Chapter 41 The feast has begun
When Xi Yu returned to his residence, he felt a little regretful that he was excited for a moment and blurted out his bold promise. But since he had already said it, he was a big man and there was no need to change his words.
When the fourth prince knew that he had saved her, he understood the explanation of her emotions and reasoning, and Yuan Yi also told him all her bad deeds.
To be honest, after they finished talking about it, I really regretted it. I felt that I had bet wrong and the maid saved it wrong. Unexpectedly, after she came back from the fight hall, she was really different from before!
"Oh no, I forgot to tell her why I didn't look for myself directly through Xi Yu! Will she misunderstand that what I said was empty talk?" Xi Yu murmured to himself, although he was muttering badly, he could not see any actual actions to make up for it.
Xiao Tao looked at the man with a cat-faced mask who disappeared into the night sky, pursed his lips and smiled slightly.
Why didn't he refuse his kindness?
In my previous life, I liked everything too much, which led to my overly strong personality, which made others embarrassed to bother myself, and there were very few friends!
In my last time, I felt that many regrets had not been realized. Since God gave me one more time and started over like a dream, of course I should cherish them and make up for all the regrets I had not experienced in my previous life!
As a human being! Please trouble me, I will trouble you. If you bother each other, you will naturally have more interactions and deeper feelings. He is the first person in this world to help him kindly. He really wants to get along well with him and be friends!
Xiaotao didn't take the initiative to ask, how could he find him directly without Xi Yu passing the message in the middle?
Because I knew that a person who was afraid of being exposed even when faced was not exposed, naturally the name could not be true. Since Xi Yu could know him, it proved that they had a close relationship, which was enough!
Otherwise, Bai Mu, who was no one in the Ministry of Revenue, would have happened to be Xi Yu know about it?
At this time, Xiaotao really didn't think that the easy-going and cowardly Xi Yu was the mysterious, free and easy Bai Mu who came and went freely!
In Lan Yunyi's Fourth Prince's Mansion, Yuan San reported to Lan Yunyi: "Master, my subordinates did not hear what they said specifically, because the mysterious man was too alert and did not show any breath. Even Yuan Si did not follow him, and he was thrown away!"
"Since I don't know who the visitor is, just look at Chuntao tightly. Don't let her take advantage of the loophole again!" Lan Yunyi said with a frown. Could it be that he was from the Grand Tutor's Mansion, and he had explained something important?
He seemed to be worried and reminded again: "It would be fine if she was honest, but if she didn't repent... she would be killed without mercy!"
"Yes, I obey the order!" Yuan San bowed and bowed and retreated.
"Tomorrow is the day to hold a flower-welfare in the palace. Have you thought about it?" Chuntao asked Shangguan Yuxuan softly, and was carefully ironing Shangguan Yuxuan's clothes to wear tomorrow!
Xia He sorted out jewelry and shoes and socks!
"I'm still afraid..." Shangguan Yuxuan glanced at the two of them, and she was a little reluctant to speak but stopped!
"If you are really afraid that you can't get what you want, then you can only do it step by step and not show off too much!" Xiao Tao knew that she had such a tolerant and generous temper. It was probably not that easy for her to fight for it for a while!
Besides, she has already begun to have Lan Yunyi's position in her heart. If she really leads the way, there is a high probability that she will be given a marriage to the eldest prince Lan Yunxuan by the emperor!
Shangguan Yuxuan knew the meaning of her words, of course, that was the little secret between the two people. She nodded and said, "I never thought of having a mother in the world, and I didn't want to compete with the same man with other women. I know what to do!"
Shangguan Yuxuan agreed with Chuntao’s suggestions in her heart.
But Xia He was interrupted by a cold voice: "Chuntao, what bad ideas are you starting to come up with? Others want their ladies to be successful, get favor from noble people, and make a name for themselves in the future! Why do you still make the ladies passive and lazy? Are you not kind-hearted?" Every sentence is reasonable and well-founded to argue.
"How could I not be kind? Am I considering whether I am good at the lady?" Xiao Tao knew that Xia He had always been dissatisfied with him, but she really had no selfishness in this matter.
In the original novel, Shangguan Yuxuan, who did not have his own advice and was low-key in his work, did not perform very well at the flower viewing banquet!
"You are good for the lady?! Humph!" Xia He didn't want to continue to endure it, so he snorted coldly and said directly: "You are good for the lady, so that the lady is unknown, and the person is cold-eyed, and embarrassing the wife and the old man?
I'm afraid that someone's bribe was accepted to give way to your rich man before he deliberately let the lady give up?"
Xia He's words imply that Xiaotao took Shangguan Yuxin's money and turned it over to the other side and prevented Shangguan Yuxuan from ruining her good deeds!
"You are sowing discord between me and the lady!" Xiaotao did not expect that Xia He was smart and was so smart that he thought so deeply, so deep that he didn't even expect that others would think of him like this!
"Yes, I used to be unrestrained and always caused trouble for the lady, but I never thought of harming the lady! Otherwise, the lady would not have kept me until now!" Xiao Tao argued with reason.
This is related to her innocence, and it is also a question of whether her thigh is firm. How could she be destroyed by her like this?
"It's not that I have collected the money, why don't the lady let the lady stand out to win glory for her wife and the Grand Tutor's Mansion? Do you know that if the lady is really as you said, then how can the lady gain a foothold in Beijing in the future? It's even more impossible for her to be a good man!" Xia He is not an ordinary person, and she is very far-sighted!
Sure enough, she will be the maid who will be the wife of the imperial decree in the future. After analyzing this, Xiaotao knew in her heart that Xia He was actually deliberately trying to find fault and suppress her. She was afraid that she would be more and more trustworthy now, so she replaced her position in Shangguan Yuxuan’s heart!
She is even more afraid that she will lose Shangguan Yuxuan’s trust and dependence and become a marginal person in the future, so she will have no future!
Shangguan Yuxuan listened to the two of them's arguments that they would not give up, and thought of all the doubts in the past, suppressed her impulse to doubt whether Chuntao treated each other sincerely.
After she came back this time, she really changed a lot. If she really wanted to make her skills worse than others, she would never give herself advice and let herself have a trump card to make a big splash!
Shangguan Yuxuan's hesitation made Xiaotao feel a little sad. It seemed that she had not done enough! She still trusted Xia He more than herself!
"Okay, I know what to do, you all step down!" Shangguan Yuxuan said depressedly.
Seeing this, Xiaotao thought that after all, she had always taken good care of herself and treated her as a relative. Finally, she kindly reminded her: "I heard that I can only bring a maid into the palace on the spot. Miss must pay attention to safety. Don't leave everyone's sight alone!
If you want to perform as planned, let your wife help you plan something to achieve the best results!”
Shangguan Yuxuan stumbled for a moment. Although she didn't know why she advised her so cautiously, she still nodded and drove the ten thousand-year-old ship carefully!
But Xiaotao became anxious. He knew that in the later stage of this banquet, the palace mafia would use drugs to frame adultery in order to get Lan Yunxuan to get Shangguan Yuxuan and force her to submit.
Although Lan Yunyi in the original novel is easily solved, it has ruined Shangguan Yuxuan's reputation, which has led to her being always taken out by someone who is interested in making fun of her for the rest of her life!
No, I have to sneak into the palace, otherwise I would be worried!
Xia He looked at the absent-minded Xiaotao, and a smile appeared on her face. As long as she eliminated this Chuntao who had been jumping up and down, the lady would definitely be as consistent as before!
The flower viewing banquet in the palace is not comparable to that of ordinary families. There are countless most precious flowers in the world, revealing an intoxicating fragrance, gorgeous and colorful.
The powerful ministers knew the purpose of this flower-welfare. His Majesty was secretly looking for a suitable woman to be a concubine for several adult princes!
For a moment, all forces in the court were ready to move, and the beauties of each mansion were also dressed up carefully in competition. Each face was as beautiful as peach blossoms, but there were few similar clothes and accessories. It seemed that they wanted to be unique and took the lead.
Who wants their daughter to marry into the royal family and contribute to the prosperity of the next generation of their family!
I even wanted to send them to the princes' beds directly! But this bold and arbitrary thought was just to think about it secretly in my heart.
This is the palace. Let’s talk about the sphere of influence of the three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines. If you want to control the "fishing" here, you can’t escape the loyal and duty guards, and the investigations of eunuchs and palace maids!
On the towering stage outside, famous actors from all walks of life tried their best to make full use of what they have learned in their lives and increase capital for their team.
There are many female relatives entering the palace today, so the queen has an order, which really makes each female relative only have one maid to bring into the palace.
Therefore, although Xia He was jealous and resentful to Xiaotao, he still listened to her repeated instructions and reminded herself and Shangguan Yuxuan that she needed to pay attention to before leaving the mansion!
Fortunately, there were Meng and Xu, who went together, which made Shangguan Yuxin and Shangguan Yuxuan feel some confidence!
Appreciating flowers is just an excuse, and the "feast" is the highlight!
Only officials of the fourth rank or above in the court are eligible to attend this banquet. There are even more open and secret struggles between officials who are already intrigue.
These old foxes are on the left and the female relatives are on the right. The lady named Boudoir, who is called, pays homage to the emperor and the queen in groups in turn!
A noble concubine, four concubines and four princes sat on the stage one level higher than them, looking down at these beautiful girls in a high position.
The emperor's father, who was sitting in the rows, encouraged him a few words, picked out the women he thought were suitable for, and the others let them go back to the banquet to find their relatives!
In the end, only thirty ladies were left standing in the center of the hall.
Chapter completed!