In a blink of an eye, it was the day to participate in the palace banquet, Mu Yu deliberately chose a gentle apricot red jacket and skirt to wear, and the makeup and hairpin Huan were also trying to be dignified but inconspicuous.

When she went to the upper room, Shen Mei couldn't help laughing when she saw her outfit, and said affectionately: "What a little clever ghost." ”

Mu Yu pursed his lips, curled his eyebrows, and his eyes were very smart.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the mother and daughter got into the carriage and galloped in the direction of the palace without hurrying.

The time when they arrived was neither early nor late, and after getting off the carriage, a palace person led them into the Zhaohua Palace, which is also the place where the banquet was held today. After entering, before the banquet began, Mu Yu followed Shen Mei and exchanged pleasantries with the other relatives.

Not long after, Shen Mei's friend Mrs. Changtinghou also came with her little daughter, and after greeting the acquaintances, she came to Shen Mei's side, smiled closely, and lowered her voice: "I knew you were coming, so I wouldn't have rubbed it on the road." ”

Shen Mei chuckled lightly and replied, "If you come early, you can sit in vain, and if you come later, what's the matter." ”

The two of them are of the same age, they were friends when they were in the boudoir, and they did not neglect to communicate after they got married, and because of this, Mu Yu and Lin Wanyun, the youngest daughter of the Changting Hou family, were very good.

At this time, the two mothers chatted, and the pair of little sisters were also looking at each other.

Shen Mei saw their eyebrows and eyes, so he smiled and said, "It's okay left and right, it's okay for you two little girls to go shopping in the garden, so as not to get bored." ”

Mrs. Changting Hou also chimed in.

Mu Yu and Lin Yunyun nodded happily at this time, and walked out of the hall holding hands. The two came to the garden and chatted leisurely while admiring the flowers.

Seeing the bustle of the pavilion from a distance, Lin Yunyun asked strangely: "What are they doing there, let's go and take a look?" ”

Mu Yu replied indifferently: "Okay." ”

When I got closer, I found that there was a long desk there, and the young ladies of all the well-dressed families were either holding pens and drawing, or writing poems. Other palace maids waited on the side, and when they saw the finished work, they put it away and placed it in a tray, as if ready to take it together.

The corners of Mu Yu's lips twitched suddenly, it turned out that this was a part of showing his talents, and he would have known that he would not have come.

Just thinking about it, a palace maid stepped forward to ask if she wanted to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone for them, and Mu Yu immediately refused with a smile. Lin Wanyun is more direct, "No, I don't know how to compose poems, and I don't paint ordinary, so I won't be ugly!" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a sneer behind the two, and a coquettish voice said sharply: "I don't know anything, but I came here, isn't it already ugly!" ”

Mu Yu and the two turned their heads, and saw Miss Li Miaozhen of the Cabinet Minister's Li University Scholar Sun coming over in a curly manner, her chin was slightly raised, and her expression was arrogant, which made her originally beautiful face a little unpleasant.

Although Mu Yu had seen this woman before, she had never dealt with her, but she faintly felt that the other party's malice seemed to be coming at her.

Therefore, without waiting for Lin Wanyun to speak, she said politely: "Why did Miss Li say this, people are different, but some skills are good at it, and some skills are not good at it." ”

Li Miaozhen snorted mockingly, glanced at her with the tips of her eyes, and asked, "What are you best at when you dare to ask Miss Mu, who refuses to write poetry?" ”

Mu Yu thought about it and said seriously: "Look at the account book, I'm better at this." This is not false at all, she has a strong mental arithmetic ability, and often helps to read the account book when her mother is too busy, and she calculates quickly and well.

But hearing this, Li Miaozhen and several girls behind her couldn't help laughing, as if they felt that this was an extremely vulgar thing, and they couldn't be elegant at all, so she dared to say it.

Mu Yu was calm, and there was no difference in the face of their ridicule, but after bowing his head slightly, he calmly pulled Lin Yunyun, who wanted to argue, to turn around and leave, leaving those ill-intentioned voices behind.

When she came to a secluded place, Lin Wanyun finally couldn't bear it anymore and broke free of her, and said with a jumping foot: "Why don't you let me refute Li Miaozhen's idiot, I want her to go back and ask her mother, is it ridiculous to read the account book!" I also want to ask her which serious girl does not learn to take care of the middle feed and read the account book, but indulges in poetry and painting all day long, is she preparing to be a concubine in the future? ”

Mu Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud, and soothingly pinched her little chubby face with baby fat and said: "That's why I didn't give you a chance to speak, believe it or not, she dared to pounce and scratch your little face, this is in the palace, you really want to fight with her, how ugly." ”

Hearing this, Lin Wanyun suddenly held her face in horror, stared at a pair of round and bright eyes, and stammered: "She, is she so vicious?" Isn't it just the mouth? ”

Her appearance is very cute, and Mu Yu endured it so that she didn't laugh out loud.

"Haha-" At this time, a man's chuckle suddenly came, Mu Yu and Lin Yunyun were startled, and when they heard the sound, they saw two young men coming out of the bamboo forest not far away.

The man at the head was good-looking, wearing a brocade robe, and a pair of phoenix eyes squinted with a smile, like a cunning fox. The man in the back has a handsome face, but with a heavy sense of coldness, and he is dressed in a dark striped robe, which is extremely difficult to approach at first glance.

Mu Yu's gaze quickly slid over the faces of the two, and when he lowered his eyes, his heart suddenly beat faster.

The man in the back was very familiar, especially the indifferent eyes and cold attitude......

Is that...... Big Guy Xie?!

The sudden encounter had left her mind in turmoil, and the two had come closer.

Lin Wanyun came back to her senses, and said angrily: "Cousin, it turned out to be you, why are you hiding there to scare people?" ”

It turned out that the man in brocade was Lin Wanyun's cousin, Fang Xiao, the son of the Zhenguo family.

Fang Xiao was not annoyed when he heard her say this, but smiled even more happily, "I originally saw that you seemed to be being bullied, so I wanted to come over quietly to comfort you, but I didn't expect you to be so sharp-toothed." Oh, your question is very reasonable, it's a pity not to say it in front of the girl surnamed Li, next time, next time you look for an opportunity, your cousin will escort you, even if you say it, never let her hurt your little face like a flower! ”

Lin Wanyun was very happy to hear it, but when she heard the last sentence, her face turned red, and she pointed at Fang Xiao and said angrily: "You overheard me talking to Sister Yu, and you dare to tease me, see if I don't tell my uncle!" ”

Fang Xiao immediately begged for mercy, and the two frolicked for a while, and then they stopped and introduced each other.

For Xie Chongning, Fang Xiao didn't say much, only said that he was his friend, surnamed Xie.

Mu Yu was also able to determine that the man in Xuanyi opposite was indeed Xie Chongning. However, she lowered her eyelids, and did not reveal the expression that she had known him for a long time, and after greeting Fang Xiao, she called him "Brother Xie" with Lin Wanyun in a low voice, and then stopped silent.

Anyway, they haven't seen each other for several years, he has no hostility towards the Hou Mansion, and he has a great future, so she doesn't need to rush to curry favor anymore, or show closeness, and feel uncomfortable, it is better to be a stranger who meets for the first time.

Therefore, she also missed the eyebrows that Xie Chongning twisted for a moment after hearing her "Brother Xie", and the deeper and deeper eyes that looked at her.

……

After saying goodbye to the two of them, Mu Yu didn't want to hang out anymore, and hurriedly took Lin Yunyun back to the palace.

Soon the queen mother and the old lady of the Anping County palace came together, and everyone greeted them together, and the banquet soon began.

After the banquet, there was a selection of poems and paintings, and Wei Yu, who had nothing to do, was always low-key and low-key, so even Li Miaozhen was not stupid enough to deliberately trouble her on such an occasion.

It all ended without a hitch.

Mu Yu and his mother were sent out of the palace by the palace people, got into the carriage, and were about to leave, when a handsome young man on a horse drove over and greeted him shyly: "Aunt Shen, sister Yu, my mother asked me to escort you back to the Hou Mansion." ”

The subordinate was holding the curtain, and Shen Mei saw that it was Lin Changjin, the eldest son of the Marquis of Changting, and couldn't help but smile, "It's Changjin, no need, let's just go back by ourselves." You take care of your mother and sister. ”

Lin Changjin refused to leave, but explained: "My mother has a second brother to take care of it, and it's a little dark, so it's better for me to send you home." ”

Even so, Shen Mei didn't shirk anymore, and nodded with a smile.

Mu Yu also smiled politely at Lin Changjin outside, but the curtain was quickly lowered, so she didn't see the other party's face suddenly turning red.

However, Lin Changjin's shy expression was fully seen by Xie Chongning and Fang Xiao not far away.

Xie Chongning reined in the horses, and his dark eyes always looked in that direction, until he watched Lin Changjin escort the carriage of the Luanping Marquis Mansion to leave and go away, and then he drove the horse slowly and leisurely with an expressionless face.

Fang Xiao looked at him quietly for a long time, and suddenly laughed, "I said Chongning, there is something wrong with you!" Ever since I saw the little girl from the Luanping Hou family, you have been sulking quietly, are you angry that people don't recognize you? ”

After a while, Xie Chongning's cold voice sounded, "She recognizes it." ”

Although it was only the first moment of staring at each other, he could be sure that her eyes were full of surprise. If she hadn't recognized him, she wouldn't have been.

Fang Xiao sighed, "That's even more wrong, she recognized you, why did she act like she didn't know you?" Could it be that you have bullied others before, or you have not paid attention to others in the past few years, and the little girl is angry with you? ”

Hearing this, Xie Chongning suddenly pursed his lips.

Fang Xiao was just guessing casually, but it could be seen that he was like this, and he couldn't help crying and laughing, "Could it really be that I said it?" Then you are miserable, I see that the little girl is cold and indifferent to you, but she is smiling like a flower at Lin Changjin's kid...... If you don't work harder, I'm afraid that people will be snatched away! ”