HCB Chapter 812: Unable to Integrate into the Only Outsider
Chapter 812: Unable to Integrate into the Only Outsider
Just when Zhang Miaoying was in a dilemma, the senior palace maid Shu Xiu walked in from outside the hall.
"Your Highness, please allow the Empress to order us to have the banquet now."
Empress Luan Xiying listened and nodded immediately, "Let's have a banquet!"
"Yes, slave, I obey!"
The chief palace maid Shu Xiu turned around and went out, arranging for the palace servants to set up a banquet in the side hall and the outer hall.
Emperor Hongde smiled at Empress Luan Xiying and said, "Okay, I will take Yu'er and Yi'er to the outer hall to have dinner with Duke Anguo and his son.
Ah Ying will take Princess Yi to entertain the ladies of the Duke's Mansion!"
"Yes, I obey your command!"
Queen Luan Xiying agreed with a smile.
Emperor Hongde stood up and walked out of the hall.
Xiao Jingyu naturally followed behind Emperor Hongde.
Xiao Jingyi could no longer sit there daydreaming, so he had to follow Emperor Hongde to the outer hall.
At this point, Zhang Miaoying wanted to say goodbye and leave... but she couldn't say it no matter what, unless she dared to risk offending the emperor and the queen.
She believed that if she dared to say goodbye and leave at this time, her father Zhang Jinyan would never be able to leave the prison in his lifetime;
Otherwise, the plaque of their Cifu Mansion will be taken down before today.
Helplessly, Zhang Miaoying had to smile and accompany Queen Luan Xiying to the side hall.
In the outer hall.
Duke Anguo Fu Peng, Fu Yinglan, and Fu Yingze, father and son, were sitting on a seat nearby drinking tea.
The round table in the middle was now filled with delicacies from land and sea.
Seeing the palace servants retreat, the father and his two sons knew that Emperor Hongde and his son and His Royal Highness Prince Yi would be here soon.
Sure enough, as soon as the palace servants left, Emperor Hongde walked into the outer hall with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, followed by his son Xiao Jingyu and nephew Xiao Jingyi.
"My three beloved ministers have been waiting for a long time!"
Seeing Emperor Hongde and his two companions come in, Duke Anguo and his sons hurriedly stood up and said, "Your servants are terrified!
It is our duty to respectfully await the Emperor and the two princes!"
The father and his two sons bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty! Your Highnesses!
Emperor Hongde smiled and raised his hand to signal, "There are no outsiders here, my three beloved ministers, no need to be so polite!
Come and sit down!"
"Yes, I obey your order!"
Emperor Hong De was the first to sit down at the table.
The Duke of Anguo and his two sons originally wanted to wait for the two princes Xiao Jingyu and Xiao Jingyi to sit down before they took their seats.
However, Xiao Jingyu had already placed himself in the position of a junior in front of the Duke of Anguo and his son.
He went over and helped Duke Anguo Fu Peng to his seat very naturally.
Duke Anguo Fu Peng was only in his fifties and not so old that he needed someone to support him.
Xiao Jingyu's behavior was just a gesture of respect.
Emperor Hongde couldn't help but laugh at his son's performance. "My three beloved ministers, this is a show of filial piety from your future son-in-law. Please take your seats!"
Since the emperor said so, Duke Anguo Fu Peng and his son were no longer polite. They looked at Xiao Jingyu with a smile, their eyes full of the feeling of looking at their son-in-law.
Xiao Jingyi watched from the side, his hands clenched into fists in his sleeves, his teeth gritted, and two blue veins on his temples bulged.
However, he still had to wear a gentle and respectful smile on his face.
Xiao Jingyi clearly felt that in this occasion, he was the only outsider who could not fit in, an irrelevant outsider!
Apart from myself, everyone else is having a great time with my close relatives!
Xiao Jingyi looked at Duke Anguo Fu Peng, Fu Yinglan and Fu Yingze, his heart filled with hatred!
These three people deserved to die on Yunxiang Mountain!
No one could have imagined that they could complete the Buddhist ceremony without any harm and return to the capital, and now they are being kept in the palace by the emperor as guests of honor!
I endured such a huge loss...and what did I get in return?
Is this the harmony we have now?
Xiao Jingyi only cared about himself, standing aside and thinking about things silently, not noticing that the others had already sat down at the table.
"Yier...Yier...
what are you thinking about?
Come and sit down!"
When Xiao Jingyi heard Emperor Hongde calling him, he was startled, and suddenly came to his senses and looked up...
Emperor Hongde, Xiao Jingyu, Duke Anguo Fu Peng, Fu Yinglan and Fu Yingze had all sat down at the table, and I was the only one still standing there stupidly.
Xiao Jingyi hurriedly forced a smile to hide his embarrassment.
"Uncle, please forgive me. I was distracted by other things!"
Xiao Jingyi bowed to Emperor Hongde, then looked at Anguogong Fu Peng and his son and said with a smile, "My Lord, the Duke, the two Masters Fu, I was disrespectful just now!"
"I don't dare!"
Duke Anguo, his father and his son all bowed to Xiao Jingyi.
"Yier, come and sit down first!
I just said that there are no outsiders here, and no one will bother with you!"
"Yes, uncle!"
Xiao Jingyi seemed to be very obedient as he walked to the table and sat in the seat next to Xiao Jingyu.
Xiao Jingyu turned his head to look at Xiao Jingyi who was sitting next to him, "Royal brother, what were you thinking about just now? So engrossed?
Seeing that you are frowning, it seems that you are not thinking about anything happy.
If you have any troubles, please tell me. I am here with you, my father, and I will be able to help you find some solutions."
Xiao Jingyu's words were full of sincerity.
Xiao Jingyi laughed awkwardly a few times, "Brother Yu, I don't have any worries at all, brother Yu must have seen it wrong.
I just had a few words with Miaoying on the way to Fengyi Palace, and I was thinking...how should I apologize to her later?"
"Oh I got it!"