This year, in all kinds of disturbances, the days passed very fast, and when he saw the snowflakes floating outside the window lattice, You'an suddenly realized that it seemed that it was going to be the end of the year. The scene of the Shangyuan Festival flower market is like day, and it seems that it has not passed for a few days. But that unusually beautiful lantern was like a proverb, foreshadowing what she was going to experience this year.

All these years had passed, and the Mysterious Exquisite Pagoda still hovered above her head like a huge shadow.

According to the custom of previous years, when the palace enters the wax moon, it is time to start preparing a series of rewards, and it is very busy. The eighth day of the lunar month is a big day, on this day the emperor will reward the civil and military officials with special lipstick, wax grease, in order to show compassion for the courtiers. In previous years, Princess Taiping was the most lively, and a month or two in advance, she had to ask what kind of items had been prepared by the Inner Sixth Bureau, and what kind of box she planned to use. The queen of heaven intends to let Princess Taiping learn to be in charge of affairs, and she will tell her in these things.

But this year is different from previous years, since Princess Taiping got married, she has never returned to the palace, and has always only said that she is not in good health and it is inconvenient to go out. However, Xue Shao himself followed his brother and sister-in-law into the palace to say hello several times, and every time the emperor asked about Princess Taiping's situation, he could only answer embarrassedly that everything was fine, but his body was a little weaker.

The palace people of Xianheng Hall and Hanliang Hall have all seen this princess with their own eyes, how can they toss four or five servants to be miserable, if such a princess can also be called delicate, they should all go home and raise them. It is obvious that this handsome concubine who was raised by the elders of the family has no way to take this princess.

The reward arrangements in the palace this year are all handled by Wen Ruyi. She worked steadily in the position of Si Zhen for more than ten years, and finally survived to the point that one of Shang Gong's Shang Gong Bureau could not continue to stay in the palace due to illness, so she took over Shang Gong's position. Wen Ruyi is an eight-sided person, and she is very familiar with the old things in the palace, and she wants to arrange some new things to arouse Princess Taiping's interest, but Princess Taiping always just called her personal maid to reply that the princess is weak and can't go out.

Even if Princess Taiping doesn't come, the things that have been arranged will still be carried out as usual. The female dependents of the clan officials' families of appropriate age were summoned to enter the palace and gathered together to prepare some gadgets to be used under the festival to make the emperor smile.

The emperor always looked forward to Princess Taiping's willingness to come, so he asked You'an to come over to have a look. You'an took the pearl jade that the emperor had ordered to reward the ladies and went to Rong'en Pavilion. Before he entered the door, he heard the laughter of young girls, fluttering and coming, and the palace had not been so briskly lively for a long time.

Just as she was about to step forward, someone diagonally was also about to enter the door of Rong En Pavilion, and You'an was originally half a step in front of her, but she squeezed her directly and hit her elbow hard. This hit the softest part of You'an's ribs, and she hissed in pain at the moment.

But the person who squeezed in didn't have the slightest intention of avoiding it, but stood in front of You'an with his hands crossed, blocking her way.

As soon as You'an raised his eyes, he saw a familiar face, looking at it with condescending sneer, it was Wang Lingxi, who had not met for a long time. When he drafted the edict in front of the Queen of Heaven, You'an also met Wang Lingxi several times in the palace, and every time he saw him from afar, Wang Lingxi would take the initiative to avoid it, so as not to meet You'an according to his grade.

But this time, she took the initiative to meet the provocation, You'an glanced at the clothes on her body, and understood that Wang Lingxi did not appear here today as a palace maid, but as a young lady of the Wang family, and came to the invitation of the Sixth Bureau.

Seeing that You'an turned sideways and wanted to go around, Wang Lingxi pursed the corners of his mouth and said arrogantly: "What, when you leave Hanliang Palace, you forgot what the rules are when you meet people in the palace?" We met on the same road, you should have let me go first, what do you have to show up? ”

You'an stopped his steps and shook the brocade box he was holding in his hand with a rattling sound: "Didn't Miss Wang already cross this threshold first, the rules of seeing people in the palace, I don't dare to forget it easily, this is the reward that His Majesty ordered me to bring to all the young ladies, and when it is sent to Miss Wang later, you will thank God again." ”

"You dare to ......" Wang Lingxi was angry, remembering his sister's advice, he didn't dare to be disrespectful to the emperor's reward, his eyes turned and turned, and he changed to a sneering smile, "I don't care about you as a sinner from the court, I came here today, I am here to accompany the guests who came from afar, do you want to know who that person is?" ”

You'an didn't know what she wanted to say, so she just took the things in her hand and left, Wang Lingxi caught up with her in a few steps and stopped in front of You'an: "It seems that you don't know at all, the queen of heaven has summoned the youngest daughter of the Dou family to Beijing, and she arrived two days ago, and returned to Chang'an together with her parents." She narrowed her eyes slightly, and leaned closer to You'an to speak: "I want to discuss the marriage for His Royal Highness Eight." ”

Hearing the word Dou family, You'an's brows furrowed uncontrollably, walking around the palace over the years, he also heard some of the old things in the past, and knew that A-Niang had loved Dou Xiaochen who served in Taichang Temple back then. After tea and dinner, the palace people will also talk about this incident, and many people think that she and Hui'an should be the illegitimate daughters of the Dou family, but they were left in the palace by Zhenniang.

"Look," Wang Lingxi said with a look of concealment