It has been sixty-five years since Dayan Jianzhang, from Taizu Baili Gu to his grandson, the current emperor Baili Xian, without exception, they are all difficult heirs.

Today, among the heirs of the imperial family, there are only Princess Bailiqing of Changle, who was born to the side concubine when the emperor was the prince in his early years, and Bailichen, the prince who is just nine years old.

Therefore, Princess Changle, as the only daughter of the emperor and the eldest sister of the current crown prince, is one of the most noble women in Dayan.

And since five years ago, she has found Su Rili too boring. A polo party is held every spring and a chrysanthemum party is held in autumn, and it has become a grand event for the aristocratic women in the capital.

Everyone is proud to receive an invitation from the princess, and the woman who does not receive the invitation is either too low in the family to be qualified, or she has a loss of personal virtue and is rejected by the princess.

And being rejected by the princess means that the circle of noble women in the capital will always exclude you.

Lu Tang got up early today, it was still a little dark outside, and a few candles were lit in the room to illuminate it.

The little girl Taoxiang stood aside with her clothes and stood with her eyebrows lowered, and Pu Jia gently shook off her clothes in the warm yellow light, and carefully served Lu Tang to dress.

The clothes were made early, and it took a lot of effort to show her face at Princess Changle's chrysanthemum party.

The top is a crimson double-embroidered satin robe, the outer head is covered with a smoky silver and red silk yarn robe, and the two plackets are embroidered with a round blister-eyed goldfish with double strands of fine gold thread, and the long tail spreads out like a water yarn, which is novel and beautiful.

The bottom is equipped with a shallow cyan pleated floor-length skirt, and the skirt is twisted with a thin blue thread with a circle of blue lotus patterns, which echoes the goldfish embroidered on the smoky silver red silk gauze long coat.

Cai Wei took the jewelry that had been prepared long ago from the gold-black lacquered dressing box - a delicate dotted green lotus pattern head flower, which was inlaid with emerald blue bird feathers, and decorated with lotus-shaped flowers made of mutton fat white jade, which looked delicate and quiet.

I also took a pair of long earrings with gold inlaid with eastern pearls, a string of eighteen pink tourmaline beads and emerald bracelets, and a few light green small lotus leaf jade hairpins. I also took two white jade inlaid lotus pattern hairpins and prepared them to prevent any accidents at the banquet from messing up my makeup and hair.

After Lu Tang finished dressing up, the sky was also bright. The pale golden morning light shone warmly on her small and fair face, and even the tiny fluff was clearly visible.

Cai Wei looked at Lu Tang'er's greasy face, and couldn't help but praise: "Miss is really beautiful, more and more like Madame." "Mrs. Lu Wang Wanhua is a famous beauty in Beijing twenty-three years ago, and she shared the fame of the capital with Qin Qixia, the queen mother of the queen.

Lu Tang has heard people praise him for his beauty since he was a child, although he is modest in his mouth, he is not a little proud in his heart. The little girls in the world like to hear praise, and at this time, there are no outsiders at home, so Lu Tang pursed her lips and smiled, making her even more delicate and lovely.

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The sedan chair outside Lu's house has been prepared, and Mrs. Lu sat on the jujube red one in front of her first, and the sedan chair was followed by Mingzhu and Mingyue.

Lu Tang got on the pale yellow sedan chair at the back, followed by Pujia and Cai Wei.

Because of Lu Yushi's high position, the Lu family lived in Yongfeng Alley, which was close to the imperial city, not far from the princess's mansion.

The sedan chair went out of the alley, and just after passing through the two main streets, it reached the gate of the princess's mansion.

At this time, the main gate of the princess's mansion was very lively, and the ladies and ladies of each house were dressed up, some greeted each other, some had just gotten off the sedan chair, and some showed the invitation to the big housekeeper and went inside.

Lu Tang got off the sedan chair, only to feel the sound of warblers and swallows around her, and the fragrant wind lingering in her nose, and she couldn't help but feel a pain in her head - what she was most afraid of was the noisy environment.

Mrs. Lu knew her temperament, so she didn't force her. Ordered Baozhu to take the invitation card out, only nodded and smiled with the ladies who knew each other, and then took Lu Tang into the princess's mansion without stopping.

The house was huge, and a maid wearing blue clothes led Mrs. Lu and the others to walk inside.

Lu Tang had participated in several chrysanthemum banquets before, and he was familiar with the princess's mansion, so he only walked with his eyes down at this time, and did not look around to both sides.

This year's banquet was still held at the Qi Fang Pavilion on the shore of Taiye Lake in the Princess's Mansion.

There were already a lot of ladies and ladies sitting there at this time, and when they saw Mrs. Lu and Lu Tang approaching, there were familiar ladies who greeted them with a smile. Lu Tang sat down with his mother, with a sweet smile on his beautiful little face, and he bowed to the ladies around him in a reserved and gentle manner.

The ladies and ladies who participated in the banquet arrived one after another after a while.

Lu Tang saw that he was sitting far away from Huang Jin'er and the others, so he felt a little bored. I pinched a piece of lotus jujube paste yam cake casually, and took a small bite, only to feel that my mouth was full of sweetness and mellowness, and I secretly said in my heart that the dim sum made by the princess's palace chef was really different from the dim sum made outside.

After only resting for a while, he heard a woman's voice faintly coming from the path outside the pavilion, Lu Tang knew that Princess Changle had arrived, and hurriedly swallowed the last bite of jujube paste and yam cake, and looked up.

I saw Princess Changle combing the hibiscus and returning to the clouds, wearing gorgeous ornaments, wearing a pink peony pattern palace dress, followed by dozens of beautiful maids, very graceful and luxurious.

However, the proud daughter of the sky should have been in the spotlight, but people's eyes couldn't help but look at her - a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman in a fiery red dress.

Lu Tang also looked at it curiously, only glanced at it, and was shocked all over, almost not knowing where he was.

That Zhang is so beautiful!

The black hair is like a cloud, and the lining is as bright as jade. Dai's eyebrows are obliquely long into the sideburns, the eyes are bright as stars, the bridge of the nose is high, and the rosy lips are slightly raised. Dressed in a red dress as dazzling as fire, there was no decoration on his body except for a Canaanite fragrant wood inlaid gold bracelet.

is so bright and dazzling beauty, and everyone who only looks at it can't see anyone else in their eyes.

Princess Changle didn't know everyone's mood, but still smiled and walked towards Qi Fangting with Zhang Yu.

The ladies and ladies of the various provinces came back to their senses, hurriedly sorted out their shock, smiled decently, and welcomed the princess to the table.

The princess is now twenty-six years old, and the concubine Chen Zhi is the champion of Xuanhe for three years, and the two have been married for nine years.

Because the imperial heir is difficult, Princess Changle likes the young children of each family very much, Lu Tang was barely an ignorant child a few years ago, and she was delicate and cute, so the princess liked to tease her very much.

Lu Tang is twelve years old this year, and she can be called a little girl. Princess Changle sat on the seat, looked around and saw her.

casually quipped: "The Tang Niang of the Lu Yushi family has also grown up to be a girl?" Back then, I said that the youngest daughter of the Lu family is good-looking, and when she grows up, she will not be able to escape the name of the first beauty in the capital. ”

Mrs. Lu didn't answer, only smiled slightly and looked sideways at her daughter.

Lu Tang's face turned red when he heard this, and he said angrily: "The princess is ashamed of me by saying this." ”

looked up at Zhang Yu who was sitting next to the princess, only to feel that her complexion was compelling and her beauty was peerless, and she couldn't help but murmur: "The sister of the Zhang family next to the princess can be called the first beauty in the capital!" ”

Princess Changle didn't hear Lu Tang's words, but only made a few jokes about others at random, and then called the daughter of the palace next to her to pass the banquet.

The imperial kitchen of the princess's mansion was specially given by the emperor, Lu Tang was still a little girl after all, and at this time, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva secretly when she looked at the dazzling imperial food on the table.

One hundred and eight dishes of various colors such as simmered quail with pearl sea rice, simmered ham with fish maw, chicken soup with shark skin, fresh mushroom and cabbage sum, etc., are served in turn, accompanied by a high-footed blue and white flying phoenix unicorn pattern plate, which is beautiful and delicious.

Mrs. Lu looked at her little daughter who was obviously greedy, but she was patient, and ate with the demeanor of a young lady of the family, and she couldn't help coughing to cover up, so as to prevent herself from laughing.

After the banquet, it's time for the chrysanthemum banquet. Every year, the chrysanthemum banquet will think of a novel way to make the ladies try to double, if which lady wins, you can get the reward of Princess Changle, and you can win a good reputation in Beijing.

Huang Jin'er, Wang Qiaojing and Liu Xueniang, the little ladies, had already gathered around Lu Tang and were chattering and giving advice.

Before, because of their young age, none of them had been ranked well, only Lu Tang had received a few praises from the princess, but they were far from winning the first place.

"The year before last, I wrote chrysanthemum poems, and last year I painted chrysanthemums, but I don't know what this year is trying?" Huang Jin'er wrinkled her nose in worry.

"It's definitely related to chrysanthemums this year!" Liu Xueniang said affirmatively.

Before Lu Tang could speak, the daughter of Tsing Yi Palace, who was standing next to Princess Changle, invited the ladies to a vacant lot outside the pavilion next to her.

The open space was full of chrysanthemums of all colors, and everyone was puzzled, so the daughter of the palace said loudly: "Today's chrysanthemum competition is to fight grass, and take off the old routine, and come up with a new fighting method." Today, the grass is not as much as the grass, and the grass is not folded. Everyone says the name of a chrysanthemum, and faces it according to the word, and the one who is right the most wins. ”

"I don't know how to deal with the law? Please tell me about it. I don't know who the young lady asked.

"The ancients had a pair of names that best matched: 'The wind does not ring the bell grass, and the rain beats the drum and flower silently.'" If someone says 'bell grass', it can be 'drum flower', literally, not far-fetched. Then say another one, or write it out. It's just that the ladies should remember to use the name of the chrysanthemum. The daughter of the Tsing Yi Palace replied with a smile.

Everyone understood, and they hurriedly brought their playmates to see the chrysanthemum, just hoping that a few more would come out for a while.

Huang Jin'er looked around and sighed quietly: "I don't like flowers and grass the most in my life, and I'm going to die today!" ”

Lu Tang, Wang Qiaojing, and Liu Xue Nianggu sneered, and said in unison: "You deserve it!" ”