Listening to Chu Yunze's even breathing, Mu Feibai stood up and looked out the window. The moon had already set in the west, and it was already dark. In two or three hours, he would have to get up and continue on his way. He decided to take a rest as soon as possible.

After Mu Feibai re-confirmed that the doors and windows were closed, he made some small preparations and then got into bed with peace of mind. He lay down an arm's width away from Chu Yunze and gently closed his eyes. Fell asleep.

Early the next morning, as soon as fish bellies appeared on the horizon, Mu Feibai got up.

When Chu Yunze woke up and found that he had had a good night's sleep and there was no Mu Feibai in the guest room, he simply washed his face and planned to go out to find Mu Feibai.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Mu Feibai back, followed by the waiter. He saw that the waiter was holding a tray with a few side dishes and two bowls of porridge on it.

"Brother Chu is up, come and have breakfast!" Mu Feibai said to Chu Yunze with a smile, and then asked the waiter to put the porridge and vegetables on the table.

After the waiter exited the room, Mu Feibai and Chu Yunze sat at the table. Mu Feibai first poured a cup of hot water for Chu Yunze and said, "Don't worry, drink it. I asked the store to replace it with a new kettle and cup. There is no problem anymore." ”

When Chu Yunze heard this, he suddenly remembered his poisoning last night and his face turned slightly red.

Mu Feibai looked at Chu Yunze and said with some humor: "Eat quickly, or it will get cold in a while."

Chu Yunze picked up the chopsticks at hand and said softly: "Brother Mu, you gave me your bed to sleep on last night. Thank you for your hard work."

After hearing Chu Yunze's words, Mu Feibai's hand holding the food suddenly stopped in mid-air. He soon raised a smile and said, "It should be, it should be. Brother Chu also had a hard time taking care of me when I was drunk yesterday."

Chu Yunze said: "That's different. It was because Brother Mu drank my wine that he got drunk. I should bear this responsibility."

"Brother Chu also thinks that he was poisoned because I didn't warn him earlier that there was a problem with the tea, so I should have taken care of Brother Chu last night. That means we are responsible for each other." Mu Feibai analyzed again.

When Chu Yunze heard this, he could only nod.

Mu Feibai said with a smile: "Let's stop being polite. We have to keep each other company all the way south. We may not encounter anything. We should help each other. Eat quickly, we have to continue on our way."

The two of them had their breakfast.

After breakfast, Chu Yunze, Mu Fei and Bai packed up their luggage and mounted their horses to continue on their way.

Not far behind them, there was a figure following quietly.

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Zhanwang Mansion, Qixia Garden.

"Princess, the palace has sent you another post." Chunlan came back from the front yard holding a post and said.

Chu Yunyan reached out to take the post, opened it, and saw that she was invited to the palace to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet. She thought the person who posted the post was Concubine Ning, but after reading the signature, she realized it was the Queen.

Chu Yunyan didn't want to attend, but she had to discuss with Gu Qingxuan whether to go. After all, it was because of her status as a princess that she received the invitation.

"Chunlan, go and bring this post to the prince and see what his opinion is." Chu Yunyan ordered.

Soon, Chunlan came to the main courtyard with the post again.

Seeing that it was Chunlan, Rufeng hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Miss Chunlan, are you looking for the prince if you have something to do?"

Chunlan handed the post to Rufeng and said, "The princess asked the slave to come over and ask the prince if he wants to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet."

"Miss Chunlan, wait a minute." Rufeng took the post and entered the study.

Soon, Rufeng came out and said: "The prince suggested that the princess enter the palace to attend this banquet. The prince said that this might be an opportunity."

"What time?" Chunlan asked a little confused.

Rufeng shook his head and said, "Miss Chunlan, just pass these words to the princess."

Chunlan nodded and returned to Qixia Garden.

When Chu Yunyan heard Gu Qingxuan's message, her heart moved slightly. Yes, after such a long time, the answers to some things should be revealed. But she didn't know what exciting things would happen at the banquet that day?

Thinking of this, Chu Yunyan immediately asked Chunlan to prepare her clothes and wait until February 15th to enter the palace to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet of the Flower Festival.

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With the arrival of spring, everything is full of life. The streets in Beijing have begun to grow shades of green trees, and flowers of various colors appear on the roadsides.

In the royal garden of the palace, jacarandas, plum blossoms, peonies, hibiscus and other flowers are in full bloom.

On February 15th, the palace officials began to busy decorating the imperial garden in preparation for the Hundred Flowers Feast that day.

"Come here, put the flower table here, and then hang some colorful ribbons here for decoration."

"You guys, bring some pots of peonies over there and place them here."

"You should all work carefully. These flowers are carefully cultivated by the Queen. If you break one, be careful with your life!"

"Hey, what are you guys doing there? Go get a kettle and spray water on these flowers!" Eunuch Huang pointed at the two little eunuchs and cursed, "Oh, you don't have a good eye!"

Eunuch Huang, the head of the chamberlain of the Queen's Enning Palace, kept instructing some of the young eunuchs under him to work. When he raised his eyes, he saw Manager Ma from the royal kitchen coming with a few people. He quickly went up to meet him and said with a smile: "Ma Director, you are here!"

"Master Huang, you are very busy at the Hua Chao Ya Banquet today!" The fat manager Ma walked in and greeted Eunuch Huang.

"Whether you are busy or not is just the job of the slaves. The Zajia family should do their best and don't affect the master's mood." Eunuch Huang teased himself with his voice.

"Mr. Huang, you are so humble. The Queen is very relieved when you are doing things." Manager Ma also said polite words.

They are all people who have been hanging around in the palace all year round. If they can reach the level of supervisor, they are all the best among people. They are absolutely easy to pick up words for various situations. Although they all know in their hearts how hypocritical and polite these words are, they all listen to them. It was very pleasing to the ears, and everyone laughed happily when they came and went.

"Today's Hua Chao elegant banquet will be left to Director Ma." Eunuch Huang said politely.

"Eunuch Huang, you're so polite. Thanks to the Queen's respect, I am proud to be responsible for the opportunity of today's elegant banquet. Ma will do his best." Manager Ma replied humbly.

Here the two discussed the details of the banquet process, and then Eunuch Huang continued to perfect every detail of the banquet.

"You guys, go cut some flower branches, put some vases of flowers on the flower table, and match the colors." Eunuch Huang looked around, and then ordered several maids to arrange the vases.

Soon, six little maids in pink clothes arranged ten vases of flowers, small square flower baskets, which were filled with light pink, dark purple, golden orange flowers of the same color, and filled with a few green branches, and were placed on the flower table in turn. Above, it adds a lot of color to the simple flower table.

Seeing the effect, Eunuch Huang nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well done, you performed well today. If the Queen is satisfied, after the banquet is over, the Za family will go to the Queen in person to ask for rewards for everyone."

When the little eunuchs and maids heard this, they worked harder.

At the end of the day, preparations for the elegant banquet were finally made, and Eunuch Huang came to the main hall of Xingning Hall to ask the queen for instructions.

Queen Liu came to the banquet site and took a general look around, and nodded with satisfaction.

The Hua Chao Banquet has been held every year since ten years ago. In previous years, it was held to help the emperor win over aristocratic families and simply get together to chat and get acquainted with each other. But the meaning of this year's Huachao Banquet is a little different, because the queen wants to use this Huachao Banquet to let her two sons meet the girls from the aristocratic family.

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