Yixia Pavilion is built according to the water, imitated the style of the small bridge in the south of the Yangtze River, so the pavilions and pavilions, the rockery waterfall is a lot, the small bridge near the water winding is paved with pebbles, and extends to the Yixia Pavilion in the center of the lake, close to the end of the year, the palace has also hung up the red raccoon yarn palace lamp, and the purple stem and leaf green bamboo and the plum blossom that is as white as the snow reflect each other, the waterfall in the distance is falling in the artificially built blue pond soup spring, faintly bubbling with white-hot smoke, as if entering the fairy palace, there is no winter Xiao Suo at all, If it weren't for the temperature or the cold of winter, I am afraid that people would mistake it for spring and summer.

There are already some young women and young men chatting and laughing around, Lin Qingzhi has also participated in many wealthy families or palace banquets before, this banquet is hosted by the queen, and has already handed over a message to participate, it is really inappropriate not to come, but I don't like these rich children to pretend to be high and secretly compare, at this time there is still half an hour to leave the table, so I took advantage of Lin Qingji and other familiar children to say hello, and pulled Xiao Mufeng to stroll in the direction of the waterfall behind the rockery.

Because it is in the palace, there are many eyeliner ears and it is not convenient to say something else, the two have a chat without a match, but they heard a faint quarrel in the distance, the two walked quickly across the rockery, at the intersection of a small road, only to see two palace maids in plain blue palace clothes are kneeling on the cold pebbles and sobbing, there are a few red stripe marks on the wrist and face, the cotton wool in the plain blue shirt flies out, and the girl in the gorgeous dress wearing a crimson Shu embroidered brocade standing next to her has a cold eyebrows, holding a slender striped leather whip in her hand, Obviously, the two palace maids were whipped, and the girl was still insulting and reprimanding, and the two of them had heard the truth between the words, it turned out that the girl had lost the mutton fat jade bracelet rewarded by the queen on the way, and in the process of looking back, she saw the two palace maids cowering and suspected that they had stolen it, so there was a scene that had just happened.

Seeing that the two palace maids still denied it, the girl was even more angry, and she raised her hand to do it again, but Xiao Mufeng strode forward to hold her arm, Lin Qingzhi also stepped forward, and the moment she saw Xiao Mufeng, the girl's expression changed from anger to shock, and she was stunned for a moment and spit out a sentence "Brother Mu" after seeing it clearly.

Ashamed and embarrassed, he adjusted his mood in an instant, lowered his eyes and asked shyly: "Why is Brother Mu here, I haven't seen you for a few years, Fu'er misses Brother Mu very much, this time I brought your favorite West Lake lotus root powder to Jingte, and I was preparing to send it to your house in the afternoon after the banquet." If it weren't for Lin Qingzhi and Xiao Mufeng who saw the process just now, I am afraid that at this moment, there would be no way to associate this woman with eyes as clear as clear lake water and the woman who was flying and domineering just now, and her face was like a ghost.

It turned out that this girl was the queen's niece, that is, Zhao Xuefu, the daughter of the queen's younger sister Wang Youyi, who had lived in Beijing with her mother for two months when she was a child, and Lin Qingzhi had also played with her. Maybe it was the growing power of the relatives of the Wang family in recent years, which actually made this well-behaved and lovely woman when she was a child feel more arrogant, thinking of this, Lin Qingzhi felt a pity in her heart, but she didn't show any emotion on her face.

Hearing Zhao Xuefu's words, Xiao Mufeng said with a disgusted expression on his face: "Miss Zhao doesn't know that people's preferences are not static, what you liked when you were a child, you may not like it when you grow up, you better keep it for yourself and use it slowly." ”

Xiao Mufeng's words made Zhao Xuefu's face pale, and a trace of sadness appeared in her eyes, and then she said: "Since Brother Mu doesn't like it, let's pick a new gift another day and send it again." ”

"Don't bother Miss Zhao, I will find a way to get what I like from this king, and what others give may not be what I like." Xiao Mufeng didn't leave any face for Zhao Xuefu, and her words made her stand still and didn't know what to do.

"Sister Xuefu, I haven't seen her for a few years, but she has grown a lot taller." Lin Qingzhi saw that the momentum was not right, and said with a smile to Zhao Xuefu, Zhao Xuefu looked at it in a blink of an eye, showing a trace of confusion in her eyes, obviously she didn't know this stunning woman anymore, but she was already unhappy when she saw that she was with Xiao Mufeng, and she was even more unhappy when she saw that she was out of foreign appearance, so she didn't care.

Xiao Mufeng saw that she didn't answer Lin Qingzhi's words, so he said coldly, "I haven't seen the county lord of Zhaoning yet", seeing that Xiao Mufeng spoke, Zhao Xuefu was not easy to refuse, remembering that it was Lin Qingzhi who played together when she was a child, and her status was indeed higher than her own in name, although she thought in her heart that she was not the daughter of a deceased princess, my aunt was the queen mother who was in power today, so she reluctantly bent over and "saw the county lord of Zhaoning".

"No need to be polite, the banquet is about to start, let's hurry over." Lin Qingzhi reminded that Xiao Mufeng dismissed the two palace maids, and then turned around and walked back with Lin Qingzhi.

Zhao Xuefu was already unhappy because of what she did, and saw that Xiao Mufeng was kind to Lin Qingzhi, and even her eyes were as soft as water, and she was even more jealous, and she was so angry that she gasped.

After returning to Yixia Pavilion, basically everyone who came has been seated, the man is seated on one side, the woman is seated on the opposite side, Lin Qingzhi followed Xiao Mufeng into the main hall, the voice in the hall immediately became a lot quieter, and dozens of pairs of eyes stared together, Xiao Mufeng was already elegant and handsome, Lin Qingzhi's stunning face against the backdrop of the two of them was more conspicuous, the children of the official eunuch couldn't help but show surprise when they saw Lin Qingzhi, and the women of Yingying Yanyan were originally dressed up in fancy clothes, and they couldn't wait to take out the beaded ornaments at the bottom of the box and bring them all on their bodies. But seeing Lin Qingzhi wearing a plain white dress, and even more Zhu Cui, she can overwhelm them a few streets with little or less powder, how can she not be jealous, so these women are not very friendly except for Wei Yao, Lin Qingzhi has long been used to it and doesn't care much, the two of them each walked to their seats and sat down, Lin Qingji held the glass cup in his hand and blinked at Lin Qingzhi with interest, Wei Yao looked at Lin Qingzhi with a smile on his face.

After a while, there was a screaming eunuch who said in a long tone: "The queen has arrived", and then a woman wearing a vermilion phoenix luan pattern dress walked into the inner hall with the support of two palace maids in their thirties, the black bun was not decorated with gold and silver glass like others, but with a set of jade ornaments, which was more graceful and luxurious, although the corners of the eyes had climbed into fine wrinkles, but it could still be seen from the outline of the facial features that she was a first-class beauty when she was young, Behind him was a woman with a sapphire blue embroidered dress with a similar appearance of six or seven points, presumably the queen's younger sister Wang Youyi, the wife of Zhao Hai'an, the assassin of Hangzhou. Everyone knelt down and saluted and shouted: "Say hello to the queen, the queen is blessed and safe." ”

"You are all the pillars of the future of the Great Jin, and the reason why this banquet is held today is also to give you more opportunities to know, understand and exchange, today is not formal, you have fun, and the palace is uncomfortable in your detention, so I will not accompany you." After sitting for a while, the queen left, staggering, pushing cups and changing lamps, these people also had a good time, the sound of silk and bamboo, music and dance were all available.

When the wine was half-drunk, a man in white clothes came to Lin Qingzhi's seat with a lamp and said, "I have heard the name of the county lord for a long time, and Yun Li respects the county lord with a glass." After that, he wanted to grab Lin Qingzhi's hand, but the latter dodged it quietly.

"I have heard that Zhao Gongzi is suave, it is really better to see than to hear." Lin Qingzhi's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of fierceness, but the former didn't realize it, and thought he was praising himself, and said complacently, "Where is it, the county lord is as beautiful as a flower, and people are more delicate than flowers." As he spoke, he was about to wrap his arms around Lin Qingzhi's waist, and Xiao Mufeng next to him had already seen that the situation was wrong, and quickly approached and poured a glass of wine on Zhao Yunli's clothes, and said softly: "I'm sorry Brother Yunli, I drank too much today and soiled your clothes, go and change into clean clothes" Although the other party was dumbfounded, he didn't dare to collide with the prince after all, so he politely walked away.