The three of them talked and laughed for a while, and Hatsu Sakura asked, "Sister Peach, your birthday is coming, do you have any birthday gifts you want?" ”

Chu Tao pouted and said: "My mother said that she would go to the palace to celebrate her birthday with the eighth master on her birthday this year, and the banquet in the palace is not like that - first take us to the palace for a meal, and then let the princesses order a few plays, and finally either compose poems or play the piano and dance." When I return to the house, I'm so tired that I'm about to fall apart, how can I be in any mood to have a birthday gift, and my sister shouldn't spend any time thinking about it, just write me a sub-word. ”

Cao said: "You have a fate with the eighth master, and Concubine Zhen has a heart." ”

Chu Tao played with his hair and said, "Whoever has fate with him, I think we are mortal enemies." There are so many rules in the palace, my mother definitely won't let me eat this and that, so I have to pick some surimi and dried shrimp to eat, and sit all night with hunger and my face stiffened, and I have to smile all the time. I'm most annoyed to compose poems, and it's Sister Sakura who helped me write it, and then I'll memorize it according to the gourd painting, and those princesses will definitely pretend to comment a few words, and in the end, of course, it's me who won the first place! It's hard to see that Sister Sakura has to be a gunman for me several times a year, but I'm too lazy to be perfunctory. ”

Chu Ying said to Cao's family: "Mother has prepared the gift of the eighth master this year, right?" Then he scratched Chu Tao's nose and said: "Just say what you say to me, don't say it in front of the second aunt, and you will beg for a scold when you turn around." ”

Chu Tao didn't care, tilted her head and thought about it: "Sister Ju has been studying these days, and my mother said that I didn't know that I thought Sister Ju was going to take the female champion." ”

Chu Ying was stunned for a moment and said: "Sister Ju is smart and motivated, why can't she be the top female in the exam." ”

Chu Tao said with a smile: "Sister Ju doesn't want to take the female champion, she just wants to enter the palace to study." Sister Sakura, you both went to study with you, who will play with me? ”

Hatsu Sakura hurriedly said: "I haven't entered the palace yet, don't say it too early, let others hear it and think I'm bound to win." ”

"With the appearance and talent of Sister Chu Ying, it is a proper thing to enter the palace." Chu Tao laughed and stared at Chu Sakura, who was wearing a goose yellow short coat with a silver plum blossom branch pattern, a watermelon-red silk skirt and a coat of the same color. The thick black hair was loosely knotted at the back of his head, and a jeweled hairpin that radiated a glowing glow was inserted. Danfeng's eyes rose slightly, indescribably lazy and cold, not an ordinary romantic posture, if he opened his mouth to speak, it made people think of the warm wind in spring, which was extremely kind.

Two months later, the birthday of the first peach and the eighth prince arrived, and the first peach was dragged up from the bed by the nurse and a few maids on the morning of this day, and the first peach did not rest enough, yawning and crying without tears: "Why is it me who suffers today." ”

The first thing I did when I got out of bed was to take a careful bath with soap horn pancreas, wash my face with rice milk mixed with rose juice, clean my teeth with a salt-soaked bamboo brush, and rinse my mouth again and again with tea. Xiaohuan was ingenious, and braided Chu Tao's hair in the back, and Xiao Yan smeared it on Chu Tao's face, and the makeup was painted after a while. Chu Tao opened his eyes half-asleep and half-awakened, and saw that his miserable face was painted with Jinling's most fashionable mulberry purple rouge, and he was almost so frightened that he almost overturned the bronze mirror, and said helplessly: "I look ten years old." ”

Xiao Yan blinked her eyes and said, "The slave looks very good!" Festive and eye-catching! Just right for the identity of the protagonist of the miss! ”

While speaking, Liu and Chu Ju came in, and Liu urged: "Little radish head! The whole family is waiting for you! Don't change your clothes yet! Hurry up, hurry up! I have long said that these girls around you are young and have unfavorable hands and feet, so I told you to change your bias and you didn't listen. ”

As he spoke, he brought the clothes he had smoked last night to change for Hatsu Peach. Chu Tao was wearing a bright red full-breasted long skirt, covered with a red and gold-trimmed muslin straight-necked placket, with peach blossoms cut out of gold leaf paper on her forehead, and five or six gold and ruby-inlaid hairpins on her head, which made people's scalps hurt, and looked like a cluster of blooming azaleas from a distance, which was indeed festive and eye-catching.

Look at the first orange again, wearing a light cyan double-layer silk skirt, holding the jade in her hand, combing the tassel bun, wearing pink double-petaled cherry blossoms, and slightly applying powder, it looks even more beautiful and elegant in the contrast of the first peach. Chu Tao praised from the bottom of his heart: "Sister Ju is so beautiful today." ”

Hatsuju took a sip of her and blushed. Liu hurriedly said: "Hurry up, let's go, just wait for us." ”

In fact, Chu Tao wanted to change her clothes, but seeing that her mother was in such a hurry, she had to say weakly: "Mother, Tao'er doesn't like this red." ”

Liu raised his eyebrows, and then looked at the front and back of the first peach, and persuaded with a smile: "Isn't this very good, my mother looks very good, festive, this is your birthday, you should dress up and pick some." ”

Chu Tao didn't have anything to say, and got into the carriage half-pushing. The group did not go to the imperial palace, but to the royal garden Jichang Garden on the outskirts of Jinling, where there are six stages, one of which is built in the middle of the water, surrounded by the royal hunting ground, where the princes also study. After getting off the carriage, dozens of carriages had been parked at the door, and a group of female dependents came down, and they inevitably greeted each other, only to know that several princes and princesses had already entered the park in a sedan chair, and everyone waited until the first peach and others to go to the Jichang Garden. The three sisters of Chu Tao followed behind Liu, Chu Ying and Chu Ju both did not squint all the way, only Chu Tao, a pair of big eyes peeked here and there.

Jichangyuan Mountain is surrounded by water, three sides are mountains, there are three islands scattered on the Linghu Lake in the middle, namely Penglai, Abbot and Yingzhou Island, Penglai Island is oval, the area is the largest, so this banquet is also located on Penglai Island, the three islands are not far apart. It's May, the trees are lush, the roses are crawling all over the rockery, and through a bush of banana trees, you can see a large field of peonies, playing heavy flower bones.

Everyone got off the boat, crossed the rockery, stepped on the curved white bridge, and saw the white crane standing leisurely on the sand and gravel by the water's edge. After walking a hundred steps, I finally saw the Penglai Immortal Palace, carved beams and paintings, the doors and windows are all fresh patterns, and there is a little more fairy spirit, surrounded by forests, quiet and elegant. After walking for a long time, Chu Tao felt a little hot, and turned his head to see that Chu Sakura was holding a handkerchief and carefully wiping the dense sweat on her forehead, and smiled at Chu Tao embarrassedly. Chu Ying is wearing a light purple dress today, graceful and very eye-catching.

Liu saw that Chu Tao stopped, hurriedly squeezed her hand and signaled her to rush forward, and when she arrived at the fairy hall, she saw Princess Chang'an, the daughter of the queen, and Princess Xile, the daughter of Concubine Degui, who were holding a fan to cover their mouths and laughing, with a few strings of crystal clear fresh purple grapes in front of them, and the cut watermelons and honeydew melons were neatly stacked in the fruit bowl, and the milky yellow pipa was cushioned with leaves, and there were ice cubes emitting water vapor underneath.

Princess Xile saw the sweaty ladies and said: "I originally wanted to send Changyuan to the scenery alone, and I wanted everyone to feast their eyes, so I didn't arrange a sedan chair to pick it up. ”

Chu Tao looked at the two princesses, Princess Chang'an's face was a little squarer, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and she looked very heroic. And Princess Xile was dressed in a pink silk tie, tied with pink silk, a huge gold lock hung on her snow-white neck, a row of small bells fell, and a pair of transparent hibiscus jade bracelets hanging from her wrist, which made her skin even more snowy.

Chu Tao gasped and muttered in her heart, this Xile princess is so pompous, she came in a carriage and sedan chair, calmly, but let us walk all the way, bask in the sun, and see that Sister Sakura's makeup is spent! We all have to accompany you in our feelings.

Seeing that the princess blamed herself, how dare they agree, and hurriedly waved their hands to explain that this scenery is unique, and thanked the princess for her hard work. Princess Chang'an asked, "Who is Sister Tao of General Zhenyuan's family?" ”