Xie Xun watched the three of them raising their glasses in harmony, discussing court affairs, experiencing the same sense of abandonment he only felt when staying at the Duke Mansion with Su Juan and Shen Ruhui.
He kicked a chair, grabbed his robe, and half-lay on the pavilion's railing, fanning himself. Seeing no one cared about him, he stood up flamboyantly, lifted the wine pot on the table, and poured it directly into his mouth, sighing loudly, "Ah! This wine is really good."
Yet, the three of them still ignored him.
"Since you are now appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, we will be colleagues at the court, and we should look after each other," Su Juan bantered with Liu Xuan, smiling with eyes narrowed.
[I thought from the start that Liu Xuan had a connection with the Ministry of Rites, and sure enough.]
[Unexpectedly, the drinks-and-food wasters at the Ministry of Personnel are quite good at assigning people; it seems they have some merits after all.]
