Bao Yan sat on the edge of the makeup table with anxiety and looked at the person in the bronze mirror.

The skin is like clotted fat, the cheeks are better than the snow, a pair of peach blossom eyes are charming, and the tail of the eyes is slightly picked, as if it is full of scheming everywhere, and the word dignified does not match at all. If it sounds good, it is a gorgeous appearance, and if it is ugly, it is a fox appearance.

And what is popular nowadays is dignified and gentle.

Therefore, Bao Yan is often looked down upon because of this face, and hesitates again and again, but he still takes off the bells and whistles on his head, and then wipes off the bright red lipstick, leaving only a plain silver five-petal hairpin, with a warm agate embedded in the center.

She breathed a long sigh of relief from her chest, and felt much more pleasing to the eye. In this way, it doesn't look like a serious fox.

Although it's still like. There's no way, this face looks like this, it can't be changed.

The maid Xiao Tao, who was waiting closely, was puzzled: "It's rare for Mrs. to take you to the palace banquet today, you can show your face, why is the girl dressed so plainly." With the girl's appearance, she looks better in her dress, and she may not be able to be looked down upon by nobles. ”

Bao Yan shook his head, his shoulders drooped, and said, "Today's palace banquet, don't be too prominent......

Her appearance is criticized if she doesn't dress up on weekdays, but if she dresses up so gorgeously, I'm afraid it will be even more criticized. As for being looked down upon by nobles, it is even more impossible.

At present, the nobles of the Gaomen also marry according to the standard of gentleness and dignity, not to mention that Mo's father is just a five-grade petty official, and Bao Yan is a concubine in the family.

Of course, Bao Yan is not interested in climbing the high gate, her dream is very simple, marry Lang Jun, who is the right person, and wait for death for the rest of her life.

Xiao Tao knew her girl's pursuit, and although she hated iron and steel, she had to sigh. At this moment, the maid Lu Qi beside the lady outside the door came to invite, and called in a high tone: "Fourth Miss is ready?" The carriage was already waiting at the door. ”

Bao Yan responded: "Okay." ”

Xiao Tao opened the curtain for her, Bao Yan bowed over the threshold, and smiled at Lu Qi: "Sister Lu Qi, I'm fine, let's go." ”

Lu Qi is Mrs. Liu's confidant, I don't know why she came to invite her in person today, which made Baoyan uneasy, thinking that her mother was afraid that she would not understand the rules for the first time on such a big occasion.

It is also surprising that on such occasions as usual, Baoyan is not qualified to participate.

Just because she is not only a concubine in the family, her biological mother is also a girl in the Qin Building, and Father Mo has a dewy marriage with him. Her biological mother gave birth to her in childbirth, and died of blood collapse soon after.

Lu Qi looked at Bao Yan from head to toe and said with a smile: "Why is the fourth lady dressed up so plainly? ”

Bao Yan smiled: "Is it pure? I feel good, Sister Luqi, let's go. ”

Lu Qi didn't say much, and led Bao Yan to the door of the house.

The cold wind was howling, pouring it along Baoyan's neck, and she realized that she forgot to bring a windproof cloak to go out. But it was too late at this time, so I had to be annoyed in my heart, and I thought, maybe the palace will be warm, and I don't need a cloak.

Mrs. Liu and her sisters were already standing at the foot of the steps at the door, and the carriage entering the palace was waiting beside them. Bao Yan lowered his head, approached quickly, and called, "Mother, second sister, third sister." ”

Liu's gaze stopped on Bao Yan for a moment, and then said, "Let's go." ”

The Mo family has a total of four sisters, Baoyan is the youngest, the first three sisters, the eldest sister got married two years earlier, and this time it was the three people who entered the palace who did not leave the cabinet. Mo's father is only a fifth-grade official, and there are only two not spacious carriages in the family, Miss Mo Er and Miss Mo San ride together, and there is only one Baoyan left.

Bao Yan stood in place, not knowing whether to squeeze in. The carriage was just right for two people, and if it squeezed another one, it would be very crowded.

Liu said: "Baoyan, you sit with me." ”

Bao Yan nodded, and had no choice but to get into Liu's carriage.

For this mother-in-law, Bao Yan has always been a little afraid. Liu married into the Mo family at the age of fifteen, had a hot temper, quarreled with Mo's father for ten days, and had the means to shake Mo's father's back house steadily. Mo's father is merry by nature, although he is not rich, but there are many concubines in the family, if it were not for Liu's good means, I am afraid that this back house would have turned upside down.

Liu's attitude towards Baoyan is not very bad, nor is it very good. After all, Bao Yan died of her biological mother, a lonely little girl, and she is timid on weekdays, so she will not cause trouble easily.

Liu's eyes fell on Bao Yan, it was this face, too charming.

But it's also a good thing.

Half a month ago, the prince of Liang came to visit, saying that he had taken a fancy to the fourth lady in the family and wanted to accept her into the house as a concubine. With the family background of the Mo family, if you can climb the prince of Liang, it is the green smoke from the ancestral tomb, if you can form a family, it will be of great benefit to your son's future in the future.

The Liu family was originally extremely happy, but Mo's father resolutely disagreed. Father Mo is not only romantic, but also amorous, in short, he loves many women, and every woman loves deeply and sincerely, which is not fake.

Father Mo said that how pitiful Baoyan's biological mother was when she was young, how she loved him, and desperately gave birth to this child for him, how could he send the child to the fire pit?

Shen Qing'an, the son of King Liang, is indeed a famous prodigal son in the capital, with a romantic nature, and countless women in his family. There have even been a few life lawsuits, but Liang Wangfu is powerful and has suppressed everything.

Seriously, it's not a good match.

Father Mo let go of his cruel words, as long as he lived for one day, it would never be possible to marry Baoyan to the prince of Liang as a concubine. The Liu family quarreled with Mo's father for this, but in the end, he couldn't resist Mo's father, so he had to give up.

Unexpectedly, the prince of Liang Wang was very persistent in Baoyan, and asked someone to find the Liu family and negotiate a deal with her. As long as she agreed to cooperate with her and give her treasure to herself, Shen Qingan would promote Liu's son Mo Qiyou.

exchange an unfavored concubine for his son's future. How could the Liu family hesitate when he agreed to the request of the prince of Liang.

King Liang's plan was to cook rice with Bao Yansheng, and at that time, Mo's father had to agree if he didn't agree. As for tonight's palace banquet, it is an opportunity for raw rice to be cooked and ripened.

"Why are you dressed so plainly? Didn't someone send you some jewelry? Liu asked, thinking that he would dress up Baoyan beautifully, so as not to regret it.

Bao Yan replied timidly: "Thank you mother, all the jewelry has been collected." I just think it's better to be plain on an occasion like today, after all, I am humble and not too prominent. ”

Liu chatted casually with her and stopped talking.

Bao Yan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, turned sideways, and looked out from the curtain of the carriage. I don't know how long it has been, but I finally saw the majestic imperial city. The gate of the imperial city is heavily guarded, and idle people are not allowed to enter and exit at will.

The two vermilion gates are majestically open, and the heavenly family is full of grace. Bao Yan hurriedly put down the curtain, closed his gaze, and didn't dare to look at it again.

The palace banquet was set up in Xihua Villa, and the carriage stopped at the gate of the annex, and the Liu family got off the carriage and led the three sisters to the garden.

Today is the winter solstice, and the winter solstice is a big festival in the tradition of the Jokhang Dynasty, to eat dumplings and reunite with your family.

In previous years, there had never been such a big palace banquet, and I heard that the reason why this year's banquet was held was because the queen was anxious about the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince, and intended to use the palace banquet to see the prince.

Therefore, the ladies who came today have been carefully dressed up, and they have been put away at a glance, competing for beauty, and they are purple and red. Bao Yan glanced slightly, and her eyes widened in surprise by the prosperity of the palace, and she didn't know where to look.

The Liu family walked in front and socialized with other wives, and the three sisters were naturally left behind. None of the three sisters were born from the same mother, and they were all concubines, and the Liu family only had one son under their knees. In the early years, the Liu family was still more than Mo's father's love, but in recent years, the Liu family has been bent on planning for his son, just waiting for his son to enjoy the blessings in the future.

Although they are both concubines, the second and third ladies have never waited to see Baoyan. There is no other reason, although their biological mother is a concubine, she is a girl from a serious family, while Baoyan's biological mother is just a dusty woman in the Qin Tower.

The two of them don't like to play with Bao Yan on weekdays, but today they are naturally the same, leaning on one place to talk, Bao Yan stood in place obediently, and didn't feel anything. She's used to it.

Liu talked to other ladies for a while, glanced at the three girls behind him, and said with a kind smile: "I forgot about you, it's rare to come today, you all go and play, don't be restrained." ”

The three of them got the order and quickly dispersed.

There are a lot of Lang Jun today, and the second and third ladies hold hands and go to play, and there are treasures left. Bao Yan looked around, saw a secluded place, and prepared to go to the corner to play.

was stopped by Liu: "Baoyan, you wait a while." ”

Liu took out a piece of jade pendant from his sleeve, handed it to Bao Yan to hold, and said, "Good boy, Mrs. Xu is also here today, you can find it for me and give her this jade pendant." ”

The jade pendant was a token given by Shen Qing'an, the son of King Liang, and his people could recognize the treasure with this thing and take her to Shen Qing'an.

"Then the mother, the daughter retired first." Bao Yan held the jade pendant and was a little worried.

With so many people, where can I find Mrs. Xu?

Mrs. Xu has been caught in the cold for the past two days and can't come, so Baoyan can't find anyone. Liu Shi looked at Baoyan's back and disappeared into the crowd, thoughtfully.

Bao Yan took Xiao Tao and searched for a long time in the other garden, but he didn't see Mrs. Xu.

Bao Yan lowered her head, looked at the jade pendant in her hand, and was a little frustrated, she had to find when, but she had already promised her mother.

Yes, it would be nice to find someone to ask.

Bao Yan's gaze wandered, and then locked on a young Langjun not far away. Without him, only this Lang Jun was alone, and Bao Yan was a little afraid to face the eyes of many people.

She approached boldly and called, "Hello, this son, have you seen Mrs. Xu?" ”

Lang Jun glanced at her.

Bao Yan felt that his eyes were not very friendly, as if they were very mocking. After thinking about it and understanding, she just asked Mrs. Xu here, but there are many people surnamed Xu in the capital, and there is more than one Mrs. Xu.

She added: "It's like, probably about the same height as me, a little chubby, and a kind Mrs. Xu?" Have you seen it? ”

Lang Jun snorted coldly.

Bao Yan was a little inexplicable by him, but he saw that he didn't like it from his attitude. She has always been sensitive to other people's dislike, and she can detect it at once.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Bao Yan subconsciously bit his lip, quickly took a step back, and ran away.

Shen Shen watched the woman's graceful figure leave, and felt a little disdainful in his heart, it was really a sturdy seduction.

Thinking that everyone was dressed up today, she deliberately did the opposite to attract her attention. He also pretended to be stupid, pretended not to know himself, and came forward to ask some stupid questions.

probably thought that she was skilled, but as everyone knows, Shen Shen has already seen through her at a glance, in the final analysis, she is just a fox.

Shen Shen was disdainful in his heart, and he didn't take the fox to heart.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry for the delay." Cheng Yu, the prince of the Marquis of Danyang, was late, glanced in the direction that Shen Shen was looking at, and asked, "What is Your Highness looking at?" ”

Shen Shen only said: "It's nothing, it's just a stupid fox." ”

Cheng Yu immediately understood, and couldn't help teasing: "No wonder the queen wants to go to great lengths to see each other for you, and I don't know if I can see a suitable little lady for Her Highness today." ”

Shen Shen glanced at Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu coughed, and hurriedly silenced: "Shut up, shut up." ”

Shen Shen snorted coldly, as for those women who came today, if his mother could look at anyone, it could only be that the queen mother was old and her eyes were not good.

Shen Shen never thought that he would stumble at this palace banquet today.

It's a big loss.

Lost.

The object was the clumsy fox he had despised not long ago.