A few days later, everyone in the palace received an invitation from the palace.

The current emperor and empress are not overly extravagant, but there will be a few banquets like this in the palace throughout the year.

The old lady and Zhao Ziyue naturally wouldn't participate, but Mu Tianda, Mu Shaoxuan, and Mu Xiaofeng couldn't shirk it.

It was precisely because she couldn't shirk that Zhao Ziyue was even more uneasy.

"Xiaoxiao, why don't you just find a reason to stay in the house and take care of me, don't go to any palace banquets, I always feel unsure in my heart."

In the Maple Forest Curie, Zhao Ziyue couldn't hide her worries and looked at Mu Xiaofeng, since the hunting conference, she heard that the eldest princess was crippled by a tiger, and then she experienced that Mu Mansion was surrounded by the Praetorian Guards and was almost copied. Her heart is like unconsciously shrouded in boundless gloom, and it can't be dispersed.

She was afraid that something would happen to this palace banquet.

If she was in danger herself, or if she fell into it because of it, she would not be afraid. But the girl in front of her ......, Zhao Ziyue looked up at the slim and delicate girl, although her eyebrows and eyes were loving, but her heart was always inexplicably uneasy.

"Mother, you honestly put your heart back in your stomach." Mu Xiaofeng patted the back of her hand, and then sat down on the circle chair next to the table, "This is an ordinary palace banquet, my brother and I and my father will go in and come back after a meal, what can happen." ”

The old lady is old and unhealthy, and if she doesn't go to the banquet, no one will say anything.

But her mother also had an edict in person, but she didn't attend because of poor health, which may be understandable to others.

However, if the family refused to attend the banquet, it might leave an arrogant impression in the eyes of the emperor and empress. Although she doesn't care much about this kind of false name, their family is also begging for a living under those two hands, and they can't do too much in terms of face.

Otherwise, once something happens, all unfavorable public opinion will criticize their family one-sidedly.

Zhao Ziyue naturally knew the stakes, but she was worried about her daughter, so she tried to keep Mu Xiaofeng and let Mu Tianda and his son go to the banquet on behalf of Mu Fu.

But now that he saw that his daughter was speaking easily, he knew in his heart that this daughter had made up his mind, and he was afraid that he would not be able to persuade him, so he had to pretend to be relieved and nodded, and said with a smile, "It seems that I made a big fuss, but no matter what, Xiaoxiao should not forget that my mother is waiting for you to return safely at home." ”

Go to the palace for a banquet, and after breakfast, it's time to leave.

According to the custom, unless they were allowed to do so, all foreign ministers or family members who entered the palace for banquets were not allowed to bring attendants, and only the royal family could bring attendants into the palace.

Therefore, when he arrived at the palace gate, Leng Yue had to stay outside with the carriage and wait.

The palace banquet was held in the main hall dedicated to banqueting guests, but it was not noon at this time, Mu Xiaofeng and they entered the palace, and their own palace maids separated them from men and women and led them to the side halls to rest.

In the evening, the invited courtiers and family members were led to the arranged seats by palace people according to the rules.

At present, the main hall where the banquet is held is called the Guangyan Palace, and as the name suggests, it is an empty palace with a vast area. When Mu Xiaofeng walked inside, he saw that there were already many people sitting on the seats that had been arranged for men and women.

Coincidentally, her seat turned out to be adjacent to Li Liyan, who had several relationships and had disputes.

When Mu Xiaofeng walked to the seat, he saw that Li Liyan, who was covered with light veil, was already seated, and he rolled his eyes, but he was slightly surprised in his heart.

Li Liyan's veil was thin and transparent, but at close range, Mu Xiaofeng could still vaguely see the crimson scar on her right cheek under the veil.

I really can't imagine that Li Liyan can attend such a palace banquet without being afraid of the ridicule and pity of others. Mu Xiaofeng retracted his gaze, and secretly praised Li Liyan's commendable courage in his heart.

No matter what purpose Li Liyan stepped into this magnificent palace, at least Li Liyan dared to face the strange eyes of others, such behavior was still worthy of her admiration and more looks.

Mu Xiaofeng raised his eyebrows slightly and swept towards the phoenix seat in the middle of the hall, where naturally there was no one at the moment.

But who does it mean to arrange Li Liyan next to her?

Queen?

It stands to reason that the thoughtful queen would not take these little tricks seriously, but who can say for sure? Maybe the queen just wants to borrow Li Liyan, who has no brains, to make a fool of her on the spot, maybe she can't be ugly, she can add to her blockage, maybe the queen is also happy in her heart, right?

Just as Mu Xiaofeng was thinking wildly, he saw the emperor and queen enter the main hall together.

Next, Emperor Chu briefly said a few opening remarks, and then announced the beginning of the banquet, after three rounds of wine, Emperor Chu left the Guangyan Hall first.

The protagonist of today's banquet is the queen, so naturally the queen should be left to host in the palace.

Besides, if the emperor stays here, no matter how many delicacies he faces, he will be tasteless. The nervousness of trembling has always controlled the mood, and who really has the heart to taste what the food tastes like.

Although the queen still stayed in the palace, compared to Emperor Chu, who naturally exuded a fierce and majestic emperor domineering all over her body, the aura on the queen's body had a much smaller impact on everyone.

Therefore, as soon as the emperor left, everyone really let go slowly, and this palace banquet gradually became lively.

Naturally, the queen couldn't sit on it and watch everyone eat and drink, and after sitting for a while, she found an excuse to leave for a while.

As soon as Li Liyan saw the opportunity coming, she immediately couldn't wait to use her brains to take revenge on Mu Xiaofeng.

First, when he grabbed a crispy bone with sauce a little farther away, his hand shook, wanting to "accidentally" shake the bone to Mu Xiaofeng's body.

But Mu Xiaofeng quickly put up his chopsticks and touched them lightly, and the obedient bone immediately fell back into the plate.

Before that, Mu Xiaofeng looked at the bones that were spinning in the saucer, blinked his bright and moving eyes, and reminded him very kindly, "Miss Li's hand must not shake again, in case accidentally this bone will not fall next time it is not the saucer, but when it flies to your snow-white veil, what should I do?" ”

After that, she also glanced at Li Liyan with a slight sadness, and saw Li Liyan pinching her chopsticks fiercely, her chest rising and falling violently.

Mu Xiaofeng secretly sneered in his heart, just like this, dare to trouble her again and again?

said that this Li Liyan had no brains, and she really didn't wronged her.

As if to confirm how worthy of Mu Xiaofeng's evaluation is, after a while, Li Liyan repeated her old trick, and when she took the cup, her hand slipped and wanted to splash water on Mu Xiaofeng.

It's a pity that Mu Xiaofeng had already understood her intentions the moment she stretched out her hand, and before the water in the cup was poured and splashed, she pretended to get up and moved the stool back.

As a result, the water only splashed on the ground, and even the drop of Mercury did not splash on Mu Xiaofeng.

"It seems that Miss Li's last horse race was not only scratched on her face, but today I look at it, I'm afraid that this hand is injured." Mu Xiaofeng's voice was very soft, she didn't deliberately hide it or deliberately smear Li Liyan, anyway, the last time she raced horses in the hunting ground, many people saw it, she just needed to throw out this sentence with care, and naturally someone would guess the association in the direction she guided.

The corner of his eyes swept coldly towards Li Liyan, provoking her Mu Xiaofeng's patience, there was a price to pay.

She is not surnamed Li, nor is she from the Li Mansion, but she will not condone Li Liyan, a delicate woman.

After saying this, Mu Xiaofeng lowered his eyebrows and really got up and stood up.

Because at this time, she found that her brother Mu Shaoxuan had been poured a lot of wine before, and he was about to quietly leave the hall under the guidance of the little eunuch.

Mu Xiaofeng guessed that he probably wanted the little eunuch to guide him to the nearby latrine.

She lowered her eyes, and the corner of her eyes quickly swept over the men's seat, but she was surprised to find that the clear and lofty indigo figure that should be indispensable on this occasion was not among them.

"Didn't Xia Xingshen enter the palace for the banquet today?"

Suppressing the doubts in his heart, Mu Xiaofeng felt faintly uneasy in his heart, and when he looked around carefully, as expected, he didn't see Chu Lige's lonely and indifferent figure.

He couldn't say that he was disappointed, but he smiled bitterly and whispered to himself, "It's the most normal thing for a person like him not to come to this kind of palace banquet." ”

She was not surprised.

He secretly took a breath, turned around, and quietly walked out of the Guangyan Palace.

Although she is not familiar with the palace, if she is near her brother, she can take care of it.

However, Mu Xiaofeng was not far from the Guangyan Palace, and he saw a kind round face hidden in the dark suddenly flashing out.

"Miss Mu," Zhang Hua stood in front of her, politely hugged his fists, and said quickly, "The master has something to do and left here temporarily, and deliberately let his subordinates stay in Zhaoying." ”

Suddenly seeing Zhang Hua, Mu Xiaofeng was really overjoyed, "Is he okay?" ”

Zhang Hua shook his head, "Girl, don't worry. ”

Mu Xiaofeng also subconsciously cared, in fact, she was not worried about Chu Lige in her heart, after all, it was the famous "ghost sorrow" in Nan Chu, and the person who was eager to take a detour even when he saw the ghost could not be in any danger in this palace.

"That's just right," Mu Xiaofeng groaned, and didn't say anything polite to Zhang Hua, and asked directly, "Did you see my brother nearby just now?" ”

Zhang Hua raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Did the eldest young master come out of the Guangyan Palace?" I didn't see it. ”

Mu Xiaofeng chuckled in his heart, his brows furrowed, and he intuitively felt that something bad was about to happen.

She nodded, and said a little faster, "He left the Guangyan Hall a moment ago, and I guess he should have gone to find a toilet." ”

As she spoke, she looked at Zhang Hua expectantly, "Do you know where there is a toilet nearby?" ”

Zhang Hua scratched his head embarrassedly, "This ...... Miss Mu, to be honest, I really don't know much about the terrain around the Guangyan Palace. ”

Mu Xiaofeng was silent, knowing that the question he asked just now was purely a rush to the doctor.

I also know that His Royal Highness Liwang doesn't like to participate in this kind of palace banquet, and he is afraid that he rarely even steps into the palace, so how can Zhang Hua, as Chu Lige's close guard, be familiar with this place.

But at this time, in the palace of Nuoda, Mu Xiaofeng looked at the flowers everywhere and seemed to be very lively, but she suddenly felt that she was really out of place with this place, and she was completely unfamiliar and disliked.

"Zhang Hua," Mu Xiaofeng looked at him with a slight solemnity, and said sincerely, "Please go find my brother first, this is the palace, I'm really worried that he will get lost." ”

After that, Mu Xiaofeng winked at him solemnly, Zhang Hua was relieved, thought for a while, and said, "Miss Mu don't worry, I'll go to find the eldest young master, but before that, I also ask Miss Mu to stay in the Guangyan Hall temporarily." ”

Now that he has no skills to find someone, he naturally can't stay nearby to take care of her.

Mu Xiaofeng nodded very happily, "You can go, I'll go back to the main hall." ”

However, before she could go back, she was suddenly stopped again.

"I just saw where Young Master Mu left from."

Mu Xiaofeng looked at the person who suddenly flashed out in surprise, his eyes swirled on his seemingly sincere face but concealed the unknown meaning, and then smiled softly, "Oh, thank you." ”

The Guangyan Hall occupies a vast area, so in addition to the main entrance, there is also a side door, and of course, a small secret door.

And Mu Shaoxuan, who has six or seven points of alcohol, under the guidance of the little eunuch, doesn't care much about where he comes from.

There was a little eunuch leading him all the way, and he didn't know where he had gotten around.

After walking for a while, the little eunuch in front stopped and stood on the side of the road, bowed slightly to him, and said, "Young Master Mu, the latrine is in front, you go in, the little one is waiting outside." ”

Mu Shaoxuan looked up and saw that there was indeed a small house not far away, and it was estimated that it was a latrine.

"Thank you, father-in-law."

However, the little eunuch who originally said that he would be waiting outside, when Mu Shaoxuan came out of the toilet, he looked around for a long time, but he didn't see the little eunuch.

I had to shake my head and sigh helplessly, "Okay, I'll go back by myself." ”

When Mu Shaoxuan came, although he was drunk, he still remembered the general route.

It's just that he looked around and realized that the road was really a long way.

Yuan also had to walk back with his legs, he patted his cheek, trying to make himself more awake, and then slowly walked towards the Guangyan Hall according to the route in his memory.

As I passed by the side of the garden, I suddenly heard a staccato sobbing sound in the distance.

Mu Shaoxuan's steps froze as he walked forward, although he was drunk at the moment, but he was strict and polite, and he knew that the palace was a place of right and wrong. So after a stiffening, he then frowned, but he didn't look for the cry curiously, but quickened his pace intentionally or unintentionally.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that the low crying female voice seemed to follow him like a shadow, and it still floated into his ears from time to time.

Just as his brow deepened, he tried to get rid of his own perception, and deliberately quickened his pace to get away from this place.

But when I looked at the bend casually, I saw a face that was not familiar but not unfamiliar