Family Has a Concubine

Since Chu Yun climbed to the top prize, every household sent congratulatory posts and gifts.

Uncle Chu was about to be relented when he received posts and gifts.

In the past, when there were important or happy events at home, others would not necessarily come to send out posts, and even just send a servant to deal with it.

Now there is no need to invite, those relatives will take the initiative to come to the door, congratulating and giving gifts.

The next day was the Qionglin Banquet, and the entire Chu family attended.

Early this morning, Ye Tangcai was sitting in front of the dressing table combing her hair.

Qiuju frantically rummaged through the clothes in the closet, complaining: If I had known earlier, I should have made two more sets of gorgeous spring clothes. Look, I can't even pick them up now.

Then just pick one at random. Ye Tangcai smiled.

It can't be casual. Qiu Ju disagreed, This is the first time to participate in a palace banquet. Moreover, I heard that all the noble ladies from various families will participate, and all of them will be dressed in fancy dress. I heard that there are other things in the capital. We've never seen the first beauty, the second beauty.

Although she has always been very confident in the looks of her girls, but the capital is so big, they have seen only a few rich girls who come and go. Today is another big day for Chu Yunpan. As the wife of the champion, her daughter is not beautiful after being overwhelmed.

Qiuju spent two quarters of an hour picking out clothes before deciding on the clothes.

After washing and dressing neatly, Qiuju went to call Chu Yunpan again, and the husband and wife came to the east corner gate together.

Qin Shi, Chu Miaoshu and Chu Miaohua were waiting there.

Chu Miaoshu frowned when she saw her: Little sister-in-law, you are so slow!

Qin's serious face was full of annoyance, did Ye Tangcai think that the bastard was superior to others after he finished high school? Don't take her as a aunt?

We don't start until half past the hour, and there is still a quarter of an hour left. Chu Yunpan said.

Qin's complexion became even worse. In the past, this bastard couldn't get a fart out of ten words, but now she just said one, and he refuted.

Oh, you're all here. Uncle Chu walked across the hanging flower door with a smile.

He was wearing a black brocade gown with wide sleeves and a round neck, with a smile on his face, sweeping away the previous depression and frustration, his face was full of spring.

When Uncle Chu saw that there were only a few of them, he said, Why don't you see Dalang and his wife, and the two...cough, why don't you see them?

Ever since Chu Yun climbed to high school, Chu Congke has been depressed. Where will I follow to attend the Qionglin Banquet?

Qin said: Da Lang never likes to go out and walk around. Hai'er is sick, and his wife is worried, so she takes care of her at home.

Qin said, feeling aggrieved.

When she is also willing to participate in the bastard's Qionglin banquet? But thinking that her daughter is getting older, Princess Xinyang will definitely attend this Qionglin Banquet, so that she can make an appointment for her daughter's marriage with the little county king.

After the appointment is made, with the help of Princess Xinyang, I can find a good job for Da Lang, so I won't be compared to this little bastard.

Then let's go! Uncle Chu laughed.

Uncle Chu, Mrs. Qin and Chu Miaoshu got into the Zhulun canopy carriage, Ye Tangcai and Chu Miaohua got into the small green-covered carriage, and Chu Yunpan rode outside.

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Huaqing Garden is the most peaceful and beautiful garden in the imperial palace.

There are exotic flowers and plants everywhere, pavilions and waterside pavilions. On the huge Huaqing Lake, there are two water pavilions with octagonal spires. The glazed tiles are radiant under the refraction of the bright spring light, and the red pillars are hanging with flowers, which is extremely prosperous and noble.

The two water pavilions are connected by a bridge made of white jade carvings of dragons and phoenixes. In the middle is a large white jade platform for people to hold banquets and invite wine. Surrounded by turquoise lakes, mandarin ducks and wild ducks chase duckweed. It's a beautiful scene.

At this moment, thirty or forty small carved sandalwood tables have been placed on the white jade platform. This is the place where the emperor invites wine for a while.

Such a white jade platform, with thirty or forty small tables, naturally cannot seat the guests present today.

Only the empress and the top ten Jinshi sit on it, and the rest are important officials of the court.

The other officials or noble ladies and princes all hosted a banquet on the shore of Huaqing Lake.

It was almost Si time now, and nine out of ten people from all the prefectures attended the banquet.

On the shore of Huaqing Lake, in a mansion with rolling sheds, a group of new scholars are fighting poetry and discussing wine.

Behind a rockery not far away, two 16- or 17-year-old girls were hiding there and looking over there quietly.

A pretty girl in yellow clothes asked, Which one?

The one sitting next to the pillar, playing chess with others. Another girl in a white plum blossom jacket said.

The girl in yellow pursed her lips and smiled: Playing chess? It's right for you! She said and looked over there carefully.

I saw that it was a young man in his early twenties, handsome and extraordinary, dressed in a loose off-white robe, making his whole face look like a jade crown, gentle and elegant.

This is the fourth Chuanlu. I heard that he is the most handsome besides the number one scholar. The girl in yellow smiled.

The girl in the white plum blossom skirt blushed and snorted: It's not just his handsomeness, but his talent.

Great talent, isn't it right for you? Our number one talented woman. The girl in yellow giggled loudly, Anyway, grandpa won't cheat you. Has it been agreed?

The girl in the white plum blossom skirt frowned slightly: Grandfather said, it's already agreed.

Then I can drink your wedding wine this year.

Sister Ji, Sister Liao, we are playing flower lottery, why don't you come? A group of young girls were sitting in a helmet-topped gazebo not far away, and one of them shouted at them.

The two girls quickly agreed, and then turned to go there.

The one in the white plum blossom dress was Liao Jueyao, and the girl in yellow was her cousin Ji Xuerou.

The two walked into the gazebo, then sat on the bench in Zhu Lan, and started drawing lotteries with the four or five girls.

One of them was a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a light blue twig-wrapped beanie and a double-ringed bun, and said, Why isn't the number one scholar here yet?

Why are you waiting for him? Ji Xuerou smiled softly.

The double-ringed bun girl said: It is said that he is handsome.

Everyone in the pavilion laughed, and Ji Xuerou said, I've already married a wife!

The girl with the double-ringed bun blushed and said angrily, I didn't say what I wanted to do, but it is said that he has an appearance comparable to that of the King of Liang. I just want to see him.

Oh. Ji Xuerou smiled softly, However, when it comes to his wife, I heard that she looks like a fairy. At the beginning of last year, did you hear about the sisters robbing marriages? It was her. I thought he married someone Bastard, who would have thought that he is now in high school. This fate is really destined. Good is good.

The girls in the pavilion didn't pay attention to what she said later, they only heard the words Looks like a fairy, and all looked at the girl sitting by the pillar in unison.

The girl was fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a light purple brocade jacket with white flowers on it, and a dark green horse-face skirt underneath. She wears a spirit snake bun on her head and an emerald orchid Buyao.

She has a small face with a peachy face and bright eyes, she is really a rare and peerless beauty.

Who doesn't know that Miss Shangguan's beauty is the most beautiful in the capital, and no one can compare to her. A tall girl said while laughing at Shangguan Yun.

Shangguan Yun hummed softly, as a tacit consent.

Liao Jueyao didn't deal with Shangguan Yun very well, and sneered: There are people beyond people, and there is heaven beyond the sky. I have met that Grandma Chu. She even won a game of chess with me at King Liang's birthday banquet last time. But I think her The appearance is even more beautiful than the chess she plays.

Hearing this, everyone was shocked: Who can beat you?

Anyway... I'm convinced. Speaking of her loss, Liao Jueyao smiled awkwardly, Come on later, you also have to be convinced. While speaking, she looked at Shangguan Yun.

Shangguan Yun raised her eyebrows and her red lips, disapprovingly.

Just as he was talking, a few Jinshi standing beside the low flowers by the lake said, Hey, the number one scholar is here, let's go and ask for advice.

While talking, he moved towards the entrance.

The girls in the gazebo all stopped the flower sticks in their hands and looked over.

I saw several Jinshi chatting around a few people.

A boy of eighteen or nineteen years old, Zhengyu, stood in it, talking with those Jinshi. He is dressed in a light blue simple plain suit, with cold brows and slanted eyes, carrying a noble and gorgeous, graceful, and fragrant orchid-like temperament.

Those few girls were all startled, the girl with the double-ringed bun Zhiju Tuanfan lightly covered her face: Sure enough... um... Although he is a bastard, but with such a good looks and excellent talent, who is worthy of him?

Yes. Liao Jueyao smiled lightly. She saw a corner of aqua-red skirt protruding from the side of the young champion. Rumei, go and invite Third Grandma Chu over.

Rumei agreed, then turned around and left.

Ji Xuerou and the others saw that Rumei walked over quickly, saluted the young champion, said something, and then turned around a young girl from the young champion.

The girl followed Rumei's footsteps, and the moonlight skirt of water shadow red densely woven with crabapple flowers drew a meandering arc. The girl came slowly, wearing a beautiful but simple dress, but it set off her whole body very gorgeously. A beautiful hibiscus face is bright and compelling, the sparkling eyes are touching, the eyebrows are dizzy, and the posture is magnificent and charming.

When they walked over, everyone in the pavilion gasped.

Ji Xuerou let out a snort from the girl in the pavilion, and thought to herself: Shangguan Yun is really being compared.

But Shangguan Yun stood up. Everyone knew that she had a delicate and savage personality. Seeing her get up, she was shocked. She couldn't be going up to provoke her, right?

Ye Tangcai was startled when she saw the girl in the pavilion, she only recognized Liao Jueyao, who was about to go up to greet her, but she didn't want to but saw Shangguan Yun in green clothes coming up, and suddenly took her hand.

Ye Tangcai was startled: This is...

You forgot me? Shangguan Yun chuckled, Last time outside the city... I ran away with you.

Ye Tangcai was startled and remembered! This is what she said last time when she was captured by human traffickers.

Then the corner of her mouth twitched. This girl in green is the one who ran away with her, fell down, pulled her to the ground and sprained her feet, and was finally rescued by King Liang?

Uh... so it's you! Ye Tangcai smiled lightly. At that time, I was really resentful towards her, but thinking about it now, when she fell, she would stretch out her hand and grab someone in a hurry. This is human nature, no wonder.

My name is Shangguan Yun, and my father is Shangguan Xiu. Shangguan Yun said.

Ye Tangcai was speechless again. This sentence, the last time I was caught by the trafficker, I was in a daze, and I heard this sentence! He shouted desperately: My father is Shangguan Xiu, the commander of the imperial army! How dare you arrest me!

Miss Shangguan, do you know this Third Grandma Chu? Ji Xuerou was startled. Not only her, the girls in the pavilion also looked at them puzzled.

Liao Jueyao was also surprised, she was the one who sent her servant girl over, and she originally wanted to overwhelm Shangguan Yun, but this is actually an old acquaintance with Shangguan Yun?

Yes! Shangguan Yun agreed with a smile, and looked at Ye Tangcai: I didn't expect that we are so destined, and now we meet again.

Ye Tangcai hummed and nodded: Yes!

What happened to you after His Royal Highness King Liang saved me last time? Did you leave with Fu Yin's people? Shangguan Yun said in a low voice. After all, she was taken away by human traffickers, so she won't say anything about it because it hurts her reputation.

The corner of Ye Tangcai's mouth twitched. Could she say that after Liang Wang rescued Shangguan Yun, he left her and ran away? She can't tell, what a shame!

She just chuckled: Yes! I left with Fu Yin.

Oh. Shangguan Yun nodded, her slender fingers gently wrapped around her shoulder-length hair.

The two were talking, when a maid came up with a smile: Grandma Chu, our princess is here to invite you.

Ye Tangcai turned her head back, but saw that it was Yazhu, the servant girl beside Princess Xinyang, she nodded quickly: Yes.