Approaching the Midyear Festival, signs of festivity can be seen everywhere in the summer capital.

Since the eldest lady Lan Caier is still in retreat, this time on the Midyear Festival, Lan Yingwu took his beloved wife Mrs. Lan and the newly recognized Miss Lan Er to the palace to participate in the Zhongyuan feast.

The summer capital has entered autumn, this season, the fragrance of osmanthus, the summer capital, everywhere is filled with fragrance.

Early in the morning, Lan Lingyue was carefully dressed up by Mrs. Lan, and even General Lan, who was usually unkempt, shaved his beard clean, and around evening, the family of three stepped into the carriage, and rushed to the palace.

Outside the palace gate, inside and outside the palace, lanterns had been hung, and according to the rank of officials, the carriages stopped outside the palace walls in turn.

The Xia Capital Palace, built for more than 1,000 years, is a palace covering an area of hundreds of acres.

Over the years, it has been renovated and repaired, and the atmosphere is full of antiquity.

"Ling Yue, the mid-year feast of the palace, divided into a female banquet and a male banquet, you and your mother want to participate in the female banquet in the harem, this year's female banquet is hosted by the queen mother, you just need to come with your mother, you can. When they arrived outside the palace, Lan Yingwu separated from the two.

Mrs. Lan, who was dressed in the service of the three-grade lady, took Lan Lingyue's hand and got into a chariot.

The summer palace is deep and winding, and the colorful lanterns are like a long dragon, reflecting the lights of the entire harem.

The wives of each family took their daughters and relatives of the family, dressed in brilliant clothes, and got out of the chariot in turn.

For the ladies of the summer capital, the annual Zhongyuan Festival is not just as simple as a banquet, at the banquet, in addition to attracting relationships, it is also a good occasion to show themselves and their daughters.

As soon as Mrs. Lan and Lan Lingyue got out of the car, they saw a group of ladies and official ladies dressed in fancy clothes, walking towards the Queen Mother's Baifeng Palace.

It has been more than a year since Madam Lan left the summer capital, and she was about to greet a few ladies she had known in her early years, but who knew that those noble ladies and ministers' wives, as soon as they saw her and Lan Lingyue, they were like cats seeing mice, and hurriedly avoided them.

This is the case with several old acquaintances in a row, which makes Mrs. Lan a little embarrassed.

"Madame Blue. Just as Madame Lan was not sure what to do, another chariot came beside her, and a woman and a young girl got out of it.

"Ling Yue, but I met you, I mentioned you to my mother earlier. "It was Feng Xue and her mother, Mrs. Feng, who got out of the car.

Mrs. Feng is forty years old and looks very kind.

She and Mrs. Lan originally had no friendship, but after her daughter Feng Xue and Lan Lingyue became friends, she, as a mother, also had a good impression of the Lan family.

It didn't take long for Liu Cheng's mother to come, she brought two young ladies from Taishi Mansion over, and Liu Cheng followed Liu Taishi to the main hall of the palace for a banquet.

The mothers of the two of them were very respectful to Mrs. Lan, but they chatted after a while.

"Just now, I saw that everyone was avoiding me, is this what happened?" Madame Lan wondered in her heart.

"This ...... Mrs. Lan, the other ladies don't care about you, I'm afraid it's because of this post. "Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Liu both know something about this matter, and they both took out a post.

The post was sent by Hongfu the day before the banquet in Zhongyuan Palace, and the wives of officials above the fifth grade in the city received this post, and they should be invited to Hongfu to participate in the tea banquet.

Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Liu did not go to the banquet because they had a general relationship with the Hong Mansion, but they heard from the ladies who went with them that at the banquet, some unfavorable news about Mrs. Lan was told.

To the effect that Madame Lan is a cowardly and useless person, even a wild seed of unknown origin made her recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors.

The second daughter of the Lan family is a rough village woman, she can't seduce men, and a few days earlier, she and the young lady of Hongfu openly competed for beast eggs in the beast pet shop.

This is repaid, this year, who doesn't have a few unmarried daughters, if they get involved with the second miss of the Lan family, not to mention being taken away, even the name of the girl will be damaged, and when the time comes, how can you get married.

Therefore, when the other officials and wives saw Mrs. Lan, they would be evasive.

"It's a good Hongfu, it's really narrow-minded, but it just robbed them of a few beast eggs, and actually used this method. When Feng Xue on the side heard this, she suddenly became angry, and she was upset for Ye Lingyue.

This matter, needless to say, is also related to Zhuge Rou's mother and daughter.

"Ling Yue, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the circle of Xia Capital. My mother doesn't like to be friends with those who casually listen to rumors, so let's go in and have a feast. After hearing this, Madame Lan didn't pay much attention to it.

Her mind made Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Liu very admirable, and the three of them talked and laughed, and took their respective daughters into Baifeng Palace.

As soon as I entered the Baifeng Palace, most of the seats were already full.

Originally, according to the grade, Mrs. Lan and Ye Lingyue should have sat in the middle position, but at this time, their positions had been snatched up by several official ladies and ladies, and the mother and daughter could only sit at the bottom.

At the banquet, Ye Lingyue suddenly felt two unkind glances, and when she looked back, she happened to see Hong Yuying and Nangong Qianlin.

Nangong Tianlin and Hong Yuying are handkerchiefs, the two of them are sitting at the table at this moment, biting their ears, I don't know what to say, but looking at the appearance of the two gritting their teeth, they glared at Ye Lingyue fiercely at the same time, and it can be seen that the two must not have said anything good.

However, at the palace banquet, Ye Lingyue didn't see An Minxia, thinking about that daughter, after being bitten on the face by a poisonous bee, she had not recovered yet, and she didn't dare to attend such a public occasion.

"Did you see it, that is the second lady who Lan Fu just recognized, you look at that appearance, there is not even a decent jewelry. ”

"No, even Miss Lan refused to come to the banquet, it must be that she didn't approve of this wild species. ”

The black light was blinding, Ye Lingyue heard all kinds of buzzing and squeaking voices, and sighed in her heart, fortunately, Lan Cai'er didn't come over during the retreat, otherwise with her fiery temper, the palace banquet would have not started yet, and there would be a palace scolding.

Seeing the mother and daughter of the Lan family, they didn't pay attention to other people's discussions, and those ladies and ladies gradually lost interest, and the topic shifted to some of the favorite topics among women.

For example, whose master and young master have been promoted again, and which family has accepted a concubine, from clothes and jewelry to skin care products, the content of women's conversations can be called varied.

"Mrs. Lan, you look so young, but what kind of beauty cream did you use?" Mrs. Feng on the side looked at Mrs. Lan through the hazy light.