the Yun family had colluded with the crown prince in order to plot a rebellion, that's why they were convicted, and all their families were executed.

However, in her memory, the prince has always been deeply loved by the emperor, and it's not that he hasn't done wrong things, and it's not that he hasn't been framed, but all of these are gone in the end.He is still firmly in the position of crown prince.After the emperor passed away, it was almost a certainty that he succeeded in taking over the job. Does he need to plot rebellion?
As for the Yun family, she didn't know exactly what the Yun family in Jingdu and the Yun family in Qinghe had in mind, but she knew Yun Huan well.

To put it mildly, he is upright and straightforward, but to put it harshly, he is old-fashioned and pedantic.Loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, righteousness and morality, these eight characters are almost engraved into his bones, and they are the creeds of his life as an official and a man.

He will not rebel.

Neither of these two parties seems to be rebellious.However, there are only two possibilities for being convicted of such a crime, one: there is indeed a fact of collusion between them, and someone stabbed this matter in front of the emperor; two: there is no such thing at all, their crimes, It was framed.If someone wants to go up, the person who was originally at a high place will naturally become a thorn in the side, a thorn in the flesh, and become a roadblock that he wants to get rid of quickly.

Yun Zhuo actually felt that the second possibility was greater in her heart, but she knew better that in order to avoid the tragedy of the Yun family in this life, she could not treat these two possibilities in a biased manner.

The singing and dancing in the main hall had stopped, and only the musicians were left behind the screen playing the flute and playing the qin.

Through the flickering lights in the hall, Xiao Yi saw that Yun Zhuo had stopped teasing Lin Baojiang, but was meditating on the food table.

Is she hungry?Still thinking about something?Are you a little unhappy?

He wondered uncontrollably.

He and Lin Baotang have already met, she is gentle and elegant, and has read a lot of poetry and books, she is his ideal wife.But he also felt that her face and temperament were clearly the same as the ones in the capital.

In recent days, he has actually been thinking, is it really necessary to spend the rest of his life with such a girl?Do you really want to follow the steps like this, becoming an official, marrying a wife, and then having a child, raising the child, watching him grow up, and continuing to walk the path he once walked, the path his grandfather walked?
Is such a life where the end can be seen at a glance, really what he wants?

Reason told him that of course there was nothing wrong with doing this. Aren't most people like this, living a life of mediocrity?

But emotion tore his heart, and his rationality made him constantly question his own heart. What good is that?

He saw Yun Zhuo standing up, and he didn't know what he had said to Mrs. Yun, but she quickly left the hall with the corner of her skirt.

He turned his head to his father and said, "My child, go out to get some fresh air."

Father was chatting and laughing with his colleagues, he only waved his hand when he heard his words, and continued to raise the wine glass.

Before leaving the banquet, he heard his father's colleagues talking about him, saying that he was a man of talent and knowledge, and asked about his marriage, did he find anyone he liked.

He felt as if he had been cut into two halves, one half was the lights in the temple, and he was truly integrated into the bustle.Half of them are Xingzi outside the palace, watching the world with cold eyes, and finally fall into the cloud clothes.

Cloud wash, cloud wash.

He felt a demon in his heart, and the tip of his tongue touched the roof of his mouth, repeating the name over and over again.

Walking out of the main hall, I saw the man's vermilion skirt hanging down in the dark night, and the lights were shining brightly on it.

It is so gorgeous and gorgeous that it almost turns the soul upside down.

(End of this chapter)