Su Youyi smiled and said, "You only saw her today, not to mention that Miss Zhou didn't say a few words from beginning to end today, how can you think she is dignified and old-fashioned?" ”

"Isn't it common for you to be dignified and reserved when you meet outsiders for the first time? When you get to know more about the palace banquet, you may like it. ”

Yuan Zhi thought about it, in today's chaotic scene, it is rare that Miss Zhou did not make any mistakes, besides, for the sake of her grandfather Zhou Shoufu's face, he also has to look up at this Miss Zhou.

In a blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet.

It was a crisp autumn day, and it was a good day.

The concubines in the harem were all in a hurry, and they arrived at Kunning Palace early to talk to Su Youyi and chatted happily.

Su Youyi looked down, and all the concubines were dressed up very ordinary, and even the concubines, who always liked to dress up to attract the attention of others, were not dressed up very carefully.

Jiang Su was seriously ill, and Concubine Yu was naturally in no mood to dress up.

Su Youyi said: "Today, the sisters are dressed plainly, what's wrong?" Don't you value this palace banquet? ”

Concubine Yan smiled preemptively: "Where? It is precisely because of the importance that I dress modestly. Today we are here to see the queen and concubines for the emperor, what are we dressing up ourselves? Don't steal the limelight from the little girls. ”

In fact, these concubines in the harem are not very old.

Speaking of which, the eldest Concubine Yan is only thirty this year, and she is all in her youth.

However, her words spoke to Su Youyi's heart, and she thought the same way, so she didn't dress up much today, but it was just appropriate.

When Chunhua and Chunjing came up to pour tea, Concubine Yan saw the little emerald peacock hairpin on their heads, which was a little eye-catching, not like something in the palace.

"Oh, it's the Queen Mother's side that Chunhua and Chunjing are dressed up delicately!"

When all the concubines heard her say this, they all looked towards the spring flowers and spring scenes, and immediately saw the chic peacock hairpin.

Chunhua suddenly blushed, "Today, the Queen Mother and the concubines don't decorate their makeup, but the slaves and maids have trespassed, and the slaves and maids will go down to pick them up in a while." ”

When Concubine Yan heard this, she hurriedly said, "Why bother picking it? It's weird and good-looking, and it looks chic. Besides, I didn't commit a taboo in the palace, I just made a casual joke. ”

Chunhua pursed her lips and snickered.

She just said casually, she wouldn't really pick it, Concubine Yan has always spoken like this, she knows it in her heart.

Su Youyi glanced at the head of the spring flower, it was the peacock hairpin that Sunrise Palace bought in Zhenbao Zhai.

Chunhua bought two pairs, and the other pair was given to Chunjing, and the two just matched each other.

Su Youyi said with a smile: "This is the jewelry that Duofu often brings back from the palace, the craftsmanship outside the palace, you look natural and fresh." In fact, the craftsmanship is not as meticulous as in the palace, but it is just an interesting picture. ”

She left the palace twice, and she didn't even tell Concubine Yan.

The crowd laughed and laughed for a while, and when they saw that the hour was almost up, they walked towards the Imperial Garden.

Today's palace banquet is set in the Imperial Garden.

The pure concubine joked: "Let's go early, take advantage of the dawn to see those young ladies clearly, lest you can't see clearly for a while, and choose the wrong person for the emperor." ”

Everyone laughed, "Although we are concubines, where are we so dizzy?" ”

……

In the imperial garden, the aristocratic girls dressed in red and green are more dazzling than the autumn chrysanthemums and golden cinnamon in the garden.

Some of them gather at the water's edge to feed the fish with flower petals, and it is particularly interesting to watch the small fish peck at the surface of the water.

Some gather around the golden chrysanthemum to watch, and even take advantage of people's inattention to pick one and wear it on their heads, or put a hairpin on their clothes.

Some people are leaning against the laurel tree with tea and chatting, and some people are asking their maids to help them tidy up their hair in a crooked bun......

Among a group of people, existences like Miss Zhou and Miss Su are all stars holding the moon.

When the two saw each other, they couldn't help but think of a man and a woman they met in Zhenbao Zhai that day, and at this moment, Miss Su had already been reminded by Su Qing to know the identities of the two, and she couldn't laugh in the face of the praise of others.

She offended the emperor and the queen mother in advance, no matter how noble her status is, what's the use?

And although Miss Zhou doesn't know the inside story, she also vaguely has an idea-

After Su Youyi and the others left that day, Miss Zhou asked her maid, "Do you remember, what is the name of the palace maid next to the Queen Mother?" ”

The maid thought for a long time before she said, "The old lady has seen the Queen Mother in the palace, more than once." It seems that the queen mother's palace maid is named Shuya, and she is married to Doctor Lin of the Tai Hospital. ”

"Aunt Shuya, I know."

Miss Zhou frowned, "I'm talking about the eldest palace maid who succeeded her in Kunning Palace after she got married, and I remember in a trance that it was from the Chunzi generation." ”

"It seems to be, what is the lady asking about this?"

Miss Zhou raised her head and looked at her maid with a solemn look that she had never seen before, "I just heard that woman call her maid Chunhua. ”

……

"Miss Zhou, Miss Zhou?"

Hearing someone calling her, Miss Zhou came back to her senses from her memories.

The apprehension in her heart was no less than that of Miss Su.

She was anxious to wait for the time to arrive early, so that she could see with her own eyes whether the men and women of that day were the queen mother and the emperor.

When she returned to the mansion that day, she couldn't keep her soul, and then looked for an opportunity to ask her grandmother sideways, what was the queen mother like, and what was the emperor like?

But my grandmother is a wife in the house, and she hasn't seen the emperor much, but she described the queen mother.

She remembered what her grandmother said, "The Queen Mother has given birth to four princes, but she still looks like a twenty-eight girl." Her appearance is like a flower, her bearing is like a fairy, if you look at it, you will know that there were so many beauties in the harem back then, why only she could become the favorite queen of the first emperor......"

She thought about it, isn't that the woman in the treasure house like this?

The women around were still talking.

"Today is clearly the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet, but in fact, everyone knows that it is for the emperor to choose the queen and concubines. In my opinion, we can only go to the concubines, and only a family like Sister Zhou can afford the position of the queen. ”

"That's not necessarily, before the Queen Mother became the queen, what family background did she have? To put it irreverently, the status of our people is higher than that of the queen mother when she was a teenager. The Queen Mother can rely on her own efforts to get to where she is today, why did we underestimate ourselves first? ”

"Phew, you bad hooves, do you want to be shameless? Dare to compare yourself with the Queen Mother, I heard that the Queen Mother is a peerless beauty, where are you comparable to the Queen Mother's toes? ”

was laughing and joking, and suddenly saw a large group of people and horses walking in from outside the imperial garden, only to see a splendid and prosperous, red and willow green.

The voice of the palace people sang loudly: "The Queen Mother has arrived!" ”