In the Zhaowang Mansion on the East Street of Zhuque Temple, the retainer Luo Qi went to the account room to pay the money and silver, and was about to go out to buy a gift for Nacai, but was blocked by the princess Xu's personal maid Yuzhu.

"Master Luo, the princess has something to bother you about."

"The prince has arranged urgent affairs for the minister, can you allow the minister to go and handle it first and then ask the princess for her life?"

"You know the princess's temperament, Master Luo, so be it." Yuzhu looked at Luo Qi and said with a smile.

Xu is the daughter of Xuanhui envoy Xu Zhongqing, whose maiden name is Zhiyi, who has been delicate and willful since she was a child. At the palace banquet, he fell in love with Ling Zhao at first sight, and dared to take the initiative to ask Emperor Chengde for marriage. Ling Zhaomei is a household name, and there are countless women who admire him, and everyone is guessing what kind of woman a fairy like him will ask to marry, but they didn't expect Xu Zhiyi to ask for marriage by herself, and she was favorably approved. Such a shocking thing has become a legendary story between the government and the opposition for a while, which makes the women who are thinking of Ling Zhao envious and jealous.

Xu married into the palace for a few years, although he has not come out, but he is windy. The unruly Ling Zhao has never had intimacy with other women since then. Soon, the jealousy of the Xu family's monopoly on the prince was as famous as her marriage proposal back then.

Thinking back on all this, Luo Qi hesitated for a moment, but still had no choice but to follow Yuzhu. After all, the prince's request to marry the county lord of Hejing could not be concealed sooner or later, and when the prince arranged this matter, he did not tell him to carry the princess behind his back.

From Luo Qi's mouth, it was confirmed that Ling Zhao wanted to accept the side concubine, and Xu Zhiyi's heart was full of flavors. After Luo Qi left, she couldn't sit still for a moment, and immediately asked Yuzhu to take her seal letter and go to Shu Mansion in Persimmon Lane to meet Shumei.

Yuzhu hesitated and said: "Princess, you made such a rash appointment to meet the county lord of Shu, if the prince knew about it......"

"As a wife, can't I first see who is going to enter the door?" There was a mist in Xu Zhiyi's eyes.

"If the princess wants to see the county lord of Hejing, the slave has an idea."

"Speak quickly!"

"Princess Yuyao's birthday is approaching, the princess went into the palace to suggest that the concubine Niangniang hold a birthday banquet, and in the name of the princess, summon the daughters and wives to the palace to celebrate her birthday, and then find an opportunity to meet."

"That's very good." Xu Zhiyi couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Princess Yuyao's biological mother, Concubine Xu Youjia, was originally the daughter of the Xu family's room and Xu Zhiyi's aunt. It was also thanks to her that Xu Zhongqing was promoted all the way from Xuandelang of the seventh product to the Xuanhui envoy of the third product.

On Princess Yuyao's birthday, Xu Zhiyi entered the palace early. After she went to Yanqing Palace to greet her aunt Xu Guifei, she sat down in the rain corridor near the entrance of the palace gate, and with the help of the corridor railing and flowers and trees, she has been paying attention to the daughters and wives who entered the palace to celebrate the princess's birthday.

Yuzhu was dressed as a maid in the palace, and stood at the door with a few maids in front of Princess Yuyao to welcome the guests, and waited for Shu Mei to enter the palace to signal to Xu Zhiyi. However, she waited until Queen Zhao brought the concubines in the palace to celebrate Yu Yao's birthday, and she didn't wait for the chamberlain to report that Lord Jing entered the palace. Seeing that the queen's phoenix entered the middle gate, and Xu Zhiyi was still sitting in front of the porch and watched in a daze, she was anxious.

"Princess, the queen mother has arrived, you have to hurry in to pick up the car." Yuzhu trotted into the rain corridor and urged eagerly.

Xu Zhiyi panicked at this time, and hurriedly pulled up her skirt and ran towards the atrium. Unexpectedly, at the corner of the rain corridor, he collided with a person who came in through the side door, and both of them lost their balance and fell to the ground.

"I'm sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't notice you coming, are you okay?"

Xu Zhiyi has not yet been angry, and has apologized to the convenience first. She had no choice but to suppress her anger and stand up with the support of the other party. As soon as she raised her head, she was stunned, and it was a young man with clear eyebrows who helped her. She hurriedly took a step back, avoided the other party's supporting hand, and said, "I'm fine." ”

"It's okay, the bun didn't fall apart." Yuzhu hurriedly stepped forward to tidy up the crooked crown for her, "We have to hurry." ”

Xu Zhiyi nodded. Before leaving, she glanced at the person who hit her, dressed in a moon-white scribe's shirt, with a big red pendant tied to the green jade flute pinned to her waist, and the color was very eye-catching. reminded her of the time she saw Ling Zhao at the palace banquet, when a red pendant was tied to the gilded peony folding fan he was holding that day.

"Why is there a man in this inner court?" Xu Zhiyi asked the jade bead on the side in a low voice as she walked.

"Could it be that the Wenchen who entered the palace and saw him went the wrong way?" Yuzhu glanced back again, and found that the man was walking towards the atrium with two maids behind, so she was surprised, "They actually followed......

Xu Zhiyi couldn't help but speed up her pace. As soon as she entered the atrium, the queen's phoenix fell to the ground. Under the leadership of Xu Guifei, everyone who entered the palace to celebrate her birthday knelt down to say goodbye.

After taking over, Xu Guifei led the queen and the concubines into the palace, and everyone beckoned the attendants to enter the palace with gifts to present gifts to the princess.

Gold, silver and jade, silk and satin, famous calligraphy and paintings, when the daughters and wives of the clan sent all kinds of rare treasures that they could collect to Princess Yuyao, the princess seemed to be indifferent, and only thanked them politely.

Xu Zhiyi prepared a set of gold-inlaid horse harness, which looked more chic among the gifts with boudoir attributes, Princess Yuyao showed a smile on her face, "I like the gift of the second sister-in-law, it would be better if I could give another horse." ”

"This is easy to say, my sister will go to my house another day, and she will lead whichever horse she likes." Xu Zhiyi said generously.

"Then you can't go back, I want the second brother's white jade horse."

"Sister, this is going to be an inch, your second brother's horse, I can't be the master." Xu Zhiyi said with a smile.

"Everyone knows that my second brother is obedient to his sister-in-law, and he doesn't even dare to accept the concubine's room, how can my sister-in-law not be the master......"

Xu Zhiyi was embarrassed, so Xu Guifei spoke, "Yao'er, don't just talk about small talk, the county lord of Hejing is still waiting for the gift." ”

Hearing the words "Hejing County Lord", Xu Zhiyi immediately turned her head and saw the young man in white before walking into the hall. Behind him, two women in green dresses carried a large bamboo cage in their hands.

After the young man blessed the princess, the transverse flute played a birthday song. In the crisp flute sound, a woman opened the bamboo cage, and a group of colorful butterflies flew out of the cage, and the eyes of everyone in the hall lit up, and they were attracted by this group of beautiful and gorgeous butterflies.

The butterfly did not flee after flying out, but slowly flew around another woman who was dancing to the sound of the flute. As if these butterflies could understand human speech, as soon as she raised her hand, it flew down to her fingertips, and when she looked back, it perched on her shoulder.

The flute is melodious, the dance is graceful, and the butterflies are fluttering, which is beautiful. The scene in front of him was an eye-opener for everyone, and they were all amazed and admired.