On the second day after the Fu family first arrived in Beijing, other forces that were also summoned to Beijing also arrived in the capital one after another. However, in the third day, the major inns in the capital were soon in short supply due to "fullness".

It's not that there are too many people, so that the rooms of several famous inns in the capital are not enough. Rather, there were no other courtyards of their own in the capital, and there were no other forces like the Fu family that could go to their in-laws or allies to receive them for a few days, and although there were no more than ten people per group, the first to arrive would always want to take the entire inn so that they would not have to share it with others during their stay.

However, when there are more and more forces in Beijing with similar ideas, it is impossible to monopolize it. As a result, the situation soon changed a little: some latecomers were stronger, but because they were at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it was inconvenient to have a head-on conflict with the first arrival, so they would negotiate with the first to share the same inn, but if the power of the latecomer was weaker than that of the first arrival, or at most it was only equal to the power of the first arrival, then most of them would not be able to "convince" the first to give in and successfully stay in the same inn.

Fortunately, among the inns in the capital that have decent specifications, there are two that belong to Tiange and Yunge respectively. Due to the deterrence of the forces behind these two houses, any occupant, regardless of their power, can only abide by the rules set by the inn without exception, and dare not force the inn to abide by their rules in turn. Coincidentally, these two inns have the same rules: everyone who comes is a guest, but they can only be a guest.

This makes the latecomers, who are weak in their own power and have no other place to stay temporarily without losing their dignity, even if they don't have the advantage that only the "first to come" deserves, but at least in the end, they still have those two inns to go to.

"Let people come to Beijing, but they have to solve the problem of food and lodging by themselves?" Gao Ran didn't know if this was a consistent custom here, or if Yun Zhen deliberately did so? Or was this actually an unspoken rule that Yunxiang's forces had been playing against each other for many years and had gradually formed that had been basically acquiesced in by all parties?

"Well, when I go to the palace tomorrow for a banquet and see how they deal with each other, I will know a rough ......."

Since the last time he met Fu Wenxuan and Amu in private, Gao Ran has never appeared in front of anyone, nor has he seen them in private. And Gao Ran's new "sister" Gao Yu, she never took the initiative to get to know her from beginning to end, it seems that she completely ignored Gao Ran's existence from the beginning.

Such ignorance is rare in today's Gao Mansion. The reason why others deliberately avoided Gao Ran was because they didn't want to ask for trouble, but Gao Yu deliberately didn't take Gao Ran in his eyes. From the moment she entered the Gao family, she always thought that there was no Gao Ran in the Gao family.

In addition, Gao Ran himself has a lot of things to do at this time...... So, even though Gao Ran and Gao Yu both lived together in the Gao Mansion for a few days, they seemed to be ignorant of each other's existence, and they were always just living their own lives.

And at this moment, for Gao Ran, the most important thing for her right now is to go to bed early. Because, the imperial banquet that will be attended in the palace tomorrow will have to last from the morning banquet to the evening. Therefore, she will get up before dawn tomorrow and dress up with several other members of the Gao family and the Fu family who are guests in the Gao Mansion.

"Fortunately, there are no high heels here, and women don't have to wear makeup, as long as they are clean and tidy. Otherwise, I have to go out so early, and I will be gone for a day, then I will not be exhausted to death?"

deliberately thought about the worst of the similar experiences he could think of, and deliberately compared them with the painful experiences of his previous life, and then, Gao Ran suddenly felt obviously: With the more painful experience as a comparison, it seems that tomorrow's imperial banquet will no longer seem so unbearable.

Either way, she finally coaxed herself to sleep peacefully. As for tomorrow, I'll talk about it when I wake up.

Following. Gao Ran was woken up by You Song himself.

You Song can wake up on time according to the needs of the actual situation, but Gao Ran can't, as soon as she sleeps, unless there is an external disturbance, she will definitely sleep until she wakes up naturally. It is impossible for her to come to her senses in advance by her own will.

When she opened her eyes and looked at You Song who was dressed in gorgeous clothes under the candlelight, Gao Ran looked at You Song who was clearly not what she saw on weekdays, and for a while, she thought that she was still dreaming, and she didn't remember that she had to get up and change her clothes quickly, and prepare to go out and enter the palace.

"Ran'er, wake up!" You Song knew that although Gao Ran had opened his eyes, she looked at him blankly like that, which was clearly a sign that she was not awake yet. He patted her cheek again.

Gao Ran immediately felt a slight touch on her cheeks, and then she realized that she was not dreaming! Immediately, she began to think carefully: Why did You Song wear such formal clothes so unusually?

"Ahh Regardless of the fact that You Song hadn't left yet, she got up straight and went to the closet to take out a set of formal clothes that had been prepared in advance last night, and then put them on and put them on quickly and in an orderly manner.

After quickly freshening up, Gao Ran specially turned his head to look at You Song, said "Okay, let's go", and left first.

You Song didn't seem to shy away from it, he calmly watched Gao Ran just put on the clothes one by one in front of him in his underwear, and then quickly wiped his face with a wet face towel, and then directly smoothed his hair with his still wet hands, and took advantage of the situation to collect the hair on his forehead and temples and tie them with ribbons, and then said hello to him, and she herself took the first step.

The whole process was smooth and fast, and even though You Song watched the whole process, he did not feel uncomfortable at all. Rather, before he even had the thought of "is it appropriate, will you be uncomfortable??" Gao Ran's preparations were already over. And he, naturally, hurriedly followed on the back foot.

But then after following up, he suddenly said to Gao Ran, "Ran'er, you have grown up." ”

Gao Ran really didn't understand for a while, why did You Song suddenly have such a sigh? But she didn't bother to think about it, she only responded in silence, and went to the main gate of Gaofu with him without saying a word, and met with other people who came here one after another.

According to the rules, Gao Lan will ride in the same carriage with Fu Tong, Gao Ran will ride with Gao Qi, Gao Yu, and the two young ladies from the Fu family's side branch who came with Fu Tong this time, Fu Wenxuan will ride with the other two sons of the Fu family's side branch, and Fu Wenhan and You Song will ride together with the two sons of the Gao family's side branch. A total of four carriages, carrying fourteen people from the Gao and Fu families, slowly drove towards the palace in the still dark night.

This was the first time Gao Ran had seen Gao Yu in person, but Gao Yu only smiled politely at her when he happened to meet Gao Ran's eyes, and then quickly looked away and stopped looking at her. Obviously, Gao Yu didn't want to get to know Gao Ran at all, not only that, but she also seemed to want to distance the two of them.

The first time she saw Gao Yu, Gao Ran was surprised to find that her mind was a little elusive.

In the past, the reason why Gao Ran was able to easily understand the true face behind the fear that few people knew in the other party's heart, and even the other party himself might not know, was not only because she had a deep enough and as objective and detailed multi-angle understanding of this person as possible before that, but also because she never had any real intentions for the other party, and she never had the slightest paranoia about the other party, which made anyone who had plans against her easily expose their own desires and fears in front of her.

It can be said that what really exposed their truest side was not Gao Ran, but their own **. That's the truth.

However, in the face of Gao Yu, Gao Ran unexpectedly discovered: at least for her, Gao Yu is indeed desireless, and she really has no intentions for her. That's why I can't see Gao Yu's true intentions, because she doesn't want to build any connection with her at all, no matter what it is.

Then he turned to look at Gao Qi sitting next to her, although she concealed her hostility towards Gao Yu and her wariness of her without a trace and was difficult to detect, Gao Ran could still intuitively feel Gao Qi's secret thoughts. Especially with the cooperation of the five senses, which are far superior to ordinary people, the accuracy of Gao Ran's intuition is extremely high. Then she was naturally convinced of her intuitive judgment of Gao Qi at this time.

However, it is precisely because of such an obvious contrast that Gao Ran does not dare to underestimate Gao Yu even more. I have to say that Gao Yu was the first to leave such a deep and unique impression on her when they met for the first time.

But what surprised Gao Ran even more was that she actually liked the feeling that Gao Yu gave her like a breeze: soft, unburdened, but irretrievable, and there was no need to retain......

"It's comfortable to be with a woman like that, but it's also dangerous. No wonder 'they' can't do anything about her...... Oh, it's hard to say who will have the last laugh......"

Although the three ladies of the Gao family had different thoughts, the two young ladies of the Fu family, who had just entered the car later, clearly felt the cold and stiff atmosphere as soon as they entered the car, and they all immediately kept silent with interest, and they didn't even dare to relax their sitting posture, for fear that they would make a slightly louder sound because of the slightly larger range of movements, which would cause embarrassment......