Zixuan hurriedly went to help him and asked, "Qi Qi, this is so decent, what are you doing on your knees?" ”

Qi Qi was ashamed, and refused to get up, and said: "The princess saved Qi Qiyi's life, but her subordinates couldn't stand the princess, and now that I think about it, I am really ashamed." ”

Zixuan's face was straight, and she understood a little in her heart, and only said: "Why did Qi Qi say this?" ”

Qi Qi took a deep breath and said, "On the day the princess got married, her subordinates had ordered people to ...... Intended to assassinate the princess, but by the time they arrived, you had already been killed......"

Zixuan's chest sank, and said, "I heard Qingsha say that your people helped me block a knife, but is it true?" ”

Qi Qi nodded, "At that time, you were already out of breath, and when those assassins saw our people, they slashed at your neck in a hurry, but fortunately we stopped you in time!" ”

After a moment, he said sincerely: "No matter what, your subordinates should not order someone to kill you without permission. ”

Zixuan sat down, took a sip of tea calmly, and said, "Since you mentioned unauthorized access, isn't it an order from the prince?" Without the king's order, how can you order someone to go out? ”

Qi Qi said sincerely: "The princess doesn't know, and those guards don't want to see the prince being humiliated for no reason because of his marriage, so he went out without permission......"

He said it a little quickly, the reason why the prince was humiliated for no reason because of his marriage was, in the final analysis, it had a lot to do with Zixuan's bad reputation in Kyoto.

Qi Qi hurriedly explained: "The subordinates are quick to talk, it's not that the princess is not good......."

Zixuan stopped and said, "I understand that the royal stepfamily has indeed trampled my reputation to the point of being unbearable over the years, no wonder you complain that I have affected the prince." ”

"No, you didn't implicate the prince, your subordinates were confused, and you almost caused the princess to suffer miserably." Qi Qi was embarrassed and said: "The prince only learned about this afterwards, and on the same day, he punished the secret guards who left the mansion without authorization, and transferred them out of Beijing. ”

Zixuan made up her mind and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Qi Qi, you get up, I will still be a blessing in disguise in the end, if your people hadn't arrived, wouldn't I have been in a different place that day." ”

Qi Qizuo said: "Princess, you should still punish your subordinates, otherwise your subordinates will feel uneasy." ”

Zixuan said: "You blocked an arrow for me, which can be regarded as making up for your mistakes and leveling out." ”

"Princess!" Qi Qi looked at Zixuan gratefully, and said from the bottom of his heart: "My subordinates will swear to protect you and the prince in the future." ”

Zi Xuan remembered that when he was in the Li Mansion, he did not hesitate to rush over to block the arrows, and it could be seen that he was a loyal person, and said, "Your injury still needs some time to heal, get up quickly!" ”

Only then did Qi Qi get up and make a resignation.

However, as soon as he left, Qingsha came again, saying that the inner eunuch in the queen's palace had come.

Zixuan's subordinates were beaten, why did they come again? I don't know if for the two palace maids who were sent away by the prince, come to accountability, or something else?

Red sleeves said nervously: "Princess, the prince has gone to the court, will the queen mother send someone to Xingshi to ask for the guilt?" ”

It is inconvenient for the queen to hold the prince accountable, but she can target the princess, and when the prince is not in the house, it must be a bad person.

Zixuan pondered for a moment and said, "Probably not, go and have a look." ”

After that, she went to the outer hall with red sleeves and green yarn.

When Gonggong Zhang saw Zixuan, although he was high, he had no intention of accountability, so he asked a small internal supervisor behind him to give Zixuan the name post, and said: "I have seen the princess, the queen will hold a tea banquet tomorrow, and the slave will be ordered to send the princess a name post." ”

It turned out that this was the case, Zixuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and thanked: "Thank you for the queen's kindness." ”

After that, he glanced at the red sleeves, took some silver from his purse and gave it to Father-in-law Zhang, and the little inner supervisor behind him, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Zhang, please smile, it is not a respect." ”

Gonggong Zhang pushed his hand and refused, his white fat face moved, and said, "The princess is polite, how dare you!" ”

After all, Zixuan insisted on stuffing it into him, but he still accepted it.

Before Father-in-law Zhang left, he didn't know whether it was out of kindness or a favor, and said: "Niangniang is ready for life, tomorrow's tea banquet in Kyoto will be attended by the families of all dignitaries and dignitaries." ”

"Yes, Gonggong Xie mentions." Zixuan politely ordered: "Qingsha, send off Grandpa Zhang for this concubine." ”

Qingsha was deflated, and thought: Why don't you let the red sleeves send it! But he didn't dare to show it on his face, and replied: "Yes!" ”

Seeing off Father-in-law Zhang, Red Sleeves whispered: "What does the queen mean by inviting you to the tea banquet?" ”

Zixuan hooked the corners of her lower lip and said, "Naturally, it is to make this palace embarrassed in front of all the family members, so that those dignitaries and dignitaries will reject me." ”

"After all, no one in Kyoto knows, I am ignorant, biased and arrogant, the queen just wants everyone to know, even if the emperor intends to elevate it, me and the prince are just mud that can't be supported."

Red Sleeves puffed out his cheeks angrily and said, "It's good to make those people blind!" ”

Zixuan glanced at the red sleeves, knowing that she was calm and a little irritable, and said, "These words, you must not say these words to others!" ”

Red Sleeves immediately fell silent and nodded cautiously.

Zixuan returned to Chu'an Courtyard, tomorrow's tea banquet is the Hongmen banquet, but she only refused the beautiful concubine sent by the queen yesterday, and if she refused to go to the tea banquet tomorrow, not to mention that she annoyed the queen, I was afraid that the spitting stars in Kyoto would drown herself.

However, tomorrow, the two pieces of goods of the Li family will definitely be present, go to see Li Xinran, who is eager for a high position, how to provoke the famous scene of the prince, it is not impossible, so I should go to the play.

Her heart is pure, but Red Sleeves is not idle.

Tea banquet tea banquet, must work tea, red sleeves to find the grandmother who has been in the palace in the house, teach the princess to make ripe tea.

Who knows that Zixuan has long been proficient, taking tea, waking up tea, warming cups, sanitary ware, throwing tea, washing tea, brewing, and making soup is better than Mama's.

Red Sleeves exclaimed: "Princess, it's the slave who has done this too much." ”

Zixuan smiled and said, "I should thank you for your thoughtfulness for me, before I got married, the emperor sent the grandmother in the palace to teach me, and now I should review it." ”

Red sleeves laughed at this time and said: "Thank you princess for not blaming the slaves and maids for being troublesome, tomorrow's tea banquet can not be sloppy, and today I will prepare the clothes to wear in the palace." ”

After that, she brought several sets of gorgeous clothes.

Zixuan looked at it and felt that the colors were bright and a little dazzling, and tomorrow's top spot should be those high-ranking officials and dignitaries, after all, the ultimate purpose of this tea banquet is to choose a side concubine for the prince, and it is not appropriate for him to dress up too prominently.

In the end, she chose a dark green Yunjin palace dress, and the jewelry also chose Hetian jade with water and warmth, which not only showed her identity, but also did not show offend, so as not to offend those women who were multi-hearted and multi-eyed as soon as she appeared.

Today, the prince came back early, Xiang Jiu came over pretending to be and asked Red Sleeves, "The queen didn't embarrass the princess, right?" ”

Red Sleeves told the truth, and at the end, he asked with a smile: "Did the prince let you come?" ”