When twilight falls, countless glazed palace lamps are hung in the imperial garden, and the banquet tables laid out in brocade are well displayed, and the palace maids and eunuchs shuttle between them to check whether the preparations are in place. In the sky above the Imperial Garden, four night pearls with goose eggs are hung in the air in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and the palace lamps everywhere illuminate the entire Imperial Garden as bright as day.

The palace maid led Mei Ziyan to the imperial garden, only to see a row of tables in the northeast corner with piano, chess, calligraphy and paintings, many nobles, royal officials, young masters, and young masters with fragrant clothes and sideburns shuttled in the meantime, and heard the sound of the piano from time to time, and occasionally applause was like thunder, and the words of beauty were endless. She couldn't help but wonder:

"Is this the so-called Dian Zhang's banquet? Are you sure the Queen Mother invited me here?"

The palace maid chuckled and quipped: "How dare the little maid make her own mind about such a thing? This Zhangzhi banquet ordinary people can't come even if they run out of money, you see that the purple-robed boy is the younger brother of Chen Guifei, the son of the military department, and the young lady who is dressed gracefully, she is the third lady of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion...... If they come to this banquet to show their talents and find the person they like, the queen mother will be married on the spot with the beauty of adulthood, and if the queen mother is in love, it is not surprising that she is named the queen concubine, and this is how Concubine Yu Niangniang of Nongfang Hall received the grace of God......

Oh, it turned out to be a blind date meeting in disguise...... When she was about to find a place where there was no one to take a nap, she saw Dongfang Hengqing walking towards her, greeted her with a smile and said:

"Yan'er, are you here?"

Mei Ziyan nodded, seeing that the wound on his face had healed, and there was no scar, "Fortunately, the injury last time was healed, Hengqing, I was sorry that time." You don't care about your past suspicions, Dongming's affairs, I'm really grateful. ”

"I should do what I promised you, didn't Yan'er also happily let someone send a contract for a medicine mountain?" Hengqing looked at her somewhat rugged chin, and said with pity: "You have lost weight, I heard that you are sick for a while?" His expression was full of pity, and he reached out to gently caress her pale face, Mei Ziyan suddenly sneezed loudly.

Hengqing couldn't help but withdraw that hand.

He couldn't help frowning when he saw her thin white dress and plain skirt, and without saying a word, the fire fox robe on his body was draped on her shoulders, and the demeanor and smile were impeccable, which attracted the sideways glances of Miss Gongzi on the side, and his eyes turned to Mei Ziyan from time to time.

"Hengqing is too polite, I'm not cold, this fox Qiu ......" She was uncomfortable.

"This fox fur is too bulky, she has just recovered from a serious illness, and her walking is not very steady. A cold voice sounded, Mu Cheng unceremoniously ripped off the fox fur on her body and handed it back to Hengqing, then stuffed the cloak on her hand into her arms, and said to her coldly: "I haven't let you pay for kicking the gate of the palace last time, this time I'm going to be cold and sick again to see who takes you in!"

"How is Mu Sangongzi doing lately?" The gorgeous and moving woman wearing a yellow brocade dress and a white mink shawl walked over and looked at Mu Cheng happily, "Yan Ru has been concentrating on painting for half a year, can the third prince give some advice on Yan Ruxin's paintings?"

Mu Chengdao said "unaccompanied", and let the woman named Yanru pull him to look at the painting.

Mei Ziyan lowered her head and hugged the fox fur cloak, and a happy and boundless smile bloomed from the bottom of her heart.

Hengqing's stiff expression because of Mu Cheng became amazing when Mei Ziyan raised her head and didn't have time to take away her smile, she smiled uncontrollably and brightly, as if she was clear and bright, but now she smiled beautifully, a little more shy and sweet reverie, more like a goddess who moved the hearts of mortals, which made people feel uneasy.

He took Mei Ziyan to see the poetry collection compiled by Tiandu Caizi last year, as well as the rare excellent guqin and famous calligraphy and paintings, and introduced them in great detail, when he heard a domineering voice say:

"Brother Hengqing, you speak so carefully, but I don't know if people can understand it? I heard that she is just a doctor who walks the rivers and lakes. ”

Mu Cheng, who was looking at the painting, turned his back to them and couldn't help frowning when he heard the words. Yan Ru observed her words and said with a smile: "The third prince wants to go to see your friend?"

"She's not my friend. He said lightly.

"You're right, I really don't understand. Mei Ziyan replied generously, "The little woman is a doctor, she only knows how to see, hear, ask, and cut, and she is not good at these elegant things." ”

Fighting with these women for a superficial amorous but actually obscene Hengqing, she has no interest.

"What about Jean, and you won't?" the woman laughed.

"That's enough, Sister Jingshu!" Hengqing's face was not very good-looking, Mei Ziyan shook his head and said no, he smiled and said to her:

"It doesn't matter, you don't know how to play the piano, I can play it for you. That gentle look seemed to want to drown people.

"Okay. She smiled and agreed.

Yan Ru looked at Mu Cheng's brows and furrowed again, with hidden anger brewing in her dark eyes, and couldn't help but look back at the woman with black hair in plain clothes and no fat powder on her face.

"—but," said Mei Ziyan, whose amber eyes were as warm and clear as amber, and said with a smile, "I only love to listen to 'Floating Plum.'" ”

Mu Cheng's body stiffened, as if he was nailed to the spot.

There was an almost inaudible gasping sound all around, not to mention that the score of "Fumei" is a unique book, as long as everyone in Tiandu knows that it is extremely difficult to play "Fumei", even the musician Feng Yuan in the palace also admitted that Mu Cheng, the son of the world, was far beyond himself because of this song. Mei Ziyan is talking like this now, which is obviously making it impossible for Hengqing Gongzi to step down.

Sure enough, Hengqing's face became extremely ugly, but he still said very gracefully: "Yan'er, why don't you choose another song? ”

Mei Ziyan ignored him, but turned to stare at Mu Cheng's back, word by word:

"No need. As I said, I just love to listen to "Fumei". ”

Mu Cheng felt like a thorn in his back behind him, and how many pairs of eyes were staring at him. Damn, he stroked his forehead with a headache, and he heard it very clearly when he said a word, did she need to say it a second time? He turned around and strode up to her, her bright wine eyes not hiding her pleasure in the slightest, and she looked at him with a little coquettishness and willfulness, her lips pursed slightly as if she was dissatisfied, as if she was blaming him for being too slow to react.

The originally plain pretty face has lost a lot of weight, and the chin is jagged and piercing.

The heart that was beating wildly in the chest gradually settled down at this time, and began to have a faint unknown feeling spreading, like uneasiness, and like expectation. Mu Cheng's dark eyes fluctuated, and he looked straight into Mei Ziyan's eyes to seek a definite answer, and after a while, he took a deep breath and said:

"Mei Ziyan, do you think that whenever you want to hear it, this Shizi will play it? It's a pity and glad that you have missed the best opportunity. With that, he deceived her and left her behind.

Mei Ziyan was stunned, then shook her head with a wry smile and said to herself: "Lord Shizi is really smart this time. It seems that the story of "The Wolf is Coming" is still very instructive, there are too many lies, and when I finally tell the truth, the person will not believe it, am I doing it myself?"

Hengqing's face was pale, looking at Mu Cheng's back, his eyes were full of surging anger, and the woman around him who didn't know the general situation and didn't know what to do was about to walk away indifferently, he grabbed her hand and took her into his arms, lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said:

"Yan'er, you have to remember who you're by your side now, huh?"

"The Queen Mother has arrived-" The little eunuch's sharp voice was raised, and the group walked into the imperial garden, and the noble lady who was surrounded by it was the Queen Mother Dongfang Huarong, wearing a dazzling phoenix robe, with a graceful demeanor, accompanied by Concubine Yu and Concubine Bi.

Everyone in the imperial garden knelt down and saluted, Hengqing could only let go of Mei Ziyan, only to hear Dongfang Huarong say "flat" Everyone stood up, Mei Ziyan lowered her head and saw the sneer on Concubine Bi's face, and secretly had an ominous premonition in her heart. Dongfang Huarong looked at the calligraphy painting written by the nobleman just now, praised a few words, and let people open the table.

Dongfang Hengqing is Dongfang Huarong's favorite nephew naturally wants to sit down to the chairman, Mei Ziyan looked at the few familiar people around, so she should squeeze to the woman called "Yan Ru", Yan Ru smiled at her and said:

"My name is He Yanru, and Miss Mei just calls me Yanru. ”

"The daughter of the Zuo Servant Shooter family is really approachable," or that domineering voice, Mei Ziyan was looking at it, and the woman in yellow sat opposite them with an arrogant face, "I can talk to civilian women who come from nowhere, oh, by the way, I heard that Lord Zuo Servant is also from the grassroots, and he was raised by the temple in the broken temple since he was a child?"

He Yanru's face changed slightly, and her lips were clenched.

A soft hand covered the back of her hand, and when she looked up, she saw Mei Ziyan's smiling face, and Mei Ziyan whispered to her:

"Yan Ru is afraid of dogs? Also, the barking dog is too uneducated, don't be knowledgeable, but I don't know who taught it? ”

The woman named "Jingshu" was so angry that her eyes widened, and she said loudly and hatefully: "Who are you talking about?!"

Mei Ziyan looked around, pretended to be ignorant, and said, "Naturally, who is calling who!"

"You, you pariah—"

Mei Ziyan stared at her, her eyes were awe-inspiring, her amber eyes were so bright and imposing, she was stunned and unconsciously closed her mouth.

Mu Cheng was originally led by the eunuch to Dongfang Huarong's seat, but when he heard the word "untouchable", he stopped and turned around and walked back.

Mei Ziyan sneered, reached out and took out a white stiff insect from the small medicine bag she was carrying, and said:

"Does Miss Jingshu know what this is?"

Jing Shu showed a look of disgust on her face, and Mei Ziyan said again: "This is called the White Zombie Silkworm." The white zombie silkworm is born different from other silkworms, it does not spin silk, its four bodies are not diligent and the five grains are not distinguished, and its original body is extremely thin, but it hides in the rice tank and eats when it is full, sleeps and eats. According to this characteristic of it, some people poured atractylodes powder into the rice jar to raise the zombie silkworm, so that its brain was full of intestinal fat, and it was dried as medicinal herbs. The locals have a nickname for this zombie silkworm...... Hmmm......"

One hand covered her mouth, the faint mint incense between the sleeves brushed the end of her nose, she frowned and looked up at Mu Cheng in annoyance, Mu Cheng lowered her head and smiled and gritted her teeth in her ear and said:

"Well, pinch those words in your stomach! If you don't want to be in the limelight tonight!"

Then let go of her and said loudly: "Doctor Mei, can you let me go?" This Shizi wants to sit next to Yan Ru. ”