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On August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, as per custom, a banquet was held in the palace.

As night fell, many carriages drove towards the palace.

If you look closely, you can notice that the people carried in these carriages are either officials of the third rank or above in this dynasty, or members of the royal family of noble status.

Secondly, he is also a new noble who has recently gained the emperor’s favor.

Attending a palace banquet was an honor for officials and a symbol of status.

At this time, in order to show respect to the emperor, the family members they brought with them were either the wife of the family or the most valued daughter.

I don’t know what happened this year, but an outlier appeared in the middle.

In the carriage of the Princess's Mansion, in addition to Princess Yuan Jing and her husband Liu Jue, there was also a concubine named Meng, who was Liu Jue's cousin Meng Huaisang.

The three of them were sitting in the same carriage, and the atmosphere was very awkward.

Others who saw this scene found it absurd, but they could not say anything to blame Liu Yao.

After all, bringing Meng Huaisang along this time was a request from someone she couldn't refuse.

When Liu Gao was in Yanzhou City, he killed the governor over a disagreement. His behavior was quite unrestrained and he seemed to have an unruly personality.

But in fact, after she returned to the capital, her behavior was not inappropriate in the slightest.

Tan Fu couldn't stand Liu Hao and tried to trip her up a lot, but she dodged them all.

Not only that, she has also done an excellent job in the assignments she has been assigned recently.

It will not cause losses to the daily lives of the people and will also be in line with the emperor's wishes.

Gradually, she caught the emperor's eye.

The emperor was a ridiculous person to begin with, and had been becoming more and more out of line recently. When he was happy, he gave her this decree - bring Meng Huaisang to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

He had heard of Liu Yao's "favor" for Meng, and attending the palace banquet was an honor, so he naturally regarded this decree as a reward.

As the eldest princess, it is a very embarrassing thing for her husband to be able to bring his concubine to the party openly.

However, the emperor never thought about Yuan Jing's situation. In the final analysis, he just didn't take him seriously from the bottom of his heart and did everything according to his own will.

And given the emperor's current temperament, neither she nor Yuan Jing has the right to refuse, which has led to the current situation.

After entering the palace, everyone could see that there was a beautiful girl between Yuan Jing and Liu Yao. Such a scene made people inevitably feel a little sympathy for him.

Liu Yao wanted to ease Yuan Jing's embarrassing situation, but at the moment, his cousin Sangsang needed his care more.

Sangsang had never attended a palace banquet and had never learned any etiquette. If she made a mistake here, she would be doomed.

Therefore, from the moment he sat down at the table, Liu Yao's eyes never left Meng Huaisang.

Arrange a seat for her closest to me so that I can look after her at all times;

When no one was paying attention, he turned his head and whispered in her ear, introducing her to the palace rules;

Some people spoke rudely to Meng Huaisang, but Liu Yao refuted them one by one without any hesitation.

Because it was the first time for Meng Huaisang to see such a big scene, she felt nervous and flustered. Liu Yao quietly put one hand behind her and held her hand tightly.

Throughout the entire palace banquet, except for the part where she needed to stand up to toast, her hand almost never left Meng Huaisang's.

According to the prescribed seating arrangement, Yuan Jing sat next to Liu Yao. At such a close distance, the intertwining of their equally white hands could be seen clearly.

Yuan Jing actually didn't feel anything towards outsiders' mocking, sarcastic, or sympathetic looks. He had long since given up hope on people in that position.

Naturally, he could also ignore the embarrassing situation caused by the emperor.

However, it was difficult for him to ignore the natural intimacy between Liu Hao and Meng Huaisang when they were together.

Fingers intertwined, whispers in the ear, lowered brows and gentle words of comfort...everything was so intimate that it seemed to hurt one's eyes.

There was a hint of blood in Yuan Jing's eyes, and the distance that had been engraved in his mind not long ago struck his nerves like a bell.

He clenched his fists for a long time, then suddenly unclenched them, picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all.

The warm wine poured into his lungs, cup after cup, and soon numbed his nerves.

He was about to suppress those strange emotions, but the low voice of Liu Yao behind him broke his forced patience.

Although she had promised herself not to care about Liu Yao's affairs, Yuan Jing couldn't help but prick up his ears when he heard her voice.

He clearly heard Liu Yao asking Meng Huaisang:

"Sangsang, do you want to eat tangerines?"

The tone was gentle and intimate, with a familiarity that others could not understand.

Although Meng Huaisang attended the palace banquet, his status was much lower than that of everyone else present, and there were fewer dishes on the table than theirs.

For example, the tangerines that Huainan presented as tribute were only placed on the table of people favored by the emperor, but not Meng Huaisang.

This was a very small thing, but Liu Yao noticed it.

Yuan Jing gripped the wine glass and used all his strength to stop himself from turning his head to look at Liu Hao.

But even without turning his head, he could imagine that Liu Yao should be smiling gently, with some doting in his smile.