Concubine's true colors

Chapter 165 The Celebration Banquet (1)

Watching Xiangping pull Gu Qingge away, Zhou Xianyu smiled, and turned to look at Xiao Jinxuan contentedly, but when he saw the other party's outfit today, he couldn't help frowning.

"Xuan'er, why didn't you wear the palace dress I prepared for you? Although this deep purple dress suits you very well, it is inevitably too solemn. You have a calm temperament, so wearing light-colored clothes will make you more attractive." Quiet."

Xiao Jinxuan, who had been sitting there quietly with her head lowered since Zhou Xianyu came to the front, heard this, snorted and said softly:

"If your Highness doesn't like to look at it, you can turn your head away. Jinxuan doesn't think there is anything wrong with wearing this outfit today. As for the one His Highness sent, I don't think it suits me."

Hearing this, Zhou Xianyu, whose eyes were full of smiles just now, couldn't help but darken his expression, twitched the corner of his mouth, and said in a very low voice:
"It turns out that Xuan'er doesn't like the palace dress I prepared for you, so it seems that my outfit today must be as difficult as you see, but it doesn't matter which one you wear, as long as you like it."

Zhou Xianyu's voice of disappointment, which could not be concealed, made Xiao Jinxuan feel extremely uncomfortable.

I couldn't help but looked up at the other party, but when she saw clearly what Zhou Xianyu was wearing today, she turned her face away quickly, and tears almost didn't fall.

I saw that Zhou Xianyu, who always liked to wear cloud brocade, black and gold, changed into a Panlong court dress with purple brocade, black and gold patterns today.

Except for the four-clawed dragon on the chest, both the color and the texture of the clothes were exactly the same as the palace dress given to Xiao Jinxuan.

Seeing Zhou Xianyu pretending to be himself, even a suit of clothes, even in order to accommodate her in wearing purple clothes, the other party even changed his habitual preference, Xiao Jinxuan's nose was sore, But the voice became colder and said:
"Your Highness, although this purple court dress is worn on you, it is not suitable for you. Just like me, Xiao Jinxuan, it will not be your favorite black and gold uniform after all. I want to be quiet, can Your Highness go now?" , if you really like staying here so much, then Jinxuan just leave."

Seeing that Xiao Jinxuan got up and left as soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Xianyu looked at her helplessly, with a look of injury in his eyes, but he still hurriedly said:
"No need, Xuan'er, just sit down, I don't want to disturb you, in fact, I don't understand your thoughts at all, you always deliberately alienate me and drive me away from you because you are worried You will hurt me yourself, but do you know? In my eyes, you have never been a disaster star. You are the clever and fierce Miss Xiao Si at the foot of Meishan Mountain in Yangzhou. Xiao Jinxuan, don't be hard on yourself anymore, okay Xuan'er, don't torture me anymore, even if one day I really die because of you, I, Zhou Xianyu, will have no complaints or regrets, do you understand all this!"

Tears were rolling in her eyes, Xiao Jinxuan bit her lips tightly, but she couldn't say a word, so she knew that if she spoke at this moment, her tears would definitely fall down first.

At this moment and this scene, Zhou Xianyu's appearance of cynicism faded away, and his serious words hit Xiao Jinxuan's heart heavily.

How much she wanted to ignore it, threw herself into Zhou Xianyu's arms, and told him all the grievances and longings in her heart.

She was really exhausted, to the point where she was physically and mentally exhausted, she clearly loved each other, but she couldn't stay together, even if it was just a look of concern, a word of longing, Xiao Jinxuan didn't dare to look at it or say a word .

Others only think that she cares too much about the saying that the disaster star harms people, but only she knows that she is simply a ghost reborn, and she is a person who can't have a heart, let alone be emotional.

Otherwise, Xiao Jinxuan wouldn't care about her own life or death if her fate changed, but if she hurt Zhou Xianyu even half of it, she would never be able to forgive herself in this life.

Therefore, taking a deep breath tremblingly, Xiao Jinxuan tried her best to restore her voice as usual and said quietly:

"It doesn't matter if you are a catastrophe, or if you deliberately distance yourself. Your Highness, I beg you, please stay away from me and don't come closer. I really don't want to hurt you. There are so many good women in this world. Zhou Xianyu you Why do you always come to provoke me, there will be no result between us, it has been like this before, it is like this now, and it will still be like this in the future."

She forced herself to tell herself never to cry, but after holding back for a long time, halfway through Xiao Jinxuan's words, tears still dripped down in clusters towards the broken pearls.Coupled with her now desperate look, it can't help but make people feel distressed.

Zhou Xianyu's six senses are keen, so even if Xiao Jinxuan lowered his head firmly, he still found that the other party was crying. Immediately, he was so distressed that he didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly said:

"Xuan'er, don't cry, it's all my fault, I can't speak, I'm too anxious, don't you just want to wait quietly for a while, this king will leave now, promise me not to cry, okay?" ?”

Zhou Xianyu coaxed with a distressed face, and slowly backed away. Although his eyes were full of reluctance, he had no choice but to leave in order not to make Xiao Jinxuan cry.

After he left, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't bear the pain in her heart anymore, and immediately fell on the guest table, crying silently.

Even though tears soaked her sleeves, she couldn't care less about it at this moment, she just wanted to vent out all her bitterly suppressed feelings.

Xiao Jinxuan was crying here, but there was actually one person who was silently watching her from the beginning to the end, and this person was Zhou Xianrui who had arrived at the Jinhua Palace one step earlier.

Looking at the slightly trembling slender figure lying on the guest table, Zhou Xianrui knew that the other party was for his seventh younger brother, so he couldn't help crying again.

Zhou Xianrui, who had seen how Xiao Jinxuan was crying in his study that night, was heartbroken, and immediately felt a little anxious. After thinking about it for a while, he said to Shen Wenqing, who was sitting by the side and came to the banquet together:

"Wen Qing, I seem to be asking you to do something. Just now, I saw that the seventh brother went to the fourth lady. It seems that there is a conflict between the two. Please go and see the fourth lady. The king is worried that she will be depressed. , don't make any mistakes."

After marriage, the prince, as a concubine, always sat at the same table with her husband when attending palace banquets. Seeing that the banquet was about to begin, Zhou Xianrui actually asked herself to visit Xiao Jinxuan. Shen Wenqing was surprised, but she was respectful after all. replied:
"Don't worry, my lord. In that case, the concubine will stay with the fourth lady tonight. If the timing is right, the concubine will enlighten and comfort her. After all, the fourth lady is elegant and dignified. If I can marry the seventh brother, I will Being a sister-in-law is also happy to see her success."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Wenqing stood up, and after saying goodbye to Zhou Xianrui, she walked towards the place where Xiao Jinxuan was sitting.

When she was far away, Shen Wenqing didn't think there was anything wrong with Xiao Jinxuan, but as soon as she came closer, she heard the other party's sobbing, suppressed as much as possible, and a look of unbearable flashed across her face, and she frowned and sighed softly With a sigh of relief, he sat down next to the other party.

Taking out her brocade handkerchief, Shen Wenqing patted Xiao Jinxuan's arm, and said softly:

"Miss Fourth, please stop crying. The palace banquet is about to begin. If you cry at will in this palace, if someone looks at you, you will be disrespectful and you will be punished."

In the palace, the biggest one is naturally the Emperor of Ninety-Five Supreme Beings, so if it is not for the death of the emperor, it is easy not to allow anyone to cry at will, otherwise this will be the fault of cursing the Holy One and adding bad luck. If it is really pursued, this crime is not quite serious.

Xiao Jinxuan, who was crying alone, did not expect Shen Wenqing to come over. She raised her red eyes and looked at the other party. She took the brocade handkerchief and smiled gratefully.

Xiao Jinxuan has a calm temperament, except for Zhou Xianyu's matter, she has basically never lost her composure.

Now that Shen Wenqing, who was not familiar with her, was there, she was disturbed by this, and the sorrow in her heart was suppressed, and her tears gradually stopped.

Apologetically looking at Shen Wenqing, she fiddled with the brocade handkerchief twice, and said in a hoarse voice because of crying:
"Princess Rui made you laugh. I stained this brocade handkerchief. When Jinxuan goes back to clean it, I will return it to you."

Hearing this, Shen Wenqing smiled indifferently, and held Xiao Jinxuan's hand very kindly.

"Don't be the princess, the princess is calling me, you and my prince are good friends, and the seventh brother is also a good match, you can call me sister in the future, I will only call you Jinxuan, anyway, sooner or later we will be a family , we don’t need to see each other.”

Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help being stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said with a wry smile:

"The concubine is very kind, but Jinxuan dare not lose her sense of proportion. What's more, His Royal Highness and I are not in the kind of relationship that the concubine thinks. There is nothing between the two of us, and there will be no intersection in the future."

If it wasn't for being sentient, why bother to cry again? Shen Wenqing thought in her heart, but she didn't say anything. After all, Xiao Jinxuan is in a bad mood now, and she doesn't want to disturb the other party's mind at this time, otherwise if she lost her composure at the palace banquet , the consequences are somewhat troublesome.

Just when she was about to say a few words of persuasion, Xiangping, who had been away for a long time, saw that Zhou Xianyu was not here, so she immediately dragged Lu Qingge and trotted back.

When he got close, seeing Shen Wenqing was there, Xiangping immediately said with a crescent smile in his eyes:

"Sister-in-law is here, why don't you sit with the three of us today? That's really great. Xiangping likes to cling to you the most."

Xiangping was a careless person, so when he saw Shen Wenqing coming, he was busy saying hello and talking.

But Gu Qingge has always been careful, so as soon as she came back, she saw Xiao Jinxuan's red eyes, and she knew in her heart that the other party had cried.

A few steps forward, she tentatively asked: "Sister, what's the matter, the circles of her eyes are so red, but she's been crying, what happened, can you tell me?"

As soon as Zhou Xianyu left, Xiao Jinxuan cried like this. Gu Qingge instinctively felt that something must have happened between the two of them.

I couldn't help but feel a little joy in my heart, Lu Qingge even thought, if these two had a conflict, wouldn't it mean that she would have a chance, even though she knew it was wrong to think so, she just couldn't control her heart.

Xiao Jinxuan shook her head, and only said that the wind had dazzled her eyes. Of course, Gu Qingge didn't believe it. Just when she was about to ask, Emperor Ming and Empress Xue arrived, and all the concubines who responded came to the scene. She had no choice but to stand up with the crowd to salute, and continued to ask carefully.

After Emperor Ming took his seat, he looked at the civil and military officials below, and the nobles of the family, and immediately laughed loudly, telling everyone to stand up without courtesy, and said in a majestic voice:

"Today, all my lovers must know that I set up this banquet to celebrate Yuwang's defeat of Beirong and to reward the army's return to the court. But this reward is far from enough for a celebration banquet, so I decided to take advantage of it. Today is a double happiness, I will find a good wife for my Yuer, and I will marry you in public!"

(End of this chapter)