Royal Beloved Black Wife

  Chapter 18 During the banquet

Bizhu returned to Yingxintang, thinking that she should tell Chu Qianqian about her encounter with Ouyang Jin, but she opened the door and saw that the curtain had been lowered. After the candle was dimmed, Bizhu closed the door. back out.

   The next day, before dawn, Chu Qianqian heard a string of silver bell-like laughter.

   It was Chu Mo and Chu Yan who got up.

   They always get up early, but never so early and so happy.

  Chu Qianqian finished washing up and went to Shen's house, only then did she know why her younger siblings were so happy.

   "Father." Chu Qianqian gave an expressionless salute to Master Chu, who was instructing the two children on their homework.

  Master Chu looked at his eldest daughter who always seemed to be very indifferent to him, frowned, but still said like a loving father: "Did I come too early and wake you up?"

  Chu Qianqian bowed and bowed: "No, I will wake up when I should wake up, and I won't wake up even when there is thunder."

   These words at first sounded to comfort him, but when I thought about it again, I felt a little thorn in my heart.

  Hmph, what is said by a girl in a movie, where is it worth his aftertaste?

  Master Chu cleared his throat and stopped worrying about this. Instead, he closed the book and said to Chu Mo Chuyan, "Hurry up and greet my sister, then wash your hands and eat."

  Chu Mo and Chu Yan jumped out of bed with a smile.

   Said to be safe, but in fact, he threw himself into Chu Qianqian's arms to take advantage.

  Chu Mo boldly slapped Chu Qianqian's face a few times. If Chu Qianqian hadn't glared at him, he would have kissed her little mouth.

   laughed, Chu Mo took his sister to the ear room.

   Mr. Shen was busy working in the small kitchen, and only the father and daughter were left in the house, who seemed to be wrong.

  Chu Qianqian naturally knelt down beside the table, knocked down a piece of tea cake, and threw it into a small pot to start making tea.

Master Chu resisted the feeling of hunger evoked by the fragrance of tea, coughed lightly, and said, "The plum blossoms in the regent's palace are blooming very well, and the princess held a plum banquet. I'll take you to the banquet later, you Get dressed up."

  Chu Qianqian paused for a moment when she put the salt, and pondered for a moment. Then, when Master Chu almost thought that she would be disobedient and almost planned to use the family law, he said, "Okay."

   Mrs. Shen didn't know about Chongxi, she just thought that Mr. Chu was sincere and wanted to take his daughter to the banquet, and he was so happy that he almost cried. As for why she didn't go with her, she didn't doubt at all.

   After the preparations were completed, Chu Qianqian said goodbye to Shen Shi.

   Considering that the owner of the golden pen is likely to come to redeem the pen today, Chu Qianqian left behind Bizhu.

   "The money for the wine and the meal is two taels of silver, so there's no need to charge too much. I've already prepared the meal for Mr. Hu, you can send it to him later."

   "Okay lady, I remember." Bizhu sent Chu Qianqian to the door, always feeling as if she forgot to tell Chu Qianqian something, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

  Chu Qianqian followed Master Chu to the gate.

   There, Ouyang Jin has been waiting for a long time.

   Knowing that she was going to the palace for a banquet, Ouyang Jin specially wore a red dress with gold threads and pearls, and a pair of ruby ​​Meridian hairpins. She was more beautiful than a princess, hoping to amaze all four. But the strange thing is that when she saw Chu Qianqian's simple and plain dress, she suddenly felt that she was wearing too cumbersome.

   Containing the strangeness in her heart, she saluted Master Chu and called Chu Qianqian "sister" obediently.

  Chu Qianqian gave a light "um" and stepped onto the carriage.

  Ouyang Jin's face changed, he lowered his head, and choked up: "Master, does my sister dislike me? I...I...I better not go!"

   Having said that, if Master Chu really agreed, she would definitely jump up with anger. The plum appreciation banquet is held once a year. Only officials of the third rank or above are eligible to receive invitations, and not everyone has them. As for the family of the Shi Lang's mansion, if it wasn't for a pure yin daughter, you would never even dream of getting a post.

   She is going to get married when the Chinese New Year starts, and she can talk to her after she gets married. The princess held a banquet, and there must be many celebrities present, so she should not miss such an opportunity to show herself.

   And Master Chu also has plans in this regard. Jin'er is not too young, so it is time to discuss a suitable marriage. Originally, the old lady wanted Shen shi to bring the children to the banquet, but Shen shi's jealous woman was reluctant to even give up a dowry, so how could she be willing to choose a good husband for Jin'er? Therefore, he proposed to take the children to the palace in person.

  As it looks now, it is fortunate that he is here. In front of him, Qianqian dared to slap Jin'er, if he wasn't there, she might bully Jin'er!

   frowned, and Master Chu said warmly, "She is the kind of tepid temperament, don't take it to heart. You should listen to your mother about the rules of the plum banquet, and remember to tell your sister later."

   Sure enough, she is her own daughter, and she has to go to choose a concubine, and she also helped her remember the prizes of the plum banquet!

  Ouyang Jin sneered in his heart, and said sweetly and softly, "Okay, I'll tell my sister later. I'll take care of my sister when I enter the palace later."

   Definitely, will take good care of it!

The    carriage quickly arrived at the palace.

  There are three gates in the palace that can pass the carriage.

  The gate is for the regent's family and the orthodox royal family to enter and exit, such as the emperor, the prince, and the princess.

  The side door is used for the entry and exit of royal relatives, Kashiqing officials and family members.

   Middle-earth people, no matter how high the official position, can only enter and exit through the corner gate.

  The carriage of the Chu family drove into the corner gate, and immediately a maid in pink came up to greet him, invited Master Chu to the men's seat, and invited Chu Qianqian and Ouyang Jin to the Xiaomei Garden.

  In the small plum garden, the plum blossoms are blooming in the wind, and the air is filled with the refreshing plum fragrance, mixed with the wine fragrance of kumiss, which is slightly intoxicating.

  Women and girls either stood on the tree or sat on the ground, laughing and feasting and cheering constantly.

  Ouyang Jin was obviously old-fashioned with some of them, raised a smile very naturally, and walked towards them.

  In the past, they would have seen Ouyang Jin who was as bright as a peach and plum for the first time, but today, without exception, they were all taken away by the girl next to Ouyang Jin.

  The girl's petite and exquisite figure was covered under a plain white dress, with blue veil inlaid on the neckline and cuffs, and blue veil was also tied around the waist that she held in her hands. In addition, there is no complicated embellishment, and even the hairpin is simply a hollow silver hairpin.

   (end of this chapter)