Shu Fangyin, who got Zhou's consent, insisted on running into her yard a few more times, until Zhou asked her to go back to the yard to rest first on the grounds of physical discomfort, but she also made a full set of this play.

"Mama, what do you think I'm going to wear to the palace for a banquet?" Shu Fangyin, who has free time, is preparing for the next Yuan Festival these days.

"Girl, the Xia Yuan Festival is a big day for sacrifices and blessings, and the old slave thinks it's better to wear it too conspicuously." People are old and fine, after all, Mama Tian has seen a lot of things, and she is thinking about Shu Fangyin at the moment.

"Mama I'm afraid I don't know, although this year's Xia Yuan Festival still has to sacrifice to the sky and pray for blessings, but there is news in the palace that I want to take this opportunity to see a woman of the right age, saying that it is to prepare for a happy event in the palace." Shu Fangyin couldn't help but look happy: "I thought about it, the old emperor is now more than sixty, and the following princes are all adults, among the adult princes, except for the prince who has been married and the fifth prince is engaged, the second prince and the sixth prince are not married, I am afraid that they will be prepared for these two people." ”

After hearing this, Mama Tian thought about it, she always felt that something was wrong: "The girl is so prepared?" ”

"Mama, my background is not high, although I can enter the palace for a banquet together with my father's Dingguohou, it is just my painstaking management in exchange, Mama, I am afraid that the opportunity to see so many dignitaries and nobles at one time in the future is less than once, I really don't want to give up this great opportunity." Shu Fangyin's words were pitiful, but it made Mama Tian a little unbearable.

"Since the girl has made up her mind, the old slave has nothing to say, but I hope the girl's wish will come true." Mama Tian blessed her body.

With Mama Tian's support, Shu Fangyin is even more handy in doing things, but Shu Manyin has no movement here, she still goes to her grandmother's yard to send some fancy snacks, or teaches a few girls to embroider, and she has nothing to do, and she also took a few girls to play a game of pitching pots in the yard, but she lived freely.

On this day, when she went to give the old lady the almond bergamot and chestnut cake she made, the old lady suddenly asked: "Girl Man, I heard that your mother agreed to take the second girl to the banquet in the palace?" ”

"Yes, grandmother, my sister is very yearning for the palace, pestering my mother for many days, my mother thought about the sacrifice and prayer, and there was no chaos, so I agreed, and the queen mother is to let the officials above the third grade, Mrs. and the women of the right age in the family are all brought, presumably there are many people."

"You girl is so simple-minded, I'm afraid that you think like this, in case you meet someone with bad intentions, you have nowhere to escape." The old lady is worthy of having experienced wind and rain, although she is old, her brain is very clear, and her eyes are very vicious.

"But since you are the master, I won't say much, but my Shu family is the only one of you two girls, although your father and I don't want to treat you as a ladder to climb up, but I also want you to live freely and happily, the water in the palace is very deep, and the palace wall is as deep as the sea, do you understand?" The old lady grabbed Shu Manyin's hand and said seriously, she was afraid that this girl would be blinded by the wealth of kilometers, she knew at such an old age that this palace was not a good place to go.

"Grandmother don't worry, granddaughter saves." Shu Manyin looked into her grandmother's eyes and said.

Seeing the solemnity in her eyes, the old lady couldn't help but relax a little, knowing that this granddaughter of her in-law was a person who could see clearly and put people at ease: "No matter what, it's our Shufu when you go out, and you should take care of it more." The old lady said this very meaningfully, although she said that she didn't like Shu Fangyin, but after all, she was a person from Shu Mansion, representing Shu Mansion, if something really happened, it would also be a shame for Shu Mansion, so she could only talk to Shu Manyin.

"Worshipping the heavens and praying for blessings is a big event, and my granddaughter will take care of my sister." Although Shu Manyin is a little reluctant, she also wants to see Shu Fangyin's jokes, but big things can't happen, once something happens, not only Shu Fangyin's life is difficult to protect, but I'm afraid that the entire Shu Mansion will also be implicated, so even if it is for Shu Mansion, for her father and grandmother, she will try her best to look at Shu Fangyin.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day before she was going to the banquet, and on this day, Shu Fangyin was busy asking her subordinates to incense her clothes, striving to grow lotus step by step, and the dark fragrance filled her sleeves.

"Miss, what outfit are you going to wear to the banquet tomorrow?" Comfrey didn't understand any of this.

"Just the green bamboo-colored one." Shu Manyin, who was lying on the chaise longue and looking at the book, replied casually.

"Miss, will this set be too plain?" Lilac was a little dissatisfied with the clothes, and the young lady went to the palace for a banquet, she must have to wear beautiful clothes.

"That's it, I'm here to pray for blessings, not to choose a concubine, what are you doing with such a gorgeous outfit." Shu Manyin didn't say a word, just because she had to go to the palace to wear a plain color, this palace banquet was not so delicious, although even her mother thought that it was just the emperor's grace to take her family to the palace for the banquet, but she, a person who had lived a lifetime, clearly knew what the people above were thinking.

Hearing Shu Manyin say this, Lilac smiled: "Also, Miss is beautiful in everything she wears." ”

"Eat early today, and after dinner, let the kitchen people prepare more shadow cakes and bean paste bones, and tomorrow's food will be eaten, as well as the surplus fruits for the children who come to beg for it." This blessed fruit is also a must-eat in the next Yuan Festival, but now there are many children from poor families who can't afford to eat this blessed fruit, so every year Shufu will make more, and only on this day, the children of the poor families who begged on that day dare to come to the door to ask for the blessing fruit, which is also for the blessings of the people in various prefectures.

"Got it, miss, it's ready in the kitchen. Miss still rests early, but tomorrow morning she has to burn incense to cleanse herself, so she has to get up early. "Zicao also knows that going to the palace for a banquet, these etiquettes are indispensable, so she urged this Shu Manyin to rest.

Early the next morning, Shu Manyin was called up early, bathed and changed clothes, burned incense and cleansed herself, and tossed for a while, and then put on the green bamboo-colored round-necked Xiangyun coat prepared early, lined with a crescent white high-necked mid-shirt, a lotus-colored skirt, a crimson tunic tied around the waist, a white fox fur, and jade was also selected for the head.

"Miss, the slave maid puts on your makeup." Lilac said, Shu Manyin was really sleepy after some tossing, so she went to Lilac, and when she was more sober, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

"Lilac, let's downplay this makeup, shorten the tails of the eyes, and make this lipstick lighter."

"Miss looks good." Lilac still didn't understand, and the comfrey on the side knocked on her head: "Didn't Miss say it, it's better if it's not conspicuous today, you girl just do it." ”

Lilac thought about it, oops, Miss really said it last night, but she forgot it. Hurriedly wiped off some makeup, and after painting, although the lady is still good-looking, it is not a gaudy beauty, but it is a little fresher, and it is more dusty.

Shu Manyin, who had packed up, went to the front hall, they couldn't bring maids to the banquet this time, the comfrey and cloves could only wait in the house, and soon after they arrived in the front hall, they saw Shu Fangyin, and today's Shu Fangyin was dressed very carefully.

The upper body is a begonia-colored cardigan, lined with a peach pink middle shirt, a purple skirt, covered with a long lilac cloak, the head is red coral, and the makeup is also gorgeous, especially when you get a little closer, you can smell the incense on her body, which makes people feel unforgettable and gorgeous at a glance.

"My sister came early." As soon as she saw Shu Manyin wearing such a plain dress, Shu Fangyin's heart couldn't help but balance a lot, this kind of appearance is really incomparable to herself, and she must be better than Shu Manyin today.

"It's not too late for my sister to come."

The two sisters sat in the front hall for a while, and Zhou came over, looked at the outfits of the two, and was very satisfied when they saw Shu Manyin, and frowned almost invisibly when they saw Shu Fangyin, but fortunately, it is not a big deal, the matter of makeup is small, and the matter of etiquette is big.

"The first time the two of you entered the palace, there are many rules in the palace, and along the way, the nurturing grandmother will follow you. After Zhou finished speaking, he asked the nurturing grandmother to follow the two girls into the back carriage, and he got into the front carriage, and then walked towards the palace.

The two of them who entered the sedan chair listened to the nagging of the nagging grandmother along the way, Shu Manyin was better, although she was also very sleepy, but the demeanor of the noble girl of the family was there, and the queen of the previous life was not in vain, and she could still sit there and listen with spirit, and her demeanor was also extremely standard and elegant.

On the other hand, Shu Fangyin is not good, this time she began to doze off in the car, last night she was so excited that she almost didn't sleep all night, and today she was pulled up early, this toss, even the morning fast can not be used, at this time it is full of energy, I can't hear a few words, my head dozed off little by little, and the nurturing grandmother called several times but failed to wake her up, but provoked her to complain.

"If you don't want to have your head cut off for bad etiquette, cheer me up." Shu Manyin, who couldn't listen to it on the side, couldn't help but open her mouth.

Maybe she has been thinking about competing with Shu Manyin in her heart, or she is very unwilling to hear Shu Manyin teach herself. Shu Fangyin, who heard the words, finally sobered up for half a minute, but she didn't ignore the impatience that flashed in Shu Manyin's eyes, and she was suddenly a little annoyed: "Don't think that if you are my sister-in-law, you can teach me a lesson casually, who wins and who loses." ”

Shu Manyin didn't bother to quarrel with her. The nurturing grandmother on the side frowned when she heard this, the second lady of the Shu family was really a little unreasonable, how could she not have any respect for her sister-in-law, and she didn't even bring a title.

Half an hour later, she finally arrived at the gate of the palace, got out of the carriage, Shu Fangyin looked at the towering red makeup and green tiles in front of her, and her heart was surging, this is the place she has always longed for, entering here is equivalent to getting glory and wealth, and she really has no regrets in this life.