As it was Gu Xijiu’s farewell dinner, there were many toasts just for her. Gu Xijiu was not stupid enough to drink all the toasts, but most of the time, she just had to have a sip to be polite.
Some who had ulterior motives, who wanted to get her drunk, were blocked by Rong Che.
As Rong Che was resourceful and was a social butterfly, one would feel the spring-like warmth when he was kind to him.
He did not only drink on her behalf, he also silently sent the imperial maid to prepare a drink to neutralize the alcohol and placed it in front of her.
His actions had induced jealousy among the ladies.
Many had shifted their focus on him.
Among the four childes of the capital city, though the appearance of Rong Che was not the best, he had the most deliberate gesture. Regardless of what he did, he often appeared to be idling like the breezing wind through a bamboo forest.
Rong Jialuo suddenly felt rather remorseful as Gu Xijiu has actually retreated towards him but she stumbled towards Rong Che instead, and that brat got her successfully!
He could only see that the brat was currying Gu Xijiu’s favor.
As for Di Fuyi, he had been keeping his cool. The alcohol set in front of him was brought by himself and the imperial maid who was serving him was the most beautiful and graceful maid in the palace.
The emperor specially trained two maids for Celestial Master Zuo and Celestial Master You each, when they participated in the palace’s dinner. Besides, their job was to serve only the two of them.
They were not only able to serve swiftly but also looked very beautiful. More importantly, they were very clean and their hands were very smooth and tender - not even a single blemish could be seen. Their movement was perfect, hence, pleasing to the eyes.
However, such a maid had the tendency to make mistakes too. When she was serving Di Fuyi, her hands suddenly jerked and the alcohol actually turned over into the glass in front of her, and with a clang, the glass fell to the ground!
As the floor of the hall was made with white marble, the fragile glass made with fine white jade was broken into half immediately after it dropped onto the floor.
As it sounded like the broken string of an instrument, everyone’s heart missed a beat and shifted their focus towards Di Fuyi.
Meanwhile, Gu Xijiu had just refilled a glass of alcohol for Rong Che. As Rong Che was such a gentleman and he always prioritized Gu Xijiu, she thus felt that she should repay his kindness. So, she helped him refill his glass after he finished toasting his glass to others.
Rong Che was happy and his gaze was glimmering; when reaching out for the glass, his small finger even touched her palm…
Gu Xijiu slightly frowned but before she could respond, the glass of Di Fuyi had fallen to the floor!
That crack also slightly shook her hand, causing half the glass of alcohol to spill exactly on Rong Che’s robe.
Rong Che, "…"
"I’m sorry." Gu Xijiu apologized. She wanted to help but eventually became trouble instead. Regretfully, she looked at him, "Your robe is dirty, do you want to go and change it?" The eighth prince had a fetish about cleanliness and would not wear a robe even if it had a little dirt on it.
Gu Xijiu knew this because she had met him a couple of times in the last six months, hence, she asked.
Rong Che shook his head, "No, it’s alright, I'll just wipe it. That will do."
Rong Che shook his head, "It’s alright. I can just wipe it." Then he took a white handkerchief to wipe the stain from his clothes. The location of the stain was in an odd position so it was not convenient for him to twist his body to wipe it off.
"Let me do it." Gu Xijiu took his handkerchief over and tried to wipe it for him.
When she was rubbing it a few times, there was a sudden slapping sound from across, as if someone was slapping chopsticks on the table.
The sound was loud and the quiet hall became even quieter, to the point that they could hear the wind blowing through the dining hall.
The sound was issued from Di Fuyi's table. Gu Xijiu also felt that the atmosphere was not right. When she raised her head and looked over to that table, she saw the pair of black pupils of Di Fuyi looking back at her too.
Her heart was beating slightly faster.
Di Fuyi was wearing a mask so Gu Xijiu could not see what his facial expression was but she could slightly feel the coercion in his eyes.
The lady who was serving him at the sides had knelt down on the floor and kowtowed to apologize.
As it was still in the early of spring and the palace was built beside a lake, the hall was somehow chilled. Even though there were hundreds of people in the hall, it did not raise the temperature at all.
Other people might not be aware but Gu Xijiu was very sensitive to low temperatures. Therefore when the hall suddenly became warm, she surprisingly looked around the hall and suspected that there were a few heaters added to the hall…
Emperor Xuan did not expect to see the servant making such a big mistake. He immediately scolded the servant, frightening her even more.
Di Fuyi did not say anything but only asked to change servants.
Emperor Xuan immediately ordered the servant to leave. Fortunately, he had prepared two servants for Di Fuyi, thus he had another backup servant for him. When he was about to call the backup servant, Di Fuyi looked at Gu Xijiu and said, "Miss Gu, can you come over?"
Gu Xijiu did not expect that he would call her. She was stunned, "What?"
"I noticed that you are quite skillful at pouring the wine. Why don't you come and replace the servant?" Di Fuyi lightly smiled while looking at her.
Gu Xijiu frowned a little.
This request didn't seem too demanding.
He had a very special status. The servants who poured wine for him were at least officers with a grade five and above. Sometimes even the princesses grab the opportunity to stay beside him and serve him. It was considered an honor if they had the chance to pour wine for him.
Thus when he asked her to go over, she could not claim that it was humiliating her.
Countless pairs of eyes were looking over. There was surprise, envy and some were even wondering…
Gu Xijiu thought for a while. This guy was going to put her into the Dark Forest thus it could be said that her fate was in his hands. If she angered him, he might put her at the sixth hill and she would have regretted not treating him well.
Therefore, although Gu Xijiu was not willing to go, she could not reject the request. When she stood up to go over, Yun Qingluo who was sitting not far away arose too, "Celestial Master Zuo, let me do it. I am very good at pouring wine and I know 18 different ways to pour it. Could you give me a chance to show you?"
When she was about to walk over, Di Fuyi stopped her, "Pouring wine is for drinking, not for performing. I don't need to know so many ways to pour wine. You don't have to come." Then he stared at Gu Xijiu, "Are you coming?"
Gu Xijiu was speechless.
This guy was so stubborn! It seemed like he would not let her go if she did not pour wine for him.
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