Chapter 66: Rising to the Top
When the two of them returned to Huanyan Pavilion after breakfast, the girls of the Gu family had already bought rouge and returned home.
Gu Wanchao brought food to Wei Yuan and the guys in the shop, she put the food box on the table, and motioned everyone to remember to eat when they were free.
Today, Gu Wanchao came over as a carriage, and Xiao Yu'an was also in a hurry to go back to deal with official business, and after a brief chat about the shop, the two went to their respective places.
In the Gu Mansion, a group of girls who bought the best rouge gouache were dressing up in the room, but they were dressed up one by one, as if they had forgotten the rules taught by the pioneers.
When Gu Wanchao returned to her residence, she found that the Liu family was waiting for her in the room.
"Mother." Gu Wanchao excitedly rushed towards Liu's and fell into her arms at once.
"What an old child, why do you always drill into your mother's arms." Although Liu said this, he still patted Gu Wanchao's back very gently, just like when he was a child.
"No matter how old Chao Chao is, Chao Chao is a mother's child." Over the years, because of Liu's love for Gu Wanchao, she has become more and more reluctant to let Liu's leave.
Every time he thought that the Liu family had said that he was leaving, Gu Wanchao always felt very uncomfortable.
"Okay, Chao Chao will always be a mother's child." Liu doted on her in his arms.
"My mother is always with my father on weekdays, why did I come here today?" Sticky enough, Gu Wanchao finally raised his head and asked about Liu's intention.
"Just now, your grandfather sent someone to deliver a message, and asked me to take you to the front hall to discuss matters." After saying that, Liu stood up with her in his arms and walked towards the front hall.
When they arrived in the front hall, Gu Traitor, the old lady and all the people in each room had arrived.
Gu Wanchao and Liu, who had been late, sat down, and Gu Traitor put down the tea bowl in his hand and looked at everyone with a straight face.
"Today, I received an order from the queen to let all the ladies in our house go to the palace to participate in the Hundred Flowers Banquet in five days." Gu Traitor explained the reason why he summoned everyone to the front hall today.
Hearing this, the people in each room looked at each other and discussed with each other.
"This Hundred Flowers Banquet is not trivial, all the princesses in the palace and all the ladies of the ministers will participate, and you must not make a fool of yourself at the banquet." Gu Traitor instructed the people who were still discussing with each other.
Except for Gu Wanchao, none of the ladies in the Prime Minister's Mansion have ever entered the palace, and Gu Traitor is really worried that they will make a mistake when they arrive in the palace.
For a while, everyone in the Growth Mansion had put the matter of this Hundred Flowers Banquet in the first place.
In the past few days, not only the Gu Mansion, but also the ladies of the entire Kyoto have done their best for this flower banquet, and the ready-to-wear shops in Kyoto City have been in full swing these days.
Gu Wanchao's Huanyan Pavilion was no exception, in just two days, several kinds of rouge had been snatched up.
These ladies and ladies all want to shine at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, but looking at Gu Wanchao's disdain, it really forms a stark contrast.
"Look, the queen mother held a hundred flowers banquet, so that our Huanyan Pavilion made a lot of money." Gu Wanchao, who was a fan of money, sat in the restaurant with Xiao Yu'an, looking at the lively scene in her shop, she felt that those were not people, but moving, white silver taels.
"You also have to participate in the Hundred Flowers Banquet, why don't you see you buying clothes for yourself?" Xiao Yu'an looked at Gu Wanchao, who only had money in his eyes, and couldn't help but remind her.
Hearing this, Gu Wanchao turned his head to look at Xiao Yu'an, "I've been in the palace all day." My Majesty and the ladies know very well, this Hundred Flowers Banquet is to let the ladies of each family show themselves, I don't have to. ”
Xiao Yu'an didn't answer again, Lin Ya came from outside, and after approaching Xiao Yu'an, he said something in his ear, Xiao Yu'an's face changed greatly.
"I still have important things to do in my house, so I'll leave first." Xiao Yu'an rushed to Gu Wanchao in front of him to say goodbye and went straight to the Tongju Mansion.
"Is the information reliable?" After getting into the carriage, Xiao Yu'an asked Lin Ya.
"At present, it is only speculation, the other party's power is huge, and it is really hidden very deeply, and our people have been dumped several times." Lin Ya truthfully informed Xiao Yu'an of the situation.
Xiao Yu'an nodded, and when the carriage arrived in front of the gate of the Tongju Mansion, he got up and got out of the carriage, and at the same time, a guard handed him a letter.
"Master, this was sent by someone who just sent out."
As soon as the guard's voice fell, Xiao Yu'an opened the letter unhurriedly, he looked at the thing on it, and looked up at the guard in front of him.
"Take him down." The guard didn't know what was going on, and Lin Ya on the side had already stepped forward to subdue him.
"Since I dare to let people investigate you, then it proves that I have the courage to send me a letter of provocation by someone disguised as me, and really think that I am blind?"
Xiao Yu'an crumpled the letter into a ball and crumpled it in his hand, and approached the "fake guard" step by step.
"Say, are they dead or alive now?"
"Do you think that if they were still alive, this letter would still be in your hands?" After saying that, the fake guard suddenly had blood flowing from the corner of his mouth and collapsed to the ground.
Dead soldiers, dead soldiers.
In recent years, no matter what news he investigated, he could always meet the dead, and this feeling of knowing the news but only half of it was really uncomfortable, like a fish in the throat.
Xiao Yu'an glanced at the dead man lying on the ground, and entered the mansion with a cold face.
"They have been exposed, withdraw all the people outside, don't lose their lives in vain." Xiao Yu'an's tone was cold, obviously angry.
"Yes." Lin Ya didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went down to deliver the message.
Three days later, the Hundred Flowers Banquet was finally ushered in, and the ladies of the Gu Mansion wore flowers and branches one by one, and even the ladies were also fighting for beauty, which really responded to the Hundred Flowers Banquet held by the queen's mother.
The Liu family was different from them, but he was wearing a pale blue shirt, just like his person, gentle and elegant.
When they arrived in the palace, Gu Wanjin and the others, who had never entered the palace on weekdays, were shocked by the tall and mighty of the palace, and the palace was so splendid that Gu Wanyue forgot to walk for a while.
"Let's go, Sixth Sister." Gu Wan stepped forward and pulled her.
Gu Wanyue looked at the ladies and ladies who entered the palace together, and she hurriedly followed for fear of making a fool of herself.
Because they are the ladies of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the position is arranged in a relatively high place, and after everyone is seated, they are waiting for the arrival of the queen.
Someone next to him was chewing on the root of his tongue, saying that the queen of the Hundred Flowers Banquet was going to help the prince choose the crown princess, and all the young ladies were eager to try, praying that they could shine at the banquet.