In the huge East Palace, the excitement of the past has become bleak today. There are naturally a lot of people who know that the crown princess holds a banquet, basically all the ladies of the government know about it, but there are very few who dare to come.

Now that the prince is involved in the crime of rebellion and is on death row, the prince's faction used to be panicked, but now who dares to come at such a special moment. Every move in the East Palace is in the eyes of His Majesty, and if anyone goes to the East Palace to participate in this banquet at this time, it means that he has something to do with the prince's rebellion, and it is a U-turn thing.

"The crown princess." The handmaid walked in.

"Hmm." Mu Xiwan glanced at her and asked lightly, "How are you preparing?" ”

"Everything is ready, it's just ......"

In the main hall, Mu Xiwan teased the two children, the head of the East Palace and the big maid beside him were talking about things, and now the banquet time has come, but the door is empty, and no one has come at all.

The maid wanted to say but didn't dare to speak, Mu Xiwan teased the two children, and there was no joy or anger on her face. And the two children didn't understand anything, just babbling and eating their fingers, looking at Mu Xiwan and smiling.

Today's banquet in the East Palace is to be held ceremoniously, and the kitchen is busy early in the morning, and now the dishes are on the table, but none of the guests come. The slaves and maids all knew it, but they didn't dare to say anything in front of Mu Xiwan.

More is more, it's a big deal, the leftovers will be eaten by the slaves and maids in the palace for a few more days.

"None of the guests?" Feeling the silence of the maidservant, Mu Xiwan turned her head and asked.

"Nope." The maid shook her head cautiously.

Mu Xiwan said "um", as if she didn't care about it, and asked casually: "Are all the dishes on the table?" ”

"Not yet, it's all right, the chief manager asked the slave maid to ask the princess if she wants to go to the table." The handmaid whispered.

"Come on, it's time for the banquet, what to eat on the table." Mu Xiwan stood up, handed the child to the nurse next to her, and she walked outside.

The maidservant followed cautiously behind her, and there was still no one at the entrance of the East Palace.

"Princess......" After about three or four seconds, the maidservant who was guarding not far from the door ran over, with an indistinguishable expression on her face, and saw Mu Xiwan hurriedly reported, "The guest is here." ”

"Oh, who?" Mu Xiwan raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Yes......" Before the maid could finish speaking, a voice sounded at the door.

"There are more people at the palace gate, and the investigation is strict, and the time is delayed for a while, and it is late, so I ask the princess to forgive me."

Mu Xiwan looked up and saw that it was Mrs. Lin Laohe.

She looked at the two of them in surprise, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Old Lin, why are you two here?" ”

Lin Lao dealt with himself and the prince many years ago, and he was one of the prince's teachers, but he returned to Lin after returning to the old man, Mu Xiwan really didn't expect that at such a sensitive moment now, the first person to stand up to support her and the prince was actually this old man.

For so many years, the prince has been ostracized everywhere in the court, and there are very few people who support him, but Lin Lao has been in retirement for many years but knows about it, and he must have heard about the prince, so he took it seriously and inquired about it.

"Come in, come in." Finally, the guests came, and Mu Xiwan was naturally warmly welcomed, and hurriedly led the two old men to sit down.

"What about the two little highnesses?" Lin Lao asked as soon as he sat down.

"In the house, I'll have someone take it out for you to see."

"Crown Princess, here you go again." Mu Xiwan was chatting with Lin Lao, and the maidservant came to report again.

Mu Xi walked out with her skirt in the evening, it was Han Shangshu's wife and daughter.

"I've seen the crown princess." The two saluted Mu Xiwan, and handed the gold collar in their hands to Mu Xiwan, "His Royal Highness has a noble status, and the one next to him must not be worthy of him, this is the gold collar that I and the family personally went to Chaoshan Temple to beg, with runes tattooed on it, I hope the princess will not dislike it." ”

"Mrs. Han has never abandoned the East Palace at such a time, how can it be so late, you are serious, please come in."

Two groups of people came, and I don't know why, maybe it was a good start, and after a while, more than a dozen came one after another, all of whom were relatively low-key on weekdays, but occasionally had shallow friendships with Mu Xiwan and the prince in private.

The guests who came were naturally happy to be late, and entertained them with a spirit of twenty points. These people are relatively low-key on weekdays, but now that they choose to stand up at such a special moment, they will naturally know what happened today when they pay attention to the banquet in the East Palace. Today they finished the banquet and left the East Palace, and after that, I am afraid that they will also be subject to the discussion of others for a while.

"Bring it all up."

The dishes from the back kitchen of the guests were served one after another, and everyone was more or less surprised to see such a grand banquet. I thought that the crown princess was just going through a process to test people's hearts, but I didn't expect that she was really holding a banquet for the two children in a solid manner.

More than a dozen people sat at a few tables, and Mu Xiwan knew that it was not easy to come to so many people, and the dishes on the other tables were not served, so that the back kitchen picked all the good ones and went to the table where people were sitting.

"Everyone must eat and drink well, and if there is a place where the hospitality is not good, it is good to have Haihan."

"The crown princess is serious."

The maids and eunuchs were carrying dishes back and forth, serving the guests, and people were walking back and forth in the corridor, and the East Palace, which had been cold for many days, was suddenly lively again because of this banquet.

Mrs. Han looked at the busy and real Mu Xiwan, the smile on the corner of her mouth never fell, and everyone sat together chatting and laughing, as if nothing had happened, immersed in a joyful and festive atmosphere.

Mu Xiwan also showed a sincere smile in the conversation and laughter with everyone, she circled around the table, telling everyone to eat and drink well, and for a moment she turned around and saw a black figure in the corridor flashing.

Mu Xiwan paused for a moment, doubts flashed in her eyes, and she suddenly remembered that the maid had just taken the child in the direction of the side hall, she was shocked, and hurriedly looked in the direction where Jian Ran was.

"Sword Dye ......"

Jian Ran understood her eyes, and chased after the black shadow as soon as her feet moved, and Mu Xiwan left the table quietly and chased after her quickly.

Before he approached the corner of the corridor, he heard a fight, and Mu Xiwan walked straight over without stopping, and found that Jian Zhan had already been entangled with the suspicious black figure.

Look at that figure and technique, it's actually a woman!

She is naturally not Jian Ran's opponent, but she gradually showed her advantage after only thirty strokes, and Jian Ran grabbed her neck with a quick move.

The visitor was not only dressed in black, but even wore a black veil on his face, revealing only a pair of eyes.

"Take her veil off!" Mu Xiwan looked at her coldly.

Hearing this, the tip of the sword was raised, and the black veil turned in half and fell to the ground, Mu Xiwan looked at the familiar face that was revealed, and frowned in surprise: "It's you?!" ”