In the afternoon of the same day, Tao Yao went to resign from the master on the grounds of attending the emperor's birthday banquet.

Her master, the founder of the Yunshan School. There are still many stories about him on the rivers and lakes, and he is indeed an indispensable legend to the outside world, but for Tao Yao, he is just his kind and good master, nothing more.

The master has been very fond of her since she entered Yunshan, and since the Yunshan faction was founded, he has made a rule not to accept female disciples, but he made an exception for her.

She entered the mountain at the age of seven, and it has been eight years since then, in these eight years, the master's earnest teaching and care, so that Tao Yao feels that the master is more intimate than her father who gave birth to her.

I saw him looking at her lovingly, stroking his long beard, and sighed: "Little Fourteen, it's really unfortunate, this Rui'er has returned to the mountain in the past few days, and you haven't seen each other for more than a year, you have had a very good relationship with him since childhood, have you missed him these days?" ”

Tao Yao refused three times calmly in her heart: I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense. Missing Lin Rui? Miss him big-headed ghost!

Although she thought so in her heart, but her appearance was a different kind of performance, she pulled out a hypocritical smile, and played Tai Chi with the master without smiling: Of course, Tao Yao is also worried about her senior brother, but it is a pity, the father's birthday banquet is about to be delayed, and after the father's birthday banquet, the apprentice will definitely get together with the senior brother.

said so, but there are countless grass and mud horses galloping in her heart, and she is really tired of being an actor.

The master looked at her like an old father, and repeatedly told her not to play on the way back to the palace, to pay attention to safety, to return to the mountain as soon as possible after the birthday banquet, and so on.

Tao Yao listened to the master's chattering instructions, and muttered in her heart: The master's image outside is a hidden master, shouldn't all the masters on TV be cold and ruthless? Who would have thought that the master in reality would be a nagging and nosy old man?

She took advantage of the gap between her master's words and sighed leisurely, sure enough, there was still a big gap between imagination and reality.

Bidding farewell to the master, Tao Yao took Xiaolan down the mountain early the next morning, but they returned to the palace safely in half a day.

In fact, no one in the palace cares about Tao Yao, the dispensable seventh princess, after all, she didn't grow up in the palace with them since she was a child, maybe in their eyes, she may just be a wild girl who grew up outside. But the emperor will never forget her on his birthday, Tao Yao muttered in his heart, it is estimated that this is radiating his father's love in the boundless love.

Not long after returning to the palace, she felt very bored, no little junior brother came to her to chat, no small animals in Yunshan played with her, and no osmanthus cake made by Fu Bo, to be honest, she was really a little unaccustomed.

But fortunately, there will be no Lin Rui who is about to come back here, which is the only thing that makes her feel lucky. According to previous years, she would have set off to return to the mountain after her father's birthday, but this year, she seemed to plan to stay a little longer, and as for how long, she didn't dare to determine, anyway, let's spend it first.

On this day, after dinner, she was bored with melon seeds, and Xiaolan came in and told her that the Fifth Emperor Sister was here.

So she shook the melon seed ash on her hand, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and walked out of the inner hall.

"Xiao Qi, you're finally back. How are you doing in Yunshan? I see that you have lost a lot of weight again. The Fifth Emperor Sister took her hand and looked at her very deeply.

Tao Yao was a little confused, how could this Fifth Emperor Sister suddenly care about her inconsequential person, she was really curious in her heart but didn't want to delve into it.

The fifth emperor sister is the daughter of the queen, and the emperor regards her as the pearl of the palm, and in general, she is the favorite of God who is loved by thousands of people.

Sometimes she thinks that it is obviously produced by the same manufacturer, how can there be such a big difference between people. You see that her five imperial sisters have crooked willow eyebrows, apricot eyes shining, and her good-looking cherry mouth speaks as beautiful as a lark.

She has always felt that she is the same as the cabbage and radish in the vegetable market, but the Fifth Emperor Sister is like the rich flower in the world, so this person is still incomparable.

She pretended to be kind and replied: "Thank you for your concern, Sister Huang, I am doing well in Yunshan." ”

The sudden imperial sister changed the topic again: "Then how are your brothers and sisters treating you?" ”

She replied to her nonchalantly: "Senior brother and brother are like brothers and sisters, and everyone takes great care of me. "Can they not take care of her? Even if you don't look at her as a person, you will be polite to her depending on her identity.

The royal sister's good-looking eyes rolled and asked, "Then you have a good relationship with your senior brother?" ”

She thought about this, and dared to love the Fifth Emperor Sister to come to her to find out about Lin Rui with her?

Tao Yao muttered in her heart: Girl, you Sichun can, why did you hit the idea on that fox?

"Senior brother? He has always been detached. It hasn't been a year since he touched him, but I heard that he will be back in the next few days. She pretended not to know him well, but in fact she didn't know him at all.

The imperial sister seemed to be a little lost when she heard this: "Okay, Xiao Qi, tomorrow is my father's birthday, you should rest this morning." ”

Before she could react, the imperial sister slipped away like a dancing butterfly after she finished speaking.

She sighed, what's the matter, Lin Rui actually caught up with the Fifth Emperor Sister?

It seems that a lot of things have happened to him in the past year, but she is not interested in it at all, let alone wants to delve into it, because she firmly believes that in this world, the less she knows, the better she lives.

The fact that the Fifth Emperor Sister came to inquire about the news did not affect her mood much, she has always been so heartless and not tired.

This palace is no better than Yunshan, it is really boring, and it didn't take long for her to yawn again and again, and then she rested.

The next morning, Xiaolan woke her up early in the morning. Although she was drowsy, she didn't have the breath to get out of bed.

She yawned, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and let Xiaolan smear layers of rouge gouache on her face, pounding her hair with various golden forks and hostas, and finally changing into the newly made light blue clothes.

After some dressing up, Xiaolan praised with satisfaction: The princess has really grown up a lot, and now she is more and more beautiful.

She looked at herself in the bronze mirror, and unconsciously admired Xiaolan's craftsmanship in her heart, and sure enough, she was really a horse rider who relied on clothes. After Xiaolan's careful dressing, she actually showed a bit of beauty, although she was far from the Five Emperor Sisters, she also had a lot of style.

Grabbing the little tail of time, she came to the Royal Garden on time before the official start of the birthday banquet, and every second was right. After taking the seat, she hid in an unobtrusive corner and ate by herself.

She knew that no one would pay attention to her as an unfavored princess, she just needed to silently do her duty on the sidelines and go through the motions in etiquette.

She ate without a pair, watched some unnutritious cabaret performances, and yawned from time to time. The emperor's birthday banquet is like this every year, there is nothing new, and it is really boring.