"This queen is the biological mother of King Anling." Mama Li replied.

"King Anling? Is there such a person in the capital? Xiao Ruyu really hadn't heard of this name. When she first came to the capital, she asked Ming Dong about the situation, but she didn't hear that the emperor had such a son.

"No wonder the girl doesn't know, this King Anling has always been low-key, and rarely appears at parties, even these sons and sisters who grew up in our capital don't know much." Mama Li explained, "This prince was born with a deficiency disease, and he recuperated in a hot spring village outside the capital all the year round, and he rarely participated in the palace banquet. Mama Li raised her eyebrows and hesitated for a while, thinking of what the prince had instructed before she spoke again: "This prince is about the same age as the prince, and there are very few people who have seen him, but our prince specially instructed that you must be careful of the queen, this is definitely not a good stubble." ”

can survive such a high-pressure blow from the emperor today, and he is still the honor of the queen, and his own son is still growing up safely, this queen is a good stubble and has seen the hell.

Mama Li also talked about some matters and rules to pay attention to when entering the palace, Xiao Ruyu and Cai Wei carefully wrote them down, and entered the palace gate after strict examination. After a while, he has to report to the emperor before he can go to the palace banquet. Xiao Ruyu and the others walked into the harem.

The sky is slightly dark, and the palace garden of the harem is already brightly lit, and the emperor is here to entertain the relatives of the emperor and the daughters of powerful ministers. It's strange tonight, the queen didn't come over. Concubine Ru and Concubine Lan are old, and the task of entertaining the ladies falls to Concubine Jin. Xiao Ruyu and the others rushed over, and the first thing they saw was this Jin Concubine Niangniang.

Concubine Jin looks like she is in her twenties, she is very beautiful, it is said that she was born in a family of military generals, and the whole person is quite refreshing and gentle. She looked at Xiao Ruyu with a little curiosity. Xiao Ruyu was veiled at this time, and just about to see the ceremony, the grandmother next to Concubine Jin pulled her face and scolded a few words, thinking that she had no rules, seeing that Concubine Jin was actually covering her face, Mama Li hurriedly explained, Concubine Jin did not blame, and waved her hand to let people arrange seats for them.

Xiao Ruyu looked at the grandmother coldly, and gave her some medicine by the way, it is estimated that her skin will be scratched in the past few days. Dare to trouble her, does she look like a bully, or her father Xiao Zhongjing offended her, no matter what the reason, this face is annoying, and it is simply too cheap to teach her a few days of lessons.

Sitting on the seat near the edge of the end, Xiao Ruyu coldly observed the daughters of the boudoir who came and went. The family background that can enter the palace is definitely not simple, and the gestures show good upbringing and rules.

Xiao Ruyu was calmly admiring everyone's beautiful demeanor, and a soft and graceful voice came: "It turns out that Miss Xiao is here, let us find it easily." The corners of Xiao Ruyu's mouth turned up, her lips hooked and she smiled, she saw an acquaintance, it seems that she will not be lonely tonight.

It was Xia Chuqing, the young lady of Guangning Houjia, who spoke. She wore a lotus-colored skirt with a few elegant peony flowers embroidered on the hem of the skirt, and the whole person looked elegant and graceful, natural and gentle in action.

She was followed by two young girls, a small round face with a pretty appearance, and a melon seed face with a charming appearance. The pretty girl's eyes were full of curiosity and inquiry, and when she saw Xiao Ruyu looking over, she showed a friendly smile. The melon seed face was cold, with a slight disdain in the depths of her eyes, but she hid it very well, if she hadn't pouted the corners of her mouth slightly, Xiao Ruyu wouldn't have found out.

"Miss Xia." Xiao Ruyu got up politely and saluted at Xia Chuqing, "I'm sorry, I'm a little uncomfortable, and I can't see it on my face, so I wear a veil and am rude." ”

Xia Chuqing calmly and sincerely returned the salute, nodded and smiled: "Miss Xiao is not polite. "Some time ago, people in the capital knew that Xiao Ruyu had returned to his hometown, but now he is back and said that he is not adaptable, I really don't know if it is true or not. However, she smelled the smell of herbs that were not adapted to the water and soil, and it should be true.

This Xiao Siyu is too, what are you doing when she doesn't hide in the house like this, she is not afraid that people will say that she can't get on the table with dog meatballs.

"Sister Xia, please help us introduce it. Who is this girl? How come I have never seen her at the Mid-Autumn Festival. The round-faced girl stepped forward and said with a smile,

"This is Miss Xiao Siyu, the goddaughter of General Zhenbei." Xia Chuqing replied sideways, and Xiao Ruyu noticed that she deliberately bit hard when she said the word goddaughter.

The round-faced little girl was a little confused, it seemed that she really didn't know her, and hadn't even heard of her. Seeing her like this, Xia Chuqing glared angrily, and whispered a few words from the Xiao family's pharmacy, and the girl suddenly realized, looking at Xiao Ruyu's eyes with a little more joy. The melon-faced girl flashed a hint of understanding in her eyes, looking at Xiao Ruyu's gaze with a hint of hostility.

"Miss Xia, these two young ladies are ......" Xiao Ruyu is really a smear to these people, she misses Cheng Feikite a little, it would be nice if she was here. This girl is a master of the capital, as long as the ladies of the capital are beautiful, there is nothing she doesn't know.

"Ao, this is my cousin, Huang Ying, the daughter of Master Huang, the Imperial Historian." Xia Chuqing took Huang Ying's hand and introduced. "This is Ouyang Lan, the daughter of the hussar general."

Ao, Xiao Ruyu understands where this Ouyang Lan's hostility comes from, when the hussar general was in charge of the defense of the capital alone, and later her father came back to share more than half of his rights, it is strange that he can feel comfortable. It is said that he often troubled his father, and later they had a fight, and her father won, and the hussar general became even more angry.

The old one is like this, and the little one sees the daughter of the opponent, and it is strange that he can see it.

But they don't seem to be so stingy to anger her father about this matter, and her father has the final say on the defense of the capital, how can the emperor arrange it, and how can he oppose it as a courtier. If you have the ability to reason with the emperor, what kind of ability is it to put on a face for their father and daughter.

"Sister Xiao is good." Huang Ying came over to greet with a smile, and stepped forward to take Xiao Ruyu's hand affectionately to say hello. Ouyang Lan didn't move, she bit her lip and stood there, waiting for Xiao Ruyu to come forward and salute her. Although the rights in the hands of the two of their fathers are about the same, and the official positions are the same, the Ouyang family is a family member and is deeply rooted. is not comparable to Xiao Zhongjing, who was born recklessly. What's more, Xiao Ruyu is just Xiao Zhongjing's goddaughter, from a humble background, she should come forward to give herself a gift.

Xiao Ruyu smiled and shook Huang Ying's hand to greet her, and by the way, she raised her head and nodded slightly at Ouyang Lan, the taste of the two fathers is about the same, there is no one who is high and who is low, just nod.

Ouyang Lan was really angry when she saw that she was so unreasonable, she stomped her feet and wanted to get angry, Xia Chuqing shook her head at her slightly, motioning for her to look at the occasion here, she gasped a few times before her mood stabilized.

"I heard that the beauty things from the Xiao Family Pharmacy are good, I must go and see them another day," Huang Ying said crisply. Now she finally knows who this is, her family also received a small gift from the pharmacy, but unfortunately her mother didn't look at it at all, and gave it to the mother-in-law who guarded the house, but she didn't expect the mother-in-law to use it very well, and her mother regretted it.

"Ying'er, let's hurry up and sit down, it's time to start the banquet." Xia Chuqing called her on the side. When she mentioned the Xiao Family Pharmacy, she was a little troubled, she bought all their beauty products, thinking that she could research the formula with her skills, who would have thought that after a few months of tossing, there was nothing to gain. She was very unconvinced, she didn't know how the Xiao Mansion did it, she was also half an apprentice of the medical immortal, and she couldn't even understand the small beauty products.

She showed these things to her third brother Xia Chuyang, what did he say at the time, Ao, said that the production procedures of these things are very complicated, the proportion of various ingredients is very strict, and there can be no mistakes at all, and there are several things in these ingredients that he can't be sure of, according to these circumstances, it is speculated that there must be a doctor who is particularly good at dispensing medicine, and his dispensing level, their master, Sun Hanmiao, who is known as a medical immortal, may be able to reach it.

They sent someone to inquire, Ming Chun, the shopkeeper of the Xiao family's pharmacy, is a particularly powerful doctor, although he is General Xiao's attendant on the surface, but in fact he is an outstanding disciple of a famous doctor, because of him, the poison in General Xiao's way can be successfully resolved.

Xia Chuqing didn't have any feelings for Ming Chun, no matter how good he was, he was just a general's subordinate doctor, but Xia Chuyang valued him very much, and said that he must find a chance to meet him.

She didn't bother to pay attention to the third brother's dissatisfaction, and her focus was always on Xiao Ruyu. I always feel that this girl from the countryside is not simple, her mind is lively, she acts boldly and carefully, and she always has a feeling of not knowing where to start, which is the difficult place to deal with.

There is also the fact that the prince of England seems to be very special to her, since he has a problem with his legs, he has not seen him stop anywhere, but with such an indifferent and cold temperament, he would go to the scene when the Xiao family medicine shop opened, saying that he had nothing to do with Xiao Siyu, so she didn't believe it.

She has been secretly paying attention to the prince of the British king, and a few days ago she accidentally found that he bought a few clothes from Yunxian Xiufang, those clothes are elegant and noble, they are for the girls who have not left the pavilion, and they are definitely not bought for the concubines and side concubines in the house, who did the prince buy clothes for? This question made her fidget, and after coming to the palace tonight, she has been observing, who is wearing the clothes given by the prince?

At first, she guessed that Shizi's clothes should be given to Xiao Siyu, but after seeing the clothes she was wearing now, she denied this idea. Could it be that I guessed wrong, what the prince likes is not Xiao Siyu, and the last time I went to the Xiao family pharmacy was just to buy something?

Unable to think of a reason for a while, Xia Chuqing had no intention of continuing to stay, and urged Huang Ying and Ouyang Lan to leave.

After the three of them left, Xiao Ruyu restrained her smile, feeling that Xia Chuqing's eyes were a little strange, and the whole person looked a little absent-minded, as if she was looking for someone, did she want to see the prince here?