The palace banquet came as scheduled.

But the invitation letter that King Li gave to Xi Qingyan did not reach her, and Xi Chuyu changed the name on the invitation letter as an invitation letter given to her by King Li.

Mrs. Shangshu sent more than 20 Shangshu Mansion guards to surround Xi Qingyan's Hanlian Garden inside and out.

After arranging everything, Mrs. Shangshu took Xi Chuyu to the palace in a carriage.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, and people come and go on the lively street, and ordinary people see the sedan cars of Shangshufu to avoid it.

This made Xi Chuyu in the carriage feel very good.

"Mother, are you healed from these wounds on my face? If His Royal Highness King Li saw me, would he find these injuries? ”

Xi Chuyu cautiously asked Mrs. Shangshu beside her.

Xi Qingyan was watched by more than 20 big men, she didn't worry anymore, the only thing she was worried about was her face.

"My baby daughter, don't worry, the medicine that my mother gave you to treat your face is the best doctor in Kyoto, you see that your face is not only scarred now, it is pink and shy, if your mother is a man, she will definitely be fascinated by you!"

"Mother~"

Xi Chuyu listened to her mother say this, and her heart was happy and shy.

"However, you must not laugh too loudly, your tooth is filled with white jade, and at first glance there is nothing wrong with it, but it can't stand scrutiny."

Mrs. Shangshu was worried that Xi Chuyu would get carried away, so she continued to advise.

"And the hard, sticky tooth food at the palace banquet, don't eat it, otherwise your tooth will be stuck if you're not careful!"

The best doctors in Kyoto could heal Xi Chuyu's face wounds, but they couldn't heal Xi Chuyu's teeth.

In the end, the only solution I could think of was to grind white jade into the shape of a tooth and stuff it between the two teeth.

"Yes, yes, mother, you have told your daughter many times these words, and her daughter has long remembered that the melon is ripe."

Xi Chuyu hates others to expose her shortcomings the most.

Even if the other party was her mother, Xi Chuyu became impatient.

Mrs. Shangshu saw that her daughter had no longer said much, and the carriage of the two drove with the mighty crowd of Shangshu Mansion to the most luxurious imperial palace in Kyoto.

"Chu Yu, you're here!"

As soon as Miss Lin saw Xi Chuyu, she hurriedly greeted her.

Because of the gossip that she stole people before, Miss Lin was willing to take care of her at the palace banquet, and she was not embarrassed to stay in place alone, but fortunately, Xi Chuyu, who played the best with her now, came, and Miss Lin regained a few points of face for herself.

“……”

As soon as Xi Chuyu saw Miss Lin, he thought of what Xi Qingyan said in front of his father that day.

subconsciously avoided Miss Lin's family, and deliberately talked to the general's wife on the side.

Miss Lin didn't expect that even Xi Chuyu would not want to pay attention to her!

Obviously, they were so good in the past, they were as close as biological sisters, why did Xi Chuyu snub her like everyone else when she turned her face!

Actually, Miss Lin was stupid, and she didn't realize that Xi Chuyu had been just using her all along.

The Lin family is a royal businessman, the family has a lot of money, and Miss Lin is the only daughter of the Lin family, so the Lin family is very indulgent to Miss Lin, and Miss Lin enjoys all the delicious food and fun from childhood to adulthood.

Although Miss Lin is a daughter, she doesn't know anything about her daughter's female workers, cooking, etc.

The Lin family also planned to release the imperial examination list, and they directly caught a good man under the list to be Miss Lin's son-in-law.

The reason why Xi Chuyu was friendly with Miss Lin in the past was so that she could show her face in front of everyone.

Shinong Industry and Commerce.

Merchants are the cheapest, even if the Lin family is an imperial businessman, they are not treated well in this officialdom.

Xi Chuyu took the initiative to befriend Miss Lin in order to buy people's hearts and make Miss Lin feel that she was a kind and generous person.

Xi Chuyu is the daughter of the person who remarried, and she had no face at all in front of the young lady who was born in front of her at first.

She couldn't fit into the circle of noblewomen, so she found someone who was inferior to her background to elevate herself.

To put it bluntly, Miss Lin is Xi Chuyu's pawn.

Now, this chess piece has a bad reputation, and it has even affected herself, how can Xi Chuyu still be willing to continue to make friends with her?

"Xi Chuyu?!"

Miss Lin yelled, Xi Chuyu looked at Miss Lin's graceless appearance, and felt very embarrassed that she was called her name.

So, without the slightest intention of dealing with Miss Lin, she let Madame Shangshu pull her away, and then introduced her to the ladies and ladies of the various prefectures in Kyoto.

"Let's go! You're all gone! Xi Chuyu, I didn't expect you to eat me and use mine in the past, and you would turn around and leave like them! ”

Miss Lin was indignant.

Others laughed at her and snubbed her, after all, she didn't deal with those young ladies of the family on weekdays!

However, how could Xi Chuyu look down on her like that group of people?

In the past, when she was friendly with Xi Chuyu, no matter what good things the elders in the family gave her, she would not miss Xi Chuyu's share!

Xi Chuyu has received so much before and after, and now he dares to treat her like this!

Miss Lin can do something to steal people, which means that she is not a stable and well-behaved daughter, seeing that Xi Chuyu ignores herself, she is about to step forward to theorize.

"Concubine Dong Guifei has arrived!"

"Concubine Jiang is here!"

The eunuchs in the palace sang sharply, and everyone hurriedly came over and saluted the two.

"Courtiers see Guifei Niangniang, Concubine Jiang Niangniang!"

"The courtiers see the concubine Niangniang, Concubine Jiang Niangniang, Niangniang Wan'an."

Dong Guifei glanced at everyone, smiled dignifiedly, and then walked in front of Concubine Jiang, blocking Concubine Jiang's sight.

"Today, you don't have to be so restrained, the palace just looks at the early autumn weather, the chrysanthemums in the palace are blooming just right, and it is better to be happy alone than to be happy, so everyone will come to sit down and enjoy the flowers and eat wine."

Although Dong Guifei said so, there were many people present today.

After listening to Dong Guifei's words, and seeing the prince coming from a distance, everyone knew that although it was said that it was to enjoy flowers and eat wine today, anyone with a discerning eye could see that enjoying flowers and eating wine was just a disguise, and the real intention of these people was just to choose a concubine for the princes.

It won't take long to figure it all out.

And when King Li left the sky, Concubine Jiang's son Su Chen'an and Concubine Guifei's son Su Yiting appeared, the nobles present were eager to try, and they were looking forward to being favored by Concubine Dong and Concubine Jiang.

If it is possible, they naturally hope to marry a Su Yi Ting or Li Wang Su Lixiao, one of them is His Majesty's favorite son, and the other is a brave and warlike prince.

No matter how bad it is, if they are allowed to marry the five princes, it is okay, after all, the five princes are not welcomed, they are also serious princes, as long as they marry in the past, they will be proper princesses in the future.

"Ladies and gentlemen, before the banquet officially begins, you can walk around this imperial garden by yourself."

Concubine Dong Guifei glanced at the love of those daughters' families for her son Su Yiting, but on the contrary, they were far away from Concubine Jiang's son, and they were all proud in their hearts.

"As for the ladies, why don't you sit in the palace and Concubine Jiang first, drink tea, and listen to the play, what do you ladies think?"

"Obey the orders of the concubine!"

Concubine Dong Guifei left the princes behind and left with the wives of various officials, which was clearly to create an opportunity for the young people present to get along.

After the concubine and Concubine Jiang left, the atmosphere on the scene began to become warm.

Xi Chuyu's goal is naturally to leave the sky.

"Chu Yu has seen His Royal Highness King Li, I said goodbye before, I don't know how His Royal Highness King Li is doing recently?"

She looked at the dream of leaving the sky one step away, Xi Chuyu couldn't help but blush, and her fingers were even more helpless.

Every time he met Li Wang Shuxiao and saw this face that people couldn't help but act, Xi Chuyu would blush uncontrollably.

"Hmm."

Su Lixiao said perfunctorily, and then looked around.

He didn't find Xi Qingyan's figure, could it be that the woman missed the appointment? Or did Xi Qingyan deliberately not come to the palace banquet because of the invitation letter he sent?

For a while, there were many doubts in my heart.

"Second Miss Xi, are you here alone for today's palace banquet?"

Su Lixiao looked at Xi Chuyu with a crimson face, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he asked.

He knew that his subordinates would not dare to disobey his orders and not send the invitation to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites, so the rest would be that there was a problem with the Shangshu Mansion.

"Lord Wang, you can call my maiden name Chu Yu."

Xi Chuyu saw that King Li actually began to care about her, and his heart suddenly burst into joy, and the whole person cheered.

"The courtiers came with their mother today, as for my safety, you don't have to worry about it."

"The palace is well guarded, and the courtiers and mothers will not be in danger."

Xi Chuyu misinterpreted the meaning of King Li's long-awaited departure, and King Li was very impatient to listen to these words.

But Su Lixiao used to show people with a cold face, and he was unhappy that outsiders usually couldn't see it at a glance, so now in the eyes of other ladies, he only felt that King Li and Xi Chuyu were very close.

"Xi Chuyu is really powerful, His Royal Highness King Li chatted with her so happily, I have never seen anyone so close to His Royal Highness King Li, it seems that the position of Princess Li has also fallen on Xi Chuyu."

"His Royal Highness King Li is so good, Xi Chuyu is the daughter of Mrs. Shangshu, she also deserves to be so close to His Royal Highness King Li?"

There are those in the crowd who praise Xi Chuyu's clear methods, and there are also those who can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour.

However, no matter what these young ladies of the family said, Xi Chuyu stole the limelight of this palace banquet!

"Lord, thank you for giving this invitation to the courtiers, to be able to win the favor of the prince, the courtiers feel honored!"

Xi Chuyu heard the words of chewing the root of his tongue behind him.

She just wanted to let those women know that His Royal Highness King Li was her Xi Chuyu alone, and those women who didn't open their eyes all knew each other and got away.

Xi Chuyu got carried away.

In order to make her relationship with His Royal Highness King Li unusual, she deliberately approached Su Lixiao and handed the invitation to Su Lixiao with both hands.

This trick was given to her by Mrs. Shangshu - her mother.

The children of the royal family are mostly well educated, and they will never embarrass women too much under normal circumstances.

And Xi Chuyu used the royal upbringing to coerce King Li and repel her competitors.

"Invitation?"

Su Lixiao frowned, and found that there was an inside story.

He never asked anyone to send any invitation to Xi Chuyu! Su Lixiao had doubts in his heart, and directly took the invitation letter from Xi Chuyu's hand and opened it.

It was originally supposed to be a place where Xi Qingyan was written, but now it has been changed to Xi Chuyu.

The person who used his hands and feet was very clever, but he still showed his feet, and the font of this handwriting was different from the font of the entire invitation.

"Miss Xi Er, are you playing this king?"

King Li snorted coldly, and then threw the invitation in his hand on Xi Chuyu's body.

"What this king sent into Shangshu Mansion, you all dare to do something on it, Xi Chuyu, you are not small?"