Qixi Qiqiao is also a daughter's day, the princes and nobles in Beijing like to build a "Qiqiao Building" with silk Luo colored satin in the court, the building is placed in the melon and fruit, fruit wine, pen inkstone and needlework, after dinner, the family sits in the building, the boy writes and composes poems, the woman looks at the moon and wears the needle, burns incense and worships the moon.

Every year in July, there will be a begging market in Beijing, and the market will be very lively with the goods used in the begging festival. Wei knew that He Linwan was fun-loving and noisy, so he instructed Mama Li to go to the market to buy some fresh gadgets and come back to have fun with He Linwan and Dahuzi during the begging festival, but he didn't want to suddenly receive the will of the palace, and the previous arrangement could only be abandoned.

Unlike the last time when she received the order to go to the palace, this time Wei has been a little absent-minded, and even the dresses and headdresses for entering the palace were all handed over to Mama Li and a few maids to take care of, she just checked the clothes prepared by the maids for He Linwan.

He Linwan naturally discovered Wei's abnormality.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" He Linwan asked softly as he sat down beside Wei.

Wei handed the carmine jacket to Chunxiao, who was standing aside, and asked her to put it away, and returned He Linwan with a soft smile: "It's okay." ”

He Linwan asked, "Are you worried about your father?"

Wei knew that her daughter was smart, and she no longer hid it at this time, she sighed, with a touch of sorrow in her eyes: "If you win the battle this time, it stands to reason that the families of meritorious generals will receive a reward." I have inquired that several of the generals and daughters in the same camp as your father received the holy decree of reward yesterday, but we ......"

He Linwan comforted Wei and said: "Maybe we haven't had time to make an order yet? This time we won the battle, and there must be many people who have made meritorious contributions." A delay of one or two days is also normal. Didn't we receive an invitation from the empress to the banquet? Most of the people who entered the palace to attend the banquet were the daughters of generals in the army. ”

Wei nodded, as if persuaded by He Linwan, but her slightly frowning brow still revealed the uneasiness in her heart.

He Linwan sighed in her heart, in fact, she also faintly felt that something was wrong, because they had not received any news from He Guanglie so far, and there was not a single word from the imperial court, and there was no merit or demerit, with the He family's remaining connections in the army, this was obviously abnormal.

In this case, it may be that He Guanglie still has secret military affairs and has not yet returned to his life, or it may be that he has made some mistake that is temporarily inconvenient to make public, and he has been imprisoned in his freedom. The worst is the last one. He Guanglie disappeared, or his bones were gone. There was no definite news from He Guanglie at the imperial court. Either way, it's not a good thing.

Obviously, Wei also knows this, so he has been restless all these days.

No matter how Wei and He Linwan were worried about He Guanglie's affairs, they were still ready to enter the palace early on the day of the Qiqiao Festival.

When he was sitting in the carriage, He Linwan said to Wei: "Mother." There are many people entering the palace for a banquet tonight. I always get some news of my father. ”

Wei hugged He Linwan and nodded: "I know." It's okay, don't worry. Wei's words didn't know whether to comfort He Linwan or himself.

Today, the queen has a lot of officials and relatives at the banquet, except for the royal relatives and nobles. The family members of officials above the third rank in Beijing, as well as many military generals and female dependents like Wei. The queen's Fengxu Palace must not be able to receive so many people, so the palace deliberately vacated the vacant Luhua Palace and let these ladies who entered the palace as a resting place.

Wei took He Linwan to follow a female official, and as soon as he walked into the Luhua Palace, he met Mrs. Yuan and Yuan Xiang.

Yuan Xiang saw that a flash of surprise flashed in He Linwan's eyes, but because of the female official on his side, Yuan Xiang did not immediately run over, but only winked at He Linwan and smiled, and He Linwan also smiled back.

It wasn't until the female official who led them into the hall walked away to be busy with other things that Wei took He Linwan to Mrs. Yuan's side to greet him.

After greeting each other for a while, Wei said to Mrs. Yuan: "Madam, I have something to ask you, can you take a step to speak." ”

Mrs. Yuan bowed her head and instructed Yuan Xiang: "Xiang'er, you and the sister of the He family are playing together." ”

After a pause, Mrs. Yuan added, "This is the palace, don't mess around, if you have something, ask the palace people who are waiting on the side." "There are too many people entering the palace today, and the maids and women who are waiting are all outside the palace and have not come in, but fortunately, there are not many palace people waiting in Luhua Palace.

He Linwan originally wanted to follow Wei's, but she couldn't object to Mrs. Yuan's words. Although Mrs. Yuan said this to Yuan Xiang, He Linwan knew that it was meant for herself, but fortunately, Mrs. Yuan did not mean anything bad when she said this, but only with the tone and position of the elders, so He Linwan was not disgusted, but just stood there and smiled obediently.

Mrs. Yuan glanced at He Linwan and seemed to be satisfied, nodded and went to the side hall with the Wei family with few people.

After the elders left, He Linwan and Yuan Xiang looked at each other and smiled.

The original Yang Weizhen of the people in this hall basically knew each other, and he could say a few words, but no one came to talk to her when he replaced He Linwan, either he didn't know her at all, or he knew her and disdained to associate with her, after all, He Linwan's reputation as a female overlord was not very good among girls.

Fortunately, Yuan Xiang is not the kind of person who likes to make friends everywhere, seeing that other officials and ladies don't care much about He Linwan, Yuan Xiang didn't care, and only pulled He Linwan to chat on the side.

"This palace is so big! On the first day of the Lunar New Year last year, I followed my grandmother to the Queen's Fengxu Palace, this Luhua Palace is not much smaller than the palace where the Queen lives, I heard that the Jingxiu Palace of Concubine De and the Qingxi Palace of Concubine Xian are larger, how can it be empty all the time?" Yuan Xiang whispered.

He Lin said later: "Because Luhua Palace has always been for the imperial concubine or concubine. ”

Yuan Xiang suddenly said: "I see, then this place used to be where Lin Guifei lived?"

The two were talking, but they saw Mu Wanping, the wife of the prince of Yasukuni, walking in with the two women. The older woman among them was Wei's handkerchief handed over to Da Yu, another young woman in her twenties who was walking with Da Yu......

Yuan Xiang gently tugged at He Linwan's sleeve and reminded in a low voice: "Princess Nanyang is here." ”

Everyone in the palace saw Princess Nanyang and saluted one after another, and Yuan Xiang and He Linwan also bent their knees.

Princess Nanyang didn't raise her eyelids, but only raised her hand: "Get up." ”

Everyone got up one after another, Da Yu saw He Linwan at a glance, smiled at her gently as if she was about to come over to speak, the Nanyang princess next to her saw a pair of beauty bottles in the hall in a blink of an eye, her eyebrows erected without warning, and said coldly to the palace maid who was waiting on the side: "What about the pair of screens of birds and phoenixes that were placed here before?"

Seeing this, the Da Yu clan didn't come over again, and the palace maid who was waiting on the side immediately said carefully: "Back to the princess, Mama Shen came to see it this morning, saying that there are many people in the palace today, and the big hall is not bright enough, so let the slaves and maids put the screens away." ”

Princess Nanyang glanced at the palace maid and sneered: "The old thing next to the queen is really bold! This screen of a hundred birds and a phoenix was embroidered by my father and the emperor himself.

The palace maid looked embarrassed: "Princess, this ......"

Princess Nanyang didn't wait for her to finish speaking, then mocked: "What? An old slave instructed you, but the palace can't do it?" Or is this not what Mama Shen means at all, but what the queen means?"

The palace maid was so frightened that she didn't dare to raise her head.

Princess Nanyang looked around, with anger in her eyes: "This is my mother's palace, she used it to receive the wife, and she also changed the decorations in the palace, and a screen of a hundred birds and phoenixes was in the way of her eyes......?

None of the ladies dared to speak out, and only Princess Nanyang's angry voice echoed in the hall.

Seeing that Princess Nanyang was talking more and more, Da Yu had to remind in a low voice: "Princess, everyone is still standing and afraid to sit, do you want to sit first?"

Mu Wanping said to the palace maid who was so frightened that she fell to her knees: "Go and bring a bowl of tea to the princess to moisten her throat." ”

Princess Nanyang glanced at them, although she was unhappy, she finally didn't attack them in public, and just said coldly: "I'll go to see my father, you are free." After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

It wasn't until Princess Nanyang walked away that everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the sound of talking slowly sounded in the hall again.

Da Yu came over and asked He Linwan where Wei went, and after He Linwan told him, Da Yu went to find Wei, Mu Wanping also saw He Linwan and Yuan Xiang, nodded coldly and walked away.

When there were only two people left, He Linwan and Yuan Xiang, Yuan Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's really more tempered than the other." "Yuan Xiang has seen the style of the two princesses Nanyang and Chunyang, and he has a deep understanding.

He Linwan smiled, she felt that the princess was quite good today, probably because the queen was not present, otherwise it would not have been able to end.

He Linwan had seen Princess Nanyang many times before, if the queen was not present, this princess would not be difficult to serve, at least compared to Chunyang, Princess Nanyang would not want to damage the trick and toss people indiscriminately. But as long as the queen is present, Princess Nanyang will always have a seizure, and she will not stop if the queen does not come to the stage.

It's just that the biggest emperor in this palace didn't speak, and who dared to point fingers at Princess Nanyang? Everyone knew that the emperor's favorite was the eldest daughter of the late Lin Guifei.

There were two girls from the family who had some friendship with Yuan Xiang came to greet Yuan Xiang, and Yuan Xiang introduced He Linwan to them, the two girls had obviously heard of He Linwan's reputation, and after the two sides met the ceremony, they only pulled Yuan Xiang to speak, and left He Linwan aside.

Yuan Xiang smiled apologetically at He Linwan and asked her to wait for a moment, He Linwan shook his head and said that he didn't care.

At this time, the palace people outside sang: "Princess Huyang has arrived-"

Everyone stood up and bowed their heads slightly, waiting for Princess Huyang to come in and greet her.

But in a moment, Princess Huyang's crisp and agile voice sounded at the door of the hall: "You go back first." After a pause, he changed his words and said, "Well, you'd better wait outside." ”

A slightly hoarse voice whispered, "Yes." ”

He Linwan raised his head suddenly. (To be continued.) )