At noon, Yi Yu sat in the small east chamber, and heard the sound of silk and bamboo in the ancestral hall outside, which turned into a tactful and clear tone.

Sixteen people, another auspicious number, she silently recited, the forty guests she invited, only attracted seven people, Princess Pingyang invited on her behalf of the important guests, one did not arrive.

Something went wrong, she quickly searched in her mind, and it didn't all come down to luck, the guests she invited didn't come, not because of not enough curiosity, otherwise there weren't even these seven people, the biggest possibility was that something happened to make the rest of the people avoid taboos

What's going on?

What happened to Pingyang?

"Miss, it looks like it's time to go out." Xiao Man stood by the window and watched the movement outside, the fifty seats on the brown leather blanket, only a small half of the people sitting, sporadically, the scene was a little deserted.

Lu's voice sounded outside, neither high nor low, it was to thank the people present, and then, Yi Yu heard her name, got up from the chair, Xiao Man hurriedly walked to her side, helped her from head to toe, held her hand and stood up, Chen Qu went to open the door

, Dou walked out first.

The room was darker than the outside, and it was noon, as soon as the door opened, Yi Yu first squinted her eyes by the light, and her wrists were a little warm, she turned her head to look at Xiao Man's slightly nervous face, and heard her whisper:

"Miss, the slave hasn't experienced this kind of scene yet, so I'm afraid of making a mistake."

The Lu family has been chattering for the past few days, calling Xiao Man, who was born in a small family, knows very well how important the daughters of big families in Beijing and the etiquette are, the rules and steps inside are cumbersome and scary, and it is good to do it with face, and if something goes wrong, it will inevitably be spread out afterwards to attract shame and laughter, and get married

In the future, it will be used to talk about things.

"Don't worry, it's okay.

Grabbing his equally sweaty palm, Yu Yu took a breath, exhaled again, and walked out of the room.

Even if only one female guest is present, she has to finish the ceremony beautifully.

The Eldest Princess's Mansion

In the small pavilion in the garden, Pingyang was dressed in a casual silk shirt, loosely holding his hair in a bun, holding his head and flipping through a book of bamboo slips placed on the stone table, and said:

"What time is it?"

The female officer waiting on the side was making tea, looking at the sky, and estimated: "It should be noon." ”

"Zhimo, how many years have you been with this palace?"

"It's been sixteen years since I returned to the princess."

"According to you, what kind of person is this palace," Pingyang looked at her sideways, and the fine lines on the corners of his eyes inadvertently added another one.

The female officer thought for a while, and her movements of boiling tea were still orderly, "This slave is not easy to say, if you have to speak, the slave thinks that as a woman, you are not inferior to a man, and as a royal princess, you are a person who takes care of the overall situation, but it's just-"

"It's just something, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"It's just that you can be emotional sometimes.

"Be emotional, take into account the overall situation," Pingyang took her words into words, "It turns out that this palace is such a contradictory person," and looked at the female official's eyelids with a strange expression, "You still know this palace." ”

The female official filtered the new tea through the three cycles, injected it with a faint fragrance, and presented it to Pingyang, "There are some things, don't mind, you are the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty, your words and deeds involve too much, and the less emotional time the better, good for you and good for others." ”

"Hey, I have to listen to your persuasion every time to feel better," Pingyang held the teacup and looked down at the scroll again, "It's just that this palace is a villain again, this is a taste of unbelief, but it sucks the ant hand fight for the first time." ”

The invitation that was originally written by herself, and the last one was not sent, and she was already emotional that night, so let her be the eldest princess who went back to take care of the overall situation, she had to stand firmly in a straight line, left and right.

Seeing the remnant jade walk out, the scattered and dusty female guests all looked over quietly, curiously, comparing this slender beauty with the rumored appearance, which is different from what was imagined, but the purpose of each person's coming is different, and the concern is also different.

On the platform in front of the ancestral hall, there is a three-color velvet blanket, on which are placed two sandalwood cases side by side, one is placed on a small basin of water, wooden comb, hairpipe, silk handkerchief and other things, and the other is placed with liquor, rice, incense burner, Pei Cuiyun and Cheng Xiaofeng have been standing on the east steps waiting, Lu's

and the Lu family, sitting on the small seat behind them, still didn't see Lu Shuqing coming.

Yi Yu didn't squint, didn't look at the relatives on the side of Xiao Dongxiang, when he walked to Xiaofeng's side, Xiao Man stepped aside, and handed over to Cheng Xiaofeng to accompany her

Xiaofeng is here, it is very suitable.

More than a dozen female guests on both sides knew the mother and daughter of the Cheng family, but they didn't recognize it, and when they inquired afterwards, they also knew that it was good to be able to invite this Mrs. Cheng to come

It's not like that.

At this time, someone bypassed the small east chamber and ran to Lu Rongyuan's side, bent down and whispered a few words, making him frown, Zhao touched his arm, listened to him whisper a few times, and frowned, Lu sat in front of him, his eyes did not leave the jade, but he vaguely heard what please come in and not come in, and

Didn't care.

Yiyu stood in the middle of the ancestral hall, looked up to the female guests who watched the ceremony to the south, straightened her back, tightened her jaw, and walked to the small case with a basin of clear water, lifted her skirt, knelt down, and looked straight ahead

It's exactly the same, it's almost pleasing to the eye, and there are already female guests whispering below.

"I didn't think about this Second Miss Lu, she looks good, and the etiquette is also thoughtful."

"It is said that when I was studying in Guozijian, I won the best etiquette competition."

"It seems that there is more than this, I heard that she is also very good at calligraphy, and one year at the bachelor's banquet, my lord was invited......"

"Clean hands—"

There was a long voice, Cheng Xiaofeng was experienced, and reminded softly beside her: "Try to wash for a while." ”

"Hmm." The widow raised his sleeves to his wrists, soaked them in the small basin in front of him, careful not to let the cuffs get wet, and slowly scrubbed his fingers, as if he was not affected by the fragmentary guests below, and rehearsed the following steps in his heart, Xiaofeng combed her hair, exchanged salutes with Mrs. Cheng, and then it was three plus three

Bow......

There was a faint commotion from the guests below, and the concentrated Yu Yu was not aware of it, but he heard Cheng Xiaofeng's movements, and then looked up to see a group of figures walking under the archway in the distance.

"The young lady of the Mansion of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department has arrived, the young lady of the Taichang Qing He Mansion, the young lady of the Secretary and the Supervisor Zhou's Mansion has arrived, the young lady of the Ministry of Servants and the Young Lady of the Mansion of Lord Zhang has arrived, and the hand-made version of the book of the Servant Lang Deng has arrived in the 55ab community, and the young lady ......of the Mansion has arrived in the 55ab community."

Eight times in a row, the female guests present were already in a commotion, and when they turned their heads to look, they saw a group of young women in brocade clothes coming one after another on the small arched bridge not far away.

The female guests who often go out to banquets know the origin of this group of people, there is an Errong Poetry Society in Beijing, the original members were only unmarried young ladies, since last year it has become a small group of high-born, married young women gathering, because the mother-in-law's family is a high-ranking family

, before getting married, they were quite famous, and in the social circle in Beijing, the influence is extraordinary.

"I waited for no invitation, and I waited in front of the door for a while, it's too late, don't blame you, please continue." With a decent smile on her face, the cold woman of the year is now a wife.

Yi Yu's eyelids jumped lightly, his hands were still soaked in the water, he quietly looked at the few people sitting opposite, and clearly received the smiling gaze of the eldest Sun Xian, who was dressed in a beautiful suit, and his shoulder was put on by a hand, and he heard Cheng Xiaofeng whisper:

"You continue, don't worry about anything, if she dares to make trouble, I will tell her to walk around without eating."

At noon, in the court, hundreds of officials did not dare to disperse the court, and saw that there was no letter from the imperial study, and there were many good relations, all of whom gathered in a secluded place in the palace to chat.

"You say, what does the emperor mean by this, what is the big thing, can you still protect it?"

"Alas, who can say for sure, King Wei has always been favored, maybe these two men will talk about it in private, and some of them will be revealed, besides, 100,000 taels is a lot in our eyes, and it is nothing to the palace treasury."

"But this is a library theft, this time I dare to steal the library, and the next time I may be able to-" The ant hand hit the group for the first time "Shhh, shh, don't talk nonsense, you can't say anything." ”

"Hey, I'm not in a hurry, by the way, do you remember the reception banquet that day, that Miss Lu?"

"It's the one who was the side concubine for King Wei, I remember, speaking of this, I'll tell you, this Miss Lu and Lu invited the insiders to watch the ceremony, but in the past few days, the court has made such a fuss, so I didn't let her go, I'm afraid that if one doesn't get it right, King Wei will lose power, someone will fan the flames, and he will be implicated...

…”

"Ah, I, so am I, and I don't want anyone else to go."

Such a dialogue, in all parts of the Taiji Palace, sounded one after another, while the imperial study at the other end was quiet and did not hear the voice.

"How's it going?"

Li Shimin's uncertain gaze fell on the pen stand placed on the dragon case, and he didn't look at Li Tai's expression, because he knew that his son. Whether it is joy or anger, it is rarely revealed, especially when facing him.

"Father's intentions, the sons dare not take it seriously," Li Tai replied calmly, as if he had not heard the temptation in his proposal, and reiterated again, "At present, there is a lot of trouble in the court because of the suspicion of stealing the treasury by the sons, and the two inner servants even refer to the people who recognize the sons and daughters holding cards

The inner treasury withdraws, and also asks the father to file a case to check the accounts of the inner treasury, and return the son's innocence. ”

These two sentences have made Li Shimin clear about his choice, between their father and son, there are some words that cannot be said or said clearly, but both sides are clear that the other party knows it, and it depends on who can't hold their breath first and compromises first.

(Try to rush before 12 o'clock, it's cool, and it's easy to get sleepy.) ）