For this once-in-a-century banquet, the Chang family worked hard and arranged it exquisitely and gorgeously.
The banquet was held at the lakeside of Chang's Manor. Three pergolas were set up. The men were on the left, the ladies were in the middle, and the ladies were on the right. The hanging gauze was dancing in the wind. The pergola was surrounded by flowers. There were four people and several widths each, and the maids shuttled between them.
, filled with exquisite dishes.
Princess Jin Yao was seated alone, and the Chang family also carefully arranged her seat. Four palace maids could sit behind her, and there was a carved beauty screen. Looking forward, she faced the sparkling lake, with several other people surrounding her.
Wings spread out.
But now there is one more person sitting on this single seat.
After sitting together, we can't still eat with the princess. Chang was busy with Chen Danzhu's separate case.
"This Chen Danzhu is treated like a princess." A young lady said in a low voice.
The lady next to me chuckled: "Do you also want this kind of treatment? Go and beat up the other ladies."
The remaining two young ladies at their table covered their mouths and smiled. Yes, there is nothing to envy. Princess Jin Yao wants to give Chen Danzhu power, so I don't know what embarrassment it would be to sit next to the princess while eating.
The young lady originally thought so too, but——
"Why do I feel that the princess and Chen Danzhu get along very well?" She looked over there with a bit of confusion.
The other three people also looked over and saw Princess Jin Yao pointing at her table and saying something. Chen Danzhu glanced at it, then picked up a piece of something from his table and ate it - the seating arrangement of the pergola, so that
As long as you raise your voice, you ladies can talk to the person you want to talk to, but if the person sitting at the same table talks in a low voice, other people will not be able to hear you clearly.
"Don't think too much." A young lady said, "The princess is a person of status and will never be as rude as Chen Danzhu."
A person of status can embarrass others as gently as spring rain, but when the rain falls on the body, it will be like a knife.
The dishes on the table were exquisite, but the ladies didn't really come to eat. They were all focused on the princess and Chen Danzhu - but not everyone was like this.
A young lady watched the person sitting next to her eating food with chopsticks, then picked up the fruit wine, and couldn't help but ask: "Miss Li, aren't you worried?"
Miss Li Li Lian looked at her with a glass of wine in her hands, seemingly puzzled: "What are you worried about?"
Another young lady next to her smiled half-heartedly: "Ah Lian, you have a good relationship with Miss Danzhu. Aren't you worried that she will be bullied by the princess?"
Li Lian smiled: "Don't worry." She glanced at the table over there. When Chen Danzhu entered the hall to meet the princess, she was a little worried. If the princess lost her temper directly because of embarrassment, according to Chen Danzhu's
If you have a bad temper, you will definitely retaliate when insulted in front of others, and there will definitely be no way to ease the situation.
But now, the princess and Chen Danzhu are talking nicely and sitting together for dinner, so there is no need to worry.
She knew from personal experience that as long as he could talk to this girl properly, that person would never want to embarrass or humiliate this girl - who could bear it?
Li Lian smiled and drank the fruit wine in one gulp.
Here Chen Danzhu shook the wine pot, smelled it again, turned to Princess Jin Yao and said, "Princess, have you ever drank wine? This one really tastes like wine."
Princess Jin Yao looked at the table and signaled, and the palace maid beside her poured wine for her. She took a small taste, shook her head and said, "It smells good, but it tastes bad when you drink it."
Chen Danzhu held up the wine bottle and laughed: "Let me tell you, how could the Chang family be so brave to let us ladies drink? If we drink too much, wouldn't it be chaos if everyone uses the strength of the wine to fight with me?
.”
Princess Jin Yao was continuing to drink, and she almost choked when she heard this. The maids hurriedly handed her handkerchiefs, wiped them, and caressed her. They were a little flustered. Others who were chatting, laughing, eating and drinking in low voices also stopped moving, and the atmosphere in the pergola was slightly stagnant.
——
"You." Princess Jin Yao calmed down her breath, asked the maid to step away, and looked at Chen Danzhu, "You know you are hated by others?"
These words may sound a bit scary at first. If any other girl would have bowed down and apologized immediately, or cried and explained, Chen Danzhu still held the wine bottle: "Of course I know, people's thoughts are written in their eyes."
You can see her face clearly if you want to." After saying that, he looked into Princess Jin Yao's eyes and whispered, "I can see that the princess didn't want to hit me, otherwise, I would have run away long ago.
"
Princess Jin Yao was amused again and looked at the girl's playful big eyes.
"Then why are you hitting people?" She also whispered, "Can't you just say it nicely?"
"Because -" Chen Danzhu whispered: "It's too tiring to talk, but it's better to make people understand faster by doing things."
Princess Jin Yao was stunned, laughed, and looked at Chen Danzhu with a somewhat complicated expression.
I gave her the opportunity to speak, thinking that she would explain to me why she fought with the Geng family girl and why she was scolded for being domineering. What she did was helpless, or as the palace maid said, for the emperor.
, for the imperial court, her loyalty——
I didn't expect her not to say, well, even for this princess, explaining is too tiring? In other words, she doesn't care what she thinks, you can think whatever you want to see her, feel free to--
Princess Jin Yao looked at Chen Danzhu. After Chen Danzhu finished speaking, he went to pour the wine himself, eating a bite of food and a sip of wine, feeling at ease.
From the first words she said to him, Chen Danzhu showed no fear at all. She answered whatever he asked, and she sat next to him when he asked her to. Well, from this point of view, Chen Danzhu was indeed
Flying and domineering.
"What you said." Princess Jin Yao smiled again and picked up the wine glass, "It's similar to what my sixth brother said back then."
Sixth brother? Chen Danzhu's ears immediately stood up, and he moved towards Princess Jin Yao, his eyes bright: "Is he the sixth prince?"
Princess Jin Yao was surprised by her behavior: "What's wrong?"
Chen Danzhu didn't care what the sixth prince said. She smiled at Princess Jin Yao and asked, "Does the princess have a good relationship with the sixth prince?"
When asked, the maid next to her couldn't help but glance at Chen Danzhu. Is there any bad relationship among the princes, princesses, brothers and sisters? Even if there is something bad, it can't be said. The emperor's children all love each other.
of.
Princess Jin Yao regained her princess demeanor and smiled: "My brother, sister, and I are all very good, and they all love me very much."
Chen Danzhu smiled and said: "I want to say, is the sixth prince staying in Xijing? Princess, my family has returned to their hometown in Xijing. As you know, our family is notorious. I am afraid that their life will be difficult, but I am not afraid of hardship.
I’m afraid that someone will deliberately make things difficult for me, so why don’t you ask the Sixth Prince to take care of my family for a while?”
Princess Jin Yao stared at her, as if she didn't know what to say. It was the first time in her life that she saw such a noble girl - in the past, those noble girls behaved politely in front of her and never spoke much.
This Chen Danzhu didn't even say a few words to her before he started asking for favors.
"You really dare to say that." She could only say, "Chen Danzhu is really domineering and bold."
Chen Danzhu smiled at her: "Princess, for the sake of my family, I have to be domineering and bold. After all, we are notorious and have to find a way to survive."
She was really frank. She was so frank that Princess Jin Yao didn't know how to answer. Chen Danzhu called her princess in a low voice and looked at her pitifully with his big eyes——
"My sixth brother never goes out." Princess Jin Yao couldn't bear it and could only say. After saying this, she quickly added, "He is not in good health."
Chen Danzhu thought to herself, of course she knew that the Sixth Prince was in poor health, and everyone in Daxia knew it.
"I'm not asking the Sixth Prince to take care of my family." Chen Danzhu said seriously, "I just want the Sixth Prince to know about my family. When they encounter a life-or-death crisis, it's enough for him to reach out and give me a hand."
Princess Jin Yao sat on the bench. Although she was young, as a princess, her true emotions could not be seen when she put away her expression. She asked softly with arrogance: "Do you often mention this to others?"
Is there a request? Miss Danzhu, actually we are not familiar with each other, we just met today."
"I don't do it often, I seize opportunities." Chen Danzhu knelt down and sat up straight, facing her, "Princess, I, Chen Danzhu, can survive until now only by seizing opportunities. Opportunities are a matter of life and death for me.
, so as long as there is a chance, I will try it."
