sbdcsierra Chapter 152 Banquet
Chapter 152 Banquet
At this moment, the noise suddenly quieted down a lot.
Everyone's eyes turned towards the door.
What caught the eye was a gorgeous yet elegant and very complicated feathered dress, followed by a pair of watery eyes revealed outside the veil.
It’s Rong Yingxin!
She twisted her waist and walked into the gate step by step.
Then it attracted a lot of people's enthusiastic attention.
When she raised her chin proudly, she looked like a peacock spreading its tail.
"Is this Lady Tianfeng of Zhongdu?"
"She's like a goddess descending from heaven."
"Ah! She gave me a look! It was so beautiful!"
There are people who praise it, and there are people who look down on it.
"With that foxy look, is she a celestial being? I think she's just a foxy girl."
"Exactly, what kind of person is this? She's twisted like that. I'm afraid she's comparing herself to a prostitute."
This caused many people to whisper and mock.
Rong Yingxin listened to those discussions and was filled with anger. She thought that if there weren't so many people present, she would definitely kill those gossipers several times!
With a glance, Rong Yingxin keenly caught a glimpse of a dark and cold light.
After meeting Rong Su's eyes again, she smiled smugly at Rong Su.
Rong Su treated the provocative smile coldly, which touched Rong Ying's heart, and there were no more waves in her heart.
She still hated Rong Yingxin, and that would never change, but she had learned one thing over the past few days.
That is, don't show all your emotions, especially hatred.
Because your intense emotions will only make the other person more proud.
Just like now, Rong Su did not react at all to Rong Yingxin's provocation.
When Rong Yingxin saw this, her expression changed instantly, becoming a little unhappy and dissatisfied.
She was wondering why Rong Su didn't hate her when he saw her twice?
Rong Su must have known that it was her who almost caused her to be sold to a brothel, and that it was she who poisoned her. She might even have some suspicions about her, thinking that it was she who took away her position as the Tian Feng Girl.
After all, Rong Su now has sworn brothers in Hutoumen and Mining City.
But! Why didn't she react at all when she saw her? This wasn't what she wanted!
She wanted to see Rong Su show that kind of hatred, so cruel that she wanted to kill her, but also felt helpless and frustrated about what she could do!
Rong Yingxin was like crazy because she was not satisfied. She bit her lips in frustration and felt very unwilling!
Rong Su didn't know what Rong Yingxin's expression was at the moment. She just treated the other party's provocation coldly and waited for the best opportunity to give the other party a fatal blow.
Shen Sulian noticed that Rong Yingxin looked over here several times, and he became more certain of one thing, that is, Rong Su knew this Zhongdu Tianfeng girl.
But why did Tian Fengnu look at Miss Rong with such a hidden look?
Do they have any festival?
At this time, many more people came one after another.
The entire hall was full of people.
Rong Su also saw Yan Liang and Zhou Di, who were sitting opposite her.
Yan Liang's eyes curved with a smile, and he wanted to wave to her to say hello, but he was stopped by Zhou Di the next second. It was obvious that he understood that she was deliberately disguising herself and definitely didn't want to be recognized.
Rong Su looked at Zhou Di with great gratitude and accepted the other party's nod.
"Miss Rong, do you know the messenger from the mining city?"
Shen Sulian noticed that Yan Liang and Zhou Di seemed to be looking at her, so she asked in a low voice, puzzled.
Hearing this, Rong Su thought for a moment and said calmly, "Yeah. Friend."
After receiving such a brief reply, Shen Sulian observed Rong Su's expression and did not ask any further questions, but she had more respect for Rong Su in her heart.
Because even the kings of three continents and one city have to give some face to the mining city.
Miss Rong could actually make the Lord of Kuangcheng greet her so warmly, she must have something extraordinary!
Rong Su looked around, completely unaware that she had gained a little fan.
After the guests enter, the host enters first.
A loud voice came from the door.
"Prince Ning is here!"
This sound attracted countless attention.
A young man walked in through the gate. He was dressed in fancy clothes, with his hands behind his back and his lips raised, looking like a nonchalant young man.
If it weren't for the royal tag around his waist, one would have thought he was the young master of a wealthy family.
As soon as he entered the venue, many people came forward to flatter him.
Xuanyuan Zhi waved his folding fan, enjoying the flattery of those people, and even laughed heartily.
At this moment, another loud shout was heard.
"King Wu has arrived!"
After hearing this, Xuanyuan Zhi's smile faded a little, and a flash of sneer and disdain flashed across his eyes. It seemed that he looked down on Xuanyuan Kong.
Of course, it was only after Rong Su watched carefully that she realized that Xuanyuan Zhiyuan was not so stupid as to reveal his emotions so easily and reveal his ambitions in front of everyone.
"Fifth brother."
Xuanyuan Zhi even pretended to be very enthusiastic and walked forward. Xuanyuan Kong was a bit similar to Xuanyuan Zhi, except that Xuanyuan Kong had a round head and big ears.
When he smiled, his eyes were invisible.
"Third Brother!"
The two brothers performed a scene of deep brotherly love in the hall.
If I hadn't noticed the undercurrent between them, I would have thought they were deeply in love.
All this was just a show for the Emperor of Dongzhou.
"Your Majesty is here!"
This sound was louder than the previous two times.
I wanted to scream to the sky.
Immediately afterwards, Xuanyuan Zhi and Xuanyuan Kong had already taken their seats.
Then when Emperor Dongzhou came in, everyone fell silent and looked towards the gate.
A man with gray hair and an old look walked in step by step, supported by a palace servant.
The Emperor of Dongzhou walked unsteadily to the throne, and everyone stood up to salute him.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
After Emperor Dongzhou sat down, he raised his hand and spoke in a voice that sounded a little old.
"Everyone, take a seat."
After everyone sat down, the palace servant standing beside the Emperor of Dongzhou began to shout: "The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens has begun! The Heavenly Master enters the hall!"
Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man in a Taoist robe walked into the hall with a whisk in his hand.
Behind him were two people also wearing Taoist robes.
Rong Su recognized Shen Peiqing at a glance.
He followed the Heavenly Master into the hall, but he kept his head down and even made up his face, but she recognized him intuitively.
The Taoist priest walked to the center of the hall, where a sandalwood table had been placed at some point, and on it were placed various offerings, all of which were priceless, including the elusive mermaid beads.
A palace servant came to the side of the Taoist priest with a wooden tray. He took out three incense sticks from the tray, and those incense sticks seemed to be specially made.
It is very unique in appearance.
She was surprised and curious to find that the flame was blue.
"The sacrifice to heaven begins!"
The Taoist priest took three incense sticks, bowed to the sky, then inserted them into the stove and began to walk along some irregular paths with a whisk in his hand.
He seemed to have walked out of the shape of some kind of formation, and then muttered something.
He didn't even blink, but he still couldn't see clearly what was happening in front of him.
That is, the three incense sticks placed in the stove burned to ashes in just a moment.
This scene shocked everyone present and they all talked about it in a low voice.
"Oh my God. This is a wonder!"
“It’s a miracle from heaven!”
"It's a miracle! It's the gods protecting our Dongzhou!"
"It is because of your Majesty's powerful governance that the gods have bestowed upon us Dongzhou! Long live your Majesty!"
Then, voices rose one after another: "Long live His Majesty!"
Emperor Dongzhou was very satisfied with this scene and smiled happily. At this time, he raised his hand and the palace servants beside him immediately stepped forward to help Emperor Dongzhou up.
The Emperor of Dongzhou faced the crowd in the main hall and shouted in a resounding voice, "It is a blessing for Dongzhou that a miracle has been bestowed upon us. Dongzhou will prosper for thousands of years, and this will never cease!"
"For thousands of years, it will never stop, it will never stop!"
"For thousands of years, it will never stop!"
One sound after another, each one louder than the last.
Finally, after everyone stopped talking, the Heavenly Master bowed and paid homage to the Emperor of Dongzhou.
"Your Majesty, please light the Eternal Bright Incense at the altar."
At this time, with the help of palace servants, Emperor Dongzhou slowly stood up from the dragon throne.
He walked step by step to the altar and took a long stick of Yongming incense handed to him by the Taoist priest.
After the Yongming incense was lit by the palace maids, the Emperor of Dongzhou held the Yongming incense and paid homage to the altar three times.
Finally, with the help of the palace servants, the Yongming incense was inserted into the altar, and the smoke curled up and slowly rose into the air.
Immediately afterwards, Emperor Dongzhou was helped back to sit on the dragon throne.
The birthday banquet officially began with singing and dancing, and clinking of glasses.
The Emperor of Dongzhou began to express his condolences to the envoys from various continents one by one, and the envoys from various continents handed over the gifts they brought to celebrate the birthday one by one.
None of this had anything to do with Rong Su. She was only concerned about when Emperor Dongzhou would leave the table to purify himself.
Only at that time could Shen Peiqing come into contact with the Emperor of Dongzhou.
While thinking about this, she didn't notice that a palace maid suddenly approached. When she realized it, Shen Sulian had already fallen to the ground, shaking all over.
Seeing this scene, the whole place suddenly became noisy.
"What's going on! The Prince of Beizhou has been poisoned!"
"Your Highness!"
Several guards surrounded them, and some even tried to push Rong Su away.
Rong Su frowned and saw that Shen Sulian's expression was becoming more and more strange. He wanted to squeeze through, but was stopped by the guards.
Nothing feels right.
At this time, people from Beizhou began to question the Emperor of Dongzhou.
"Now our highness has been poisoned! Emperor Dongzhou, I need an explanation!"
The Emperor of Dongzhou was also quite frightened, and two palace maids stood in front of him to protect him.
At this time, facing the questioning of the people from Beizhou, he finally calmed down and was quite composed. He immediately came to his senses and handled it with ease.
"Please be patient, envoy. Our imperial physician will be here soon and will definitely not let anything happen to the prince!"
But the people of Beizhou refused to buy it and seemed determined not to give up.
"Emperor Dongzhou, how can you not make us anxious now? His Highness is the youngest prince of our Beizhou! If anything happens to him, you, Dongzhou, will bear full responsibility!"
In order to show off in front of the Emperor of Dongzhou, Xuanyuan Zhi stood up to comfort the people of Beizhou.
"Please don't worry, envoy. My Dongzhou imperial physician is a famous doctor in the three continents and will definitely be able to cure your highness of the poison."
"Ha! Something happened to my prince today, and Dongzhou is waiting for Beizhou to settle the score!"
This clearly means going to war.
Rong Su watched them arguing with each other, but Shen Sulian's face was obviously turning pale.
In this situation, she also saw Shen Peiqing standing next to the Taoist priest, and he seemed to be extremely nervous.
In order not to expose Shen Peiqing, she immediately shouted: "I am a doctor! I want to see the poison of the Fifth Prince!"
Such a loud sound instantly attracted the attention of many people.
When the people from Beizhou saw Rong Su, they were slightly stunned, as if they had not expected such a thing to happen.
The leader immediately stood up and pointed at Rong Su, saying, "How can you prove it? Also, why did you sneak into my Beizhou team? I've never seen you before."
After saying this, Rong Su looked around and did not see Xiao Muzi.
Could it be that he was detained by Shen Fengyu's men?
Facing everyone's gaze, Rong Su was actually a little unnatural, but she saw that Shen Sulian's situation was very urgent.
One thing that is particularly puzzling is that the imperial physician from Dongzhou arrived too late.
She observed that among the people from Beizhou, one or two of them had a smug smile in their eyes.
Suddenly, Rong Su understood that all this was done by Shen Fengyu!
They wanted to use Dongzhou's people to get rid of Shen Sulian, and then use the excuse that Dongzhou killed Beizhou's prince to contain Dongzhou, or achieve the goal of starting a war.
After realizing this, Rong Su could no longer care about anything else. She looked directly at those people and said coldly, "Are you trying to stop me from detoxifying the Fifth Prince? Do you have any conspiracy?"
When someone heard this, they yelled at her angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
But Rong Su was not afraid at all. She smiled coldly: "If not, then you are blocking my way, and then the fifth prince dies in the Dongzhou Palace. Then you can naturally hold Dongzhou responsible and even claim compensation."
After analyzing these words, Emperor Dongzhou was the first to disagree.
"Miss, go and see the Fifth Prince! Also, go and get the imperial physician for me!"
The man from Beizhou wanted to say something to refute Rong Su, but the Emperor of Dongzhou had already ordered the guards to step forward.
Seeing this, the people from Beizhou could no longer block Rong Su, so they could only grit their teeth and make way, staring at Rong Su coldly.
Rong Su hurried forward and went to Shen Sulian's side to take his pulse. He saw that it was a mild poison that could be cured by acupuncture.
Thinking of this, she took out the silver needle, and with great speed and precision, she inserted the silver needle into Shen Sulian's skin accurately.
After a while, Shen Sulian's complexion slowly recovered. He spat out a mouthful of black blood on the ground and gradually woke up.
The people of Beizhou looked at each other, all feeling very unwilling.
The Emperor of Dongzhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Shen Sulian wake up. Fortunately, nothing happened, otherwise Dongzhou would not know how to give an explanation to Beizhou.
But the people of Beizhou still held on to him and forced the Emperor of Dongzhou to explain.
The Emperor of Dongzhou had no choice but to send people to investigate.
At this time, Xuanyuan Zhi did not speak out, but instead praised Xuanyuan Kong.
"Father, I think my fifth brother is capable of this. He is better at conducting thorough investigations than I am. He has solved many of the Dali Temple's unsolved cases before."
Xuanyuan Kong didn't expect Xuanyuan Zhi to say good things about him. He was surprised for a moment, and then he was humble. Finally, Emperor Dongzhou gave this task to Xuanyuan Kong.
Afterwards, Emperor Dongzhou left the table because he was tired.
After Rong Su sent Shen Sulian back to the West Courtyard, no one from the palace came to look for her soon after, saying that the Emperor of Dongzhou wanted to see her.