Chapter 18
Chapter 18
The banquet was held in the main hall of the palace, which shows that the host attaches great importance to this dinner.
The queen enthusiastically took Xie Jiuyu's hand and walked in. There were already two people sitting at the carefully arranged long dining table, Qin Shu at the main seat, and Qin Yao at the right.
Seeing Xie Jiuyu coming, Qin Yao immediately got up and greeted him: "Jiuyu, your seat is here."
The queen nudged Xie Jiuyu and motioned him to follow Qin Yao.Qin Yao took Xie Jiuyu to the second seat on the right, pulled out the chair, and invited him to take a seat.
Xie Jiuyu sat down with a delicate mood. In the TV series, gentlemen help ladies pull chairs. If it wasn’t for the sake of the palace here, he would definitely push the chair back, and then pull it back and sit down again.
Xie Yanshu, Liu Wanmu, and Xie Enbai who came later also sat down under the guidance of the queen.
The servants began to serve the dishes in an orderly manner. The dishes were decorated exquisitely, and it could be seen that the chefs in the palace had put in a lot of effort.
Qin Shu didn't pretend to be a king, nor did he say any polite words of welcome, and just opened his mouth to let everyone move their chopsticks.
Xie Jiuyu had spotted a plate of crystal dumplings made in the shape of a little white rabbit, and put one in his mouth. After chewing a few times, his face wrinkled slightly.It seemed that the cook put all his energy into decoration and presentation.
"If you don't like it, spit it out." Qin Yao's voice sounded close to his ears, and Xie Jiuyu's chopsticks shook in surprise at the gentle tone.
He turned his head and looked at Qin Yao, who was looking at him with a smile.
Something is wrong with Qin Yao.
From the time he entered the main hall just now, Xie Jiuyu felt that something was wrong with Qin Yao, not in terms of dress or appearance, but something different inside.The person is still the same person, but the aura and state have undergone inexplicable changes.Although Qin Yao took good care of him before, today's Qin Yao inexplicably gave him a... weird feeling.
Xie Jiuyu silently swallowed the dumplings in his mouth: "There is nothing I don't like, it's okay."
Qin Yao was afraid that he would wrong him due to his scruples about the occasion, so he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the queen at the right time: "Does Jiuyu usually have any hobbies?"
Xie Jiuyu tilted his head and thought for a while, then replied: "I'm more interested in idioms, I joined the idiom club recently." In the name of Li Genius", he made an exception and recruited him.In addition, he also successfully joined the cooking club requested by Cailuo, but he couldn't mention cooking as a hobby at the moment, otherwise the queen would probably ask him to comment on the dishes on the table.
At this time, Liu Wanmu interjected self-consciously: "Xiao Yu has joined the club? Why didn't you tell me? How do you feel?"
Xie Jiuyu looked at her face with a smile that didn't reach her eyes and said perfunctorily, "It's okay."
Liu Wanmu's brows twitched slightly, and soon relaxed again: "Xiaoyu's ancient etiquette is so powerful, it is a logical thing to join the idiom club."
Although Xie Enbai knew that what Liu Wanmu said was not the truth, there was still jealousy in his heart.When we were in the side hall just now, the queen kept pulling Xie Jiuyu to talk and seldom paid attention to him.Qin Yao only greeted Xie Jiuyu, and offered to let Xie Jiuyu sit next to him.Now even his mother is praising him in front of everyone, and everyone's eyes are on Xie Jiuyu!Does he deserve it? !
Xie Enbai, who has always been under the spotlight, has received enough cold treatment in the palace today.He drank his soup with his head down, hiding the gloom in his eyes.
In addition, there was another person in the room who was very uncomfortable, and that was Xie Yanshu who had been silent all this time.
In fact, Xie Jiuyu was the only person invited to the palace for the dinner today. After Liu Wanmu heard about it, he insisted on coming with him. He knew that it was a woman's vanity that was at work, and he couldn't wear her down, so he had to agree in the end.When the Queen saw them in the side hall, he was so embarrassed that he almost wanted to crawl into the cracks of the ground. He told himself, it was only this time, and there would be no more.
In order to talk to the queen, Liu Wanmu even called his son Xiao Yu, who had always been indifferent, and his familiar and friendly appearance was very different from his usual indifference. This was a naked use.If it was before, it would be fine, but now that her son is sensible, it would be too hurtful for her to do so.
The more Xie Yanshu thought about it, the more guilty he felt, and the more he felt that he shouldn't have come. Fortunately, he kept his mouth shut and said little, hoping that the dinner party would end soon.
The sound of tableware colliding gradually became quieter. Seeing that the meal was almost finished, Xie Jiuyu became a little absent-minded.
Why hasn't the queen proposed to dissolve the engagement?When he was in the side hall, the queen asked him some questions, intentionally or unintentionally, about how he felt about Qin Yao, and he gave enough hints to show that he and Qin Yao were just friends and had no intention of occupying the position of princess.
Why hasn't anyone mentioned this yet?
Seeing Xie Jiuyu resting his chin, Qin Yao lowered his eyes and pondered, and thoughtfully approached him and asked, "Is it too boring? Why don't you go out to get some air?"
Before Xie Jiuyu had time to react, the queen helped him make a decision: "Go, this is not a state banquet for the galaxy ambassadors, just be casual."
Xie Jiuyu thought about going out, so he could ask Qin Yao clearly.
Qin Yao took Xie Jiuyu all the way to the gate of the palace. Xie Jiuyu walked to the pillar that he hadn't had time to look at during the day, and relaxed his body and leaned on it.
Qin Yao stood half a meter in front of him, his deep blue eyes looked very deep under the light of the night moon.
Xie Jiuyu stared at him and said, "Qin Yao, something is wrong with you today."
Qin Yao froze for a second, then quickly covered up with a smile: "No."
"Yes." Xie Jiuyu pointed out bluntly, "For example, it's weird for you to pull a chair for me, and I'm not a woman."
"What does this have to do with gender?" Qin Yao was a little puzzled.
Xie Jiuyu suddenly remembered that the combination of men and men is very common here, and it seems that pulling chairs may indeed have evolved between gentlemen.But--
"Besides this, you are also very strange in other places."
"for example?"
"Details, small details."
Xie Jiuyu remained silent, frowning slightly, carefully distinguishing the source of that strange feeling.
Qin Yao tried his best to maintain a calm face, but his heart was complicated and nervous.After heeding his father's advice, he did blatantly show consideration and intimacy to Xie Jiuyu. He hoped that the other party would find out what he wanted, but he was also worried that he would be rejected and alienated.
Xie Jiuyu's frown became deeper and deeper, his lips parted slightly, as if there was an answer ready to come out, and Qin Yao's heart beat faster and faster.
He stared at the flawless face of his sweetheart, which was as clear and holy as the moonlight in the night.He secretly told himself that he must not make mistakes.His father's suggestion must be better than what he, a love white eye, thought, and everything went according to plan.
It has to be said that once Xie Jiuyu was involved, Qin Yao's IQ went offline directly.How could he have imagined that there was a huge gap between Qin Shu's suggestion and what he understood, and among the thousands of forked roads, he chose the worst one.
His plan obviously skipped the most important confession, or in other words, he subconsciously chose to avoid this link, because this link plays a key role in the relationship between the two. Once he confessed, Xie Jiuyu would have the tendency to refuse Opportunity, so Qin Yao didn't dare to confess, but wanted to get closer to him, and finally stepped into crooked ways.
Time passed minute by minute, but Xie Jiuyu suddenly relaxed his brows: "Forget it, there are always a few days in every month, I understand." Since Qin Yao refused to speak, he couldn't go up and break people's mouths.Besides, the focus of tonight is still on retiring the engagement.
Hearing this, the tense strings in Qin Yao's mind relaxed.
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