The next day in the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Ling got up early and instructed Xiao Qingmei: "Mei'er remember to go to the palace for a banquet tonight, and Brother Ling will take you around the palace." ”

Xiao Qingmei was in a daze, and when she heard that she was going to the palace for a banquet, she immediately sat up: "Brother Ling, can Mei'er go without receiving a post?" ”

Zhao Ling raised his eyebrows: "Of course, Mei'er has a token, and there is no danger of entering and leaving." ”

In order to allow Xiao Qingmei to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet beautifully, Zhao Ling specially sent Quan'an to send clothes and jewelry, Zhu Cui Qi, all available.

When the day was half-regular, Lin Qingmei dressed up and went to tell Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Lin was only worried that she would be bullied when she went to the banquet alone, so she looked at it with a good look at Jasper, and let her go after a few words. The carriage moved slowly in the darkening sky, the sound of the bell was crisp, accompanied by the sound of wheels and horses' hooves, echoing each other, very pleasant.

Xiao Qingmei's carriage stopped outside the East Palace, and she got out of the carriage and walked inside, but was stopped by the guards. She poked into her waist and found that she didn't bring the important wife-chasing order with her, and she was very depressed. At this time, Zhao Ling came on a horse and said to the guards: "Don't stop the visitor!" ”

Xiao Qingmei smiled as soon as she saw him, her eyebrows and eyes were very sweet, she ran forward, looked up and asked, "Brother Ling, are you here to pick up Mei'er?" ”

"Of course! Not seen for a day, such as three autumns. Zhao Ling bent down and hooked her in his arms, and pulled her onto the horse with a force on his arm.

He rubbed her head: "It's still early for the palace banquet, the banquet has to be held after the moon sacrifice, Brother Ling will take you to Shanglin Yuan to have a ride." ”

Shanglin Yuan is directly north of the entire Taiji Palace, and it is more time-saving to enter from the East Palace than to detour, and Zhao Ling entered the East Palace on his horse. At this time, when the lights are on, the glass lamps under the corridor are lit one after another, like crystals wrapped in stars, the lamps are painted with various patterns, there are flowers and birds, there are maids, outlined slender, rich colors but not noisy, Lin Qingmei looked at it at a good glance, and exclaimed: "What a beautiful lamp." ”

Zhao Ling stood in front of the horse lamp, Lin Qingmei looked at it obsessively, her eyes seemed to be painted, and the reflection of the light was embellished.

The beauty looks at the light, and he looks at the beauty. Zhao Ling looked at it for a long time, and suddenly realized that something was wrong: today's little Qingmei, why is her complexion so bad? After a closer look, it turned out that it was because of the lack of makeup.

He asked, "Why didn't Mei'er wear makeup today?" Isn't the incense powder I sent a few days a few days good? "On such a grand occasion, the ladies are dressed up with all their might, how can Xiao Qingmei do the opposite?

Xiao Qingmei heard him ask, and shook her head again and again: "The incense powder that Brother Ling gave to Mei'er is very good, but Mei'er doesn't dare to use it." ”

"Why?" Could it be that Xiao Qingmei knows that it is the queen's thing, and she has the intention of offering it?

Lin Qingmei was a little indignant: "Brother Ling doesn't know, the eldest aunt is broken!" She only gives a little bit of fat powder every month, and everyone is not enough. There was a maid in her room who bought some fat powder with moon silver, and she was the only one who put on makeup when everyone didn't put on makeup, and the eldest aunt said that she was seducing people with a demonic spirit, and asked someone to take a knife and cut a long hole on her eyebrows, and put all the powder she bought. He also took a small lock and pressed it hot on the corner of her eye and applied rouge. I heard that the skin and flesh are scorched! ”

Zhao Ling listened: Such a jealous woman, you should give her some color.

He rode to the harem and took her to put on makeup, Lin Qingmei was still a little resistant, and she was embarrassed: "Brother Ling, the eldest aunt and Sister Lan are here today, Mei'er should not put on makeup." ”

"Don't be afraid, Brother Ling will support you." He took her to the Queen's Manna Palace, where there were many women, and when he heard that the prince had arrived, he was all blessed. The queen smiled: "He rarely comes on weekdays, so he must have an intentional person here." ”

However, looking around, Lin Yulan was not among them, and the thoughts of the clan women who had school-age girls in the family became active.

When the prince entered the palace, he was holding a beautiful woman in his hand, with bright eyes and bright teeth and beautiful crowns. She smiled and came hand in hand with the prince, like a pair of beautiful people, cold and glamorous.

The queen was surprised: "Whose girl is the prince carrying?" ”

Zhao Ling finished saluting and replied respectfully: "Back to my mother, she is the seventh girl of Shangshu Mansion, who is raised in the deep boudoir and rarely goes out, so my mother has never seen her." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other: it was actually the famous idiot of the Lin family.

The queen let out an obvious "oh", which was meaningful: How could you bring an idiot? But seeing that the idiot was not like the eyes of people said, his eyes were sluggish and drooling, but he was bright and dignified, like a fairy in the world, so he asked softly: "Why is the seventh girl here today?" The tone seemed to be coaxing a child.

Zhao Ling smiled at her: "Mei'er, hurry up and give your mother a gift." ”

Lin Qingmei said according to her words: "The queen is auspicious! ”

The queen responded with a sentence of "flat body", and threw an inquiring look at Zhao Ling: Salute to the "mother", not to the "queen", could it be that the prince has taken a fancy to her? Looks good, just an idiot......

Zhao Ling was calm and calm, letting her guess be different, he said: "Today I want to ask for my mother's fat powder again, Mei'er came in a hurry and hasn't put on makeup yet." ”

The queen was still immersed in speculation and couldn't extricate herself, and subconsciously beckoned Xifang to send it when she heard the sound. There is a dressing room in the palace for female relatives to touch up their makeup, so Zhao Ling took Xiao Qingmei away with a box of incense powder in the crowd's different attention ceremonies.

Xiao Qingmei entered the locker room, and when she saw that there were several dressers placed in it, she found one to sit down. An old woman next to her was putting on makeup in the mirror, only to see her ask the maidservant next to her: "Can you bring the powder last?" ”

The maidservant replied, "Here you are!" "Out of the sleeve of a box, the bones in it sound. When I opened the box, it was actually two polished extremely smooth walnuts, and Xiao Qingmei was very surprised, staring intently. I saw the old woman stuff two walnuts into her mouth, puff out her cheeks, and then slowly powdered them. After puffing and spitting out the walnuts, the maidservant went to wash and dry herself, and then took back the box.

The old woman saw that Xiao Qingmei looked at it with good eyes, and said with a smile: "Girl, don't be surprised, the old body is old, her cheeks are sunken, and the puff is uneven, so she has to stuff two walnuts." ”

Xiao Qingmei thought it was very funny, she finished putting on her makeup and rushed out. The full moon has risen, illuminating the universe and shining everywhere. Zhao Ling was standing in the courtyard, and when he saw Xiao Qingmei running happily towards him, he hurriedly caught her and asked, "What fun did Mei'er see?" ”

Xiao Qingmei nodded excitedly: "Brother Ling, Mei'er wants to send two walnuts to grandmother." ”

"Walnuts aren't worth anything, what did Mei'er send that for? If you want, Brother Ling will give you a walnut tree. Zhao Ling felt that he was very arrogant.

Xiao Qingmei shook her head: "Don't be so much, Mei'er just saw an old woman with two walnuts in her mouth when she put on makeup, she said that this puff is even, Mei'er wants to make her grandmother also beautiful." ”

When Zhao Ling heard this, his bad heart suddenly rose: "Mei'er, grandmother doesn't need to dress up when she is old, but your eldest aunt should lack this object." ”