Princess Yongning was an unexpected person for Prince Qin Qiao to appear in Weiyang Palace.
He first glanced at Mi Xiayao in the crowd, and finally stood up to greet Aunt Huang.
Just when the prince and Princess Yongning were exchanging compliments.
Duan Honglin, who was opposite, saw all this scene in his eyes. He secretly clenched his back teeth and looked at Mi Xiayao with a forbearing face.
The colleagues beside him were still whispering in his ears as if they had no eyesight.
"What kind of ability does this woman from the Mi family have? Not only can she get close to Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, but she can also be targeted by the prince."
"The divorced woman may have become a widow because her ex-husband died, but the widow sounds ugly, so she deliberately said that she was divorced."
"Most likely!"
Every word spoken by that colleague was like a knife blade stabbing into Duan Honglin's heart.
The "widow's ex-husband" glanced at his colleagues beside him and said with a smile: "None of the women in the Mi family are good."
When the colleague heard this, he sighed softly, "Brother Duan's family is not the Lin family. Why, are you related to the Mi family?"
That colleague was able to eat a lot because of the banquet today, so he lost his usual caution.
His teasing words came to nothing, and the expressions of the three colleagues from the Ministry of Etiquette changed slightly.
The banquet in Weiyang Palace went on as usual, and the center of the palace was even lively with singing and dancing.
Mi Xiayao didn't touch the dishes in front of her, and she didn't even touch a drop of water. She was on high alert.
While the people around him were chatting, a palace official came over respectfully.
Everyone looked over with curious eyes and saw the palace servant bowing respectfully to Mi Xiayao.
"Mi, a noble man invites you to go to the side hall."
There are countless noble people in the palace. Whether it is the prince or some noble person, everyone has a little guess in their minds.
Mi Xiayao glanced at her side and cast a strange look. She stood up calmly and signaled to the palace people to lead the way.
Everyone in the palace is paying attention to this popular person today.
The moment Mi Xiayao stood up and walked out of Weiyang Palace, everyone began to discuss new gossip.
Here, when she came to the door of the side hall, she saw the prince Qin Qiao sitting on the throne, and Pei Xingyuan, who was the first under the prince.
The two of them looked at her at the same time.
Her etiquette is hard to fault.
When the prince saw her, he touched the tip of his nose and said, "I heard that Mrs. Xiao came to see you today?"
"yes."
"She has a good nature."
"The empress is well behaved."
When he said something, Mi Xiayao replied without any hesitation.
Pei Xingyuan crossed his legs and looked at Mi Xiayao with a faint smile in his deep eyes.
Prince Qin Qiao was a little irritated by her inexplicable attitude, and then looked at Pei Xingyuan aside.
The latter received the hint from the prince's eyes, stood up slowly, and patted the non-existent dust on his body.
"Mrs. Mi, we invite you here this time because we heard that the Mi family in Qingzhou owns ten thousand taels of gold."
Her heart surged slightly.
At first, she was a little confused about what splashes the prince and Pei Xingyuan could create when they came together.
But when she heard what he said, she suddenly understood.
"My lord is a commoner, please speak more frankly." She lowered her eyes and replied politely.
The prince felt the strange atmosphere between the two of them and looked at Pei Xingyuan and then at Mi Xiayao.
Pei Xingyuan let out a light tut. He looked at the other person's indifference, and touched the tip of his tongue to the back alveolar.
Thinking that she was Mi Xiayao, he patiently repeated: "We want ten thousand taels of gold from the Mi family in Qingzhou."
After his actions, Prince Qin Qiao took another look at Pei Xingyuan and felt that he was very strange today.
"When it comes to silver, it's time to negotiate a deal. Your Excellency just asked for my Mi family's money, but didn't tell me what benefits it would bring to our Mi family. Are you deceiving me as just a prostitute?"
Prince Qin Qiao originally hated dealing with these officials. Most of the time, he asked Pei Xingyuan to chat with them like this.
Hearing that the beauty was vaguely wronged, the prince, a man who could only think with his lower body, felt compassion.
Originally he was the black-faced man, but at this moment, he wanted to be the peace guy.
"Zuo Shaoqing! Why are you talking to a beauty?" the prince scolded.
Pei Xingyuan curled his thin lips. He didn't show any panic. He still sat on the chair and let the prince get angry.
Prince Qin Qiao glanced at the beauty in front of him and said, "When you treat beauties, you should naturally be gentler. You deserve not to win a woman's heart like this."
After saying that, the prince pointed to the chair next to him and asked Mi Xiayao to sit on it.
"How can I be willing to let the beauty suffer if she pays for it? There are many hairpin rings and jewelry in the backyard of the East Palace. They are rare treasures in the world. Whatever the beauty likes, just take them."
As he spoke, his hand quietly covered the back of Mi Xiayao's hand.
Touching the opponent's smooth and tender skin, Prince Qin Qiao's eyebrows turned malicious.
Her first reaction was to withdraw her hand, stand up sideways, and move away from the prince.
At the same time, her charming face darkened, and her cold face gave her a different kind of charm.
"It's ridiculous. I spent a thousand taels of gold from the Mi family and only got a few scraps of scrap metal? It's okay not to do this business. The prince and your lord can find other jobs."
She walked out of the side hall with a gloomy face, completely ignoring the scolding voice of the prince behind her.
But vaguely, she heard Pei Xingyuan say something.
"Prince, the other party has too much money. I expected that today's rough negotiation will definitely not get a good deal..."
She no longer had the heart to listen to what was to come.
This prince's behavior is really ridiculous, and he has the nerve to say such things.
Now that she had reached an agreement with Pei Xingyuan, she just turned away and left. She was not afraid of the prince's anger.
After all, she has the money that the prince wants most right now and Pei Xingyuan to help her.
Just when she decided to leave this ridiculous banquet, there was another person waiting for her in the corridor for a long time.
Duan Honglin blocked the only way and said sadly: "If I were you, I would not come to the capital, let alone show up casually!"
Still a few steps away from her ex-husband, she stopped.
"Who I thought it was, turned out to be Mr. Duan, a trivial official."
It just so happened that she was in a bad mood at the moment, and when she met a sandbag, her words became even more vicious than before.
"The backing we have for this climb is nothing more than this. It's not as big as Tongzhi Guan'er from Jingzhou City."
"Mi Xiayao!" Duan Honglin's eyebrows jumped.
The look of disdain and contempt in her eyes deeply penetrated Duan Honglin's heart.
"Duan Honglin, I also warn you, don't dance in front of my eyes, and just cherish your current life.
"When I finish cleaning up the mess on my hands, you won't be so lucky."
Mi Xiayao had no time to argue with Duan Honglin at the moment, so she missed him and walked straight out of the corridor.
Only a hint of green remains, like a hat on Duan Honglin's head.