amaotonovel Chapter 176 A lover's eyes never lie
Chapter 176 A lover's eyes never lie
The emperor arranged a palace banquet on the first day that Prince Yu entered the palace. Jin Yuyan attended the banquet in her best attire, almost overshadowing Ruyi.
If you look closely, you will find that Ruyi wears a hairpin, while Jin Yuyan wears a high bun. It is obvious that Jin Yuyan's hair bun is taller than Ruyi's.
The two stood on the emperor's left and right, and Jin Yuyan was much more dazzling.
"Noble Concubine Jia finally made it. With the help of the three princes, she is now in the limelight."
Concubine Qing, who was standing behind Yan Wan, spoke jealous words.
People can never be compared. Without Jin Yuyan's maternal family to save face, Concubine Qing felt that raising Yongqi was enough.
Compared with Jin Yuyan's favor, it seemed that she had gained nothing.
"Yes. Although we are both imperial concubines, I am not comparable to Imperial Concubine Jia at all."
Concubine Chun looked at Jin Yuyan from a distance. For the first time, Concubine Chun valued Jin Yuyan's beauty. In the past, she only heard that Concubine Jia was beautiful and could please the emperor.
She once sneered at Jin Yuyan for being unscrupulous, but now Concubine Chun suddenly realized that the reason why Jin Yuyan was able to attract the emperor was because of her face.
If she learned the fan dance and waist drum dance, she would not have that kind of charm and beauty. How could the emperor be willing to take a second look at her?
"Prince Xuanyu."
Following the eunuch's announcement, Prince Yu walked into the inner hall.
When they arrived before the emperor, Prince Yu bowed to him.
"Foreign ministers pay their respects to His Majesty."
When Prince Yu's eyes fell on Ruyi, he hesitated for a moment.
"See the Queen Mother."
Ruyi was originally not very happy with Jin Yuyan's dazzling appearance, and Prince Yu mistakenly recognized her as the Queen Mother, and her face immediately fell.
Jin Yuyan explained with a smile on her face:
"Your Highness, this is the Queen. You have only met the princes before, and this is the first time you are meeting the concubines in the harem. Your Highness, please don't blame me."
Prince Yu had no intention of making things difficult for Ruyi. It was just that what Ruyi was wearing today made her look too old.
Jin Yuyan wore a dark red palace dress embroidered with silver thread today, and the emperor wore a dragon robe. The concubines behind him were also dressed in colorful clothes.
Ruyi was an exception, wearing a hairpin on her head and a headband on her forehead, which made her look even older. Not to mention her clothes, she wore a dark grey coat like an old maid.
The emperor was unhappy, Ruyi had embarrassed him, but he had to hold back his laughter. Please forgive Prince Yu for not recognizing Ruyi.
"The queen has always been frugal and likes plain clothes."
There was disbelief in Prince Yu's eyes.
The huge kingfisher-inlaid hairpin on Ruyi's head shows how frugal she is.
The emperor also noticed that Prince Yu's eyes were on Ruyi's hairpin. The emperor, powerless to save his dignity, could only smile and remain silent.
Fortunately, Prince Yu did not intend to find out whether Ruyi was really frugal.
"Please take your seats."
The emperor said to take their seats, and everyone went to their seats. When Jin Yuyan passed by Ruyi, she looked at her provocatively, just to make her angry.
Jin Yuyan took the emperor's arm and escorted him to his seat.
"Your Majesty, there are many things that the prince does not understand about the rules. Your Majesty, please do not make me angry."
On a day like this, the emperor would naturally not fail to give face to Jin Yuyan.
"How could that be? I am naturally happy that someone from your mother's family is coming."
Jin Yuyan answered yes, helped the emperor sit down, and deliberately walked to Ruyi and poured a glass of wine for Ruyi.
"Empress, you won't argue with the prince, will you?"
Ruyi held the cup tightly, feeling very dissatisfied.
"Since the emperor has said so, I will not take it to heart."
Jin Yuyan disdains to listen to Ruyi's words, as if the emperor did not forgive Ruyi and wanted to pursue the matter.
"The Queen is indeed generous. The Emperor gave me a lot of fabrics a few days ago. I will send a few pieces to Yikun Palace later. The Queen is kind enough to spend some money on me."
Jin Yuyan looked at Ruyi's kingfisher-emerald hairpin with mockery, and returned to her seat swaying gracefully.
Ruyi was very angry, but she couldn't do anything to Jin Yuyan.
Yan Wan hid in the crowd and watched the excitement of tonight.
Yanwan's eyes were on Jin Yuyan tonight.
Having pleased the emperor and angered Ruyi, Jin Yuyan's eyes now fell on Prince Yu.
"A lover's eyes never lie."
Yanwan was still drinking, and saw a woman's admiration from Jin Yuyan's sweet smiles and her repeated glances.
"Yes. People can lie, but eyes can't."
Yanwan was watching with great interest when Jinzhong came over with a dish of food.
"The Emperor gave it to Master Ling."
Yan Wan saw that it was a plate of cold shredded chicken.
"The emperor is thinking about your chicken soup."
Yan Wan knew that the emperor gave this dish as a reward because he was thinking of the chicken soup she had sent over the past month.
The emperor naturally didn't know that the chicken soup was cooked by Jinzhong for Yanwan. He also didn't know that what he ate was just Yanwan's leftovers.
"It's time to return the chicken soup that the emperor ate to Master Ling."
Yan Wan looked in the direction of the emperor, waiting for the moment when the emperor looked over to her and pushed away the dish Jin Zhong had given her.
"Tell His Majesty that I am not feeling well and do not want to eat."
The emperor and Yanwan were very far apart and could not hear what Yanwan said, but he understood that Yanwan did not want to eat and looked at Jinzhong in confusion.
Jinzhong secretly noticed the emperor's gaze and said to Yanwan:
"I will tell His Majesty. I think His Majesty will go to see you at night."
"Concubine Ling is not feeling well. Tell her to go back to the palace and rest if she is feeling unwell. I will go to see her later."
As expected, when the emperor heard that Yan Wan was not feeling well, he promised to visit her later.
The midnight passed by with drinking and chatting.
Jin Yuyan was very happy tonight. Even after returning to Qixiang Palace, she was still immersed in this joy.
"The prince smiled at me today, did you see it, Zhenshu?"
Jin Yuyan hadn't been so truly happy for a long, long time. At that moment, she felt that she was Jin Yuyan, the Jin Yuyan who had just entered the palace and met the prince for the first time.
"I have seen that the prince is still loved by the master after all these years."
Jin Yuyan smiled shyly, a rare moment for a girl.
"Your Majesty is worthy."
Jin Yuyan was so happy that she couldn't help but stand up and dance the Yushi Dance. Perhaps because she was drunk, she felt dizzy after only two turns.
Had to stop and rest.
"My Lord, something bad has happened to the prince. I have asked the imperial physician to come over. He seems to be drunk."
Jin Yuyan was just happy for a while when Li Xin said that something happened to Prince Yu.
Jin Yuyan suddenly became nervous.
"The prince drank a lot of wine at night. The prince is not good at drinking. Zhenshu, change my clothes. I want to go and take a look."
Jin Yuyan wanted to go see Prince Yu, but Zhenshu thought it was inappropriate and tried to stop Jin Yuyan.
"My Lord, the Emperor arranged for the prince to live in Ninghui Hall to prevent you from meeting the prince in private."
"No, Zhenshu, others don't know why the prince can't get drunk, don't you know?"
"It was when I got married that the prince gave me wine to drink and I got hurt. It was because of me."
"Your Highness entered the palace this time for me."
"I cannot ignore the prince."