Chapter 114: Palace Banquet
Xiao Ruoxi looked at the post handed over by Chunyin suspiciously, she still remembered that when she went to Kunning Palace to beg Xiao Ruolan to save Chu Xiuhan's life, she was ruthlessly rejected by Xiao Ruolan.
Since then, she has no contact with Xiao Ruolan, but today she suddenly handed her a post, what does it mean?
"What did it say?"
Xiao Ruoxi looked at Chunyin and asked calmly.
"Kunning Palace has set up a palace banquet, and I specially invited you to go, princess, saying that it is to celebrate the prince's victory on the front line."
Chunyin said honestly.
"What celebration?! I see that she is now seeing that our prince has made great contributions, and her eyes are red, so she wants to make friends with our young lady again. ”
Xiao Ruoxi hadn't spoken yet, but Lian Xiang on the side snatched Chunyin's words and took them, and between the words, there was a sense of ridicule.
Since the last time Xiao Ruoxi went to Kunning Palace to ask Xiao Ruolan for help and was ruthlessly rejected by Xiao Ruolan, Lian Xiang has never been ...... to this eldest lady Oh no, to be exact, they're the queen now.
Lian Xiang's good impression of her has long disappeared, once upon a time, seeing Xiao Ruolan always maintaining Xiao Ruoxi, Lian Xiang is also very grateful to her.
However, it turned out that everything she was good to her own young lady was just hypocrisy, and even when the young lady was in trouble, she didn't help, and she fell into the ground, so Lianxiang's good impression of Xiao Ruolan was gone.
"Mercy, don't talk nonsense."
Lian Xiang said indignantly, but was lightly reprimanded by Xiao Ruoxi, and couldn't help but purse her mouth, looking extremely aggrieved.
"The eldest sister is the queen, where do you need to be blushing at me and befriending me."
Seeing that Lian Xiang looked aggrieved, Xiao Ruoxi patiently explained, and then turned her head to look at Chunyin, still in such a flat tone, and said:
"When did the post say that?"
"Three days later."
Chunne replied truthfully.
"Okay, go and prepare a generous gift, and you two will come with me then."
Xiao Ruoxi said lightly, as if she didn't care much about what Xiao Ruolan suddenly invited her.
Those who come are not good, and those who are good do not come, as for whether this is good or not, she still has to see it for herself to know.
Seeing that Xiao Ruoxi responded, Lian Xiang and Chunyin didn't say anything, and secretly retreated and made corresponding preparations.
The banquet was set at the time of the unitary hour, Xiao Ruoxi had already arrived at the gate of the palace at three o'clock in the hour, Chunyin naturally walked to the guards guarding the gate of the palace, and handed over the things in his hand to one of the guards.
The guard glanced at it, then turned around and walked towards the palace, and after a while, a little eunuch came back with the guard.
The little eunuch hurriedly walked to Xiao Ruoxi's carriage and said very respectfully:
"Princess Han, the queen sent a servant to lead you into the palace."
Xiao Ruoxi stepped out of the carriage when she heard this.
"There is Father-in-law Lao."
Xiao Ruoxi nodded at the little eunuch, and her attitude was very kind.
"Princess Han, please ......"
The little eunuch made a gesture of invitation to Xiao Ruoxi, and began to lead the way in front.
To a humble servant like them, who specializes in serving these powerful people, can get the kind attitude of their masters, and their hearts are indescribably happy, so when the little eunuch faced Xiao Ruoxi, he was a little more enthusiastic.
Xiao Ruoxi bowed slightly, and followed behind the little eunuch calmly.
This is the second time she has come to this Kunning Palace, although the scenery along the way is still so dazzling and beautiful, but her heart is still the same as when she came for the first time, and she has no intention of appreciating it at all.
After walking for about a stick of incense, the little eunuch finally stopped.
"Princess Han, it's here."
The little eunuch still said very respectfully.
Xiao Ruoxi looked up, and there was a pavilion in front of him, not Kunning Palace.
Standing here, Xiao Ruoxi could vaguely hear the occasional woman's laughter in the pavilion, but this laughter always made her feel very fake and perfunctory.
"Princess Han, the queen mother and others have been waiting inside for a long time."
Seeing that Xiao Ruoxi did not move, the little eunuch couldn't help but remind.
Xiao Ruoxi reacted, smiled at the little eunuch, and said, "Thank you, father-in-law." ”
Then, with great reluctance, he walked towards the Pleasant Heart Pavilion.
The further she went, the more clearly she could hear the hypocritical laughter in the pavilion, Xiao Ruoxi couldn't help frowning, she didn't like this kind of scene.
She also didn't understand what was going on with these ancients, and why the guests they invited liked to be far away in places like gazebos.
In her world, the gazebo has never been a good place, and it has always been a place where accidents occur, such as ...... Didn't the incident with Xueyan happen to happen in the gazebo?
"Ruoxi?"
As a familiar voice sounded, the bursts of laughter and laughter came to an abrupt end, Xiao Ruolan looked at Xiao Ruoxi with excitement on her face and stepped forward.
"Are you here, everyone is waiting for you?"
As she spoke, Xiao Ruolan was about to reach out to shake Xiao Ruoxi's hand, but Xiao Ruoxi inadvertently took a step back and cleverly avoided it.
"I've seen the Queen Mother."
He saluted Xiao Ruolan very respectfully.
Seeing this, Xiao Ruolan was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Ruoxi's hand, held it tightly in the palm of her hand, and said:
"Ruoxi, how long has it been since you saw you, why did you become so separated from your sister? You! It's still my sister, I'm your sister, between our sisters, we don't have to be so formal. ”
Xiao Ruolan smiled with a harmless face, which seemed to outsiders as if the two sisters were really in love.
"The relationship between the queen mother and Princess Han is really good, but it is really enviable?"
No, among the other women sitting in the pavilion, some of them started to laugh and tease, and there was a hint of mockery between the words.
"That's not it, Ruoxi is my own sister, and the two of us are naturally affectionate."
Xiao Ruolan directly ignored the ridicule in the woman's words, and pulled Xiao Ruoxi to bring her to the seat.
"Alas! People are their own sisters, how can they be like our sisters who are not worthy of the name! The queen mother naturally has to be treated differently. ”
The other woman sighed, as if she was a little surprised, but her words were full of irony.
However, in the face of these, Xiao Ruolan's face always maintained a faint smile, and she completely ignored these words.
From the fact that those women called themselves sisters in front of Xiao Ruolan, Xiao Ruoxi probably understood that these women should all be Chu Xiuran's harem group.
looked at the women in front of him who were dressed up one by one, dressed up more delicate and enchanting, and said a few words before and after, but each sentence was full of bitter scenes.
Xiao Ruoxi couldn't help but start to doubt, this Xiao Ruolan wanted to feast Chu Xiuran's harem group, so she invited Chu Xiuran's harem group, but what was the matter with calling her here?
Could it be that she wants to come and see the rivalry between these women? Then she really doesn't have this interest.
Xiao Ruoxi couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at Xiao Ruolan with some doubts.
However, Xiao Ruolan directly ignored the doubts in Xiao Ruoxi's eyes, pulled her to sit down, and began to introduce everyone present to her one by one.