Sometimes the Imperial Palace is big, but sometimes it's small. "
Ban Han drank too much tea in the afternoon, so he had to go to the back of the hall to relieve himself. Not long after he came out, he met Rong Xia. She said, "Uncle Rong, are you also going to relieve yourself?"
After saying this, Ban Han felt that there was something wrong with his brain. It was too embarrassing to ask this.
"Yes, what a coincidence." Rong Xia chuckled, as if Ban Han had just said "the weather is good." "There's a juggling performance outside. Are you not interested, Princess?"
"I have a few jugglers at home, so it's not that interesting." Ban Han saw that Rong Xia's expression was so natural that his uneasiness disappeared. "I wanted to join in the fun, but I didn't expect the atmosphere to be so awkward today."
Ever since the Prince proposed, the atmosphere in the women's room was a bit awkward, especially the Shi Feixian. Her face was so cold that it almost turned into ice shards. Although Ban Han didn't like the Shi Feixian, the Prince really didn't deserve this beauty. No wonder the Shi Family's faces were so ugly.
She stole a glance at Rong Xia. Did he really not know that the Shi Feixian liked him? Even she could see that the Shi Feixian liked Rong Xia. Rong Xia couldn't have not noticed it.
"If this Prince can marry a woman from Daye, and if he is willing to live in Daye, it will be good for Daye." Rong Xia noticed that Ban Han was stealing glances at him, so the smile on his face became gentler. "But this person shouldn't be Miss Shi."
The daughter of the Right Prime Minister couldn't marry an outsider, unless the Emperor didn't want to put this family in an important position.
Rong Xia guessed that Ban Han might not be interested in this topic, so he didn't continue. Instead, he suddenly said, "Princess, you are very beautiful today. When you appeared at the door, I almost lost my mind."
Ban Han smiled and said, "It's you who gave me this set of jewelry. It's beautiful."
"Beautiful jade matches a beautiful woman. Without Junzhu, how could they be so beautiful?" Rong Xia's gaze landed on Ban Han's earlobes. There was a smile in her voice, "Junzhu gave them true beauty."
Ban Han had heard a lot of compliments about her beauty, but other than her father and younger brother, there was no other man who would praise Rong Xia so seriously.
"Are all of you scholars so good at talking?" Ban Han wanted to cover her mouth and laugh, but she was worried that her lipstick would be ruined, so she pursed her lips.
"I'm not good with words. I'm just saying what's on my mind." Rong Xia saw that the wind was blowing. He was worried that the snow on the branches would fall on Ban Han, so he reached out to block Ban Han's head. After walking a bit further away from the tree, he pulled back his hand and cupped his fist to Ban Han, "Sorry for the offense."
Ban Han saw that there was a clump of snow on the back of his hand that had fallen from the tree. She pointed at the back of his hand in embarrassment, "Do you want me to wipe it off?"
"It's fine," Rong Xia waved his hand, still keeping a safe distance from Ban Han. It was as if he had just covered Ban Han's head out of gentlemanly behavior, without any ambiguous feelings.
Ban Han didn't think much of it. Right now, her mind was more occupied with the fact that even Rong Xia had praised her for her beautiful appearance today. It seemed that waking up early in the morning to get dressed was worth it. A man who was admired by so many people in Jing should have good taste.
Xie Wanyu stood in the corner of the corridor and looked at the man and woman walking in the snow. She almost couldn't believe her eyes.
She clenched the handkerchief in her hand and took a few steps back with a guilty conscience. She didn't want the two to see her, even though she didn't understand why she had to hide.
"Miss?" The servant girl behind her whispered, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing," Xie Wanyu shook her head and hurried into the garden. There was a stage set up for the performance and many people were there.
"Wanyu, why are you in such a hurry?" Shi Feixian saw that Xie Wanyu had returned and handed her a hand warmer, "When will you get rid of your habit of forgetting things? Are your hands cold?"
"They're not cold." Xie Wanyu shook her head. There was even a thin layer of sweat on her palms. However, she didn't know why, but when she saw Shi Feixian's smiling face and remembered the way the Second Prince had looked at Shi Feixian in the Great Hall, she didn't tell her what she had just seen.
"It seems that you're really not cold. Even your forehead is sweating." Shi Feixian reached out to wipe Xie Wanyu's forehead with a handkerchief. Xie Wanyu tilted her head slightly and avoided her hand.
"I'm fine. What's going on on the stage?" Xie Wanyu took a sip of tea. The tea was slightly cold, but her heart gradually calmed down. "It's quite interesting."
Shi Feixian turned around and glanced at the stage. There was a senior singing on the stage. She remembered that Xie Wanyu didn't like to watch senior singers perform. Shi Feixian glanced at the cup of cold tea and smiled. She turned around and asked the palace servants to change a cup of hot tea for Xie Wanyu. Then, she quietly accompanied Xie Wanyu and listened to the song.
The sky gradually darkened. Although there were many braziers around them, the people sitting outside still felt cold. However, they couldn't let others see that they were cold.
When they heard that the banquet was about to begin, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They didn't know why, but this year's winter seemed to be particularly cold. Even if they wore thick fur coats, the cold still penetrated through their clothes and into their bones, causing trouble without restraint.
After being outside in the afternoon, everyone's appetite at the banquet was better than at the luncheon. Even the noble madams, who were particular about their manners, ate more.
In order to ensure that the temperature and taste of the food weren't affected, the people in the Imperial Kitchen came up with many methods. No matter what they did, at least when the food was delivered to Ban Han, it was steaming hot. It was very appetizing. The only downside was that there wasn't enough food.
She didn't care about not eating more than three times. If Ban Han liked to eat, she would eat more. If she didn't like to eat, she wouldn't even try.
"Huahua, this child, is still so picky when it comes to food," the Empress said to the Princess Royal on her right, "But she's getting prettier and prettier with each passing year."
"It's all because her parents spoiled her," the Princess Royal said with a smile. "Even the Emperor and Her Ladyship love and spoil her. That's why she's become so lawless."
"In a noble family, it's good for a girl to be more casual," the Empress didn't refute the Princess Royal's words that she spoiled Ban Han, "She's Aunt's only granddaughter. It's not too much to spoil her."
"Your Ladyship's words are biased," the Princess Royal smiled and shook her head, "She's not being casual, she's not following the rules. I don't know who she inherited her personality from."
The Empress wanted to say that it must be the Duke Of Jingting's personality. But when she thought about how close the Duke Of Jingting and the Princess Royal were, and that he had died of illness ten years ago, mentioning this person now would only make the Princess Royal feel uncomfortable. So she swallowed her words, "Huahua carries the blood of our Imperial Family and the military families. Her status is noble, so her personality naturally follows the ancestors of both sides."
The Princess Royal raised her teacup and toasted the Empress: "You're favoring her again."
After drinking a mouthful of tea, the Princess Royal wiped the corners of her mouth and suppressed the itching cough that rose up to her throat. Her cheeks were rosy like a young woman in her twenties or thirties.
After the banquet ended, beautiful fireworks were set off in the Imperial Palace. Ban Han stood in the Great Hall with the Yin Clan among the womenfolk. After bowing to the Empress again, she supported the Yin Clan's hand and walked out of the warm Great Hall.
The moment she walked out of the Great Hall, the cold wind hit her in the face. She pulled the cloak on her body and whispered to the Yin Clan: "I really want to go home and soak in a hot bath."
After being roasted in the Great Hall for so long, she felt as if her entire body had been roasted dry.
The Yin Clan laughed and said: "Don't worry, I've already asked the servants in the residence to prepare hot water."
Ban Han rubbed against the Yin Clan's body and acted like a spoiled child, like a seven or eight-year-old child.
"Miss Shi, please wait!"
"Miss Shi, please wait!"
Ban Han heard a strange voice behind her and looked around curiously. When she came out of the Great Hall, wasn't the Shi Feixian still inside? How did he come to the front so quickly?
"Miss Shi!"
A dark-skinned young man with curly hair suddenly stood in front of her. He put one hand in front of his chest and bowed to her: "Miss Shi, this humble one doesn't know the customs of the Daye Kingdom. If I was rude when I spoke at noon, Miss Shi, please forgive this humble one."
The people who were whispering around them seemed to have seen a supernatural phenomenon. They all stopped in their tracks and looked at Ban Han and the prince standing in front of her with a subtle expression.
Seeing that the beautiful woman in front of him didn't speak, the prince thought that she was still angry with him, so he hurriedly explained: "This humble one's surname is Tu Bo 'er, and my name is A Keqi. I'm the second prince of Aipo. But before I came to the Daye Kingdom, my father gave me a Daye name. Miss, you can call me Tu Aqi."
Ban Han looked at the prince who had mistaken her for someone else. In fact, this young man was quite good-looking. His eyes were deep and bright like precious sapphires. The only flaw was that his skin was not fair enough. A man with black hair can cover a hundred handsome men. Ban Tu preferred a man with a fair complexion.
"Prince A Keqi," Wang De walked over with a smile and explained politely: "You've mistaken her for someone else. This is not Miss Shi."
"What?" A Keqi widened his eyes in surprise. If such a beautiful woman wasn't the most beautiful woman in the Daye Kingdom, then how beautiful was Miss Shi?
"May I know who Miss Shi is?" A Keqi was an honest and good young man. After realizing that he had mistaken her for someone else, he bowed to Ban Han in the style of Aipo, and then looked at Wang De, hoping that he could lead him to the real Miss Shi.
Wang De turned around with a smile, walked to Shi Feixian, and bowed: "Greetings, Miss Shi."
"Wang Gonggong, you're too polite." Shi Feixian didn't dare to offend the most trusted eunuch of His Majesty, so she smiled and bowed to Wang De.
However, she didn't look at Prince A Keqi from beginning to end, as if she didn't know that A Keqi was looking for her, and didn't know that A Keqi had mistaken her for someone else.
Shi Feixian was a beauty, an out-and-out great beauty. Her hair was black, her skin was white, her waist was slim, and her feet were golden. No one could say that she wasn't beautiful, but she wasn't the most beautiful woman in the Daye Kingdom, even though she had the title of the most beautiful woman.
Everyone knew why A Keqi had mistaken her for someone else, so they all fell silent.
A Keqi looked at the otherworldly woman standing in front of Wang De, and then looked at the girl who was as beautiful as fire not far from him. He also fell silent.
Father, I didn't expect that the first problem I had to correct after coming to the Daye Kingdom would be aesthetics.
The Daye Kingdom was really a great country. Even its aesthetics were so different.
He still had a lot to learn.
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