The words sent by the queen to Jinxiu only put Xiao Xuan up. Whether Xiao Xuan goes or doesn't go that day, it is just to give Xiao Lu a scene.

After Jinxiu said something, Emperor Liu, Xiao Xuan's mother and daughter glanced at each other.

"I'm sorry for you to go back to my mother for me." After being stunned for a moment, Xiao Xuan said to Jinxiu with a smile. "I'll pass that day."

"Your Highness is really generous." For Xiao Xuan's answer, Jinxiu smiled with satisfaction and praised it. "The queen mother knows that Her Highness must still have some complaints in her heart, but Her Highness is His Majesty's favorite child, and he is naturally broad-minded. If His Royal Highness goes to the flower banquet, it will also save the face of the royal family, and it is not good for those people to talk about the discord between the two princesses outside. ”

After a few more gossips, Jinxiu said that he hurried back to the queen to serve and left.

Concubine Liu Huang watched Jinxiu leave, and a green glazed tea cup in her hand fell to the ground, and the tea was scattered on the ground.

"Mother, I originally wanted my mother to make an idea for me." Xiao Xuan smiled and poured a new cup of tea and sent it to Emperor Liu's concubine, saying. "But it doesn't seem to be needed right now."

"It's too much of a deception. She wants to support Xiao Lu on the scene, and she wants to use you as a raft. Emperor Liu gritted her teeth and said hatefully. Say this to her, no matter what you say or do, the benefits will fall on Xiao Lu's head alone. ”

"Mother, don't be angry." Xiao Xuan comforted Emperor Liu's concubine. "It's just a flower feast, and I can go or not. But for the sake of my eldest sister's big sister getting married in March, I also did my duty as a younger sister. ”

"You're used to saying these things to my liking." Concubine Liu sighed. "Blame me, if I am not one level lower than her, she is a wife and I am just a concubine, why do you need to look at her face."

"What's the blame for the mother?" Xiao Xuan said obediently. "I didn't agree to this for the sake of the Queen's face. My father and my mother know better than me. After all, the eldest sister is his eldest daughter, and I took the initiative to show favor and let the eldest sister save some of her reputation before she gets married. If I do this, my father will remember me well in his eyes. ”

Emperor Liu thought about it, it was really such a truth, Emperor Chu treated the prince very harshly, but he treated his two daughters very favorably. For example, in the matter of the palace, Emperor Liu learned from the imperial doctor that the wound on Xiao Xuan's face would not leave a scar, and she also knew that Xiao Lu did inadvertently miss and hurt Xiao Xuan, so she would take the initiative to intercede for Xiao Lu and ask Emperor Chu not to punish Xiao Lu heavily. Coupled with Xiao Xuan's initiative to retreat after returning to the palace, Emperor Chu will only favor Xiao Xuan more.

"That's it, you go to the Imperial Garden that day, and bring more people with you." Although she figured it out, Concubine Liu was still not very relieved. "Be careful, don't leave anyone around."

"I have written down all the instructions of the concubine." In the final analysis, Xiao Lu's actions are quite difficult to figure out, and Xiao Xuan is naturally on guard in her heart. Even if Emperor Liu's concubine didn't command, she would also have more ideas that day.

On the day Xiao Lu held the flower banquet, Xiao Xuan got up early to dress up.

Lu Lin called a little palace maid to put the alternative jewelry in the tray for Xiao Xuan to choose, and Xiao Xuan, who was combing her hair, glanced slightly sideways.

"I'm not the protagonist of today's flower banquet." Xiao Xuan shook his head when he saw that the jewelry picked by the green forest was gorgeous and outstanding. "These pieces of jewelry are not suitable for me today, so it's just a matter of choosing a few styles. I'm just going through the motions, it's enough to dress up modestly. ”

Green Forest had to take someone to pick out a new set of pearl heads, which was much more low-key than the gorgeous gems and gorgeous gold ornaments.

The green forest let Xiao Xuan look at it again, and Xiao Xuan was satisfied.

This set of pearl heads is also very valuable, but the color is plain, which is more suitable for Xiao Xuan's light makeup today.

After the makeup was over, Dan Tang held Xiao Xuan's hand and waited for her to get up.

"Well, that's it for today." Xiao Xuan stood in front of the mirror and nodded with satisfaction.

"Princess, wait a minute." Seeing that Xiao Xuan wanted to leave, Lu Lin hurriedly called her. "Last night, the imperial concubine also asked Sister Suihong to send a big package, saying that it was for the princess today. The slave forgot to bring it, so the princess will wait before leaving. ”

"There you go."

Lu Lin hurriedly went out of the outer room, and after a while, I saw her come back with a huge package.

Dan Tang hurriedly stepped forward, helped Lu Lin put down the package, untied the package, and found that it was a pure white fox fur thick cloak, which was suitable for Xiao Xuan's use today.

"It's so cold outside, princess, put it on." Tachibana unfolded his cloak and asked.

Xiao Xuan nodded, and when the orange was draped for her, she turned around and went out.

The protagonist of today's Imperial Garden is not himself, Xiao Xuan drank a bowl of hot milk before going out to get out of Yihua Palace unhurriedly.

When Xiao Xuan arrived at the place, in the peach blossom forest of the Imperial Garden, there was already a scene of warblers singing and dancing.

This time, Xiao Lu really invited many young ladies from the family into the palace, and as soon as Xiao Xuan appeared, a young lady from the family who had seen her came forward to greet her.

Xiao Xuan has always been gentle to others, and there are many people around him when talking and laughing.

Soon, Xiao Lu, the protagonist of today's flower banquet, learned that Xiao Xuan was coming and brought someone over.

When Xiao Lu came over, Xiao Xuan was standing under a peach blossom tree and talking to someone. The peach blossoms are light and deep pink, and Xiao Xuan is dressed in a white fox fur standing under the tree, like a fairy.

When the ladies of the family around Xiao Xuan saw Xiao Lu coming, they felt that they had dispersed, leaving a way for Xiao Lu to walk in front of Xiao Xuan.

"Big sister." Xiao Xuan was originally facing away from Xiao Lu, but at this time, she seemed to have a pair of eyes behind her back, and before Xiao Lu could speak, she slowly turned around and smiled.

"Hello sister." Xiao Lu originally thought that Xiao Xuan must have come because of the pressure sent by the queen, but she smiled sincerely, and it was not at all like she was forced to come. "The original thing was that my sister didn't do well, but today I really didn't expect that my sister would be able to really come over."

The palace maids who followed Xiao Xuan, except for Dan Tang and Lu Lin who were empty-handed, the remaining six palace maids each carried a food box in their hands.

"It's rare for a big sister to invite someone into the palace, how can I not come to see such a rare scene." Xiao Xuan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile. "I thought it was better to come empty-handed to attend my sister's flower banquet, but I didn't know what to prepare for a while. It just so happened that there were ready-made snacks in the small kitchen of Yihua Palace today, and I ordered someone to pick up a few boxes of them, so don't dislike it, sister. ”

"Thank you, sister." Xiao Lu smiled and made people step forward to take the snack. "The white fox and fox fur on my sister's body is really good-looking, especially against the peach blossoms and falling snow in this garden, it is better like a fairy concubine."

"I was born with a weak body, afraid of cold and cold, and I was most afraid of going out on such a snowy day." Xiao Xuan took a breath of warm air from her mouth, and Dan Tang immediately stepped forward to tuck her neckline. "But since I received the post from my eldest sister, I have to go to the appointment no matter what, so the mother found out such a dress for me to wear."

It is said that the two princesses, who are incompatible, have to stand and talk face to face now, each with a smile on their faces.

The ladies who were standing farther away couldn't help but whisper.

"It's my fault, I forgot to take care of my sister's body." Xiao Lu suddenly realized, turned sideways and invited Xiao Xuan into the pavilion. "There are gauze tents around the pavilion, and there are charcoal basins in it, my sister might as well go in and sit down for a while to warm up."

"Big sister is really caring." Xiao Xuan shook her body and responded with a smile. "Then my sister was disrespectful."

When Concubine Liu got up in the morning, her right eyelid kept beating, and she was always a little panicked in her heart.

"Spike Red."

"Mother, the slave is here." Suihong, who was watching the palace maids doing work outside, immediately rushed in. "Do you have any instructions?"

"Where's the princess?" Emperor Liu touched her heart with one hand and asked.

"Hui Niangniang, today is the day when the eldest princess holds a flower banquet in the imperial garden." Spike replied. The princess got up early in the morning, dressed up, and went over with a cup of hot milk. Is there something to find the princess? Do you want the slave to send someone to the royal garden and send a message to the princess to come back? ”

"No, I don't have anything to do with her. Besides, she has only been there for a while, so it's not good for me to send someone to call her back at this time. Concubine Liu shook her head. It's just that my right eyelid kept beating when I woke up this morning, and my heart felt empty. ”

"Maybe my mother didn't rest well last night?" Suihong said. "If the mother is really unwell, the slave will call the imperial doctor."

"It's not that I'm unwell, it's just that I think Xuan'er has always been a little inappropriate in the past today, and I always feel like something is going to happen?" Emperor Liu said.

"In addition to the orange and green forest around her, the princess also followed six palace maids today." Sui Hong also went to Xiao Xuan's hall this morning to ask. "Besides, the Imperial Garden is full of people, there are palace guards around it, and there are also pennant guards in the shadows, so there shouldn't be anything wrong."

"It's for the best." Concubine Liu had no choice but to give up. "Maybe I didn't sleep enough, so I'll just rest a little longer."

"Then the slave and maid serve the mother, and then lie down and rest."

But when Emperor Liu's concubine lay down for only half an hour, a palace maid who followed Xiao Xuan out in the morning sweated profusely and returned to Yihua Palace to report the news.

Suihong was worried that she would disturb the sleeping peace of Emperor Liu's concubine, so she hurriedly came out to ask.

"Sister Suihong, our princess has fallen into the lake." Sui Hong had just opened her mouth to ask, and the palace maid who came back to report the news knelt down and said with tears in her eyes.

"What?" Suihong also asked in surprise. "Good and decent, why did the princess fall into the lake?"

There is indeed a shallow lake by the peach blossom forest in the Imperial Garden, but it is one person deep, and because it attracts living water, the lake generally does not freeze in winter.

"The slave doesn't know," said the maid leaning over. "When the princess had an accident, the slave maid was not in front of the princess, and after the incident, Sister Lulin asked me to come back and report the news as soon as possible."