Chapter 37: Heartbeat
Xiao Xuan frowned, but Sister Chu still remembered what happened after she accidentally bumped into the eldest princess when she entered the palace for a while, so frightened that her little face changed color, and she jumped off the chair in a hurry, and ran behind Xiao Xuan in an attempt to hide.
"Dan Tang, you can quickly lead Sister Chu to the house." Xiao Xuan knew that Sister Chu was afraid of Xiao Lu, so she could only let Dan Tang lead Sister Chu to avoid for the time being. "Then you stay in the house with Sister Chu, don't let her be afraid."
"Second princess, I'm afraid the eldest princess is not a good person, otherwise let Lu Lin accompany Miss Duan in." Dan Tang was the eldest among the palace maids waiting for Xiao Xuan, so he was naturally not at ease
"Don't worry, my big sister isn't stupid. This is the mansion of the eldest princess of Yongshou, and my grandmother is in the mansion, what can the eldest sister do to me? Xiao Xuan smiled and said to Dantang. They can't stop the big sister for long in the green forest, so take Sister Chu away. ”
Seeing that Xiao Xuan insisted on this, Dan Tang had no choice but to lead Sister Chu into the house.
"Green Forest, go and invite the eldest princess in." Seeing that the maid in the eldest princess's mansion closed the door, Xiao Xuan smiled and asked Lu Lin to welcome Xiao Lu outside the door.
When Xiao Lu was welcomed in by the green forest, Xiao Xuan was standing on the edge of the stone table.
"Big sister, why are you here today?" Xiao Xuan looked at Xiao Lu innocently and asked.
"My mother knew that my aunt's house held a chrysanthemum banquet, and she specially asked my father for a decree to let me go out of the palace to have a look. My father also sent an inner eunuch to inform my aunt and grandmother, and my sister lives in my aunt's house, why didn't she know that I was coming? Xiao Lu was full of smiles, not as angry as before, but her eyes still made Xiao Xuan thankful and uncomfortable.
"Although I live in my grandmother's house, my grandmother naturally doesn't need to tell me about such a trivial matter." Xiao Xuan took the teapot, personally poured Xiao Lu a cup of tea, and invited her to sit down. "Now that the big sister is here, can I sit down and have a cup of tea?"
Xiao Xuan pushed the teacup in front of Xiao Lu, and Xiao Lu sat down without shirking.
"What a sweet tea." Xiao Lu glanced at the teacup, then took it up and drank it all. "As soon as my sister leaves the palace, it will be a few months, and it is very comfortable to live in my aunt's grandmother's house, otherwise my sister will not be happy and will not return to the palace so far."
"That's nature, this is my grandmother's mansion, and the yard is full of my relatives." Xiao Xuan replied as if unintentionally. "But the eldest brother came once a few days ago, saying that he was going to take me back to the palace after a while. When my sister asked about this today, did she think about me? ”
Xiao Xuan was too lazy to continue to deal with Xiao Lu, who was now speaking in a weird manner, and when she was impatient, fortunately, the news of Xiao Lu's arrival spread out in the green forest, and the eldest princess of Yongshou sent someone over to invite Xiao Lu to the main hall.
Xiao Lu listened to the maid's message and knew that Xiao Xuan sent someone to spread the word, so that the eldest princess of Yongshou would send someone over in time.
"It turns out that my sister hasn't gone to say hello to my grandmother?" Xiao Xuan stood up and said. "My grandmother has sent someone to invite her, so let's go. You must know that since you have come to someone else's house as a guest, it is the right way to go to the host's house to say hello as soon as possible. ”
Xiao Lu followed the maid away, and Xiao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when she watched her figure disappear outside the door.
Dan Tang, who had been nervously listening to the movement outside the door, heard that Xiao Lu was gone, and immediately asked someone to open the door and led Sister Chu out quickly.
"Sister Princess." Sister Chu'er's little face turned pale, and she came up to talk to Xiao Xuan. "Is Celestia gone?"
Sister Chu said as she looked in the direction of the courtyard gate with a worried face.
"Well, she's gone." Xiao Xuan patted Sister Chu'er's face and said. "Sister Chu, don't worry, the eldest princess will definitely not be like when you first met her in the future."
"But..... But.... I'm still afraid of her. "Sister Chu really remembers the first time she met Xiao Lu.
"It's okay, if you're still afraid of her, you can avoid it when you see her from afar in the future."
The chrysanthemum banquet held by the eldest princess of Yongshou not only came to the powerful ladies of the imperial capital, but even the eldest princess specially went out of the palace to participate in the banquet.
Therefore, Xiao Xuan couldn't hide in the courtyard all the time, and when it was time for the luncheon, Xiao Xuan went back to the room to change her dress and took Sister Chu to the main hall again.
As soon as Xiao Xuan appeared in the main hall, the ladies in the hall instantly quieted down.
Sister Chu stood beside Xiao Xuan, feeling the gaze of everyone, she was cowardly and kept retreating.
"Sister Chu, your mother is sitting there." Xiao Xuan immediately lowered his head, patted his palm lightly on Sister Chu'er's back, and pointed to the place where the county lord was sitting. "See? Shall I let the green forest lead you over? ”
Sister Chu looked in the direction of Xiao Xuan's finger, and sure enough, she saw the Duansu County Lord who was looking over here, and Sister Chu nodded.
Seeing that Sister Chu nodded, Xiao Xuan handed Sister Chu over to the green forest to lead, and took the orange straight forward and sat on the right hand side of the eldest princess of Yongshou.
"Where are you lazy?" The eldest princess of Yongshou looked at Xiao Xuan with a loving face. "I won't come here until this time, and the feast will begin."
"Grandmother, I'm not here."
Xiao Xuan is here, and everyone is finally together.
At the beginning of the luncheon, the maids of the eldest princess's mansion served exquisite dishes and sweet and refreshing wines. The ladies chatted and laughed with acquaintances, and the atmosphere in the main hall was very lively for a while.
As the eldest princess, Xiao Lu was unable to sit next to the eldest princess of Yongshou, but she also sat in the position closest to the eldest princess of Yongshou.
When the wine is hot, a female family member comes to toast to the eldest princess of Yongshou with a wine glass.
Xiao Xuan also accompanied the visitors to laugh and chat, she spoke thoughtfully and politely, without any arrogant and pretentious attitude.
Xiao Lu sat in her place, staring at Xiao Xuan above in a daze.
Fortunately, Xiao Lu didn't make any special moves today, and sat in her place so peacefully. She also has a dignified smile on her face all the time, and if someone comes up to talk to her, she also responds with a smile on her face.
It made everyone present change the pampered and arrogant image of her in their hearts in the past.
It's just that Sister Chu, who was sitting next to the county lord of Duansu, still didn't dare to look up at Xiao Lu, and the county lord of Duansu held a bamboo chopstick to pick up vegetables for her and put them on the plate in front of her.
"Eat well." Lord Duansu looked at Xiao Lu, who was sitting above, and whispered to Sister Chu. "There are a lot of people at the banquet, you just eat obediently."
"Got it, Mother." Sister Chu listened to the words of the county lord of Duansu, obediently picked up the bamboo chopsticks in front of her, which belonged to the size of a child, and ate them one bite after another.
After the chrysanthemum banquet was dispersed, the He family and the Ouyang family stood at the gate of the mansion to bid farewell to the guests one by one.
Xiao Xuan helped the eldest princess of Yongshou to walk to the inner courtyard.
When Xiao Lu was leading her out of the eldest princess's mansion under the guidance of the maid, she accidentally bumped into a young man with a long body and a brocade dress standing under the porch.
"Who's that?" While Xiao Lu looked at the young man, her heart felt as if something had lightly bumped into her, and her cheeks couldn't help but feel hot. Now she felt familiar to the young man, but she couldn't remember when she had met him.
"Back to Celestia." The maid who led the way for Xiao Lu looked at the young man under the porch. "That's the fourth young master in the mansion, the second son of the second master."
"Oh."
The young man was born with a delicate and beautiful face like a good woman, he stood under the porch and stretched out his hand, gently climbed and broke a flower branch from the osmanthus tree, held it in the palm of his hand like a treasure, and quickly left Xiao Lu's sight.
"Celestia?" The maid saw Xiao Lu standing still for a long time, so she stepped forward and reminded in a low voice. "Is there anything wrong with Celestia?"
"Oh, no." Xiao Lu reacted.
Xiao Xuan was talking to the eldest princess of Yongshou, and the maid outside the door came in and said that the fourth young master was here.
"Changjun has seen grandmother." Liu Changjun walked in with a flower branch in his hand.
Liu Changjun perfectly inherited the good looks of his parents, and he has the blood of the Xiao royal family, and he is a very beautiful man.
"Cousin Changjun." Xiao Xuan sat down in the eldest princess of Yongshou and greeted him with crooked eyebrows. "Why did my cousin only appear now, I haven't seen my cousin for most of the day."
"There are too many people in the house, and I don't think it's noisy. Anyway, there are people in the family who can support the guests, so I simply stay in my yard. Wait for today's chrysanthemum feast to disperse before coming out. Liu Changjun's peach blossom eyes showed all his grace, but his voice was low and soft, listening to his words, most of the maids who were now serving in the room had red cheeks, and none of them dared to look at his face. Thinking that he was going to come to greet his grandmother, he smelled the fragrance of osmanthus on the way over, so his grandson specially folded the best one and gave his grandmother a bottle to smell the fragrance for a few days. ”
"Okay, find the right bottle." The eldest princess of Yongshou liked good-looking children the most, and repeatedly beckoned the maids to rummage through the vases in the treasury to insert the flower branches brought by Liu Changjun. "It's still the most filial piety in my family, and I always think about me in my heart."
"Grandmother, am I not filial?" Xiao Xuan didn't follow when she heard this, and pulled the sleeve of the eldest princess of Yongshou and said coquettishly. "I've been out of the palace to accompany you for so long, and now even my mother complains that I'm not going back to the palace for a long time."
"You naughty girl, how long have you been in front of me these days when you have been out of the palace, don't you know yourself?" The eldest princess of Yongshou said happily. "I think about running out every day, you didn't just come out of the palace under my name, why are you fighting now."
"Hey, hey, hey." Xiao Xuan smiled. "Grandmother is the best, she won't blame me, right?"
"Yes, yes." The eldest princess of eternal life said. "Grandmother won't talk about you anymore."
"Cousin Changjun, I also like the fragrance of osmanthus." Xiao Xuan looked at Liu Changjun and begged. "You can pick one up and give it to me another day, okay?"