After traveling through time, I became the aunt of the loyal dog emperor

Crowded together, the crowd strolled around Xiangwanxuan's courtyard lively.

When I returned to the yard, I found that four or five square tables were already set up in the empty yard, piled with fruits and vegetables, as well as other ingredients and drinks. Next to the tables, I saw two stoves, on which meat and fish were being roasted, bubbling.

With a slight smile, Wan Ning explained to everyone: "Today's time is limited, so I have prepared a little wine to entertain you. Please don't be disgusted, and don't be restrained. At this moment in Xiang Wanxuan, there is no distinction between princesses and palace maids. The important thing is for everyone to eat and drink well and have fun. Come and take a seat."

Urged by the guests, they took their seats one after another. Wan Ning stood there and clapped her hands three times. Zhu Ying got the signal and Bai Nen led the others to serve the dishes and pour wine for everyone. After a few glasses of light wine, the people who were a little reserved at first completely relaxed. There were even palace maids who were drunk and pulled Wan Ning's sleeves, praising her with the utmost praise and tears of gratitude.

"I've long heard that Princess Le Yan of Xiang Wan Xuan never looked down upon palace maids and servants. Today I see that this is indeed the case."

"Not only does he not look down on us, he is also willing to treat us to a meal." Upon hearing this, the palace maid next to him quickly echoed the praise.

The atmosphere of the banquet reached its climax, but it felt like something was missing. At this time, a little palace maid in a pink dress stood up with a bang, blushing and dazed, and suggested performing a talent show to liven up the atmosphere. Wan Ning immediately cleared the space in front of several tables and made a flat area as the performance venue.

These palace maids who usually served tea and water no longer hid their skills and performed their favorite talents. Some of them had good voices, some danced gracefully, and some played musical instruments... They admired and praised each other, and at least at this moment, they all felt a kind of release they had never felt before.

Concubine Ru blushed and danced the dance she had been chosen to perform when she entered the palace. She had never danced it again since she entered the palace, and it gradually became a legend. Her light and agile dance pushed the atmosphere of the banquet to a higher and higher peak. At this time, no one knew who took the lead in the crowd and suggested: "Let's do one, Princess Le Yan should also do one!"

Zhu Ying looked at Zhu Zi to the left, then turned to the right and looked at Shui Yue in confusion. They were both a little surprised and a little worried. Having lived with the princess for so long, he had never heard of her having any talent.

At this time, someone in the crowd spoke up again: "I heard that Princess Le Yan showed a great talent for music theory when she was young, and she could create a unique beauty by just plucking the strings. Now that so many years have passed, I wonder if we will be lucky enough to hear a piece of music."

Then someone echoed, quite exaggeratedly: "Yes, if we can hear it, our life will be satisfied."

This statement always felt strange, but seeing so many people's expectations, Wan Ning didn't want so many beauties to be sad. Besides, the last one to perform was Concubine Ru - the concubine of the emperor could perform. If the princess refused, people with ulterior motives would definitely make irresponsible remarks and confuse right and wrong. But let's perform. Wan Ning was really confused about these things now - she didn't understand anything!

Just as he was hesitating and in embarrassment, Wan Tao took a step forward and explained softly: "The princess's hand was injured some time ago, and it has not yet healed. I am afraid that she cannot play today. But the princess taught me to play the zither. If you don't mind, I can perform a song for you. It's just that I can't compare to the princess's performance."

After saying this, without giving anyone time to react, he walked straight to the guqin and sat down in front of everyone.

What a song of flowing water in the mountains looking for a soulmate. Its momentum is suddenly as majestic as the Yellow River rushing for thousands of miles, and suddenly turns into a melodious trickle, and then it turns into a weeping and sad song with a sense of extreme sadness. It is uplifting and full of vitality, and suddenly stops at the highest point.

When the song ended, the listeners were all lingering in the sadness of the song, and even missed their families and old friends, sobbing faintly. Wan Ning was the first to come back to her senses, and just now she seemed to have traveled to many places through Wan Tao's piano music. When she looked at Wan Tao again, a ray of sunlight happened to shine gently on her face, as if she was favored by the gods.

Wantao, Wantao, how many things have you not yet said?

The banquet was about to come to an end, and Wan Ning privately asked Zhu Ying to bring people to bring all the gifts sent by "fans" in the past few days. This was also an important purpose of her hosting this banquet: to return them!

Many of the gifts were indeed given by the palace maids themselves, and she could not accept them because they were paid in exchange for their youth working in the palace. Some were also given by the ministers' families on behalf of the palace maids. Wan Ning naturally understood that they just wanted to curry favor with her because they saw that she was gradually gaining some prestige in the Chu State, so she could not accept those gifts.

However, there are some rules to returning gifts. If you don’t do it properly, people will say that the princess is arrogant and looks down on the palace maids, so how you return gifts is really important.

"Thank you all for your kindness today, which allowed Xiang Wanxuan to have a lively banquet. However, drinking too much in the palace will inevitably affect the work to be done in the palace. If you make a mistake and get punished, it will not be worth it. Therefore, Xiang Wanxuan still welcomes everyone to visit and play at any time, but you can't come to my house rashly like this. If you want to get together like this in the future, you can contact Shuiyue. After we have dealt with the venue and reporting matters, we will send invitations to everyone. Is that okay?"

Everyone was stunned by this method. They had never heard that the princess would consider holding a banquet specifically for the palace maids, not only today, but even in the future. There was another wave of emotion and praise, and even felt that the princess's image, which was approachable, had become much taller.

Seeing that the groundwork had been laid, Wan Ning finally brought the topic to the gifts: "I heard that during the few days when I was away from the palace, many gifts were sent to Xiang Wanxuan. Le Yan naturally accepted them. However, as a princess of the Chu Kingdom, I have never grown a grain of rice, woven a piece of cloth, or worn armor to protect the safety of the people. I am supported by the people of the Chu Kingdom, and it is my dereliction of duty to help them solve their problems when they are in trouble. So Xiang Wanxuan is really unworthy of the gifts."

As she spoke, Wan Ning took out a booklet from somewhere and held it up for everyone to see. Then she continued, "All these gifts are registered in this booklet, including the donors. Please leave here later and take your gifts back."

She was worried that someone might not want to take their things away, so Wan Ning used both kindness and force: "If you don't take them back, you might not get an invitation for the next time. If you want to attend the next banquet, claim your things as soon as possible."

Shuiyue had already walked to the entrance to lead the way, Wantao was on the side checking the names of the people passing by and confirming if they had any gifts to take away, Zhuying and Zhuzi were supervising those who brought gifts to really take their things away. After a set of assembly line operations, the gifts were quickly taken away by these enthusiastic fans.

But there were still a lot of things left, and Wan Ning stood in front of them and looked at them worriedly.

Zhu Zi touched her neck embarrassedly and explained, "Princess, the people listed in this book include Xiang Wanxuan who didn't come today, and there were too many people who came that day, and we couldn't handle it at all, so some people were not recorded. It's our fault for not doing our job well, please forgive us, Princess."

Wan Ning waved her hands wantonly, indicating that they were fine: "Zhu Ying, you come and check the contents of the booklet. If the names are on it, arrange for the gifts to be delivered in person. If they are not on the booklet, pack them up and keep them in the warehouse. Be careful not to damage them. And Xiang Wanxuan must not use these things. They will definitely be useful in the future."

Zhu Ying nodded silently, with a look of panic on her face. Zhu Ying had already spread those quilts on the princess' bed, and Wan Ning happened to be unable to recognize their value.

Zhu Ying hesitated to tell him the situation, but when she saw Wan Ning staring at the gifts with a serious and hesitant look on her face, she held back and turned around, picked up the remaining gifts and walked towards the warehouse.