513 Noble Conferment (1)
The palace was not a place they could casually loiter in. The couple parted after exchanging a few words.
Shen Yijia returned to Eternal Spring Palace with Yuan Yuwan and Xiao Ruoshui. Along the way, Xiao Ruoshui regretted that Shen Yijia hit Xuanyuan Ye too lightly. She was not so gentle when she dealt with her back then.
Shen Yijia rolled her eyes. Who would have thought that Xuanyuan Ye would faint so easily? She regretted it a little.
According to her beautiful husband, the person who wanted to kill her was the person hiding in the dark to protect Xuanyuan Ye. At that time, she wanted to throw her off the arena, but the other party thought that she wanted to kill Xuanyuan Ye, so he suddenly interfered.
He even dared to attack in the arena. It would probably not be easy to deal with Xuanyuan Ye in private. At the very least, she had to deal with the person protecting her first.
However, on account of the beautiful uncle, as long as Xuanyuan Ye no longer had any thoughts about her, she would not do anything to her.
After all, she was a magnanimous person!
After Xiao Ruoshui finished talking about Xuanyuan Ye, she turned the topic to Xiao Qirui. Yuan Yuwan, who would respond to her from time to time, was completely speechless.
Therefore, Xiao Ruoshui was the only one left chattering non-stop. It was not until they entered Changchun Palace that she finally fell silent.
Shen Yijia and Yuan Yuwan secretly heaved a sigh of relief at the same time. They did not know why Xiao Ruoshui was so talkative.
There were many more people in Changchun Palace than when they left. Everyone was either sitting or standing around familiar people and talking softly.
Beside Imperial Concubine Liu, other than the women with orders, there were also a few concubines in various palace clothes.
Among the women in the emperor’s harem, they were probably the only ones qualified to attend the birthday banquet.
Shen Yijia knew that her status was not high enough, so she had no intention of approaching them. She found an inconspicuous spot behind the group of noble ladies and stood still.
Then, a strange scene happened. With the four of them as the center, there was suddenly a large empty space around them. If not for the fact that the occasion was not right, Shen Yijia suspected that these people would have instantly scattered.
Shen Yijia thought to herself, “No, am I a ferocious beast?”
“These people are like this. If you lose, they’ll say that you’ve embarrassed Great Xia. If you win, they’ll think that you’re too fierce. I think they’re just envious and jealous. Ignore them,” Xiao Ruoshui said angrily.
Yuan Yuwan was also worried that Shen Yijia would feel uncomfortable being isolated, so she comforted her.
Shen Yijia shook her head. “I think this is good.”
It was better to be afraid of her. In the future, no one would dare to snatch her man from her in the capital. Her beautiful husband was so outstanding. It would be quite troublesome to deal with them one by one.
Yuan Yuwan and Xiao Ruoshui looked at each other and inexplicably understood what she meant.
After waiting for another ten minutes, a young eunuch rushed in and reminded Noble Consort Liu that it was the auspicious time.
Imperial Concubine Liu slowly stood up and led everyone in the direction of the Baohe Hall. The master of the harem was full of style.
At dawn, a banquet had already been set up in the hall.
The palace servants led everyone in. The seats were arranged according to everyone’s official positions, so Shen Yijia naturally sat beside Song Jingchen.
The Yuan family’s seating area happened to be adjacent to theirs. However, the Xiao family was different. Xiao Ruoshui could only follow the palace maid reluctantly.
When she left, she even glanced at the two of them resentfully, as if they had done something wrong to her.
Shen Yijia and Yuan Yuwan were speechless.
After everyone was settled down, with an announcement, the emperor walked in from outside the hall. He sat down on the high dragon table and accepted everyone’s kowtows.
“Long live Your Majesty!”
“May Your Majesty’s blessings be as boundless as the East Sea and live as long as the heavens!”
Voices sounded in the hall in unison.
Among the group of people kneeling on the ground, the foreign envoy, who only bowed slightly, was especially eye-catching, let alone Xuanyuan Ce, who did not even stand up.
Although Xuanyuan Ce did not ask about the state affairs when he was in the Xuanyuan Kingdom, he still had the title of “Lord”. Now that he represented the emperor of the Xuanyuan Kingdom, he naturally did not need to curtsy when he saw the emperor.
The emperor’s gaze paused on Xuanyuan Ce. His eyes darkened, and an ambition to make everyone submit to him rose in his heart.
Seeing that the emperor was silent, Eunuch Li cleared his throat and reminded him.