Chapter 13: The Palace Banquet

Returning from Bai's Shude Courtyard, Su Xiaoyan recalled Bai's reaction after she told Bai to persuade her to divorce her father. At that time, when Bai heard the word "clutch", he first instinctively shook his head, and even got a little angry. But when Bai Shi calmed down a little, she looked at Su Xiaoyan and burst into tears. Su Xiaoyan remembered that he was staring at Bai's eyes at that time, and in those bloodshot eyes soaked with tears, Su Xiaoyan saw deep fear. But in the depths of that fear, Su Xiaoyan felt that the sealed hope seemed to be restless. The hope and self that have been sealed by the Bai family for many years have a tendency to break the ground and be reborn. Su Xiaoyan felt that there was a drama in this matter.

The next morning, Su Xiaoyan lay on his bed in a large shape, very satisfied with Ye Feng's performance yesterday.

Yesterday, after Grandma Sun's vest fell off, Su Xiaoyan strongly asked Ye Feng to tell Grandma Sun that she should relax her requirements for her, the future Jade Princess, and be strict with herself Su Xiaoyan doesn't care about Grandma Sun, but she must be lenient with others, especially with Su Xiaoyan.

Adhering to the principle that he must not make his daughter-in-law unhappy, coupled with Su Xiaoyan's intimidation of Ye Feng, if he didn't do it, he would copy "A Man's Three Obediences and Four Virtues" a hundred times, and Ye Feng went to talk to Grandma Sun about the conditions.

In the end, the two sides reached an agreement. Su Xiaoyan must keep the etiquette in the palace when she enters the palace, and if she makes a mistake, she must say that it is her own problem, not her grandmother's problem. According to Mama Sun's meaning, she is always old, but she still wants to be famous, otherwise how can there be such a good thing that can make extra money in the future? God knows how many gifts and silver those old ladies in the palace have to collect from those ladies and ladies when they go out to teach etiquette once, pay for the tuition, and receive from those ladies and misses. Mama Sun has been blushing for a long time about this matter. (Su Xiaoyan: Grandma Sun, I used to think highly of you!!) Who is going to have trouble with money?

As for Mama Sun, you don't have to worry about Su Xiaoyan if you have etiquette endorsements or anything, and don't disturb Su Xiaoyan's private life and living habits. Only when Su Jin came to Yujie Academy for inspection, and when Su Jin asked about Su Xiaoyan's homework, he just didn't show his stuff. So the old money fan Mama Sun was also happy, and Su Xiaoyan was also happy, except for Su Jin's copy of the book that couldn't be avoided.

"Ugh." Su Xiaoyan lay on the bed and sighed, he didn't think about it, he didn't want to copy it

Just when Su Xiaoyan rolled on the bed for a quarter of an hour before she was about to get up, Qingmei brought her two pieces of news.

"Miss, Miss, my lord was appointed by the emperor as the minister of the Imperial Mission to the northwest to investigate the people's situation in the northwest this morning, and he will leave tomorrow."

"Minister Qincha, go to the northwest...... I'll leave tomorrow......" Su Xiaoyan muttered to himself. Wait, she has less than three weeks to get married, if Su Jin leaves tomorrow, go to the northwest, just counting the time on the way back, Su Jin will have to go for at least a few months. That...... This book...... You don't have to copy it, hey, hey, hey. Su Xiaoyan said that he was so conscious.

Su Xiaoyan was very satisfied with the news that Qingmei brought back.

"What about the other news?" Su Xiaoyan looked at Qingmei expectantly.

Qingmei also looked at Su Xiaoyan with a smile: "Miss, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace, the queen invited you to participate. ”

Qingmei thought that after Su Xiaoyan heard the news, she would be as happy as the official ladies who received the invitation to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet for the first time after Ji Xuan. is waiting for Su Xiaoyan's praise. Who knew that Su Xiaoyan was afraid of the society, and his face collapsed instantly when he heard the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

Su Xiaoyan recalled his understanding of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet during this period of time. The Mid-Autumn Festival was supposed to be a day of reunion, and it was supposed to be a family banquet for each family to hold a reunion and moon appreciation. However, a queen before the Tianyuan Kingdom loved to be lively and liked to admire the moon, so she invited the wives and ladies of the official family to enter the palace to admire the moon at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet every year. Because the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is not separated from male and female guests, and the queen is a more conservative one, she will only invite Miss Ji Lu to participate.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, a bunch of beautiful official ladies who had just reached the end of the day, and there were aristocratic sons and daughters in their prime, and even princes who were at the age of marriage came to the banquet. Most of the people who participated in the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet were right, so year after year, the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet has become a lot of good things. Later, the Empress Tianyuan passed down the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet from generation to generation, and the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet still only invited the official wife, the son who had a weak crown and the young lady who had been married, but the theme of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet had already changed from a simple moon viewing to today's ancient non-sincere do not disturb.

And this kind of blind date meeting is generally inevitable to compete for beauty, show talents, and even fight with each other. After all, almost all the ladies of the official family, especially those who are the lords and officials of the family, who don't want to marry their daughters to a certain prince, if they are lucky, in case, in case, they will become the uncle of the country in the future.

Su Xiaoyan had a big head when he thought of this. She doesn't want to compete with those little girls and recite poetry. According to the time-traveling novels she had read before, this kind of banquet must have been an undercurrent among the ladies. Thankfully, she's engaged.

Oh, no, she's engaged. Isn't this kind of banquet supposed to be the place for those young ladies in the prime of life who have not yet had a marriage contract and have just passed the wedding contract? What is she going to do with the fun?

"Qingmei, I'm about to get married, it doesn't matter if I don't go to this Mid-Autumn Festival?" Su Xiaoyan looked at Qingmei with a pair of big Bling Bling eyes. Qingmei, Qingmei, you'd better give me a better answer.

Qingmei wants to think about it too, but ......

Qingmei lowered her head: "Miss, this is an invitation letter sent by the queen mother herself, and your name is directly marked on it, Miss." If the young lady doesn't go, it is equivalent to brushing the queen's face. Now that the lord is going to leave Beijing for many days, if the queen mother hates you because of this matter and finds trouble for you, no one will help the young lady...... (Su Xiaoyan: You can rest assured, Su Jin won't help me even if he is at home, he can't wait for something to happen to me.) Besides, at present, the queen mother is still the nominal mother of His Royal Highness the Jade King, that is, ...... Miss's titular mother-in-law. ”

Su Xiaoyan: "Qingmei, why do you think about everything so clearly?" Isn't it good for us to be confused? ”

Qingmei looked at Su Xiaoyan, who seemed to have a toothache in front of her, and was at a loss.

Su Xiaoyan, who accepted that he must go to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, spread back into bed and did psychological construction for himself.

"Su Xiaoyan, don't be nervous, the protagonist of the banquet is not you, you are all engaged, and you are a married woman comrade if you round it off. Those things that fight poetry, dance, and music must have nothing to do with you. When the time comes, I will bring out the pie of the fourth lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion and Princess Zhunyu, and you must be cold and don't tremble. As long as you're not embarrassed, it's someone else who is embarrassed. Ah!!hh ”

Near noon, Su Xiaoyan, who climbed from the bed to the chair, finally reluctantly gave himself a good psychological construction, his legs were barely so soft, and he could support himself to stand up. At this moment, the dejected Qingmei brought Su Xiaoyan a thunderbolt: "Miss, I heard...... Shen Ruyan, the second lady of the Shen family, also received an invitation today......"

"What?!" Su Xiaoyan really wanted to die headlong at this moment. With Shen Ruyan's character, no matter whether she already has a marriage contract at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, she will definitely find trouble for her to the end. Su Xiaoyan was desperate. Sure enough, if you come out to mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back.

In the evening, Su Xiaoyan, who had regained his soul a little, found Qingmei: "Qingmei, you go out of the house to help me do two things." ”