After the Chinese New Year, Xue Ying didn't live in peace for a few days, because she suddenly received a thunderbolt-like message from a sunny day: "Let me participate in the plum banquet?!" ”

Aunt Sun put a noble and gorgeous invitation in front of her, exuding a faint fragrance: "That's right. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info And I'm afraid you're too late, I also helped you prepare dresses and accessories, just put them outside, do you want to try it? ”

"Wait, wait, I need to calm down." Xue Ying raised her hand, walked around the room twice, and asked, "Aunt Sun, whose idea do you think this would be?" Xue Yao's? Or is it the queen's? ”

"I am the emperor." Aunt Sun replied very calmly.

Xue Ying covered her face and howled: "Why? ”

"I don't know. Perhaps, just go and know. Aunt Sun lowered her eyes.

Xue Ying turned to look at her sadly: "I won't go and have no return, right?" ”

"The palace is not a good place, but ...... Isn't there still a third master who will protect you? In any case, he won't let you stay inside and not come out. ”

That's right, for Liao Yunxi's peace charm, Xue Qi will not die no matter what. Anyway, the invitation was delivered, and nine times out of ten it was the emperor's will, and now Xue Ying can only relax.

However, she still couldn't help but die: "Can I pretend to be sick and not go?" ”

Aunt Sun glanced at her, "If you think you can hide it from all the imperial doctors." ”

"Imperial Doctor?" Xue Ying imagined it seriously and shook her head, "No, no, even if I poison myself, I'm afraid it will be exposed." ”

Aunt Sun flicked her sleeves: "It's good to know." I've been too lenient for you all these years, so let's start making up for it now. ”

"What's the lesson?"

"Court etiquette." Aunt Sun stood up straight and looked at her, raising her eyebrows slightly, "Miss shouldn't have forgotten my job, right?" ”

Still...... I almost forgot. Xue Yingzhiwu: "I remember that I learned a little bit ...... before"

"That is the etiquette of the third lady of the Jian'an Hou Mansion, and you are now the lord of Shunrou County. And, if you want to get out of the way, you'll need to be familiar with everyone who appears at the feast and the forces behind them. It's only two days left, so do your best! ”

"Ahh

The next day, Aunt Qing came to visit and asked, "Qiaoya seems to be angry?" ”

Xue Ying sighed: "When you enter the palace, you can only bring one person, I said that I should take Dongxun or not, it will be awkward." ”

Aunt Qing smiled: "Children, it's normal to be curious about the palace. ”

"No, I'm here to protect Miss!" Qiao Ya shouted, "The palace is strictly guarded, you can't bring any lime powder laxatives, Dong Xun can't run by himself, what should I do if something happens then?" ”

"I said, I'm going to a banquet, not a war." Xue Ying had a headache, "Don't you always think that the palace is full of jackals, tigers and leopards, okay?" Besides, people do learn the rules of Dongxun better than you, don't you be unconvinced, okay? ”

"Hmph, Miss looks down on people and ignores you!" Qiao Ya stomped her foot and ran out.

Aunt Qing couldn't help but pick up the teacup to hide her smile, and looked at Aunt Sun, who was also smiling.

Xue Ying was embarrassed: "I'm sorry, the child didn't teach well." ”

Aunt Qing put down the teacup: "I can see it, Qiaoya is worried about you." If so, it's time to get into a temper tantrum with you. He turned his head and said to Aunt Sun with a smile: "I finally know why you are still reluctant to leave when your contract expires, and I am really happy to see these little girls making noise." ”

"Contract expiration?" Xue Ying was puzzled.

Aunt Qing nodded: "Aunt Sun has only signed a three-year contract with the Jian'an Hou Mansion, so it stands to reason that she can leave a long time ago." But she later offered to stay unpaid, so she stayed until now. ”

"Why do you tell Miss? She's hating me for the past two days, what if she drives me away? Aunt Sun was joking.

"I hate you a lot now, and you don't look at my dark circles, they all grow to the chin." Xue Ying poked her face, "Let's talk, I'll go and see the information." ”

After Xue Ying left, Aunt Qing asked, "How are you preparing?" ”

Aunt Sun shook her head: "Time is so rushed, it is impossible to be fully prepared, I just hope that there will be no big mistakes at that time." ”

"The third lady originally wanted to ask a few young ladies from the world friends to help take care of it, but you also know that they are all friends of the second lady, if the lady comes forward, it seems to be refuting the face of the second lady, I am afraid it will be self-defeating, so I have to rely on the third lady's own efforts."

"The third lady has a heart." Aunt Sun smiled slightly, "The protagonist of the plum banquet is the second miss, as long as the second miss goes well, the third miss will not have a big problem." ”

"I knew you would understand this."

………………

Regardless of whether you want to do it or not, and no matter how well you prepare, the plum banquet will come as scheduled anyway. Xue Ying lined up in a long line, and after layers of verification, she finally entered the palace that tens of millions of people yearn for.

Adhering to the principle of being cautious, Xue Ying didn't even raise her head much, let alone see the appearance of the palace clearly. In short, she followed the aunt who was in charge of leading her to the other people to transfer the scene, pay a salute to meet a certain lady, and then transfer to a certain concubine, and finally saw the queen and the queen mother after going around and around.

After saying a few words, Xue Ying thought that she could leave the scene to take a break, but she didn't expect the Queen Mother to suddenly ask: "Which of you is the child that the emperor just passed to Song'er a while ago?" ”

Xue Ying's scalp suddenly went numb, but she still had to bow down: "Shun Rou to meet the imperial grandmother." ”

"It sounds so good. Come and show the Imperial Grandmother. The Queen Mother beckoned to her kindly, and then said to the Queen with a smile, "I was sick and confused a while ago, and I have never had the opportunity to recruit this child into the palace to have a look." The emperor has a heart, and after the son has a child, I finally put down a big stone in my heart. ”

The Queen Mother was a little confused after a serious illness a few years ago, and what she said and did was often unexpected, and everyone present basically knew about Xue Ying, but the matter of succeeding to King Sui revealed so much weirdness, so everyone pretended to be deaf and dumb, and didn't even look at Xue Ying, let alone talk to her and talk about it.

But now it is the Queen Mother who speaks, no matter how awkward everyone is, they have to endure it, and secretly decide in their hearts to be blind and deaf for a while, no matter what the Queen Mother says, it will never happen.

Xue Ying arrived at the Queen Mother and obediently lowered her head to listen to the teachings. The Queen Mother looked her up and down a few times, and said, "Look at the figure and still a child, how old is it?" ”

"Grandmother Hui, she is twelve years old."

"Well, it's a little adult." The Queen Mother looked at it a few more times, and suddenly asked, "Why are you wearing a veil on your face?" ”

The queen said softly: "Back to the Queen Mother, this child was accidentally scratched by a wolf when he was a child, leaving a scar, so he wore a veil." ”