Hu Xianxian was not allowed to think about it, Ke Yarun had already spoken again: "Concubine Hu is participating in the state banquet for the first time? Don't be restrained, after entering the noble class, there are many such opportunities, and you will slowly learn to hand over entertainment. ”

"Huh." Hu Xianxian laughed dryly, not wanting to fight with her, so he turned around and sat down.

"Hehe, Concubine Hu Tianfei has strong mana, so she naturally disdains to be in the company of us and other laypeople...... Eh, your sister is still in vain, hum, it's really ...... It's so much fun! ”

Seeing that Hu Xianxian ignored her, Ke Yarun walked away with a smile, inadvertently glimpsed Hang Wuyi's movements, and turned around and ridiculed.

"Auntie...... I ......" As soon as Hang Wu heard her say this, he knew that he might be embarrassed, and buried his head in embarrassment and pulled Hu Xianxian's clothes.

"Huh? What's the matter? Hu Xianxian didn't pay attention to what Hang Wuyi did just now, and pulled her shoulder and asked her.

Hang Wuyi raised his head and opened his mouth to point, Hu Xianxian saw that there was a little meat tendon on her front teeth, and he understood. It must have been that after Hang Wuyi ate the meat tendons, he wanted to chew it hard, but he didn't chew it completely, so he embedded a trace between his teeth, and then subconsciously picked it with his hands, which happened to be seen by Ke Yarun.

"What's so hard about that?" Hu Xianxian crossed the aura to Hang Wuyi's fingers, "Auntie taught you a little spell to easily clean your lips and teeth." ”

As she spoke, she guided Hang Wuyi's fingers to the corners of her mouth, and the tendons embedded in her teeth disappeared.

After doing this, everyone else unconsciously looked at each other. When eating, it is inevitable that there will be food residues on the mouth, so it is very embarrassing to be ridiculed, and it would be great if you could clean yourself like this.

Ke Yarun stiffened his face and went to his seat, Ke Yajie smiled apologetically to Hu Xianxian, and also returned to his seat.

At this time, Shen Zhujun walked towards Hu Xian Xian Huanting with a purple jade cup, and before he got closer, he smiled like a warbler: "Sister Hu is close to them, do you want to be alienated from this palace?" ”

"Niang Niang Jin'an." Hu Xianxian bowed slightly and raised her glass, she knew that everyone was looking at her, and tried to follow the etiquette.

From reading out the reward, to Sister Ke Yarun to toast, and then to Shen Zhujun to toast, Hu Xianxian, who was just trying to respond to the scene, was pushed to the forefront for some reason, and secretly complained in his heart.

"This palace is close to Sister Hu, but Sister Hu wants to use clichés to perfunctory?"

Seeing that Hu Xianxian was a little unable to answer, Shen Zhujun raised his eyebrows and glanced at everyone, with a hint of majesty between his eyebrows: "The world is changing, people who are accustomed to participating in state banquets may not have the opportunity to come all the time, and those who come for the first time may gradually become accustomed to it." Gentlemen and ministers have fun, everyone eat and drink well, don't worry about some red tape. ”

After that, Shen Zhujun raised his glass and toasted to all parties: "I wish the Empress Dowager and all princesses, ladies, Yuanjun, and young ladies, a happy and healthy Spring Festival." ”

Except for the Queen Mother, everyone left their seats to raise their glasses, and after thanking the Queen Mother, they took a sip of wine.

Before he arrived, the meal was finally finished, and when he came to the outside of the hall, Hu Xianxian took a few breaths, and hurriedly walked out of the palace before he felt comfortable in his chest.

Hang Wuyi gasped even more exaggeratedly, seeing that there were no superfluous people on the street, and muttered: "The emperor has a treat, glory is glory...... But this meal is really uncomfortable......"

Before the words fell, someone answered: "Then have a relaxed and hot meal tonight?" ”

"Ah Lu girl......" Hu Xianxian saw that the person who came was Ah Lu, and was a little puzzled.

"Concubine Hu Tianfei forgot what the queen mother invited?"

After being reminded by Ah Lu, Hu Xianxian remembered that Shen Zhujun asked her to take charge of the night banquet. Previously, after everyone thanked her, they all walked outside the palace, and she just wanted to get out of the palace quickly to take a breath, so she walked out with the crowd.

With Ah Lu re-entering the palace and sitting in the small flower hall of Yusheng Palace, Shen Zhujun came back.

Shen Zhujun invited her master and apprentice to sit in the inner hall, and when she entered the daily living place of the inner hall, Shen Zhujun first entered the suite on the side of the hall. She changed out of her dress, put down the phoenix crown, took off her makeup, and then walked out in a bun, wearing a green brocade jacket, and a silver hand stove.

"Are you tired of eating at noon today? The dishes are not as good as Sister Hu's, they look greasy and good-looking, but they are not fragrant to eat. “

Seeing that they were about to get up and salute, Shen Zhujun hurriedly shook his head: "There is no need to talk about those false courtesies, they are all their own people here, and there is no need to be restrained." ”

After chatting a few words about the past, Hu Xianxian asked why Princess Chengjun would go to the banquet?

Shen Zhujun said that when Emperor Deyuan was there, every year after the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, he would summon the king of Chengjun to Beijing for the New Year, and he would not return to Kuozhou until the Lantern Festival.

This year, Han Zexi also summoned King Chengjun to Beijing as usual, but he excused himself from illness and did not enter Beijing. Again, in order to live up to the emperor's kindness, he asked the princess to enter Beijing on behalf of her husband and visit her sister by the way.

Hearing this, Hu Xianxian pondered for a while and said: "King Chengjun really has different intentions, but in order to stabilize the emperor, he recommended his wife to Beijing to win over the relationship. “

Shen Zhujun bowed slightly: "Zexi said that it's okay if he doesn't come, some things are better solved later than early." Since he wants his wife to enter Beijing, then we can also take her wife hostage. ”

Hu Xianxian nodded very lightly, and sighed secretly in her heart, Ke Yarun was so arrogant, she only thought that her husband trusted her by letting her enter Beijing and entrusted her with a heavy responsibility, but he didn't expect that King Chengjun didn't care about her safety at all. Or does she think that it is easy for her to come to Beijing and easy to get out of Beijing?

Speaking of Ke Yarun, it was inevitable to mention Ke Yajie again, and Shen Zhujun's face darkened.

Shen Zhujun said that Ke Yajie abides by her duty, works hard for all kinds of chores in the harem every day, never fights for the wind and is jealous, and does not favor the king of Chengjun because of her sister's relationship, everything is for the sake of Han Zexi.

"Sister Hu, seriously, Concubine De is more like a competent queen, she really only has the emperor in her eyes...... Alas, sometimes I wish she was a sinister villain, and I could fight with her, and I really don't know how to get along with her with such a virtuous uncle. ”

Hu Xianxian can understand Shen Zhujun's troubles, and also believes that Ke Yajie is really virtuous. Ke Yajie really likes Han Zexi, and the education she received since she was a child made her a standard lady, and she didn't know that her forbearance and tolerance would also bring trouble to others.

"This is the case...... Then don't get along......" Hu Xianxian squeezed his eyes and teased Shen Zhujun.

"Yes, then don't get along!" Shen Zhujun smiled playfully.

"Well, the emperor ...... you Are you all right? This is the privacy of the palace, Hu Xianxian shouldn't have asked, but thinking that it was difficult for Shen Zhujun to meet her, in order to talk to her, she still took the initiative to ask, so as not to hold Shen Zhujun in her heart.

Shen Zhujun smiled sourly, "It's not bad...... Seriously, in fact, she married Zexi first, and she can't be treated too lightly. There are always a few days every month, of course, I use this excuse to drive Zexi to her...... However, Zexi said that they didn't do anything......"

"Even if you don't do anything, you're still uncomfortable, right? Besides, I'm worried about the future. Because there can be no conflict between Concubine De and Niangniang for the time being, who knows if there will be troublemakers in the future, right? ”

Hu Xianxian directly said the hidden worries in Shen Zhujun's heart, Shen Zhujun sighed a few times, and stared at Hu Xianxian with a little melancholy.

After a long time, she said, "Sister Hu, I really want to leave this palace, but I can't bear it...... It's not that I'm reluctant to be rich and prosperous, it's that I'm reluctant to ......"

Reluctant? Reluctant! Because I love you, I am reluctant to part with you, even if I know that there are many dangers and obstacles ahead, I still want to go all the way, is this stupidity or loyalty?

"I know that you don't want to stay with him for glory and wealth, and I hope you can grow old together. Whether or not you will have a fight in the palace, I am firmly on your side. Even if he dares to treat you badly, I will never spare him! ”

Hu Xianxian didn't use the honorific titles of "emperor" and "mother", which means that he treats Shen Zhujun as a friend, and Shen Zhujun smiles with gratitude.

After chatting for a while, Shen Zhujun said that she had no intention of taking care of the harem, but because the palace had a lot of books, she studied the historical materials of the previous generation. She said that the time of the Li Dynasty had the most historical puzzles, and she had found several clues.

Hu Xianxian smiled and listened to her say all kinds of anecdotes, as well as all kinds of speculations, and when she said that the current Bixi Palace is the forbidden place of Jiang Yan, the princess of the Li Dynasty, she couldn't help but be stunned and asked: "Jiang Yan?" Confined there? What crime did she commit in captivity? Why was he sent to Hefan later? ”

"Huh? Sister Hu, why do you seem to know Jiang Yan in general? She has been stripped of her title and removed from the clan in the Li Dynasty. The historical information about her is very limited, and Sister Hu can know her well, she is really knowledgeable. ”

Hu Xianxian shook her head and smiled, she only knew Jiang Yan because of Yanran's bloodfish, and then heard Leng Qiulang and them mention that Jiang Yan and Master Chao Xuantong were still entangled, she didn't know Jiang Yan from the book.

Thinking that Shen Zhujun didn't know those strange things, Hu Xianxian said, "How can I have any talent? It's just that when I heard someone mention the name 'Jiang Yan', I was a little impressed, and I answered the phone randomly. ”

After chatting for a long time, when it was almost time to arrive, Hu Xianxian went to the small kitchen of Yusheng Palace to cook a few dishes for Shen Zhujun to satisfy his hunger.

Looking at the bamboo shoots mixed with shredded chicken, crucian carp tofu soup, fungus meat slices, steamed silver taro balls, mutton roasted radish, and vegetarian fried lotus root slices on the table, Shen Zhujun sniffed with satisfaction.

She asked Hu Xianxian's master and apprentice to accompany her to eat, and then asked Ah Lu to distribute some of each dish, saying that she would let everyone in Yusheng Palace try it.

Shen Zhujun smiled when he ate it, and praised these home-cooked dishes as better than abalone and ginseng wings. Hang Wuyi deeply agreed with her statement.

Hu Xianxian smiled, she knew that her skills were good, but she had not yet reached a better height than the imperial kitchen. In fact, as long as this dish is not so unpalatable that it can't be swallowed, there is not much difference, what really makes a difference is the dining environment and the mood of the diners.

After the meal, Shen Zhujun left Hu Xianxian to chat for a long time, and did not let her out of the palace until Han Zexi came back and was ready to go to bed.

As soon as they arrived at the palace gate, a little eunuch said that the national teacher had been waiting for a long time, so he led them to the hut next to the palace gate.

After seeing Cheng Haofeng in the hut, he said that the emperor had given the Xianyuan Garden to Hu Xianxian, so he asked her not to go back to Bixi Palace and take her back to Xianyunguan with her.

When he returned to Xianyunguan, Cheng Haofeng took Hu Xianxian to the Xianyuan Garden next to Yihexuan. Hu Xianxian stepped into the door of the Moon Cave and felt that the newly built house was a bit like the Yizhuang outside Lingzhou City. Take a closer look, there is a privet tree in the corner of the courtyard, and there is a tall camphor tree behind the courtyard, which is really similar to Yizhuang......

She looked at Cheng Haofeng with tears and laughter, and he said quite proudly: "Do you feel like Yizhuang?" It is cultivated according to the pattern there, and we have to have a beginning and an end. ”

He took them closer to see them, and saw seven rooms arranged in a curved ruler shape: the middle hall of the three horizontal rooms was dedicated to the portrait of the patriarch; To the left of the main hall is Hu Xianxian's study; To the right of the main hall is a small reception hall; The first vertical room is Hu Xianxian's bedroom; The three rooms in order are Hangwu's bedroom, storeroom, and kitchen.

Hu Xianxian stroked his chest, fortunately, the house layout was like Yizhuang, and he didn't really make any morgues.

Hang Wuyi pushed the door and walked into her bedroom, only to see the carved bed painted, the brocade tent embroidered, and the new bedding, she smiled and threw herself on the bed and said, "I'm tired, I want to sleep!" Third uncle, aunt, you talk about you, I won't accompany you. ”

With that, she rolled over and closed the door. Hu Xianxian and Cheng Haofeng were locked out of the door, looked at each other and smiled, and walked towards Hu Xianxian's bedroom.