Fu Xiaojiu naturally didn't know what happened in the morning, she and Nianzhen had breakfast, burned incense and bathed, freshened up, and began to prepare for the palace banquet in the evening.

Although the palace banquet was scheduled for the evening, they were all entering the palace for the first time, for fear that something would be inappropriate, so they cleaned up carefully from the inside out, from head to toe, so that people could not find any mistakes.

Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen helped each other comb their hair, and their hair was combed, and the morning was almost over.

Wan Zhang couldn't help much, he was just dressed himself, he had already seen the emperor, so he wasn't too nervous.

Fu Xiaojiu was afraid that cooking would be contaminated with the smell of oil smoke, so at noon he asked Uncle Zhao to run errands and went to the restaurant to order the meal, and several people were about to eat when the guests came.

Miss Fang's nurse is here.

Her eyes were still swollen, and when she saw Fu Xiaojiu and the others, she greeted her first, and then presented the things in her hand.

"My lady heard that the sage asked the new scholars to bring their families to the Qionglin banquet this year, and the lady said that you testified against our young lady yesterday, and she wanted to thank you for your help, so she sent you and this lady two dresses. These two dresses are customized when the young lady is not out of the cabinet, all of them are customized with good materials, she married out before she had time to wear them, and the lady said that your body shape is similar to that of my young lady, and you should be able to wear it. ”

The nurse was still afraid that Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen would have any taboos, so she immediately opened the furoshiki for them to check.

The nurse asked politely, "Look at the two of you, is the style and style of this dress still suitable for you?" ”

Of course, Fu Xiaojiu has no taboos, and Nianzhen doesn't think there is anything about it.

Miss Fang is the daughter of the third-grade master, and the degree of food and clothing must be excellent, not to mention that this dress was not worn by her before she left the cabinet, even if it was worn, what does it matter?

As soon as Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen saw the fabrics and workmanship of these two clothes, they knew how good the clothes were, and it was a great honor to be able to wear such a dress with their current status.

Fu Xiaojiu said very gratefully: "Mrs. Fang is so polite, giving us such a good dress, we all feel that we are not worthy of such a good dress." ”

Nianzhen touched her clothes and exclaimed: "This dress is so beautiful!" If it weren't for Mrs. Fang's gift, I probably wouldn't have been able to wear such a beautiful dress in my life. ”

The nurse saw that the two of them did not show any taboos or dissatisfaction because they were clothes left by the dead man, so she felt that the two of them were quite uplifting.

But when the nurse saw Miss Fang's dress, she couldn't help but be a little thoughtful, and her eyes were hot, and tears almost flowed out.

Fu Xiaojiu was sincere in her gratitude and happiness for Mrs. Fang's warm gift, but seeing the sad look on the nurse's face, she didn't feel good in her heart.

Especially thinking of Miss Fang's tragic situation at that time, Fu Xiaojiu's heart shook fiercely.

"Auntie, have all those scumbags been convicted?"

The nurse held back her tears and said with a little relief: "Dali Temple has decided their charges this morning. The four scum in charge were sentenced to split, the quack doctor was sentenced to be beheaded, and the wicked woman was sentenced to beheading. The catchers are still going around arresting the fake men who killed people before, and they should soon be able to bring them all to justice. ”

When Fu Xiaojiu heard this, he immediately clapped his hands excitedly and said, "Good judgment!" ”

Nianzhen also felt happy, she thought that she was disturbed by that evil woman but was safe, it was because of Fu Xiaojiu's good luck, otherwise even if she was still a young month, she might have the same fate as Miss Fang.

Da Chen's punishment of the wicked made Fu Xiaojiu feel very relieved, hoping to get some comfort for the unjust souls of Miss Fang and others.

Fu Xiaojiu asked again: "When will Miss Fang come out of the funeral, I want to send her." ”

The nurse replied in a heavy tone: "Seven days later, my young lady and little master will be on the road. ”

Fu Xiaojiu nodded, "Today's situation is special, tomorrow we will go to the house to worship Miss!" ”

In order to be polite, the nurse forced a smile, "The palace banquet is very important to you official ladies, and the old man wishes the two ladies a pleasant experience." ”

Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen said at the same time: "Thank you." ”

After the nurse left, Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen spread out the two dresses.

One of these two dresses is a Suzhou embroidered floral cardigan skirt made of peach brocade, with a light pink silkworm gauze shirt, which is cute and charming.

One is an aqua blue folded wide-sleeved shirt with a dark blue pleated pomegranate skirt, with a moon-white embroidered belt around the waist, which is fresh and refined.

The two of them immediately divided their clothes, the peach color was suitable for Nianzhen, and the aqua blue one was suitable for Fu Xiaojiu.

Fortunately, the two of them combed their hair in a bun that matched their clothes, so they didn't have to waste time recombing.

The two helped each other get dressed, and they both showed amazing expressions to each other.

Fu Xiaojiu praised Nianzhen: "I guess you are the most beautiful pregnant woman, this dress seems to be tailor-made for you." ”

Nianzhen also praised Fu Xiaojiu, "Xiaojiu, you really look like a noble lady now, at first glance, you are the champion lady!" ”

Fu Xiaojiu couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Although the sage gave us silver to buy clothes and jewelry, I always feel that the clothes we buy will be petty, if it is good to participate in an ordinary banquet, but if it is to participate in a palace banquet, it may seem shabby." Mrs. Fang is really timely and has helped us a lot. ”

Nianzhen looked at herself in the mirror, and then touched the luxurious and delicate clothes, and also sighed: "It's not that you are kind enough to be a witness for Mrs. Fang's family in exchange for such a good reward." ”

As soon as the two of them walked out of the house, Wan Zhang's eyes lit up.

People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, this sentence is not false at all.

Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen are both quiet and generous on weekdays, but now they are dressed up, coupled with carefully matched headdresses and makeup, they are extremely beautiful, but they are dignified and decent.

Wan Zhang happily walked up to Nianzhen, took her hand and said: "The lady is so beautiful, although I have never seen a fairy, but I guess the fairy is like a lady, I am not worthy of you when I stand by your side." ”

After praising his own lady Wan Zhang, he didn't forget to praise Fu Xiaojiu, "Fu Langzhong is also like a shock, I guess Brother Lin has to straighten his eyes when he sees you, hahaha." ”

Fu Xiaojiu covered his mouth and smiled unkindly: "It seems that my dress with Xiaozhen was not in vain." ”

Wan Zhang's words also made Nian Zhen laugh, but Nian Zhen smiled and showed a worried look, "Xiao Jiu, you should dress up like this, but will I look too high-profile like this?" ”

Fu Xiaojiu said confidently: "Although Brother Zhang is not a first-class person, everyone must know how much the saint attaches importance to him, and you dress up decently to give Brother Zhang a long face." Besides, this Qionglin banquet is also a farewell banquet, after tonight, everyone will be separated, why do you care what others think of you? ”

Fu Xiaojiu's words played a very comforting role in Nianzhen, and Nianzhen was not worried in an instant.

Wan Zhang said with admiration: "What Fu Lang Zhong said is right, lady, you should be as confident and atmospheric as Fu Lang Zhong, otherwise we are not familiar with the life of Wu Lin Mansion, how can you be alone as my wife when you preside over everything at home?" ”

Nianzhen's ears were red when she was said, although she was not as confident and atmospheric as Fu Xiaojiu in the past, she didn't want to be so timid now.

After being "educated" by Fu Xiaojiu and Wan Zhang, Nianzhen immediately regained her confidence and said loudly: "What you are saying is that I don't know when I became like this, I will learn from Xiao Jiu and learn to be confident." ”

However, even if the three of them cheered each other up, for fear of making a fool of themselves at the palace banquet, they still ate something to cushion their stomachs, so as not to know the court etiquette, and it would be bad for them to be laughed at by the emperor when they were eating.

The three of them set off from home, and Wan Lin went directly to the banquet in official uniforms.

Since it is a banquet, it is not just a meal, singing, dancing, juggling, etc. are inevitable, so the real time of the banquet is from the beginning of the unitary time to the end of the evening of the party.

They had to arrive a little earlier so that they could enter the palace gates in turn.

The Qionglin banquet was held in the Qixing Palace, and the banquet was attended not only by the emperor and the queen and the new scholars, but also by the scholars of the six books and the Hanlin Academy.

After all, all the new science and technology scholars have met the emperor and the ministers, and they are not too nervous, and the family members are almost all the same nervous.

However, there are a few family members who are noble, they are the daughters or relatives of officials in the capital, and a few are relatives of local officials, all of whom have seen big scenes and even seen palace banquets attended by the emperor and queen, so they are much calmer.

When Fu Xiaojiu and the three of them entered the palace gate and waited, they saw several gorgeously dressed and arrogant female dependents passing by them with fragrant fragrances and walking directly to the front of the team.

Men and women each took one side, and they all stood according to the top three rankings, Fu Xiaojiu could only be separated from Nianzhen and Wan Zhang, and walked to the front of the team alone.

Almost half of them brought their families, and there were more than 100 women.

Fu Xiaojiu was walking forward, and was suddenly hit by someone behind him.

Fu Xiaojiu subconsciously looked back, only to see a woman with a proud look and a gorgeous dress walking past her.

This woman obviously saw Fu Xiaojiu, but no one deliberately hit her in her eyes.

Fu Xiaojiu didn't want to be like her, but when the woman passed by Fu Xiaojiu, she said again: "Slut, don't get in the way!" ”

"Stop!"

Fu Xiaojiu grabbed her gorgeous wide sleeves.

The woman didn't seem to expect Fu Xiaojiu to have the courage to hold her, glared at the apricot eyes and turned back to Fu Xiaojiu and asked sharply, "What are you doing?" ”

Fu Xiaojiu looked at her coldly, and said as a matter of course: "You deliberately hit me while walking just now, and you scolded me for being a slut." Please apologize to me. ”

The woman was stunned, and then sneered disdainfully: "Heh, what did you say? I bumped into you and scolded you? Who saw it, who heard it? ”

Fu Xiaojiu walked not far from Nianzhen, Nianzhen leaned forward at this time, and said calmly: "I saw it, and I heard you scolding." ”

"You talk nonsense!" After glaring at Nianzhen fiercely, the woman turned her face and asked the people around her, "Did you see me hit her and scold her?" ”

The others are either far away, or they don't want to cause trouble, and there is no one to speak for Fu Xiaojiu.

The woman immediately became even more arrogant, tilted her chin and said, "See? No one saw me at all and heard me hit you and scold you. Mrs. Ben is in a good mood today, so I won't worry about you. ”

After the woman finished speaking, she threw down her sleeves fiercely, wanting to shake Fu Xiaojiu Fu Xiaojiu away, but Fu Xiaojiu's hand moved slightly, still holding her sleeve tightly.

Fu Xiaojiu smacked his lips, "I've never seen such a brazen person." ”