Empress has purpose

Chapter 20
The breeze brings warmth.

When they got up in the morning, all the girls in the prime minister's mansion finished their grooming and changed into fresh or bright clothes. After a busy day, they gathered at the gate of the mansion almost at the same time. There were already three stalls parked outside the mansion carriage.

Today is the day to go to the palace for a banquet. The fourth prince of the Dali Dynasty returned two days ago after three years of experience in the south of the Yangtze River.

In order to reward him for rectifying the floods in the south of the Yangtze River in the past three years and building flood control dams, the emperor named Yu, the fourth son of the emperor, as Prince Yu. He became the first among the current emperor's sons to be named king. Sun Kyung's hot character.

The emperor even ordered a grand banquet in the palace, and the family members went with them. The five ladies from the prime minister's mansion were all invited.

When Gu Yunxi and the eldest girl and the second girl walked to the gate, Gu Yunwan had already come out, and when she saw Gu Yunxi, she also came up to salute. She was wearing a light pink Yunjinxiu Qianye Begonia Pipa sleeve short top and a gold silk floor-length skirt today. .

Gu Yunxi responded with a smile, looked around, said "huh" in surprise, and said, "Has Fifth Sister not come yet?"

Gu Yunwan also looked inside the door, and said: "Maybe it's delayed by something, don't delay the hour."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Gu Qingrui's figure appearing at the gate of the mansion.

The corners of Gu Yunxi's mouth curled up slightly, and he said with a smile: "Why is it late, isn't it here?"

Seeing that everyone was waiting for her, Gu Qingrui hurriedly walked a few steps, rushed over with a smile, and said after saluting: "My sister is late, I kept my sisters waiting for a long time."

The two looked at each other, Gu Qingrui nodded slightly, and Gu Yunxi said: "We are just here too, since everyone is here, let's go."

Everyone nodded, Gu Yunxi smiled and got on the exquisite carriage at the front first, Gu Yunwan got on the second, and the remaining eldest girl, second girl and fifth girl sat on the same carriage.

All the way without talking, when they arrived at the gate of the palace, there were already several family members of the ministers who came earlier than them, gathering together in twos and threes, talking in a low voice.

The arrival of Gu Yunxi and his party quickly attracted the attention of some people. Someone looked towards them, but Gu Yunxi didn't look sideways and just waited quietly.

Not long after, a few palace maids rushed over, carried a small sedan chair with green curtains, and stopped beside Gu Yunxi and the others. The leading one seemed to be familiar with Gu Yunxi, walked over with a smile, and said Said: "The servants have met the county lord Ronghua, and His Royal Highness Missed you very much when she heard that you are coming. I specially sent a few servants to take the county lord into the palace first."

Gu Yunxi smiled back and said: "I'm sorry, ma'am." Then she turned to Gu Qingmo and said, "Then I'll go in first, elder sister pay more attention."

Gu Qingmo nodded quickly.

Gu Yunxi got into the sedan chair, and several fat and strong mothers came over, carried the sedan chair and walked towards the palace gate.

Gu Yunwan looked at the direction in which the sedan chair was leaving, bit her lips tightly, and then heard Gu Qingrui's envious voice: "Not everyone in this palace is qualified to ride a horse and sit in a sedan chair, Third Sister What a blessing."

Gu Yunwan turned her head to look at Gu Qingrui thoughtfully, then turned her head away silently.

Gu Qingmo and Gu Qingwu looked at each other without speaking.

When Gu Yunxi got off the sedan chair, the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, showing that she was in a good mood today.

The sedan chair stopped in front of a palace, which was the residence of Princess Zhaoyang in the palace. She is the elder sister of the current emperor. Qin Jing, the younger sister of Duke Qin Mu of Zhen Guo, and Feng Wenran, the eldest princess of Zhaoyang, were doomed to have an extremely noble status since she was born.

On the way from the gate to the inner hall, the ground was clean, she walked in with lotus steps, and a palace maid came up to meet her with a smile.

Leading Gu Yunxi to go inside, when they arrived at the inner hall to report, they saw a nanny coming out to greet her, it was Nanny Wei whom she had just met a month ago, she smiled and said: "Master, you are here! Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess has told this old slave about you several times."

Gu Yunxi smiled lightly: "Aunt Lao is worried about it, so please take Yunxi in quickly, Mommy."

Mother Wei let out a "hey" and led the way in. When she entered, a gust of heat came over her face, and a beautiful woman was sitting on the main seat. It was the eldest princess Feng Wenran. She was forty years old this year. Yu Sui is old, but she has been well maintained, and the years have hardly left any traces on her body.

She had a cold face and was full of Tsinghua, but when she saw Gu Yunxi who entered the door, she instantly smiled.

Gu Yunxi's eyes sparkled. Since she was reborn, she has not seen this aunt who has always loved her so much.

She wanted to kneel down to salute, but was pulled back by the eldest princess who came down earlier, took her hand and walked back to the main seat, looked up and down, and then said with a smile: "You child, are you feeling better? We agreed to see my aunt, why haven't you come here for so long, if it wasn't for the banquet in the palace today, wouldn't you be planning to see my aunt again." A trace of complaint appeared on his face.

Gu Yunxi looked at her, burst out laughing, and said softly: "Auntie, Xi'er misses you, and she has recovered a long time ago, but something happened in the mansion later, so I will give you an answer." delayed..."

When the eldest princess heard this, her face became angry: "Could it be that your stepmother is not honest?" She had already noticed that Meng's intentions were bad, but before, Gu Yunxi trusted her stepmother very much, so she suddenly sent someone over that day Sending the letter shocked both her and Mammy Wei, thinking that this niece had finally become enlightened.

Gu Yunxi shook her head: "How can I, I have to thank my aunt last time."

The eldest princess poked Gu Yunxi's head lightly, and said angrily: "You girl, you are ashamed to say that you even lied to your aunt. If it weren't for Mammy Wei's carefulness, you would have been fooled by you. And this body is my own. , it must not be like this in the future.”

Gu Yunxi nodded with a smile: "Xi'er knows, she won't do it again in the future, and it made my aunt worry. That day was a last resort, and the amount was calculated earlier."

She glanced at it with a smile, and Mother Wei, who was also smiling all over her face, continued, "Thank you aunt for sending Mother Wei here. Grandmother took back the power to run the house and let us girls learn to manage it." , Think about it, what do we girls know? After a month of rectification, it was finally sorted out."

The eldest princess thought about it again, and said: "Well, this matter of being in charge of the family is very important, and it is time to learn it now. By the way, I heard that your fourth sister came back from outside? Can you also enter the palace today? "

Gu Yunxi nodded: "Come on, all the girls in the house are here."

The eldest princess's expression turned serious, she patted her hand, and said: "Xi'er, today's palace banquet is a celebration banquet held by the emperor for the fourth prince, and so many female relatives have been invited, I guessed that this might be too late. It’s time to choose a concubine for him, you should pay more attention.”

Gu Yunxi nodded seriously, she knows better than anyone else the purpose of today's palace banquet.

(End of this chapter)