Although the Pavilion in the center of the lake is called the Pavilion in the Heart of the Lake, it is not a pavilion, but a palace built in the center of the lake that is enough to accommodate hundreds of people, because the palace looks like a huge pavilion, so it is called "Pavilion in the Heart of the Lake".

When Xu Shu and Deng Yarong arrived, there were already a lot of people in the hall, looked around, and saw a lot of acquaintances, Deng Yarong had to say hello to the visitors, Xu Shu wanted to find a clean place to stay, but Deng Yarong didn't let go while holding her, and at the same time greeting people she knew.

Xu Shu looked around and found that several young grandmothers of the Zheng family were not there, and after taking another look at Zheng Wanli on the main seat, she had not yet come, so she guessed that the three young grandmothers of the Zheng family should be there at Zheng Wanli at the moment, and they should be coming with Zheng Wanli later.

"Grandma Qi!" A young woman in her early twenties greeted Deng Yarong, and when she saw Xu Shu beside Deng Yarong, she couldn't help asking, "This is ......?"

Deng Yarong introduced, "This is the ninth miss of the Zheng family!" When she heard that Xu Shu was Miss Zheng Jiu, the young woman's face changed drastically, and her face, which was still smiling, was instantly covered with frost, as if she had some deep hatred with Xu Shu.

He also introduced Xu Shu, "This is the second young lady of the Xiao family!" ”

It turned out to be someone from the Xiao family, no wonder her face became so ugly after knowing who she was, it seems that Miss Xiao Liu didn't say anything bad about herself after returning to the Xiao family......

Xu Shu didn't see Xiao Er's grandmother's ugly face, and smiled and saluted, "Xiao Er's grandmother!" ”

Second Grandma Xiao returned the salute with a cold face, and asked Deng Yarong with some yin and yang weirdness, "Why did Grandma Qi talk to Miss Zheng Jiu?" "She hadn't heard that the Qi family had any friendship with the Zheng family.

Although the Xiao and Deng families are very familiar, Deng Yarong didn't like Xiao Er's questioning tone, and she didn't bother to explain, so she said casually, "I met on the road!" ”

Second Grandma Xiao took it seriously, and took the initiative to hold Deng Yarong's arm on the other side, "Grandma Qi, take a step to speak!" He said to Xu Shu with a smile, "I have something to say to Grandma Qi, so I'll miss it first!" The smile was full of anger and provocation.

Deng Yarong only thought that Xiao Er's grandmother really had something to say to herself, so she followed Xiao Er's grandmother away, Xu Shu took the opportunity to ask the maids who were waiting in the palace, found the seat to which the Zheng family belonged, and picked the last seat in a row of four seats to sit on.

Before he sat down, someone came to greet him, "Is it Aunt Zheng?" ”

Xu Shu turned around and saw an unfamiliar face, but the voice and title were very familiar, "It's Miss Li!" ”

Li Fu smiled, "Why is Aunt Zheng so outside? Just call me Afu! ”

Xu Shu nodded with a smile, "Miss Afu is here too!" "I was curious about why Li Fu came, the Li family had nothing to do with Zheng Wanli, and with the position of the Li family, it stands to reason that Li should keep a distance from King Qing's mansion, especially Li Ying'er's premature birth was indirectly caused by King Qing......

Li Fu sat down next to Xu Shu very familiarly, "Last month, my mother and I went to the palace to visit Concubine Xiang, and when I went to greet the queen, I happened to meet Concubine Zheng, and Concubine Niangniang invited me to participate in today's lotus banquet!" ”

It turns out that this is the case, after Li Ying'er lost her son, although the emperor was not in favor of her, but he still had a lot of pity for her, and even allowed the Li family to enter the palace on the first day of every month to accompany her, in order to alleviate Li Ying'er's pain of losing her child.

"Is Aunt Zheng here alone?" Li Fu looked around and found that Xu Shu was alone, with only a servant girl by her side.

Xu Shu shook her head, "There are three sisters-in-law at home who are also here, but they are not here at the moment!" ”

Seeing that Li Fu was alone, she thought that she came alone, "Aunt Zheng is really enviable to be accompanied by someone, but the side concubine only invited me alone, and I can't bring my sisters with me!" ”

Li Fu said that Zheng Wanli had no trouble, Xu Shu couldn't help but think that the Li family seemed to have moved the idea of letting Li Fu run for the eldest princess, but later the candidate for the eldest princess was finalized by the empress dowager, and the Li family probably gave up, but now that King Qing has a side concubine, I don't know if the Li family has other thoughts, Xu Shu glanced at Li Fu, who was dressed up extraordinarily exquisitely, and her heart was clear at a glance.

"Since the three young grandmothers went to see the side concubine, why didn't Aunt Zheng go?" Li Fu asked again.

Xu Shu smiled lightly, "Reasoning, I should go to the side concubine Niangniang to ask for peace, but the Qingwang Mansion covers an area too wide, like a labyrinth, and the scenery is good, I was dazzled by it, but I accidentally went the wrong way and got separated from several sisters-in-law!" ”

Li Fu chuckled, "The scenery of King Qing's Mansion is indeed unparalleled in the world, if it weren't for the blessing of Concubine Zheng's mother, I'm afraid I wouldn't have had the opportunity to take a look at it in my life!" Li Fu's eyes showed infinite envy, I don't know whether to envy this glory and wealth, or to envy the people who can enjoy this glory and wealth.

At this time, Deng Yarong hurriedly came over, saw Li Fu, and asked, "Who is this ......?" ”

Li Fu hurriedly got up and saluted and introduced herself, and Deng Yarong also introduced herself, "It turned out to be the great-granddaughter of Li Tong's political envoy!" "Political Envoy Li Tong...... Deng Yarong turned a corner in his mind, isn't that Xu Shu's grandfather!

Deng Yarong looked at Xu Shu suspiciously: He also said that he didn't care about those people in the Xu family, and he was so close to his cousin and niece! Deng Yarong was a little unhappy.

Seeing Deng Yarong's face suddenly collapsed, Li Fu was a little worried, could it be that she said something wrong? But she didn't say anything? Why did you suddenly make Grandma Qi unhappy?

Xu Shu looked up and saw Xu Ting coming in, and hurriedly pushed Li Fu away, "Miss Afu, your seventh aunt seems to be here!" ”

Seeing Xu Ting, Li Fu hurriedly took the opportunity to leave, "Then I'll go first!" "Aunt Seventh is married to such a good family, but she hasn't settled down yet, so she has to be close to Aunt Seven!

Deng Yarong unceremoniously sat on Xu Shu's head and asked, "Xiao Meiyi was grounded because of you?" ”

Xu Shu is not familiar with the name "Xiao Meiyi", but her surname is Xiao, and she happens to know a person named "Xiao Jiayi", and then she is grounded, Xu Shu understands who Deng Yarong is talking about.

"Is Grandma Qi talking about Miss Xiao Liu? Miss Xiao Liu was indeed grounded, and it was indeed because of me! ”

"What did you do with her?" In line with her inexplicable trust in Xu Shu, Deng Yarong did not fully believe the words of Xiao Er's grandmother.

Xu Shu said approvingly, "It would be nice if Grandma Qi could have doubts like this every time she hears what others tell you!" ”

Deng Yarong was annoyed, "What did you do to her?" Xiao Er's grandmother said that you framed Meiyi and she poisoned you, and there were both human and material evidence, so the queen grounded her for a year! ”

"Then did Second Grandma Xiao tell you that Miss Xiao Liu also wanted to frame me for hurting her?" Xu Shu said lightly, it seems that Miss Xiao Liu hasn't realized that she has done something wrong!