As soon as Cen Ao said this, except for the two Cen Hongyi and Cen Hongmian brothers, the rest of the Cen family were stunned!

Empress Dowager Xuan Cen Xiyan entered the palace?! Why is this? How long has Cen Xiyan been back to Beijing? Even the circle of noble women in the capital has not yet understood, why did the empress dowager remember her? She actually sent someone to inform her and asked her to follow Old Lady Cen and the eldest lady to enter the palace together!

Moreover, she is also a concubine! She has no status to attend the palace banquet on the first day of the junior high school!

Not only the people from the Cen family were puzzled, but Cen Xiyan was stunned when he heard the words from the people from the palace, and then frowned. The Empress Dowager wanted to see her? Why? She was thinking about it and thought of several answers, but she was not sure why the Empress Dowager wanted to see her.

"Is the Queen Mother's decree to let the Six Girls enter the palace?" At this time, Old Lady Cen spoke and asked with certainty.

"Yes, mom." Cen Ao bowed and replied.

"Why did the Empress Dowager suddenly ask the Liu Yatou to enter the palace?" Old Lady Cen asked again.

Cen Ao thought for a while and said, "Eunuch Yu said that the Empress Dowager heard that Xi Yan had been away from Beijing for many years and now she has been thinking about meeting her. Recently, she heard some rumors about Xi Yan, and wanted to see her even more. So she followed the opportunity of the first day of the palace banquet and passed the imperial edict, and asked her mother and wife to bring Xi Yan with her when she entered the palace."

Cen Ao made several guesses in his mind, but he couldn't guess that the empress dowager was thinking, so he directly took out the rhetoric of General Manager Yu.

When Old Lady Cen heard this, she pondered for a moment, then looked at Cen Xiyan and said, "Then six girls, you can prepare and follow your grandmother and your mother to the palace later."

"Yes, grandmother." Although Cen Xiyan was unwilling to enter the palace, she knew that this was something that could not be refused, so she could only nod and agreed.

Some people in the room tried to keep their faces calm, but their hearts were full of thoughts, even whether they felt good.

Zhao stared at Cen Xiyan, his eyes were cold and sarcastic! Her daughter was quite famous in the circle of noble women in the capital, but over the years, the empress dowager did not say that her daughter had entered the palace to attend the New Year banquet! This sixth girl is both a concubine, and she has only been back to Beijing for a few days. Why was she looked at by the empress dowager differently?

Zhao was very unbalanced! But of course, he couldn't say these words in his heart in public. After sweeping Cen Xiyan, he immediately withdrew his gaze.

Not only Zhao's heart was unbalanced, but even Aunt Lu, who gave birth to the fifth young master Cen Hongche, and Aunt Dou, who gave birth to the ninth young lady Cen Xifang, felt bad.

One of them gave birth to a boy and the other gave birth to the youngest lady in the Cen family. Although they are both illegitimate, they have always been raised in front of the old lady. They are even more favored than Cen Xiyan, who just returned to the house! Why can she enter the palace, but their children cannot!

Cen Hongmian and Cen Xitong's biological mother, Aunt Feng, were also a little sad, but she had always been low-key in the mansion and was used to accepting it, so she didn't have much jealousy.

In addition to the few concubines, the younger generation also have different feelings in their hearts.

Cen Hongyi and Cen Hongmian are not bad. One of them is the prince of the Marquis's Mansion and the other has an official position. They both have to participate in the first dynasty of the first dynasty. Naturally, they will not be jealous of Cen Xiyan. Moreover, they have no disgust towards Cen Xiyan himself, especially Cen Hongmian. It can be said that they have a good relationship with Cen Xiyan.

However, Cen Hongmian was a little worried about Cen Xiyan. The Empress Dowager suddenly told the Sixth Sister to attend the public banquet. The purpose was not clear, but it was better not to have any unexpected situations...

Cen Xiqin now almost always regards Cen Xiyan as her object of worship, so naturally she will not be jealous of her. Like Cen Hongmian, she felt that the empress dowager's decree was unusual and she was also a little worried about Cen Xiyan.

Cen Xitong felt a little sad, but she quickly adjusted her mentality. She knew that she could not be as casual as Cen Xiyan, so she would be more low-key and reduce her presence so that she could live a stable life in this high-ranking mansion.

Cen Xifen couldn't hide her emotions and glared at Cen Xiyan, thinking that this country girl who was in the limelight was so annoying!

Cen Xihan's face was very calm, but her hands and knuckles were pinched by her sleeves! She couldn't understand why Cen Xiyan changed a lot of things as soon as she returned to her house! She was obviously the best first among Miss Cen's family, but now everyone's eyes were focused on Cen Xiyan! Even the man she had liked for several years was disdainful of her, and she only had this damn Cen Xiyan in her eyes! Why? Why is that?!

Cen Hongyu looked at Cen Xiyan with a very resentful look. He was the fourth young master of the Cen family and a male! He didn't have the chance to participate in the dynasty. Cen Xiyan, a dead girl, actually caught the Queen Mother's eyes! How could he be willing to let him go!

Cen Hongche and Cen Xifang were too young and had a relatively pure mind, so they were the only two of them. They had no feelings about the Queen Mother’s decree.

Cen Xiyan received all the gazes from everyone, and felt very impatient, but her face was still calm and calm. No matter what the empress dowager had or what everyone thought, she was too lazy to speculate on those thoughts. When she entered the palace, the soldiers would block the water and soil.

When Old Lady Cen saw Cen Xiyan's calm face, she couldn't help but nodded secretly. This girl's behavior was quite grand. She would not lose her face when she entered the palace.

"It's almost time. Sixth girl, Seventh girl, Eighth girl, you all go back to your yard and clean up." Old Mrs. Cen said.

"Yes, grandmother." The three sisters agreed in unison.

The dynasty and palace banquets on the first day of the first lunar month, the legitimate sons, the legitimate daughters of each prefecture, the ladies of each prefecture who have official positions, and the title of the imperial decree will all attend.

Cen Xiqin and Cen Xifen are both legitimate daughters. Although Cen Xifen is the lady of the second wife, her father and brother are also officials, so they are naturally qualified to attend palace banquets.

If there was no imperial decree from the Queen Mother, the only daughters of Cen's mansion who attended the palace banquet this year would be Cen Xiqin and Cen Xifen as in previous years.

This year is Cen Xiyan's first time attending a palace banquet. Although she looks calm, Old Lady Cen is still worried. After thinking about it, she sent two capable maids and mothers around her to Jinglan Pavilion with Cen Xiyan, asking them to help dress Cen Xiyan, match clothes, accessories, etc. In addition, let's talk about precautions for entering the palace, regular etiquette, etc.

Cen Xiyan naturally would not refuse the kindness of Mrs. Cen, and brought her two maids, Jingshuang and Yingxue, as well as two capable servants from Furongyuan, back to Jinglan Pavilion.

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Chapter completed!