stern wife

Chapter 41 The Bystander Clear
The little eunuch who opened the way ahead flicked his whisk and shouted in a shrill voice: "The emperor is here——"

Everyone stood up and knelt down quickly, shouting in unison:

"See Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, Long live, Long live—"

Emperor Chixuan climbed up the jade steps step by step in the midst of kneeling and shouting. His position is above the layers of jade steps. When he ascends to this position, he can have a panoramic view of all the scenery in the Hundred Gardens, regardless of the crowd. No matter where you are in the hundred gardens, you can see His Majesty the emperor as long as you look up.

Emperor Chixuan ascended the last jade step, turned around, stood with his hands behind his back, looked down at the people at his feet, smiled slightly, raised his hands, and said loudly:

"Be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After everyone stood up and drank the first glass of wine with Emperor Chixuan, the palace banquet tonight finally officially started.

Ling Yu and other maids were all left in the resting palace, and now the maids in charge of preparing dishes are all palace maids, Pei Xiaoran is not polite, and after reporting a few dishes he likes to the maid sister who is in charge of serving her, then Pick up the chopsticks and just bury your head in eating.

She enjoyed eating here, but the other ladies present were not interested in the delicacies on the table, but were busy making friends with each other.

That's right, some people can only be seen on such important occasions, if you don't make friends at this time, when will you wait?
Fu Wenyi also has a few boudoir friends in Beijing, some are at other tables, and two are at this table, there is no shortage of people to talk to.

It's just that seeing Pei Xiaoran eating and drinking alone, the two sisters Pei Huayu who came with her are being sought after by everyone. This situation...is really as pitiful as this little thing can be.

Fu Wenyi is a person who is very easy to soften his heart, but at this moment, his heart is even more torn, and he is not in the mood to talk to his little sister, so he picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Pei Xiaoran, while telling her to slow down Eat, and talk to her softly, so that she doesn't seem so lonely.

Pei Xiaoran felt that Miss Fu's heart was quite decent, so he chatted with her while eating.

When the meal was almost finished, suddenly a little eunuch came over, first saluted the ladies at this table, and then said with a smile:
"Misses are all dragons and phoenixes among men, talented and intelligent. This slave is ashamed. I have encountered a problem here. I wonder if the ladies can help me solve it?"

coming!

Those who entered the palace today have not forgotten the purpose of coming tonight. Apart from welcoming the New Year with His Majesty the Emperor, there is also an important task, which is to solve the problem that King Li of the Great Yin has posed.

It's not that King Li of Great Yin didn't have any problems before, but he didn't come during the Chinese New Year, so everyone didn't have a chance to help His Majesty share his worries.

Now that such an excellent opportunity is finally seized, who wouldn't want to solve the problem that King Li posed in one fell swoop, shine in front of His Majesty, and fight for a bright future for himself?
So upon hearing the little eunuch's words, all the ladies present put down the bowls and chopsticks in their hands, urging repeatedly:
"Father, please speak."

Pei Xiaoran also put down his chopsticks, took the handkerchief handed over by the maid, wiped his mouth, and listened nonchalantly with his legs dangling.

Just listen to the little eunuch say:
"His Royal Highness Prince Li of Great Yin came to visit me, Suzaku, but before entering Zhijing, he accidentally lost a piece of jade pendant on his body while resting by the roadside. It is guessed that it was picked up by people entering or leaving the city, so... I don’t know what to do to get that jade pendant back?”

The ladies listened very carefully. After listening to the little eunuch's words, they tightened the brocade handkerchiefs in their hands, bit their lower lips, and racked their brains to think of a way.

Pei Xiaoran tilted his head and thought for a while, then smiled.

The little eunuch saw that everyone was in deep thought, so he didn't bother, just said:
"If the young ladies come up with a good idea, just let the maids around you take them to see His Majesty, and the servants will not bother you, and leave first."

The ladies hurriedly said: "Eunuch, go slowly."

As soon as the little eunuch left, Pei Shuli rolled her eyes, tugged at Pei Huayu's sleeve and said in a low voice with difficulty concealing her excitement:
"Sister, I have thought of a way to get back the jade pendant. Let's go to His Majesty quickly, so as not to be preempted by others, let's talk about our way first!"

She spoke in a low voice, but Pei Xiaoran was sitting closest to them, and because of his martial arts practice, his hearing was better than the average person's, so he could hear clearly.

Pei Xiaoran was secretly surprised, and thought it was not easy, she was able to come up with a solution so quickly because she lived longer than others, but Pei Shuli was a real child, she could think of a countermeasure in such a short period of time, it seems that Aunt Zhao Really taught the two sisters a lot.

Pei Huayu was much more stable and rational than Pei Shuli, she immediately shook her head upon hearing this, and replied in a low voice:
"No, let's wait for a while."

"Why?" Pei Shuli immediately became anxious when she heard this, and whispered:
"What if the solution is first mentioned by someone else?"

This is the way she finally came up with, why should someone else snatch it away?

Pei Huayu sighed. Others don't know, so could it be that she doesn't know?
No matter how favored she and Pei Shuli are in Pei's mansion, when they leave Pei's mansion, they must pay attention to the dignity of the concubines, especially in front of Suzaku's most noble man, and they can't make any mistakes.

None of the other concubines have stepped forward yet, but the two concubines have come forward. Isn't this a slap in the face of all the concubines?

Therefore, they must not be the first bird.

It's just that it's hard to say these words here, Pei Huayu can only comfort her with gentle words:
"What good is the first answer? On the contrary, if the first few people's answers dissatisfy the Holy One, wouldn't it be more pleasing to the Holy One if we answer at that time? Besides, you haven't told me what to do, In case it doesn't work, we can still have time to discuss improvements and improvements, and then we will be able to convince people, right?"

Pei Shuli pouted her mouth and thought for a while, she felt that it made sense, so she nodded, and whispered in Pei Huayu's ear, looking left and right from time to time, as if she was afraid that someone would overhear her.

Fu Wenyi frowned when she saw that Pei Huayu and the sisters were only discussing with themselves and had no intention of letting Pei Xiaoran join the discussion.

She can also be considered a person who has experienced the heat and cold of the world. Originally, seeing Pei Huayu and Pei Shuli always clinging to Pei Xiaoran and talking and laughing, she thought that the three sisters had a very good relationship, and she was silently envious for a while.

As a result, when the critical moment came, the two sisters Pei Huayu actually put Pei Xiaoran aside, as if they didn't have this sister at all.

It was just like this when Pei Xiaoran was left out in the cold, and now he is fighting for the chance to show his face in front of the Holy Master, and it is actually like this!

(End of this chapter)