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That night, Xie Jingxing came back, Shen Miao told Xie Jingxing about the post, and Xie Jingxing told Shen Miao that if he didn't want to go, it was okay to excuse himself, although the Lu Ye family was arrogant, they didn't dare to really tear their faces with Prince Rui's mansion now. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info likes the Internet on it. In other words, Shen Miao has the right to refuse.

It's just that having said that, Shen Miao didn't want to refuse, knowing that she knew that she would win all battles, she didn't know anything about all the patterns of Da Liang now, but she could take this opportunity to learn more. The Ye family doesn't mention it, what the Lu family has in mind about her, you can also see it in this time.

Xie Jingxing naturally wouldn't stop Shen Miao's decision, the husband and wife discussed it, and Shen Miao asked people to reply to the post, only saying that they would go to the appointment on time.

Two days later, it will be the day of the summer feast.

Shen Miao got up early in the morning, and Xie Jingxing was no longer in the house when he was eating. It seems that after returning to Da Liang, he is very busy every day, he goes out early during the day, and returns home at night, this imperial city is not as calm as it seems on the surface, Shen Miao thought so.

Combed Shen Miao's hair in shock, after she came to Prince Rui's mansion, for convenience, she still used her own personal maid. Speaking of which, there are very few female dependents in the entire prince's mansion, except for the cook and a few grandmothers, but they are all men. I heard that Uncle Tang said that after Xie Jingxing returned to Daliang two years ago and was named the prince, he caught several spies dressed as maids in the prince's mansion. I probably feel that there are too many women, and it is easy to be exploited by some ill-intentioned people, and later, there are no more women in the entire prince's mansion.

But because of this, the Prince's Mansion is like an impregnable wall, and for so long, the jealous eyes of people outside have no choice but to find an outlet.

Gu Yu said: "The first time Madame went to a banquet in Longye, she must be dressed up beautifully, and when others see Madame like this, they won't say anything more, and Madame will definitely give us a long face." ”

Xie Jingxing is in Longye, which can be regarded as very majestic, when he and Gu Yu went out to buy things, they heard outsiders talking about it, and they all said that Shen Miao had accumulated blessings in his previous life, and he could marry Prince Rui in this life. Hearing this, he and Gu Yu were very unconvinced, what was wrong with their girl? Even in Dingjing, Ming Qi, that is one of the best young ladies, not to mention smart, and her temperament is kind, and her temperament is not far behind, even the princess is not far behind, why is it said that she is Gao Pan?

However, if you can't talk about other people with one mouth, it is better to slap your face with facts, Gu Yu thought, Shen Miao went to surprise the four this time, and those people would not talk nonsense.

"What do you mind about this?" Shen Miao smiled: "They just said that they just made themselves feel more comfortable, but they didn't affect us." ”

"Madam, what Gu Yu said is right," said while picking a hairpin for Shen Miao in the jewelry box: "This limelight can't fall under people." ”

As he was talking, he saw Uncle Tang knocking on the door outside, Shen Miao motioned for him to come in, only to see that Uncle Tang was followed by a young girl, who looked younger than Shen Miao, a little fat, about the reason for his young age, but he was extremely pleasing, a pair of eyes were smiling, his lips were also very open, white and tender, and in an instant, Shen Miao thought of Su Minglang...... However, it is a girl.

"Madame is going to the Caixia banquet today," Uncle Tang said with a smile: "The young master has instructed Madame to find a familiar person to guide Madame, and the old slave went to bring the octagonal girl over." Madame will take the octagonal girl as a maid, and if you meet someone you don't know, the octagonal girl will explain to you. ”

Shen Miao smiled: "Thank you, Uncle Tang." ”

Uncle Tang waved his hand again and again and said that he didn't dare, but said with a smile: "I thought that Mrs. would not accept the post, but I didn't expect Mrs. to accept it, Mrs. is so bold, and the old slave admires it." "Ordinary people are always a little timid when they go to a completely unfamiliar place. Mo said that it was a young lady from an official family, even if she was more daring, after she first arrived, she wanted to go to an occasion full of strangers when she was completely unfamiliar with the environment, and she knew that her intentions were not good, which also required a lot of courage.

"It's just going to eat tea and talk," Shen Miao wrote lightly, "where is the guts." ”

Uncle Tang nodded: "Exactly, exactly." Looking at Shen Miao's gaze, he was more satisfied. After two more sentences, he retreated.

Shen Miao looked at this octagon, the octagon stood very upright, looking at her with a smile, this look was a little silly, but it made people feel very cute. Today, Shen Miao went to the summer banquet, and it was really difficult to have no one to guide her, but if someone explained it on the side, it would save a lot of effort. Xie Jingxing thought thoughtfully, Shen Miao also smiled slightly, and suddenly thought of Shen Miao, looked at the octagon, and asked: "It's not that there are no maids in the prince's mansion, ...... you?"

Except for the cook and a few grandmothers, there are only small maids and guards in the prince's mansion, and there are no maids. Therefore, Shen Miao brought a few stunningly Gu Yu, and they were almost about to become fragrant dumplings in the prince's mansion.

Octagonal smiled: "The slave maid is not a maid from the Prince's Mansion, the slave maid is a member of the Mo Yu Army, and she was specially transferred to accompany Madame." ”

"Mo Yu Army?" Shen Miao was stunned, she had heard Xie Jingxing vaguely mention a few words, when he was in Ming Qi, this army had helped Xie Jingxing do many things, it seemed that Xie Jingxing's soldiers and horses were raised privately, and they seemed to be extremely powerful. However, since Xie Jingxing dared to let him act so loudly, he didn't know anything about Emperor Yongle.

She asked, "Do you know martial arts?"

"Slaves can kill. Octagon replied with a smile. Hearing this, the two of them gasped, and they were really unseemly. Su Minglang, who was smiling and looking like a grown woman, turned out to be a good killer.

Shen Miao was satisfied, she thought, Xie Jingxing is really a bad Yan'er, and she will give her the star anise and let her go to the Caixia banquet, that is, at least let her not suffer in terms of force.

Shen Miao said: "In that case, you can go with me." Stunned to stay in the house, and a few people will tidy up the treasury with Bai Lushuang, Gu Yu, you and Octagon will set off with me. ”

The sting was about to be cleaned up, but she was told that she couldn't go, she was very aggrieved in her heart, and she was quite dissatisfied with the anise, but she was afraid that the anise would cut her in anger, so she reluctantly told the octagon that she must take care of Shen Miao before leaving.

When everything was ready, Shen Miao got into the carriage and rushed to the banquet place of the Caixia Banquet, Lu Mansion.

Shen Miao didn't bring Mo Qing this time, and the guards she brought were all from Prince Rui's Mansion. This naturally also has her considerations, Mo Qing is a Mingqi person after all, but with the people of Prince Rui's Mansion, he will always make the other party a little jealous, and he will not dare to make a move, that is, he is just happy, and Shen Miao is the least afraid of fighting with others.

Longye is different from Dingjing, the land of Daliang is closer to the east, and there are more sunny. Even winter is not as cold as Dingjing, let alone summer. Now it is May, if in Dingjing, it is still spring, in Longye, it is already early summer, there is a faint sense of heat.

The carriage was going, Shen Miao and Gu Yu opened the curtain and looked out, and saw that the streets of Longye were really busy, and they were very lively, and they felt quite emotional.

It is no wonder that the small country that was attacked even had the people spontaneously open the city gate to greet them, if it can bring good life to the people of the world, in fact, what is the name of the country, for the people, it is too far away. Emperor Yongle is indeed a genius who governs the world.

After about an hour of travel, the carriage finally stopped. Octagon lifted the curtain and looked at it, and said, "Madam, the Lu Mansion has arrived." ”

Gu Yu and Octagon helped Shen Miao out of the carriage, and saw that many carriages had been parked at the gate of the Lu Mansion, and there was not even a person at the door to greet them. Gu Yu was stunned and said, "This ...... Why didn't anyone come to greet this person? Could it be that he made a mistake?"

said that she was wrong, but it didn't look like she was wrong, because the gate of Nalu Mansion was not closed, as if the door was specially reserved for her.

Shen Miao glanced at the door, she already had a thought in her heart, she asked Gu Yu: "What time is it on the post of Cai Xia Yan?"

Gu Yu hurriedly took out the post from his sleeve, opened it, and said, "It's the time." It's not time yet. ”

"I guess that's the only post for us. Shen Miao said lightly.

Gu Yu said, "Madam, what does this mean?"

"There is a carriage in front of the door, and it is obvious that there are already guests coming, even if they come in advance, and there should not be so many. There was no one at the door, but they left them for us, knowing that we would come. If my guess is correct, on other people's posts, the hour must be the hour, but on our post, it is the hour. It was deliberately made to make us late. After saying that, he smiled in his heart, it seems that whether it is in Mingqi or Da Liang, the methods of these noble ladies are all such a trick over and over.

The anise was still smiling, but Gu Yu suddenly realized, and then said angrily: "But what good is it for them to play tricks on girls like this?

"Benefits?" Shen Miao's voice turned slightly cold: "There are many benefits." It is rude to enter the door without anyone to welcome them, and they will explain that the Qi Shen family is presumptuous. If you don't enter, it will be disrespectful, and you will take the post but leave halfway, and you will not believe it. The reason is all on them, they were caught in the wrong place, they were inferior at the beginning, and when they went to the back, they just let others laugh. ”

This is also a science to compete with others, and you can't be caught by someone at the beginning, otherwise you will be inferior, she has been fighting with Mrs. Lintel for so many years, but she still understands this.

Octagon asked, "Madame still wants to go in?"

"Enter. Shen Miao lifted her skirt and was about to go inside.

"But madam," Gu Yu asked suspiciously: "If you go in, you will be caught in the wrong place, it's not right not to enter, it's wrong to advance and retreat, why do you want to go in?"

"Then let someone else make a bigger mistake than you. Shen Miao smiled slightly: "In this way, I don't care about the mistakes you made." ”

In Lu Fuzhong, the atmosphere in the hall is very harmonious at the moment. As a very famous military general in Longye, the Lu family has a very high status, so the mansion is also large and gorgeous. Today's Caixia banquet was personally organized by Mrs. Lu, and the compliments were continuous.

Mrs. Lu is in her early forties this year, and her youth passed away on her, and she was also a budding beauty when she was young, but when she was old, she looked thin and mean, and a little less dignified. Still, she dressed in great fanfare, as if that would add a little sparkle to her.

It's just that the woman's family, when she is old, and then she wears inappropriate bright clothes, instead of making her look better, she undoubtedly exposes the shortcomings of old age.

"Mrs. Lu is really a blessing," a round-faced lady said with a smile: "Concubine Jing is favored by Your Majesty in the palace, Concubine Jing is still so filial to you, and Your Majesty also specially gave a gift at this Caixia banquet, which is enough to see the weight of Concubine Jing in Your Majesty's heart." ”

Mrs. Lu was proud in her heart, but she was still modest on her face: "It's all because of the emperor's generosity and pity for Concubine Jing that our whole family has been stained." ”

"Madame, where are you talking about," said the other short lady with a smile: "Concubine Jing has been favored, and the second lady of the house has also married Du Wei, and I heard that she has recently been pregnant with twins." I'll have to wait for a blessing. ”

Mrs. Lu shook her head and said with a headache: "Aren't there still the third and fourth sisters? These two really give me a headache." ”

The round-faced lady hurriedly exclaimed, "Madame, you still have a headache." The third son is a talent, and he is outstanding in martial arts at a young age, but I don't know which girl will be lucky enough to marry him in the future. As for the fourth sister, not to mention, a fairy-like character, who knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, does this need to be worried?"

"Madame praises," Mrs. Lu shook her head and smiled bitterly: "The third child is just a stool, and it is understandable for a man to exercise for a few more years, but the family affairs of the fourth sister can't be delayed, and now it really gives me a headache......

"Mother, you are arranging me in front of other ladies again!" A delicate female voice suddenly sounded, and when everyone turned around, they saw a young girl in the hall, this girl was about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a light purple carved silk butterfly pattern cloud brocade bird skirt, and a cherry lotus flower Su Gong Bijia. Near the fragrant bun, butterfly-shaped pearl hairpin. This girl is already delicate and moving, coupled with about pampering, a natural rich lady, surrounded by Zhu Hai, suddenly feeling radiant, as if stepping on the grass in the spring butterfly fairy, but very eye-catching.

This is the fourth lady of the Lu family, the fourth sister of Concubine Jing, Lu Wan'er.

Mrs. Lu touched her head painfully and said, "How dare I arrange our Miss Wan'er." ”

Lu Wan'er pursed her lips and stopped talking. She stood in the middle of the hall, and there were other official ladies in the hall, but compared to her, it looked pale.

Lu Wan'er looked arrogant, looked around, and said, "Why didn't Miss Shen of Mingqi come?"

Her voice was not low, and the ladies and ladies in the hall heard it in their ears, and they immediately whispered.

Lu Wan'er called Shen Miao "Miss Mingqi Shen Family", but refused to call her "Princess Rui", which originally explained many problems. Come to think of it, at the beginning, the fourth lady of the Lu family, everyone said that they wanted to marry to Prince Rui's mansion as the princess, and Lu Wan'er was also very satisfied with Prince Rui, who knew that Shen Miao would kill in the sky, the Lu family was displeased, and Lu Wan'er was even more unwilling.

Today's colorful summer banquet is not the intention of the drunkard. However, most of these ladies came to see the excitement, and they probably still wanted to get along with Lu Wan'er. The young lady of the Shen family is now beautiful, but there is no root and no foundation in Longye, who knows how far she can float? Prince Rui is in the prime of his life, and how long will he spend his thoughts on a woman?

All in all, the young lady of the Shen family doesn't look like there will be a good ending.

Mrs. Lu smiled: "Xu is delayed on the road." ”

"It's really a big shelf," Lu Wan'er said unhappily: "The other ladies and ladies are all on time, but she is late." Are all Mingqi's rules dead?"

As he was talking, he saw a girl with a round face suddenly appear outside, everyone didn't know when she came in, the girl smiled and said, "Excuse me, is this a colorful summer banquet?"

Mrs. Lu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Exactly, you are Prince Rui and Princess?"

"The slave is not," said the smiling girl, "the princess is here." So saying, he turned back and walked in with a young girl in his arms.

I don't know if it's because of the round-faced girl, or because the princess Rui in everyone's imagination is too unbearable, in short, when the young girl walked in, everyone was stunned.

She wore a lotus green group butterfly hundred flowers smoke phoenix tail skirt, smoke purple and white magnolia gauze dress, and tassel bun. It's not gorgeous, but it's definitely not simple, Miss Longye's official family's favorite thing is to eat and dress up, but seeing that her outfit complements each other, it looks very tasteful. There was only an intarsia phoenix-shaped gem on his head, and the neat one made the whole person look luxurious.

This young girl has crescent eyebrows, clear apricot eyes, a small and straight nose, a ruddy mouth, and extremely clear eyebrows. looks like a very gentle person, but with a slight chin raised, a straight back, and a slight smile come over, every step makes people feel a little trembling, involuntarily, and people can't help but look at her with an upward gaze, as if she is some unattainable nobleman.

It's also strange to say, today the Prince Rui and Miss Lu Si are wearing purple dresses, Miss Lu Si's purple is light, and Princess Rui's purple is dark. Young girls wear light purple to look gentle and lively, but wear dark purple to feel old and stiff. And today, Shen Miao's purple body seems to be tailor-made for her, with a kind of luxurious beauty, which can hold the scene. In contrast, Miss Lu Si's body is like singing a big drama in a serious place, and it is a little difficult to get on the stage.

Lu Wan'er pays great attention to this point on weekdays, and has always been accustomed to being self-centered, but she didn't expect to be robbed of the limelight by others today, especially since this person is not someone else, it is Shen Miao who robbed her of the position of Prince Rui.

Mrs. Lu's eyes flashed, and she smiled and said, "The princess and princess have arrived, and the ladies are waiting for you alone." ”

Shen Miao smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "I didn't expect the ladies to come so early, when the post was written, I told His Highness, His Highness also asked me to leave early so as not to eat, I didn't think it was late, but it wasn't mine." It's also your Royal Highness, if you don't remind me, you should have left earlier, it should have been...... It's time for the best. ”

Mrs. Lu's heart jumped, she didn't expect Shen Miao to say it so unabashedly, and sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the eyes of the ladies around her were different.

Shen Miao is an outsider in the end, although those ladies are in the Shen Miao and Lu families, they always have to favor the Lu family. But the lame trick of using such a child to make a general temperament always feels ridiculous in the eyes of others. Mrs. Lu also regretted it a little, she originally wanted to give Shen Miao a dismissal, but she would not do anything on the post, but she couldn't stop Lu Wan'er from doing it, so she could only do it. Now that Shen Miao's words have fallen into the ears of others, these ladies' posts are not the time, and they understand it. Looking at the Lu family's eyes, it is always a little funny.

If Shen Miao turned around and told Prince Rui about this, how could Prince Rui, such a shrewd person, not understand when he heard it, if he was dissatisfied with the Lu family because of this, Mrs. Lu felt that this move was a bit bad.

Lu Wan'er couldn't see Shen Miaohao, looked Shen Miao up and down, and said, "Why didn't Prince Rui come in by herself as soon as someone greeted her?" ”

There was no one to report, and it was actually a bit rude to come into the house by yourself. Shen Miao looked at Lu Wan'er and smiled: "This is exactly what I want to say." If your mansion is not manpowered, in fact, you don't have to be so reluctant, there is a huge mansion gate, and there are no guards guarding the door, which is really a bit dangerous. She smiled gently: "I asked the guards of the prince's palace to guard the door for your mansion, so that no strange person would take advantage of the loophole to come in, and it would not be good." ”

When Lu Wan'er and Mrs. Lu heard this, they almost wanted to vomit blood.

Originally, I wanted to say that Shen Miao was rude, but naturally, there was no one guarding the gate of the Lu Mansion on purpose. But when Shen Miao said this, it was like they couldn't even afford to hire a janitor in their Lu Mansion. And let the guards of the prince's palace guard the door, if the people passing by outside see it, what would they think?

Shen Miao said kindly: "Madame doesn't need to thank me, if you need anything in the future, it is okay to ask His Royal Highness to send a few people to the mansion." ”

Send a few people, who knows if the person sent is a spy or not. Prince Rui's Mansion dared to send it, but they didn't dare to accept it.

The ladies around also understood that this Princess Rui was by no means a soft persimmon that could be easily handled. Originally, the Lu family arranged it in order to extinguish Shen Miao's prestige, so that Shen Miao could make a mistake. If something goes wrong, and some more ambiguous words are enough to make this Prince Rui feel a little bottomless.

Who knows that up to now, not only have they not fallen behind, but they have also ruthlessly commanded the Lu family.

Mrs. Lu smiled reluctantly and said, "The princess should please sit down first." ”

But it was an inconspicuous position for Shen Miao.

Shen Miao was noncommittal, she didn't come today to fight for anything, let alone quarrel. It's just to show an attitude and take the opportunity to see some things clearly.

Octagon quietly leaned over and whispered to Shen Miao: "That round-faced lady is Mrs. Yuan, the wife of the privy envoy, and she is good friends with the Lu family. The short lady is Mrs. Wei, the lady of the household department, who is in-law with the Ye family, and has a good relationship with the Lu family...... The lady in yellow clothes on the far left, Xianggong is a disciple of the left, and her youngest son you also know, it is Young Master Ji. ”

Ji Yushu's mother-in-law? Shen Miao looked at Mrs. Ji, Mrs. Ji was very dignified, but she looked completely different from Ji Yushu.

Shen Miao thought, these ladies are either rich or expensive, no wonder it is said that the Lu family has a lot of power in Longye, and Concubine Jing is also arrogant and doesn't even pay attention to Queen Xiande, it turns out that her back is against the big tree to enjoy the shade. Since these families want to sell Luke a face, it is obvious that the Lu family has a wide range of negotiations with him.

If Emperor Yongle and Xie Jingxing wanted to completely suppress the Lu family, it would not be an easy task. The interests of the Lu family involve many other official families, and if the Lu family falls, many families related to it will suffer. For the sake of their own survival, those families will not watch the Lu family fall.

Just as she was thinking, a person came to her side and sat down beside her. Octagon immediately straightened up and no longer explained to Shen Miao. Shen Miao turned around, and the delicate, somewhat proud and domineering Miss Lu Si was sitting beside her.

Lu Wan'er said: "Prince Rui, can I take the liberty of asking you a word?"

Shen Miao: "Please speak." ”

"How long have you known Prince Rui?" asked Lu Wan'er.

Shen Miao smiled in her heart, she probably knew what this Lu Wan'er was here for. Speaking of which, Xie Jingxing was in Mingqi when he was a teenager, and this matter should not be known to others except for Emperor Yongle and Xie Jingxing's own people. The people of Da Liang only thought that Xie Jingxing had followed his master to travel around the world for so many years, and his whereabouts were very mysterious.

Then, Xie Jingxing's "acquaintance" with her should also start from when she returned to Dingjing from Xiaochun City and met Xie Jingxing at the tribute banquet. It's less than a year.

She said, "It's not even a year." ”

Hearing this, Lu Wan'er laughed, she smiled a little proudly, and a little contemptuous. Lu Wan'er said: "It turns out that it has been less than a year, in this case, I think that there are still many things that Prince Rui does not know about Prince Rui." ”

Shen Miao smiled: "Fourth Miss seems to know His Highness very well?"

"Don't mind," Lu Wan'er said, "I know your Shen family's status in Mingqi, but our Lu family's status in Longye is only more than your Shen family's status in Dingjing." Prince Rui is a very good person, in Daliang, almost every young lady wants to marry into King Rui's mansion. However, his ordinary family background is not worthy of him. ”

Lu Wan'er glanced at Shen Miao and said, "Princess Rui, Prince Rui is a very ambitious person. ”

Since he returned to Longye, he has set out to do a great job in the court, and such a person will not be confined to the love of his children. What can you do to help him? Now it is naturally very affectionate, but in the future, when you are useless to him, he will still abandon the opponent. ”

Shen Miao was surprised in her heart, she originally thought that Lu Wan'er was an arrogant young lady who was naïve and ignorant, and she was greedy for the flowers in the moon mirror in the water, but she heard her words, but she found that Lu Wan'er saw the situation very clearly, and she even stated some interests.

"So?" asked Shen Miao.

"Your Majesty intends to make me Prince Rui's equal wife, but the prince will not have two princesses. Lu Wan'er said graciously: "So, you are a concubine, and I am a wife." ”

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Lu Wan'er: You are a concubine, and I am a wife.

Liang Liang: Do you want to be beaten (¬_¬)

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