Jiu'er went to tell Li Yan about the matter, Li Yan quickly sent a young man out to rent a carriage, when Xia Mengran and Xiaolu walked to the gate, they saw Xia Mengning being helped by Jiu'er to sit on the sedan chair sent by the palace, on the other hand, it was just an inconspicuous broken carriage, Xia Mengran bit her lip unconvinced, after all, she had no choice but to pick up her skirt and walk up.

Jiu'er saw that Xia Mengning was seated, so he said, "Let's go." ”

The six people carried the sedan chair and walked forward slowly, and when they passed by Xia Mengran's side, Xia Mengning opened the sedan curtain, glanced at Xia Mengran, who was having a black face, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Several sedan chair drivers were very fast, and they had already arrived at the palace after a while, Jiu'er opened the sedan curtain for Xia Mengning, and said softly: "Miss, we have arrived." ”

Xia Mengning took Jiu'er's hand and walked out, stood slightly, picked up a handkerchief and covered the corner of her lips, "Go in." ”

Walking to the door, Jiu'er handed the post over first, and the little guy at the door saw it, and hurriedly saluted: "The little one has seen the third miss, and the third lady is please." ”

The palace has indeed put a lot of effort into this tea party, this is a magnificent garden, has been thoroughly utilized, surrounded by small potted plants with blooming flowers, every few steps there is a stone table, on which has already been placed delicate snacks and refreshing tea, almost no need for a girl to guide the way, as long as you enter this garden, you can quickly let yourself into it.

Xia Mengning and Jiu'er walked into the garden, and saw many young ladies who had already arrived, the male guests were on the other side, and there were only a few screens embroidered with landscapes, flowers and birds in the middle, if people sat down, they couldn't see each other, but if they stood and talked, the screen would have no effect.

Xia Mengning saw this situation, smiled slightly, and said to Jiu'er beside him: "It must be this spring season, everywhere is a warm color, this tea tasting party drunkard does not mean to drink, we didn't know, now I am thinking about why Xia Mengran wants to beg to come, I finally know the princess's intentions." ”

Jiu'er lowered her head and smiled, Ren was stupid, and he could see that this was just a blind date in disguise, the daughter and the prince who had a face in the capital came here, and they borrowed such an elegant tea taste, which naturally won the hearts of these daughters who could only stay in the boudoir all day long.

Xia Mengning walked a few steps, stood still slightly under a flower stand, dressed in a plain and elegant dress, full of green silk just used a pearl jasper step to shake it, her face was beautiful and beautiful, compared with the flowers blooming on this flower stand, it was not inferior.

Many people noticed Xia Mengning, Xia Mengning looked over to the male guest, and saw the eldest Sun Yun, who was dressed in white, sitting alone in front of a stone table, and when Xia Mengning looked at him, he was also looking at him gently.

Xia Mengning smiled, still unwilling to be the focus of the crowd, took a few steps forward, and sat down in front of a stone table.

At the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xia Mengran was sitting in the carriage with a black face, the carriage was in tatters, why was there a strange sound when he walked, Xia Mengran sat in the carriage, trying to hold his breath and concentrate, trying to isolate himself from these strange smells.

The carriage walked slowly for a while, but Xia Mengran felt that she couldn't help it, and couldn't help but open the curtain, "When will you arrive?" ”

The coachman sitting in the carriage didn't turn his head, and said loudly: "What's the hurry, my horse is tired, I'll go feed it some grass first, and only when I'm full can I go on the road." ”

Xiao Lu, who was sitting inside, was stunned for a moment, and then shouted loudly: "Then what's the matter, our young lady still has important matters, if it's delayed, you don't want to take any of this silver." ”

When the coachman heard this, he suddenly grabbed the reins, turned around, and shouted, "Why, your young lady's business is a big deal, if my horse is tired, who will be responsible?" ”

The coachman turned his head, which really startled Xia Mengran and Xiao Lu, only to see that most of the old face of the coachman was covered with scars, hideous and terrifying, and a few scars even snaked to the side of the mouth, and when they looked at it, it was scary in an instant.

Xiao Lu and Xia Mengran were both stunned, and then they screamed in fear, and the coachman didn't think so, as if he was used to being treated like this, and pulled down the hat on his head to cover most of his face.

Xia Mengran and Xiao Lu curled up in the innermost corner of the carriage, and said tremblingly: "If you want to feed the horses first, you can send us to the palace." ”

The coachman saw the frightened looks of the two, laughed disdainfully, and then slowly let go of the reins in his hand and drove forward.

I don't know how long I walked, Xia Mengran was almost drowsy by the carriage spinning around, and finally stopped, for some reason, the carriage braked sharply again, and finally stopped suddenly.

Xia Mengran and Xiao Lu staggered out of the carriage, Xiao Lu gave the silver to the coachman, and the two hurriedly tidied up their dresses, and then walked into the palace.

When I walked to the gate, I was stopped by the little guy standing there, "Miss, where is your post?" ”

Xia Mengran was stunned for a moment, thinking that she didn't have a post but just followed Xia Mengning, and now Xia Mengning is afraid that she has already gone in, where can she go to get another post.

Successively a lot of daughters entered from the gate, and the people who came all asked the girl to hand over the post, looking at Xia Mengran and the girl standing aside, those daughters all put on a contemptuous posture, Xia Mengran lowered her head, her face was already red and blue with anger, but she couldn't show it, there are so many people coming and going here, if you say something wrong, it will spread throughout the capital the next day.

After waiting for the surrounding people to almost go, Xia Mengran walked to the side of the little guy and said: "I am the fifth lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, I came with my third sister, and my third sister is inside, if you don't believe it, you can call her out and prove it to me." ”

The two servants glanced at each other, and one of them said, "The fifth lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion? The little one has only heard that there is a third lady who looks like a fairy and has good talents, when will there be a fifth miss? ”

When the other guy heard this, he also looked at Xia Mengran with a smile, and said: "Isn't it from someone else who pretends to be a young lady, maybe there is some improper plan to come in like this, I see, it's better to report to the official quickly, so as not to get into trouble." ”

As soon as she heard this, Xia Mengran became anxious and said, "I am really the fifth lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, if you don't believe it, just call my third sister out to prove it to me." ”

When the little guy heard this, he couldn't help but snort coldly, "The third lady is the future quasi-princess, and she was married by the emperor himself, which onion are you, and you still want to see the third lady, it's really a fool's dream!" ”

In the garden, many guests were talking in twos and threes, Xia Mengning sat alone on the stone bench, slowly drinking the tea in front of her, at this moment, a little girl ran to Xia Mengning's side, saluted and said: "The slave has seen the third miss, and the princess has invited the third miss to go over to enjoy the tea." ”

Xia Mengning stood up, "I'm tired." ”

The little girl didn't dare to say again, walked sideways in front to lead the way, and hurried to the pavilion in the front yard, where a lot of people had gathered, the little girl walked forward and saluted: "Princess Niangniang, the third lady is here." ”

When everyone heard this, they all turned around, and after seeing Xia Mengning, they all gave way out, Xia Mengning stepped forward and first gave Zheng Yuxiu a salute, "The little girl has seen the princess." ”

Zheng Yuxiu sat in the middle of the pavilion and said with a smile: "Hurry up, I thought that you hadn't come yet, but this question only knew that you had already come, why did you sit there alone, strange and anxious." ”

Xia Meng straightened up, looking at Zheng Yuxiu and saying these words to herself with a smile, with a slight blame and pampering in her eyes, she seemed to look like a quasi-loving mother-in-law.

But Xia Mengning knew in her heart that in this deep mansion compound, there has never been a person who is really scheming, or really simple, let alone someone who can climb to the position of the princess, even if she is the queen's own sister, she can stabilize her position for so many years, and her scheming should not be underestimated.

Sitting next to Zheng Hanxiu is Meng Xianya, who is dressed up, the tea party means elegant, almost everyone who appears is not very gorgeous, even Zheng Yuxiu is wearing a sapphire blue dress, not too gorgeous, and has not lost her identity.

But Meng Xianya seemed to be more real, wearing a water-red short gown with a big pomegranate red skirt, and her head full of jewels was gorgeous, shining in the sun, almost making it impossible to look at her face directly.

Zheng Yuxiu looked at Xia Mengning and said, "Move a chair for the third lady." ”

Xia Mengning hurriedly saluted, "Thank you, Princess Niangniang." ”

After sitting down, Zheng Yuxiu smiled and said, "Today, I specially invited a master from the palace who specializes in cooking tea to cook a pot of Wufeng silver needles for us on the spot." ”

The northern country attaches great importance to the tea ceremony, almost everyone can cook fragrant tea, even in the homes of ordinary people, there are several sets of decent tea sets.

Xia Mengning smiled lightly, "Tea is the essence of heaven and earth, I have long heard that the master in the palace has first-class tea cooking skills, and it is really an honor for the little girl to be fortunate to see it today." ”

Zheng Yuxiu nodded, Meng Xianya on the side couldn't help but glance at Xia Mengning with contempt, as early as the last time Xia Mengning ruined her good deeds, she hated Xia Mengning, this time she also prepared a strategy early, just wanted to avenge the last time. Thinking of this, Meng Xianya smiled and said, "Oh? The concubine body has heard that Miss Xia is extremely talented, and this tea ceremony must be excellent, so why don't you show your hands in front of everyone today? ”

Xia Mengning smiled lightly, "The little girl only understands the tea ceremony, not to mention being proficient. ”