Chapter 897 Not As Good As Someone (1/2)
The banquet was set in the afternoon in the Taiji Palace. Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang entered the Taiji Palace, the Emperor and the Empress hadn't arrived yet. Yun Shang looked around, only to find that many officials in the hall were completely strangers.
Yun Shang's eyes froze for a moment, and she realized that probably after the death of Su Qi, Xia Huanyu, together with Luo Qingyan, had had a cleanup in the court. Since she was not in the court, she didn't have a deep feeling.
As there were a lot of new officials, their family members were also unfamiliar to Yun Shang. She noticed that many of them were secretly looking at her, so she also glanced at those young women at the table. But she found that they were actually looking at Luo Qingyan beside her.
Yun Shang curled up her lips into a smile.
”What are you looking at? Why are you smiling so happily?” Luo Qingyan turned around and saw Yun Shang smiling. He followed her gaze, but saw nothing. So he asked softly.
Hearing this, Yun Shang lowered her eyes slightly with a smile on her face, ”Your Highness, you are thirty years old now, but you are still charming. I'm afraid that most of the women in the hall have been attracted by Your Highness though you are just sitting here and doing nothing Since Your Highness is so popular, I'm surely proud as your wife.”
Hearing this, Luo Qingyan couldn't help laughing. He raised his hand for a pear, carefully peeled it and handed it to Yun Shang.
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and took it over. She didn't know what Luo Qingyan meant. While she was guessing, Luo Qingyan said, ”You are wrong, my lady. If you keep smiling like this, I'm afraid that there are many men in the hall who secretly covet you. I've just made Liu Yinfeng into my camp. If there are more, I can't stand it. You'd better focus on eating the pear and spare these new officials. Otherwise, they might be suppressed by me without knowing the reason. I'm sure you don't want them to feel that the officialdom is dark because of your husbands.”
Hearing this, Yun Shang didn't know whether to cry or to laugh. She raised her eyes and glared at Luo Qingyan, but eating up the pear in her hand quietly.
”His Majesty and Her Majesty are here.” Liu Wenan's voice came from outside the hall.
The people in the hall immediately stood up and knelt down. The sound of clothes swaying on the ground could be heard. The people in the hall hurriedly bowed, ”Good day, Your Majesties. May good fortune shine on you always.”
After a long time, Xia Huanyu's voice came from above. His voice echoed in the quiet Taiji Palace without any emotion. ”Arise.”
”Thank you, Your Majesties.” After expressing their thanks, everyone stood up and sat down in their own seats.
Xia Huanyu's eyes swept over the crowd, and then he quietly withdrew his gaze. After a moment of silence, he raised his voice and said, ”Today we gather together to celebrate the talents we selected through the Imperial Examination. It's is just a Palace banquet, not a state banquet. You don't have to be too restrained. Let's start.”
Hearing this, Liu Wenan