The Yulan sisters also came forward to greet Ma Yunniang. They had just complimented each other a few times when they heard three cannon shots coming from the direction of the outer courtyard, followed by a commotion. It seemed that Mrs. Jinghaihou knelt down to accept the reward from the imperial concubine.

Not long after, there was a burst of noisy footsteps outside Shan'an Hall. A little girl ran in early and said crisply: "Dear guests, the old lady is back. His Royal Highness King Zhao, His Royal Highness Princess Yong'an, and His Royal Highness Princess Yinyue are also here.

Coming over."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this and quickly returned to their seats. As soon as they stood up, the hearty laughter of Marquis Jinghai’s wife Wen came from outside the door: "Your Highness, if you can come to visit me despite your busy schedule, I have already given it to you."

It’s so embarrassing.”

"His Royal Highness King Zhao has arrived!"

"Princess Yong'an has arrived!"

"Princess Silver Moon has arrived!"

Following the shouts, several young eunuchs took the lead, and one man and two women appeared in front of Shan'an Hall along with Mrs. Wen.

Yu Lan quickly glanced at King Zhao, and saw that he was wearing a golden crown with a red velvet top, an azure dark dragon brocade robe, and a mink-faced Ruyi crane cloak. He was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he did not have Ye Yichen's

There is no evil spirit like Ye Minchun.

He was gentle and not a handsome boy, but he was quite majestic and tall. He was a half-year-old child, and there was a faint bloodthirsty chill about him. He held his head high like a victorious rooster and walked in swaggeringly.

Go to Shan'an Hall.

Immediately after her came Wen, accompanied by two girls on the left and right.

The girl on the left has hairpins all over her head and is dressed extremely luxuriously. Her facial features are also exquisite, but unfortunately her pair of triangular eyes ruins the overall beauty, making her who is not a good girl even more unruly.

In Da Chu, Zuo is the most respected person. Needless to say, this is Princess Yong'an, the daughter of Imperial Concubine Xiao. Princess Yong'an's biological mother is Imperial Concubine. It is said that she can only get the title before marriage, but Imperial Concubine is too favored, and the emperor looks down on her.

In order to save his face, he was given the unusual name of Yongan.

Princess Yong'an wore a bright blue gauze dress with folded branches and flowers, which shimmered slightly in the sunlight. "Cuiyun Qiu!" The knowledgeable lady had already exclaimed in surprise. Immediately there was a murmur of whispers.

Yu Lan also took a breath of cold air. The green cloud fur is a kind of luxurious clothing material made from the finest silk threads twisted with kingfisher feathers. Legend has it that the green cloud fur is very light, and a piece of brocade weighs only

Fifteen sixty taels, extremely expensive, one foot

It is worth hundreds of gold. Legend has it that the Palace Clothes Bureau only uses fine emerald velvet from the back feathers of a kind of emerald bird produced in Guangxi. Because the raw material is so rare, it cannot be woven even in three to five years.

You can imagine how expensive the clothing materials are.

For a moment, all the noble ladies looked at Princess Yong'an with extreme greed and passion. Yuxia behind the eldest lady stared at the princess's luxurious dress, as if she wanted to burn a mark on it with her eyes.

Come to the cave.

The person on King Zhao's right hand was naturally Princess Silver Moon, whom Yulan had met once. She was wearing a crimson cross-collared wide-sleeved shirt, a light pink pleated skirt, and her hair was tied loosely with a peony bun.

She has a bun, and the golden strands in her hair shine yellow in the sunlight.

Although her clothes are not as luxurious as Princess Yong'an, she is more generous and decent, and her presence will not be ignored at all.

King Zhao is only fifteen years old this year, and has neither been crowned nor married. Although all of the people here are female relatives, there is no need to strictly avoid taboos.

So all the ladies in the room knelt down to pay their respects to King Zhao and the two princesses. The two princesses Yongan and Yinyue helped Wen sit back on her seat. The little maid brought a chair next to Wen.

A seat was set up.

After a lot of hustle and bustle, King Zhao Ye Minyu wanted to bring Princess Yongan and Princess Yinyue to kowtow to Mrs. Wen again to celebrate her birthday.

Wen declined a few words, but finally accepted it.

Just now it was a national gift, now it is a family gift.

Mrs. Wen was so proud that she smiled from ear to ear and couldn't hide the color on her face.

But everyone thought it was too grand. King Zhao, Yongan, and Yinyue were of Tian family blood after all...

Yulan vaguely felt that this was like a special "show". What was the purpose of the show? Because there was too little information, Yulan couldn't judge it, but it must be directly related to the distribution of power at the highest political level in Dachu.

Princess Yong'an sat down next to Mrs. Wen, exchanged a few words with the concubines, and then sang in harmony about Concubine Xiao's generous rewards: "Ten imperial crowns for the internal office, new colors and patterns of palace silk, palace satin, makeup, etc."

Fifty pieces each of satin and python satin, two hundred pairs each of gold and silver ingots, ten pairs of jasper ingots, ten pairs of amber bowls, ten pairs of luminous kings...I pulled four large carts here."

The ladies were indifferent at first, but later on, the rewards got better and better, and everyone became more and more dumbfounded, and their expressions gradually became serious. Many smart people even began to think: What if such a precious treasure is not available to the emperor?

Nodding in person, how could the imperial concubine take it out from the treasure house of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Does this mean that the emperor also thinks more highly of the Xiao family...

Unknowingly, everyone has gained more respect for the Xiao family. Some family members of officials who remain neutral in the court have begun to think about how to describe the grand scene of the Xiao family to their husbands when they return home, and advise their husbands not to stand in the wrong team!

Yinyue was also thoughtful. Princess Yongan was domineering in the harem with the power of the imperial concubine, and Yinyue did not have a good relationship with her. But today she had to drag her over to the Xiao family to pay her birthday, and she couldn't refuse, as if she was being

Used as a gun.

The angry look in her eyes flashed, and in a blink of an eye, it was filled with a cute and charming smile. She glanced at the crowd and immediately saw Yu Lan standing not far away. Yin Yue became happy again and secretly winked at her.

blink.

Yu Lan responded with a smile. These days, Yinyue sent her mother to deliver letters every now and then, sometimes writing lyrics and sometimes composing poems. Occasionally she would also guess lantern riddles. At first, every sister had them. All the girls in the Yang family were tortured by her.

, everyone complained endlessly. Gradually, only Yulan had this honor. No one was jealous of her because of this.

What the girls didn't know was that when Yinyue communicated with Yulan again, she would only make witty remarks to connect with each other and never play those sour things again.

Here, King Zhao saw that Yongan and Wenshi were talking endlessly. He was bored listening on the sidelines, and his eyes roamed unscrupulously on the ladies present. His eyes were a bit sinister and a bit sharp, and he could see

People are extremely uncomfortable.

After all, men and women are not intimate with each other. The ancients emphasized that no indecent behavior should be ignored. Ye Minyu's behavior is already considered very rude. But he is the biological son of the current emperor, and he is regarded as a prince. He is also famous for being arrogant and cruel. He often whips ministers and kills.

Man, who dares to say no?

When King Zhao's eyes swept over Yuxin, he stayed for a moment longer.

Yulan was also very uncomfortable looking at him. His gaze was not lustful, but looked at something lifeless, like a piece of porcelain or a vase. It was as if life was not worth mentioning in his eyes.

Yu Qing, who was beside Yulan, simply hid her body behind her in order to avoid King Zhao's fearful eyes. Yulan nuzzled at Yin Yue and glanced sideways at King Zhao.

Yinyue smiled slightly, showing a relieved expression.

She quickly found an opportunity to interrupt, first she let out a long laugh that attracted everyone's attention, and then she calmly said to Ye Minyu: "Since the fourth brother has kowtowed to the longevity star, he is sitting together with a group of us girls and wives.

Office, don't you find it boring? Why not go to the outer courtyard and have a drink with all the adults! The outer courtyard is full of guests today, and all the famous people from the eighteen yamen in the forty-nine cities are here. How can I miss you, the young prince?

"

Ye Minyu glanced at Yinyue happily and laughed: "The emperor's sister is right!" He immediately stood up, bowed and left, saying: "Old birthday girl, there are many female guests here, it is inconvenient for me to be a man, so let's leave. Next time.

Come in again and say hello to your old man!" He held out his hands to the female relatives and strode out of Shan'an Hall without hesitation. Several young eunuchs who came with him quickly followed him.

Mrs. Wen didn't even have time to get up and see her off, so she hurriedly urged the capable housekeeper beside her to follow him.

Yu Lan breathed a sigh of relief, and while everyone's eyes were on Ye Minyu, he gave Yin Yue a thumbs up. When Yin Yue saw him, he immediately showed a triumphant expression, and then in an instant, his expression changed back to a smug expression.

Cute and cute look.

As soon as Ye Minyu left, the atmosphere in Shan'an Hall immediately relaxed, and everyone began to whisper again. Subsequent guests arrived one after another, and there were more and more people in Shan'an Hall. Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Wen said

I called Mrs. Xiao to come over and say a few words.

Mrs. Xiao then raised her voice and said: "Dear distinguished guests, the stage has been set up in Cuijin Garden a long time ago. Today we have invited the Quanfu Troupe to sing a full set of opera excerpts. Everyone is going to listen to the opera to relieve their boredom. The banquet will take a while.

It has just opened. The old lady still needs to go to the front yard." Everyone knew that Mrs. Wen had to go to the outer yard to accept the congratulations from the male guests.

. then stood up one after another and were led out of Shan'an Hall by Mrs. Xiao. The stage was set on the water, and because the opera had not yet started, everyone followed Mrs. Xiao to a large courtyard not far from Liubei Pavilion.

Inside, the little maid brought many high chairs, and everyone sat down in order, chatting in small groups.

Princess Yong'an and Princess Silver Moon did not follow for the time being.

As soon as the eldest lady sat down, ladies wearing ten kinds of lilac colored robes came up to say hello.

"Who are you?" The eldest lady didn't recognize her.

The second wife stood aside and introduced with a smile: "Sister-in-law, this is Mrs. Jin, the wife of Wang Siren, the deputy commander-in-chief of Taiyuan. Her ancestral home is Dengzhou, Shandong. Mr. Wang's ancestor was a personal soldier of Emperor Taizu Wu, and she was the queen of my great achievements in Chu."

The wife’s father, Mr. Li, the father-in-law of Korea, sent out many military campaigns and was familiar with the military commanders in the DPRK. The second wife and Mrs. Jin had also met several times.

Mrs. Jin was blessed and said, "Wang Jin from the slave family has met the eldest lady!" The eldest lady stood up and returned the salute, but her expression was quite arrogant.

The great Chu values ​​civility over martial arts. Mrs. Jin’s husband is just a deputy general soldier, so the eldest wife doesn’t pay much attention to it. Mrs. Jin doesn’t care either. After meeting the second wife and the fifth wife, she sits next to the eldest wife very familiarly.

, chatted with her enthusiastically, and looked at the girls with a smile.

The eldest wife then introduced Yu Lan to her. Mrs. Jin smiled happily and said, "She is indeed the granddaughter of the chief minister. Her overall style is not comparable to that of ordinary young ladies."

He praised all the girls one by one, including their good looks, excellent temperament, and lots of them. When it came to praising the fourth girl, Yu Fei, Mrs. Jin seemed to be unable to stop herself, and she praised her for half a cup.

During tea time, I praised this fourth girl as something rare in heaven and rare on earth.

Yu Fei blushed and lowered her head in shame. After this happened, the second wife immediately showed a thoughtful expression. Sure enough, Mrs. Jin changed the subject and talked about her own family affairs, and Yu Lan suddenly understood.

The Wang family, they want to get married with the Yang family! The candidate for marriage is obviously the fourth girl Yu Fei. It is obvious that Mrs. Jin has done her homework before coming here.

Yulan was slightly surprised. After all, proposing a marriage was a big deal. These ladies were all very cautious in handling it. No one would bring it up until the two parties reached a tacit understanding. Talking about this kind of thing on such occasions, if

If a person refuses, won’t he lose his face?

Little did she know that Mrs. Jin's husband, Wang Siren, was at a critical period in his official career and was in urgent need of help from important officials in the central government. She had long wanted to get married. However, she lived with her husband in Taiyuan all year round and rarely returned to Beijing, so she could not care about that.

A lot.

Yulan secretly looked at Yufei. She lowered her head and couldn't see any expression on her face, but the handkerchief was tightly held in her hand and crumpled into a ball.
To be continued...