frightfiction Chapter 138: Royal Family Banquet
Chapter 138: Royal Family Banquet
In the flower hall of the palace, Su Weixi's family, as well as Mr. Fu and Xiao Yiqing'er were having dinner.
Except for Xu Wanying who was a little restrained, everyone else was very comfortable. After all, it was not their first time sitting at the table to eat.
Originally, after the daytime banquet ended, Su Weixi and the others were going to return to the house where Qing'er had asked them to stay temporarily. But the steward beside Qing'er came and told Su Weixi and the others to stay for a while, as the prince had made some arrangements.
In fact, it was nothing big. Bai Riqing'er just didn't see Su Weixi and Su Ma and the others. He had no other relatives around him now, so he wanted to have a family dinner with Su Weixi and the others.
"Sister, you have been wronged today. Don't worry, I will have someone punish the judge Huang again."
At the dinner table, Qing'er suddenly said to Su Weixi, with indignation on his face. In his heart, Su Weixi was no different from his biological sister. When he was in the valley, except for studying every day, all other happy times were given by Su Weixi. He would not allow others to bully his sister, let alone the daughter of a small Tongpan family.
"Your Highness, you have already warned me today. It is just a small matter, and I have not been wronged. There is no need to take any further action, lest someone think that you are abusing your power." This was the first time that Su Weixi called Qing'er "Your Highness".
This was a unanimous decision made by the Su family before they came. Now that the Lingnan Palace has been officially completed, the Su family will inevitably have more interactions with Qing'er in the future, so they must not give others a reason to criticize them by their name.
"Sister, you are so strange to me. You actually called me Prince. Can you still call me Qing'er as before?"
"Your Highness, etiquette cannot be abolished. If we call you by your name again, it will be disrespectful to you." Su Ma advised.
"I don't think you are disrespectful to me." Qing'er didn't know what was wrong. She was already a teenager, but she started to act like a child.
Fortunately, Xiao Yi and Mr. Fu were there to comfort him.
"Your Highness, you won't think that the Su family is disrespectful to you. But if it gets out, in the eyes of others, it will be that the Su family is relying on their closeness to you to disrespect etiquette. They won't cause trouble for you, but they may cause trouble for the Su family." Old General Fu analyzed the pros and cons of the matter to Qing'er.
"You are old, don't act like a child. It's just an address, does that mean Uncle Su and the others won't be close to you?" At this time, Xiao Yi also used the aura of a cousin to suppress Qing'er.
Although there is a difference between the king and his subjects, Qing'er is the prince and Xiao Yi is the subject, but Xiao Yi is still his cousin.
Sure enough, after hearing what his cousin said, Qing'er stopped worrying about this issue. It was really just a matter of address, and the Su family treated him the same as before.
"Then let's be more polite in front of outsiders in the future. When we are alone with our own people, we should not be so formal." Finally, Qing'er gave this suggestion.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
After dinner, Su Weixi and his friends prepared to return to their house. Qing'er wanted to keep them in the palace, but Su's father refused.
There were no female relatives in the palace, so it was not appropriate for Su Weixi and the others to stay there. Qing'er did not force them, but only asked Xiao Yi to send them back.
Mr. Fu and Xiao Yi also live in Qing'er's villa.
After returning to the house, Su Weixi was not sleepy yet. There would be no accidents in the yard, so he sent Furong away and walked alone in the yard. Although it was night, there were many lanterns hanging under the corridor. In addition, today was the 16th day of the lunar month, and the moon was the roundest, so he could still see the scenery in the yard clearly.
It must be said that although it is just a separate courtyard, it was also used by the prince to stay temporarily before, so the scenery is needless to say, and because it is close to the Jiangnan water town, the whole house is built similarly to what Su Weixi saw when he went to Suzhou Garden in his previous life.
Along the way, he met many servants who thought Su Weixi was lost and asked him about the way, but Su Weixi dismissed them all. Unconsciously, Su Weixi came to a lotus pond. It was not the season for lotus to bloom, but the lotus leaves were green.
Under the moonlight, the beautiful scenery of the lotus pond and the moonlight came into view, and Su Weixi sat down on the stone table beside the pond.
A maidservant was worried that Su Weixi had some instructions, so she stood quietly not far from the stone table. After all, she had been told by the steward to serve the Su family well. Su Weixi was really not used to having someone around like this, so she found a reason and sent the maid away.
Feeling that it was too boring to just sit there, he checked to see that there was no one around and secretly took out some snacks and some drinks from the space.
In order to prevent others from being suspicious when taking out things in plastic or glass packaging in certain occasions, Su Weixi has already had experience in the past few years. He took some oil paper and porcelain jars, and changed the outer packaging of some things in the space to make it easier to take out.
Just when Su Weixi was enjoying a rare moment of solitude, a figure passed by and saw her.
"Ms. Su, why are you here alone? Where are the servants around you?" Xiao Yi suddenly spoke, startling Su Weixi and she stood up from the stone bench.
He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the person coming was Xiao Yi.
"The moonlight is just right tonight, so I sent everyone around me away." Su Weixi was afraid that Xiao Yi would misunderstand that the servants in the house neglected him, so she explained.
While Xiao Yi was listening to Su Weixi talking, his eyes were looking at the snacks and porcelain bottles on the stone table.
"These are some snacks I prepared. General Xiao, since you happened to come across them, would you like to try some?" Su Weixi asked, pointing at the many snacks and cocktails on the stone table.
There was no way, she didn't know what to say to Xiao Yi. Since he saw her eating, she had to use the most common greeting method used by the Chinese nation for thousands of years.
"have you eaten?"
"Would you like to eat something together?"
"I'm here anyway."
What Su Weixi didn't know was that her face was flushed and she was a little shaky, which was obviously the result of drinking.
Su Weixi: This body has a very low alcohol tolerance. I get drunk after drinking some cocktails. Is it my fault?
"Then I'd rather obey than be respectful." After Xiao Yi said this, he sat on the stone bench.
Seeing this, Su Weixi sat back on the stool and poured Xiao Yi a cocktail.
"General Xiao, try this cocktail. It's not too strong."
"Thank you." Xiao Yi picked up the wine glass in front of him, not knowing whether he should drink it or not.
It was actually not reasonable for a man and a woman to drink together. But Xiao Yi didn't know why he agreed immediately when the woman in front of him invited him to sit down and eat together.
"Well, this wine is suitable for women. Maybe General Xiao is not used to it. Otherwise, why don't you try these snacks?" Su Weixi saw Xiao Yi picked up the wine glass but was reluctant to drink it. She thought that Xiao Yi didn't like the wine after smelling it, so she quickly recommended other food.
"No, I was just thinking about something."
After saying that, Xiao Yi drank the wine in the glass.
It has a fruity aroma and tastes very sweet. It is more like juice with a little wine added than wine. However, the taste of this juice seems to be a fruit that he has never eaten before. He can't taste it, Xiao Yi thought to himself.
Su Weixi: Of course you haven’t eaten it, it’s passion fruit flavored!