Yuan Xiang held the copper hand stove in his hand, and explained to He Linwan with a red face: "I have been a little unhappy in the past few days, so he ......."

He Linwan blinked, and with a smile on his face, "Oh-"

Yuan Xiang couldn't go on anymore, and slapped He Linwan on the arm in annoyance.

He Linwan sneered and squinted at Yuan Xiang, "Did I say anything, I'm going to be beaten by you?" Sister Yuan's temper has grown after she got married. ”

Yuan Xiang glared at He Linwan angrily, and finally couldn't help but sneer, and lightly nodded He Linwan's forehead, "Promote narrowness!"

The two laughed, and after laughing, He Linwan said softly, "What I was most afraid of before was that you were obviously not having a good time, but in order to reassure your relatives and friends, you lied to us that you were doing well, and you are such a person." However, today I believe that you are very good at deceiving people, but when you mention the Fourth Highness, the smile on your face will not deceive. ”

"So don't worry, I'm really good. Yuan Xiang gently grabbed He Linwan's hand on the small table, and smiled gently and sincerely, "In the future, whoever comes to you to chew his tongue and say that the four princesses are living a miserable life, you don't have to be sad." The fourth princess is just an identity, and I am Yuan Xiang, your friend Yuan Xiang is doing well, and there is nothing better than now. For the rest of my life, as long as my life is like this, I will be very content. ”

He Linwan held Yuan Xiang's hand, his eyes were slightly red, but he smiled extremely happily, "Hmm." ”

The two sat down for a while, and the people who went to the banquet arrived one after another. Everyone had arrived, and after waiting for about half an hour, the palace maid who was waiting beside the queen came and asked them to move to the imperial garden to enjoy the scenery.

Today's banquet is set up in the Baoqing Building of the Imperial Garden, from the Baoqing Tower down can have a panoramic view of the Imperial Garden, in addition, for today's snow feast, the corridors and pavilions around the Baoqing Building have long been set up by the palace people to warm a lot of smoke cage stoves.

Now it is still early winter, not the coldest time in the capital, and so on to the "three nine" midwinter, the palace to hold this kind of winter banquet, it is necessary to use semi-transparent glass paper to enclose the entire corridor and pavilion, the nobles in the palace are delicate, if the cold wind blows I am afraid that I will be sick.

It has only snowed a few times, the snow has not yet had time to melt, the imperial garden is full of silver, no matter what the famous flowers and plants, at the moment it looks like it is the skeleton of the snow scene full of the garden, only a few early blooming red plums unyieldingly poke out their buds, half-concealed and half-concealed to show their elegance.

The ladies who went to the banquet walked in the corridor of the imperial garden in twos and threes, and He Linwan and Yuan Xiang walked hand in hand, while enjoying the garden scenery, they whispered and laughed a few words, and they were also comfortable.

When the queen arrived at Baoqing Tower, He Linwan and Yuan Xiang also went to the building to meet the driver.

Baoqing Building is the place where the emperor and queen are given a banquet on weekdays, and the building is very spacious, and it can put a banquet for 100 people.

Yuan Xiang, as the fourth princess, naturally sat at the front, and He Linwan's seat was actually close behind several princesses. In addition, a few palace concubines also went to the banquet, all of them looked young, and several high-ranking concubines such as Concubine De and Concubine Xian did not come.

He Zhen arrived with the queen, and was very happy to see He Linwan, but because of the occasion, he only dared to wink at her secretly.

After everyone saluted, the queen glanced at the seat, found that there was an empty one, and asked suspiciously, "Isn't Princess Rui here?"

The empty seat was next to He Linwan.

Princess Su Mu Lanping, who was sitting below, was about to answer, but the palace people outside sang: "Princess Rui has arrived, Princess Chunyang has arrived!"

Everyone looked towards the door, only to see that Princess Rui Zhuang Pingting and Princess Chunyang's sister-in-law came together.

Princess Chunyang has not appeared in public for a long time, and it is said that she is recuperating from illness, but in fact, many well-informed people have guessed that this princess is making trouble in order to marry Dajiguo.

Chunyang looks thinner than before, but her spirit is quite good, when she looks at people, she still has the posture of not taking people in her eyes, and when she walked in front of He Linwan, her steps paused, although He Linwan lowered her head slightly, she could detect a fierce gaze staring at her face for a moment.

Chunyang's steps were like this, and many people in the hall noticed it, and many people showed their inquiring eyes towards He Linwan.

Yuan Xiang, who was sitting diagonally opposite He Linwan, frowned, looking at He Linwan's gaze with some worry.

The queen glanced at Chunyang, didn't say anything, only smiled and said, "Chunyang is here too?" ”

Chunyang and Zhuang Pingting saluted the queen together, and pulled the corners of their mouths slightly when they got up, "Thank you for the queen mother's note, the son is already well." ”

Zhuang Huanting helped explain softly on the side, "The princess has been sick before, and the imperial doctor can't say why after the consultation, Jialan Gongzi learned about the princess's illness and looked around for medicine, and sent a prescription a while ago, and the princess took a few doses of medicine according to the prescription, and it turned out to be really good." ”

The people present were a little surprised when they heard Zhuang Huanting's words, wasn't it rumored that the princess didn't like that Jialan prince of Daji Kingdom?

The queen also glanced at Chunyang with some surprise, but seeing that Chunyang did not deny Zhuang Huanting's words, she did not look angry, so she thought that what they said was true.

The queen smiled and nodded, without asking more in front of people, "That's good." ”

Chunyang said: "Erchen has just recovered from a serious illness, and I didn't want to disturb the queen mother's banquet, but I happened to have an important matter to bother the queen mother, so I came cheekily." ”

The queen asked gently, "What is it?"

Chunyang glanced at Zhuang Huanting.

Zhuang Huanting lowered her eyebrows and said dignifiedly: "Queen Mother, the princess's wedding date is approaching, and the mother wants me to help keep an eye on the princess's wedding ceremony. ”

The queen nodded, "You say." ”

Zhuang Huanting said: "According to the ancient etiquette, when a princess marries another country, she should have four concubines, and she should be selected from among the famous ladies. ”

As soon as Zhuang Pingting's words came out, all the people present changed color, and for a while, the needles in the banquet hall could be heard.

Most of the people attending today's banquet are unmarried women, that is, the so-called "famous ladies", and they are all in the range of Zhuang Huanting's so-called concubines.

However, the princess married outside, and the etiquette of using a famous lady as a concubine was all in the early ancient period, and it no longer existed in the previous dynasty, so this time the princess wanted to marry outside, and the high gate in Beijing felt that it had nothing to do with his family.

The queen frowned and said, "I don't have this rule in the court. ”

Zhuang Huanting said with a straight face: "Queen Mother, this is an ancient ceremony, which is determined by the sages of the previous generations, only in this way can we show our court's respect for the princess and the importance of this marriage between the two countries." ”