Chapter 184 New Year's Eve Banquet

"Li Niangzi, be careful of the steps."

A young woman with a double bun in front, wearing cherry pink beads and a green and white skirt, holding a small hexagonal palace lamp in her hand and moving gently. Shaohua, dressed in a white embroidered red plum cloak, followed, and his eyes fell on the heel of the maid of honor who kept moving forward, and also walked quietly. But when there are corners, people, steps, and thresholds, the maids of honor will remind them in a light and gentle voice. After walking for a long time, Shaohua, who had remembered the way he had come, was finally stunned. Finally, he simply gave up and let her lead the way.

In the early morning, the sky was still hazy and was called up from the quilt by Chu He Youhan. He ignored her struggle to complain and intimidation. In the end, she pleaded bitterly and finally dressed up when Ling asked someone to come to urge her. Lianxiang was a little surprised, but when she saw Shaohua's reluctance, she covered her mouth and smiled and led her to say good to Li Ge. When he returned from Xuyuan, Shaohua was already hungry. As soon as he entered Xiyuan, his eyes only glowed at the crystal buns on the table. Looking at her wolfing up, Ling was repeatedly worried about whether Shaohua would lose his temper after entering the palace.

However, no matter how worried Ling was, it was in vain. When Shaohua had enough to eat and drink, Xuyuan made people say that the carriage in the palace had arrived, so that Shaohua could quickly pass.

Probably full of bedding. Shaohua didn't have a chance to worry at all. He was shaken by the carriage and was drowsy. When he woke up, he was already at the gate of the palace. I had an experience of entering the palace, and Shaohua remembered Ling's reminder that as long as the person who led the way was good, he resolutely did not run around. So I arrived safely all the way and stayed with the daughters of several ministers' families.

She looked around with strange faces, and the number was more than half less than when she was soft and gentle. However, most of the sisters who knew each other at that time were already women, so naturally they would not come with her. And when one or two people passed by, Shaohua remembered that they were Song Yun's follower, and immediately pretended not to see them and turned his face to look out of the window.

From the initial restraint to slowly familiarity, the girls chattered in groups to discuss various boudoir topics. Shaohua listened quietly and smiled without saying a word. It was not until an hour before dinner that a stew official came to tell them that the Empress Dowager and the Lord had summoned them, so the brigade got up and went to another palace.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw three women of different ages in gorgeous clothes talking and laughing. Naturally, the middle-aged woman sitting in the middle was Empress Dowager He, and Rouwan, who was seven points similar to Empress Dowager He, also knew Shaohua. It was not until she saw the girls around her kowtowed and shouting that Shaohua knew that another young woman was dignified and beautiful. However, it is today's queen He Wanru. Looking at her well-behaved appearance, she couldn't help reminding Shaohua of Hongyi's joking smile. When she looked up at Queen He, Shaohua seemed to see the confusion in her eyes and the indifference hidden in her smile. Now there is no Wanhua's point, and there is no Lanzhi's relief. Shaohua looks very clever and quiet, just asking everyone not to look at her.

Maybe God heard her plea, and the topic has always fallen on her. There are always people who are willing to show off and pay attention.

Until the banquet began, the Empress Dowager He urged the emperor to come and eat. As a result, she learned that the emperor had summoned several ministers earlier and drank in the garden. Now she was drunk in the meditation hall. Empress Dowager He was so angry that she almost overturned the table. If it hadn't been for so many court ladies, she would have rushed over and scolded the emperor's son. Listening to many women sighing disappointedly, Shaohua was happy. She heard that there was only one nobleman in the emperor's harem, and neither of them came out. When the Empress Dowager was an imperial concubine, she hoped that the former emperor would be calm and save too many princes to seize the throne, but when it was her turn to be the empress dowager, she hoped that the emperor could spread out as soon as possible. The queen and the nobles are both the empress dowager's family. Now neither of them has come out. The empress dowager can't help but be anxious and wants to find more concubines for her son while she is feasting for her daughter.

However, the emperor is obviously ungry.

Although the emperor did not attend, the dinner was much more lonely, but the girls still knew that as long as they please the empress dowager, there was still a chance to enter the palace. Therefore, after a meal, the guests and guests were happy together, and even Queen He seemed to be much more lively. After dinner, Empress Dowager He asked the girls to continue chatting with Rouwan, saying that she was old and did not suffer. Queen He followed her to get up and send the Empress Dowager back to the palace, and she also wanted to go back to rest early.

Originally, I sent the two masters away, and a group of girls of the same age were even more active. Shaohua also thought that she could finally sneak into the yard to breathe. Unexpectedly, as soon as she stepped out of the door, she immediately came over with a maid of honor and said that the Empress Dowager He summoned her.

Shaohua suddenly felt that one head was bigger than two. This meal was safe and down-to-earth. She thought she had nothing wrong. How could she summon her in private for no reason? Could it be that she had just been discovered distracted?

"Do you know what the Empress Dowager summoned me?" Shaohua asked carefully.

The maid who led the way turned around and smiled at her, "The Empress Dowager didn't say that you will know if you go there. I think it's a good thing."

There is no reason to hear the word good, Shaohua only feels that his scalp is numb, "Can I not take it?" Well, I'm the only one. I'll feel guilty."

The maid of honor was amused by her words, "Don't worry, I just heard the Empress Dowager praise you for being much better than before. You are more beautiful, dignified and quiet. Anyway, you will know when you arrive."

Unable to figure out the idea of the Empress Dowager, Shaohua had to follow her, but after a long time, even she was about to faint. Before she went to the Empress Dowager's bedroom, Shaohua almost thought he had been cheated again. When his hand touched the pendant at his waist, he was shocked and immediately stopped, looked down and exclaimed, "No! I lost something."

The maid who led the way heard her shouting and looked back to see Shaohua sweating and looking for something on the ground. She hurried over and said, "What's wrong?"

"My purse fell off, and it was still there when I just came out." Shaohua was so anxious that he was about to cry.

The maid hesitated for a moment and asked, "What is it like? I'll help you find it."

"The purple one, such a big one, is a men's purse." Shaohua described the appearance of the purse. The maid's eyebrows trembled, and then pretended to be calm. She carried the palace lamp and searched the nearby ground for a long time, but couldn't find it. She sighed, "Why don't I send you there first? I'll come and look for it later."

But Shaohua shook his head resolutely, "No! This purse is very important to me. Let me look for it again and plead with the Empress Dowager myself later. This was accidentally pulled off from Yan Kaizhi and has always been brought with her, so she has to find it back anyway.

Seeing Shaohua's resolute expression, the maid persuaded her to be incompetent and had no choice but to compromise. The two turned back and bent down all the way to search, but it was dark, so it was not easy to find a dark purse. Finally, the maid asked Shaohua to wait in place, and she called the nearby night palace patrol to help find it. Shaohua was grateful again and again. After witnessing her leave, he stood still and waited.

Looking at the high palace wall and the cold night, Shaohua felt a little lonely and couldn't help worrying about whether his purse would be picked up by a passing palace man. Although there is nothing in this purse, after all, it is Yan Kaizhi's thing, which is regarded as a treasure to her.

"Second brother, let me go. If I don't marry, I won't marry!" A powerful voice of Hong Zhuo sounded in the dark night, and the empty alley widened the sound several times. Another voice scolded, "Pay attention to me. This is the palace, not home."

Shaohua opened his eyes wide and blinked, and a heavy footsteps came to her ears. Obviously, the speaker was walking in her direction. Shaohua remembered what the maid had just said and did not dare to run around, but he had to stand in place and bump into the other party. There are all kinds of noble people in the palace. I don't know what kind of master she bumped into, but when she heard the tone, she must be the one she can't provoke. Shaohua hesitated for a moment and finally decided to hide and wait until they passed by. Looking around, before the other party arrived, Shaohua quickly climbed up a nearby tree and quietly held his breath.

"Ziang, stop!" A man shouted in a low voice.

A tall and powerful figure stopped under Shaohua's hidden tree, so scared that Shaohua almost couldn't grasp it. She never thought that he would choose to speak here. Suddenly panicked. At this time, if the maid found her purse and came back to find her, would she go down or not? Just when Shaohua was in a dilemma, another figure came over, a little shorter than the man in front of him, and looked like a weak scholar. With the faint night, Shaohua can see that the facial features of the two are somewhat similar, probably the relationship between brothers.

"Second brother, if you want to marry yourself, you haven't married anyway." The tall man refused again, with a strong tone with some complaints.

"Ziang, you are already an adult. Can you stop saying such wayward words?" Xu Zixiang caught a glimpse of his brother's resentful eyes and sighed, "In fact, Princess Rouwan is a good girl. She has good appearance and character, and she is also a golden branch and jade leaf. No one else can ask for it." Hearing Rouwan's name, Shaohua immediately understood the identity of the servant of the tree and stared harder at Xu Ziang.

"Because she is a golden leaf, I can't marry her. Second brother, you don't know what it means to be a son-in-law, which means that my future has been cut off here from now on. Fortunately, the eldest brother said that he was married and sent me here. In terms of age, he will still have you in the future!" Xu Ziang looked angrily, as if he wanted to bite his own brother.