In the blink of an eye, it has entered the end of June, and the day of the start of the begging festival is getting closer and closer. Even she, who had never been out of the house, could hear the growing buzz in the streets.

Because the begging festival is approaching, the house is also lively. Since then, Shangguan Ziyu has never asked about Poria again, but this matter has also become a worry on her heart.

After the failure of the plan to capture the dream beast, Nanzi left the palace more and more frequently, and stayed in the palace for longer and longer. Sometimes, I don't even have time to take care of my daily pulse. Xu was afraid that she would be lonely in the house, so he specially added some rare flowers and plants in the back garden for her to enjoy.

"Chun Tao, go and see what they are talking about, it's so lively." Chun Tao is a maid that Nanzi Lixin found for her, Chun Tao has some kung fu, and it is said that the maid she is looking for is more to protect her safety.

"Hey, alright."

In the back garden, a few little girls gathered in a circle, not knowing what they were talking about. Chun Tao went to ask those little girls for a long time, asked some eyebrows, and hurried back to report to Shangguan Ziyu.

"Back to the princess, those maids are talking about the new concubine in the palace. It seems that the emperor will take Concubine De to the begging festival this time. ”

The begging festival was specially set up by the emperor in order to select the virtuous and talented, and it is also a relatively grand festival. The emperor came with Concubine De, and it seemed that there was some discord in etiquette.

"Shouldn't you bring the queen with you?"

"Princess, you may not know, in the past, there was also a concubine and the emperor were married, although there was also a queen at that time, but every year the emperor would take the former concubine to the begging festival."

"Didn't you say that the queen is the emperor's wife?"

"Back to the princess, at that time, the emperor had just ascended the throne, and only by relying on the strength of the current queen could he sit on the throne. Although the former Concubine De was the emperor's wife, the emperor had to make her a concubine. ”

Shangguan Ziyu didn't miss it, when she mentioned Concubine De just now, she was talking about the former Concubine De, "The Concubine De you are talking about, how come there is a former Concubine De?" ”

"Back to the princess, the emperor also had a Concubine De before, but the former Concubine De Niangniang disappeared after giving birth to twins, and the two children also disappeared inexplicably. And the current Concubine De Niangniang is a woman brought back from the emperor's hunting trip three or four months ago, and it is said that there is no difference in appearance from the previous Concubine De Niangniang, and the emperor Longxin Dayue named her Concubine De. ”

Listening to Chun Tao's words, the Concubine De who was brought back to the palace by the emperor appeared three or four months ago. In this way, it seems to be consistent with the time when she came to this dynasty, and it also seems to be consistent with the time when Wu Lianzi's girl disappeared. Shangguan Ziyu was secretly excited in her heart, thinking of the wooden man she carved to find her at the side gate of the palace that day, and her heart couldn't stop being excited.

If she guessed correctly, most of the current concubines in the palace are her sisters Wu Lianzi. She might have to find some reason to go to the palace to find out.

Seeing that the begging festival is approaching, it is impossible to enter the palace. But she heard it right now, the emperor will take Concubine De to the begging festival, and it will not be too late to recognize her at that time.

The end of June is the centennial begging festival, and the proud imperial capital is faintly overcrowded. The house price of a restaurant that is a little better has reached a thousand dollars, or even a thousand dollars is hard to find.

The carriage drove all the way out of the city after leaving the Nanwang Mansion, and this year's entry point of Qiqiao City was set in the ancient battlefield in the southern suburbs, where it is rumored that a thousand years ago there was a war that affected the entire Aoxiong.

"Sublinguism." In the carriage, Nanzi kept talking about some precautions after entering the city: "Remember, you are not allowed to touch indiscriminately, and you are not allowed to talk to people you don't know at will." ”

"Eun." Shangguan Ziyu is now nodding like pounding garlic, and he is not allowed to talk to strangers, which really treats her as a child.

The ancient battlefield in the southern suburbs is as desolate and bleak as its name, and there is not a single grass growing within a radius of ten miles. Although the ancient battlefield is desolate, because today is the begging festival, the empty flat land is full of horse-drawn carriages, and it is very lively.

In the distance, there was a sound of "the emperor has arrived" and "Concubine De has arrived", and the people in the ancient battlefield were in a commotion, and they were automatically divided into two columns from the entrance, all of them bowing their heads.

Shangguan Ziyu stood quietly beside Nan Zili and lowered his head like everyone else, and suddenly a wooden man who had released himself a while ago to look for someone appeared in front of him. The wooden man, more than an inch tall, tugged at her clothes and motioned for her to follow him.

The appearance of the wooden man indicated that Wu Lianzi must be nearby, but now is not a good time to act.

Nan Zili seemed to see that something was wrong with her, and asked, "What's wrong?" Ziyu, your face looks a little wrong. ”

"Ah, I'm fine." She hurriedly covered up.

In the distance, the emperor walked slowly with the new Concubine De, and as the two got closer and closer, the little wooden man dragged the corner of Shangguanzi's clothes with more force, although it was only more than half an inch high, but he almost dragged her. She had to secretly condense the air as a needle, and a ruthless little wooden man was nailed to the ground.

The little wooden man who was nailed to the ground struggled desperately to get up, and continued to pull the corner of Guan Ziyu's clothes. She didn't look away and pretend she didn't see it, thinking in her heart that she would let it go after the begging festival was over.

The emperor passed in front of everyone with Concubine De and stepped on the makeshift dragon platform.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat." The solemn and solemn voice resounded in the sky of the ancient battlefield in the southern suburbs.

Everyone looked up. On the Dragon Terrace, Concubine De, who was dressed in a red palace dress, was standing on the high platform arm in arm with the emperor, shoulder to shoulder. One is majestic and solemn, and the other is gentle and tender.

Shangguan Ziyu glanced down at the little wooden man who was nailed to the ground by himself, and the little wooden man turned his head away from her as if he was spiritual. She was speechless for a while, when Noah taught her this witchcraft, he said that others could not see these wooden people, but he did not say that these wooden people would be angry and petty like people.

"It is my honor to be gathered here today to participate in the Qiqiao Festival, and I hope that you can overcome all obstacles as in previous years. Come and serve a drink. ”

After a while, the palace people brought wine and wine cups and distributed them to everyone. On the dragon platform, the demon emperor raised his glass, "We will drink this cup together." ”

"Thank you for the reward."

Everyone present answered neatly as if they had discussed. After drinking this cup of medicinal wine, when he woke up again, he was in Qiqiao City, and this perverted rule only hoped that he would not encounter it next time. At that moment, I had to raise a glass with everyone and drink the medicinal wine in my hand.