The Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed, and the sky is getting cooler. The various flowers and trees in the small courtyard of Huimu Zhai have not yet begun to lose their leaves, but the two Bodhi trees seem to have decayed and withered overnight, and there is no longer any vitality.

Seeing Shu Siren, Su Qi, who was infinitely sad, was instantly replaced by another emotion because of the arrival of Mu Zhong, the housekeeper of the Beijing Palace.

"The princess's birthday?" Su Qi pointed to his nose incredulously, "Invite me to go?" ”

"Exactly." Steward Mu gently and respectfully handed over the exquisite invitation, "Niangniang personally instructed the princess to return to the house for a gathering." ”

Not being called "princess" for a long time, Su Qi was a little uncomfortable for a while, and only after being mentioned by the housekeeper Mu did she remember that the princess in the palace was still her cheap mother-in-law.

It's just that she doesn't have the slightest good impression of the place in the Beijing Palace, so she avoids it, and she wants to go back this time...... She refuses in her bones.

"Thank you for the kind invitation, I am very grateful," Su Qi carefully organized the wording with a smile on his face, "It's just that I've been ...... recently."

The words "unwell" have not yet been spoken, and Steward Mu already has a look of "I knew this is the case", "Before the old servant went out, the fifth master asked me to give you a message, saying that at the birthday banquet of the princess Niangniang, he specially found the imperial chef Zhang Zhangzhang in Xijing, and prepared a rich and longevity banquet with eighty-one dishes. ”

Su Qi curiously took the long menu and looked at it, and couldn't help sighing: "The flowers are full moon, the green dragon is lying in the snow, the green willows are red, and the danfeng is the sun...... Are these all dishes? ”

"No!" Steward Mu said with a smile, "The old servant heard that this imperial chef Zhang used to be in the palace to serve the emperor and the queen mother, known as the 'first chef in the world', the ability to cook is superb, please enter the palace on the first day, then drunk Chengxing gave us a unique job, cut a cucumber as thin as a cicada wing, enough to pull out more than two zhang long, I don't know what seasoning was added, the fifth master ate Lianzan the best in the world. ”

"Can a cucumber be so delicious?" Su Qi couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"But no, the fifth master also said that he specially invited a dim sum master from Suzhou, and prepared twelve special dim sum dishes at the birthday banquet, which can be described as a gathering of salty and sweet in the east and sweet, glutinous in the south and crispy in the north, each with its own characteristics and ingenuity."

After Steward Mu finished speaking, he deliberately looked at Su Qi, whose eyes were shining and his saliva was about to drip down, but he pretended to be regretful, "Such a feast, if the princess is in poor health, it is not good to be reluctant to ......."

"Not reluctantly, not reluctantly!" Su Qi despised himself in his heart, but said with a smile on his face, "Trouble Steward Mu to tell the princess and the fifth master, I will definitely go to congratulate the mother on her birthday!" ”

After sending off Steward Mu, Su Qi continued to sit in the courtyard, looking at the two wilted Bodhi trees with sorrow.

On the contrary to her, the two little girls of pomegranate grapes are beaming with joy for the New Year. "There must be a lot of ladies from all families who come to the palace to congratulate the mother on her birthday, and the girl has to dress up well." Pomegranate crossed her fingers and began to think, "What clothes should the girl wear?" Is it to wear that big peony emerald green smoke yarn Bixia Luo, or a skirt with pink daffodils scattered flowers and green leaves that mop the floor? It's a pity that I don't know what the prince will dress up that day, and it is good to match each other. ”

She reported the names of the two extremely long dresses in one breath, Su Qi felt unheard of, and she didn't know that she still had such two sets of complicated clothes, and couldn't help but glance at Pomegranate worriedly: "Silly girl, it doesn't matter what you wear......

"Not important?" Pomegranate was almost angry with her girl, "The birthday of the princess, the famous families and daughters of the entire Guangning City are afraid that they will gather in the palace." Although the girls are naturally beautiful, even if they don't dress up, they can be compared to them all, but ...... After all, the girl is the prince's fiancée, so she can't be too undignified and make the prince lose face, right?"

Su Qiyou sighed leisurely and said something that he thought was quite philosophical: "There is a cloud in the Book of Changes: A gentleman will not be flattering, and he will not be blasphemous. Those who look up to me look up to me no matter what clothes I wear; People who don't look down on me, even if I dress up as a fairy, I still can't get into the eyes of others. So, it doesn't matter what you wear to go......"

She inserted her ten fingers into her hair in distress and rubbed it vigorously: "The important thing is that you can't go empty-handed to celebrate your birthday, you have to give a birthday gift!" ”

To give her high-ranking and powerful mother-in-law who doesn't like her very much, Su Qi is really difficult: she doesn't hesitate to spend money to buy a delicate one, but the old princess has been prosperous and rich all her life, and she has never seen anything good, she Su Qi is bankrupt, but I am afraid that she will not be able to enter the eyes of the old princess.

Su Qi thought about it for a while, and thought in great distress: I can't give her cheap mother-in-law a town house charm......

After Mu Yunsong finished patrolling the camp, when he walked to Huimu Zhai "by the way", he saw Su Qi sitting on the corridor steps of the courtyard, drowsy in the melting afternoon sun, like a kitten napping in the afternoon.

The cat still has this colorful object on his lap, and it is faintly shining in the sun......

"Hey!" Seeing that the kitten's head was sagging down overwhelmed, Mu Yunsong stepped forward to hold her in two steps, and looked at the embroidery needle that almost pierced her head: This girl, how can she not make people worry about it all the time......

"Hmm......" Su Qi was woken up by her and opened his eyes in a daze: "Oh? The prince is here? ”

Mu Yunsong was a little helpless: "If you are sleepy, go back to your room to sleep, and you are not afraid of catching a cold when you fall asleep in the courtyard, how do you take care of you?" ”

Su Qi waved his hand: "It's not about pomegranate grapes, it's me doing needlework here, doing it...... Oh, I fell asleep. ”

Do needlework? Mu Yunsong thought he had misheard, "What are you doing?" Picking up the colorful thing from her lap, she saw that it was a royal blue flannel with silver trim on her forehead, and she realized, "This is embroidered for my mother?" ”

"yes!" Su Qi nodded, "I've thought about it all night, and I don't know what to give to the princess and she will like it." The gold and silver jewelry and the like can't get into the eyes of her old man, so it's better to make one yourself, which can be regarded as a light courtesy. ”

Mu Yunsong's heart couldn't help but warm, "If you have a heart, my mother must like it." As he spoke, he lowered his head and looked at the forehead carefully, and was a little puzzled: "That...... After all, it's my mother's birthday, you embroider this withered vine and old tree and crow, although it is elegant, after all, it is a little ......"

"Where did the dead vines and old trees come from?" Su Qi snatched back the forehead, looked at it, looked up at Mu Yunsong, and said angrily: "My embroidery is clearly a magpie making plums!" ”

"Magpie...... Plum? Mu Yunsong couldn't help it, and laughed: her embroidery skills are really ...... Well, the earth-shattering ghosts.

Su Qi blushed from laughing at him, and made a gesture to hit him angrily: "Do you know how to appreciate?!" After that, he lost his confidence, "It's really so ugly?" ”

"It's not ugly, it's not ugly," Mu Yunsong knew that she had done her best, and she couldn't dampen her enthusiasm, "It's just the style of painting...... It's a little more unique, but my mother has always been informal, and she will like it. ”

Su Qi frowned and thought for a while: Are you praising me or hurting me......

Seeing that she looked like she was believing or not, Mu Yunsong thought for a moment, and pretended to be serious: "In other words, this king helped you take care of the Fan family's business and made you earn face, how do you want to thank me?" ”

Thank you? Su Qi felt that he had never thought about it: "Then how does the prince plan to let me thank you?" Suddenly, he slapped his hands wittily, pretending to be bold, "Didn't the prince take a fancy to my bed?" I've got you! You're welcome. ”

Mu Yunsong was choked by her and was speechless, thinking to herself if this girl was pretending to be stupid or really stupid, "That's not necessary." I saw Helian Yu hanging a new purse on his waist today, and I was very envious, why don't you embroider one for me too? ”

Su Qi looked at him helplessly: Lord Wang, are you a three-year-old child? Do you want to be envied by other people's things? Besides, the purse of the Marquis of Helian was naturally given by a good little girl, you have the ability, and you can find a good little girl?

Mu Yunsong saw her reluctance, his heart was slightly unhappy, but he pretended to regret on his face: "I heard that Steward Mu said that you have been unwell recently, and the various dishes at the birthday banquet are naturally uneatable, I will tell the kitchen to make you some light ...... at that time."

"Don't! I'm in good health! Su Qi gritted his teeth and hated: this careful-eyed prince ......, "Since the prince likes it, I will naturally embroider it with my heart."

Mu Yunsong bowed his head with satisfaction, "Then there will be labor, two days later, at the birthday banquet, this king hopes to wear your hand-embroidered purse to attend." ”

"Definitely, definitely." Su Qiqiang smiled and agreed, and his heart was extremely sad: I really pity the girl's hands......

The birthday of Princess Beijing, the whole house naturally spared no effort, the palace was decorated with a new look, at the beginning of the Chinese lanterns, the lights of the courtyard were bright like day, reflecting the busy traffic in front of the door, an endless stream of guests, more lively than the New Year.

Su Qi is already a lively character, and when he saw that the Beijing Palace, which was so popular with a high court, the rejection in his heart was reduced by three points.

She hurriedly lifted the curtain and was about to jump off the carriage, but at the moment when she was about to jump, she was surprised that several women who had gotten out of the carriage were looking at her intentionally or unintentionally.

Belch...... Su Qi, who was inexplicably the focus, realized that he was coming in the car of the prince of Beijing in a high-profile manner, and it was difficult not to attract people's attention.

She squatted by the side of the car and was a little worried, feeling that a well-educated lady should not jump off the car like a rabbit.

"Miss Su is here?"

Hearing Mu Yunmei's greeting, Su Qi said savior, savior, and looked up to see Mu Wuye looking at her with a smile in his eyebrows: "I heard that the girl was ill before, and it seems that the craftsmanship of the imperial chef Zhang really cures all diseases." ”

Su Qi knew that he was joking, so he smiled and said: "Naturally, only delicacies and snacks in this world cannot be disappointed." ”

The two smiled at each other like confidants, and Mu Yunmei stretched out a hand: "Come, I'll help you get out of the car." ”

Su Qi nodded, and was about to hand over a hand, but at the moment when he was about to grab his hand, the world was turned upside down, and the person was stopped and hugged down.