It's September 9, Chung Yeung Festival. In the Imperial Garden, a chrysanthemum feast was held in the Imperial Garden. Women with official qualities can enter the palace except for the side princess from the second rank, although Zhu Ran is also a side princess, because of Zhu Yun's edict, she is allowed to enter the palace at will, and she is also fortunate to enter the palace to participate in the banquet.

I heard that the chrysanthemums for this banquet were specially transported from Luozhou in an expedited manner of 800 miles. Kyoto is located in the north, and even the flowers in the Imperial Garden are not as good as those in Rashu, which is known as the Kingdom of Hundred Flowers, when carefully cared for by florists.

The chrysanthemum feast is an activity for women, in addition to appreciating flowers and grass, ladies and concubines wear, clothes, jewelry, costumes, beads, hairpins, is a major attraction.

Zhu Heyu was going to the early dynasty, so Zhu Ran entered the palace with him. In the carriage, Zhu Heyu looked at Zhu Ran who was dressed up, and couldn't help but say: "Ran Ran rarely dresses up in the mansion. ”

Zhu Heyu spoke, and Zhu Ran rarely could pick up the next sentence. At this time, he said slightly: "Don't you like it?" ”

"I like everything you do." Zhu Heyu held Zhu Ran's hand and said, "Can I go to you tonight?" ”

Zhu Ran's face was slightly red, and he made a rough calculation in his heart, but he hadn't been here for a long time.

Zhu Heyu shook Zhu Ran hard and asked, "Why don't you answer me?" ”

Zhu Ran broke free of Zhu Heyu, lifted the curtain on his side, looked at the dark morning and said, "I want to ask you for something." ”

Zhu Heyu also looked outside through the car window, and without waiting for Zhu Ran to say what was going on, he guessed: "Please let me allow you to enter and leave the palace freely?" That's it! ”

Zhu Ran turned to look at Zhu Heyu, shook his head and said, "It's not ......" Shui Xin and Zhu Lang, Zhu Ran didn't know how to speak. The carriage had arrived at noon, and Zhu Heyu looked at Zhu Ran and said, "Let's wait until evening." ”

Zhuran still went around to the back door and entered the palace. Walking to the Chongxuanmen, a small and luxurious carriage was already waiting there. When the woman in the carriage saw Zhu Ran, she hurriedly pulled the car and smiled: "Zhu Ran, I've been waiting for you here for a long time!" I don't know if it's a surprise! ”

"Hexi!" Zhu Ran raised her eyes and saw that it was Zhu Hexi, and walked to her car with a happy face, but the sentence "I don't know if it's a surprise!" Zhu Ran's legs trembled, since the Dragon Boat Festival Palace banquet, she no longer thinks about Lu Zihan, what does Zhu Hexi mean by this at this time? Could it be that she knew her relationship with Lu Zihan! Thinking of this, my heartbeat suddenly lost a beat. Zhu Ran really regarded Zhu Hexi as a friend.

Zhu Hexi saw that Zhu Ran's eyes were straight, standing in front of the car and not knowing what he was thinking, he put his hand in front of her eyes and shook it, and asked with a smile: "As soon as the third brother left, you missed him!" I'm waiting here for you to surprise you, but the third brother didn't tell you! ”

When I came back to my senses, I suddenly learned that this was the meaning of Zhu Hexi's words, as if he had fallen into a cliff and hung on the treetops, happy and happy. grabbed Zhu Hexi's hand and said with a sudden smile: "Whatever you shake, you will shake me out!" ”

On the way to the Imperial Garden, without waiting for Zhu Ran to ask, Zhu Hexi told Zhu Ran everything about the places he had been to, the people he had met, and the things that had happened in the past few months. asked Zhu Ran again: "On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival Palace banquet, where did you go?" ”

"I was unwell that day...... "People get along with people, especially between friends and friends, the most important thing is sincerity, a sense of deception and worry welled up in Zhu Ran's heart, and Zhu Ran secretly prayed that Zhu Hexi had better not know anything, and just live happily and happily ever since." But the precious concubine, Zhu Hexi's mother said: If he Rihexi is in trouble...... Zhu Ran seems to have understood the meaning of those words.

"Don't talk about me, you go to Bazhou, is it fun over there?" Zhuran asked.

"Boring! He has official business, and he deals with the Wula people all day long, so what does it mean for me to travel the mountains and rivers again! Zhu Hexi said this, his eyes suddenly dimmed, and he asked Zhu Ran: "What kind of women do you say men like?" ”

Zhu Ran noticed the change in Zhu Hexi's expression and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhu Hexi did not hide it, and said directly: "He was ordered to go to the Wula tribe to negotiate border trade matters, and during the negotiation, Xiaowusang, the daughter of the Wula patriarch, seemed to have taken a fancy to him. You know, exotic women, all kinds of amorous ......"

"No, it won't." Zhu Ran didn't just comfort Zhu Hexi, with her understanding of Lu Zihan, Lu Zihan wouldn't. Even if there is, it is only the most primitive erotic impulse of a man to a woman, and it will never be affection.

"Won't it?" Zhu Hexi's eyes were big and bright.

"You have all come back from Bazhou, what else does he want, what else can he do!" When Zhu Ran said this, she thought that she and Lu Zihan had no relationship with each other completely, she was Prince Ruixin's side concubine, he was Princess Kangshuo's concubine, and she had contact with him because of the relationship between Zhu Hexi and Zhu Heyu, and there was nothing else......

When the chrysanthemum feast began, it was already the beginning of the year. The weather in autumn is very sunny. It's just that the air is sparse and slightly cold, and most of the ladies in the palace have cloaks. Hundreds of women gathered together, all like flowers, but in the soft and whispering conversation, they were deceitful, conspiratorial, and secretly fighting, which made people feel frightened. If you say a wrong sentence, it will cause people to laugh at least and offend the DPRK at worst. This beautiful harem of three thousand is no less than the court.

"Where is Prince Ruixin's side concubine? Come to the main palace and take a look at the main palace. The voice was not loud or unsmiling, but it was very majestic. All the women stopped laughing and talking, and their eyes hit Zhu Ran and the queen.

In fact, when the queen said this, she had already noticed Zhu Ran. Because Zhuran was secretly looking at the queen's half-mountain bun combed to one side, perfectly covering one of Zhu Heqian's ears.

"The concubine meets the queen mother, the queen mother is a thousand years old." Zhuran kowtowed.

The queen waited for a long time before saying, "Get up." ”

After Zhu Ran got up, she thought she had something to say, but she didn't expect her to hang herself aside and say to the women: "Look at the chrysanthemums in Luozhou, they are better than Kyoto!" ”

Qian Sister-in-law on the side took over with a smile: "Who said it wasn't!" It's just that no matter how good the flowers are, what's the use, if the water and soil are not adapted, sooner or later they will fall! ”

The queen turned around and looked at Qian and her sister-in-law smiled without a smile: "It's better to reward my sister with two pots, and my sister will help my sister take care of it." After taking care of it, the emperor was happy to see it, maybe the disease would be cured. My sister has always been good at raising flowers, and this is not good for taking care of, but my sister refuses to give my sister this face! ”

Sister-in-law Qian knew the seriousness of these words, so she didn't dare to say anything, and muttered, "The concubine doesn't have that ability." ”

After hearing this, the queen didn't want to give up, and just opened her mouth, Concubine Zhen on one side smiled and said to the queen: "This year's chrysanthemum is better than last year's, isn't it that the flower king of Luozhou knows that this year's sister's birthday is falling on the ninth day of the ninth month of September, so he ordered this chrysanthemum to bloom!" ”

When the queen heard this, her face was much more pleasant. As if they had forgotten what they had just said, all the women came to congratulate and say auspicious words.