In the courtyard, long peonies of various colors are planted on the left and right sides, and even if it is late autumn at this moment, the flowers inside are still blooming, and there is no sign of withering.

The hall is full of red hollow windows, the walls and pillars in the hall are decorated with phoenix feather patterns and look very luxurious, everywhere shows the luxurious atmosphere, the phoenix spreads its wings on the eaves carved by sandalwood, the wall board of the floating window jade piled up by the green tile carving, a straight road leads to the main hall.

Xie Qingyu listened to Grandpa Zhang's words, smiled slightly, and quietly followed behind Grandpa Zhang to look at all this in front of him, but the range of movements was not very large, and no one noticed it.

After Xie Qingyu followed the figure of Gonggong Zhang into the inner hall, he knew what the real palace was and what the real extravagance was.

Originally, I thought that the things outside were gorgeous enough, but I didn't expect the things in the hall to be more luxurious, only to see the dormitory with Yunding sandalwood as a beam, with six night pearls made of glazed palace lamps, although it was not shining in the daytime, but the luxury was difficult to hide, and the curtain made of jade was hung up from both sides at the moment.

On the right side of the soft collapse is a cushion made of cloud pattern made of fine gold embroidery thread, and in the middle of the soft collapse is a wooden table made of nanmu, on which a thin layer of silk embroidered with cloud pattern is thinly paved, and all kinds of pastries and tea are neatly placed.

"Niangniang, Xie Shi brought the light rumor." Father-in-law Zhang bowed down very respectfully to the graceful woman on top of the soft collapse.

Xie Qingyu followed Gonggong Zhang's words, and then turned his eyes away, only to hurriedly lower his head because of the huge coercion.

At this moment, there was a graceful and luxurious woman, sitting on top of the soft collapse, and there were a few palace maids standing beside her.

The woman was dressed in a red and yellow gold and silver silk Luan Bird Chaofeng embroidered palace dress, and there were large peonies embroidered on the sleeves, which were extremely bright. The skirt is very long, the skirt is embroidered with a silver phoenix pattern, which is gorgeous, the black hair is pulled into a fan-shaped high bun, and the head is wearing a gold-plated phoenix hairpin, and a silver-gilded butterfly hairpin, all made of the best materials, wearing a holy jade pearl necklace around the neck, a pure black crystal pendant on the ear, and a gold finger inlaid with blue gems on the little finger.

A pair of phoenix eyes naturally have a deterrent power, dark red lips, fair complexion, and looks about forty years old, but the whole person looks very bright, but it is not that kind of gaudy but a graceful demeanor, Xie Qingyu only glanced at it, and did not dare to look more, and quickly knelt down in front of the person.

"Courtier, Xie Qingyu, meet the queen!"

Xie Qingyu's eyes immediately turned towards the ground of Fengqi Palace, only to see that the ground was paved with white jade, embedded with gold beads, chiseled into a lotus, and the flowers became the appearance of a five-stemmed lotus, the petals were fresh and exquisite, and even the stamens were delicate and recognizable.

"You're Xie Qingyu?" The queen raised her eyes slightly at this time and asked very coldly.

"It's the courtier." Xie Qingyu's answer was still neither humble nor arrogant, and he never raised his head, just waiting for the queen's instructions.

Today's queen mother is from the Xiao family, is the daughter of the Xiao family, and is also the daughter of the most prestigious Xiao Taifu in Huangyi Academy, but the heirs of the Xiao family have withered, and it has gradually declined in recent years.

The queen has a son and a daughter in the palace, this son is the crown prince of the dynasty, but the prince is keen to play and enjoy all day long, and the other daughter is the princess Yongle of the dynasty, because of her young age, she is the most favored by His Majesty.

"You've really done a good job in Wendou this time, get up and talk back." The queen looked at Xie Qingyu and knew a lot about etiquette, and said lightly.

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

Xie Qingyu only got up slowly at this time, but his eyes never looked directly, and he was very polite.

"There are ten days left before His Majesty's birthday, and most of the rules have been placed in this palace, you came to this palace this time to let you check these things again, and the person who sacrificed to the heavens has always been from Huangyi Academy, and you will deal with these things in the palace these days." The queen took a sip of tea and assigned Xie Qingyu a task.

"Obey my mother's instructions." Xie Qingyu raised his head slightly at this time and looked at the queen mother, but saw that although she was a little older, she was very well maintained, and if she didn't look carefully, she wouldn't be able to see it.

"I heard that you are from Jiangnan." The queen looked at Xie Qingyu with a puzzled look on her face at this moment, and asked casually.

"The courtiers are from Jiangning, and the Xie family in the capital is the family of the courtiers Jiangning." Xie Qingyu then explained the truth of the matter to the queen.

"I see." The queen replied lightly, and then stopped speaking, just looked at Xie Qingyu with a pair of eyes.

In the past, almost none of the ladies in other places compared to the ladies in the capital, but this year there is a precedent, and she is still the daughter of a businessman.

The name and appearance are good, but the background is lower, and the queen came to a conclusion after looking at it.

"Liuli, you have taken Miss Xie to get acquainted with her in the past two days." Then the queen commanded the glass beside her.

"It's a sissy." Hearing this, Liuli hurriedly blessed herself and said.

"If you do a good job in this matter, this palace will be rewarded." At this time, the queen turned her eyes to Xie Qingyu, and said very naturally, but there were more bursts of deterrence in her tone.

If you do a good job, you will be punished, Your Majesty's birthday banquet is not an ordinary birthday banquet, if anything goes wrong, the blame for this Xie Qingyu alone can't afford it, and the entire Xie family can't afford it.

"Back to my mother, I should do my best to talk about it." Xie Qingyu hurriedly stood up and said very firmly.

Xie Qingyu didn't care about the punishment for not doing well at the moment, but she was very interested in this rewarding thing.

"Okay, retreat, Liuli, you take her with you, the palace is tired." The queen then waved her hand and motioned for Liuli to take Xie Qingyu down.

"The courtiers are retired!"

"Slave and maid retire!"

Immediately afterwards, Xie Qingyu and Liuli went out of the main hall together.

"Miss Xie, you go back to Zhaoyang Palace first, and the slave maid will go to the Internal Affairs Office to get some things for you first." After Liuli sent Xie Qingyu to the door, although the words in his mouth were polite, there was a faint sense of alienation.

When Xie Qingyu saw this, he felt that this woman must not be able to deal with it with money like Father-in-law Zhang.

"Thank you, Aunt Ruri." Xie Qingyu responded very naturally.

Ruri didn't say anything, just turned around and walked towards the Internal Affairs Office.

Xie Qingyu watched Liuli's back drift away, and then walked in the direction of Zhaoyang Palace by himself.

Although Liuli is the maid ring next to the queen, she is not very old, she looks only in her twenties, and her appearance is beautiful, but she seems to be very old in terms of treating people, and she doesn't say much to Xie Qingyu, just to complete the task assigned by the queen's mother.

After Xie Qingyu returned to Zhaoyang Palace, he began to pack up his things, the entire Zhaoyang Palace was very large, but she was the only one who lived alone, compared to here, the Xie family's dilapidated courtyard could be described as a beggar's nest.

And this is the paradise on earth, and the porcelain vases that are all the best tributes in the palace are furnished, each of which is very valuable, and although it is empty, there are special palace maids to clean it all day, and there is not even a little dust.

Xie Qingyu didn't bring much with him when he came, just a few clothes and two books.

It's just three or two clicks to clean up, but Liuli hasn't come over for so long, Xie Qingyu had to turn around the yard boringly.

Although Zhaoyang Palace is not as gorgeous as Fengqi Palace, the materials made are all of the highest quality, and the back of Zhaoyang Palace is close to the Imperial Garden, along with the wind in the palace city, from time to time there is a refreshing fragrance of flowers.

Xie Qingyu looked at the scene in front of him, and secretly thought in his heart that such a life was not so hard, and it was very leisurely, but there was no Internet and TV in ancient times, and if the concubines in this palace didn't have some fun, they were afraid that they would have to eat and sleep all day.

"Miss Xie." At this time, Liuli's figure slowly appeared at the door of Zhaoyang Palace, evoking Xie Qingyu.

And behind him were two little palace maids who looked very docile, holding some futons in their hands, and slowly entered.

"Aunt Liuli, what is this?" Xie Qingyu looked at the two palace maids behind Liuli and said very suspiciously.

"Miss Xie, this is the palace maid who has been serving you for the past two days, Xiao Jing and Xiao Rou, why don't you come to see Miss Xie?" Liuli's tone was still cold, although she had been ordered by the queen mother to let Xie Qingyu check all kinds of items in the past few days, but Xie Qingyu came to the palace for the first time, although it was only ten days, but she also needed someone to take care of her.

"Thank you, Aunt Liuli, for being so thoughtful." Xie Qingyu then said politely to Liuli.

Liuli bowed slightly, and then commanded the two palace maids.

"The two of you are on duty in Zhaoyang Palace during this time, and when Miss Xie leaves the palace after the birthday banquet is over, you will go back."

"Yes, Auntie." The two palace maids bowed their heads and responded.

"Miss Xie, you clean up first, and I'll come back to you in the afternoon to check, there are still many items in this place." After Liuli finished arranging Yahuan, she talked to Xie Qingyu about the afternoon's arrangement.

For His Majesty's birthday banquet, the queen sent someone to place the things a few months ago, and now let Xie Qingyu come over to check, it is just to give Xie Qingyu a chance to familiarize himself with the process of female officials in the inner court.

The guest list on the day of the birthday banquet, the required dishes, utensils, wine samples, songs and dances, and the court clothes worn by His Majesty and the Queen on the day of the birthday banquet, etc.

This series of things can almost be called complicated, and each object can reach the level of a few hundred.

"There's Aunt Lao Liuli." Xie Qingyu's tone was very polite, and although Liuli's attitude was detached, he also informed a lot of various matters about the birthday banquet.