The next day was still a banquet, but the situation was slightly different, divided into a banquet for women and a banquet for men. The banquet for female guests was held in the queen's Kunning Palace, and the banquet was presided over by the queen. The concubines of the palace and the ladies of the court and the female guests of foreign envoys attended the banquet. The form of the banquet is more free and flexible, the seats of the ladies are not limited by rank, they can choose at will, they sit with acquaintances, eat melons and fruits, and chat.

Suddenly, someone talked about the topic of Situ Nanyun, "That Situ Nanyun, I heard that she is very arrogant and domineering, and she beats people at every turn, and she likes to play with some poisonous snakes and rats, and I heard that a few maids have died, and she almost poisoned her sister Situ Nanzhu without saying a word." ”

Someone in the crowd shuddered, "Ah, this is too terrifying, there are still people with poison as companions, it's just a female devil." “

"Yes, the suave Lin Shizi actually has a marriage contract with her, I really feel worthless for the son!"

"I see, what kind of marriage contract or not, it must be some means used by the female devil to force Lin Shizi to marry her, I heard people say, it turns out that Lin Shizi is going to marry Situ Nanzhu, it is the female devil Situ Nanyun who forced Lin Shizi to marry her, otherwise let Situ Nanzhu die, Lin Shizi had no choice but to agree to her in order to save his beloved."

There was an immediate sigh from the crowd.

"This Situ Nannanzhu is so pitiful, he was actually poisoned by his own sister, not only almost died, but also robbed of his sweetheart." Someone in the crowd sighed again.

"Let's go, Situ Nanzhu is over there, let's go take a look."

So a group of indignant female relatives slipped to Situ Nanzhu's seat.

In fact, Situ Nanzhu's nature is not bad, she was instigated by graphite to retaliate against Situ Nanyun before, she was taught a hard lesson by Situ Han, and after being punished for kneeling for a day and a night in the ancestral hall, her temperament has converged a lot, and in order to be able to participate in this banquet, she begged in front of Situ Han for a long time, and made a fatal guarantee not to make trouble at the banquet before agreeing, so she honestly did not cause anything at the banquet.

"Situ Nanzhu, your beloved was snatched away, can you still sit still?" A woman in green shouted at her, she was Li Minrong, the daughter of the head of the household.

Situ Nanzhu's face turned pale, but he also replied angrily, "This is my Situ Nanzhu's business, and it is not your turn to take care of it like you." ”

"I said, Situ Nanzhu, we are so kind to remind you that you really don't know the hearts of good people. I think you're a coward, a coward, and you've given up your sweetheart. Li Minrong saw that Situ Nanzhu didn't follow her way, but instead got up with her, and angrily pointed at the tip of Situ Nanyun's nose and scolded.

"You ......", Situ Nanyun was furious, was hit in the sore spot, and the outstretched fingers trembled slightly, "You...... Don't talk nonsense, I'm not a coward, a coward, when have I ever been afraid of Situ Nanyun? ”

"Situ Nanzhu, I think you should stay with good food and drink, just rely on your two strokes to stop Lin Shizi from marrying that vicious woman? You weren't poisoned by her two years ago, fight with her, be careful that your life is not guaranteed. Li Minrong had an arrogant smile on her face and continued to deliberately anger her.

The rest of the daughters also looked disdainful, "That's it, that's it, it's hard-mouthed." ”

Situ Nanzhu was furious for a while, but she remembered her father Situ Han's explanation, and held back her anger and didn't make any trouble.

After the banquet, the ladies went to the garden in front of the Kunning Palace to enjoy the flowers, although it was the harsh winter season, but there were special measures to keep warm in the palace, so the flowers cultivated still did not reduce the momentum of spring, and the garden was decorated with gorgeous colors.

"I heard that Situ Nanyun is ugly, and General Situ Han deliberately didn't let her come to Yandu to participate in the state banquet because she was ugly." A woman in red continued the previous topic, she was Yin Sizhen, the eldest daughter of Yin Muwen, the secretary of the ministry.

"Hahaha......" A group of ugly and saltless women in the crowd cheered and cheered in their hearts, and what excited them the most was not the beauty of the garden scenery, but the fact that they had an object to suppress in their hearts, and there were people who were worse than themselves.

"Really, you see, I've been attending a state banquet for so many years, and I've never seen her at a state banquet, she must be an ugly witch." Someone was talking excitedly.

"Situ Nanyun is ugly and vicious, how can he be worthy of the handsome and extraordinary Lin Shizi? For the sake of our Lin Shizi's lifelong happiness, we must not let her, a poisonous girl, get her wish. Someone protested again.

"Sisters, now that the queen mother is here, maybe this is an opportunity, we can unite and go together to ask the queen mother for her life, expose Situ Nanyun's true face, and rescue Lin Shizi from the sea of suffering." Li Minrong wasted no time in proposing.

As the voice of this dry woman became louder and louder, and the content of the conversation detonated the recent hot topic about Lin Yuelan and Situ Nanyun in Yandu, it attracted the attention of more and more young women, and these women originally had more or less admiration for Lin Yuelan, and wanted to show their kindness and integrity, so they voluntarily joined the camp of the crusade.

So a large group of women followed behind the leaders Li Minrong and Yin Sizhen in a majestic manner, and were about to go to the queen mother to explain how inappropriate the marriage of Lin Yuelan and Situ Nanzhu was, how this marriage poisoned the noble Lin Shizi, and when it was simply pushing Tianyan's pride of heaven into the fire pit, a majestic voice came, disrupting their steps and thoughts, "What are you arguing about, what kind of system?" ”

The women turned around and saw that it was Mama Li with a serious face next to the queen's mother, and they broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately shut their mouths and said nothing.

There was a sound of small steps from behind, and it turned out that the queen and a female dependents had come over, "Mama Li, what's going on?" ”

Mama Li respectfully replied to the queen's side, "Hui Niangniang, these girls don't know what they are talking about loudly, they are very noisy, I just stopped drinking." ”

The queen seems to be in a good mood today, her face is rippling, her eyes sweep to this group of women, and her voice is gentle and beautiful, "The mourning family seems to have heard the names of Lin Shizi and Situ Nanyun, what's going on?" ”

The women looked at each other, and Li Minrong stood up, "The queen mother, the courtier is Li Minrong, the daughter of Li Wenxin, the head of the household, just now the sisters talked about that Situ Nanyun, they were all filled with righteous indignation, and they all regretted that Lin Shizi's marriage was not worth it, and they were just about to petition the queen mother to reveal Situ Nanyun's true face, and it happened that the mother was here, but it disturbed the interest of the mother to enjoy the flowers, and the courtiers were guilty. ”

The queen's eyes swept over everyone majestically, "Oh, why did Situ Nanyun make you so indignant and want to come to petition the mourning family?" ”

So Li Minrong recounted the words of everyone just now.

A flash of thought flashed in the queen's eyes, and her gaze was fixed on Situ Nanzhu, who bowed his head slightly in the crowd, "Miss Nanzhu, what they said is true?" ”

Situ Nanzhu didn't want to disobey Situ Han's advice and cause trouble, and he was unwilling to watch Situ Nanyun and Lin Yuelan's good things approaching, and while pondering, he replied: "Back to the queen's mother, the eldest sister's usual behavior is indeed a bit domineering, and I have been poisoned by her several times, but I believe that as long as my father disciplines more, the eldest sister's temperament can be restrained." ”

Yan Yulong, who was following the queen's mother, interjected with a smile on her face at this time, "Mother, Lin Shizi is a rare talent in our Tianyan, he has made great military achievements at the age of fifteen, I didn't expect such a talented and glamorous character to marry such a vicious woman for unavoidable reasons, and my daughter also feels sorry for Lin Shizi." ”

The queen sighed, "I originally thought that Lin Shizi would meet a good match, but I didn't expect the eldest daughter of Situ Aiqing's family to be such a character, and this marriage is a pity." ”

Lin Yuelan participated in the hunting conference in the morning, the prey was a white rabbit, it was not that his hunting level was not good, but he didn't want to kill more, and he didn't want to be in the limelight, and at the same time take care of someone's psychology of loving small animals.

After the luncheon, he hurried back, and as soon as he studied the Yunyao Hall, Qingying reported to him, "Childe is not good, Tianyan streets and alleys are talking about you and Miss Yun'er, and now Miss Yun'er's deeds have spread throughout Tianyan, and there are portraits of her everywhere on the street, and there are words written on the portraits, all of which are words to discredit her, I will tear down a few of them, Childe, look." As he spoke, he handed a portrait to Lin Yuelan.

Lin Yuelan crumpled the portrait after reading it, and her face was dark, "What bullshit, and this portrait is too ugly, it's really blind to insult Yun'er like this." ”

The corners of Qingying's mouth twitched, "Childe, look, what should I do next?" Miss Yun'er's reputation has been ruined by such people, and she may have to stand up and prove her innocence. ”

Lin Yuelan frowned, "But Yun'er is seriously injured now, how can she prove her innocence?" Don't tell her about this, lest she worry, we will activate the secret operation of Qingge's people to clear Yun'er's reputation, and when Qingyue collects evidence, we will fight back head-on, catch them off guard, and never let Yun'er be hurt in the slightest. ”

Qingying nodded and stepped back.

Lin Yuelan returned to the room and changed the medicine for Situ Nanyun, and saw that the color of the scab on the wound had faded, "Yun'er, see that your wound is healing well, you don't have to lie on the bed tomorrow, you can come down and move." ”

Situ Nanyun nodded, a smile on the corner of her mouth, "The reason why you have recovered so quickly is that you and Qingyue have taken care of me day and night, and ...... And I also have credit for myself, because I am always looking forward to getting better sooner, and going to see the scenery outside with our Lin Gongzi as soon as possible, so I look forward to it. ”

Lin Yuelan was amused by her and stroked her forehead, "Of course it's good to recover as soon as possible, but you can't rush, take your time, and you can't do it quickly." ”

Situ Nanyun propped up the bed and sat up, "Tell me about the new things about the banquet, let me have a long insight." ”

So Lin Yuelan gave a general account of the situation at the banquet.

"So, when someone heard the palace maid reciting the names of the two famous dishes 'with a knife' and 'cutting snow', they were frightened, thinking that they were going to bring a knife to cut blood, so did anyone really cut their own blood?"

"Fortunately, there is no sword, or it will be cut, you know, you can't bring a sword in and out of the palace. In fact, there is really a dish in the world that needs to be bled by, and that is the 'Fan Dream Fruit' of Sikong Kingdom, which needs to use its own blood as a condiment to dissolve the strange fragrance of Fan Dream Fruit. ”

"At the banquet, how can there be such strange food, it looks very worrying."

"Yun'er, you have to get used to it, because the banquet on the second day is mainly based on foreign food, according to Tianyan's meaning, it is called 'courtesy exchanges, starting with food'."

Lin Yuelan went to the palace for the dinner again, this Tianyan banquet, if the courtiers have no special reason, they can't be absent, otherwise they don't pay attention to Tianyan's etiquette, and they will be included in the performance appraisal of the points, so there are basically no officials absent. Of course, Lin Yuelan didn't go to the palace for this reason, he had his purpose, which was to investigate the movements of the officials participating in the banquet, the royal family, and the deeds of ghosts.