Chapter 457 New Year's Eve Dinner
For New Year's Eve dinner, Fuchu had to eat together.
In fact, Zian has never had dinner with the imperial concubine, let alone this little uncle.
When Murong Jie came back in the afternoon, he said directly to Zi'an, "We won't have the New Year's Eve dinner together, let's go back and find the old mother-in-law to eat."
"Mother-in-law is just mother-in-law, why don't you add old characters? She hasn't arrived until forty!" Zi'an was speechless.
Murong Jie sat down to eat melon seeds, "No matter how young you are, you are still an old mother-in-law."
"Shall we go back to eat? Isn't that good? The third brother, who you think is dead, will talk about us again." Zi'an said, Prince Li attaches great importance to these family and ethical things, he is the axis.
"He said what we said, and you asked him, should the New Year's Eve dinner be eaten with the whole family? We and the old mother-in-law are a family, or you can eat in the palace, as long as you are not afraid of being pestered by all the girls." Murong Jie was spitting out melon seeds. In the past, he didn't eat snacks, but now everything has changed a lot.
"Then let's go home and eat." Zi'an said with a smile. In fact, she really wanted to go back to eat. This is a big Chinese New Year. Who cares about eating a meal with thorns?
Zi'an went home temporarily to eat, and she didn't say anything today, so Qingning Pavilion always thought that she would order someone to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, so she didn't bother to order, but just told King Nanhuai that she would invite her in person. go out.
After waiting, it was at the end of You Shi, when the kitchen staff came up to ask if it was time for dinner, she realized that Xia Zi'an and Murong Jie were not at home for the New Year's Eve dinner.
The Concubine Gui was so angry that she didn't really want to eat with Xia Zian, but she had the final say on whether to eat or not, not Xia Zian.
Without even saying a word, she abducted her son to go out for a New Year's Eve dinner. It was a rebellion.
"Let's serve the meal!" King Nanhuai saw that Concubine Gui was unhappy, and ordered lightly.
"Yes!" The head of the kitchen also saw the livid face of the imperial concubine, and thought he would be scolded, and went immediately after hearing King Nanhuai's order.
King Nanhuai immediately ordered someone to call Sun Fang'er, but Xiao Hong came back and told her that Sun Fang'er was not there.
King Nanhuai said angrily, "Where did she go? Didn't she say anything?"
"Returning to the prince, Ms. Sun didn't say where she went, and the slaves didn't see her go out, so they always thought she was in the room." Xiao Hong said.
King Nanhuai waved his hand and said in disgust: "Let her go, leave her alone."
The Concubine Gui stopped Xiaohong, "Did anything special happen today?"
Xiaohong told the truth, "If you go back to the imperial concubine, the shopkeeper of the Hu family gave Miss Sun a gift today. Apart from that, nothing else happened."
"The shopkeeper of the Hu family? Hu Huanxi!" The imperial concubine frowned, "She gave Fang'er something? What did she give?"
"It's a small brocade box, it should contain jewelry, and a piece of silk." Xiaohong said.
"Should it be jewelry? Didn't you see it?" King Nanhuai asked.
Xiao Hong shook her head, "The servant didn't see it, and Ms. Sun ordered the servant to open it. However, she said she didn't want it at first, and then she suddenly asked the servant to bring it back."
The Concubine Gui waved her out, then looked at King Nanhuai, "Hu Huanxi has had close contacts with your little aunt and Xia Zi'an, what does it mean that she gave Fang'er a gift?"
"Divorce? Let us know that she sent something to Fang'er, and we will misunderstand that Fang'er has contacts with them." King Nanhuai thought of this first.
"No, if it's a divorce, as long as Sun Fang'er doesn't accept it, the divorce will be over." Gui Taifei said.
King Nanhuai thought for a while, "What does the concubine think?"
The noble concubine shook her head, "The Ai family can't see the situation clearly now."
King Nanhuai said: "Forget it, don't think about it, Sun Fang'er will not betray this king, this king is very sure."
"Are you sure she won't betray you? Why are you so sure?" the noble concubine asked.
King Nanhuai said: "Because, except for this king, no one will take her in, and she will not be willing to live an ordinary life. She really wants to win."
The Concubine Gui shook her head, "You, Aijia told you before that maybe no one dared to take her in before, but it's different now. Now many people know her ability, don't be too sure, Aijia vaguely feels that Hu Huanxi approached Sun Fang'er in order to instigate her rebellion."
King Nanhuai smiled, "Mother and concubine are too worried, even if Hu Huanxi wants to do this, Sun Fang'er will not, she will be the princess soon, this is something she never dared to dream of when she was a concubine. "
"But you should also see that she is not so willing?"
"Reluctance is because the king's heart is not on her. Perhaps, she still has some fantasies about Murong Jie, but she is smart enough. Murong Jie didn't look at her in the past, and she won't now, and she will be more in the future." No, she is thinking extravagantly, and she will know that it is more important to keep an extravagant dream than to hold the position of princess."
Concubine Gui said indifferently: "You also admitted that your heart is not on her, so it can be seen that you still haven't forgotten Rou Yao, this lowly girl."
King Nanhuai changed the subject, "Stop talking, let's have a New Year's Eve dinner."
Qingning Pavilion was deserted and quiet, but Ting Yuxuan was very lively.
Two tables were opened, one was for Murong Jie and his wife and Yuan Cuiyu, Murong Jie's old mother-in-law, and the other was for Xiaosun Longandao's eldest brother, sister and mother and servants serving Yuan Cuiyu.
Ni Rong didn't come tonight, he went home for New Year's Eve dinner.
Zian originally wanted to invite Xiaosun and the others to eat together, but they took a look at the prince's icy face and said no, so Zian had to order another table to be opened.
Tonight's New Year's Eve dinner was cooked by Aunt Cuiyu. When everyone ate it, they all praised her, saying that her cooking skills were better than the chef's.
Zian stood up and raised his glass, "Today, I would like to toast everyone, thank you for taking care of me in the past six months, thank you!"
The concubine picked up the cup and toasted the servants, but for the first time, Murong Jie didn't move, just ate the food indifferently, the mother and the others immediately stood up, "Princess, no way, how can you toast the slave? It should be the slave Let us toast you."
Zi'an said: "Mommy, you all have to drink this glass of wine, if you don't drink it, you will get angry."
Dao Boss drank first. He didn't know so many etiquettes, he only knew that someone had to finish the toast.
After hearing what Zian said, and seeing that the knife boss had already drank it all in one gulp, Mammy could only say embarrassingly: "Well, the servants have accepted Wang Hao's kindness."
Just after the first glass of wine was toasted, there was a knock on the door.
Dao Boss went to open it immediately, but saw King Liang coming, he was carried by the guards sitting on a chair, and when he came in, he said bitterly: "You don't call me the king, you are selfish."
"You don't enter the palace to accompany your imperial grandmother, what are you doing here?" Murong Jie raised his head, glanced at King Liang, and asked calmly.
"The emperor's grandmother is accompanied by so many daughters-in-law and a large group of lovely and intelligent grandchildren. This king is a loner, so let's join you!" Liang Wang said pitifully.
"Come on, set the table and chopsticks for King Liang." Zian said quickly.