Looking at the crystal clear lotus head on Shu Yao's head, Lord Min added a little jealousy. I have long heard the mother concubine mention the origin of the lotus head face of the imperial grandmother, this time when she returned to Beijing, she thought that after she became famous in the capital through the lotus picking dance, she would find a way to please the imperial grandmother, be coquettish, and coax the lotus head face into her hands, but who knew that Xia Shuyao was preempted by Xia Shuyao.

Shu Yao is a keen person, seeing the expression of Lord Min, she knows that she attaches great importance to the lotus picking dance, and a stirring spirit in her mind suddenly remembered that the Lord Min in her previous life seemed to be called the Lotus Fairy, wouldn't it be because of the lotus picking dance?

Shu Yao in this world is not interested in these meaningless false names, Ying Ying smiled: "Fuxing has been a little unwell in the past two days, I am afraid that I will be invited by my sister, and I will have the opportunity to dance with my sister next time." "She dances on the lotus to practice, to relax her mood, not to perform for others.

Lord Min was obviously relieved, and said secretly, "You know each other." "In the eyes of Lord Zhen, I was disappointed with my sister-in-law.

In the past few days, she has listened to a lot of details in the palace about the amazing strength of the lord of Fuxing to defeat Fanbang's provocation, and the queen mother is full of praise for Shu Yao's lotus dance, and even said with a smile, "This dance should only exist in heaven, how many times can I see you in the world."

The Queen Mother herself was good at dancing when she was young (it is said that the former emperor was attracted by the Queen Mother's graceful dancing and fairy-like temperament), and she especially liked the dance related to the lotus flower. Having lived in the palace for decades, the Queen Mother often enjoyed dancing more than watching plays. And which of the dances that can be performed in the palace for the Queen Mother is not selected? Whether it's the dancers, or the choreography of the dance.

Therefore, it can be praised by the Queen Mother as "only in heaven". Xia Shuyao is definitely not as Min'er thinks, "just relying on light skills to spin around the lotus a few times". The sisters also had two female guards by their side. But when I heard that I was dancing on the lotus, I was terrified and incredible.

Lord Zhen invited Shu Yao to dance. Shu Yao is willing, it is the beautiful talk of "joining forces", and it can also add a fairy atmosphere to their lotus picking dance, Shu Yao has long been known as the lotus fairy, isn't it?

Shu Yao is unwilling, and it is not good to perform alone, just like now, excuse herself with physical discomfort, then their lotus picking dance will definitely come out on top today.

Lord Zhen has learned one thing in the palace since he was a child: he encounters someone who is really stronger than himself and can't surpass his own efforts. Either get rid of it, or use it as an idea. And Shu Yao, she didn't dare and couldn't get rid of it.

In fact, after what he has seen and heard in the past few days since returning to Beijing, Lord Zhen hopes that his sister can make friends with Shu Yao. Shu Yao's maiden family and future husband's family are not to be underestimated, and her own status and rank greatly exceed those of the authentic royal family, including her, and the princesses and county lords. Not to mention that she also has well-known good luck, unparalleled embroidery, and even medicinal herbs and medicinal diets with amazing effects from time to time. There are pros and cons to befriending her. It's a pity that Min'er still made a mistake with her little character as soon as she turned around after her thousands of instructions.

Lord Zhen could clearly feel that Shu Yao was polite and detached from them. Especially for Lord Min, he avoided it.

Alas. Don't know how much room to make up? Lord Zhen was sighing, and heard a sigh: "It's a pity, the old body still wants to have a chance to feast his eyes and enjoy the lotus dance of the Lord of Fuxing today." Hehe, however, the girl's body is the most important, and there are still opportunities for others. ”

Everyone followed the sound and looked back, and the person who spoke was an old lady wearing a golden chrysanthemum-patterned gown with a blue background, walking slowly towards this side.

The old lady has a kind and generous face, and at first glance she is the kind of old lady who is from a wealthy background and has a good upbringing. On her left and on her right are a good-looking woman in her thirties, and a bright girl in a double hanging bun of fourteen or fifteen. The three of them were followed by three or four maids.

Shu Yao inexplicably had an intuition formed in his mind: these three people are the three ancestors and grandchildren of the Ke family.

Sure enough, the old lady quickly stepped forward and solemnly saluted with the two people around her: "Ke Shi has seen the Lord of Fuxing, the Lord of Zhen and the Lord of Min. "Old Madam Ke is also Mrs. Zheng's second order, and the county lord Zhen and the county lord Min turned sideways and returned half a salute.

Sima Yan on the side suddenly felt sour in her heart again, she is also the county lord, but only from the fourth grade, while the county lord Zhen is the second grade, the Min county lord is the third grade, the Yuegui county lord is from the first grade, and Shu Yao is even more super grade (the eldest princess level).

Lord Zhen was very happy, and smiled at Shu Yao: "Sister Fuxing, you don't know Old Madam Ke, right?" Their grandparents and grandchildren have also just returned to the capital. By the way, Mrs. Ke and the imperial grandmother still had handkerchiefs when they were young. ”

Shu Yao also heard Mother Liu mention this point, the Queen Mother had three or two close friends in the boudoir who had a very good relationship before entering the palace, and Mrs. Ke was one of them. Later, the Queen Mother entered the East Palace, and Mrs. Ke was pointed out by the emperor at that time to General Ke, who grew up in the temple and didn't even know who his parents were, but was young and promising.

Shu Yao shook her head with a smile: "If Sister Zhen didn't introduce it, Fuxing really doesn't know, hello Mrs. Ke, please hurry up." "Old Madam Ke is an elder, and Shu Yao uses an honorific title.

Old Madam Ke answered heartily: "It's been almost twenty years since the old man left the capital, how could the Fuxing County Lord know about me?" However, the legendary deeds of the county lord's family, as well as the name of the county lord, have been heard a lot in the south. When she entered the palace the day before yesterday, the Queen Mother was also full of praise. ”

"Old Madam Ke has an overreputation, and the Queen Mother is just pampering Fuxing." Shu Yao's face was always a faint smile that was not arrogant or impatient, which made Mrs. Ke sigh secretly: having such a bearing at a young age, not holding on to her own identity and not being proud and complacent, it is really not to be underestimated.

Shu Yao naturally didn't know what Old Madam Ke was thinking, and turned to look at Ke Shi beside Old Madam Ke. Listening to Liu's mother, Mrs. Ke went back to her hometown and revealed her intention to adopt a daughter in the clan (the late father and son of the Ke family were all military generals, and the son who was only seventeen years old when he died was a genius young general. Mrs. Ke is afraid that she will not be able to cultivate such an outstanding heir and lose the name of the Ke family, so she does not plan to pass on her heirs), and she has the intention to pass her daughter and granddaughter to the Ke family's relatives and side branches, and the reputation of the Ke family, the royal reward, Mrs. Ke's own dowry, and the royal gold medal are all great temptations.

Generally, when people have stepchildren, they will choose young, preferably unremembered babies, which are easy to raise closely. At that time, Mrs. Ke chose Ke, who was thirteen years old and "killed" her biological mother at birth, it is said that Ke was pure and good, had no scheming, and was particularly attached to Mrs. Ke.

But Shu Yao intuitively felt that this seemingly gentle and silent Ke Shi was not simple, if he really had no scheming, with the notoriety of "killing his mother", and having an unreliable father and a vicious stepmother, it would be difficult to survive, and he could still win the opportunity to be the daughter of the Ke family?

Let's take a look, even if the Ke family is rich in their hometown, after all, they can't be compared with the families in the capital. But when they came to the palatial Prince Qi's mansion, they faced so many royal relatives at once, but the Ke mother and daughter did not look around curiously, or lowered their heads timidly, which can be regarded as polite and generous, neither humble nor arrogant.

As if sensing Shu Yao's scrutiny, Ke Shi also looked at it and smiled softly, the kind of smile that made people very comfortable and not flattering at all.

Shu Yao also smiled, there was no conflict between them, as long as she and her family were not counted, whether Ke Shi was pure or cunning, it had nothing to do with her.

A farce that was supposed to cause some movement, but after the "intervention" of Lord Min, it was quietly "suppressed". Shu Yao smiled secretly, she was not afraid of Xia Ruoxue or anyone else in Xia Mansion making trouble, but someone dealt with it first, so it was naturally more desirable.

So, in the next banquets and performances, Shu Yao was in a good mood and was not affected at all, but Sima Yan was obviously rejected by some young ladies of the family, and even Sima Yan took care of herself and chatted with her friends who she made every day, ignoring her. In fact, there are a few backyards of big families that are clean and have no personal means, but once they are placed on the bright side, others will naturally avoid them and even condemn them loudly, in order to show their high demeanor and virtuous character.

Today's hibiscus banquet, the Queen Mother, the Empress, and Concubine De, who are good friends with Prince Qi, all gave color heads, as the reward for the most brilliant performance, respectively, a Western glass wind lamp inlaid with diamonds, a side inlaid with 9 red agate beads, a cloisonné enamel target mirror with a century-old pattern of flowers and birds, and a red gold Ruyi collar.

Because of the temporary increase in male guests yesterday, Prince Qi's Mansion invited the princess of King Fu, who was in charge of today's banquet, to discuss with Lord Zhen in advance, and the target mirror and collar were used as rewards for female guests, and Western glass wind lanterns were used as prizes for male guest programs.

The selection is based on silk flowers, with each of the female guests having an orchid in their hands, while the male guests each have a rose. The woman with the most roses and silkies wins, while the man with the most orchids wins.

The lotus picking dance of the Zhen County Lord sisters unsurprisingly made the two sisters receive the most roses, and the Min County Lord who played the lotus flower had two more than her sister, and her eyes were full of smug brilliance, and she even glanced at Shu Yao defiantly. But the next moment, I heard the "ruthless" conversation between the two male voices:

"It's a pity that there is a blessed star lord first, otherwise the lord of Min can also be called a lotus fairy"

"That is, no matter how good this lotus picking dance is, after all, it is danced on the ground. Fairy, of course, you have to be able to fly like the Lord of Fuxing. Moreover, the temperament of the lord of Fuxing is like a fairy in itself."

"My eldest brother is lucky, last time I was in the palace, I saw the Lord of Fuxing dancing on the lotus leaves, but I thought I had a chance to feast my eyes today."

…… (To be continued......)

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