Qingwen was still looking around, waiting for the figure she wanted to see most appear in the ten-foot-wide entrance. When she was pouring tea for Mr. Ronggui, inadvertently, the tea almost overflowed the cup.
Rong Guiren stretched out his finger, bent it slightly, and struck Qingwen on the head.
"Don't look, Doctor Su will definitely come in, but by then, he won't be so close to you, little girl."
Qingwen was in pain, holding the teapot with one hand, pouting, and rubbing her head with one hand.
"Today is a national event!" Mr. Ronggui looked at the dragon chair facing east in the hall. There was no emotion in his eyes, only a hint of indifference.
"His Majesty will come in later and all the guests will be seated. Please stop being so foolish, or I won't be able to protect you!"
"I understand, Master."
Obviously Ronggui knows the rules of entering and exiting the palace better than Qingwen. Courtiers like Su Xuan can only enter through the side door on the right, and cannot enter the main hall from the main entrance, which is where the emperor and foreign guests enter.
"Look, Doctor Su is coming in!"
Qingwen stood on tiptoes and stretched her neck forward to look at where Rong Guiren's eyes were staring. She indeed saw a eunuch guiding Su Xuan to sit down.
"Now you feel at ease."
Rong Guiren raised the jade cup in front of him, took a sip and sighed.
"Tea leaves in early autumn have a sad flavor."
Qingwen's eyes stayed in the direction of Su Xuan, but she saw the eunuch leading him closer and closer until he led the way to an empty space next to Rong Gui, with only a table in the middle.
"Mr. Su, this is your place."
"Thank you for showing me the way." Su Xuan bowed slightly as a gesture of thanks, and the little eunuch bowed in return.
"Then the slave will resign!"
Su Xuan smiled and nodded, walked straight to Mr. Ronggui, and gave a pretentious bow.
"Su Xuan pays his respects to Mr. Rong Gui!"
Rong Guiren obviously didn't expect that the seats would be arranged like this. As a concubine, she didn't sit next to the emperor. Maybe the emperor had no feelings for her at all, so forget it. In the end, Su Xuan was placed next to her. It's really hard to guess. to the emperor’s intention.
Thinking back to the emperor's words during lunch, Mr. Ronggui did not dare to have too much contact with Su Xuan in public. Being involved with the emperor's woman was not as simple as losing his head! So Mr. Ronggui just nodded symbolically, which was regarded as a response.
Su Xuan knew that the emperor and Rong Guiren had dinner together at noon, but he really didn't know what was said between them. However, Rong Guiren's reaction also indirectly expressed that at least he should not have too much contact with him during this banquet. Qingwen was still young and had always been under the protection of the Ronggui people, so she did not understand the subtext of these big scenes.
Seeing that Su Xuan was so close to her, she couldn't help but feel a little happy. Rong Guiren coughed, and Qingwen knew it was time to hide her thoughts, and the bright smile that was about to appear on her face was hidden again.
The banquet had not started properly, and Su Xuan began to look at the people around him. Most of them were not familiar to him, but judging from the crowns of the other people, he could at least tell whether they were civil servants or military attachés. Although there is no difference in the dress between civil and military officials, the civil officials wear the Jinxian Crown, a piece of black fabric the size of two fists wrapped around the top of their head.
The military attache wore a diao cicada crown, which was gorgeous, colorful, and had the wings of birds and beasts. Su Xuan was not familiar with the crowning etiquette of this world, but he could barely distinguish the other party's rank. From near to far from the main entrance, it was Arrange from small to large.
Su Xuan looked at the position where he was sitting. It was really a tall order for a junior imperial physician of the third rank in name, but actually lower than Qi Mingxuan, to be able to sit only fifty steps away from the emperor.
Just as Su Xuan was bored and reviewing the knowledge about official positions he had learned in his previous life, a voice appeared next to him and called his name.
"Mr. Su?"
Su Xuan looked back, wary in his heart.
"It turns out to be Mr. Ouyang!"
Su Xuan stood up and faced the other party. The person who came was Ouyang Feng, who reminded Su Xuan, but almost kidnapped Su Xuan later, and the strategist of General Gou Hongxuan.
"Doctor Su also came to the banquet today? What a fate! What a fate!"
Su Xuanpi couldn't help but smile. It's not a bad thing that this guy almost got himself kidnapped because of the tips he gave him. It's only been a day and they met again! It seems that this guy's official position is definitely not as low as that of a little counselor as he said.
"It is indeed fate! Today is such a festive day, and I can see Mr. Ouyang here again! It really surprises Su. Su still remembers Mr. Ouyang's 'kindness'!"
How could someone as smart as Ouyang Heng not know that there was something in Su Xuan's words? But the shrewdest people are often the best at playing dumb.
"Those are small things! Small things! Things that are within the next cent!"
Not far away, Qingwen was looking at Su Xuan with wide eyes. Ronggui was also peeking at her from the corner of her eye. Ouyang Feng noticed that this was obviously not a good place to talk, so he stretched out a hand towards his side. .
"Mr. Su, could you please lend me a moment to speak?"
Su Xuan snorted coldly in his heart and walked towards where Ouyang Feng was leading the way. Weiyang Palace was the emperor's territory. He wanted to see what amazing moves this strategist could do in public. Could he still use that trick to confuse people? medicine? That really means that the many secret guards outside the palace and the imperial guards in public were not regarded as human beings!
When the two of them walked side by side to a less crowded place, the standard fake smile on Su Xuan's face suddenly stopped. If it weren't for the fact that he was in the hall, he would have grabbed Ouyang Feng's collar with both hands and questioned him. Although he didn't know much about martial arts, a strategist who looked like he had been sitting at his desk for a long time and was exhausted could still compete.
"Ouyang Feng! You..."
Before Su Xuan could speak, he only saw the smile on Ouyang Feng's face. A thin figure walked out from behind a pillar. Even though the place was dark, Su Xuan could fully see the purple tiger made of the clothes on his body, and The colorful crown on his head can only be worn by the top military officers and generals.
Su Xuan quickly knelt down.
"Su Xuan, the imperial physician of the Imperial Medical Office, pays homage to the general!"
"Mr. Su, there are many people with mixed eyes, so there is no need to be so polite!"
The person walking out from the stone pillar beside Ouyang Feng was none other than Gou Hongxuan, the only general today. The two of them had met once in Weiyang Palace a few days ago, but at that time Su Xuan was focused on refining Wudan, while Gou Hongxuan was preoccupied with entangled with the prince and Lin Zhangwen. For such a young man like Su Xuan, The imperial doctor didn't pay much attention.
