"Ansu, the pork rib soup you made for the palace in the palace maid in the past is very delicious." Xu Meiren sat in front of lunch and thought about it for a long time, and suddenly said such a sentence without a head.

"Niangniang likes it, and it is time for the slave to be eaten by the mother in the future, but now the residual poison in the mother's body has not been exhausted, and it is better to be cautious in the diet."

Xu Meiren looked at Mo Shang with a sad face, but Mo Shang was clean and neat, and directly twisted her face to the side, so as not to see Xu Meiren's pitiful eyes and panic.

"That's it, this palace should eat these!" Xu Meiren finally compromised.

"The emperor has arrived-" Halfway through dinner, Liu Ying rushed into the Huanning Palace.

In the past few days after Xu Meiren's poisoning, Liu Ying came to Huanning Hall a little more, but she usually came in the afternoon, and it was the first time she came in the evening like this. The people in the room hurriedly saluted, and Xu Meiren didn't need dinner, just sat down in front of Liu Ying to talk to him.

"Qiu Yi, have you been feeling better these days?"

Listening to Liu Ying calling her maiden name in front of everyone, Xu Meiren showed a shy look, and nodded after a while: "Thank you for the emperor's concern, the concubine is already much better." ”

"That's good." Liu Ying took a sip of the tea sent by the maidservant, "The queen mother told me that she wants to hold a family banquet in Xingyuetai in a few days, and since you are better, let's go together to be lively!" It's also boring to stay in the palace all the time. ”

"The concubines all listen to the emperor." Xu Meiren gradually snuggled into Liu Ying's arms, and when the palace people saw this, they all quietly withdrew from the palace gate, leaving them space to be alone.

Although the family banquet in Xingyuetai is a family banquet, it is organized by the Queen Mother, and the grandeur is vaguely more than the ordinary state banquet. The concubines and concubines of the palace are even more sloppy in all aspects from clothing to etiquette, lest they offend the queen mother by making jokes.

In the past few days, Huanning Hall has also been busy, and the clothes that Xu Meiren wants to wear on the day of the banquet are specially designed by craftsmen outside the palace, and the drawings are handed over to the palace and hurried out. It's the day before the family banquet, and the clothes have just been made, but after Xu Meiren tried it once, she always felt that her waist was a little abrasive, so she took it to make them more comfortable. The family feast is tomorrow evening, so you won't miss the hour.

"Ansu-" Mo Shang hurriedly ran out of the door and shouted in the courtyard.

"Here we are." Mo Shang's voice was too penetrating, An Su was not on duty today, she was resting in the room, and she was also called out by her.

"Ansu, have you seen the pearl hairpin that Niangniang is going to wear at dinner tomorrow?" Mo Shang's face was in a hurry.

"Isn't Niangniang's pearl hairpin still in the Internal Affairs Bureau?" Ansu remembered that those had not yet been brought back to the palace.

"That's right! I forgot, I'm busy inside. Ansu, can you do me a favor? Mo Shang was a little embarrassed.

"No problem, I'll go get it."

An Su was really much more idle in Huanning Hall than before, and Xu Meiren was compassionate to the palace people, and she would have a day off every few days. But An Su was bored when he was idle, and this day could have been used to find his brother, but without a clue, he was like a headless fly, and he didn't know where to find it. An Su could only wait for the news of the bracelet, and he didn't know if Gu Wenzhou had a chance to leave the palace recently.

Thinking wildly in his mind, An Su had already taken the pearl hairpin from the Internal Affairs Bureau and walked back, but he had things in his heart, and his attention was inevitably not on the road under his feet. didn't notice it for a while, and collided with another palace maid who came on.

"I'm sorry, I didn't look at the road for a while." Ansu hurriedly squatted down to help her pick up her things. The little palace maid was holding an extremely gorgeous garment in her hand, the white robe sparkling in the sunlight, and I don't know what material it was made of, it seemed that only the most noble people could be worthy of it.

An Su looked at it a few more times, thinking about what he still had at hand, and he didn't ask a few more words, but he felt that the clothes were really good-looking.

Whenever there is a grand event in the palace, there is a joyful atmosphere everywhere in the palace, and the palace people are no longer dull in the past, and they will always talk about a few words, which can be regarded as more angry.

On this day, Xu Meiren got up early in the morning, although the banquet was in the evening, but the preparations began a day in advance. This family banquet is more important than in the past, everyone knows it, and from the fact that the queen mother controls the whole process, you know that this banquet should not be underestimated.

Breakfast and lunch were eaten in a hurry, but on such a lively day, Xu Meiren was always a little restless. I can't say anything specific wrong, but I'm panicked, and even with Ansu, I'm infected with this emotion, and I always feel that something is pressing on my heart, and I can't feel comfortable.

But before the night feast, this kind of sentiment must not spread. An Su took a group of palace maids to comb Xu Meiren's hair in a bun, and when it was time to change clothes, the clothes sent to the Internal Affairs Bureau yesterday were not brought back.

"Moshang—" Ansu shouted out the door in accordance with the habit she had developed in recent days, but no one responded.

She grabbed a passing little palace maid at the door: "Where's Moshang?" Where did Moshang go? ”

"Sister Ansu, Sister Moshang went to the Internal Affairs Bureau a long time ago to get the clothes for the family banquet for Niangniang, but she hasn't come back yet."

"It's been so long, why haven't you come back yet?" An Su stomped her feet anxiously, her heart became more and more uneasy, after delaying for so long, something had gone wrong.

Just as she was thinking about asking someone to look for it, Mo Shang ran back in a hurry, but she didn't have anything in her hand.

"Sister Moshang, where are the mother's clothes?" An Su hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

Mo Shang's expression was very urgent, and his face was difficult to hide his panic: "Ansu, it's not good, it's not good, the mother's clothes are gone." ”

"What?! What's going on? ”

"I went to the Internal Affairs Bureau to get my clothes, and they said that the process was not finished yet, so I was asked to wait a bit. After I waited for a long time and there was no news, I went to ask again, but the people from the Internal Affairs Bureau said that Xu Ji Niangniang didn't send any clothes to modify yesterday. ”

"Who gave the clothes yesterday?" An Su was also very anxious in her heart, but she understood that it was useless to be anxious at this time, so she could only go through the matter from beginning to end to see what went wrong.

"It's Xiaoqing and Xiaocui." Mo Shang walked around the courtyard and found the two of them, "I asked you to send the clothes to the Internal Affairs Bureau, but they were really delivered?" ”

"Yes, according to the girl's instructions, we sent it directly to the head of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and repeatedly asked us to revise it, and there must be no mistake." The two palace maids were still young, and when they saw Mo Xiang's serious expression, they shrunk their necks in fright, but they were very sure in their words.

"Then there are only two possibilities, either the Internal Affairs Bureau is doing it, or someone has taken the clothes." An Su thought for a while, "Sister Moshang, now that the banquet is approaching, there is not so much time to look for it." In this way, let's go our separate ways, you go and find a way to get an eye-catching dress, and change it for the mother to put on first, just in case. I'll go to the Internal Affairs Bureau to take a look, and if I can get my clothes back before because of this, I'll change them for my mother. ”

"Okay." Mo Shang also agreed to this arrangement, and the two looked at each other and went their own way.

The Internal Affairs Bureau was still far away from Huanning Palace, and An Su trotted all the way, and when he arrived, he was also sweating profusely. Today is an important family banquet hosted by the Queen Mother, in addition to the concubines and masters of the palace, even the other palace people also pay special attention to dressing up. Ansu rushed into the internal bureau with sweat on his head, which was particularly conspicuous.

"Hey, what are you doing? So ignorant of the rules! Seeing this, a eunuch stopped her, "Which palace are you the palace maid?" Why did you break in casually? Today's banquet, we have a lot of errands for the Internal Affairs Bureau, so don't hang around here. ”

"This attendant, the slave maid is the person next to Xu Ji Niangniang of Huanning Palace, the clothes of the maid for today's night banquet are still in the Internal Affairs Bureau, and the slave and maid were ordered to come and get the clothes." An Su pretended not to know what Mo Shang had said.

"Xu Ji Niangniang?" The attendant scratched his head and thought for a while, "Xu Ji Niangniang seems to have sent a piece of clothing yesterday, you wait here, our family will help you ask." ”

"Thank you."

Ansu stood still and waited for a moment, and the eunuch trotted back. It seems that the Internal Affairs Bureau is indeed very busy today, and all the eunuchs and palace ladies are stepping fast, and they don't need to walk if they can run.

"Girl, Xu Ji Niangniang's clothes have already been modified, and I asked someone to take them back this afternoon, but the girl remembered it wrong?"

"How so?" An Su's brows furrowed suddenly, "Then do you remember who took the clothes?" ”

"Isn't it the little palace maid in your Huanning Palace? Who else could it be? The eunuch didn't seem to be very impressed.

"Do you remember what she looked like? Is it tall or short, fat or thin, or what are some other characteristics? An Su asked without giving up.

"Girl, it's hard for you to be our family, the little palace maids are all wearing the same palace maid clothes, and there are so many people coming and going in the Internal Affairs Bureau these days, how can our family remember such details?"

"Yes." Ansu sighed, "Thank you." ”

Although I was ready to run for nothing before I came, but if this was the case, I was still vaguely uneasy in my heart, and I didn't know if Mo Sheng had found clothes for Niang Niang to wear for the night banquet.

An Su hurried to Huanning Palace, but he was sorting out this matter in his mind. Yesterday, the two palace maids did send the clothes to the Internal Affairs Bureau, and this afternoon, someone took the clothes away, but they did not send them to the Huanning Palace. Thinking about it this way, the purpose of those people is only to make Xu Meiren make a fool of herself at the night banquet. Looking at the entire harem, those who will do this are none other than those who are concubines like Xu Meiren.

An Su's heart suddenly jumped out of a person, she entered the Huanning Hall from Yongxiang, others may not care, but Mrs. Emei must know. It was strange that she hadn't taken any action for so long, since she knew, and maybe it had something to do with her this time.