There are many festivals in the palace throughout the year, in addition to the days of the whole world's celebration, there are also the birthdays of the emperor and the queen mother, or longevity or thousands of autumns, almost every three or five days there is a celebration. Wanwan doesn't have a strong concept of festivals, it's probably just a group of boring people who just find an excuse to eat, drink and have fun together. Her identity in the palace is quite special, and she is rarely invited every time, and she is a little numb when she gathers too much.

But this year's Mid-Autumn Festival aroused her interest, because the factory minister came back from the south. Now is the time when the direction of the wind is uncertain, there are vassals inside the West Factory and outside the court, she is not at ease, she has to be there in person after all, and watch the banquet end smoothly.

The copper ring put on her makeup, applied a thin layer of powder, and put some lipgrease on her lips, which made her skin delicate and transparent. She usually rarely dresses up finely, she has a good foundation, and she is also plain when she enters and exits the Queen Mother's palace. Since Mama Li developed Xiaoyou and Wuqi, she has no interest in even singing occasionally, and the incense powder is on her face, and she actually feels strange when she looks in the mirror.

"Young girls, you still have to dress up." The copper ring gave her a burnt blue inlaid gold flower, and she examined it again and again, "Look at how complete, wait until you are old to love pretty, it is too late." Today is different from usual, and I don't shy away from anything inside and outside the palace. Your Highness should also plan for yourself, I am Your Highness's personal person, to be honest, it is unreliable to point to whoever is in charge, it is better to have your own palm. ”

Wanwan hummed, "Tonghuan, have you ever liked someone?" ”

Tonghuan's gaze moved to the sandalwood five-bat cloud landing cover, "People like us, since we have entered the palace, we will be able to count on going out for the rest of our lives." I was only seven or eight years old when I came in, and I had no one to like. ”

"What about the eunuchs? I've heard that many palace maids and eunuchs have eaten in pairs, so I want to take care of them in the future. Sister Wen in our palace also has a meal, that day I saw her talking to someone behind the rockery, the eunuch didn't know which position it was, and when he saw me, he ran away in a panic. ”

A desolate smile floated on the copper ring, "Eunuch? I don't want to be like them, I have already lived as Coptis chinensis, why bother to abuse myself again! ”

Therefore, eunuchs are always eunuchs, and palace maids with temperament look down on them after all.

Wanwan hesitated a little, turned her head and asked, "You say...... How about Xiao's palm prints? He was also a eunuch. ”

The copper ring put on an ivory-colored woven gold sleeve jacket for her, and straightened it up on the snow-white collar, and said with a smile: "People like Xiao Zhangyin, don't say that there are eunuchs in the whole world?" But what about the high power, he has been confessed for a lifetime, but he is trapped in this Quartet City, and it is bitter in the end. ”

Wanwan sighed, stood up and watched her lift her skirt and gesture at her, and asked as she compared, "What does this Qingbi look like?" Or is that garnet-colored one better? ”

She chose a lychee-colored horse-faced skirt by herself, and her knees were decorated with flat gold ruyi patterns, which did not look ostentatious or too low-key. After wearing the twisting photo, there was a little shy smile on his face, "Do you look good?" ”

The copper ring hung down her sleeves and looked at it on the side, there were three thousand beauties in this palace, and there was really no one who could compare to her. Her nobility is soaked in blood, even if she is dressed in jinghai cloth, she is still high-spirited.

She praised twice, took the sachet sent by the palace maid, and carefully matched her on the knot on her side. Wanwan looked at her soft hand and slowly combed the pink Huilong beard, and whispered to her: "You can still walk around before the feast, and then stay with the Queen Mother!" There are many orders to come back to worship, and there are many princes and generals, so you pay attention to each other, and you will not end up in a blind marriage in the future. ”

Wanwan smiled: "You are really, I am only fifteen years old, and you are in a hurry to send me out." Okay, I should allow you, and I will take you with me when I go out in the future, you don't have to suffer like them, I will find you a good family, so that you can have hope in this life. ”

The master and servant laughed for a while, and when it was getting late, they entered the Qianqing Palace.

The officials outside the palace had already come in, and after about a round of pilgrimage, they were scattered around chatting and waiting for the feast to begin. The concubines were like butterflies one by one, circling around the emperor. This second brother is different from the eldest brother, although the eldest brother has poor political performance, he has finally worked hard. As for him, he is a poet, amorous to the point of almost indiscriminate affection, he has been on the throne for half a year, and he is busy with spring flowers and autumn moons, which really makes people pinch cold sweat for him.

Yinlou recovered from a serious illness, dragging the sick body to come, the emperor pulled her to speak, she sent him away in a coping manner, turned around and bit Wanwan's ear: "There are too many people at the banquet, I'm afraid that I won't be able to eat enough, I asked the people below to prepare crabs, let's hide in the garden and use it." ”

Wanwan also likes to eat crabs, but it is troublesome to eat, and the crabs are fiddling with eight pieces, and when the meat is removed, it is basically cold. The cold crab fishy smell, it is a pity to eat it, the way to eat the sound building is to bite directly on the mouth, saving time and convenience, you can eat two of them in a cup of tea, and there is a great pleasure of cow chewing peonies.

This friend is a good friend, and the temper may not be the same, but the most important thing is to be compatible, and with her, there are always new discoveries that have never been tried before. Wanwan said yes, and was about to go with her, but she didn't want to be dragged back by the aunts of several clans.

Those princesses were gods, and they were very surprised that she had grown so big out of thin air: "I haven't seen her for a few months, and the eldest princess has become a big girl!" ”

Pushing a girl who didn't know whether she was the county lord or the county lord to her, and letting them stand side by side, everyone began to judge: "Oh, Wanwan is two months younger than Bao Se, but she is taller than her. ”

"At the beginning, were outstanding, Wanwan is her daughter, and she is naturally ...... taller than girls of the same age."

"What book is the eldest princess reading now? How many volumes have you memorized in the Book of Rites? ”

"The embroidery of this sachet on my body is really good, I made it myself, right?"

No matter how great the identity is, it is nothing in front of these three aunts and six wives. Wanwan was surrounded and laughed awkwardly. glanced at Yinlou and motioned for her to go first, and when she solved these troubles, she would go to the garden of Cining Palace to meet her.

Yin Lou dropped a look of pity, shrugged her shoulders and left first, she was surrounded by everyone, and she couldn't even take a step. Turning around to ask the Queen Mother for help, the Queen Mother seemed to be very satisfied with her being so popular, whispering to Queen Zhang, glancing at her from time to time, without the slightest intention of rescuing her.

She felt inexplicably sleepy, and the palace exams generally answered their questions one by one, but her eyes were wandering around, and everyone dispersed when the feast suddenly began. But the meal also depends on the time, the courtiers have the first to arrive, and some to the last, and they need to wait for everyone to come before the eunuchs can arrange the meal.

What to do, I can't get out, and I can't show impatience on my face. She looked sadly into the distance, and suddenly found a man standing under the lamp in the depths of the temple, dressed in brocade and with a pair of arrogant eyes under a black gauze hat. He was also looking at her, idle, a little playful, his eyes paused slightly, and he lowered his head to play with his beeswax bracelet.

He avoided her gaze, and a melted smile quickly formed on his lips. Wanwan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that the person was the king of Nanyuan, and her heart became more and more difficult.

The princesses are still making noise: "Last month, the county lord of the Xiangwang family got married, and in addition to the marriage, the mother's family invited Westerners to paint a portrait. ”

Tsk, everyone was surprised: "I've never heard of this, what kind of portrait to give at the wedding, isn't this a bad head!" ”

"What's that, Westerners draw well, like real people......

Wanwan found that everyone's focus had shifted, and quietly pulled the sleeve of the brass ring and sneaked out of the crowd. She was in a hurry to go to the appointment of the sound building, hurriedly went to the palace gate, and when she saw the vassal king halfway through, she was immediately ashamed and ashamed, and covered her face and ran out of his gaze.

"What should I do, it's really a shame......" Her legs were still trembling when she stepped out of the Yuehua Gate, and she twisted her body and hummed like a child.

The copper ring is unknown, "Your Highness answered very well just now, why did you lose the dead?" ”

She slumped her shoulders, and wanted to tell her the details of how she pretended to be a eunuch to peek at the king of Nanyuan, and after thinking about it again, she still forgot it, turned over the corpse and lost her ugliness, and thought she was not stupid enough.

She said perfunctorily that it was nothing, and looked north after entering the Range Rover door: "Send someone to find a pot of flower carving, and I will bring it to beg for crab food." ”

Copper Ring was a little worried, "Still drinking?" How can it be good to turn around and smell wine? ”

Wanwan disagreed, "If you drink too much, you won't eat the feast, you go back and find us two quilts, and I will spend the night with her in the pavilion." ”

She lifted a skirt, stepped on the dew and passed over the stone bridge, and the lights were dim under the Linxi Pavilion, but after looking around, she did not find the shadow of the sound building. Wanwan looked back and thought about it, did she remember the wrong place to meet, and saw that there was a faint light in the east Hanqingzhai, that place was dedicated to the concubines to worship the Buddha and rest, and the front and back of the west were opened up to form an independent small courtyard, which was not related to the outside world, but a quiet and elegant place.

She smiled and raised her sleeve and pointed, "Maybe it's there, let's see." ”

The lady with the lantern led her way, and walked through the path to the door, strangely, there was not a single eunuch on duty. I saw that the candles in the front hall were faint, and the candlelight was like a tiled satin, illuminating half of the hall.

She stepped into the threshold, the yard was very quiet, she hadn't come here for a long time, and she still remembered the scene when her eldest brother took her to catch fireflies at the mouth of the well when she was a child.

Hanqingzhai is not a luxurious place, and the specifications cannot be compared with the Baoxiang Building on the side. Chen Shi here is very simple, a table, a chair and a cabinet, a throne is set up under the south window, and the brocade cushion hidden sac is rarely used, and it is as new as before.

Wanwan looked at the empty room, a little confused. After standing for a while and wanting to leave, I vaguely smelled the aroma of Rui Brain floating in the air, this fragrance was too familiar, it belonged to the factory minister.

Has he been here? It's really strange...... She turned her head to look at the carved cabinet, hollowed out of the branches, and there was no end to the shackles. Suddenly, I found that there was a skirt corner on the cabinet door, and I looked closely at the bird's rank Ruihua brocade. There was a buzz in her head, this pattern was a tribute from Goryeo, and only Yinlou used it to make a skirt in the palace.

She felt her heart tremble, it was too unfortunate...... She took two steps back and turned around, pretending to be calm: "Let's go, let's go and take a look elsewhere, maybe someone will untie the crabs in Linxi Pavilion!" ”

She followed behind the palm lamp mama, and the people were confused, walking one foot at a time. Seeing that she was different, Tonghuan came up and hugged her, "What's wrong with Your Highness?" Is it bad on the body? ”

She couldn't say it, not because she was not good on her body, but because she was very bad in her heart. It turned out that Yinlou and the factory minister had reached this point, and the dream of youth was shattered in an instant.

The moon hung in the sky, and she walked out of the Range Rover door and crouched down under the dark wall of the mezzanine. The copper ring was bluffed, and asked in surprise: "Your Highness, where is it uncomfortable, the slave and maid will immediately send the imperial doctor." ”

Her throat was blocked, she couldn't make a sound, she just waved her hand and buried her face in the crook of her arm.

Why do you always look ahead? It's really too late this time, obviously I've known each other for five or six years...... She knew that Yin Lou was very good, upright, and had a lovely temperament, and if she were a man, she might like her too. But...... She always felt that the factory minister was close at hand, and she never thought that he would have anything to do with others. This time it was a fatal blow to the defenseless, and she panicked, lonely and directionless.

She was discouraged, she never got it anyway, so why should she feel disappointed. If she is given a new chance, will she be able to grasp it? After thinking about it for a long time, I actually knew that I didn't have the courage, so it was natural to fail.

She stood up and wiped her tears, "as if something got into my eyes......"

When the copper ring lantern came to shine, her eyes were red, and she was clearly crying. But she didn't poke it, and tucked it for her with a handkerchief, "It doesn't matter, tears can wash away the dust, Your Highness will try again, it won't hurt anymore?" ”

She took a deep breath, "Yes, it doesn't hurt much anymore. ”

Tonghuan smiled, carried her to the door of the long letter, just walked a few steps to meet a little eunuch, and said with a waist: "Please say hello to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." His Royal Highness was not there before, and something went wrong in the Qianqing Palace...... Mrs. Zhao had a dispute with Queen Zhang Niangniang, and was reprimanded by the Queen Mother, crying in the Golden Pavilion at this time. Niangniang and her former grandmother couldn't persuade her, for fear that something would happen, so she asked her to invite Your Highness, Your Highness, take a look. ”

Although the old lady Zhao is not usually well received, she is in a difficult situation after the collapse of the eldest brother, and she is gentle and kind-hearted, so she can't stand by and watch. So he let the eunuch lead the way, and he hurriedly followed.