Yan Qianqian took Niu Yuanping's hand and got off the sedan. Being with the majestic princess and appearing in front of everyone naturally attracted many eyes.
Niu Yuanping followed Zhan Guang and transformed into a distinguished guest. Together with Yan Qianqian, under the guidance of the maid, they entered Zuifeng Terrace and were arranged at the main banquet table on the top floor of Zuifeng Tower.
At this moment, King Yan, the Queen and his concubines have not yet entered the banquet. However, the nine princes arrived first. They are the eldest prince Yan Bolong, the second prince Yan Shixi, the third prince Yan Xiaoyun, the fourth prince Yan Haitong, the fifth prince Yan Zeen, the sixth prince Yan Jindao, the seventh prince Yan Zhongdi, the eighth prince Yan Baihuang, and the ninth prince. Prince Yan Xiushan.
Yan Qianqian is the youngest daughter of Yan Huanren and is called the tenth princess. At this time, Niu Yuanping had just arrived, and he felt that he should keep a low profile and didn't want to talk to those powerful people.
But there was no choice... Yan Qianqian who was next to him was very close to him, which made Niu Yuanping immediately become the target of public criticism... The sixth prince Yan Jindao sat next to Niu Yuanping with a playful expression, looked at him, and then looked at his own My sister asked with a half-smile:
"How come Qianqian is so familiar with this Mr. Niu?" Yan Qianqian snorted proudly:
"I want you to take care of it?..." Then he looked at Niu Yuanping and smiled sweetly:
"Master Niu and I hit it off like old friends!" At this time, Niu Yuanping secretly thought something bad. He immediately felt the sharp eyes of the princes looking over... Such a noble princess, and the youngest among the ten royal families, will definitely be loved by thousands of people.
The fact that he, an outsider, captured the heart of this little girl so easily would definitely make those princes feel grudged and wary.
I'm afraid it will cause misunderstanding... Let the princes regard him as Niu Yuanping as a liar and a bad guy who kidnapped the princess and be wary of him.
Looking at Yan Jindao next to him, Niu Yuanping smiled lightly and hurriedly explained:
"The princess saw that I had just come to the palace for the first time and was not familiar with the place, so she took extra care of me... I am really grateful!" At this time, the eldest prince Yan Bolong, who was sitting in the first place, stared at me and said:
"My little sister is not experienced in the world and has a simple heart. She should be taken care of by Mr. Niu, right?" Niu Yuanping naturally understood the meaning of his words and said calmly:
"I know the importance of this... The princess is precious, so there can be no mistakes! Even if I lose ten lives, I will never let the princess lose a hair." As an elder brother, he was afraid that his sister would be bullied, so he gave a slight warning. It's a given.
It is naturally necessary to say a few words yourself to reassure them. And, isn't this just an opportunity to show your loyalty?
The high-ranking and powerful people like to hear good things. After listening to Niu Yuanping's words, Yan Bolong looked at him, snorted lightly, and stopped talking. At this moment, the third prince Yan Xiaoyun next to him looked over and smiled faintly:
"Young Master Niu is the first to accuse Qi Fei of treason this time. He has made contributions to his father's suppression of the rebellion and will definitely be rewarded. As far as I know, my father is likely to let Mr. Niu take over the affairs of the Demon Suppression Department." After the warning, Is that just a win-over?
A powerful person is a powerful person, and they know how to use kindness and power at the same time... However, before Niu Yuanping could respond, the fourth prince Yan Haitong over there took a mouthful of food and laughed beside him and said:
"So, Mr. Niu has really made a meteoric rise! His future prospects are limitless!" After laughing, Yan Haitong immediately ordered the maid beside him:
"Go! Take good care of me! Be more attentive to me!" The two maids were very obedient. He quickly came to Niu Yuanping, filled the luminous cup on the table with fine wine, and the jade-colored foam overflowed.
The maids on the left and right began to serve. The maid on the left is adding wine, while the slave on the right is smiling at him gently.
This made Niu Yuanping just smile blankly. I smiled bitterly in my heart:
"I dare to get close to the princess. If I don't have a strong character, I really can't handle it..." Not long after he sat down, several princes warned and tried to win over her.
Finally, he began to flatter himself again... How to deal with this? He is not a stupid boy just starting out. Those words that seem to be innocuous and innocuous are actually full of meaning.
If you don't speak the right words, or if you make the princes detect even a little bit of arrogance and exaggeration in you, it will immediately arouse suspicion and hostility... Although Niu Yuanping smiles harmlessly and indifferently, he is not really confused.
On weekdays, the wine banquet that can really make people feel drunken is definitely not what is in the cup as light as white water.
It's about true feelings, and then the true feelings spread to the cups and cups at the table. Only truly smiling eyes, red faces, flying words, and lingering good intentions can bring people back to dreaming and ecstasy with the help of fine wine.
But now, the princes are on guard, setting up defenses everywhere, and their words are thorny. Niu Yuanping couldn't talk nonsense, let alone drink this glass of wine without any scruples... He had to try his best to be humble.
After all, he still wanted to establish a good relationship with them so that he could ask the ancestors of the Yan family to detoxify him... At this time, Niu Yuanping showed an awkward yet polite smile on his face.
He stayed close to the two maids while trying to keep a distance. But this scene made Yan Qianqian immediately angry.
She was not angry at Niu Yuanping. Instead, he was angry at his brothers. From the beginning to now, they always looked like they were deliberately making their friends look embarrassed.
So, she stood up and angrily scolded the two maids:
"Who told you to mind your own business? Go away!" The two coquettish maids had no choice but to retreat. Yan Qianqian glared at her brothers one by one and hummed:
"Don't bully Mr. Niu!..." Yan Jindao on the side laughed and said:
"My little sister is so shameless... Now she actually starts to feel sorry for her?" Yan Qianqian blushed and said angrily:
"If you keep talking nonsense, do you believe that I will tell my father later?"
"No, no...just a joke..." Several royal family members, including Yan Qianqian, began to make a fuss at the banquet table.
Niu Yuanping sat in the middle, feeling a little uncomfortable. He couldn't talk much and had to smile all the time. Compared with the liveliness of these royal brothers and sisters, he seemed completely out of place.
There was a trace of bitterness on my face, and I thought:
"It's really a bit ill-advised to follow this unruly princess to the banquet today..." Thinking like this, he glanced at the door from time to time.
Whispering secretly:
"This King Yan...why hasn't he come yet? I can be saved if he comes..." Soon, some marquises and princes at the banquet began to run over to toast the princes and princesses, and saw Niu Yuanping also at the banquet table. On the way, he took the initiative to chat with him.
It seemed as if Niu Yuanping and them were old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time... In fact, they were just selling it to the princess to save face.
Niu Yuanping could only agree to everything with a smile and say polite words that didn't hurt. Not long after, the dishes began to be served at the banquet.
On the huge banquet table were all the land and water treasures from the Yan Kingdom. The first batch of dishes include turtle meat, deer tongue, crystal shrimp meat, ginseng, duck meat, crab-roasted white jade, foie gras marrow, fresh fish... The dishes have been served for a while.
But the strange thing is that King Yan and the queen and concubines haven't arrived yet... The princes started to get a little anxious.
The eldest prince Yan Bolong stood up and said,:
"I'm going to my father's palace to have a look. You guys can eat first." Then, he left the table accompanied by the maids.
With the permission of the eldest prince, people began to eat, drink, talk and laugh one after another. During the meal, there were pretty maids dancing and singing around.
Yan Qianqian ignored her brothers' gazes and stood beside Niu Yuanping openly, talking and laughing with him.
For a while, it was very lively. However, not long after, a maid who had accompanied the eldest prince to leave the banquet hurried back.
The maid didn't care to calm down her panting, and immediately spoke into the ear of the second prince Yan Shixi.
Niu Yuanping saw that Yan Shixi, who was originally calm, immediately changed his expression after hearing what the maid said.
When the sixth prince Yan Jindao saw this, he had no time to swallow the piece of goose meat in his mouth and asked vaguely:
"Second brother...what happened?" Yan Shixi stood up with a livid face. He glanced at the princes and said:
"Brothers! Let's go together... to father's palace! There are some things to deal with..." Then he stared at Yan Qianqian again:
"You come too..." In an instant, the atmosphere at the banquet began to become gloomy. Even Yan Qianqian, who had an innocent and carefree personality, immediately became well-behaved at this moment.
She was a little confused. But he stood up with his brothers obediently, and then whispered to Niu Yuanping:
"I'll leave first...you eat slowly." Then. The ten royal families left Zuifengtai together. Faced with such a change, the marquis and princes who stayed behind were all puzzled and whispered.
"What on earth happened?..."
"I don't know!"... Niu Yuanping stood up and came to the window. Looking at the sedans and carriages going away below, his eyes flickered.
My heart is already slightly determined:
"Something big must have happened..."
