In the blink of an eye, it was the day to enter the palace, the carriage stopped outside the palace gate, and all the ladies and ladies who were invited had to stop and walk.

Chi Suihe walked a few steps before being stopped, and the attendant glanced at Lu Nian, guessed his identity, and reminded: "No one who is not on the invitation list is allowed to enter." ”

Lu Nian's eyes were unwavering, and he didn't react when he heard this, and his eyes were glued to Chi Suihe.

The waiter frowned when he saw it, and Chi Suihe hurriedly pulled Lu Nian aside.

"Lu Nian, you wait for us outside first, and we will come out soon when the banquet is over."

"Okay." Lu Nian nodded.

This look looks very well-behaved, Chi Suihe wants to touch his head, but the height is there, and she has to look up to see Lu Nian's eyes.

So he shrank his hand, patted him on the shoulder, and turned to go in.

She has never been to the Forbidden City in modern times, and she has seen many descriptions of the imperial palace in ancient sayings, and she has always been curious, but she also knows that she can't look at it now.

Follow Qian Lan and Chi Jiahe all the way, and everywhere you can see are red walls and green tiles, and the eaves are warped.

I don't know how many doors I passed, how many stone steps I had crossed, and just as she was walking dizzy, the little eunuch who led the way in front of her finally stopped, "Mrs. Chi, two young ladies, this is it." ”

As soon as the little eunuch left, he saw an elderly palace maid coming over.

She has an unsmiling face, extremely thin lips, and no emotion in her eyes, which is mean in the words of the old man.

Chi Suihe looked at her secretly, and quietly loosened his feet through the gap, and collapsed slightly, his back was unconsciously tightened since he walked into the palace gate, and his shoulders were so sore that he even wanted to beat it with his hands.

Her demeanor had only been relaxed for two seconds, and before she could breathe a sigh of relief, the palace maid's cold eyes shot straight at her like lasers.

With no warm gaze, Chi Suihe was stunned by her.

She finally knew why she felt so suffocated the first time she saw her, she looked so much like her high school dean.

Chi Jiahe has always had an excellent demeanor, quite the demeanor of a concubine, seeing that the old palace maid has been looking over, she moved slightly without a trace to block in front of Chi Suihe.

Seeing this, the old palace maid looked at Chi Jiahe twice.

Xu knew her original name, and he didn't look down on her because of her original identity, but his eyebrows and eyes relaxed slightly.

No longer looked at Chi Suihe, bowed his head and led the way.

Chi Suihe breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the person in front of him gratefully.

Chi Jiahe lowered her voice and walked side by side with her, "Sister is tired." ”

"I'm tired."

Chi Suihe answered unceremoniously, and just as he was about to say something, he saw the old palace maid turn her head again, her eyes quite impatient.

As soon as he was excited, he subconsciously straightened his back, and walked forward with small steps without squinting.

was ushered to the feast, but the banquet was very different from what she had imagined.

Generally, the banquet is vacant in the middle, the middle of the head is the main seat, and the seats on both sides are waiting for the guests to sit down, and the arrangement of the seats is also exquisite, according to the importance of the guest's identity and the closeness of the relationship with the host's family, it is arranged in order, just like the Spring Festival Banquet in Xiaofu.

But this palace feast....

Chi Suihe's eyes widened as he looked at the seats separated and surrounded by screens.

Then the three of them were led to a "private room" by the old palace maid, and after they were finished around the table, the old palace maid gave a look to the people who were waiting.

The palace maid understood, and soon brought the prepared dishes one by one, all steaming meals and delicate pastries.

Chi Suihe swallowed his saliva quietly, forcing his eyes not to be so explicit, and heard the old palace maid solemnly "announce" in the voice of her mechanical tablet:

"The banquet has already begun, Mrs. Chi and the two young ladies please use it slowly, if there is anything unfinished, just talk to Cuiliuti behind you, the old slave will retire first."

Chi Suihe called her the old palace maid in her heart because she had an elongated face from beginning to end, and she looked skilled and old-fashioned.

But she looked only about twenty-five years old, and listening to her expressionless self-proclaimed "old slave" was full of weirdness.

What's even weirder is that after she said this, she really just left....

Let's go.

Chi Suihe stared at the back of her leaving, listening intently to the sound of her footsteps, confirming that this extremely soft voice was getting farther and farther away, a little surprised.

Leaving the three of them looking at each other in the face of this table full of dishes, Chi Jiahe also blinked blankly, and asked in a low voice, "She just left?" ”

After speaking, Yu Guang glanced at the palace maid named Cuiliu standing behind them.

Chi Suihe looked at it, didn't dare to move his chopsticks, and asked in a low voice: "Cuiliu?" What should we do now? ”

Cuiliu's round face and eyes are also round, and she looks much kinder than the old palace maid.

When the old palace maid was still there, she also looked like she didn't dare to breathe, and after she left, her expression was visibly relaxed, and when she saw Chi Suihe taking the initiative to talk to herself, she also stepped forward.

"Just do what Aunt Tian Tian said, Mrs. and the two young ladies are going to have dinner, and after that, my aunt will come back to take you to see the emperor and queen."

Sweet? Such an old-fashioned and serious person has such a kind name.

Chi Suihe twisted the name around the tip of his tongue, thinking of the old palace maid's face that seemed to be born indifferent, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Obviously, she was off the hook, Chi Jiahe glanced at her, or Qian Lan asked cautiously: "Let's go to the face saint after dinner?" The emperor and queen are waiting for us to finish the meal, isn't that a violation? ”

"Madame, don't worry, even if you go now, you won't be able to see the emperor and queen, and the other ladies and ladies who came early are still waiting, you better have dinner first, and the rest of the people will come with this arrangement."

Chi Suihe thought of the small "private room" surrounded by a screen when he walked into this banquet-

It turned out that there were also people like them sitting inside who were waiting for the emperor and queen to appease, and they suddenly felt a little magical.

Chi Jiahe didn't expect it to be such an arrangement, and he looked at Chi Suihe for a long time, speechless for a while.

Cuiliu was accustomed to it, and after explaining, she retreated behind them, her eyes lowered and she turned a deaf ear to the rest of the voices, obviously ready to be transparent.

It was Qian Lan who reacted first and handed the chopsticks to them.

"Let's eat first, we are not early or late, but I just saw that there are still many people waiting in front of us, and it is important to fill my stomach first."

The three of them are not people who worry about the sky, and after touching the chopsticks, they leave everything else behind.

I have to say that the imperial chef in this palace is incomparable to ordinary chefs, and the dishes made with the same ingredients are much more delicious.

And the amount of each dish is set, it will not seem too much, just enough to satisfy their appetite.

In addition, they are surrounded by screens, except for the green willows who look at their ears and noses, they can't see others, and others can't see them, it's a good opportunity to eat as much as they want.

Qian Lan and Chi Jiahe both added half a bowl of rice, not to mention Chi Suihe, she has always been a person who will please herself well no matter where she is.

This time I was even more satisfied, and I accidentally ate it.

"Hiccup—"

Chi Suihe closed his eyes slightly and hiccuped a little with satisfaction, touched his round belly, and instinctively lay back comfortably, but was carefully helped up by Qian Lan.

Only then did she realize that this was still in the palace, so she quickly covered her mouth carefully, and smiled apologetically at Cuiliu.

Her hair looked shaggy in the sun, her eyes were bent, her pupils were transparent, and she looked like a cat licking its paws after being fed, lazy and harmless.

Cuiliu naturally pretended not to see her indecent behavior.

Seeing that the three of them were almost used, they stepped forward to clean up the table, and saw that Chi Suihe and Chi Jiahe also rolled up their sleeves to help.

The two of them looked calm, and their movements were also sharp, as if they had done it many times, especially Chi Suihe, who cleaned up the dishes in front of her after dividing five by two.

If it weren't for the fact that she was dressed beautifully and her face was exquisite, I didn't know, I would have thought that she was the second shopkeeper in the restaurant, and she had done this thing a hundred times before.

Qian Lan saw the shock in her eyes, pursed her lips and smiled, "Let Cuiliu see it and smile, the two girls in my family don't like to be served closely, and they are like this when they eat at home, and what they can do rarely bother the maids." ”

Her tone was full of pride, and Cuiliu listened, remembering the noble lady she had seen when she went out to the door to ask for many maids and servants to serve before and after.

It's not like them at all, I just think that I must be very happy to be a maid in their house.

After coming back to his senses, he nodded hurriedly, cleaned up the table and went down, and after a while, he reappeared with tea in his hand.

Chi Suihe watched her smooth movements, rubbed her somewhat stiff waist, and couldn't help asking, "Cuiliu, do you know how long we have to wait?" ”

Afraid that she would think too much, she added: "I'm afraid that the emperor and the queen will be too tired, don't they need to rest in between?" ”

Cuiliu kept her hands on her hands, not planning to answer her, but feeling her eager gaze was still defeated, and said vaguely:

"If the emperor and the queen don't rest, there are also palace maids and eunuchs who remind them, Miss Chi doesn't have to worry."

Chi Suihe choked, and it was not good to ask again, so he sighed quietly.

Cuiliu put all the tea in front of them, glanced at the expression on her face, and said in a low voice, "The senior monks in the temple are here." ”

A sentence with no beginning or end, but it quickly reminds people of everything.

Chi Suihe's eyes widened, but Cuiliu changed her head, "Please also ask Madame and Miss to wait patiently, and my aunt will come when you arrive." ”

After saying that, he hurried away again as if he was afraid that they would ask more.

The fact that everyone in the An Dynasty knows, she doesn't bother to repeat it, in front of the matter of seeking immortals and asking questions, all things are not as important.

Therefore, it is not for nothing that the country has perished.

Chi Suihe fell to Qian Lan with a low wail, found a comfortable position to lean on, and sighed deeply again.