Since there was speculation about the identities of Lu Liuer and the Zhou family in his heart, An Xiabai was naturally less wary of them.

"Okay." She smiled and asked Lu Liuer to hug the child, and when she saw that the other party was cautious, as if she was holding a crystal, her heart warmed slightly: "The child seems to like you very much." ”

"Maybe it's fate." Lu Liu'er held the baby in her arms, she didn't dare to use force at all, she pursed her lips, and smiled back when the child smiled at her, "They are more like mothers than fathers, and they will definitely be handsome sons when they grow up in the future." ”

An Xiabai's original seven or eight points of certainty became ten out of ten.

Lu Li rarely mentions his family, and every time he talks about it, he just skips it, or he just says two or three words, but An Xiabai has an impression of his life experience, after all, he specially inquired about it in his previous life.

She knew that he had a mother and a younger sister, and the two in front of her were obvious, but she didn't know why Lu Li wanted to hide it from herself.

Looking at the children's squinting and smiling in the arms of the few blood relatives, the smile on her lips deepened.

After asking about the positions that Lu Liu'er and Zhou's were arranged, An Xiabai smiled and said: "Just give those jobs to others, and you will be responsible for taking care of the children in the future, and it just so happens that the children also like you." ”

This arrangement couldn't be better.

Lu Liu'er and Zhou's eyes lit up and nodded again and again.

With them helping to take care of the children, I will be less stressed when I am busy with everything in the restaurant in the future.

"I'll be in trouble for two of you in the future." An Xia Bai said sincerely.

She handed over the two children to them with confidence, and then began to wait for Lu Li to come back, she wanted to see when Lu Li would be willing to confess to herself.

As a result, the other party didn't know what was going on, and he was busy until the evening before returning to the house.

"Husband, you're finally back." An Xiabai greeted him with a smile.

Lu Li had an ominous premonition: "There is something today, so I delayed outside for a while, are you waiting for me, madam?" ”

An Xiabai nodded, and wanted to question directly, but after seeing the tiredness on Lu Li's face, he couldn't bear it, so he pulled people into the door first, and then poured tea: "I am indeed waiting for my husband to come home, not because there is something in the house, but because I want to praise my husband for your good vision, I have to say that my husband is really good at picking people, and the people who are invited in today are very quick with their hands and feet, especially the mother and daughter surnamed Zhou, who not only work diligently, but also coax the children very easily." ”

Lu Li clenched the teacup tightly, and his expression was a little unnatural: "I also picked it randomly." ”

It seems that you are not going to confess?

An Xiabai raised his eyebrows, and then said: "The children have been crying today without knowing what's going on, but fortunately they helped coax, otherwise I would have been thundered today." They are really close to the children, so I arranged them in the room and took care of the children in the future. ”

Coaxing a child is not too difficult to do, Lu Li naturally has no opinion.

"It's good if you're happy." Lu Li's eyes turned and turned, looking everywhere, but he didn't look at An Xiabai, he didn't dare, because he didn't know how to confess his life experience to An Xiabai.

If An Xiabai knew that he was from this kind of family, would he feel that he was a burden?

Lu Li didn't dare to gamble, so he didn't plan to confess for the time being.

An Xiabai tightened his brows, held his face and asked, "Husband, do you really have nothing to say to me?" ”

"Not today." Lu Li said with an embarrassed face, and in An Xiabai's suspicious gaze, he tried to change the topic, "Madam, there is a banquet in the palace today, and the emperor asked me to take you to the banquet together, you go and prepare quickly, otherwise it may be too late to set off after it gets dark." ”

"Palace banquet?" An Xiabai didn't expect him to say this, with a surprised look on his face, "How can you still have your share in the palace banquet?" ”

Lu Li is not a member of the royal family.

"I don't know how to invite me here, because it was personally invited by the emperor, so it's hard to shirk." Lu Li took the opportunity to push her back into the room, "Madam, go and dress up, the carriage that picks up people in the palace will come later, we can't let the other party wait for a long time, let's go." ”

An Xiabai hesitated for a moment, thinking that Lu Liu'er and the Zhou family were now in the mansion, and there would be more opportunities for Lu Li to admit it in person in the future, so he nodded, turned around and went back to the room to dress up.

This is a palace banquet, although I don't know why the royal family invited Lu Li, and even invited herself into the palace, but An Xiabai didn't dare to be negligent at all, fortunately, the experience of being the daughter of an imperial merchant in her previous life made her know a lot about the royal family, at least she knew the basic etiquette and the style she should dress, so she was not very panicked, and after turning out a dress and putting it on her body, she applied a little powder on her face, and followed Lu Li into the palace.

The internal official took the couple and their wife to walk in the palace for a long time before they came to the banquet place.

Not only the two of them were invited to the palace banquet, but also Li Wenfeng and his wife and other officials of the DPRK and China, all of whom An Xiabai had never seen.

"General Lu has arrived!" The inner officer reported to the palace in a sharp voice.

When the emperor on the high seat heard this, he paused slightly in his drinking, hooked his lips and smiled: "General Lu has finally arrived, we have been waiting for you for a while." ”

Knowing that Lu Li was an upstart in the court, but he didn't know that his status was so high in the eyes of the emperor, An Xiabai was surprised and inevitably worried.

All the uneasiness turned into strength, and he held Lu Li's hand tightly.

Lu Li thought she was nervous, and when she entered the door, she lowered her voice and said, "Don't be afraid." ”

An Xiabai's heart warmed slightly, yes, she really has nothing to be afraid of, no matter how noble the identity of these people in front of her is, they can't compare to Lu Li, anyway, her husband is by her side, and she will definitely protect her.

The two of them saluted hand in hand, and their intimate movements were like silver needles stabbing the eyes of Feng Yi Zhu on the high position.

Before she saw An Xiabai, she thought that Lu Li's wife was a country woman, just like the dirty and ugly country woman she had seen before, but she didn't expect her to be a beauty, people said that after giving birth to a child, a woman's figure would most likely be out of shape, and her skin would be much looser, but she didn't think that she had changed much, she was still as beautiful as a flower, and she didn't look like a person who had given birth to a child.

Feng Yi Zhu was a little red-eyed.

"This is Mrs. Lu, right?" The emperor squinted at An Xiabai.

She bowed and saluted, neither humble nor arrogant: "The women of the people pay their respects to the emperor." ”

The emperor praised: "No wonder General Lu has a deep affection for his wife, it turns out that his wife is not only virtuous, but also a beauty, General Lu is really blessed." Take a seat. ”

The position they arranged for Lu Li sat next to the prince, which was actually a bit unruly, after all, Lu Li was just a courtier, but the prince was the crown prince, the emperor deliberately arranged this, either to make Lu Li a thorn in the eyes of others, or to let the prince and Lu Li befriend, An Xiabai decisively chose the latter between the two.

The prince had a good impression of Lu Li, and after nodding to each other, Lu Li took An Xia Bai to take a seat.

Looking at their affectionate appearance of Qin Se and Ming, Feng Yi Zhu felt uncomfortable.

Some concubines who wanted to befriend the thirteenth princess saw her appearance, and they came closer and smiled: "Mrs. Lu is indeed beautiful, but unfortunately her skin is not very good. ”

Fengyi Zhu raised his eyebrows, and before he could speak, he heard her belittle An Xia Bai and said: "No matter how much you are just a countryman from the county seat, you can't compare to the princess Jinzhi Yuye!" ”

Feng Yi Zhu smiled and bent her eyebrows, and in front of everyone, she walked up to Lu Li with a glass of wine: "This princess wants to give General Lu a glass." ”

The sudden toast made everyone at the banquet stunned, and no one knew what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this arrogant thirteenth princess.

The emperor was afraid that Lu Li would be embarrassed, so he asked with a smile: "Why does Zhu Er want to give General Lu wine?" ”

"Father, when my daughter left the palace some time ago, she once met General Lu by chance, and was defeated by him in one move, so I admired him very much, and I had already toasted him with a glass of wine, but unfortunately I never had the chance." Feng Yi Zhu's smiling eyes fell on Lu Li, and the wine in the cup rippled in a circle, "I wonder if General Lu can appreciate his face today?" ”

Lu Li had no reason to refuse, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and the sound of cheering suddenly sounded around him.

He thought that he would be fine after drinking the princess's toast, but he never expected Feng Yi Zhu to pour himself full of wine, and toasted An Xiabai: "I heard that Mrs. has a lot of help for General Lu's future, so I want to toast Mrs. with this glass of wine." ”

"Thank you, princess." An Xiabai didn't know her true intentions, so she had to drink the wine in the cup according to her wishes.

Fengyi Zhu also drank the wine: "Madam, you have a special fragrance, can you tell me which incense powder you use, I also want to try it." ”

Saying this in front of everyone, An Xiabai was a little uncomfortable: "I made it myself." ”

Sure enough, the countrymen are the countrymen, and they are reluctant to buy even the incense powder on their bodies, so they have to come by themselves, and Fengyi Zhu shows disdain.

At the same time, the favorite concubine beside the emperor found that the atmosphere was not right, and smiled and opened her mouth to relieve An Xiabai: "Speaking of incense powder, I think of a newly opened shop in Beijing, called Beauty Pavilion, the rouge gouache sold in it is not only special, but also has a variety of beauty plasters, if Mrs. Lu is free, you can go there to see." ”

"A shop that treats beauty and beauty as a business, this palace is still the first time I've heard it, is it really effective?" The queen asked with a smile.

After the mother of the country asked about the beauty pavilion at the beginning, the concubines also began to discuss.

"To be honest, the rouge I used on my face was bought by the Beauty Pavilion, although the price is a bit expensive compared to others, but the effect is very good, and the fragrance of the incense powder is also very special." A concubine said with a smile in front of the concubine.

"I also use his things, I have to say, after a long time, it really has the effect of beauty and beauty, look at my skin, I always feel that it has been much more tender recently!"

Listening to the concubines talk about the various benefits of the Beauty Pavilion, the emperor was surprised: "In this way, the owner of that shop is really a capable person, and he is still very good at the business of merchants, otherwise it would be impossible for his reputation to start in the capital." ”

The neglected Fengyi Zhu smiled and said: "I also want to recommend the rouge gouache of the Beauty Pavilion to Madame, why don't you go shopping when Madame is free?" ”

She said everything for this part, how could An Xiabai not see that she was deliberately embarrassing herself?

No matter what the reason was, An Xiabai couldn't swallow this breath: "I don't need to go shopping when I have time, because the Beauty Pavilion is my industry." ”