Eighty-eighth, the palace banquet (middle)

Li Xiuning gave birth to a good child before March, she has practiced martial arts since she was a child, her body is strong, and she has already recovered almost at this time, and she will come to participate in the palace banquet today, and the eldest grandson and little lady saluted to the Ruyi princess who walked quickly: "See His Royal Highness the Lord, it is an event held by the queen's mother, and if the mother speaks, there will be no need for me to persuade you." ”

"Hmph, eldest grandson Erniang, you are really boring, obviously only thirteen or fourteen years old, but you have an old-fashioned appearance, at a young age, you are so careful in what you say and do, and it is not boring." The high-spirited, beautiful Princess Ruyi was obviously not used to listening to the tone of the eldest grandson's little lady, her eyes fell on the eldest grandson's face, and she snorted a little unhappily.

The eldest grandson and the little lady lowered her eyes, smiling, quietly listening to Princess Ruyi's indignation, and did not speak, Yuwen Qiao on the side had a slightly curled lips, with a good look on her face, or Nanyang was afraid that they would not look good when they argued, so she coughed lightly: "Ahem, it's not too early, let's go in first." With her standing up, it was inconvenient for everyone to say anything, and they walked into the Yaoguang Hall together.

At this time, Queen Xiao had not come out yet, and after Princess Nanyang entered the Yaoguang Palace, she went to the palace with Ruyi, and the eldest grandson and the Zheng family found a not very conspicuous position near the banquet table and sat down.

After about a cup of tea, people came in one after another, this time there were a few people who came in were Zheng's former close friends, as soon as they saw Zheng's, they immediately walked towards her, the eldest grandson and the little lady saw that the sister-in-law had acquaintances, and she was not good to keep the pestle beside her, and said hello to everyone, so she found a reason, stood up, and walked out.

She just turned around twice in the vicinity, and saw Li Xiuning coming in from outside, Li Xiuning, who is now nineteen years old, has completely grown up, both in appearance and figure, although she has just given birth to a child, and her clothes are not as bright as in the boudoir, but it does not damage her beauty at all, but seeing that she is wearing a blue dress, even the cloak behind her is the same color, this color is not suppressed by ordinary people at all, but when worn on her, she is like a blooming blue rose, and the beauty is difficult to face.

"Sister Xiuning." As soon as the eldest grandson saw her, she immediately greeted her with joy.

"You came earlier than me, hey, sister-in-law has an acquaintance over there, so let's talk together." Li Xiuning greeted her, and said with a smile after seeing the situation on Zheng's side.

Li Xiuning really likes her brother-in-law very much, since the first time she saw her, she was very eye-to-eye, and after getting acquainted, the two almost became handkerchiefs, and later the eldest grandson married into the Li family and became her sister-in-law, and the relationship became closer.

"Where's your mother-in-law?" The eldest grandson glanced behind her, but she didn't see the old lady of Chaifu, so she couldn't help but ask quietly.

"Poof, you girl, just a little naughty at your age in front of me, she met an acquaintance outside, and she had to chat for a while before coming in." Li Xiuning burst out laughing, and couldn't help but reach out and nod her head.

"Do you know that the queen is going to hold a keju tournament and a polo match?" The eldest grandson and the little lady stuck out her tongue at her, and couldn't help but ask again, she was afraid that Li Xiuning would not know about it, and when the time came, Queen Xiao suddenly proposed to invite her to participate, and she would not be able to deal with it at that time.

"The queen is going to hold a keju tournament and a polo match? But even if it's going to be held, it's the nobles who want to participate, so it has nothing to do with us, right? Li Xiuning really didn't know about this, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly when she heard the voice.

The eldest grandson and the little lady recounted what Princess Ruyi said before, Li Xiuning heard it, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch her chin to think, and then said after a while: "With my understanding of the queen's mother, she shouldn't take the initiative to let me participate in the polo match, when I was still in the boudoir, I only participated in the polo match of the Kyoto noblewoman once, not to mention that I am married now, this request should be made by Princess Ruyi, right?" ”

Li Xiuning's bow horse martial arts can be said to be outstanding among the nobles in the eastern and western capitals, let her play polo, ordinary people are not even qualified to play against her, Queen Xiao has a good and virtuous temperament, she will not let her join in to participate in the polo match when she knows that no one is her opponent.

"Well, it is indeed Princess Ruyi's opinion, Princess Ruyi has been practicing bow horses all these years, she is now fifteen years old, and she should get married in two years, it is estimated that she wants to be free now, and she wants to compete with Sister Xiuning." The eldest grandson and little lady tilted her head and thought for a while, and soon understood Princess Ruyi's thoughts.

"She doesn't necessarily want to compete with me, I think she probably wants to compete with you." Li Xiuning shook her head, Princess Ruyi likes Li Jiaerlang, many noble girls in Kyoto know this, but Li Erlang has been engaged with her eldest grandson since she was a child, and she can neither rob it openly, nor can she surrender her identity as a concubine, she can't get out of this breath in her heart, as long as she seizes the opportunity, she will find the eldest grandson's stubble and want to press her.

"Also, no matter how hard she works to practice martial arts and arrows, she can't be Sister Xiuning's opponent." The eldest grandson and little lady were stunned when she heard this, but immediately understood what she meant.

"Hehe, but if she really has this in mind, I'm afraid she will be disappointed, the eldest grandson of our family is not a weak little lady." Li Xiuning smiled, and couldn't help but reach out and gently pinch the soft cheeks of the eldest grandson.

Others don't know the details of the eldest grandson's little lady, but she knows that the eldest grandson's family has specially found martial arts for her when she was young, although the teaching time is not long, but the eldest grandson has persevered, there must be an hour every day to practice martial arts and archery, until she marries into the eldest grandson's mansion, this habit is still maintained, although her bow and horse kung fu can not be compared with herself, but among the nobles in Luoyang, she is definitely ranked in the top three, worthy of her identity as the daughter of the gate.

"Sister Xiuning is afraid that she overestimates me, whether it is me or her, once you face Sister Xiuning, you can only be defeated." The eldest grandson slapped her hand and glared at her.

"Don't worry, if there is no accident, I will probably not play, at most I will be appointed as a referee by the queen, but whether this matter is just a temporary interest of Princess Ruyi, or whether it has the meaning of the previous dynasty, still needs to be considered." Li Xiuning's eyes flashed slightly, and he subconsciously thought about it more, today is to hold a palace banquet for the victory of the Eastern Expedition, the queen announced a polo match at this time, and I don't know if there is any meaning of His Majesty in it, the current emperor's suspicion of the Li family is deepening day by day, could it be that even the harem is involved?

She has been familiar with the history of the military since she was a child, and when she was not married, she spent most of her time walking around with her teacher, and her vision and thinking are by no means comparable to ordinary boudoir women, and she can't see the emperor's heart and the current situation of the Li family.

"Sister Xiuning, what do you mean?" After all, the eldest grandson was still young, and he really didn't think about it for a while, and when he heard Li Xiuning's whisper, he couldn't help but be slightly taken aback.

"It's hard to say, it's just my guess, our queen mother is not the same as Your Majesty, she is indeed virtuous and generous, Princess Nanyang can have such a temperament reputation, all of which have to be taught by the palace mother, even if it is Princess Ruyi, although her personality is a little more flamboyant, her nature is not bad, well, the queen mother is out, let's go over." Li Xiuning shook her head, and when she said the last sentence, she just saw Empress Xiao and her two daughters walking over from the corridor, and suddenly changed the conversation.