The time for the New Year's Eve feast is getting closer and closer, people outside the palace come to Showa Hall one after another, and the princesses and concubines in the palace also come to the banquet.
The emperor and the queen drove together to accept the worship of everyone. Bai Yiyi followed behind the queen, like a palace maid with higher taste.
Today, Bai Yiyi feels extremely wronged. In the past years, she sat with Ximen Hao. Now that there is a princess in the Northern Palace, she has no place to stand. To avoid embarrassment, she has been guarding her aunt the queen.
"Yiyi!"
After the emperor and empress sat down, Su Ranhua stood up and gently came to Bai Yiyi's side.
Bai Yiyi glanced at Su Ranhua in confusion, and even the queen in front turned back curiously.
Su Ran painted and blessed the queen, "Mother, Yiyi is a Miss Bai family, the emperor's niece, how can you be a palace maid waiting by your mother's side? Let Yiyi sit down with us, we are a family!"
The queen and Bai Yiyi were both surprised and couldn't help but look at each other.
As if nothing happened, Ximen Xianchu peeled a tangerine and handed it to the queen, "Ran Hua is right, and as in previous years, let Yiyi return to the seat of the Northern Palace."
The people on one side were also looking at this side as if they were watching a good show. When Ximen Hao saw Su Ranhua's behavior, he frowned slightly and became suspicious.
"Let's go, Yiyi, the prince is still waiting!" Without saying a word, Su Ranhua took Bai Yiyi's hand affectionately and dragged her towards where Ximen Hao was.
Su Ran painted an enthusiastic look, and with the emperor's permission, Bai Yiyi couldn't refuse in public. Not only did it make people see an embarrassing scene, but she also felt that it was inappropriate to resist the order, which made her look stingy.
So, with a harmless and gentle smile, Bai Yiyi let Su Ranhua lead her to Ximen Hao.
Su Ranhua pushed Bai Yiyi to the seat and said with a smile, "Isn't it because there is an extra person like me that we can't even have New Year's Eve dinner together?"
As he said that, Su Ranhua sat down next to Ximen Hao and whispered, "Your Majesty, no matter what outsiders thought of us before, today is New Year's Eve, and if we celebrate the New Year together, of course the more complete the better, right?
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"As long as you are sensible." Ximen Hao said.
"Yiyi thanks Princess for the invitation." Bai Yiyi is good at pretending to be nice. Seeing that Su Ranhua is doing it well at this time, she can naturally put on a smile.
"What are you talking about? Although I am the North Princess, the past rules of the North Palace cannot be changed casually. Yiyi and the prince are uncles and siblings. Naturally, you also have a seat in the North Palace. Even the emperor agrees, so there is no need to say more.
What's wrong?" Su Ranhua said with a smile, Ximen Xianchu will act based on her face when it comes to Bai Yiyi tonight, and tonight's New Year's Eve feast is destined to be an eye-opener for her.
After the Queen Mother arrived, the feast officially began.
The gorgeous singing and dancing coupled with delicious food is like a modern luxurious Spring Festival Gala.
"Oops, I ate a lot and suddenly wanted to relieve myself." Su Ranhua frowned, quietly glanced at the interested people on the side, and said sheepishly.
"Slave, please accompany the princess." Liu'er, who was waiting aside, said.
Su Ranhua grabbed Bai Yiyi's hand and shook it hard, "Yiyi, let's go, come with me."
"Liu'er can just go with you, why bother dragging Yiyi along?" Ximen Hao already felt that Su Ranhua must have a purpose, but in full view of the public, what could she do to Bai Yiyi?
"What? I was talking to Yiyi about my daughter's family, why did the prince get in the way?" Su Ranhua picked up the wine glass, drank the wine in one gulp, stood up with a slight stagger, and said with dissatisfaction, pouting,
"Are you afraid that Yiyi will be injured? How do you know if Yiyi also wants to go to the toilet at this time?"
Su Ranhua's vulgar words and slightly drunk expression attracted everyone's attention.
"Are you really drunk?" Ximen Hao said in a deep voice. Her quarrel had made herself the focus of everyone, overshadowing the singing and dancing in the palace.
"I'm not drunk!" Su Ranhua raised his hand, "I haven't had a few drinks, how could I be drunk?"
It was true that she didn't drink much, but Ximen Hao kept watching her. He was afraid that drinking too much would harm her health, so he asked her if she was really drunk. She obviously had ulterior motives for doing this.
However, in the eyes of outsiders, Su Ranhua was slightly drunk. If Bai Yiyi ignored Su Ranhua and refused, it would make people think that she had a prejudice against Princess Bei from the bottom of her heart, which would affect her image.
Therefore, Bai Yiyi knew that Su Ranhua's thoughts were unpredictable, but she still stood up and supported her, and said to Ximen Hao, "Your Majesty, I will go out with the princess."
Su Ranhua left the Zhaohe Hall with the support of Liu Er and Bai Yiyi. At this time, it was dark and deep, with heavy snow falling, and no stars were visible. However, there were lanterns hanging high outside the hall, which illuminated everything brightly.
During the feast, strict precautions must be taken, so the patrols of the palace guards on New Year's Eve were much intensified than in the past.
Looking at the guards outside Zhaohe Hall, Bai Yiyi was not afraid of what Su Ranhua might do to her.
Bai Yiyi supported Su Ranhua and stepped on the snow. Since Liu'er was by her side, she didn't dare to quarrel with her openly. She asked calmly, "Did the princess deliberately invite me to go out for a walk in the snow as an excuse?"
Liu'er held Su Ranhua's other arm. No matter how stupid she was, she could tell that Su Ranhua was not in a hurry to go to the toilet at this time. He took every step with ease, as if he was quite leisurely as Bai Yiyi said.
"I would like to ask, did the delicious food Yiyi just ate fill her stomach?" Su Ranhua asked with a smile, looking at Bai Yiyi sideways with a sly smile.
"What do you mean?" Bai Yiyi stopped and was slightly stunned.
Su Ranhua smoothly shook off Liu'er, hooked Bai Yiyi's neck with one hand, and at the same time stuffed the thing in the other hand into Bai Yiyi's mouth, her fingers lightly stuck in her throat, and Bai Yiyi felt like something had slipped into her stomach.
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The speed is so fast that people are caught off guard.
"Ahem!" Bai Yiyi coughed hard, to no avail. She put her hand on her throat and asked cautiously, "What did you give me to eat?"
"I remember you asked Liu'er to give me a cup of tea to relieve stress. I have never reciprocated the kindness. Today I will give you something made with the same formula as the tea to give you a taste. How does it taste?" Su Ranhua
He raised his eyebrows and asked interestingly.
"Princess?" After hearing Su Ranhua's words, Liu'er's face turned pale in horror. She remembered that Su Ranhua had suspected that there was Wufusan's medicine in the bowl of Jingjing tea. If the poison from Wufusan was really poisoned by Bai Yiyi,
If so...
At the same time, Bai Yiyi's face suddenly changed, and she kept coughing hard, trying to spit out the contents of her stomach.
"What? Is this thing so scary? I drank all the tea you brought!" Su Ranxiang looked at Bai Yiyi's actions with a smile.