Chapter 291

"The third prince..." Chen Jia whispered, "you've pressed my clothes."

Xia Houyu was unmoved. She just took a piece of cake at hand and stuffed it into Zhong Liqing's hand under the cover of her wide sleeves. She whispered, "you can eat some cushions, too."

Chen Jia's old face was hot and almost tears of gratitude. At the beginning, the angular third prince was finally rubbed out a little soft by him.

He took the cake from under his sleeve. The two people's hands were divided at the touch, but it made Xia Houyu feel a little hot.

Chen Jia pretended to hang her head to serve the master while no one was paying attention, and quietly stuffed the cake into her mouth. The pastries in ancient imperial palaces are different. They are soft, sweet and delicious. A piece of cake soon went down. Xia Houyu still pressed his clothes and didn't let him get up. He changed his hand and stuffed another piece into his hand. By the way, he waved his sleeve unintentionally and patted off the residue around the clock's mouth.

Because of the long-term soaking in the medicine bath, when Xia Hou Yu waved her sleeve, she took a wind with herbal flavor and turned around the tip of Chen Jia's nose, which made him itch.

Chen Jia lowered her head and stopped thinking. After eating several pieces, she nodded to indicate that she was full, and was released by Xia Hou Yu.

No one in the hall noticed their little movements.

The second and third rounds of cloth dishes came up soon. Xia Houyu's table was full of exquisite meals. All those with easy access and good entrance were quietly stuffed into Zhong Liqing's hand by Xia Houyu.

It's also sad to say. A prince loves his servant, but he has nothing to reward. He can only use this method to make him eat more.

After several rounds of dishes, song and dance performances began in the main hall to cheer up the masters. However, neither Xia Houyu nor Zhong Liqing was interested in watching the performance. On the contrary, they quietly transferred a lot of cakes under the shadow of the dancers' water sleeves.

But at this time, the five princes next to him had another topic and took the initiative to talk to the three princes.

"Third brother, how's the dancer today?"

Xia Houyu returned two words miserly: "OK."

The fifth Prince continued, "the one who leads the dance is Feiyu, a dancer who has recently entered the palace. Her dancing posture has the reputation of flying flowers and leaves, and the feather has no trace. If the third brother likes it, his younger brother can ask this Feiyu girl to go to the Qianyi Hall to dance for the third brother another day."

"No need."

The fifth Prince persevered, glanced at Zhong Liqing standing beside him, moved his mind, and said, "if the third brother doesn't like Feiyu girl, what about the musician?"

Xia Houyu looked in the direction he pointed. He saw that the musician playing the piano on the sideline was a quiet and handsome man. He suddenly raised his eyebrows and looked at the fifth Prince fiercely: "what do you mean?"

The fifth Prince hurriedly said, "don't get me wrong. I'm sorry to see that the third brother doesn't even have a considerate waiter around him. In fact, no matter who the third brother likes..." the fifth prince said here, lowering his voice, "as long as the third brother speaks, I must have a way to put him in the Qianyi hall for the third brother to enjoy."

Xia Houyu's eyes were obscure and did not speak.

The fifth Prince handed over another glass of wine and said happily, "of course, if the third brother doesn't mean that, he has the right to be a brother. I'm nosy. Come on, the third brother will drink."

Xia Hou Yu thought a thousand times, but there was no wave on his face. He looked at the wine cup filled by the fifth prince, slightly hooked the corner of his mouth, looked up and drank all the wine.

The fifth prince was pleasantly surprised. He thought he flattered the third prince. He talked with him for a while. Then he pretended to be nothing and asked, "the third brother has been recuperating in the Qianyi hall recently. I heard that the queen sent a maid to take care of the third brother?"

Xia Hou Yu replied, "I sent him back."

"Why?"

"Not used to it."

"Oh..." the fifth prince thought for a moment and said, "in fact, the third brother has been in the Qianyi hall for too long. It's time to come out and relax. You are the close relative of the queen mother. If you can say more soft words behind the mother, you won't be left out in the cold."

Xia Houyu took advantage of the situation to look at the queen on the high platform, quickly took back her eyes and didn't speak again, but there was a chill and strangeness in her eyes.

The fifth Prince quietly observed him for a while, and then he never took the initiative to talk to him again.

A new year's banquet was really long and hard to cook. When the sixth round of dishes was served, the queen gave an excuse that she was unable to drink. Please go back. The virtuous imperial concubine stared at the empty seat beside the emperor and continued to look at the bustling hall with a smile.

With enough wine and food, the princes began to celebrate the new year for the emperor in turn. The seventh prince took a wooden sword and danced a set of longevity sword technique proudly and freely. The sword Qi finally pointed directly over the hall. Fireworks were lit by the eunuch outside. The fireworks formed a blessing word in the air, which won the emperor's great joy and rewarded the seventh prince on the spot.

The seventh Prince stepped back from the hall with great spirit. The virtuous imperial concubine looked at him with proud eyes and was very sure.

With his opening, the congratulatory gifts of the fifth Prince and the ninth prince seemed to be in order. The emperor also rewarded them as usual, which was a process.

The hall was full of joy, but no one noticed the third prince. Although he sat closest to the high platform, the emperor's eyes did not stay on him for a second.

But at this time, the fifth prince said, "I don't know what gift the third brother has prepared for his father this year?"

As soon as this remark came out, the eyes of the audience fell on Xia Houyu, but most of them were sarcastic and malicious.

The scene was deserted. Xia Houyu was thinking about how to speak, but she saw the scorching sun Princess sitting with the German princess on the stage suddenly ran up the platform and handed the grapes to the Emperor: "father, eat grapes."

She was clumsy. She probably wanted to peel the grapes, but she didn't peel them well. Instead, she made a mess of the grapes. However, the emperor smiled happily, held Princess scorching sun on her lap, opened her mouth and ate the grapes, saying, "my little princess is very good today. There is no crying at the banquet. I want to reward you."

The scorching sun princess was very happy. She held the emperor's arm and said, "father, the scorching sun should have a slingshot that can hit birds!"

"I'm sure!"

"Thank your father! The scorching sun likes your father best!"

The people in the hall all paid attention to the naughty little princess and entrusted her blessing. Xia Houyu's embarrassment was thus forked over.

The dinner finally came to an end. Everyone shouted long live to send the emperor away. As soon as the emperor left, the atmosphere in the hall faded, and each family went back to each other.

Xia Houyu coughed and motioned to Zhong Liqing, "give me a hand."

Chen Jia quickly picked him up. The master and servant were bleak and left the hall unsteadily. Chen Jia noticed that there seemed to be eyes behind her, but she didn't look back.

The fifth Prince stared at Xia Houyu's back for a while. He saw that his pace was more and more unstable. He was a little relieved and left with his wife.

Out of the main hall, Xia Houyu was not busy returning to the Qianyi hall, but took the clock away from Qing in another direction. They returned to the nonsense Pavilion. Xia Houyu pretended to get the books she had left there. In fact, under the cover of the books, she quietly took away a small key under the table.

They remained calm and returned to the Qianyi hall again.

——Content from [Migu reading]