Ye Hanyue looked back at Shu Qingci, there was something she didn't understand in her eyes, what she said, since she saw her hand swollen into steamed buns, she knew that she might not be able to go to this birthday banquet, this, there shouldn't be a special need to tell her, right?

Could it be that she and Master Shu did not plan to give up this opportunity to enter the palace to celebrate her birthday?

Ye Hanyue was surprised in her heart, and raised her eyes to look at Shu Qingci, her eyes slightly colored with doubt, to show her inquiry.

Shu Qingci's words just now, obviously there are still afterwords, she looked at it like this, and Shu Qingci opened her mouth with a look of embarrassment.

"Xiaoyue, I didn't want to embarrass you about this, but there is really no other way right now." Shu Qingci hesitated slightly, and then explained what he meant with a straight face, "Xiaoyue, according to Daddy's wishes, our Shu family must go to this Queen Mother's birthday banquet, and we have to go, but you also know that my hand injury is really serious, and I am afraid that I won't be able to go to the palace for a while, so I ......"

Shu Qingci paused for a moment, then pulled Ye Hanyue's hand to his eyes with a soft face, waited softly, and said: "Xiaoyue, although you and I are masters and servants, but in the past, you and I were inseparable, like sisters, so this time I entered the palace to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother, I want you to go instead of me."

"Instead of you? How can this be. Ye Hanyue saw that as soon as Shu Qingci said these words of friendship, she knew that what she said next was definitely not a good thing, and sure enough, it ......

Although she is not afraid to enter the palace to see the queen mother and the emperor, but her current identity as a maid, even if she promised Shu Qingci, this thing will not be possible.

What's more, she entered the palace to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday instead of the young lady, but anyone who heard it would feel ridiculous, and no matter if she was known by the Queen Mother and the Emperor, it would be contempt for the royal family, how could this kind of humiliation of the Queen Mother and the Emperor spare her, I am afraid that by then, the Shu family will also suffer.

After some thoughts, Ye Hanyue's face changed greatly and slowly withdrew her hand, turned her eyebrows slightly frowned, stared at Shu Qingci, and persuaded: "Miss, you don't know it, according to common sense and rules, a subordinate with such a lowly status as a slave and maid can't enter the palace, let alone see the queen mother and the emperor, this time the young lady enters the palace, although she can accompany the same maid, but if you don't go, the identity of the slave and maid will not be able to enter the palace instead of you, but I am afraid that at the gate of the palace, the slave and the maid will not be able to enter."

What she said is reasonable, if even a slave like her can enter this palace compound at will, then with such a big family business as the Shu family, I am afraid that I will enter the palace many times earlier, where can I still grasp this opportunity to celebrate the birthday of the queen mother with my eyes, obviously the rules in this palace are there, so even if a big family like the Shu family cannot enter the palace at will.

If she goes, she is afraid that she will be sent away as a beggar when she reaches the door.

"Xiaoyue, I'm not letting you enter the palace as a descendant of the Shu family, but I want you to enter the palace as me." Shu Qingci's eyes were scorching, and he looked at Ye Hanyue for a moment.

Ye Hanyue's brows furrowed even deeper, she didn't understand a little, but she seemed to know the meaning of Shu Qingci's words in her heart.

She looked at Shu Qingci, who seemed to have a deep meaning in her eyes, hesitated to speak, and asked, "Miss, what do you mean, should you let the slave maid enter the palace instead of you?" ”

Shu Qingpu smiled and nodded his head, "I have discussed it with my father, you and I are often in the same place on weekdays, and this body shape is extremely similar, if you don't look at the face wearing the same clothes and the same bun, I'm afraid that no one will notice that you are not me, although Xiaoyue is a little embarrassed about you, but now there is no other way, you ...... Would you like to help me? ”

Ye Hanyue frowned tightly, and her heart was even more frustrated, above the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, it was those rich daughters who were originally invited, how could there be a time for them to keep to themselves, maybe there would be another open and secret battle.

Master Shu wanted to go, but she couldn't stop it, but she herself was extremely disgusted to enter the palace, and now she wanted her to go to the palace alone, wouldn't this matter be embarrassing her.

"Xiaoyue, do you want to succeed? Daddy just lost Rou'er's sister, I don't want him to be disappointed and regret about this birthday banquet, Xiaoyue, if you help me, I will remember your kindness in the future. ”

Shu Qingci saw that she didn't answer for a long time, and she had a sad frown, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and she silently threatened and begged a few more words, and when she spoke, she was even more crying.

"Hey, miss, don't cry first, don't cry first, slave maid, slave maid didn't say that you don't want to, such a big thing, maybe you will lose your head then, you let the slave and maid think about it, how to behave."

Ye Hanyue had already made up her mind to refuse Shu Qingci's request, but before she could say anything, she saw the already delicate woman in front of her, and the pear blossoms that cried in an instant brought rain, and she swallowed her refusal back again.

"I know that Xiaoyue, you will not be so ruthless, don't worry, I will choose a smart and clever maid in the house to accompany you into the palace, but if anything unexpected happens, you can also support the girl to ask the little prince for help."

Shu Qingci immediately stopped crying, raised his hand and wiped the tears on his face a few times, and turned to comfort Ye Hanyuelai with gratitude in his eyes.

Ye Hanyue saw Shu Qingci crying and laughing, and knew that if she didn't agree to the stand-in to enter the palace today, I was afraid that this Miss Shu would not let this matter go easily, so she had no choice but to help her with one less thing.

Everything she has encountered now is, in the final analysis, the pen in her hand falling, so help her this time, and she should repay the pain and tears she will suffer in the future.

After comforting herself like this, Ye Hanyue's heart suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, so she changed her face and discussed her thoughts about entering the palace and some things that she was about to pay attention to.

Early the next morning, in order to prevent a big fork in the matter discussed last night, the two had to practice etiquette in the courtyard after breakfast.

Although Ye Hanyue was the only one who practiced, Shu Qingci did not dare to be idle, she sat in the courtyard, mentioned Ye Hanyue a few words from time to time, and then continued to bow her head and listed some things that the Shu family was familiar with and that the Empress Dowager might ask one by one.

Just after noon, Ye Hanyue imitated Shu Qingci's walking posture, smile and smile very vividly, so in the next free time, Ye Hanyue went back to the room alone and began to memorize everything Shu Qingci wrote in the morning.

After a busy day, early the next morning, Ye Hanyue was rarely served by the maid, and when everything was cleaned up, she was supported by Shu Qingci's newly selected maid Qing'er yesterday and got into the carriage.

The carriage entered the palace all the way, but there was no chaos, and when it was time to get off the carriage, Ye Hanyue put the veil that had been prepared long ago on her face, and then stretched out her hand and put it on Qing'er's wrist.

"Let's go."

The Queen Mother's birthday banquet is a major event in the country, and those who go to the palace to celebrate their birthdays must verify their identities first, Ye Hanyue walked to the palace gate, and Qing'er handed over the Shu family that she was carrying.

Entering the palace was very smooth, as soon as he entered the palace gate, there were eunuchs and palace maids waiting at the palace gate to lead the way, so Ye Hanyue only needed to follow the palace people who led the way in front of him.

When he arrived at a place full of people, Gong E, who led the way, stopped, turned around and half-bent down, and said respectfully:

"Miss Shu, it will take a while for the Queen Mother and the Emperor to arrive at this banquet platform, and you can sit here and wait for a while with the other young ladies."

"Thank you."

Ye Hanyue curtsied at that Gong'e, and then took Qing'er's wrist and walked towards the place where Gong'e was pointing.

The banquet platform is located on the east side of the imperial garden, and whenever there is a major event in the palace on weekdays, it will be a banquet here to feast hundreds of officials.

Therefore, there are some imperial gardens on one side, so the surrounding scenery is mostly surrounded by green trees and flowers, and it happens that the emperor and the queen mother have not come here at this moment, so these officials and family members who rarely enter the palace once on weekdays seem to have entered the heavenly palace one by one, and the words of laughter and discussion are endless, and this banquet is not lively for a while.

After all, Ye Hanyue entered the palace with the identity of Shu Qingci, so she didn't dare to say more words and deeds, she said goodbye to the palace lady who led the way, and shuttled directly from the crowd to the temporary pergola where the young ladies rested.

There was a white veil hanging around the pergola, but when the wind came together, the fluttering veil would raise a corner in the wind, and she could see the pergola clearly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's all right." Ye Hanyue didn't know who the young ladies who were already sitting in the pergola drinking tea, and she believed that Shu Qingci must not know either, so after stepping into the pergola, she stood directly at the entrance and saluted politely to the group of young ladies who were looking at her.

After looking at it a few times, those ladies got up and saluted Ye Hanyue one after another, and then one of them looked at Ye Hanyue with a smile and greeted:

"Although it is autumn, there are many people in this banquet, and it is inevitable that it will be a little hot, and this young lady doesn't know whose family it is? If you don't like me, then sit down. ”

"Thank you." Ye Hanyue blessed her body, walked forward, and sat down.

The woman was dressed extraordinarily, and the pearl and jade golden hairpin she wore on her head was Ye Hanyue, who did not know how to do it, and knew that it must be worth a lot of money.

Ye Hanyue smiled lightly, no matter how these women looked at the veil on her face with strange eyes at the moment, she just let her exposed eyes look smiling, so as not to get herself into trouble.

"I don't know which daughter's daughter is the young lady?"

Not long after Ye Hanyue sat down, the woman who greeted her asked her identity, and she lowered her head and replied softly, "Shu family in the city." ”

"The Shu family in the city?" The woman twisted her eyebrows, looked back at the other women one by one, and didn't seem to know which adult the Shu family Ye Hanyue was talking about.