Although Zhou Ying was not interested in Zhou Huan's reception banquet at all, she had to go.

The most exquisite thing in the palace is an intimacy and harmony. Even if you want to eat it in private, you have to be affectionate and affectionate like a family on the surface. Even if the protagonist is Zhou Mei, who has already torn her face with her, Zhou Ying has to attend happily, let alone Zhou Huan, who has nothing to do with her on the surface?

Zhou Ying replied to the post and said that she would go.

In a few days, it was a day off. More than half of the princes and daughters in the palace had to attend, and of course the Chen was given to the emperor. The emperor expressed his satisfaction with the closeness of his children, and specially opened the Yuhua Pavilion and let them hold a banquet there.

Yuhua Pavilion was originally the place of Qing repair after the abdication of a certain emperor of the previous dynasty, there are rockeries and curved waters, pavilions and pavilions...... The view is not bad. Although this place is not the emperor's official residence, it is only for the emperor to live and play, and if you want to enter, you have to get the emperor's permission.

Therefore, the emperor's oracle was definitely an unexpected surprise for everyone.

After Zhou Ying dressed up, she entered the Yuhua Pavilion and was led to the stone boat in the middle of the lake.

There are three floors in the stone boat, the first floor is spacious for dancers to perform songs and dances, the second floor has a wide view, which is for people to feast and drink, enjoy the lake and mountains, and the third floor is divided into several compartments for changing clothes and resting.

Zhou Ke is the host and came first. Zhou Huan is the protagonist, and he should be entertained together.

Zhou Ying smiled and greeted everyone present, exchanged a few words, and there were still few people in the audience, so she was not in a hurry to sit down at her seat, but only found a place with a good view and enjoyed the lake and mountains.

After a while, someone sat down next to him, "You're relaxing." ”

Zhou Ying turned her eyes and saw that it was Zhou Yao, so she couldn't help but smile, "If you don't hide away, it's in the way of other people's affairs, isn't it suspicious?" ”

Zhou Yao held a fan in her hand, half-covering her face, looked in the direction indicated by Zhou Ying's eyes, and caught a glimpse of Zhou Huanzheng smiling and saying something to Xu Hong, and she was busy retracting her eyes, "Whoever holds a banquet is fine, she will make this moth as soon as she comes, do you really think that everyone else is blind?" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Ying suddenly smiled, her eyes closed late, and she accidentally met Zhou Huan's eyes.

Zhou Huan was asking Xu Hong for Yanti calligraphy, diligent and earnest, bowing his head shyly, feeling that he was getting better, and was about to make an appointment to ask Xu Hong for some advice next time, but he accidentally caught a glimpse of Zhou Ying. Obviously, Zhou Ying only glanced at her, and then moved away calmly, but Zhou Huan seemed to be burned by Zhou Ying's eyes, her face turned red, she breathed heavily, and she didn't even notice that Xu Hong took the opportunity to walk away.

On the other side, Zhou Ying turned her head and pretended to be calm and fed the fish with some crumbs.

On the side, Zhou Yao leaned on the railing, slowly shook the fan, and said with a sarcastic smile: "Look, she did this kind of thing, but you can't say it, you can't see it." Wait, people will hold a grudge against you. ”

Zhou Ying said in her heart, where is the only way to hold a grudge, the hatred has long been as deep as the sea, and it is incompatible. However, this kind of thing is not humane, Zhou Ying thanked Zhou Yao for her kind reminder, "Don't worry, I know it." Don't talk about this kind of, it's time to take a seat. ”

The seats are arranged in order.

In the past, this kind of banquet was mostly a small gathering of the princes and princesses, which was nothing more than their own brothers and sisters sitting, but this time Zhou Huan somehow moved Zhou Ke and invited the princes' companions. Although the etiquette of this dynasty is not very important, but in the formal banquet, it is necessary to avoid suspicion a little. Because of the young age present, it is enough to make a appearance, only men and women are seated in two seats, and there is only an aisle in the middle.

After Zhou Ying sat down, she counted, and there were five princesses on the female guest's side, including her.

On the male side, there are three princes, including Zhou Lian, the eldest prince who is the eldest but has not been named the crown prince, Zhou Yan, the second prince whose biological mother died in childbirth, and Zhou Zhang, the third prince of Wang Zhaoyi's son, who is accompanied by three, and Zhou Ying only knows one Xu Hong.

Needless to say, there are delicacies on the table. Zhou Ying slept late yesterday and had a poor appetite when she got up early, but she had little interest.

Zhou Ke raised his hand slightly, motioned to the palace maid to fill everyone with fruit wine, and got up to give a speech, "I invite you to gather for a banquet today, and there are two things to do, one is to welcome the sixth sister to enroll, and the other is to celebrate our sisters' admission to the four schools in Qianxi...... Please fill this cup to your heart's content. ”

Naturally, everyone should not do anything.

After toasting, the banquet began, Zhou Ke was afraid that the girl would have a shallow amount of alcohol, so he motioned to the palace maid to change the sherbet on the table here.

Zhou Ying didn't have much appetite, so she picked up and ate a few chopsticks and put them down, but the sherbet was sweet and sour, and it was still an entrance, she asked the palace maid waiting behind her to take a small wine pot sherbet, pour herself a drink, and lean on the railing to enjoy the singing and dancing of the beauties downstairs, which was quite interesting.

Everyone present had a good appetite, and it didn't take long for them to leave the table one after another.

Zhou Ke saw that everyone left the table too early, so he naturally wanted to think of a way to play, first mentioned Qu Shui Liuzhen, and then mentioned shooting over...... The princes are older, so it doesn't matter, but the princesses have only been studying for a year and a half since Zhou Mei, and where they will write poems, they all vetoed.

In the end, it was Zhou Yao who disliked the ink, "It's better to beat the drum and pass the flowers." ”

Zhou Ying shook the wine glass in one hand, and seconded with a smile: "This idea is appreciated by both the elegant and the vulgar." The loser writes a poem, paints a picture, plays music, or tells a story...... It's not informal, it's just a matter of having fun. ”

Zhou Ke, who was on the top, was especially insufficient, "It's too simple." ”

Zhou Yao twisted her eyebrows, obviously a little unhappy.

Let Zhou Ke decide first, her left one is not good, and the right one is too difficult...... I can't settle down for a long time, and since she is dissatisfied with other people's mentions, she herself wants to be perfect? When everyone else is idle, are you willing to spend it with her?

Seeing that Zhou Yao was about to throw her face and leave, Zhou Ying hurriedly grabbed her fan.

It turned out that Zhou Ke was not well prepared, but if Zhou Yao walked away, it would be Zhou Yao's.

Zhou Ying turned her head and smiled: "If the second sister is too simple, just add some chips." Today, we come to this mirror lake for a banquet, you might as well limit it, whether it is poetry, painting and music, it must match the water color of this lake, if it does not match, you will be fined three glasses of wine, so good? ”

Zhou Ke also saw that Zhou Yao was unhappy, and he was a little weak-hearted, and when he saw Zhou Ying handing over the steps, he hurriedly answered: "Sure enough, according to what my sister said." ”

The others had no objections, so they unanimously agreed.

Zhou Ke ordered someone to remove the table and take a small leather drum, two small wooden mallets, and a red peony wrapped in silk. The commander did not let the eldest prince Zhou Lian do it, and the others switched seats and formed a circle. Zhou Ke pointed to a palace maid again, blindfolded, with her back to everyone, waiting for orders.

Commander Zhou Lian gave an order, only to hear a continuous drum beat sound.

Zhou Ying didn't take it seriously, but as the drumbeat became more and more intensive, she couldn't help but get nervous, as soon as she saw Zhou Ke throwing over the peony flower, she was nervous and almost leaked through her fingertips, she hurriedly grabbed a petal and hurriedly stuffed it to Zhou Yao, who was next.

The peony flower took two more rounds before it could stop.