In the inner courtyard of the palace, the golden osmanthus in the Guiyuan Garden is fragrant, and the petite flowers dotted between the branches and forks reflect a prosperous scene.

In the open-air garden, there is a high platform in the direction of the south, the high platform is all paved with a red blanket, and the bright yellow satin is paved on the main seat, which is the dragon seat and phoenix seat of the emperor and the queen.

Under the high platform, the three layers and the outer three floors are arranged according to the grades of the concubines, princesses and princesses in the palace, as well as the noblewomen and ladies of the foreign ministers.

The life span of the ancestors of the Jin Xu Holy Dynasty was not long, and the queen mother also went with her shortly after the death of the first emperor, composing a song of love and crying, and several concubines with princes either invited themselves out of the palace to live in the prince's mansion, or invited themselves to live with the ancient Buddha of the green lantern for the rest of their lives, and there were no concubines living in the palace.

Therefore, even if the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is one of the grander palace banquets of the dynasty, there are no gray-haired old men attending the meeting.

Spring is a hundred flowers banquet, autumn is the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, these two large-scale banquets in the palace are now not just to enjoy the flowers and the moon, but to become a disguised blind date banquet for the royal family to select virtuous and virtuous ladies for their children and grandchildren.

Therefore, all the dignitaries and nobles in the capital who have daughters in the family will seize the opportunity to dress up their daughters in the spring and autumn banquets, in order to be favored by the royal family.

Compared with the children of the first emperor, Xu Ruixiang can be regarded as a full house of children, with sixteen princes of all sizes and more than 20 princesses, so much that even Xu Ruixiang himself is about to remember.

Except for the unfortunate early death of the eldest prince, the rest of the princes are living in good health, which is inseparable from the governance of the queen's harem.

Therefore, even if Xu Ruixiang is suave and suave, with 3,000 beauties in the harem, there has been a favored woman like the Emperor Shu, but he has not been able to shake the queen's noble throne.

In addition to the second prince who became a monk, the third prince, the fourth prince, and the fifth prince have already married, and the last six little princes are less than ten years old, there are five who are talking about marriage at the right age, no matter what the qualifications of these five are, just having a sixth prince is enough to make the ladies and ladies flock to it.

Meng Guanyue, who came not early or late, watched coldly as the nobles wore heavy makeup and gorgeous clothes, and coldly hooked the corners of her mouth.

They all said that the six princes were humble and gentlemen, gentle as jade, but they didn't know that his ambition was the greatest among the princes, and his methods were also the most cruel.

Moreover, for his own ambitions, he was afraid of being trapped by his children's private affairs, except for a few girls in the room, he had never discussed marriage, and he had never seen him move his heart to a woman in any family.

In the previous life, she also flocked to him, did not hesitate to lower her dignity for him, and begged for everything just to get him to be warm, but after seeing his ruthlessness, she realized that she would never get close to him again in this life.

It's the one who is uninhibited and unruly on the surface......

I glanced at the garden, and sure enough, I never saw him, because he always came in at the last minute of the feast, and this time it would definitely not be an exception.

Therefore, she also restrained her mind, and under the guidance of the palace maid, she came to the position that belonged to the Protector's Mansion.

The status of the Protectorate Mansion in the royal family is far more than that of any other government, including the imperial relatives.

Among them, the contribution of the Guogong Mansion to the royal family since the founding of the country is indispensable, and the most important thing is that the third master of the Guogong Mansion married the emperor's youngest and most beloved sister, and he is a little closer to Jinshang.

Therefore, the position of the female dependents of the Protectorate Mansion is in the middle part of the innermost circle, only under the concubines and royal women, just to see the royal children opposite.

Meng Guanyue has always been cold and arrogant, even if she has a few good girlfriends on the surface, she always looks like she is leaving, at most she nods and says hello, but Meng Guanxing is lively and loves to laugh, and because she is only seven years old, she is extremely endearing.

Therefore, as soon as the two sisters sat down with their mother, a number of noble ladies and noblewomen gathered around them.

The elders greeted each other politely, and the girls surrounded Meng Guanxing with envy in their eyes: "Sister Xing, why is your hairstyle so special today, and this crystal, how can you dress up like this?" ”

"My sister only said that I look good like this?" Meng Guanxing tilted his head slightly and asked mischievously.

She was full of confidence, because when her sister and mother saw it, they were amazed for a long time.

Her green silk was divided into several strands by the green calyx under the guidance of Bai Qingshuang, braided into small braids, some of which were coiled into a round bun on both sides of the top of the head, and two strands on both sides hung down from the ears and fell to the chest, which was very playful and lively.

A strand is wrapped around the forehead, wrapped in crystals along the braids, and then a crystal with a full body of crystal falls in the center. At the falling part, Bai Qingshuang personally helped her draw a yellow daisy, which obviously looked very light, and she couldn't see it if she didn't pay attention, but she didn't know why under the refraction of the crystal, from the outside of the crystal, she could actually see the delicate daisy, as if she was alive.

Therefore, even if there is not much decoration on her two small buns, only a few beaded flowers, people can still notice her at the first time.

"Beautiful! It's so pretty! "Which woman doesn't love beauty, whether she is fourteen or fifteen years old and about to reach the end of the year, or seven or eight years old who has been invited by the palace for the first time, she naturally has her own careful thoughts.

Looking at Meng Guanyue again, calm and demure, wearing a purple dress brings out her noble and elegant, it is definitely the most eye-catching at this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and now there is another sister who is close to her on the side, it is really difficult not to attract attention.

While all the ladies and ladies were worried, they were also a little relieved because Meng Guanxing was still young.

"It's all my sister's fault!" Meng Guanxing immediately said proudly.

She also saw at this time that it really made sense for her sister not to let her wear garlands, because all the nobles did not wear them, and the princesses who came out of various palaces and courtyards one after another wore a garland on their heads, the color was gorgeous and exaggerated, and they felt tacky when they saw too much.

However, they are princesses, and they must not argue behind their backs.

Of course, the ladies and ladies were also relieved, but fortunately, the news from the palace was accurate, so they chose to avoid the limelight and did not bump into the garlands with the princesses!

Smiled at each other tacitly, seeing that the time was about the same, after the princesses came out, they would be the princes, and then the concubines of the palaces, and finally the emperor and queen, and they quickly sat back in their places.

Everyone dispersed, the Duchess of the Protector looked at a pair of daughters proudly, and then looked at the eldest son sitting next to her husband opposite, and the smile that could not be concealed from her eyebrows and eyes: she has both children, although she has become a flat wife because of her sudden intrusion, what if she is the middle feed of the family, and the children are so good, she is a lonely person, how can she compare with her, and on such a grand occasion, Grandpa Guo will only take her and her children out, not her!

Meng Guanyue looked at her mother's smug smile, but she was a little anxious in her heart, it would not end well if she was too proud, and she would never let someone who came out of nowhere break her family and her future......

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The liveliness in the palace is naturally unknown to the common people, but the Bai family's new home is also very lively.

The masons also had to rush back for the reunion festival, so they stopped working in the afternoon and went home with the six-month cakes given by Bai Yao.

Wan Niang's family came to the new home at the invitation of Bai Qingshuang.

The square table of eight immortals is placed in the spacious courtyard, isn't it looking up at the bright moon and bowing down to eat crabs.

Yes, crabs, how beautiful, fat and yellow crabs, Bai Qingshuang is really panicked today, a little distressed, bought eight big crabs back, and had a good Mid-Autumn Festival.

Of course, she still has a gift to give to Bai Yao's, and she touched a jade bracelet from her arms, Bai Qingshuang took Bai Yao's hand and said: "Mother, this is the bracelet rewarded by the second lady of the Protector's Mansion, my wrist is too thin to wear, my mother must be just right to wear it!" ”

"This is a jade bracelet, worth hundreds of taels of silver! I want to do housework, it's easy to fall when I wear it, so I'll keep it and wear it when I grow up! "Bai Yao's family is also from a famous family, so he naturally saw the value of the bracelet at a glance, and naturally he refused to wear it.

And she used to have it, but for the sake of this family, she pawned it.

"Mother, Shuang'er will earn money to buy it back in the future, you will wear this one first, be careful when doing housework, and when Sister Shuang and I make a lot of money in the future, I will find a maid for you and Aunt Zhou!" Bai Qingshuang is willing to let go.

After she got this pair of bracelets, she went to the pawn shop, originally she had to take both of them, but as soon as she took it out, the pawn shop guy gave her a value of five hundred taels, and immediately made her crazy, how could she not expect Meng Guanxing to be so generous.

So, as soon as I turned my brain, I only became one, and I got five hundred taels, and I paid back three hundred taels to Wan Niang before. The remaining one was given to Bai Yao's family, so there was such a one.

"Yes! Auntie, this is Sister Shuang's intention, you can accept it! Wan Niang glanced at her mother-in-law, saw that her wrist was also empty, and she also had the intention to buy a bracelet for her mother-in-law to wear, not necessarily rare jade, but also gold and silver, as long as it was a piece of her own heart!

"Sister, you and I are blessed, your family is so considerate and able to make money at such a young age, our family's Wanniang is also filial, and she has never disliked me, an old woman, who is sick and dragged them down, so if your daughter respects you, take it!" Aunt Zhou also persuaded on the side, and at the same time remembered that she had dragged down Xiao'er's family for her eldest son, and she was embarrassed.

Seeing this, Wan Niang immediately took her hand and asked her not to mind.

"Wear it! Frost's dowry, I'll work hard to earn it! Bai Zhihong looked at his wife with a smile, and now, he is no longer ashamed in his heart, but has a passion for striving for progress!

"Good! Good! Bai Yao's eyes were red, and before the tears fell, he immediately wiped his face and accepted his daughter's gift with a smile. R1152