Crazy host sweet temptation, cold licking the main god and acting coquettish

By the time Emperor Nanyue arrived, everyone at the banquet had been waiting for a long time. Si Mo pretended to glance at the main seat in the middle unintentionally. The empress dowager sat there decently, waiting for her son to return to her as a matter of course.

Now Emperor Nanyue has been trained to obey the Empress Dowager's orders and he no longer has any dignity that an emperor should have.

Seeing this, Si Mo laughed coldly in his heart and exchanged glances with Lin Zhuo who was standing beside him. After the dancer finished her dance, he took out a small box from his arms and walked slowly towards the front of the hall.

"Your Majesty, this is a gift that the princess brought back from Namgyeong. He personally selected it for the queen mother."

At first, when Emperor Nanyue heard that Si Mo had brought him a gift, his face was very touched. But when he heard that it was not for him, his face turned a little unhappy: "Is that so? Mo'er is thoughtful. Present it to me."

"Mother, Mo'er has grown up and knows how to respect you." The emperor laughed awkwardly with a stiff expression. He waved his hand to take the box from the eunuch and was about to open it in front of the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother was also a little surprised. How could Si Mo be so kind as to give her something? She didn't like this child from the bottom of her heart. They hadn't had any contact for more than ten years. How could it be...

"It's rare that Sixteen is so thoughtful, so I will..." After seeing clearly what was in the box, the empress dowager stopped talking and her hypocritical smile cracked.

Isn't this the white jade pendant she gave to Shu'er? ! Each of them has a pair, and hers is still tied in the closet safely, but this——!!

"It's really beautiful, what do you think, mother?" The emperor didn't notice her pale face at all. He looked at Si Mo with a gratified smile and said with a smile: "Is this pink agate?"

Since it was said that this was something brought from the Kingdom of Nanliang, and since Xiaosi was here, the Emperor of Nanyue wanted to flatter him and establish a relationship with him in both open and covert ways. Even if it was just a jade pendant, he would praise it to the sky.

At this time, the eunuch beside him immediately agreed, and the two of them became more and more excited as they talked, completely ignoring the fact that the Empress Dowager was almost unable to sit still.

The pure white jade pendant has a faint red tint, and the impurities in the fine lines are as beautiful as naturally formed blood vessels.

Si Mo suppressed his laughter and said seriously, "No, father, this thing was originally made of white jade."

"But I thought the white jade was too monotonous and unworthy of Grandmother. So I used some tricks... I soaked the jade pendant in water that can dye it for ten hours, and it turned out this color."

"Oh? What kind of water is so magical?"

Si Mo stared at the Queen Mother's face, his expression lazy and charming: "It's not convenient to say, but I guess that Grandmother must understand it in her heart."

Of course it’s blood.

The Queen Mother was terrified when she heard this, and she held on to the armrest of the chair tightly to steady herself. She stared at Si Mo, gave an ugly smile, and said through gritted teeth, "Really? That's really amazing."

No wonder the letter she sent to Shu'er the day before yesterday had not received a reply. It turned out... she would never have the chance to reply again.

Just when the Queen Mother's mind was in a mess, wondering why Si Mo wanted to kill Shu'er, she heard him speak again:

"Father, I have another gift."

Emperor Nanyue's eyes lit up again, and just as he was halfway smiling, he heard Si Mo say, "It's for Concubine Duan."

"..."

"Mo'er, you brought gifts for everyone, but...didn't your father have any?" He hardened his heart and asked all the questions that were on his mind, not caring about face anymore. It was more disheartening than anything else that his son didn't care about him.

"Yes," Si Mo stood up and said casually, "Xiao Si brought a lot of rare treasures from Nanliang. We in Nanyue usually don't have the opportunity to see them. Those things in the carriage are presented to the emperor. Isn't this enough?"

"...My son-in-law is thoughtful." He was so choked up by Si Mo's words. Isn't it clearly saying that Nanyue is a small country that has no ability to get close to Nanliang and can only rely on others' charity! ! !

What he cared about was what Si Mo gave him, not a few boxes of high-sounding courtesy items.

Princess Duan was drinking wine nearby, and was surprised when she heard that Si Mo had brought her a gift.

Thinking about the fact that the emperor had mentioned her in the letter that Si Mo had written to her palace a few days ago, he must have been thinking about her. He told her to treat Si Mo as his own child and gave this banquet to her.

As a result, she barely slept for the past few days because she was busy with this matter!

Although Duan Fei's face was covered with thick powder, she looked tired. Seeing Si Mo approaching with something in his hand, he could only smile hypocritically: "Mo'er is too polite. What gift did you bring to me... What is it?"

She guessed that Si Mo would undoubtedly give her some jewelry, and she couldn't imagine anything special...

"When I first saw this wine cup, I felt that it was very suitable for Concubine Duan's temperament." Si Mo said as he snatched the cup she was using and threw it aside without saying anything. He picked up the wine pot and filled the Zhuanyi cup with wine, then slowly pushed it forward: "Your Majesty, please."

After seeing the exquisite cup clearly, Emperor Nanyue's face was full of envy: "My beloved concubine, it is rare for Mo'er to be so filial. You should drink it quickly."

"No... I don't want to drink!" Duan Fei suddenly screamed, and everyone was shocked by her reaction.

She stepped back in disbelief, waving her hands repeatedly: "Take it away! Take that thing away from me!"

Emperor Nanyue frowned and asked in confusion, "Princess Duan, what's wrong with you?" It was just a cup, what could be wrong with it? Or did Princess Duan not accept Si Mo at all and still harbor hostility towards him?

"Your Majesty, I am not feeling well, so I will..."

She no longer dared to look at the cup, and even Si Mo in front of her was like a plague god that she could not avoid. Because Concubine Duan recognized that this was the one with the mechanism that she used to poison Si Mo's mother...

Back then, she was using the Zhuanyi Cup, and it looked like she and Zhaopin were drinking tea from the same pot. However, in the end, it was Zhaopin who died of poisoning, while she herself is still alive and well today, and even if an investigation was conducted, nothing would be found.

But...how did this thing end up in Si Mo's hands?

It's not similar, this is the cup that was turned back then! Duan Fei clearly remembered that there was an inconspicuous scratch on the inner wall of the cup. When Si Mo handed it to her just now, he seemed to have deliberately turned that side over to attract her to look at it.