In fact, Lu Manyu was already very familiar with women's studies, but Tang Yue still led Lu Qingrong and them to the small hall of the second entrance.

In the hall, there are two round tables carved from black lacquered nanmu, and the meals are ready, and the students sit at separate tables.

Lu Manyu pulled them to sit at the table to the west, and at the same table were Tang Yue and Tang Shan of the Yanguo Mansion, Qiu Jinting and He Qingwan, the county lord of Kangning, as well as Cui Shiyun of the Wuding Marquis Mansion, Song Miaoxue of the Chengping Marquis Mansion, and Xu Ying, the daughter of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

Lu Qingrong saw that there were ten people sitting at their table, and there were only five or six people sitting at the table next to them.

She wanted to change to the side to balance it, but Lu Manyu gently pulled the corner of her clothes, and at the same time stopped her eyes, so she gave up.

The banquet was full of students of the same age, and there were no elders present, but after all, everyone was from a famous family, and there was no difference in etiquette and behavior.

The meal was eaten silently, and there was no sound of bowls and plates clashing.

Lu Qingrong felt a little strange in her heart, Lu Manyu had been looking forward to the end of class for a long time, and deliberately dragged them to sit at this table, she thought it would be very lively, but who knew that it ended the meal when the whole table was "eating without saying a word".

The crowd did not leave the table together, but those who had finished eating stood up silently and walked to the side to rest.

I don't know if it's because Lu Qianyu had too good appetite for the first time in Moxiangyuan, or because she had a large amount of food, in short, the last people at their table to leave the table were Lu Qianyu and the two sisters who accompanied her.

In Lu Manyu's constantly urging eyes, Lu Qianyu finally put down her chopsticks.

When the three sisters stepped into the room, they found that it was already very lively, which was completely different from the atmosphere at the dinner table just now.

"There is a large peach blossom forest in the imperial garden, and I have only then seen what it means to 'fragrant grass is delicious, and the flowers are colorful', and when the spring breeze blows, the flowers are flying, and the wind is fluttering, which is like a fairyland! We also have peach trees in our garden, but we don't have that view. And the peach tree in the front yard of our school also looks a lot more vulgar......"

This is Xu Ying talking about the situation when she went to the palace to participate in the flower viewing banquet the day before yesterday.

Empress Dowager Wu's love for peach blossoms is far more than others, every spring when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, a very grand flower-viewing banquet will be held in the imperial garden, and the foreign women of the imperial court will be invited to the palace to enjoy it.

Originally, those unmarried girls in the boudoir had never participated in this kind of banquet, but this time the Empress Dowager Wu made an exception to invite several children of the princess's official family, which had her own deep meaning.

Today, the emperor has only two sons. The eldest prince is the crown prince, who has passed the age of the weak crown, and is married to the daughter of the Wu family, that is, the niece of the Empress Dowager Wu.

However, although the second prince has reached the age of seventeen, he has not yet married.

Empress Dowager Wu also had another purpose for this banquet, that is, she wanted to look at the daughters of each family for the marriage of the second prince.

Although it can't be compared with the crown prince, after all, he is a prince, and he must be cautious in choosing a wife, so many of the people invited by the Empress Dowager Wu are people who have some relatives with her.

If Xu Ying was only the daughter of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, she would definitely not be invited, and she could participate in the flower-viewing banquet, because her mother was also from the main house of the Wu family, and it was the fifth lady of the Hou Mansion of Anle who had come to the door to marry the Lu family.

That's why she was excited to share the grand occasion of the flower viewing banquet with everyone at this time.

Among the people present, Tang Yue and Cui Shiyun also went to the flower viewing banquet.

But the two of them are not showy people, so they just listen quietly.

Of course, Qiu Jinting, the lord of Kangning County, also has a part, but he holds his identity and does not want to talk about it.

After all, she and her mother, Princess Chengyang, often enter the palace to greet the Queen Mother, and they don't think they are as rare and strange as Xu Ying.

The rest of the people in the room listened to Xu Ying's description of the sky, and their expressions were also different.

Lu Manyu and He Qingwan listened, and they did not hide their envy, and they were very yearning for the scene described by Xu Ying.

Tang Shan looked disappreciative, his eyes only turned slightly on Xu Ying, and then looked away.

Because she was a concubine, she couldn't go to the banquet with Tang Yue, and she was very angry in her heart, but she didn't want to show it.

In Lu Manyu's eyes, Song Miaoxue, who has always been known for being well-informed, was not invited to the banquet.

On weekdays, she is the focus of everyone's attention in the girls' school, and at the moment she is racking her brains to think about how to divert everyone's attention......

While Xu Ying's description had just come to an end, Song Miaoxue casually found a topic and opened her mouth.

"Manyu, this fourth sister of yours, but her name is Qingrong?"

"Exactly." Lu Manyu saw that they began to receive attention, and she also responded positively.

"The cousin of the county lord of Kangning is called Qingwan, and their names are very similar!" Song Miaoxue also just discovered it suddenly.

Lu Manyu had been looking forward to watching a good show before, but when she was suddenly asked about this at this moment, she suddenly realized that they were now sisters, and in the eyes of outsiders, they were actually a loss-making relationship.

When she thought of this, she only smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything.

Seeing that Lu Manyu was speechless, Song Miaoxue turned her head to Lu Qingrong.

"Hey, why is your name so similar to Qingwan?"

Lu Qingrong laughed in his heart when he heard this, it seems that this Song Miaoxue has already preconceived about He Qingwan, so she will think that her name is "problematic".

Lu Qingrong did not answer Song Miaoxue directly, but turned his head to look at He Qingwan, and said with a smile: "I am born in April of the nineteenth year of Jingxi, may I ask Miss He is older than me?" ”

He Qingwan was suddenly named, she was unprepared, and she replied after settling down: "No, not as big as the fourth lady, I am the birthday of Jingxi in September of the twentieth year." ”

Hearing this, Lu Qingrong nodded with satisfaction, and then turned to Song Miaoxue and said, "Look, I'm older than Miss He, so why should I ask Miss He this question." ”

Song Miaoxue also found that she was negligent, but she didn't continue to ask.

He Qingwan still understands her, she looks like she is submissive, and she always speaks in a hesitant manner, and it is very boring to talk to her.

was thinking about what topic to change, but over there, Xu Ying talked about the anecdote of the flower viewing banquet again.

"This flower-viewing banquet is really unprecedented, even the crown prince brought the emperor's eldest grandson to the banquet, and we also saw it from afar!" Xu Ying's tone was very proud, "The prince also made a poem for the peach blossoms in full bloom in the garden, and the queen mother was very happy to hear it." ”

Then Xu Ying twisted her eyebrows and thought for a moment, as if she wanted to recite the poem, but she never remembered it.

"And the second prince is also here." Xu Ying finally added.

Song Miaoxue, who had been thinking about interjecting next to her, finally thought of something when she heard this.

"I heard that the prince of Jingyuan had a dispute with the second prince in the Imperial Garden, but is there such a thing?"

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