After dressing up, Lin Baiyu walked to the front hall with the fairy grass. Li Binwei was already waiting for Lin Baiyu in the hall, with Dark One and Dark Two standing behind him, and Lin Li standing on the other side. In addition to them, Lin Baihu and Lin Bailang were also waiting in the hall. Seeing Lin Baiyu coming in, the two of them immediately stepped forward and stared at Lin Baiyu left and right, but did not speak.

Lin Baiyu sighed, stretched out her hands and touched the heads of the two, and said softly: "You stay obediently in the palace, don't do anything that worries your mother, understand?" ”

Lin Baihu and Lin Bailang nodded.

Lin Bailang whispered: "Sister, you have to be careful. ”

"I will." Lin Baiyu responded and said to Xiancao, "Xiancao, you stay to protect the two young masters." ”

"Yes." Fairy grass responded. Although she really wanted to go to the palace with Lin Baiyu to see tonight's big play, since the master ordered it, she had to obey the order. She's not like Dark Nine, she's just a subordinate, and she still treats herself as a character.

Li Binwei stepped forward and said, "Lin Li stays in the palace, and he will definitely be able to protect them." ”

Xian Cao was not convinced, what was Lin Li's origin, the prince and the princess not only trusted him so much, but also thought that he was more capable than their secret guards. You must know that after these secret guards ate the elixir rewarded by the princess, their strength increased dramatically, and they all crushed the great martial arts masters, so Lin Li was still more powerful than them?

The fact is that Lin Li is indeed much more powerful than the dark guard. Lin Li is the most perfect armor made by Lin Baiyu and Li Binwei, how can mortals compare?

Lin Baiyu and Li Binwei came to the palace. The palace was decorated with joy, and many people had joy on their faces, they didn't know how much calculation was hidden behind this banquet, if they knew, if they didn't laugh, they might not be able to cry.

Lin Baiyu saw Mrs. Lin in the group of noble ladies, and Mrs. Lin nodded at Lin Baiyu, but did not step forward to talk to Lin Baiyu. Only the two made eye contact, and information had been exchanged.

Lin Baiyu walked towards the crown princess, and a figure blocked her path.

"Concubine Niangniang." Lin Baiyu blessed her body.

Lin Baiwan was dressed in bright clothes, standing proudly in front of Lin Baiyu, no longer regaining the innocence when the sisters gathered together.

"Princess Xia, long time no see." Lin Baiwan opened her mouth and said, "The banquet hasn't started yet, let's take a walk in the garden of the main palace road." ”

Lin Baiyu didn't know what Lin Baiwan was going to do, so she had to give the concubine a face and accompany Lin Baiwan to the courtyard.

"You're all waiting here." Lin Baiwan gave an order to the people who followed behind her, not letting them follow, and only took Lin Baiyu to walk slowly along the path paved with stones.

"Have you seen Lin Baishu since you brought her out of the Qinglou?" Lin Baiwan asked suddenly.

Why did you suddenly mention Lin Baishu? Lin Baiyu's heart sank, and she shook her head and said, "I haven't seen it again." I took her out of the Qinglou, which can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous, and she has nothing to do with me after that. She's leaving on her own, so why should I bother to find out about her! ”

Lin Baiwan smiled: "You don't know her whereabouts, but I do." She also told me a lot of secrets, do you want to listen to them? ”

Lin Baiyu said lightly: "Since it's someone else's secret, I don't have to listen to it." ”

Lin Baiwan said: "You don't want to hear it, but this palace wants to talk about it." Do you know? That Lin Baishu is not your sister at all, but a lonely ghost from nowhere who has become the daughter of the Lin family, and has the face to suppress you, the real concubine of the Hou Mansion. Unexpectedly, it turns out that you are the real concubine of the Hou Mansion, and you can really bear it. ”

Lin Baiyu said: "What does the concubine want to say?" ”

"Don't you hate the Bowling Mansion? Don't you hate the Lin family? Lin Baiwan asked.

Lin Baiyu: "I can't talk about hate, I don't have much affection for the Hou Mansion in the first place." ”

"You're so cold." Lin Baiwan sneered, with hatred on her face at random, "I can't wait for the Hou Mansion to disappear, if it weren't for Lin Junhao, I wouldn't be like this." ”

Lin Baiyu: "The status of the noble concubine is respected, and it is not difficult to deal with a declining Hou Mansion. ”

"Don't mention my identity to me, this concubine deserves to be ashamed of me." Lin Baiwan shouted.

Lin Baiyu didn't have the slightest change in mood because of her words, and only said lightly: "Guifei Niangniang, your voice is too high, and it will be heard by others." ”

"You ......", Lin Baiwan's expression changed a few times, and finally turned into a sneer, "Originally, for the sake of you and I being victims of the Lin family, I still wanted to protect you, but now it seems that you are not worthy of the protection of this palace." ”

Lin Baiyu bowed slightly: "Thank you for your kindness, but I think I can protect myself." ”

"That's right, Lin Baishu said that you can do martial arts, and you are the most hidden of the Lin family's daughters." Lin Baiwan finished sarcastically mocking Lin Baiyu, turned around and brushed her sleeves away.

Lin Baiyu looked at Lin Baiwan's back and sighed.

In the next moment, Li Binwei appeared beside her: "Why sigh for that kind of person." ”

Lin Baiyu said: "She wasn't like this before, she was a very proud and kind girl. ”

"The women who have entered the palace have nothing to do with kindness, and my mother was also a very kind lady before she got married, and then she didn't have countless blood on her hands."

Lin Baiyu didn't answer, Li Binwei can talk about her mother, but she can't talk about her promotion to other people's daughter-in-law.

Li Binwei looked up at the sky and said to Lin Baiyu: "Go back, the Qianqiu banquet is about to start." ”

At this time, in the main hall, all the royal relatives, ministers and their families all arrived in the hall and sat down according to their status. I only heard a high-pitched shout: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Everyone hurriedly got up and knelt to greet the emperor.

"Let's get even." The emperor spoke, his voice was a little vain, Lin Baiyu quietly glanced at the emperor, compared to the New Year, the emperor was even older, the whole person was weak, and the hands covered by the sleeves were still moving unconsciously. Hey, it's all like this, the emperor can't let go of his rights, so why bother? Doesn't this deserve to cause the sons to betray their mother?

Lin Baiwan sat on the left hand side of the emperor, and now there is no queen in the palace, Lin Baiwan is the highest status in the harem, and many old concubines have to sit in her lower position. Lin Baiwan's gaze was not on the emperor, but glanced at a corner, with a bit of lingering in her gaze. Lin Baiyu was curious, and used her divine sense to look at that corner. There was a man sitting in the corner, his appearance looked very mediocre, but his whole temperament was extraordinary, with a bit of Wei and Jin style.

This is a person I don't know, but Lin Baiyu feels a little familiar for no reason.

"Don't look at it, it's our turn to give a birthday gift." Li Binwei transmitted the message to Lin Baiyu.

Lin Baiyu came back to her senses, walked out with Li Binwei, and stood behind the four princes and princesses. The crown prince and his wife took the lead, and took a group of younger brothers and sisters-in-law as the first batch to congratulate the emperor on his birthday. The three princes have been abolished and are no longer among them. The second and fourth princes all had big smiles on their faces, and there was a bit of smugness in their eyes, which surprised those who didn't know the inside story - they didn't look like people who would be happy for the emperor's long life.

"I wish my father a long life and eternal prosperity."

The prince took the lead in kneeling, and Li Binwei also knelt down, after all, this was his biological father, but Lin Baiyu didn't want to kneel, glanced at Li Binwei, used a trick, and stood aside and waited for everyone to kneel.

Li Binwei was not annoyed by Lin Baiyu's not kneeling, and smiled at her understandingly.

The gifts of the princes, Li Binwei's gifts are not outstanding, only a white jade old birthday ornament and a pair of rich and glorious bonsai made of coral and precious stones, which are the most common among the gifts offered by the princes, and are even inferior to some high-status ministers.

After the prince's birthday, he was a member of the royal family, and then the minister and the wife, and there were many of them, and it took several batches to complete the birthday. The whole process took more than two hours, and it was already on the moon. Beautifully made lanterns are lit up one by one, illuminating the main hall and the imperial garden as bright as daytime and beautiful as a fairyland.

However, everyone was in no mood to appreciate it, and after such a toss, everyone was already hungry, and their eyes scanned the food served by the palace maids and eunuchs. The first thing to serve is a variety of delicate dim sum such as longevity peach and longevity dumpling, but they are all cold and mostly furnishing; Then try cold dishes, hot dishes to the top, and finally the shou noodles. There was only a small bowl for one person, and it tasted pretty good.

While the people were eating, the servants went up to the temple to perform. First, the troupe performed a Magu birthday, followed by a variety of juggling, singing and dancing, which was very exciting. However, all the people who can do it in the main hall are noble people, and some people have opera troupes at home, and everyone has seen these performances, and they don't think it's novel, and only a few young clan royals can see it with their eyes puffed up.

When a group of dancing girls who danced the Hu Xuan dance left the stage, the four princes suddenly said in a loud voice: "Although these dancing girls dance well, they are not as wonderful as Miss Pepe's neon dress and feather dance. ”

His words intrigued the emperor and asked, "Who is Pepe?" ”

The fourth prince hurriedly got up and replied: "Father, Miss Pepe is the leading Oiran of the Green Qi Pavilion, not only outstanding piano skills, but also extraordinary dancing skills. There was once a person who spent a lot of money just to listen to Miss Pepe play a song and dance a dance. ”

"Oh?" The emperor became even more interested, "Is there still such a strange woman?" Fourth, in a few days, you can bring that Pei Pei into the palace, and let me listen to the music she plays to see if she dances as well as you say. ”

The fourth prince had not yet agreed, Lin Baiwan covered her mouth and smiled: "Your Majesty, in a few days, if you want to see Miss Pepe, you can meet immediately." ”

The emperor was very fond of Lin Baiwan, and when he heard her speak, his expression was much softer than that of the fourth prince: "What do you mean by this?" Did you invite that Pepe to the palace? ”

Lin Baiwan smiled: "The emperor is so wise, let you guess!" ”