Bao Shan was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't play haha and mud like other palace people, but sighed and whispered to the fifth prince: "Your Highness, although the old slave has no knowledge, and he has no skills except for the craftsmanship on the stove, but the old slave knows the truth that the country and the beauty cannot have both. Although the An family is your foreign family, your mother is not the only son of you! Although His Royal Highness is younger than you, His Majesty is still young, and the eldest son may not be cheaper than the younger son!"

The fifth prince was stunned, and immediately asked, "Why did my father-in-law suddenly mention the eighth brother?"

Bao Shan first looked around and made sure that everyone else except them was far away and couldn't hear them before leaning into the ear of the fifth prince and said: "In the past few years that you have been away from Beijing, the old lady of the An family often takes the two young ladies of the An family into the palace to visit Niangniang, and the old slave heard that the old lady intends to let His Royal Highness marry the second girl of the An family as the princess. ”

"Let the emperor's brother marry the girl of the An family? I have never heard my mother and uncle mention it. The fifth prince couldn't help but be surprised.

"The old slave also overheard it when he went to serve food once, maybe the old lady was joking with the mother?"

The fifth prince thought about it, but shook his head and frowned: "No, it's not a joke. They may have already made a decision, but they are just hiding it from me. ”

"Your Highness......" Baoshan looked at the fifth prince with some distress.

The fifth prince smiled, and in turn comforted Baoshan: "I'm fine." I understood that my mother and uncle's family didn't mean to give up on me, but I was in Donglin at the time, and the situation in Donglin was complicated, and it was not certain whether I could come back, they just wanted to prepare for both. ”

The fifth prince was silent for a while when he said this, and then laughed at himself, "I also understand the meaning of the concubine's words just now, although I am her son, I am not fearless. ”

Speaking of this, the five princes didn't mean to say any more, raised their hands and motioned for Baoshan to stay, and the five princes turned around and left alone.

Because He Linwan had an appointment with Li Yu, he arranged everything in the evening, just waiting for Li Yu to come to her at night to explore Wanshou Palace at night.

But the plan couldn't catch up with the change, and before dinner, Wen Zhendian suddenly received an order that the queen was going to hold a banquet in the imperial garden, and everyone had to go to the banquet.

He Linwan was thinking about whether to pretend to be sick to avoid this palace banquet, but after thinking about it, he still felt that this was not appropriate. Chunyang just happened today to embarrass her, although it didn't spread it out in a big way, but well-informed people can still inquire about it, if she says she is sick, it is easy to be suspected that she is using this matter to make a fuss. It's better to have more than one thing.

As for Li Yu's side, he will definitely be able to get the news as well, so He Linwan is not anxious.

He Zhen participated in the palace banquet for the first time, so she was very happy. After changing her clothes, she specially came over and asked He Linwan to help her see if there was anything wrong.

Because the clothes and jewelry are prepared at home before entering the palace, there is generally no problem, but He Zhen deliberately wore a peach-colored cloak outside today, and the butterfly wearing pattern on the cloak was embroidered with gold and silver thread, and was also inlaid with some pearls and gemstones. This cloak really makes He Zhen look a little more innocent and charming than usual.

He Linwan was thinking about whether this cloak was too conspicuous.

He Zhen turned around in front of He Linwan and said happily: "Isn't it good-looking? This cloak was brought back to me from the south by my mother at a great deal of money on my birthday! She originally didn't let me bring it into the palace, but I secretly hid it in the baggage!"

He Zhenzheng was talking happily, but when he saw He Linwan looking at her and didn't speak, he became a little worried, and asked carefully, "What's wrong, big sister?"

He Linwan swallowed the words that came to her mouth when she saw her like this, she thought that today's palace banquet These girls must be indispensable to compete for beauty, He Zhen is not out of line like this, even she herself is dressed up in order not to be rude in front of others.

"There's nothing wrong with that, just wear it like that. ”

He Zhen immediately laughed, "Then let's go! I haven't been to the Imperial Garden yet!"

When He Linwan and He Zhen came out, Xue Wanqing and Mu Lanping were also planning to go out, and Xue Wanqing and Mu Lanping were also carefully dressed.

Mu Lanping wore goose yellow, which was not public, but more gentle and dignified than usual. Xue Wanqing is dressed in a decent manner, just like He Linwan, people can't find anything wrong, but there are no highlights at a glance.

Xue Wanqing and He Linwan glanced at each other, and both of them smiled.

There was already a guide waiting for the grandmother to be led to the Imperial Garden.

The imperial garden in the palace is naturally larger than the garden of the ordinary mansion, and there are some exotic flowers and plants that are difficult to see elsewhere, and everyone else is fine, but He Zhen couldn't help but have a surprised expression, but she also knew the measure, and she didn't look around or stop to stop, but she would just glance twice when passing by some scenery.

When she saw a peacock in the flowers in front of her, He Zhen couldn't help but happily tug at He Linwan's sleeve, "Big sister!

He Linwan saw the peacock and also saw the person standing next to the peacock who seemed to be feeding the peacock for fun.

"Who is so ignorant of the rules and making noise in the imperial garden! can you afford to disturb the nobles?" one of the palace maids looked at the sound and reprimanded unhappily.

In fact, He Zhen's voice was not loud, far from being noisy, but He Linwan and the others immediately stopped walking and saluting, because they could see that the "nobleman" in the mouth of the palace maid was a palace concubine with a high status.

He Linwan's eyes glanced at the palace concubine's somewhat bloated waist, and she had some numbers in her heart, this should be the pure noble person who has been liked by the emperor in recent years, and the one sent into the palace by the An family to give Concubine De a solid favor.

"Master, it's windy in the garden, why don't we go back to the palace first?" Your Majesty and the Queen Mother are considerate of you and are pregnant, and specially allow you not to participate in the palace banquet. ”

The pure nobleman handed the feeding glass bowl to the palace maids on the side, looked at them while stroking the peacock's feathers, and asked curiously: "Are these the show girls who entered the palace this time?"

The mother next to the pure nobleman whispered a few words in her ear, the pure nobleman raised her eyebrows slightly, and her eyes stayed on them for a moment, it should be that the grandmother was mentioning the identity and family background of the pure nobles and their few people.