On September 18, the tenth year of the Great Cause, on the third day of the army's return to the dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui set up a palace banquet in the Yaoguang Palace, and washed the dust for the soldiers to congratulate the victory of the Eastern Expedition! The palace banquet was held in the evening, and in addition to the soldiers above the fifth rank, the families of the courtiers above the third rank were also invited. The Yaoguang Hall is similar to the imperial garden of other imperial harems, mainly for the daily scenery and recreation of Emperor Yang of Sui, who occasionally met with foreign guests, or drank and chatted with favored ministers, and recited poems against him.

This hall covers an extremely wide area, the strange peaks in the garden are stacked one after another, the waterfall becomes a curtain, there are Qionghua everywhere, people are in it, as if they have arrived at the legendary Yaochi Fairy Palace! Emperor Yang of Sui chose to feast his ministers here, which shows that he is in a happy mood.

The eldest grandson and the little lady Zheng were not surprised when they received the post of the palace banquet, although Li Dalang and Li Erlang's current official ranks are less than three grades, but Li Yuan is a super first-class national prince, the hostess of the national mansion Dou is gone, Wan is a concubine and has no qualifications to go to the banquet, Zheng and the eldest grandson are the daughters-in-law of the Li family, and the palace banquet list is a matter of course.

On September 18, just after Shen Shi, the eldest grandson and Zheng dressed up, went out with their husbands, boarded the carriage, and went to the palace. The time of the banquet in the palace was about the middle of the unitary hour, but these ministers who went to the banquet could not wait for the banquet to arrive. From the Guogong Mansion to the palace, there is still about half an hour's drive, to the palace gate, into the inner palace still need to live a lot of time, not a certain time to go out in advance of the time is definitely not good.

Zheng and the eldest grandson are rare beauties, if they dress up, there are not many people in the whole Luoyang City who can beat them, and now the pair of concubines are in the filial piety period, and it is inconvenient to dress up ceremoniously, even so, when the two of them came out hand in hand, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, who were waiting outside the door, saw their wives and their eyes lit up.

The eldest grandson and the little lady wore a white cloud brocade as the base, a dress embroidered with light-colored lilacs on the face, and a light light purple cloak on the outside, Zheng wore a light purple shirt skirt and a brocade white light cape.

"Hehe, Erlang, as soon as the two of them appear in the palace tonight, I'm afraid it will attract a lot of hostility." After the two got into the car, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but smile and said to Li Erlang.

"Our daughter-in-law is destined to be more eye-catching than other people's families, and it is useless for them to be jealous, but tonight's protagonists are the queen mother and several princesses, with them here, not too many people will notice our family, we don't need to worry about it." Li Erlang raised his head high, with a look of honor, he was still a teenager, seeing his wife glowing, he only had joy in his heart, and he was not worried about being jealous.

"You stinky boy......" Li Jiancheng glanced at him and shook his head with a smile.

When their carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, they happened to meet the carriage of Princess Yicheng and Princess Nanyang coming here, and the minister's family met the princess, and they wanted to salute, Zheng and the eldest grandson got off the car, stood next to the car with their husbands, and waited for the carriage of the two princesses to come, and both stepped forward to salute: "I have seen the two princesses." ”

"No need to be polite, Mrs. Zheng, eldest grandson, although I am a few years older than you, we are all acquaintances, let's go in together." Princess Nanyang lifted the curtain and said while getting out of the car with a smile.

Princess Nanyang is now twenty years old, her appearance inherits her mother, she is beautiful, and she has a humble and gentle temperament, and the noble family of Kyoto, all the noble daughters have a very good impression of this princess. She was very favored by Emperor Yang, and Emperor Yang allowed her to enter and leave the palace in a sedan car, but this princess had never used this privilege, she thought that as a princess, she should abide by the rules of etiquette and palace rules and set an example for her subjects.

The Zheng family and the eldest grandson and the little lady also admired this princess very much, and seeing that she invited her, they would not refuse, and the two of them said in unison: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Although Princess Yicheng is the sister of Emperor Yang of Sui and the aunt of Nanyang, her status in Emperor Yang of Sui's heart is far from being comparable to Nanyang.

Yuwen Qiao, who came to the banquet with Princess Yicheng, first fell on Li Erlang, sixteen-year-old Li Erlang had completely grown up, but seeing his long eyebrows and sideburns, his eyes were like Langxing, and his body was as tall as a pine, his brother Li Jiancheng was also a rare beautiful man, but when he stood beside him, he was compared to him.

This Li Erlang is not only outstanding in appearance, noble in origin, but also the best in his peers in Luoyang in terms of literary and martial arts, such a bright and outstanding young man is actually the husband of the eldest grandson Erniang, who lost his father since he was a child and was kicked out of the house by his brother, as soon as his thoughts fell here, the anger and unwillingness in Yuwen Qiao's heart surged like a tide.

Her gaze also involuntarily moved to the eldest grandson and little lady, this look, the anger in her heart became more and more intense, and the eldest grandson Erniang, who had to marry into the Li Mansion before she had time, not only did not have a trace of haggardness on her face, but became more and more beautiful, and the joint attack of Yuwen Mansion and Qi Wangfu on her in the past few months did not seem to have caused any interference to her...... Thinking of her anger, she couldn't help but clench her hands tightly, but fortunately, as she grew older, coupled with Princess Yicheng's persuasion over the years, her patience was much stronger than before, and she didn't make any rude moves.

Don't talk about Yuwen Qiao's thoughts, but say that after Princess Nanyang saw that Zheng and the eldest grandson agreed to her own proposal, a group of people quickly entered the palace gate, and when they entered the palace gate, the male and female guests were about to separate, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin glanced at their wives respectively, and followed the eunuch who led the way to the male guest, although the crisis in the palace was everywhere, but they all trusted their wives and believed that with their wit and intelligence, they could deal with everything.

"Eldest grandson Erniang, there is a Keju competition in Nanyuan next month, do you want to participate?" When he was about to arrive at the Yaoguang Palace, Yuwen Qiao's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked at the eldest grandson and the little lady and said.

"I'm married to another woman, so I'm afraid it's inconvenient for me to participate in the Keju Tournament, which is composed of noble ladies from various families." The eldest grandson and the little lady were stunned for a moment, and then replied, in her memory, the Luoyang Women's Keju Competition, most of which were jointly organized by unmarried noblewomen, although she was young, she was married last year, although Yuwen Qiao was two years older than her, and she was married this year, but she was not married.

"This Keju competition is held by the queen herself, and it does not require the contestants to be all noble girls who have not left the cabinet." Yuwen Qiao's eyes rolled slightly, and he smiled.

"Yes, in addition to the Keju match, there is also a polo match, I have told the queen mother, I will let her at the night banquet is announced in a while, the contestants are not married or unmarried, the ladies of the major families in Luoyang, as long as they are interested, they can participate, in addition, about the polo match, the eldest grandson Erniang, I hope you can help me convince Sister Xiuning and let her also participate." As soon as Yuwen Qiao's words fell, another crisp and pleasant voice sounded, and with this voice, I saw Princess Ruyi, dressed in red, striding towards this side like a burning flame.