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Chapter 175 Are you sure it's her?

Huanhua was half excited and half worried about Liuli's toughness today, while Zhenhua couldn't help sighing, and took out the small mirror in her purse to caress her temples in the rest of the time, as if she was afraid that others would not know how well she was dressed. How grand.

Liuli sits upright with a fan and Huanhua inquires about the ladies around her, and occasionally eats a couple of snacks.Although I came here for a banquet today, there will be so many people in the room for a while, all of whom are unfamiliar ladies and noble ladies, who would seriously eat and drink all the delicacies on the table?It's better to eat something to fill your stomach first.

Huanhua took a sip of tea, and suddenly said: "Do you know who the person who went up to report to Xue Chengyue was? It's the younger sister of the third sister-in-law, Ruan Qier, the fourth daughter of the Ruan family."

Liuli said: "It's her?"

If she remembers correctly, Aunt Su once told her that the reason why Ruan Shi asked He Tingfang to ask Du Rui about his feelings for Yuhua was because she wanted to push her sister to Qi Yunhao.That being said, Ruan Qier was somewhat interested in explaining their origins to Xue Changyue so enthusiastically just now.

Liuli glanced at the room full of ladies, and after a rough calculation, there may be more than forty people, including those who have never come in, and those who have met the queen and the ladies in the palace of Kunhe, except for more than ten people who are about the same age as her. They are on par, apart from those who should be selected according to their zodiac signs, there is actually a competition scale of at least 30 people.It seems that this fat powder battle will not be easy.

I don't know what happened to Yuhua?
Just waiting for news to come, two rows of palace people came in suddenly at the door, and finally came in a black-clothed father-in-law who was about fifty years old and held a whisk in his hand. Move to Yongfu Palace and have a banquet!"

According to the process, before the palace banquet, there will be a ritual book issued and read by the emperor, and after the palace banquet, there will be a step of visiting the garden. Today, the most important thing in many people's hearts is here. Select a few ladies he likes for Qi Yunhao, and let him choose one from the list as his wife.

Now the palace people are calling the girls to Yongfu Palace, but Yuhua is still in Kunhe Palace and has not come out, it can be seen that he must have accompanied the wives to accompany the queen and the ladies to the banquet hall, this can also be regarded as giving Liuli a mark Yuhua has the confidence to win the championship.

Yongfu Palace is on the west side of Yonghe Palace, and the palace is next to the Imperial Garden.The banquet hall for male guests is located in the outer palace, while the banquet hall for female guests is in the inner palace. There is a corridor between the Yonghe Palace and the inner palace of Yongfu Palace, which can directly avoid meeting people in the outer palace.

When Liuli and the others arrived at Yongfu Palace, they saw that the entire palace, which was as big as Aunt Su's yard, was filled with round tables, all of which were covered with tablecloths embroidered with blessings in scarlet, and all ivory chopsticks and small tablecloths of the same color were meticulously placed on them. Porcelain bowls and plates with thin bodies, there are about thirty tables as far as the eye can see, and there are twelve other square banquet tables placed on top of the upper Danqi, which are placed in four rows on both sides. There is a table, placed in the middle.

This table is also quite different, it is also square, with both ends tilted up in the shape of the Eight Immortals. Behind the table is a large chair, which seems to be made of pure gold. , and some other jewels and jade decorations, but I can't see them clearly.The armrests on both sides are curved, with a bit of Western style, and a big oriental bead is inlaid on one side of the head.

No need to think about it, I knew who was sitting on this chair for a while, Liuli didn't dare to look at it for a long time, so she followed the leading lady to her table.

There are nameplates on the table, and everyone needs to be seated.Perhaps there are so many female relatives in the He Mansion, so it simply became a table.After Liuli and the others sat down, a loud shout came from behind the screen in the hall: "The empress is here!" Immediately after that, behind the huge screen, a handsome figure appeared, and two pairs of court ladies came out first, standing on both sides of the passage, Then there are two pairs of small yellow doors, next to the palace ladies.

The girls present immediately got up and bowed down.Liuli kept Guo Xia's point in mind, knelt down together with Huanhua Zhenhua, and shouted "Welcome to the empress".

After a long series of slight footsteps stopped, the upper part sang "flat body", and the kneeling girls got up separately again, looking down at the ground with their heads bent.It wasn't until the voice of ordering to return to the seat and sit down came, that there was a very light sound of clothes being shuffled around again.

The direction where Liuli was sitting was exactly opposite to where the queen was sitting, about three or four round tables away.I couldn't help but glanced up while sitting down, and saw that the queen sitting on the top throne was smiling slightly, with a slightly plump figure, she was about fifty years old, but her eyebrows and eyes were very delicate, and she looked like an old lady. beauty.It's just that from that look, this is not a good master.

Of course, this is also expected, living in the palace is far more dangerous than the back residence of the official family, and there are no little white rabbits in the He Mansion, so how can we hope that there will be people who are not ruthless in the palace?

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the picture is full of excitement and celebration. The Holy One and the Palace both mean the same thing, and I hope that everyone will not be restrained and be more casual."

A slow and slightly friendly voice came from above, and everyone present got up to salute: "Thank you, Your Majesty and the Empress, for your kindness."

After three rounds of courtesy, the dishes were officially served again.

At this time, the twelve square tables under the queen's seat were already occupied, and the six tables on the right turned out to be the masters above the concubines in the palaces, and there were exactly six people, all of whom were elderly nobles, the youngest concubine concubine All looked to be in their 30s.Because Liuli saw it for the first time, she heard Xiao Huangmen singing her name under Dan Chi, so she couldn't remember much, she only knew that the youngest one was Concubine Hui, and the one sitting closest to the queen was Concubine Luo .On the right are the sisters of the Holy Majesty, the eldest princesses in the palace.

The eldest princess that everyone talks about on weekdays is actually Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, who is sitting at the table on the left.This is the first time for Liuli to see the eldest princess, and she couldn't help but take a closer look. Sure enough, she has something in common with Guo Xia in temperament, both of them are people who don't love vain, but her innate nobility And it makes people look up, maybe this is the real dignity that makes people surrender.

Liuli carefully looked at the place where the fourth princess, Princess Yitai, was sitting, she was an impeccable beauty!Even after years of characterization, she should be about 40 years old, her face is still delicate and beautiful, her skin is still firm and fair, and the corners of her raised lips seem to hide her naughty girlhood. This is Lan Qing, who once admired her Mr. Four Princesses!Liuli couldn't help being a little excited. Such a beauty had once admired her grandfather. Although his grandfather declined her back then, but seeing her now, she couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her grandfather.

Yitai, who had been listening to the maid next to her, might have sensed the strange gaze from Liuli, and she suddenly turned her head to look at her.Liuli hurriedly lowered her head, pretending to eat food.

The wives and girls who accompanied the empress and concubines from Kunhe Palace all the way to Yongfu Palace were already seated at this time, and Yu Hua also sat down with reddish cheeks.The whole hall could only hear the soft sound of cups and plates, this was not the time to ask, Liuli took a look at Yuhua, and then concentrated on eating.

She had just noticed that the only officials who came with the empress were Yuhua and the other two girls. Judging from Yuhua's expression, it was obvious that the empress must have had some inquiries with them in Kunhe palace, but The result of the inquiry should satisfy both the queen and Yuhua, so it seems that the deprivation of Yu's title did not have a particularly big impact on this matter.

At around noon, the boring banquet that lasted for more than half an hour was finally over. When the banquet was withdrawn, the queen and others were still allowed to leave first, and then the female relatives sent them back to the palace to change clothes, and then the palace staff led them to the queen Come to Royal Garden.

After entering the imperial garden, Liuli finally felt the meaning of "don't be restrained" by the queen. It turned out that in order to enliven the atmosphere, the back garden did not strictly divide the men's and women's areas. The women's relatives play and rest, and the south is the place for courtiers and princes and noble sons to walk and chat.The servants also stayed in another designated place, and were not allowed to enter at will unless the master summoned him for something and was conveyed indirectly by the palace servants.

In this way, the etiquette can be kept intact, and at the same time, you can watch each other across the river. The Holy Majesty waits for Qi Yunhao to value him as much as a prince.

These things have nothing to do with Liuli, so Zhenhua was left alone, and she and Liang Shi and the others went to the pavilion to enjoy the flowers, and wanted to walk around with Huanhua, but Qi Shi brought Huanhua by his side, and they couldn't get away. In the middle of the night, Yuhua was summoned by Nie Shi to greet Luo Mingzhu's sister, Ning Wang's side concubine, so she had to walk along Yuhu Lake to watch the scenery alone.

Because there were no servants to accompany the girls in the garden, some of them gathered together, and some, like Liuli, wandered alone.Because Guo Xia said that when you meet a girl who is friendly, you can also chat, so Liuli observes whether there is a suitable person.But probably because of the incident between Yonghe Palace and Xue Chengyue, even the lonely girls just pretended not to see her and left when they saw her. Under the open pavilion, flowers are admiring.

The sun is just right under the tree here, and I don’t know what kind of incense is lit in the open pavilion above. The aroma overflows with the fluttering curtain, which is very intoxicating.She picked a flower and put it in her bun. Leaning her back against the plane tree, she raised her head and closed her eyes, breathing deeply.

Behind the half-covered openwork window above, a person is frowning slightly and staring at her under the tree, as if a wolf in the forest is ready to go and is staring at the prey that is about to catch.For a long while, without moving his eyes, he turned his head slightly to look into the room, and asked in a low and slow voice, "Are you sure it's her?"

Lu Zhao walked over, looked at the past with his hands behind his back, and said in an extremely affirmative tone, "It's her, no doubt."

"What evidence do you have that she is Xu Shen's granddaughter?"

After watching for a while, he looked at Lu Zhao again.

(End of this chapter)