Liu Xinyan sat on the ground, looking very embarrassed.
It's not that she doesn't want to get up, but that her current situation is very embarrassing.
It turned out that when she passed the pillar, her clothes were cut open by a carved railing on the pillar. If she moved slightly, her snow-white thighs would be exposed.
As the empress of the world, she cannot afford to lose this person.
Therefore, Liu Xinyan sat on the ground, covering her chest with one hand, trying her best to prevent her underwear from being exposed.
Many people at the banquet saw her face turn red and may have guessed some clues.
Ye Jinjue's face gradually darkened, and his face was full of gloom. At this banquet, there were not only the ministers of the court, ladies of the official family, but also envoys from the Split Zhang Kingdom and the Xuangu Kingdom.
Today, the prime minister of the Split Zhang Kingdom did not attend the banquet, and the prince of the Xuangu Kingdom was also ill and did not attend the banquet. However, envoys from these two countries have already arrived.
Among the people in the audience, a few people had worried looks on their faces, but most of them were watching the show.
Only the concubine under Ye Jinjue's seat smiled calmly.
The Queen Mother said to the maid next to her: "Why don't you go over quickly and see what's going on?"
Liu Xinyan, who had always been calm, could not help but feel a sense of grievance in her heart. She had worked hard and prepared for so long, but at this moment, she was completely overturned.
Tears filled his eyes, finally dripping down his cheeks.
The thick powder was cut into a trace, showing endless bitterness.
Just before the little eunuch sent by the Queen Mother arrived at the stage, a woman wearing a white veil walked out from the banquet. She walked onto the stage gracefully and put her cloak on Liu Xinyan's body.
Liu Xinyan was stunned for a moment, looking at the person coming, a little at a loss.
Who is this person? People in the audience were talking a lot. Could it be that she came to tear down the Queen?
Ye Liyuan looked at the familiar figure and clenched his hands involuntarily. His eyes were staring at her tightly, the look in his eyes was dark and unpredictable. But it only took a moment before he calmed down.
Liu Xinmei, who was sitting next to him, focused entirely on her sister Liu Xinyan and did not notice the changes in Ye Liyuan. She looked forward to her sister being safe and sound.
Bai Qiqian smiled slightly at Liu Xinyan, and then said loudly: "Is your heart hurting again?" She made sure that everyone could hear her voice.
With Bai Qiqian's support, Liu Xinyan slowly stood up, the cloak on her body covering her torn clothes.
She looked at Bai Qiqian with some confusion: "What are you..."
Bai Qiqian suddenly said loudly to Ye Jinjue: "To inform the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, the Empress has suffered from angina pectoris again. I'm afraid she has to return to the palace first. Please send the imperial doctor to the Empress' palace."
The Empress Dowager glanced at Bai Qiqian appreciatively.
The Queen Mother also understood that it was the woman with a gauze face who came to the Queen's rescue, and immediately said: "Someone, help the Queen back to the palace."
Bai Qiqian helped Liu Xinyan walk off the stage.
Liu Xinyan asked: "What is your purpose of rescuing me from the siege?"
Bai Qi smiled slightly, her eyes as clear as streams: "The Queen is too worried."
At this time, Liu Xinyan's confidant maid came over and helped Liu Xinyan leave here.
Bai Qiqian returned to his seat, and Ye Ruochen asked, "Why are you doing this?"
Looking up at the man above the table, Bai Qiqian whispered: "There are three thousand beauties in the harem, but since ancient times, emperors have shown little love. The most indispensable thing in the harem is loneliness and conspiracy."
Although what she said was desolate, it was an indisputable fact.
Even in his palace, there were more than twenty concubines. Although he did not love them, he still married them into the palace.
Bai Qiqian sighed and said: "I have to devote myself to a man who doesn't love me. I suddenly felt sad. In fact, what they did was just to make that man look at themselves more."
Ye Ruochen's eyes were moved: "You went up to help her out, just because you pity her situation?"
Bai Qiqian laughed softly and said with some irony: "Pity her? Then, who will pity me? I went up to help her out, just because I was about to enter Ye Liyuan's palace with a new identity.
I have to get along well with Liu Xinmei, right? Haha, I am trying to please them."
Ye Ruochen recalled the days when she first entered his palace. She was so charming and innocent, as if she was a white fairy who strayed into the mortal world.
However, at this moment, her eyes were as cold as a red fairy.
In this way, he was confused by her.
During the banquet, Bai Qiqian was rather bored admiring flowers, operas and beauties. Gradually, she was immersed in her own thoughts. She didn't even know when Ye Ruochen stepped onto the high platform.
There was an elegant sound of the piano during the dinner, and Bai Qiqian suddenly looked up. It turned out that not only Ye Liyuan had such a high level of piano skills, but also Ye Ruochen was also proficient in music.
The air seemed to be filled with the fragrance of flowers, and Ye Ruochen's song of farewell was heartbreaking.
Ye Ruochen kept looking at Bai Qiqian. Seeing her calm and calm expression, he couldn't help but feel an unconcealable loneliness in his heart. He remembered that he used to dress up as a flower picker and enter her boudoir, and saw her playing the mourning song.
Suddenly she felt astonished.
Unexpectedly, her piano skills could be as good as Ye Liyuan's. If a few years pass, she will be able to surpass Ye Liyuan. Is she really the uneducated and incompetent Princess Fuyao known to everyone?
That day, Princess Fuyao felt very sad. She leaned in Ye Ruochen's arms and cried like a tearful person.
Bai Qiqian told him in a low voice that she missed her father and mother.
Ye Ruochen learned that piece of music that day, and whenever Fuyao was in a bad mood, he would play it for her to make her smile.
After she got married, he never had the chance to meet her alone and play a song for her.
Today, taking this opportunity, he wanted to tell her that he was actually the flower picker who had been by her side.
From beginning to end, Bai Qiqian's face remained calm.
He once thought that he was just reluctant to let her go. For the sake of his great cause, all the reluctance would turn into cruelty. Just as he understood her difficult situation, but at that time, he still thought cruelly that it was all her
Your own choice.
Nowadays, I feel increasingly unable to let go of my feelings for her.
The thoughts are confused, the strings are broken, and the mind is full of thoughts that suddenly stop.
Ye Ruochen concealed his thoughts and said with a smile: "Old ancestor, it seems that my piano skills are still not as good as Li Yuan's. I broke the strings while playing."
The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "You have been naughty and mischievous since you were a child, and the Ai family is used to it. It is rare that you are willing to play a song for the Ai family today. The Ai family has not even had time to be happy, so naturally they will not blame you."
Ye Ruochen walked off the stage happily and sat in the banquet.
Anyway, everyone knows that the eighth prince, Ye Ruochen, is a person with a perverse personality.
Returning to the seat, Ye Ruochen looked into Bai Qiqian's smiling eyes and felt that the blood in his body was flowing very slowly, as if it was about to stop. He clenched his hands into fists, clenching them more and more.
The tighter.
Even when his nails dug into his flesh, he didn't feel any pain.
Ye Ruochen had also imagined the scene when she learned the truth, and what kind of expression she would have. But he never expected that she would be so calm.
Bai Qiqian saw him looking at her and smiled: "Ruochen, I never thought you could play such a nice tune, but it's a pity that the string broke."
Ye Ruochen suddenly felt how ridiculous his thoughts were. He couldn't see any surprise or heartache on her face. Even the slightest bit would make him feel comforted.
Unfortunately, judging from Bai Qiqian's reaction, he was indeed wishful thinking.
At this time, Ye Liyuan and Liu Xinmei came over. Liu Xinmei shyly nestled in Ye Liyuan's arms: "Just now, thank you to this sister for rescuing the Queen."
Bai Qiqian smiled lightly: "The Empress congratulated the Empress Dowager on her birthday, and her heart was so pure that it moved heaven and earth. And I just borrowed the Empress's blessing and had the honor to go up and present a cloak to the Empress.
"
Ye Liyuan looked at Ye Ruochen, the smile in his eyes not diminishing: "Ruochen, when did you have such a considerate and beautiful lady in your palace?"
Ye Ruochen curled up the corner of his mouth, and an evil smile immediately appeared on his face: "Li Yuan, she is not my concubine in the palace, but my sworn sister, Xiqian. Qianqian, come, Prince Xiang Yuan
say hello."
Bai Qiqian bowed slightly and saluted: "Qianqian has met the prince."
The two people's eyes collided. Bai Qiqian's eyebrows were picturesque. She stood in front of him, gentle and polite. The look on her face was so natural, and her eyes were quiet and peaceful, as if this was the first time they met.
Ye Liyuan nodded: "Miss Xiqian, there is no need to be polite."
Liu Xinmei saw Ye Liyuan looking at her with admiration, and a feeling of displeasure surged in her heart. She changed the subject and said to Ye Ruochen: "Prince Chen, the music you played just now was very nice, no.
Do you know whose hand it was made by?"
Ye Liyuan also looked at Ye Ruochen with interest.
Ye Ruochen said softly: "This song is called Li Shang, and it was written by an old friend."
Bai Qiqian: "Li Shang, I didn't expect this song to have such a sad title."
Ye Ruochen frowned slightly, but his tone was pure: "Perhaps that old friend expected that she and I would eventually be separated from each other, so she named her Li Shang."
A thoughtful expression slowly passed through Ye Liyuan's eyes, the corners of his mouth were outlined, and his phoenix eyes were slightly raised.
At this time, the little eunuch next to Ye Ruochen came over and reminded them: "Your Majesty, it's time for Miss Xiqian to go on stage and prepare."
Ye Ruochen then turned his attention to the Phoenix Stage and found many women in red clothes dancing. They were like fairies in the clouds, flying up.
Ye Ruochen said softly to Bai Qiqian: "Qianqian, you and Xiao Dezi go and prepare."
Ye Liyuan and Liu Xinmei turned around and wanted to return to their seats.
When Liu Xinmei passed by Bai Qiqian, she accidentally tore off Bai Qiqian's veil. She raised her eyes, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes.
At the same time, there is also an inexplicable worry, because the face of this woman is very similar to Princess Yuan. However, the blood lotus on her face adds a bit of enchantment to that alluring face.
Liu Xinmei was very surprised: "You...you..."
Something seemed to flash across Ye Liyuan's dark eyes.
Bai Qiqian calmly put on the gauze and then followed the young eunuch to Phoenix Terrace.