Empress Cao: There are outsiders here.

This is not surprising, there are always relatives and nobles in the Yilan Palace, and the ladies of the Emperor come to visit. They have all kinds of wants, some are reasonable, some are unreasonable. Liu Yan had asked Empress Cao before, what did such people do when they saw them? is like Princess Xuan, who can still sit on the ground and cry in Yilan Palace. As for the others, they flattered and curryed favor with Queen Cao, and regarded being able to enter the palace and meet the queen in Yilan Hall as a way to show off.

Liu Yan didn't like them at all.

Although she is no longer a child, she also knows that there are not simply good people and bad people in this world, and everyone has selfish intentions.

Empress Cao just smiled and touched her head: "You will understand slowly in the future." ”

When he heard such words when he was a child, Liu Yan was very ignorant, why would he understand it in the future? Why can't you understand it now?

When she grows up, she will have a rebellious mood. What's next? For young people, twenty years old is very far away, thirty years old is more like a place that cannot be reached in a lifetime, and those who are older, they are conservative, old, hypocritical, they think they are reasonable, but many times they act unreasonably.

But Liu Yan is also past that age.

As soon as Liu Yan entered the Yilan Palace, the four people sitting there all stood up and saluted.

Liu Yan smiled and said, "No courtesy." ”

Today, she knows three of the four guests.

One of them was born delicate and bright, with a golden hairpin on his head, and a pearl wrapped in the golden thread of the hairpin.

This person Liu Yan knows, Yuan Ruoqiu, the fiancée of the younger brother. She also knows hairpins, before the Shangyuan Festival, Queen Cao took out a few hairpins for her to pick, Liu Yan saw this branch at that time, but she didn't pick this branch.

It turned out that this hairpin was on Yuan Ruoqiu's head.

Was it the queen mother's reward?

Could it be sent by the little brother?

Liu Yan pressed his heart and first greeted the eldest Duchess of Xiuguo: "Madame hasn't entered the palace for a few days, I heard that Madame had a cough a few days ago, but now she is better?" ”

The Duchess of Xiuguo has silver hair, but her body is still strong. Liu Yan greeted her illness, and the Duchess of Xiuguo was flattered, and bowed over and said: "The princess is tired, the old body is much better, thanks to the good medicine rewarded by the queen." ”

Liu Yan, the young woman who was sitting at the head of the Duke of Xiuguo, didn't know her, and when she crossed this person, Liu Yan said to Mrs. He behind her, "Why are Mrs. He and Miss Yuan together today?" ”

In the current climate, young girls who have not left the cabinet cannot show up on their own to go out to socialize, and must be led by a relative elder. Yuan Ruoqiu entered the palace today, and the person who accompanied her into the palace was neither her grandmother, nor of course her aunt, but a Mrs. He who seemed to have nothing to do with the Yuan family.

Mrs. He smiled and said, "None of our relatives know that Ruoqiu is my cousin's daughter. Their family had been in the outer regions before, and we didn't have much contact with us in Beijing. ”

It turned out to be such a relative.

On this occasion, Yuan Ruoqiu can only follow a cousin, not the Yuan family's own family, which shows that none of her family members can handle it.

This is not a good thing.

As for the person she didn't know, he also seemed to have a fate, dressed up generously and beautifully, but not too extravagant. Looks, can only be said to be good facial features - she is a little thin, her cheeks are sunken, her cheekbones are protruding, and the tails of her eyes are slightly raised, this looks a bit like a painting that Liu Yan has seen before, like a fox in a painting.

Duchess Xiuguo said with a smile: "Wang, she has not entered the palace much, and the princess is afraid that it is the first time to see her." ”

Wang himself stood up and saluted, and said softly: "The concubine's husband's family name is Lu, and her family lives in Lianrongfang. ”

Ah, isn't that just-

General Lu's Mansion?

Then she is Lu Yi's sister-in-law?

Liu Yan knew that there was such a person, but he had never seen it.

Liu Yan paused in his footsteps and sat down beside Empress Cao.

Empress Cao asked her, "Did you have a good time last night?" Have you tasted the soup that was brought to you by someone who got up early? ”

"I tasted it, the ham was very fresh, the bamboo shoots were crisp and tender, and I drank two bowls of it."

Empress Cao smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll let the dining room make it for you next time, it's not a lot of expensive things." ”

The Duchess of Xiuguo was the most unrestrained in Queen Cao's place: "Princess Fuyu's lantern festival yesterday was really good, my two granddaughters also went yesterday, and they were reluctant to leave, and when they got home, they chatted for half a night, saying that the previous Shangyuan Festival was in vain." Last night, I went shopping, playing, buying, and eating, and when I went to the house, I found that the soles of my feet were blistered. ”

Liu Yan nodded with a smile and asked Yuan Ruoqiu, "Did Miss Yuan go yesterday?" ”

Princess Fuyu should have invited her, but there were many people last night, Liu Yan didn't see Liu Yu, and she didn't see Yuan Ruoqiu.

Yuan Ruoqiu shook her head: "Because my grandmother was unwell, I couldn't go over yesterday, and I heard that the lantern festival was very lively." ”

Mrs. Yuan's illness doesn't know if it's a real illness or a fake illness.

Based on the news that Liu Yan had heard in the past, the old lady of the Yuan family had a good body and bones, and her food intake was not worse than that of young people. How can you say that illness is illness?

Maybe it's heart disease.

Liu Yan accompanied Empress Cao to talk for a while, and the Duchess of Xiuguo got up and retired.

It's time for lunch, what do you want to do if you don't leave? Lunch at the Yilan Palace?

Empress Cao occasionally keeps people to eat, but not everyone has this face.

The outsiders left, and the palace people came over to clean up the leftover tea and chairs, and refreshed Liu Yan.

It's not the same as what you use to entertain guests.

Tea and snacks are Liu Yan's favorite. The soft plum cake melts in the mouth, sweet and slightly sour, and is very refreshing. Tea is also clear tea, with a tea aroma, but there is no bitter taste of tea.

"Duchess Xiuguo, what are they doing today?"

After all, today is not a day to ask for peace according to the usual rules, and the Duchess of Xiuguo came today mostly to ask for something.

"She is here to beat the side drum, and the Wang family wants to marry Lu Yi, but Lu Yi is not so kind, although she is the eldest sister-in-law, she can't be Lu Yi's master."

"Huh?"

It may be that Liu Yan's surprise was too obvious, and Queen Cao explained more: "I didn't promise her, Lu Yi, this kid is an assertive person, not to mention that this is his lifelong event, and he must always like it himself and be willing." If he is not happy to match him with one indiscriminately, wouldn't it be a mistake for the life of the two? ”

Liu Yan asked cautiously: "Then what kind of marriage does the Wang family want to marry him?" ”

"It is said that she is the daughter of Hanlin, and she is also a scholarly family, and the girl is knowledgeable, virtuous and supple......"

Well, Liu Yan didn't know why, and suddenly felt a little funny.

Empress Cao is still saying: "Although it is said that marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person, Lu Yi is different from ordinary people, and he shouldn't value these." ”

Yes, Liu Yan can also be sure of this.

The person Lu Yi likes should not be the Hanlin girl.

However, how could Lu Yi's sister-in-law want to marry Lu Yi suddenly? And he has already asked for the Yilan Palace.

Does Lu Yi know about this?