After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other in surprise. Even Shangguan Shu couldn't help but become curious. If Wei Fu, that lowly husband, was going to give a gift, shouldn't he give Zhao Ying?

Is he attracted to Zhao Yao?

Shangguan Shu couldn't help but feel a little excited, and his gaze towards Wei Fu wasn't so cold anymore.

I wish I could just ask: The believer is willing to be a vegetarian for half his life, in exchange for the two of them getting married...

Others, however, tasted the flavor.

Is this Marquis Xuanping also trying to curry favor with Princess Huai'an?

Could it be that he got some news and knew that the Eastern Palace had completely lost its power?

The Xian Wang and his wife and the Liang Wang and his wife were so excited that the Liang Wang's hands even trembled and the wine spilled out of the glass.

If we can get help from the Wei family, we will be even more powerful!

Zhao Yao was startled when he heard this, and with the same thought as everyone else, he looked at Zhao Ying provocatively.

His eyes seemed to be saying, see, even the Wei family won’t help you.

Zhao Yao then looked at Wei Fu.

He was dressed in an official robe, handsome and strong.

Zhao Yao has always had complicated feelings towards Wei Fu.

Although she doesn't love him, she really wants to conquer him!

Because ever since she could remember, he had been taking good care of Zhao Ying, and she wanted everything that belonged to Zhao Ying.

If the man who always favored Zhao Ying suddenly favored her, just like now... Zhao Yao only felt a heat flowing through her limbs and bones, her heartbeat accelerated, and she felt so good.

At the top, Emperor Jianxi was puzzled: "Oh? What do you want to send me?"

Wei Fu reported, "Your Majesty, the gifts I gave you are just some local specialties. Princess Huai'an's three sons and daughters are all from Dayuezhi, so I'm sure they will like them!"

And I did what I wanted...

After hearing this, everyone became more certain of their guess.

Everyone looked at Zhao Ying with a hint of sympathy.

I thought Princess Chengqian still had Wei Fu after losing the prince of Zhenguo. Who knew Wei Fu was also...

Alas, it seems that the East Palace is really in danger...

Zhao Ying ignored the gazes of others and instead looked lovingly at Shangguan Qingyue opposite her. Hmm, her little girl was so cute, she really wanted to hold her in her arms and cuddle her...

Zhao Zihua, who had always been a quiet person, stood up upon seeing this and said to Wei Fu excitedly, "What did Uncle Wei bring? Why didn't he let someone bring it up for us to see? I'm dying of curiosity!"

The little girl behaved innocently, which made everyone smile knowingly.

Zhao Yao laughed and scolded Zhao Zihua, "You are so rude!"

"Don't worry, I'll bring it up right away!"

Wei Fu was very supportive and clapped his hands. Then three young eunuchs came in one after another carrying wooden tables.

Standing next to Wei Fu, Wei Fu walked over, took the things from the wooden table, and delivered them to everyone one by one.

Huyan Xue received a pair of bracelets made of white beads.

The material of the white bead was not like the jade jewellery we usually see. It was completely white, with a faint green haze, which made it look even whiter. The white bead had no impurities at all, and it shone brightly in the light, like a morning star dotted among them.

The jade and pearls, which are warm but not cold, seem to have spirituality when touched.

It’s really a good thing!

The people present had seen many rare treasures, but they had never seen such clean and white stones, in a whole bunch, round and full... The ladies looked at them with amazement and envy.

Zhao Yao glanced and thanked Hu Yanxue on behalf of Hu Yanxue who was unable to speak.

Wei Fu exchanged some pleasantries and handed Zhao Ziyan a small bow.

It was nothing special, except that it had a few more gems on it and was a little more delicate and smaller than an ordinary crossbow.

Zhao Ziyan looked dissatisfied, but was forced to thank Zhao Yao because of a warning look.

Zhao Zihua couldn't wait any longer and urged Wei Fu, "Uncle Wei, where is mine?"

Wei Fu smiled calmly, less erratic and mean as usual, "Don't worry, little princess, yours is the last one, and of course it is the best."

Zhao Zihua was even more looking forward to it.

The next second, Wei Fu handed her a small drum the size of a palm.

It's delicate and pretty, and you can tell at first glance that it's the kind that little girls would like.

Zhao Zihua hurriedly took it and looked at it excitedly. Her enthusiasm was not only because she liked the gift, but also because she wanted everyone to see how precious and favored she, Zhao Zihua, was!

Ever since the last Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, Zhao Zihua was tortured by Shangguan Qingyue's "popularity" and became mentally ill, always thinking about revenge.

Especially today, when she saw her beloved "daddy" holding the little mute in his arms, she became even more angry.

Wei Fu slightly curved his eyebrows and looked at Zhao Zihua.

His attitude naturally pleased Zhao Yao, but it aroused the dissatisfaction of Emperor Jianxi.

But he doesn't show it!

How can the emperor allow others to guess his mind?

He's not dead yet!

Are these people going to be dishonest?

Lord Wu, who was in a position to take advantage of the situation, began to flatter Zhao Yao again, flattering Zhao Yao and the three children so much that they lost their minds.

Zhao Yao asked Wei Fu, "Marquis Xuanping, how is this thing made? Why is it so beautiful?"

What she was talking about was the beads on Hu Yanxue's wrist, which she had already put on.

This is exactly what Wei Fu was waiting for.

Wei Fu took a deep breath, looked at Hu Yanxue, and said excitedly: "Miss Xue, do the beads feel comfortable and intimate to the touch?"

Hu Yanxue was puzzled and nodded subconsciously.

Wei Fu smiled with satisfaction, and then a hint of cunning flashed across his eyes.

He said casually, "Of course, because this bead... was made from your father's skull..."

As soon as the words fell, the whole audience fell silent and their smiles froze.

Except for Zhao Ying, everyone curled their lips.

Wei Fu smiled innocently yet evilly, "Princess Huai'an should know that your father, the old Xiongnu king, loved to eat pills when he was alive, so his bone powder is particularly bright white. Other people's bones are used to grind beads, but they can't be so beautiful!"

Huyan Xue paused for a while, then let out a long roar.

It whimpered and screamed, shaking its arms madly, as if it was biting people with beads, and it had lost all its sanity.

She hurriedly pulled the beads off, the string broke, and the beads scattered all over the floor. She stomped on the beads without any manners.

The beads ran to the feet of other people. Those who had originally liked them, now found out that the beads were made of human bones, and they immediately moved away in fear and disgust.

Zhao Yao stood up and comforted Hu Yanxue, "Xue'er, stop making trouble!"

"Xue'er, don't be afraid!"

Huyan Xue cried and sobbed to Zhao Yao. Zhao Yao frowned and a hint of disgust flashed in her eyes.

Now the fact that Hu Yanxue was mute could no longer be concealed...

Zhao Yao has always been very proud, so how could she like a disabled daughter?

Sure enough, everyone at the banquet started whispering and looking at Hu Yanxue with strange eyes.

"Oh my god...why is she mute?"

"I thought she didn't say anything when she came in. It turns out..."

A lady from a marquis' mansion suddenly remembered something, spat, and cursed in a suppressed voice: "Just now Princess Huai'an asked about my Nian'er's marriage and wanted to get married. I was so happy, but it turns out... she wanted to bring this mute to my house! Humph! Although my Nian'er is not that outstanding, it is not his turn to marry a mute from another race!"

At the end, Jiang Cheng also felt a little embarrassed. Even in their Tubo, there was no noble lady who made a scene at such a grand banquet. Could it be that Miss Xue was relying on the power of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to be fearless?

Jiang Cheng was in mixed feelings for the moment. He disliked Hu Yanxue, but at the same time he coveted the power behind her.

Zhao Ying, who was standing opposite him, looked at Huyan Xue and curled the corners of his lips in self-mockery.

She knew why Hu Yanxue collapsed.

Back then, she came back from the Xiongnu with Zhao Yao and was fostered under her name. She took pity on her loneliness and treated her as her own daughter, but she was unfilial and disrespectful.

One day, she had a high fever. She took care of her by her bedside, but she didn't get a good response. She went out for a while and when she came back, she found that Huyan Xueren was gone.

where?

Shangguan Shu's study.

The eleven-year-old girl cried bitterly in front of her uncle, who was not a blood relative of hers.

She said she had a nightmare.

In the dream, her mother disliked her father for being too old, so she secretly hooked up with her second brother, who was the successor to the Xiongnu King.

She cried and said how scared she was when she saw the two having an affair, and later she heard her mother and her second brother discussing how to poison her father.

The next day, she had a bowl of medicine in her hand...

Her mother asked her to take it to her father and feed him personally.

Day after day, her father finally collapsed.

Before he died, he stared at her with his eyes wide open and unwilling.

Since then, she has been haunted by nightmares.

Zhao Ying remembered that after Hu Yanxue finished speaking, Shangguan Shu had a blank expression and only said that she was young and her memory was disordered, and her mother was not that kind of person.

He didn't believe that his white moonlight was so vicious...