Yesterday morning, Concubine Chen knelt outside the Lingyun Palace, and since the queen learned about it, Emperor Liu's concubine also got the news as soon as possible.

Because it will be the birthday banquet of the eldest princess of Yongshou in a few days, Emperor Liu's concubine is not at ease, so she personally took someone to take stock of the birthday gift that was to be sent to the mansion of the eldest princess of Yongshou that day.

It was at this time that a very clever little palace maid ran in with small steps.

The little palace maid's name is Danqing, who is still young, and she is brought by Suihong in Pingsuli, because she is small, looks inconspicuous, and has a lively temperament, and knows many people in each palace. Emperor Liu's concubine instructed Suihong that she didn't need to do any chores, just inquire about the news.

Suihong stepped forward, leaned down to listen to her finish, smiled and touched her head, and motioned for her to wait where she was.

"Niangniang, when it was not dawn today, Concubine Chen Niangniang went to Lingyun Hall to ask to see Your Majesty, but Your Majesty avoided it." Sui Hong walked to the side of Emperor Liu's concubine. "I heard that Concubine Chen Niangniang knelt outside the hall for half an hour before His Majesty sent Wu Chuan out to send her away. Concubine Chen couldn't get up on her knees, and the palace maid she brought with her carried her away. ”

"Stupid." After hearing this, Concubine Liu couldn't help but sneer. "It's only been two days since the marriage decree came down, does she think that this is the end of what her daughter provoked?"

"Back to Niangniang, Danqing also said that His Majesty asked Wu Chuan to pass the word, saying that before the wedding of the eldest princess, unless His Majesty took the initiative to summon her, Concubine Chen Niangniang was not allowed to take a step closer to Lingyun Palace. Today, when Danqing came back from wandering around the Imperial Garden, he saw Concubine Chen leading people to the direction of Zhaoyang Palace. ”

"Hmph, it must have been eaten in front of His Majesty, and she could only go and let the queen come forward." The movements in the hands of Emperor Liu Guifei stopped and said. "Let Danqing pay attention to some movements over there in Yuxiu Palace these days."

"Yes, the slave must give Danqing a good advice."

"Well, isn't Danqing the favorite to eat dim sum from the kitchen?" Concubine Liu looked at Danqing, who was standing outside the door with a well-behaved face, and ordered Suihong with a smile. "Send someone to the small kitchen to spread the word, and when the fresh snacks are made every day in the future, I will pick up a drawer for her first."

In a blink of an eye, it is the birthday of the eldest princess of Yongshou, although Emperor Liu's concubine is her daughter, she must not leave the palace easily as a palace concubine. Concubine Liu had to let Xiao Xuan replace her and take the birthday gift she had carefully prepared for the eldest princess of Yongshou out of the palace to go to the mansion of the eldest princess of Yongshou to congratulate her grandmother on her birthday.

When Xiao Xuan's carriage stopped outside the mansion of the eldest princess of Yongshou, it was Liu Changjun's wife Deng who greeted him outside the door.

"The princess has arrived." Deng stepped forward to salute Xiao Xuan and greeted her with a smile. "Grandmother knew that the princess was coming today, and she got up early in the morning and asked when the princess would arrive."

"But my grandmother has been thinking about it." Today is the birthday of the eldest princess of Yongshou, and Xiao Xuan is dressed up extraordinarily grandly. "A few days ago, I heard that my cousin-in-law was pregnant again, anyway, my grandmother is here and I often come and go, and my cousin-in-law doesn't have to pick me up in person."

"It's okay, I'm not the first child."

Xiao Xuan took the initiative to take a step forward, and the maid guarding Deng's side took two steps back when she saw this. Xiao Xuan affectionately grabbed Deng's arm and carefully helped her to walk towards the mansion.

Dan Tang and Lu Lin, who came with Xiao Xuan, were responsible for letting the people of the eldest princess's mansion bring in all the gifts they brought from the palace.

Entering the courtyard of the eldest princess of Yongshou, it was really lively, and the officials and ladies of the family who had a little face in the imperial capital had already arrived.

These ladies naturally knew Xiao Xuan, and when they saw her coming, they all got up and saluted. Xiao Xuan used to have no shelves, so after letting them get up, she went straight to the main hall where the eldest princess of Yongshou was.

The female dependents who can only chat in the courtyard are not from high-ranking families, and the female dependents who can enter the main hall of the eldest princess of Yongshou and sit down are the origins of the real wealthy families in the imperial capital.

As soon as Xiao Xuan came in, he first saw the eldest prince concubine Wen and the sixth prince concubine Zhao who were sitting in one place talking.

"Grandmother." Xiao Xuan walked into the hall and called out to the eldest princess of eternal life crisply.

The eldest princess of Yongshou, who was in good spirits on happy occasions, was talking to the eldest daughter Princess Mu who was sitting beside her, and she heard Xiao Xuan's voice coldly, and immediately laughed in surprise,

"Oh, Xuan'er is here." The eldest princess of Yongshou smiled and stretched out her hand to signal Xiao Xuan to come forward. "Come, come and sit with my grandmother."

Mu Wangfu, who was originally sitting beside the eldest princess of Yongshou, took the initiative to get up and give up his position.

"I've seen my aunt." Xiao Xuan stepped forward and happened to take a look at Princess Mu, and took the initiative to talk to her with a smile. "My aunt hasn't entered the palace again for a few days, how are you doing?"

"It's all good, it's just that there are a lot of relatives in the imperial capital, so it's too old for me to come back, so naturally I have to visit them one by one, so I don't have time to go into the palace to talk to your mother again." Princess Mu looked at the pretty Xiao Xuan in front of her, and couldn't help but have mixed feelings in her heart.

"When is my aunt leaving?" Xiao Xuan asked. "My mother is very worried about my aunt, if my aunt is free before leaving, please come into the palace to talk to my mother."

Princess Mu returned to the imperial capital after many years, just to celebrate the birthday of the eldest princess of Yongshou, and Princess Mu is the mistress of King Mu's mansion, so naturally she can't leave for too long, so Princess Mu will not stay in the imperial capital for a long time.

Xiao Xuan sat next to the eldest princess of Yongshou, and everyone in the hall secretly looked at this princess Zhaoyue, who was favored by His Majesty today.

is different from Xiao Xuan who I saw a few years ago because he is still young, even if he has outstanding appearance, he is just a childish mess.

At present, Xiao Xuan is over fifteen years old, slender and slender, and her smile is delicate and flawless.

A few days ago, the eldest princess in the palace had been stumbling for many years, and finally made a marriage contract and settled in the Zhenguo Mansion. It is said that the marriage of the eldest princess has been decided, and the hearts of many ladies present can be regarded as settled.

Princess Zhaoyue is fifteen years old, and it seems that she is about to reach the age of choosing a colt.

Such a noble-born princess who is favored by the emperor, who doesn't want anyone who has children?

"Grandmother, the concubine is not allowed to come today." Xiao Xuan leaned on the side of the eldest princess of Yongshou, and said affectionately holding her hand. "So I was specially sent out to accompany my grandmother for her birthday, and my mother also prepared a lot of gifts, and I brought them all."

"Well, your mother is a palace concubine, it is not easy to leave the palace, it is good for her to have this filial piety." The eldest princess of Yongshou asked happily. "Your mother remembered to prepare a gift for me, what about you, don't you come empty-handed, right?"

"My grandmother loves me the most, how can I not remember it." Xiao Xuan beckoned to Dan Tang and took a brocade box from Dan Tangerine's hand. "Although this thing is not valuable, I stayed up for several nights to make it for my grandmother, so don't dislike it."

After that, Xiao Xuan held the brocade box in both hands and sent it to the eldest princess of Yongshou. The eldest princess of Yongshou took it and opened it to see that there was a vermilion purse lying inside, embroidered with a pattern of pine cranes extending its life. The eldest princess of Yongshou gently took out the purse and looked at it carefully, although the stitches and embroidery of the purse are not the best, but the stitches are fine, the pattern is auspicious, and the people who have always made such things have also taken a lot of effort.

"Good boy, grandmother likes it very much." The eldest princess of Yongshou almost untied the purse she was carrying on the spot and replaced it with the purse sent by Xiao Xuan. "Behold, it matches my clothes today."

The eldest princess of Yongshou spoke, and the ladies present immediately cheered up, praising Princess Zhaoyue's ingenuity, benevolence, filial piety and kindness, and one by one they were afraid that they would speak worse than others.

Fortunately, Xiao Xuan has also seen some of the market, Rao was praised by everyone, and he just covered his lips and chuckled.

After a lively day, after eating the birthday banquet in the evening, Dan Tang walked behind Xiao Xuan and whispered to remind Xiao Xuan that it was time to return.

"Okay, it's not early, you can go back to the palace." The eldest princess of Yongshou took the initiative to say.

"But I still want to spend some more time with my grandmother." Xiao Xuan hugged the arm of the eldest princess of Yongshou and was coquettish.

"Well, you are obedient first, and go back to the palace first." The eldest princess of eternal life said. "Anyway, my grandmother has to enter the palace tomorrow to thank her, and I will go to Yihua Palace when the time comes."

Today, the Emperor of Chu and the Empress both gave heavy gifts to celebrate the birthday of the eldest princess of Yongshou. So as a rule, tomorrow morning, the eldest princess of Yongshou will enter the palace to thank her.

"Okay, then I'll go back first."

Xiao Xuan returned to the palace, because he ate a lot at the banquet in the mansion of the eldest princess of Yongshou in the evening. Feeling a little unwell, Xiao Xuan didn't let Dan Tang call a sedan chair to pick her up and go back to Yihua Palace. With only a few people such as Dan Tang and Lu Lin, he was ready to walk back to Yihua Palace slowly.

Now it was completely dark, and there were only sporadic lights on both sides of the road.

"Princess, watch your step." Dan Tachibana persuaded. "The road in the palace at night is not easier than during the day, so the princess must be careful not to stumble."

"You're used to being crow's mouth." Lu Lin was helping Xiao Xuan, she said disapprerovingly. "Didn't you see the green forest supporting me? Besides, I'm walking in the middle of the road, and something will happen somewhere. “

But that's it, as soon as Xiao Xuan's words fell, a person rushed out obliquely from the shadows on the side, avoiding all the palace maids on Xiao Xuan's side, and rushed straight towards Xiao Xuan.

Lu Lin and Dan Tang hurriedly subconsciously blocked in front of Xiao Xuan, but the two of them didn't expect that the man looked short and so energetic, both of them were knocked away, and Xiao Xuan behind them didn't have time to avoid it, and was knocked down to the ground behind him by the man.

Dan Tang and Lu Lin exclaimed, and they didn't have time to protect Xiao Xuan anymore, so they had to watch Xiao Xuan fall to the ground.