Chapter 262 Banquet

"oh!"

Faced with Lu Kuai's scaremongering, Xu Mu just responded lightly, his expression not changing much.

"Alas! I am also friendly to Taoists, so forget it if fellow Taoists don't believe me!"

Seeing that Xu Mu didn't look convinced at all, Lu Kuai shook his head and sighed.

"I only believe that man can conquer nature!" Xu Mu said with a smile.

Just as Lu Kuai was about to say something, Qiao Qianqian's voice came from not far away.

"What are you two going to say? Can you let the little girl listen too!" Qiao Qianqian said with a smile.

"Nothing, nothing!" Lu Kuai laughed and said, "The banquet is about to start. Let's go up first. It would be bad if we make His Highness wait!"

Lu Kuai strode towards the hillside where the invitation platform was located not far away.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, what did you say?" Qiao Qianqian asked relentlessly.

"nothing!"

"It's really nothing?"

Qiao Qianqian didn't believe it.

"Really not!"

"Oh well!"

Qiao Qianqian stopped asking questions and walked side by side towards the hillside with Xu Mu.

The invitation platform is on top of the hill. There are steps on both sides of the hill. The two of them walked to the left. After going up, in addition to Lu Kuai, Jia Zhiyi and Hong Xi had also arrived.

Now that the two of them are included, Xu Lingyu is the only one left among the guests.

As for Li Youlan, it may take a while.

"Two adults, please come this way!"

The maid on the invitation platform led the two of them to the table.

The seats for the banquet are arranged in two rows with the invitation platform as the center, four on one side, three on each side, and the first one in the middle.

The one at the top was the chief, and it goes without saying that it was definitely Li Youlan.

Xu Muer was placed in the first position on the left side of the main seat. Two maids stood behind him honestly. To his left was Qiao Qianqian. In the past, Qiao Qianqian's position was still vacant and should have been reserved for Xu Lingyu.

Because besides Xu Lingyu, there was only Wang Yongan who had never met him before.

Opposite him was an empty table, which as expected was reserved for Wang Yongan. Next to him was Lu Kuai, followed by Jia Zhiyi, and the last one was Hong Xi.

"Your Highness is so kind to you!"

Qiao Qianqian said with a chuckle.

"How do you say this, fellow Taoist?" Xu Mu asked doubtfully.

"Is Fellow Taoist really confused or pretending to be confused?" Qiao Qianqian asked in surprise.

"I really don't understand!"

Seeing that Xu Mu didn't seem to be pretending, Qiao Qianqian explained: "The Dayuan Dynasty respected the left side. In the past, His Highness's left hand side was always empty. Now that Fellow Taoist is sitting here, it shows that Your Highness is interested in Fellow Daoist!"

"I see!"

This is not fancy, you just want to set me on fire and barbecue!

He is not a fool, he still understands Li Youlan's thoughts. Whether he arranges accommodation or seats, he deliberately provokes a fight.

I just don’t know who will take the lead.

Xu Mu looked at the empty seat opposite, and then at Lu Kuai, who was holding a wine glass and toasting to him with a smile.

As for Hong Xi and Jia Zhiyi, one was immersed in cooking, while the other kept teasing the black bird on his shoulder.

He was looking at Qiao Qianqian beside him, studying the spiritual fruit on the table.

"This fruit was picked a bit early, and the core may be difficult to plant!"

Qiao Qianqian held a red jujube as red as blood and muttered to herself.

She turned to look at Xu Mu's table and found that there was an extra green fruit with a white beard on her table.

"Dragon Beard Fruit!! Your Highness is so partial!" Qiao Qianqian said a little sourly.

"I'm not biased!"

Three rays of light flew from a short distance and landed in the center of the invitation platform. A voice came from inside.

The light dispersed, revealing the figures of Li Youlan, Jin Lao, and Xu Lingyu.

"I just went out to do something urgent, and I kept you guys waiting for a long time!" Li Youlan said, cupping her hands around her.

"Your Highness, you're welcome!"

Everyone stood up and returned the greeting.

Li Youlan did not sit down directly, but looked at Qiao Qianqian and said, "Eating the first dragon beard fruit is only useful. You have all eaten it, so I only prepared one for Xu Mu!"

"Hehe! Your Highness, don't blame me! I'll just say it casually!" Qiao Qianqian said coquettishly.

Li Youlan didn't care about any trivial matters with her. She stepped to the top position and sat down. Mr. Jin stood behind her like a wooden man.

Xu Lingyu walked over to Qiao Qianqian and sat down. His eyes were still covered with gauze. It seemed that there was indeed something wrong with his eyes.

After everyone sat down, Li Youlan glanced at the empty seat on the right, frowned slightly, and said with a hint of displeasure: "Didn't you notify him? Why haven't you come yet?"

"Back to Your Highness, Fellow Daoist Wang said that he has important matters at hand and may need to be delayed for a while!" Lu Kuai stood up and said.

"In that case, let's not wait for him!" Li Youlan raised her hand and gestured to the maid waiting beside her: "Let's serve the food and wine!"

Delicacies carefully made with rare and exotic animals were served one after another, and spiritual wine worth several high-grade spiritual stones was placed on everyone's seats for free use.

"I would like to toast Fellow Daoist Xu first. Thank you very much for your willingness to come to the imperial capital to help me!"

Li Youlan raised her glass to Xu Mu.

"Your Highness, you are so polite! It is my honor to be able to help Your Highness!"

Xu Mu stood up and drank all the wine in the bottle.

"I would also like to toast fellow Taoist. From now on, we will all work together under His Highness. I also hope that fellow Taoist can give you some advice!" Lu Kuai stood up and said.

"Fellow Taoist, you're welcome. If you need anything, just give me your instructions!"

Then Qiao Qianqian and others toasted Xu Mu with a glass of wine one after another, but Xu Lingyu remained silent and just gave Xu Mu a distant toast.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, has anything major happened in the imperial capital during my absence?" After drinking, Li Youlan looked at Lu Kuai and asked.

"Back to Your Highness, the villain is preparing to report. During this period of His Highness's absence..."

Lu Kuai talked about several things that happened in the imperial capital, ranging from big to small. Most of them were related to other princes and princesses.

In this way, while eating and drinking, Li Youlan asked them about things one by one. Among them, Lu Kuai, Jia Zhiyi and Qiao Qianqian had the most things to do. Hong Xi only asked a few questions briefly, while Xu Lingyu didn't ask a single question.

After questioning, Li Youlan recruited a dancer to dance in the center of the platform.

At this time, the bright moon was high in the sky, and the cold moonlight fell down, making the entire invitation platform white and spotless. The dancing girls looked like fairy palaces and palace maidens in the moonlight, magnificent and beautiful.

For a moment, people feel as if they are in Guanghan Immortal Palace.

At this moment, a blue escaping light flew from a distance and landed on the inviting platform.

The light dispersed, revealing a young man with disheveled hair.

The young man has a pear-shaped head, small at the top and big at the bottom, slightly swollen eyelids, and a pale face without a beard. He wears a white robe embroidered with various blue flower patterns.

"I delayed the matter and came a step too late! Please punish me, Your Highness!"

The young man raised his hands to Li Youlan to plead guilty with a hint of casualness.

"Since it's a delay, forget it! Go sit down and sit down!" Li Youlan said calmly.

"Thank you, Your Highness! I accidentally got an Ice Jade Begonia flower, and I hope that Your Highness likes it!"

After saying that, the young man took out a jade box made of white jade from his storage bag, held it in both hands and walked towards Li Youlan.

The dancer on the platform automatically made way for the young man to walk in front of Li Youlan and presented the jade box.

As the young man walked over, Xu Mu smelled a strong fragrance, which seemed to be emanating from the young man's body. He didn't know what it was made of.

"You are interested!"

Li Youlan did not reach out to take it, but raised her hand to ask the maid next to her to put it away.

"As long as His Highness is happy, I will never give up!"

After saying that, the young man turned his head and glanced at Xu Mu, with a hint of disdain in his eyes. Then he walked to the seat on the right side of Li Youlan and sat down. The banquet was still going on. Li Youlan did not let the dancers stop and introduced the young man to Xu Mu. mean.

In fact, Xu Mu can guess the identity of the other party without introducing him. There is no one else besides Wang Yongan.

However, the other party's arrogance surprised him a bit.

"This guy doesn't do his job all day long, and he will do all these fancy things!"

Qiao Qianqian's voice of complaining came from her ears, but Xu Mu did not answer.