C74

At the start of the banquet, according to the usual practice, some dessert was served. After the Concubine De finished speaking to everyone present, she began to serve the main course.

As the main dishes were served, Yan Ling felt that something was amiss. He finally understood the meaning of these dishes. If she was not mistaken, these dishes were for people with febrile typhoid fever and could not be eaten.

If it was said that he hadn't paid attention to the first pastries, the steamed cake made with lilies and the Black Plum Soup used to relieve the heat, then these things couldn't be considered as a coincidence now.

Apart from the silver sprouts, the vegetables, the clams, and the radishes that could not be eaten by the people who had caught the cold and the soup that was made from them, the rest of them were mostly greasy and spicy.

When Yan Ling saw these dishes, he understood that the third prince was here to test him. He immediately pretended to drink his tea and stealthily looked in the direction of the Third Prince. Sure enough, Liang Yi was also secretly looking at her.

Yan Ling immediately lowered his head and smiled at an angle that Liang Yi couldn't see. Since others had painstakingly prepared for so long, they naturally had to leave some thoughts for them.

Yan Ling did not immediately go to eat those dishes. Instead, he chose to eat those "edible" dishes as if he had caught a real chill. What Yan Ling was doing now was purposefully showing it to Liang Yi.

At this moment, Liang Yi revealed a look of understanding. However, if he wanted to let this be confirmed, it probably wouldn't be enough. Being petty and paranoid could sometimes be a fatal injury to him.

"Miss Yan, would you like to try this stir-fried silver bud? Mufei specifically ordered it made in the kitchen. I wonder how it tastes like?" Liang Yi said to Yan Ling with a smile.

Consort De was also stunned as she heard this. Yesterday, Liang Yi had taken the initiative to come to the palace and say that he wanted to help her organize the banquet. She directly took over the kitchen's food preparation from her hands. As for what the dishes were, Consort De did not know anything at all.

However, in front of the large hall, Consort De couldn't say such words to refuse his son's face. She thought that Liang Yi wanted to use this opportunity to say a few words to Yan Ling, so she nodded with a smile and agreed.

"Recently, I have enjoyed eating light food. I always felt that there was a new flavor to it. It's rare for Yi'er to open his mouth, so Miss Yan must try it." Consort De said as usual.

At this point, although Yan Ling no longer needed to hide anything, he immediately nodded his head and followed the Third Prince and Consort De's instructions. He picked up a bit from the plate that he had yet to make a move on and gracefully put it into his mouth.

"What the Empress said is right, it really is something else." Yan Ling said with a smile as he swallowed the food in his mouth.

"Young miss Yan, why don't you try it again …" Liang Yi said at this moment.

No matter what Liang Yi said, Yan Ling followed the name of the dishes he was pointing to and ate them one by one. Originally, if it had been anyone else, they would probably have been skeptical about their original conjectures and would have given up on it.

However, Liang Yi was different. The more he was like this, the more he couldn't understand. He didn't want to believe that what he had firmly believed in was wrong. Therefore, the more Yan Ling acted this way, the more Liang Yi pointed at him and ate some of the other dishes.

At the beginning, Liang He's performance was considered normal, but later on, he became a bit agitated.

Even though it didn't make much of a difference to the looks of others. However, as someone who knew Liang He very well, Yan Ling could clearly feel that Liang He was already unhappy.

Due to a number of reasons, it was not convenient for Liang He to open his mouth and obstruct anything in this situation. As a true insider, Liang He naturally understood the purpose of what Liang Yi was doing now.

However, even though he knew this, Liang He could still feel a surging anger in his heart. It wasn't as if he had been knocked over by jealousy, but he still felt uncomfortable.

Especially when Liang He realized that Yan Ling had no intention of rejecting Liang Yi at all. He ate all of the dishes that Liang Yi had mentioned one by one.

They weren't the only ones who came to the banquet. Right now, Yan Ling was the focus of everyone's attention. Liang Yi was alright, but he didn't avoid doing so, which naturally surprised everyone.

Everyone had also seen the intimate actions of the Crown Prince earlier. Now, another Third Prince had appeared, and he was so concerned about Yan Ling.

At the same time that many people were envious and jealous, they started to watch the commotion. They wanted to take a look at how the two princes were fighting over a woman.

At the beginning, Consort De suspected that her son was making use of this opportunity to get close to Yan Ling. Then, at the end, Consort De felt that something was amiss.

Hearing the whispers of the crowd, as well as the occasional glances thrown at them, Consort De's expression couldn't help but become unsightly.

In Consort De's eyes, her own son would never be this impulsive. [What the hell is going on?

Could it be that it was as the crowd had guessed, that he had fallen in love with the crown prince in the hall? With that thought, Consort De's face darkened.

"Cough, cough …" Consort De coughed lightly twice, finally awakening the third prince's rationality. He also seemed to have realized how unwise his previous actions had been, and the third prince did not continue immediately.

It was as if all mothers were prejudiced against their daughter-in-law. Consort De couldn't help but have this kind of thought, even though Yan Ling was still not her daughter-in-law yet.

However, according to what Liang Yi had said before, he had indeed made up his mind to get married.

Therefore, even if everyone could see, under such circumstances, Yan Ling had clearly not done anything. He was completely showing his goodwill as the third prince.

However, Consort De still felt that Yan Ling was a calamity that had bewitched the two princes. Originally, Consort De thought that as long as her son had a mind of his own, it didn't matter even if he didn't like this daughter-in-law.

However, at this moment, Consort De no longer thought that way. Consort De did not know what methods Yan Ling had used to captivate the two princes. However, Consort De was very clear that her son would usually not be such a person.

Consort De couldn't help but think, if after Yan Ling married his son, Liang Yi'er also treated her like this, then wouldn't that be a troublesome matter?

It was said that beauties brought calamity to the world. This was the truth. Not to mention, unless they knew what their son had in mind about Yan Ling. In that case, there might not be anyone else who would use the same method to deal with Liang Yi.

Consort De might feel that she might have overthought things, but she also felt that she had to be on guard. Originally, Consort De had already tacitly agreed to marry her, but now he was against it.

At a time like this, Consort De wasn't the only one with other thoughts.