The day of the emperor's banquet for the ministers has arrived, and officials from all over the country have also come in sedan chairs, although some people come very early, but only officials of five grades and above can enter the palace to sit. When the officials who were not up to the rank came, they registered the register and congratulatory gifts directly in front of the house. Although they could not enter, they came all the way to congratulate the enthusiasm of the undiminished, and they all gathered in front of the palace gate for a long time and refused to leave, even if they could only meet the emperor and the prince in front of the Yidu palace in a hurry, they would be content. Therefore, the chief of internal affairs of the palace had to set up a small tea house on both sides of the gate outside the palace to provide simple tea to the guests who came from afar, and of course, they had to come early to have a seat.

The sedan chair in front of the palace fell one sedan chair after another, but unlike the previous times, the response of the characters who came back this time was very different.

Those officials who were waiting in front of the palace couldn't bear it at the moment, and got up one after another, some enthusiastically stepped forward to say hello, and some were discouraged, standing aside and talking to each other.

"Look, it's Gong Xu who has arrived."

"I'll go and meet you."

"Forget it, my official rank is low, I'm afraid that Duke Xu won't see it."

"Xiaguan pays a visit to Duke Xu."

Before the people in the sedan car came down, a large number of people outside the sedan curtain had already come to ask for good.

After the sedan chair settled and the sedan curtain stood still, the attendant gently lifted the door curtain, "My lord, Yidu Wangfu has arrived." ”

It turned out that the big man who caused a sensation was Xu Xianzhi, the founder of Nanchang County, no wonder there was such a big battle.

Hearing the report from the little maid, Xu Xianzhi slowly walked out of the sedan chair, raised his eyes and looked up for a week, and finally looked at the plaque of the palace, then turned around and nodded and smiled at the people who said hello to the side, and took it as a reply, and walked towards the palace with his head held high.

Xu Xianzhi suddenly remembered something, stopped, and asked the attendant beside him.

"Madame and Mademoiselle have arrived?"

"Back to my lordship, the ladies and relatives have all entered through the side door of the palace, and the lady and young lady have already entered the back house." The squire replied respectfully.

When Xu Xianzhi heard this, he entered the mansion with confidence.

And at this moment, two more distinguished guests came in front of the palace.

A middle-aged man in military uniform, with a sword at his belt, rode a horse and galloped first, followed by four or five soldiers. When the man reached the gate, he quickly took hold of the reins, and with the roar of the horse, the man's feet landed firmly on the ground. Before the crowd could see the man's face, he threw the whip in his hand into the somsom of the attendant, and entered the door with arrows.

"General Tan has arrived!"

With the doorman's report, everyone suddenly realized, but they all lowered their hands and sighed, regretting that they had not stepped forward to greet them.

I have long heard that General Tan Daoji has an outstanding record and is mighty in all directions, but now everyone is only in a hurry to see it, and they are all shocked.

The carriage of another distinguished guest also stopped in front of the palace.

"Zhongshu Ling, Master Xie is here!" The palace guards shouted loudly.

The attendants on both sides respectfully set up stools beside the car and bowed their heads to obey orders.

Only then did I see the person in the car stretching out a folding fan to lift the curtain and slowly get out of the car.

I saw him gently shake his fan, smile on his face, walk up the steps slowly, and say hello to his colleagues on the side, and then slowly enter the palace.

In comparison, everyone naturally felt that he was more cordial, so he won a lot of praise.

"Lord Xie was also a general earlier, but he never thought that he would be a handsome son."

"Master Xie, who can write and martial arts, is a rare talent today!"

"The appearance is dignified, and the bearing is extraordinary!"

On the other side, a few people who were not so enthusiastic were talking about another thing, "Xu Xianzhi, Tan Daoji, Xie Hui, these high-ranking and powerful people in the current court gather here, and the emperor's play is all famous characters......"

The carriage driven by the lady of the painting house also stopped at the side door of the palace at this time, and the painting lady led the two daughters to follow the attendants of the palace to the backyard of the palace. It is not uncommon for women who have not left the pavilion to go out to cover their faces, but they have attracted a lot of gossip and ridicule on the way to the palace.

"Look, that's the two young ladies of the painter, I heard that Mrs. Zhang ordered a play this time, and handed it over to the second lady of the painter to sing!"

"She's become a play?"

"Look at the poor and sour sedan chair at the door, which is what a famous family should have. This face should be covered too, or you will die of shame. ”

"If you want to talk about drama, painting a lady is even better."

As early as before departure, Mrs. Hua had already admonished the painting face, and the trip to the palace must be behaving in accordance with the rules and responsibilities. I didn't hear the gossip about myself before, but I just thought it was a mosquito buzzing twice, but I didn't take it to heart. Who would have thought that such idlers would talk more and more vigorously and talk about their own families, this can not be relied upon. Especially when he heard the last sentence, Huayan suddenly became angry, stepped forward violently, and was desperately pulled back by Huashu halfway.

"Sister, those people speak so ugly and can't tell the truth, I have to teach her a lesson!"

"Yan'er, why bother with those people, have you forgotten what your mother said to you?"

"Yes, miss, let's stop making any more troubles." Xin Qiao said anxiously on the side.

Looking at Huashu's reproachful eyes and the worried appearance of the two girls, Huayan had no choice but to give up.

"Okay......"

These people are really interesting, and they are not popular, not only for themselves, but also for the court, and also for their fathers. The sister who was so easy not to get angry actually made them angry. This time, I will let you go first, and I will let the eighth master teach you well in the future, which is really ignorant. After the ideological struggle stopped, Hua Yan had to arrange her sleeves peacefully, resume her beautiful steps, and continue to follow Mrs. Hua.

Mrs. Hua, who walked in front, did not show the slightest annoyance on her face, but she was still smiling, and greeted the official's wife in a dignified and polite manner.

The attendant led the three of her to sit in the tea house set up in the backyard, just waiting for the emperor and the mother to come to the banquet, although the banquet has official rank restrictions, but there are more than 100 people in the backyard, and a group of girls and mothers-in-law are frolicking, so it is not annoying. It was precisely because Hua Yan was still a little interested in this palace character that he had the patience to sit quietly with his mother and sister for a while.

But I sat for a long time, and I didn't see the big people in the palace for a long time, and it was already dark.

"Mother, how long will I have to wait, I'm really bored." Hua Yan turned his head, leaned on the table and said sullenly.

Mrs. Hua gently stroked Hua Yan's head and whispered, "Wait patiently, the banquet is about to begin." ”

"These girls are dead, I'm going to take a walk around."

Mrs. Hua knew the temperament of her little daughter, and it was not easy to trap her for so long, so she only gave a few words of advice at the end, and arranged for Shenglan to follow, and she arranged it by herself.

With great difficulty, he escaped from his seat, and the two avoided the crowd and walked through a few paths to the back garden.

"The emperor is quite good to these three princes, the newly built palace is so big and extremely luxurious, we have been walking for a long time in this back garden, and we have not seen the end yet."

Finally let Huayan find a secluded place, so the two stopped and went to the garden to sit down on the stone bench by the pond in the garden.

Sheng Lan gently swept the fallen flowers from the long hair of the painted face, and said: "And the apricot blossoms in the garden are exactly the same as Miss's residence, and they are Miss's favorite flowers." ”

"Although the flowers buried by Daiyu are affectionate, they are sad. I like the tranquility of apricot blossoms, even if the flowers fall and wither, but they are calm. Or maybe because of Lin Daiyu's sadness infection, people's hearts are different. "Hua Yan picked up the broken flowers on the ground and thought for a while." The essence is clean and clean, and the pure land covers the wind. ”

"Miss, what are you thinking?" Shenglan asked.

"Shenglan, you also sit down, let's sleep here for a while, so as to live up to the flowers, if there is wine in hand at this time, it will be more perfect."

Huayan lazily leaned under the apricot blossom tree next to the stone bench, closed his eyes and recuperated, regardless of the veil on his face.

At this time, from another path, there seemed to be two women, but they couldn't see the faces of the two people clearly.

"Miss Lin, it's been so long, we should go back, this is not the place we should be." One of the little women seemed to be a little panicked.

"Don't worry, the prince personally brought me to the palace."

"Although this is the case, but you and I are also girls, how can you ......?"

"I obviously saw the prince and Xiao Gongzi going in this direction, why, no one is there?"

The two girls were walking in the direction of the painting, but they didn't seem to see the painting sitting under the tree.

Listening to the conversation between the two little girls, Hua Yan slowly opened her eyes and took a closer look at them.

It turned out that one of the two little girls was Lin Yunrou, and the other didn't know each other, looking at the dress, like an ordinary maid in the palace.

Hua Yan was no longer sleepy, and looked at the two girls with his hands on the pillow with interest, and a trace of imperceptible sneer was drawn on his fair face.

This Lin Yunrou is so impatient, she has tried her best to enter the palace, I want to see what else you want to do. When I first saw Lin Yunrou in Forgotten Dust Building, I only felt that she was petite and lovely, but now why is it more and more unpleasant to look at?

"Although this apricot blossom blooms so hard, it is not as gorgeous as the peony after all." Lin Yunrou casually plucked one from the tree and tore the petals one by one.

"Why did this flower provoke you? I want you to destroy such a beautiful life like this. Hua Yan raised his head and asked Lin Yunrou, who was walking towards him, and the whole person was still motionless.

Lin Yunrou was startled by the sudden sound and took two steps back, and took a closer look, only to find that there were two people sitting in front of her, and the garden lights were dim, so she couldn't see the faces of the two people clearly, and she didn't know how to answer for a while. After a long while, he had the courage to step forward and ask, "I don't know that the girl is here, and I accidentally disturb the girl, and I hope the girl will forgive me." ”

Hua Yan didn't answer, only sneered, got up and was about to leave.

Although Lin Yunrou couldn't see the woman's face clearly, she saw her extraordinary posture and heard her voice familiar, so she couldn't help but feel a little curious, picked up the veil that fell on the ground, and took the opportunity to catch up. "Look at my sister's graceful demeanor and extraordinary demeanor, I wonder if I can ask my sister's name?"

Seeing that her young lady still ignored her, Sheng Lan turned around and stopped Lin Yunrou, who was following closely, and took the veil in her hand. "Girl, please don't follow anymore, if you really want to know who my young lady is, I will tell you, the painting on the bank of the Yangliu River in the south of the city, the second lady. Now that you know, please come back. ”

When Lin Yunrou heard this, she didn't mean to leave, but became even more wanton, and sneered: "Heh, who should I be, it turned out to be Miss Painting." Are you so reluctant to see me? I have sinned against you in no way, and I will be neglected by you everywhere. If you remove your father's vain title, what kind of family will you be! ”

Lin Yunrou remembered the humiliation she had in the painting house that day, and now when she met again, she was so angry that she trembled for a while!