On the day of the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Mama Zhao came early to wake up Ye Qian, Ye Qian turned over and muttered, "I'm sorry, I'll sleep for a while." ”

Her little face was flushed with sleep, the broken hair on her forehead was shaggy and shaggy, and her little feet were not honest, poking out of the quilt and exposing them raw.

Mama Zhao's hand stretched out and stopped, and finally pushed her broken hair aside, stuffed her feet back into the quilt, put down the bed net, and went out lightly. Let's let her sleep for a while, anyway, the girl is still young, and she doesn't need to comb her hair and makeup, so she doesn't need to go to Shou'an Hall to greet the old lady today, and there is no need to get up too early.

Half an hour later, Ye Qian reluctantly got up under Bai Zhen's thousand calls.

After breakfast, Ye Qian changed into a begonia red cardigan skirt, combed a simple double bun, and took Bai Zhen out. Bai Zhen's temperament is more stable than Lu Fei, and she is suitable for going out with her, but the maid and the carriage are not allowed to enter the palace gate, and they have to wait outside.

The two carriages were ready, Ye Qian and Bai Zhen got into their own carriage, and saw that the other one was not moving, knowing that the eldest girl Ye Fu had not come out yet, Ye Qian was not in a hurry, she knew this big sister very well, the more noble the occasion of the banquet, the longer she would have to dress up.

Ye Qian saw that there was tea and snacks in the carriage, and told Bai Zhen: "When you get to the palace gate, you will wait for me in the carriage, and I don't know when the Hundred Flowers Banquet will end, and when it is time for lunch, you can use some snacks, don't go hungry." ”

"Thank you, girl, the slave knows." Seeing her girl taking care of herself with a round little face, Bai Zhen felt a warm current in her heart, don't look at the girl is only eight years old, in her eyes, she is more sensible than the three girls older than her in the second room, maybe because she has no father since she was a child, and her mother is sick in bed. In addition, the four girls in the house are friendly and intimate on the surface, but their own girls are always isolated and excluded by the three in the second room. Thinking of this, Bai Zhen was a little distressed, and said softly: "If the girl is still sleepy, lean on the slave and squint for a while." ”

Ye Qian shook her head, heard a sound of footsteps outside, opened the curtain of the car a little, and saw Ye Fu coming out of the house.

Although it is a warm spring, it is actually a little cold, especially now that it is still morning, Ye Fu is wearing a light cloud silk full-breasted skirt, the long skirt is like smoke and water, and the wind blows through the hem of the clothes, as if there are sparkling waves.

Ye Qian shuddered unconsciously, but Ye Fu didn't seem to be cold at all, and said with a smile: "Let the fourth sister wait for a long time." ”

"It didn't take long, let's go, shall we?" Ye Qian asked.

"Well, you can go." Ye Fu nodded, stepped on the carriage bench, supported the maid with one hand, and carefully carried her long skirt with the other hand into the carriage. As soon as she entered, she was stunned, Ye Rong was sitting quietly inside.

Seeing Ye Fu stunned at the door of the car, Ye Rong was anxious, grabbed her arm and dragged her in.

Ye Fu was afraid that she would crumple her clothes, so she hurriedly tore her hand away and whispered, "Why are you here again?" Didn't your mother say she wouldn't let you go? ”

"Big sister!" Ye Rong took Ye Fu's hand and shook it, "Ye Qian can go, why can't I go?" Anyway, there are not a few people written on the post, take me with you, I promise not to cause trouble. ”

Ye Fu had a headache, she spent a lot of time grooming, if she sent the difficult Ye Rong back at this time, it would take a while, it was not early, she didn't want to go too late.

"It's okay to take you there, but you have to follow me all the time, don't run around, the palace is full of nobles, if you collide, it will be terrible, you know?"

"I know, I know, big sister, don't worry, I will never run around!" Seeing that she agreed, Ye Rong hurriedly promised.

The carriage stopped at the gate of the palace, and Ye Qian was not surprised at all when she saw that Ye Rong was also coming, this was her usual move. The three sisters inspected the posts at the palace gate, and under the leadership of a little eunuch, they walked through the long corridor and the heavy palace and entered the imperial garden.

Today's Imperial Garden is particularly lively, with its flowers, fragrance, and the ladies of Kyoto who are in their prime of life, who are more delicate than flowers.

Ye Qian glanced around, and when she turned around, she didn't care about Ye Fu and Ye Rong, she didn't care, most of the nobles who came today were fourteen or fifteen years old, she knew them, but she didn't know them very well, so she simply walked to the big table with snacks and tea, and carefully looked at those all kinds of snacks. Her chubby little hands were on the edge of the table, her apricot eyes were wide open, and she looked at the snacks on the table one by one.

When she attended the banquet, her favorite thing was to taste the dim sum she had never seen before, but looking at these dim sum today, she was a little absent-minded, always feeling as if someone was secretly peeping at her. Ye Qian turned her head to look, she didn't find anyone looking at her, she was a little scared, a layer of small corn was on her arm, she picked a piece of light green crystal clear dim sum casually, pinched it in her hand, and walked towards the peony bush, there were many people there, which made her feel safer.

Ye Qian stood in front of a blooming peony, pretending to be admiring the flowers, and the dim sum in her hand was quietly sent to her mouth. This dim sum is very special, there is a faint fragrance of tea, which Ye Qian has never eaten, she was immediately attracted, after a few bites, look around, the ladies are all gathered together in twos and threes, no one pays attention to herself, she returned to the big table casually, her little paws stretched out quickly, one in each hand, pinched the pale green dim sum in the palm of her hand, and found a flower at random, no matter what kind of flower it was, standing in front of the flower, biting the dim sum in small bites.

Xiao Yanfeng almost laughed out loud, it turned out that the dignified and gentle queen in her previous life turned out to be like this when she was a child, turning a blind eye to flowers, turning a blind eye to beautiful women, and only liking delicious food. The seriousness with which she stood at the big table just now and looked at the snacks almost made him think that there was some rare treasure on the table.

Ye Qian's two pieces of dim sum were finished, and she was thinking about going to see if there was anything she hadn't eaten, when the queen arrived, and not only the queen, but even the emperor came, and the crown prince and the third prince King Kang also came.

Emperor Wen and the queen are both less than fifty years old, and the two people who are pampered are not old, especially Emperor Wen, who is tall and elegant, and he is dressed in a dark dragon robe, and he looks not much older than the prince on the side.

The delicate girls in the garden knelt down together, Emperor Wen was in a very good mood, and his phoenix eyes swept over those slender waists and buttocks, before ordering these beautiful girls to get up.

The queen has long been accustomed to it, the emperor likes beauties, but whenever there is such a banquet where young girls gather, he always has to come, and if there is something in the eye, it will also be included in the harem. However, the emperor is very picky, for so many years, there are few that he has taken a fancy to, too, there are jade concubines who have captivated the country and the city, and then look at these noble girls, at most they are just hors d'oeuvres.

Today is to choose a side concubine for King Kang, and the queen already has several candidates in her heart, all of whom can help King Kang, and helping King Kang is equivalent to helping her own prince. Before coming, the queen had already discussed these candidates with the prince and King Kang, and then let King Kang pass his eyes and choose the one that best suited his eyes.

Seeing that the emperor had seen these girls without showing an excited expression, the queen knew that no one could enter his eyes. She gave King Kang a look, and the emperor didn't fancy anyone, so he could just pick it with confidence.

The prince's fingertips rubbed the wine glass, and in his heart he went through the candidates selected by the queen for King Kang again, I have to say that the queen mother's vision is still good, no matter which one the third brother picks.

King Kang is twenty years old this year, and he already has a concubine, he is not obsessed with women, not because he doesn't like it, but because he is very sober, and at this time, power is much more important than beauty.

Soon, he made a decision.

The queen whispered a few words to the emperor, and Emperor Wen smiled: "You are in charge." His voice was flat, but his eyes looked at the prince with some meaning.

The prince's heart jumped, and he suddenly felt that it was too obvious to choose a side concubine for King Kang this time. His position is not comfortable, and his father may not be at ease to put Daqi in his hands if he is too mediocre; But if the performance is too good, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the father, after all, the father is only in his forties, in good health, and he doesn't know how many years he will stay on this throne, and he definitely doesn't want to have a son who will threaten his position.

Speaking of which, he didn't think that the second king Rui had anything extraordinary, but his father just liked this second brother, and he was not afraid that he would be powerful, so in order to balance the power, he wanted to support a person who could fight against him. The third king Kang has been close to him since he was a child because he was taken care of by his mother for a period of time, and the fourth king Yu is only fourteen, and his father can only choose the second.

The crown prince was still thinking about whether today's actions were appropriate, and the queen had already announced King Kang's good deeds, and the chosen noble girl was blushing and came forward to thank King Kang together.

Ye Qian's big eyes blinked twice, looking at this scene curiously, seeing that the woman did not have the slightest reluctance, she was a little puzzled in her heart. The queen gave marriage, which means that if the woman wants to marry His Royal Highness King Kang, then she has to leave her home, leave her parents, and if she has an older brother, she also has to leave her brother and live with King Kang, so why is she not sad?

"I said why there are so many people in this garden today, it turns out that the third brother has something good!"

With the emperor and queen present, the atmosphere was inevitably solemn, but this voice didn't seem to care, with a little banter, so he broke in unscrupulously.