The Princess's Deadly Daily Life

Zhu Youzhen turned to look at Zhang Zhusi and nodded, "My brother is naughty, don't take what I said to heart."

When Zhang Zhusi saw Zhu Youzhen approaching gracefully, she blushed and lowered her head, wishing she could crawl into the crack of the wall. However, he had heard what Zhu Yougui said just now, so she had to raise her head and respond, "My cousin is sensible. If he takes back what he said, I will naturally not take it to heart."

Zhu Youzhen turned to look at Zhu Yougui.

Li Xiying saw through Zhu Youzhen that all the bad aura Zhu Yougui had just shown disappeared in an instant after his brother came.

It seems that no matter how arrogant Zhu Yougui is, he is still constrained by his background. With his status, he has to be humble when meeting his eldest brother.

"I'm just kidding. If you're interested, listen. If not, ignore. Words spoken are like spilled water. You can't take them back."

After saying that, Zhu Yougui laughed and left, making an excuse that he had something to deal with.

"Cousin, look at him!" Zhang Zhusi couldn't help but stamp his feet.

"He is like this all the time. Just assume that he doesn't mean it." After saying this, Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Xiying beside him and smiled meaningfully.

Li Xiying saw his smile disappear in an instant, and then turned to talk to Li Yu.

"What book is your majesty reading?"

Li Yu saw Zhu Yougui leave, so he breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the book he was reading on the desk beside him to read with Zhu Youzhen. He didn't have the leisure to listen to the music anymore, and after a while, he let Li Xiying and Zhang Zhusi leave.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen had nothing more to say to her, Zhang Zhusi also stopped following her.

The two of them walked under the eaves of the corridor. Zhang Zhusi sighed and muttered, "Yaoxi was like this when she was a child. Now that she has grown up, she has become even more dissolute. She is really not worthy of being on the stage!"

Zhang Zhusi saw that Li Xiying was just walking along the road without saying a word. She immediately broke the silence. She pulled Li Xiying's sleeve apologetically and said, "Sister, I didn't mean to hide it from you. I just didn't have time to tell you that everyone in the music club knows who I am."

"It's okay. After all, we've only known each other for a day." Li Xiying didn't care. "Normally, it's understandable to avoid saying unnecessary things to people you don't know well. Besides, it's your personal matter, so it's up to you to choose whether to talk about it or not."

She asked in confusion: "Sister, you don't have anything to ask me? Aren't you curious at all?"

Li Xixiao said with a smile: "If you want to talk, then tell me. If you don't want to talk, why should I ask you? These are just your private affairs. You and I are in the same music hall, and there are so many people of all kinds. If I ask everyone about their life stories, I won't have time to do my own things."

Besides, her identity had just been revealed, so there was no doubt about it.

"As for the matter of playing for His Majesty, I mentioned it to His Majesty without consulting you in advance..." She hesitated, "I won't do it next time. Will you be angry with me?"

Zhang Zhusi held the sheng and looked at her eagerly.

Li Xizhen smiled calmly: "Today's ensemble was unexpectedly good, and there were no mistakes. Why should I be angry? Even if there were mistakes, His Majesty would not blame me, so there is no need to mind it."

She has more important things to do, and getting angry and arguing is not something she should do.

Zhang Zhusi couldn't help but blush, "Sister is so nice!"

They quickly returned to the music hall.

In the following days, A-di did not call her to play again.

……

The next month, Zhu Wen's birthday banquet was held as scheduled.

A hundred days had passed since the national mourning began. Zhu Wen, on the pretext of congratulating the emperor on his accession to the throne, set up a banquet in the palace and invited his most trusted ministers.

On the day of the banquet, almost everyone knew that it was Zhu Wen's birthday banquet, but many ministers still came together, bringing gifts and preparing birthday speeches.

The palace banquet was extremely lively, and almost all the musicians from the music troupe came out to add string music and various dances to the banquet.

Li Xixuan also left.

As a result, we saw countless ministers attending the banquet, and people came one after another. All those who should have come came. It is said that only a few people did not send gifts to Zhu the thief to celebrate his birthday.

The eunuchs wrote down all the names one by one, and they would be in trouble when the list was handed over to Zhu Wen.

Li Yu sat in the main seat with his eyes downcast, looking down at everything with a bleak face. The musicians performed their best, the music was beautiful, the songs and dances were wonderful, and the ministers toasted each other and congratulated each other... The prime minister was dressed in gorgeous clothes, and the treacherous people received a lot of praise, and they were more and more satisfied.

The scenes merged into a dazzling and noisy scene, constantly stimulating his eyes.

The day when Grandpa passed away seemed like yesterday...

Everyone knows that he is just a child, and everyone knows that this position is in name only.

There were so many musicians that almost no one was idle. Only Li Xiqi and Zhang Zhusi did not participate in the music because they were new.

They were assigned to serve food and wine to the guests at the banquet.

Zhang Zhusi is on the east side and Li Xichen is on the west side.

Li Xiqi shuttled among the ministers, occasionally stopping to listen to their conversations.

Suddenly she felt someone's eyes falling on her.

She looked around and found the person outside the seat - Zhu Youzhen.

Why was he staring at her?

Avoiding his gaze, she walked away.

Unfortunately, she didn't hear any valuable information during the banquet, but some people were discussing the affairs of other vassal kings.

Although other vassal states were dissatisfied with Zhu Wen in many ways, they had all stopped trying to support the king and were still keen on expanding their respective territories.

They whispered to each other, but because they were far away from Zhu Wen and the banquet was noisy, no one could hear what they said.

The implication of their words was: if the vassal states had worked together to support the emperor, the late emperor would not have died an untimely death... Unfortunately, they were enemies of each other and were competing with each other, so this piece of fat meat in the court was taken away by Zhu Wen. Others were jealous and clamored to support the emperor.

In the end, they were all conquered by Zhu Wen through invasion and suppression.

Some ministers even made indirect accusations, saying that someone in his family threw a banquet and was so ashamed that he jumped into the river after being scolded by Zhu Wen. They implied that Zhu Wen held a large banquet during the period of national mourning and made up all sorts of excuses, which showed that he was arrogant.

Is it possible... that there is no way to deal with these corrupt officials who are wreaking havoc on the country?

Here, Li Xiying was frowning in thought while slowly refilling their glasses of wine when someone suddenly stood beside her.

"What are you thinking about?"

Li Xixiao looked up suddenly and saw a warm smile.

"I didn't think anything of it."

She held the wine in her hand and said calmly, "Why don't you sit at the table, my dear?"

Zhu Youzhen didn't expect that she would take the initiative to question him. He smiled and said, "I saw your eyes were dull for a long time just now. It seems that you were deliberately eavesdropping on the conversation of the ministers?"

Looking at the smiling boy in front of him, fortunately the singing and dancing music continued to cover up the confrontation between the two.

"I……"

Before she could explain, Zhu Youzhen pulled up her sleeve and led her out through the side door.

"My dear, what are you doing?" Li Xi asked unhappily, but she couldn't push him away.

"The noise at the table is giving me a headache. You're just sitting there in a daze anyway, so why don't you come out with me to help me relieve my boredom?" He smiled kindly, chose a quiet place, and sat on the floor.

Li Xi looked at him suspiciously and laughed awkwardly: "I still have my own things to do. Besides, my job is to pour wine for the guests. Isn't it just waiting for the wine to run out before refilling it?"

How can you tell she is in a daze?

"As far as I know, you are a musician. Why are you serving wine and water?" he asked slowly.

"That's how the palace's personnel are arranged. I just have to follow orders, right?"

After Li Xiying finished explaining, she turned around and was about to go back.

As I was walking, I heard him suddenly say with a smile: "You and His Majesty have known each other for a long time, right?"

Li Xiying looked back, and his eyes suddenly became sharp. He looked at her reaction with a hint of inquiry in his gaze.

Li Xi paused. So this was his purpose. What did he want to know? Or what did he want to hear?