Huanhua is half excited and half worried about the toughness shown by Liuli today, while Zhenhua is sighing incessantly, and the rest of the time is to take out the small mirror in the purse and caress the sideburns.

Liuli sat on the fan and Huanhua to inquire about the surrounding ladies, and occasionally ate two bites of snacks. Although I am here for a banquet today, there are so many people in a room for a while, all of whom are unfamiliar ladies and ladies, who will really eat and drink the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the table? It's better to eat something to fill your stomach first.

Huanhua took a sip of tea and suddenly said, "Do you know who the person who greeted Xue Chengyue before was the one who reported to Xue Chengyue?" is the sister of the third sister-in-law, Ruan Qi'er, the fourth girl of the Ruan family. ”

Liuli said: "Is it her?" ”

If she remembered correctly, Aunt Su had told her that Ruan's intention to let He Tingfang spy on Du Rui about his heart for Yuhua was because she wanted to push her sister to Qi Yunhao. In this way, Ruan Qi'er was so enthusiastic to explain their origin to Xue Changyue, and she was a little heartfelt.

Liuli glanced at the room full of ladies, and was afraid that there were more than 40 people, not including those who had never come in, and those who met the queen and the ladies of the palace in Kunhe Palace, except for more than ten people who were on par with their age and should be selected by their genus, there was at least 30 people in the competition scale. It seems that this fat powder battle will not be easy.

I don't know what happened to Yuhua?

I was waiting for news to come, and suddenly two columns of palace people came in at the door, and finally a father-in-law in a cloth who was about fifty years old walked in and shouted on his back: "The queen has a will, please move to Yongfu Palace for a banquet!" ”

According to the process, before the palace banquet begins, there will be a ritual book for the saint to read the edict, and after the palace banquet, there will be a step to visit the garden. Then let him choose one of his own ladies from the list.

Now the palace people called the girls to pass the Yongfu Palace, but Yuhua was still in Kunhe Palace and never came out, so it can be seen that he must have accompanied the queen and the ladies directly to the banquet hall with the ladies, which can also be regarded as giving Liuli a confidence that Yuhua is expected to win the championship.

Yongfu Palace is on the west side of Yonghe Palace, and the palace is next to the Imperial Garden. The banquet hall for the male guests is located in the outer palace, and the banquet hall for the female guests is in the inner palace, and there is a corridor between the Yonghe Palace and the inner palace of Yongfu Palace. You can directly avoid meeting people from the outer palace.

The Liuli people arrived at Yongfu Palace. I saw that the whole palace as big as Aunt Su's courtyard was full of round tables, all of which were covered with scarlet tablecloths embroidered with blessing flowers, and there were meticulously placed one-color ivory chopsticks and thin porcelain thin tire bowls and plates, and there were about thirty tables as far as the eye could see. And there are twelve square banquet tables on top of the first Danqi, which are placed on both sides in four rows, and then one level higher, there is another table, which is placed in the middle.

This table is a little different, it is also square in shape, the two ends are cocked in the style of eight immortals, and there is a large chair behind the table, which seems to be made of pure gold. The top of the back of the chair spreads out in a scalloped shape. It is inlaid with peacock feathers and emerald jadeite, and there are some other jewel decorations, but it is not very clear. The armrests on both sides are curved, with a bit of Western style, and one side of the head is inlaid with a large Eastern pearl.

Don't think about it. also knew who was sitting on this chair for a while, and Liuli didn't dare to look at it for a long time, so she followed the guide palace maid to her own table.

There are name tags on the tables, and everyone is seated in their seats. It may be that there are a large number of female dependents in Hefu, so it has simply become a table. After the glass servants sat down, a shout suddenly came from behind the screen in the hall: "The queen has arrived!" Immediately after that, behind the huge screen, a slender figure appeared, and two pairs of palace maids came out first, standing on both sides of the passage, and then two pairs of small yellow doors, standing next to the palace maids.

The girls present immediately stood up and bowed. Liuli remembered Guo Yao's mention, knelt down with Huanhua Zhenhua, and shouted "Welcome to the queen".

After a long series of slight footsteps stopped, the upper part sang "Flat", and the kneeling girls got up again, looking down at the ground. It wasn't until the sound of the command to sit down was heard that the faint sound of the robe moving was heard everywhere.

The direction in which the glass sat was exactly opposite the place where the queen was sitting, about three or four round tables apart. I couldn't help but take advantage of the sitting down to look up, and saw the queen sitting on the top throne smiling slightly, slightly plump, about fifty years old, but the eyebrows and eyes are very delicate, and she looks like an elderly beauty. It's just that from that look, this is not a good master.

Of course, this is also expected, surviving in the palace is far more dangerous than the official back house, and there is no white rabbit in the He Mansion, how can you expect that there can be no ruthless people in the palace?

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the picture is a lively and festive festival, the saint and the palace are the same meaning, that is, I hope everyone is not restrained, more casual."

A slow and slightly friendly voice came from above, and everyone present stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love and the queen's mother." ”

After three rounds of salutation, the food was officially served again.

At this time, the twelve square tables under the queen's seat were already occupied, and the six tables on the right turned out to be the masters of the concubines and above in the palace, just six people, all of them, all of them were elderly nobles, and the youngest concubines looked to be in their thirties. Liuli was at first sight, and he heard Xiao Huangmen singing his name under the Danqi, and he couldn't remember so much, but he only knew that the youngest one was Concubine Hui, and the one sitting closest to the queen was Concubine Luo. And on the right are the holy sisters, the eldest princesses in the palace.

The eldest princess in the mouth of everyone on weekdays is actually Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and she is sitting at the first table on the left at this time. This is the first time Liuli has seen the eldest princess, and she can't help but take a closer look, and sure enough, she has something in common with Guo Yao in temperament, they are people who don't like vanity, but her innate nobility can't help but look up, this may be the real dignity that makes people surrender.

Liuli looked at the fourth princess, Princess Yitai, where she was sitting, this was an impeccable beauty! Even after years of portrayal, she should be around forty years old, her face is still delicate and beautiful, her skin is still tight and fair, and the corners of her raised lips seem to hide her naughtiness when she was a girl, this is the fourth princess who once loved Mr. Lan Qing! Liuli couldn't help but feel a little excited in her heart, such a beauty, she once liked her grandfather, although her grandfather rejected her back then, but now that she sees it, she can't help but feel a little sorry for her grandfather.

Yitai, who had been listening to the palace maid next to her, may have felt a strange gaze from Liuli, and she suddenly turned her head to look at her. Liuli hurriedly lowered her head and pretended to eat.

The ladies and girls who accompanied the queen and concubines from Kunhe Palace to Yongfu Palace were also seated at this time, and Yuhua also sat down with a slight red cheek. The hall could only hear the soft sound of cups and plates, and this was not the time to ask, Liuli looked at Yuhua twice, and then ate wholeheartedly.

Judging from Yuhua's expression, it is obvious that the queen must have had an inquiry with them in the Kunhe Palace, and the result of the inquiry should still be satisfactory to both the queen and Yuhua, so it seems that Yu's loss of title did not have a particularly big impact on this matter.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the boring banquet that had lasted for more than half an hour was finally over, and when the banquet was withdrawn, the queen and others were still allowed to leave first, and then the ladies sent them back to the palace to change their clothes, and then they were led by the palace people to the imperial garden behind the palace.

Entering the imperial garden, Liuli finally felt the meaning of what the queen said, "don't be restrained", it turned out that in order to enliven the atmosphere, there was no very strict division of the male and female areas in the back garden, but it was just pointed to the Yudai River as the boundary, the north was the place where the ladies played and rested, and the south was the place where the courtiers and princes and nobles walked and chatted. The subordinates stayed in another designated place, and unless the master had something to summon and the palace person indirectly conveyed it, they were not allowed to enter at will.

In this way, not only can the etiquette be maintained, but also can watch each other across the river, and the saint will be able to pray for Yunhao's attention, which is really like a prince.

These things have nothing to do with Liuli, so she left Zhenhua behind, and let her and Liang go to the pavilion to enjoy the flowers, and wanted to walk around with Huanhua, but Qi brought Huanhua on the side, and couldn't get out, Yuhua was called by Nie to greet Luo Mingzhu's sister Ning Wang's side concubine, so he had to follow the royal lake to watch the scenery alone.

Because the girls in the garden did not have anyone to accompany them, some of them made up a place, and some of them walked alone like Liuli. Because Guo Yao said that when you meet a friendly girl, you can also chat, and Liuli observes whether there is a suitable person. But because of the incident between Yonghe Palace and Xue Chengyue, even if the girls who were alone saw her, they just pretended not to see her and left, and Liuli gradually dispelled the idea of making friends, and simply went to enjoy the flowers under an open pavilion next to the peony bush.

The sunlight under the trees here is just right, and I don't know what incense is lit in the open hall above, and the fragrance overflows with the fluttering curtains, which is very intoxicating. She plucked a flower and put it in her bun, leaned her back against the plane tree, tilted her head and closed her eyes, and breathed as hard as she could.

Behind the openwork window above, a man was staring at her under the tree with slightly furrowed eyebrows, as if a wolf in the forest was staring at the prey that was about to arrive. After a while, he looked away, tilted his head slightly into the room, and asked in a low and slow voice, "Are you sure it's her?" ”

Lu Zhao walked over, looked over with his hands, and said in an extremely affirmative tone: "It's her, no doubt." ”

"What evidence do you have to prove that she is Xu Shen's granddaughter?"

After looking at it for a moment, he looked at Lu Zhao again.