In August, the osmanthus flowers dispersed with the wind, and the weather gradually disappeared from the scorching heat into September.

Today is the 17th of September, and the 50,000 troops who went out to fight in Beirong on the 3rd day ago returned triumphantly and returned to the court.

As early as Zhou Xianyu, after opening his mouth to Emperor Ming and asking for this celebration banquet, he sent an invitation to Xiao Jinxuan.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan, who has already agreed to the other party, is now in the forsythia courtyard, freshening up and putting on makeup, and is busy preparing.

It would be dusk and evening, as the feast would begin after dark, so there would be plenty of time.

The palace banquet is generally invited, all of them are civil and military officials, as well as the ladies of various mansions who carry their orders, as well as the daughters and daughters of the princesses, princes and grandsons.

Xiao Jinxuan was no stranger to palace banquets because she was Princess Ling in her previous life, which is different from the banquet in the palace, and she has to wear a palace dress to go to the banquet.

And Xiao Jinxuan, as a concubine, is not among the invitees, so after receiving the invitation list three days ago, the Zhao family wanted to make a set for her, but it was too late.

Fortunately, just yesterday, Rui Wangfu sent her a set of dark purple double-layered yarn iris palace dresses, which solved her urgent need.

But just now, Xiao Jinxuan took out this palace costume group and was about to change it on.

The Imperial Palace's palace also sent someone to send a palace skirt with begonia purple inlaid with black and gold patterns, as well as a waist plate engraved with Zhou Xianyu's name.

And the subordinate who came to the palace skirt from the Royal Mansion also said that the prince of his family was originally going to come over in person to escort Xiao Jinxuan into the palace together.

But because Emperor Ming summoned him in advance, he took the first step and sent his waist card, because he was afraid that Xiao Jinxuan would encounter trouble when he entered the palace, and as for the palace skirt, it was also prepared by Zhou Xianyu early in the morning, just waiting for today to give Xiao Jinxuan a surprise.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan is now sitting next to the soft couch, looking at the two palace skirts in front of her, slightly distracted.

In the past half a month, no matter how Xiao Jinxuan dodged, Zhou Xianyu would always appear in front of her eyes, even if she deliberately snubbed the other party, she couldn't stop Zhou Xianyu from approaching her footsteps.

So these days, Xiao Jinxuan has nightmares every night, and in her dreams, Zhou Xianyu is always injured and bleeding because of her, and even dies of serious injuries.

I don't know how many nights, Xiao Jinxuan woke up sweating profusely in the middle of the night, and then lay by the window, looking at the moonlight in the sky, crying silently, and sitting quietly until dawn.

She is in love with Zhou Xianyu, which Xiao Jinxuan has faced up to her heart a long time ago.

But she didn't dare to love each other, and the last time Zhou Xianyu was injured in an accident on the side, she was almost heartbroken to death.

If the other party was suffering a little bit because of her, Xiao Jinxuan would not forgive her in this life.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jinxuan closed her eyes, and after taking a deep breath, she reached out and picked up the palace skirt sent by Rui Wangfu, and changed her clothes on her body.

Since she is destined to not give Zhou Xianyu any result, Xiao Jinxuan is ready to be ruthless, and she will not leave the slightest chance to ease up.

Although her heart hurt like blood, she still decided to cut through the mess quickly, completely cut off Zhou Xianyu's thoughts, and completely forced the other party away from her side.

After everything was ready, Xiao Jinxuan looked at it again, and the purple palace skirt of the begonia on the soft couch finally withdrew her reluctant gaze, and walked out of the room with some sadness.

In the Shuai Mansion, the old lady is sick now, and the Shen family does not leave the house all year round, so the only people who went to the banquet today are the Zhao family and Xiao Jinxuan.

When the two of them converged, they walked out of the palace together, boarded the carriage, and drove into the imperial city not long after.

The palace banquet was set up in the Jinhua Palace, and the carriages of the various prefectures that were invited to the palace naturally could not drive their horses straight to the front of the palace, so after the carriage settled at the place where it stopped, Xiao Jinxuan and Zhao got down from the car.

And now here, the ladies and ladies of threes and twos, in an endless stream, get together with each other, and then be led by Gong E, and walk to Jinhua Palace.

Because of the aristocratic status of the Shuai Mansion, the Zhao family got off the carriage, and immediately several ladies came to greet him.

Xiao Jinxuan couldn't interject for a while, and she never liked to be lively, so she quietly took a few steps back and hid alone.

At this moment, Xiao Jinxuan suddenly felt that her shoulder was gently patted, and she turned around in surprise, and she saw Gu Qingge standing behind her, looking at her with a chuckle.

After seeing each other, Xiao Jinxuan said with surprise:

"It turned out to be Sister Gu, I haven't seen her for a long time, my sister is all right, last time thanks to my sister's rescue, I should have personally come to the house to thank you, but I didn't want my sister to bring the pearl hairpin to the door and send it back to me, it really bothered you."

Looking at Xiao Jinxuan's unhappy expression, Gu Qingge hurriedly shook his head and said:

"Sister Xiao's words are too polite, it's just a gesture, since my sister is also here to participate in the palace banquet, how about you and me walking together, and you can relieve each other's boredom on the road."

Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan glanced at the Zhao family, and saw that beside this aunt, the ladies gathered here were not only not less, but also more.

Immediately, she said to An Rong, who came with her, and then took a step forward with Gu Qingge and walked towards Jinhua Palace.

Today, Zhuxin and Baizhu, because they don't understand the palace rules, Xiao Jinxuan didn't have them with them, if it weren't for Gu Qingge to accompany her, she might have to go alone.

Just as the two of them were talking, and walked about halfway through, they were confronted by a palace lifter, on which Xiangping was sitting, and four eunuchs carried her and hurried to this side.

When he got closer, the lift was smoothly falling, Xiangping immediately got up with a smile, and stepped forward to hold Xiao Jinxuan's hand.

"My aunt stayed in the palace to help my mother arrange the palace banquet, so I came over to welcome Cousin Qingge to Jinhua Palace, I didn't expect the two of you to get together first, I knew that I wouldn't have to bother, and I came here on purpose."

Hearing this, Gu Qingge smiled apologetically, but Xiao Jinxuan immediately snorted lightly, and pretended to be angry and said:

"Okay, the eighth princess is really big now, can't I and Sister Gu still be able to meet you, since this is the case, then you should sit and carry it back, and it will save you from complaining about grievances here."

Stretching out his hand and patting Xiao Jinxuan's body, Xiangping pouted and shouted:

"Cousin, look at Jinxuan's mouth, it's really tricky, now I just want to be lazy, with her staring here, this princess doesn't dare, she doesn't know how to arrange me when she turns around."

Xiao Jinxuan and Xiangping are very close to each other, so they have always been used to talking casually, so that no one will really get angry.

Laughing and laughing along the way, although it took half a pillar of incense, I also felt tired.

Because of the princess Xiangping to guide the way, when they arrived at Jinhua Palace, no one checked and checked, and the three of them went in unimpeded.

The palace banquet has officially begun, and there is still some time, but there are already many people sitting down in this hall.

Although the specific rehearsal program has not yet started, the middle of the hall has been singing and dancing continuously, in order to relieve the boredom of the people who arrived first, and the empty waiting for the meditation in the province is inevitably boring.

And this Emperor Ming and the harem concubines, but they haven't arrived yet, only those who were invited from outside the palace, the prince and the prince came in twos and threes, and a few came.

Xiao Jinxuan and Gu Qingge are the daughters of a family without rank, so they are very low.

Xiangping likes to be with them very much, so she is ready to sit down next to them, anyway, she has always had to **, and this kind of trivial matter of finding a place to sit at will, there is no need to report it, you can make your own arrangements.

Just after the three of them found a relatively secluded place to sit down, before they could say a few words, suddenly Xiangping was pulled up by someone from behind, directly by the collar.

Xiangping is Emperor Ming's favorite daughter, who has always dared to be so presumptuous with her, so she immediately glared at her, and her anger came up.

But when she turned around and was about to get angry, she saw that it was Zhou Xianyu, the seventh brother, who was carrying her collar, and she immediately lost her temper at all.

Instead, his head drooped, and he said pitifully: "Seventh brother, what are you doing, you scared me, your clothes are going to wrinkle if you don't let go, now that so many people are looking at it, you can't save some face for my little sister." ”

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Zhou Xianyu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xiangping, and then said lazily:

"You crazy girl still knows how to worry about face, hurry up and play, the place you are sitting now belongs to me first, and you will come back when the palace banquet begins."

Xiangping was stunned when she heard these headless words, but she was swept away by Zhou Xianyu's evil eyes, she immediately shivered, immediately nodded her head again and again, and immediately ran away as if she were running away.

Thinking of this eighth princess, she has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, even if Emperor Ming made her unhappy, she dared to directly pull the dragon beard of this father.

But only for Zhou Xianyu, she was panicked in her heart, she asked herself that she was fooling around enough, but compared with this seventh brother, she was too inadequate.

It is said that the wicked have their own wicked grinding, and Xiangping's nemesis is Zhou Xianyu, as long as the other party stares, she is more docile and well-behaved than a cat and a mouse.

Seeing Xiangping, who had already run away more than ten steps away, Zhou Xianyu suddenly thought of something, and stopped her again.

Then I saw him stretch out his hand and point at Gu Qingge, and said in a rather impatient tone:

"Eighth sister, come back, what is your cousin's name, hurry up and pull her together, remember not to come back before the banquet starts, otherwise Seventh Brother is not recommended to talk to you tonight."

When Xiangping heard this, he shivered excitedly, and he quickly ran back again, then took Gu Qingge's hand and pulled the other party forward.

He also swore an oath in his mouth: "Seventh brother, don't worry, the bell of the banquet will not ring, the eighth sister will never come back, you can sit as long as you like, and my cousin and I will leave first." ”

And Gu Qingge, who was pulled forward by Xiangping and forced forward, still looked at Zhou Xianyu with lost eyes.

When the other party stretched out his hand to her just now, Gu Qingge's heart was excited for a long time.

But immediately after, Zhou Xianyu asked Xiangping to take her with him, and even when he mentioned her, he didn't even remember her name.

After looking deeply, Xiao Jinxuan, who was sitting there quietly, Gu Qingge knew that Zhou Xianyu was going to the other party.

Thinking of this, her hands couldn't help but clench slightly, and she couldn't understand why she tried everything to please her and kept Zhou Xian's imperial record in her heart, but the other party still disdained her, and didn't even remember it at all.

But Xiao Jin, just sitting there without saying a word, can attract Zhou Xianyu and make all the hearts of His Royal Highness pounce on her.

Suddenly, a nameless fire of jealousy rose in Gu Qingge's heart, she was angry with Xiao Jinxuan, she shouldn't treat Zhou Xianyu's tenderness as nothing, and she didn't know how to cherish it.

And if it is Zhou Xianyu's love, let alone giving her half of it, even if she can smile at her tenderly, then Gu Qingge feels that her life is worth dying.