Bu Shuyuan's face stiffened, and then she squeezed out a smile, and said modestly: "What the second cousin said, how can I compare with the two cousins, I grew up in the south since I was a child, and I can only use knives and guns, and I just learned a little bit of the things of my daughter's house." ”

Qin Niang looked at her smile and was really uncomfortable, she clearly didn't want to laugh, but she wanted to force herself to laugh, not to mention ugly, it was very weird.

"Don't worry, cousin, since you have come back, then my cousin-in-law will teach you slowly in the future." Qi said, reached out to hold Bu Shuyuan's hand, patted it with a look of pity, and said in an extremely sincere tone.

Qin Niang thought, her sister-in-law is really a talent, she can speak so smoothly with such hypocrisy, she also thought that Qi's straightforward and fiery temper would directly scold her twice, but she didn't expect that her acting skills have made a qualitative leap in the past few years.

Next, there was only the voice of Qi and Bu Shuyuan in the carriage, and Qin Niang did not interject again.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped outside the palace gate.

As soon as they got out of the carriage, there were already palace people waiting there, and when they saw them coming over at this moment, they immediately stepped forward with a smile and blessed their bodies: "The slave maid is specially here to welcome the two young ladies Gu on the order of the queen's mother, and the two young ladies are invited here." ”

Qin Niang nodded with Qi, followed the palace man who led the way, and walked in front of the Zhengyang Palace, and the palace man said to them: "A few people, please stay outside the palace for a while, and the slave maid will go in and report it." ”

Qin Niang and Qi nodded again.

Bu Shuyuan looked around curiously, and whispered: "It turns out that this is the palace, it's really magnificent, I'm afraid it's as big as half of our southern city." ”

She sighed again in her heart, the capital is the capital, and even the place where the emperor lives is many times larger than that of ordinary people, and besides, I heard that the emperor can marry many wives and concubines, and how big a place it must be to arrange all those women to live.

From the moment she entered the door, she couldn't help but want to look around, but after being glared at by Qi on the way, she didn't dare to make another attempt.

After all, she is new to the city and is not familiar with anything, so she can't offend the Qi family, after all, she will live in the Gu family in the future, and she still has to live according to the eyes of the Qi family.

"In the courtyard of the deep palace, don't talk too much!" Qi couldn't help but warn, "You can go wherever you want in the palace, but in the palace, it's best to behave in a proper manner, otherwise, you will lose your life, and no one will sympathize with you." ”

Bu Shuyuan opened her mouth and lowered her eyes: "Yes, I know, eldest cousin." ”

She was obedient on the surface, but in fact, her heart was full of disdain, thinking to herself, this Qi family was just relying on her good background and wanted to show off her majesty in front of an outsider, she just took a few more looks, what big deal could happen.

As soon as Qin Niang saw her appearance, she knew that she was just responding to the peace on the surface, but in fact, she didn't take Qi's words seriously in her heart.

Also, the girl who grew up in the kind of civilized place in the south has always lived a wanton and flamboyant life, according to legend, the general who guards the south is a big deal with the army and the people on weekdays, never put on a fight, and the people in the south are not high or low, when did you think that there are so many etiquette rules in the capital.

At this time, a familiar voice came from behind him: "Sister Qin, sister-in-law of the Gu family, what a coincidence, we met outside the door." ”

Qin Niang turned around with Qi's family, and saw Fang Yuanyuan with a smile on his face.

The corners of Qin Niang's mouth twitched, this girl was really in a hurry to see the excitement, the reason why they came so early was because of the queen's order, what could she do so early, there are not many people in the palace at this time.

"Who is this?" Fang Yuanyuan's gaze turned to Bu Shuyuan, who was standing beside Qin Niang, and asked with a puzzled expression.

The corners of Qin Niang's mouth twitched almost invisibly, this girl pretended to be really similar, and I didn't know that I really thought that it was the first time I saw this cousin who suddenly appeared.

"This is Gu Chen's distant cousin, called Bu Shuyuan, she is homeless, so she came to the capital to join her family, you form a team in a few days, let's go to the suburbs to play polo together, my cousin grew up in the south, presumably there is no problem with riding." Qin Niang said fakely.

When Fang Yuanyuan heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and he leaned closer to her and whispered: "It's good to play polo, I haven't played for a long time, and besides, I can't find an opponent of equal strength on weekdays, your cousin is very good." ”

The corners of Qin Niang's mouth twitched, her feelings were disguised in choreographing her poor riding skills, and she couldn't let her enjoy it.

"Ahem!" Qi suddenly coughed twice, interrupting the whispering of the two, and the two of them stood up straight again, looking ahead, looking dignified and generous.

At this time, the palace person who went in to report came out, and she blessed a few people and said, "Young Lady Gu, Second Young Lady Gu, Miss Fang, please come inside." ”

Several people nodded at the palace man in unison, and then walked in side by side.

"See the Queen Mother~"

The four of them made a palace salute to the queen together, and the emperor sat on the top, with a decent smile on his face, raised his hand and said, "A few people are flat, who is this?" ”

The queen's eyes were also on the unfamiliar faces on the side, and the Qi family had to introduce her identity to the queen again, as soon as she heard that she was the daughter of a distant relative of the Gu family, who had come thousands of miles to Beijing to join her relatives, the queen didn't say anything, and beckoned a few people to sit and drink tea.

"It's rare that the eldest girl of the Fang family came so early today, I originally wanted to see if the two young ladies Gu had any good ideas, what kind of medicine bags to make in a while, and in terms of the supply of medicinal materials, I also wanted to discuss with the second young lady of the Gu family, but I didn't expect you to get together." The queen said with a light smile.

Today, the emperor asked her to host this competitive banquet, in addition to developing it to be sent to the front line, but also to let her formulate a detailed chapter to present, after all, once the formula is adopted, then a large number of people will need to sew this medicine bag, and the supply of medicinal materials and the distribution of personnel need to be implemented.

Although the queen is the head of the six palaces, this is the first time she has taken over such a thing, after all, in the more than 20 years she has been in power, she has never encountered such a scene that requires the unity of the army and the people.

Now that the east is besieged on all sides, almost all the capable soldiers who can be sent out have been sent to the front line, and most of the troops have also been dispatched, and the military department is still recruiting a large number of troops in case of emergency, and the veterans who remain in Beijing must not only be responsible for recruiting new soldiers, but also have to urgently drill, and strive to prevent themselves from losing their lives if they go to the battlefield.

The household department is collecting grain and grass everywhere, and the remaining women, naturally can not be idle, they need to use their skillful hands, sewing all kinds of materials needed by the soldiers in front, once the supply and demand are insufficient, the border pass has been opened a gap, then the foreign enemy invaded on a large scale, how can these women sit in the capital and enjoy the prosperity?

Therefore, as soon as a courtier proposed to the emperor what kind of perfume contest to be held, Song Yu followed this proposal and put forward a further plan, since these women in Beijing are so idle, then they can't waste their kindness, it is better to take this opportunity to let them make the shoes, clothes and various armor that the soldiers in front of them will wear.

When the emperor heard this, he naturally thought that this idea was good, and specially praised Song Yu, saying that he would make the best use of it, but Song Yu smiled silently, what ideas these officials in the capital played, he still didn't know?

Since they want to show their faces so much, it is good enough to let them show them, so that they are always too idle, and they feel that everything is all right without having to go to the front to fight.

After the emperor made the decision, he handed over this matter to the queen to host, after all, the matter of dealing with women naturally had to be done by the queen, the head of the six palaces.

After the queen heard their proposal, she was very shocked in her heart, but she soon calmed down, but this kind of thing is not something she can do alone, so she specially asked Qin Niang and Concubine to enter the palace earlier, and wanted to discuss it with them.

But he didn't expect that Fang Yuanyuan was so early, and there was one more outsider.

This made her a little difficult to speak.

The emperor rubbed the cup in his hand and looked at them with a somewhat tangled face, but he didn't open his mouth for a long time to get to the point.

"Oh, I actually just wanted to come early and get a seat in the front row, so as not to turn around and be squeezed to the end, and I can't see anything." Fang Yuanyuan said with a smile.

This competitive banquet does not limit the family members of the ranks, as long as the family members of the officials in Beijing can participate, naturally there is no discussion of the rank and birth rank, whoever arrives early, who will pick the position first, Fang Yuanyuan said this, it is naturally an excuse, but the queen also believes it.

"This cousin of the Gu family is entering the palace for the first time, why don't you take her out for a good stroll, the location matter, the palace will let someone keep it for you for a while." The queen looked at Fang Yuanyuan and said with a smile.

Fang Yuanyuan is not a fool, the queen's words are so clear, where does she dare to die and eat dim sum here?

So, she stood up like a stream, and after saluting the queen, she led Bu Shuyuan out.

She naturally knew that the queen had something to say to Qin Niang and the concubine, but she didn't expect them to bring an outsider with her, and the queen didn't want outsiders to hear what they were going to discuss, so she could only ask her Fang Yuanyuan to take the person away.

Fang Yuanyuan sighed silently, but she was not in a hurry, with her relationship with Qin Niang, she would know when she turned around and asked for the knife.

It's just that she doesn't care, the "outsider" next to her does.

As soon as they left the queen's Chaoyang Palace, Bu Shuyuan asked, "Miss Fang, is the queen disgusted by the two cousins-in-law for bringing me into the palace?" ”

This was a very innocent question, Fang Yuanyuan couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth, she glanced at Bu Shuyuan, and said, "Miss Bu, if you grew up in the capital, you would have married another woman at this age, how could you still ask such a naïve question?" ”

Bu Shuyuan's face turned pale, and then she bit her lip deadly.