Crown Princess Zhao Li specially invited the most famous opera troupe in the capital for tonight's banquet.
In order to facilitate management, the theater troupe members were all waiting in a few rooms not far from the main hall.
At this time, Chai Yan came to this area with the strong maid...
When he heard someone practicing music in the lighted room in front of him, Chai Yan's heart skipped a beat.
What should I do? When I see people from the troupe, I can no longer hide my identity...
Even so, Chai Yan still has to follow him, because escaping temporarily is even more stupid!
Outside the troupe's house, several guards with swords were on duty. When they saw a low-level maid leading a man over, they asked, "Who is here?"
The sturdy maid who had been unsmiling just now immediately burst into smiles. After the same guard with a low eyebrow explained a few words, the guard began to look at Chai Yan...
Chai Yan couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and secretly had a bad premonition...
Sure enough, there was a look of vigilance on the guard's eyebrows, and he held the handle of the knife with one hand: "Are you going out to find a hut?"
"Yes, I went to look for the hut, but accidentally got lost. Fortunately, I met this sister and brought me back..." With the strong maid around, Chai Yan could only reply like this.
The guard stared at Chai Yan, and suddenly the corner of his mouth curled up slightly, and the next moment he drew his sword out of its sheath with a "swish" sound, pointed at Chai Yan and said: "Brothers, this person is suspicious, don't let him run away!"
Everyone was startled, and several other guards immediately realized it and gathered around to block Chai Yan's possible escape route. After a sound of swords being drawn, several shiny steel knives were pointed at him.
Chai Yan.
The strong maid was so frightened that she hurriedly retreated and hid in the distance to watch, secretly wondering if this person was an assassin?
Chai Yan was shocked and quickly raised his hands and said: "Brothers, it's a misunderstanding. It's a misunderstanding..."
"Misunderstanding?" The guard who ordered to surround Chai Yan said: "There is a hut behind this house. Children will not get lost. You actually ran so far to go to the hut. Do you think we are fools?"
"This...uh...this..." Chai Yan didn't know how to make it up for a moment.
When the guard saw that Chai Yan could not answer the question, he immediately became more confident in his judgment: "Look, I can't answer you... Tell me! Who are you? What's the purpose of sneaking into the Prince's Mansion?"
Several other guards became nervous when they heard the sound, and were all on guard against Chai Yan's sudden attack.
"I, I, I...I am..."
Chai Yan was still stammering, but the leading guard had already ordered: "Brothers, tie them up before we talk!"
"No, no, no, no, I'm not a bad person. His Highness the Crown Prince allowed me to come in. If you don't believe me, you can ask His Highness the Crown Prince..."
Chai Yan couldn't control much anymore and immediately shouted loudly.
"Wait a minute..." The leading guard raised his hand to stop the brothers, then came closer and stared at Chai Yan and asked: "What are you talking about, His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"Yes, that's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Chai Yan nodded heavily.
The guard's eyes were full of confusion: "Why did Your Highness allow you to come in?"
Chai Yan did not hesitate this time and immediately said the excuse he had just thought of: "Brothers, to tell you the truth, I am actually a juggler. His Highness the Prince invited me to entertain the banquet!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invites you to do a magic trick?" The head guard thought he heard wrongly, so he asked back and looked at the other colleagues. The colleagues also looked at each other, and then they started laughing.
"Why are you laughing?" Chai Yan said seriously: "I am really the one invited by His Highness to do tricks. I am very good at doing tricks! If you don't believe me, you can ask..."
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At this time, in the main hall of the Prince's Mansion, Liu Lang had just announced his decision to recognize Jimo You as his adopted sister in front of the emperor...
As soon as the decision came out, the most surprised person was not Jimoshu and his wife, nor Yuanyuan himself, but Jimo Qiao!
Jimo Qiao said excitedly: "Sister, I understand now that my mother said you were the protagonist tonight, so this is what she was referring to!"
Yuanyuan didn't say anything, just smiled at Jimo Qiao, but his brows were still slightly wrinkled, as if he was worried about something...
"You'er, why don't you thank the Emperor and His Highness the Crown Prince..." Jimoshu turned around and looked over.
Mrs. Jimo also nodded and said: "Yes, You'er, go quickly..."
Yuan Yuan looked up and saw that the Emperor and His Royal Highness were looking at him with smiles.
Yuan then stood up and walked to the front of the palace to salute and thank the Emperor and His Royal Highness.
Immediately afterwards, Jimoshu's family also thanked the emperor and the prince in unison.
When Yuan Yuan returned to his seat and sat down, the music in the main hall rang again, and the maids and eunuchs on both sides passed around a new round of dishes...
Liu Yu sat for a while, then turned to Pei Yang and whispered: "Go and prepare..."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Pei Yang immediately made arrangements after hearing this.
Liu Lang turned sideways and asked carefully: "Is your father going back to the palace now?"
Liu Yu nodded and said: "I just came here to take a look. I'm here to stay. You guys can't let go of drinking and talking, right..."
While Liu Lang was speaking to persuade him to stay, a guard appeared outside the palace. The guard whispered a few words to the little eunuch at the door, and the little eunuch went to Eunuch Xu to pass the message.
Eunuch Xu frowned as soon as he heard this. He immediately found a break and wanted to report to His Highness the Crown Prince.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he got closer, Liu Lang's face turned from sunny to cloudy, and he turned around and scolded: "If you have anything to do, just speak up, there is nothing shameful here!"
Eunuch Xu was so frightened that he quickly took two steps back, bowed and said, "Yes!"
Liu Yu was curious and looked at Xu Mao: "What happened?"
Eunuch Xu said: "Back to the Emperor, to His Highness the Crown Prince. The guards in the palace just intercepted a suspicious person. The man claimed that he was a juggler. His Highness the Crown Prince invited him to entertain the banquet. The guards were afraid that they had caught the wrong person.
People, so I came over to confirm..."
Juggler?
Liu Lang himself was stunned at first, wondering when the magician would come?
Zhao Li was shocked, and immediately thought of Chai Yan in the side hall.
Zhao Li guessed that the guy must have lost his temper and ran out. Now, he was discovered by the guards!
Liu Lang looked at Zhao Li with doubts and asked softly: "My dear concubine, have you hired any magician?"
"No...no..." Zhao Li's expression was unnatural.
Liu Lang was suddenly startled, and immediately thought of a person, and immediately followed Zhao Li's words and said: "This person is very suspicious. Send Gu an order to lock him up immediately, and I will interrogate him personally in a while!"
"Wait a minute..." Liu Yu suddenly interrupted.
Liu Lang and Zhao Li looked at Liu Yu in surprise at the same time.
Liu Yu smiled and said slowly: "Since this person says he is a juggler, then let him come over and do tricks. To be honest, I haven't seen any jugglers in a while..."