Lu Yi looked at Li Xia, who was pressed down by the King of Qin to the position of Jin Xuyan, and Jin Xuyan, who didn't even realize he had sat in a lower seat, wiped his face with his hand and just sat there. At this moment, he really didn't want to say anything more. He might as well pretend not to have seen it.

  Lu Yi turned his face away, with a dry smile indicating for Li Wenshan to sit down.

  Li Wenshan was shocked and amused, the more he thought about it, the funnier it became. He struggled to hold back his laughter as he walked slowly to the table, sat down with a straight face, and stared at the few cold dishes that had just been served. He took slow, deep breaths, trying his best to suppress the urge to burst out laughing.

  Gu Liu Ke couldn't bear it, and no matter how hard he tried to hold back, it was like air leaking out, making sounds of "pu" one after another, with a final "ke" sound, the endurance was extremely painful.

  The table was soon filled with a variety of cold and hot dishes in the blink of an eye.

  Li Xia's first move was to King Qin, and the second move was to Jin Zhenyan. She was a little short, just right, not affecting King Qin's anger towards Jin Zhenyan, nor did it affect Jin Zhenyan's collision with King Qin's teeth.

  Li Xia held the box, calmly swept her eyes across Lu Yi who was directly opposite her, Gu Liu who was diagonally opposite her, and Wu Ge who was sitting at the bottom, slightly shifted, put the box on the table, propped her arm on the table, somewhat laboriously encircled the box, and continued eating her candy.

  "You can't eat too much of this sugar!" Jin Zheyan stretched out his hand and took away the box of fruit juice candies from Li Xia's face.

  Li Xia quietly picked up her chopsticks, rested her arm on the table, and stretched her head to see what dishes were on the table.

  "You just said it was juice, didn't you? Bring it over!" Qin Wang had had enough and glared at Jin Shu Yan before instructing the young servant who had just taken the box from Jin Shu Yan's hands.

  "Don't let him have it!" Jin Zuo's words were accompanied by a loud slap of his fan on the table.

  The little servant holding the box stared with his eyes wide open, holding the box as if he was holding a handful of hot and burning charcoal.

  Lu Yi let out a deep sigh, stood up, took the box from the young servant's hand and handed it to Li Wenshan, "Take it for your sister, take it back and eat slowly."

  Jin Zhiyan and Qin Wang glared at each other with anger in their eyes, almost simultaneously letting out a low growl.

  Li Xia was speechless, shifted the small bowl in front of her, stretched out her arm, and picked up a piece of fish meat to put into the bowl.

  "These small scales are too many and too fine, Li Wu, quickly don't let your sister eat this, look out, tell Cuotou to make a bowl of fish balls and bring them up." Gu Liu saw that Li Xia had started eating the small-scaled fish and was startled, hurriedly pushing Li Wenshan.

  This scale fish eats a card once in a while, let alone eat it himself, even seeing others eat it makes him feel like he's going to choke.

  "It's okay." Li Wenshan hastily explained, "Don't worry, Xia loves eating fish the most and is also the best at eating fish, so don't worry."

  "Better be careful. Take this fish away, tell the chef to remove the bones and make a new one." Lu Yi instructed immediately.

  The young servant took away the plate of steamed fish with fine scales and the small bowl in front of Li Xia.

  Li Xiaoyu looked at Xiao Duan walking away with a sullen expression, the piece of fish meat she had just picked up and put in her bowl, not having time to take a bite.

  She had been eating fish for over twenty years, and no matter how many bones there were, she never got choked. But since she became the empress dowager, they thought that if she ate fish with bones again, she would definitely choke to death. Even a sneeze might cause her to suffocate. Now she could hardly eat a whole fish with delicate scales, and yet she didn't even get it into her mouth...

  She's always been one step short of success in her life!

  "Xia, eat this." Li Wenshan looked at Li Xia, who was clearly unhappy, hesitated for a moment, got up and put a plate of honey-glazed ham in front of Li Xia.

  "How greasy!" The King of Qin looked at the honey-glazed ham in front of Li Xia with disgust.

  Li Wenshan forced a smile, was it annoying? He didn't think so, and A Xia loved to eat, but there were few opportunities to eat, occasionally steaming at home, the flavor was never quite right.

  "If you like to eat, just eat. Don't care about anyone else. At your age, don't worry about what's royal or not, who's a king or not." Jin Zheyen pulled the plate towards Li Xia and said without looking at Qin Wang.

  The King of Qin immediately gritted his teeth, Li Wenshan furrowed his brow, Gu Liu didn't smile this time, and kept looking back and forth at the two of them, as if he had a slight toothache.

  Lu Yi's shoulders slumped down, he just wanted to sigh and didn't want to talk, but not talking wasn't an option either.

  "Two gentlemen, you've been quarreling since early morning. Now... this is Xiao Liu's birthday banquet, can't you wait until we return to the mansion to continue your argument?"

  "I quarreled with him? He also..." Qin Wang swallowed back the words, Jin Cuiyan glared at him sideways and snorted, but didn't retort.

  Li Xia's heart skipped a beat, they had been quarreling since early morning, what were they fighting about? How could it still be like this now?

  This pair of Meng and Jiao are inseparable, their emotional bond is very deep.

  The Empress Dowager was a profound and wise person, who didn't get involved in the major or minor events of the palace or the imperial court. There were hardly any things that could move her emotions. However, whenever someone mentioned this nephew of hers, the pain and sadness on her face couldn't be concealed. She had said more than once: "After the Prince left, Lian'er's vitality was gone..."

  She also dared to try and probe into an alliance with Jin Qianshen because of hearing these words.

  Li Xia hung her head, one hand grasping chopsticks and the other hugging her own bowl, slid down from the chair, ran behind everyone's back, and stopped tightly beside Lu Yi, putting the bowl on the edge of the table.

  She sat in a place where it was inconvenient to see the faces of Qin Wang and Jin Xuelian, but Lu Yi's position was just right, she could glance at him clearly with a raised eye. Moreover, she liked being with Lu Yi, having him standing behind her made her feel safe and warm.

  Anyway, she's just five years old, and as a rare advantage of being a five-year-old child, it won't go to waste.

  Gu Liu started sliding down from Li Xia, staring at her as she stood beside Lu Yi, tiptoeing to look at the full table of dishes.

  Li Wenshan wanted to stand up and then sat back down, sat back down and felt he should stand up again. What should he do in this situation? How could he not lose face with Ah Xia?

  Lu Yi looked at Li Xia squeezing beside him, glanced at Qin Wang, then stared at Jin Cuishan, let out a deep sigh, and signaled the servant to bring over the plate of honey-glazed ham, placing it in front of Li Xia. He then instructed the servant, "Bring over the chair."

  The young servant hastily moved the chair, tea and everything to Lu Yi's side. Lu Yi shifted the chair a bit, Gu Liu also shifted it a bit, making room for Li Xia.

  "Look at you, it's all your fault!" The King of Qin was stunned, and only came back to his senses when Li Xia sat back down properly. His hand pointed accusingly at Jin Shu Yan.

  "How dare you say that about me?" Jin Zuo Yan let out a strange cry.

  "Are you two still arguing?" Gu Liu couldn't bear to watch anymore, "Forget about the birthday or not, just look at how scared Xia is! She's only five years old, she'll get sick from fright..."

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