On the day of the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Chanyi got up early in the morning, because she wanted to enter the palace, Jinping and Jinse got up to pack up their clothes and accessories, for fear of delaying time, Chanyi wiped her teeth evenly and was pressed on the pestle, Jinping and Jinse were in a hurry to pick her up.

Chan Yi interspersed a few sentences from time to time: "This cloud and phoenix pattern golden hairpin is too gorgeous, change the tired silk inlaid emerald cyan tourmaline with a little green jade hairpin in the middle, this skirt is too long, it is inconvenient to walk, change to a royal blue pleated skirt full of gold, and the ...... is still with the plum blossom style."

After some orders, Jinping and Jinse were even busier, but Jinxin didn't know much about the dressing up in and out of the palace, so he had to stand aside and hand things over, not daring to go up to help, for fear that he would get more and more helped.

Finally dressed up, the mother-in-law of the flower room just moved the flowers that Chan Yi had ordered before.

Jinping put the extra clothes and ornaments into the cage, and when he turned around, he saw the flowers that his mother-in-law had moved in, and he was instantly stunned.

Jin Se pointed to the pot of flowers with a surprised face and exclaimed, "Did you send it by mistake?"

Mrs. Qian of the flower room was waiting for Chanyi's instructions on the side, and when she heard the maid next to the second lady asking, her face immediately sank, but because Chanyi was present, it was not easy to attack, so she only suppressed her anger and said: "What Miss Jinse said, although the slave maid is not as good as the girl in front of the master, but the second lady has told her thousands of things, if the slave and maid can still go on a business trip, how can she have the face to say that she has been serving the flowers and plants for more than ten years?"

The words were tactful, but he was faintly sarcastic that Jin Se didn't know how to make grass with flowers, and Jin Se was not angry with her, but just turned his head to look at Chan Yi, and asked with confirmation: "Miss, are you going to the Hundred Flowers Banquet today?"

"Yes, I'm going to the Hundred Flowers Banquet. Chanyi looked left and right at the pot of flowers and nodded.

Jin Se couldn't help but laugh and pointed to the pot of plants that looked like flowers, and asked, "You are holding such a pot of evergreen from head to toe, aren't you afraid that others will laugh at you that you can't even raise a flower?"

Chan Yi said: "What's so great about raising flowers, whose mother-in-law who works in the flower house can't raise it?" The Queen Mother wants this heart, besides, who said that my Phnom Penh evergreen is green from head to toe, isn't it about to take out the buds." ”

Jin Se looked at the bud hidden in the gap between the leaves like a shame, and it would take more than a month for the bud to really come out, and it would really not be laughed at to take such a pot of flowers to participate in the Hundred Flowers Banquet?

Chanyi naturally knew it, and received a letterhead from Jinxin a few days ago, Chu Shaoyuan said on the letterhead that he had his own arrangements, and let her prepare whatever kind of flowers she wanted, she thought about it, and prepared the flowers she had thought of before.

When she came back to her senses, she found that she seemed to have too much confidence in Chu Shaoyuan, and no matter what he said, she was convinced.

Maybe he was too strong in his previous life, and even winning the heir was not a big deal in front of him, let alone such a small banquet of flowers.

Chanyi frowned, and unconsciously thought of her previous life, and recently she was rarely full of hatred like when she was just reborn, maybe many things in this life have changed dramatically, and her mentality has become much better.

The maid of the Dongnuan Pavilion came in, saluted and said with a smile: "Second Miss, Mrs. asked the slave maid to come and see if you have picked it up, saying that the hour is still early, if you don't pick it up, you will tell the slave maid, if you have picked it up, you will come to Fushoutang for some breakfast." ”

Chanyi nodded, "You went back to your mother, and said that I picked it up and went over in a while." As he spoke, he turned his head and instructed Mrs. Qian, "Carry the flowers into the car well, be careful, and don't break a branch or leaf." ”

Mrs. Qian said: "Second Miss, don't worry, the slave knows the severity." With that, he carefully picked up the flower pot and retreated steadily.

Chanyi stood up and picked up the rhombic glasses to look left and right, and added a sachet to her body, and then went to Fushoutang.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Xie's order clothes hanging on the hanger, and she was wearing a honey-colored jacket, and she was eating a bowl of red bean japonica rice porridge. ”

Mrs. Xia instructed Mother Zhang to add a bowl of porridge to Chanyi, and looked at her with a smile, "I heard yesterday that you chose flowers early, and grandmother didn't ask you what flowers you chose." ”

Chanyi saluted, sat on the stool upright, and said while eating porridge: "My granddaughter was thinking before, some ordinary flowers and other ladies must have been chosen, so she was simply surprised, and chose the Phnom Penh evergreen who just hugged the flower bud, Yunfu City is extremely cold, and it is not easy to raise the flower bud at this time." ”

Mrs. Xia knew that this Hundred Flowers Banquet was for the three princes to choose a concubine, and she only hoped that she would not make a mistake, and after listening to her words, she put her mind at ease and instructed: "Although it is not the first time you have entered the palace, you still have to pay more attention, if there are palace people you don't know talking to you, you should be careful..."

Chanyi nodded while eating, until she finished eating a bowl of porridge and wiped her mouth before replying: "Grandmother, don't worry, when the flowers are offered, I will follow my mother, and it will be fine, and this time it is a banquet organized by Aunt Zhuang to assist the Queen Mother, so I will not let others take advantage of the loophole." ”

Old Madam Xia thought that this was indeed the case, so she put this matter in her mind.

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From Chongxing Gate all the way into the palace, the carriage stopped in front of Chongxing Gate, and the mother-in-law who followed the car stopped in front of the door, and the flowers brought into the palace by Chanyi were carried to the banquet hall by the chamberlain.

There were waiters waiting at the door early, and they saw that it was the family members of the Xia family, who hurriedly stepped forward to carry the two small sedan chairs over, and said to the Xie family: "The Queen Mother has already instructed, saying that you are not in good health, let our family wait here, and the county lord of Evian is also, it is windy today, beware of the wind and cold." ”

There are so many rules in the palace, and if you make a mistake, your life is in danger, who still has the heart to take care of your own body?

Xie Shi looked at the two soft sedan chairs in front of him, a little hesitant, but Chanyi found with sharp eyes that this chamberlain was the little chamberlain who had followed Chu Shaoyuan before.

She pursed her lips and smiled, and while helping Xie Shi onto the soft sedan chair, she said: "Since it is the grace of the Queen Mother, my mother should not shirk anymore." ”

Everyone knows that the Queen Mother and the old lady of the Xie family are sisters of the same mother, and the Xie family is the niece of the Queen Mother, and it is not a big deal to take more care of them in the palace.

Xie Shi settled down, sat in a soft sedan chair and swayed all the way to Ci'an Palace.

They didn't come too early, there were already some other people's families arriving, they were all waiting in the side hall, taking a closer look, most of them were people who came to thank them after the New Year, and several of them were familiar with each other, and the Xie family greeted them affectionately.

After saying a few words, I saw the eldest lady of the Xie family, Qiao, the third lady Zhou, and the eldest wife of Zhu, Wang, together with Xie Feiyun, Xie Shuangyun and Zhu Yu, into the side hall.

Xie Feiyun saw Chanyi at a glance, and winked at her with a smile, but Xie Shuangyun and Zhu Jin were both a little absent-minded, holding a silk handkerchief in one hand, and looking left and right with the other, not knowing what they were looking at.

"I heard you chatting outside the hall just now, what are you talking about?" Zhou was obviously very familiar with several ladies in the hall, and he was amused as soon as he spoke.

Because Xie Yanning is in the yamen of the ministry, she is good at dancing with long sleeves, and she is very popular among the family members, as soon as she asked, someone immediately quipped: "Why don't you come yet, especially Mrs. Zhu, who usually came to this kind of banquet in advance, but it is a lot late today." ”

Mrs. Zhu Wang had a smile on her face, and replied: "The old sister knows that she is making fun of me, but I look at me but I am not the latest, don't you see Mrs. Shen and arrive?" But if you look closely, you can find that Wang's smile did not reach the eyes.

Chanyi secretly felt a little strange, her cousin's aunt didn't look like she was in love today, and she didn't know what it was for.

Taking advantage of the chatting of several ladies, Xie Feiyun came to Chanyi's side, squeezed her hand, and asked her in a low voice, "What flowers did you bring today?"

Chanyi looked at her with a smile, and asked instead of answering, "What about you, what flowers did you bring?"

Xie Feiyun pouted, "What are the beautiful flowers at this time, so I brought a pot of Junzi Orchid over, the buds are not fully bloomed, and people can't like it when they look at it, if you want me to say that you are so good at making flowers and grass, I should ask you for a pot of flowers, but my mother doesn't allow it, I must raise it myself." ”

The words were mostly annoyed, which made Chanyi smile again and again, she glanced at Xie Shuangyun beside Xie Feiyun, and only after a closer look did she realize that she seemed to be a little nervous, and the silk handkerchief in her hand had been marked by her, and although Zhu Yu on the other side had a smile on her face, her mind was obviously not here.

"What about Sister Shuangyun and Sister Jin, what flowers did you bring with you?" Chanyi asked them with a smile.

Xie Shuangyun was in a trance, and when she heard Chanyi ask her, she was stunned at first, and then smiled faintly, but did not answer.

Zhu Yu replied softly: "It's nothing special, I only brought a pot of peony flowers." ”

Chanyi felt more and more strange, but Xie Feiyun pestered her and asked her what flowers she brought, she couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, and said softly in Xie Feiyun's ear: "I estimate that many ladies will bring those camellias, peonies, so I just brought a pot of evergreen, and a little green in the ten thousand flowers should be here." ”

Xie Feiyun was stunned, and looked at her with bright eyes: "Why didn't I expect it, you girl, why do you have so many ghost ideas!"

The voice of this sentence was a little loud, attracting the curious probes of other ladies, Xie Feiyun hurriedly corrected his demeanor, and did not dare to speak presumptuously.

After talking for a while, the people arrived one after another, and a female official shouted: "The Queen Mother has arrived!"

Everyone knelt on the ground everywhere, kowtowed to say goodbye, and sang congratulatory messages in unison: "Welcome to the Queen Mother, may the mother live a long life!"

Empress Dowager Zhu walked out with Concubine Zhuang's hand, glanced at everyone, and said, "Let's all be even!"

When everyone got up, Empress Dowager Zhu said with a smile: "Concubine Zhuang has already arranged it, and the flowers of each lady are placed in Xingyun Water Pavilion, so let's go to enjoy the flowers with the mourning family." ”