Dragon Boat Festival Palace Banquet.

After Shen Guidi and He Qingchen had breakfast, they entered the palace.

There were quite a few people accompanying them.

He Qingchen was surrounded by Ye Feng, Zhou Hui, Shen Xiao and others.

Just in case, he even picked someone from his secret guards who knew something about medicine.

Shen Guidi was accompanied by Youbai, Yunshu, Chunlan and Jingyue.

In addition, there was an unfamiliar old lady.

The day before Dragon Boat Festival.

A governess came to the palace, her surname was Tong.

Nanny Tong came here following Queen Gu's instructions.

According to the Queen's wishes, although Shen Guidi was a daughter of an official family, she was raised among the common people after all.

What happens on ordinary days can be ignored, but the Dragon Boat Festival palace banquet is a big event. Court officials above the fourth rank, ladies of noble families, relatives of marquises, concubines in the harem and even envoys from foreign countries will all gather together.

If anything went wrong, Shen Guidi couldn't afford the consequences.

Although He Qingchen had expected this.

But listening to the so-called governess nanny, who did not hold back in her words in front of him, repeatedly using the word "education" and poking Shen Guichi from time to time, he still felt a fire burning in his heart.

If it weren’t for his Ah Di who tried to stop him several times.

He was afraid that he had already beaten the man and thrown him back to the palace.

On the way into the palace.

He Qingchen held Shen Guidi's hand tightly the whole time.

The uneasiness in my heart continued to grow.

He had no fondness for the so-called palace banquets. The last time he attended one was when he was thrown into the southern border.

After returning to Beijing, he almost never appeared at the palace banquets during the New Year holidays.

Or, he was arranged by his father to go out for work, such as the bandit suppression in Gongzhou, which happened to coincide with the palace banquet during the New Year. Or, he himself did not want to attend, so he deliberately claimed to be sick, had something to do, or was injured.

He could always find a reasonable reason that would make his father give in.

After entering the palace.

The two went their separate ways.

He Qingchen went to Qianyuan Hall in front of the palace banquet.

Qianyuan Hall is the palace closest to the palace gate in Beizhao, and there is a very large open space outside the hall.

On weekdays, court officials would gather here when attending court.

When the time comes, they will enter the council hall one by one to attend court and meet the emperor.

After everyone is gathered, Emperor Zhaoyuan will lead people to the lookout platform set up beside the palace wall to start the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky. Afterwards, he will light a fire dragon to symbolize the departure of the dragon boats for the teams racing in the moat.

After the fire dragon is ignited, the people in the river will set out at the command given by Emperor Zhao Yuan himself.

The Dragon Boat Festival is an important festival in Beizhao.

Dragon boat racing is a symbol of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival.

The dragon boat teams were mostly composed of children from wealthy families in the court.

Here, there were representatives of young masters from powerful mansions as well as representatives of idle merchants. At the moment the dragon boat rushed out from the river, the gap between the people seemed to be narrowing.

After the first round is decided, the court officials will be able to move freely for a while.

Emperor Zhaoyuan returned to the palace to receive envoys from other countries.

At this time, the court officials were quietly waiting for the arrival of the palace dinner, and the ladies of the aristocratic families would set out from their respective residences and enter the palace one after another.

As for the harem.

After Shen Guidi separated from He Qingchen, they followed Nanny Tong's instructions and went to Feng'an Palace.

But that road was obviously not right.

Shen Guidi has a good memory. She has been to Feng'an Palace before, so she naturally knows how to get there.

It was obvious that Nanny Tong was taking the wrong path.

Shen Guidi had doubts in her heart.

She slowed down her pace and said three words to Yunshu silently.

Yunshu understood.

She immediately took a few quick steps and caught up with Nanny Tong who was leading the way. She deliberately raised her voice and asked, "Nanny Tong, is this road really going to Feng'an Palace? This servant looks at it and it doesn't look right."

Due to their inconvenient identities, Yunshu and Youbai still address each other as Shen Guidi's sisters in the palace.

Once they entered the palace, they called themselves slaves.

Matron Tong stopped walking, glanced at Shen Guidi indifferently, and said in a contemptuous tone: "Princess, you have only been to the palace once, how do you know if this road is right or not? I have been in the palace for decades, how can I not recognize it? Princess, please go quickly, the Queen is still waiting."

When He Qingchen was around, she was a little more restrained.

In his absence, Nanny Tong's contempt for Shen Guidi and her neglect in behavior almost became tangible.

Shen Guidi looked at Nanny Tong in silence for a few seconds.

"Mammy, please lead the way."

Nanny Tong snorted coldly, turned around and continued walking forward.

Perhaps it was because Shen Guidi had been silent for the past two days that gave her the wrong impression that Shen Guidi had never seen the world and was easy to control.

For this reason, she thought she could control Shen Guidi, and her attitude became more arrogant.

Everyone followed Nanny Tong and when they came to a fork in the road at a curved bridge, Yun Shu suddenly grabbed a passing maid and asked coldly, "Miss, Feng'an Palace, are you going this way?"

The little palace maid was stunned.

"Yes, are you going to the Queen's Palace? After crossing this bridge, turn left to the end, then turn right, and you will reach the back door of the side courtyard of the East Side Hall in Feng'an Palace. However, I'm afraid you will have to take a detour to get there from here."

The little palace maid obediently gave Shen Guidi directions.

She didn't notice that Nanny Tong was staring at her with a grim face.

Yun Shu understood.

She took out a small red envelope, placed it in the little palace maid's hand, and said with a smile, "Thank you for showing me the way, young lady."

After the little palace maid walked away, Yun Shu turned back and reported the route to Shen Guidi.

Shen Guidi raised her eyebrows slightly.

The back door of the side courtyard of the east side hall requires a detour?

Ah……

"Madame Tong, there is a palace banquet today. All the ladies above the second rank in the imperial court will bring their daughters to the palace to meet the queen mother. They have all entered the palace one after another, right? Why, I don't see anyone? Did the queen mother ask you to lead everyone through the back door of the side courtyard of the east side hall?"

Let a princess go through the back door of the side courtyard of the palace?

This method is really low-level.

If she took this back door today, she would probably become the laughing stock of the whole capital tomorrow.

This Queen Gu really spared no effort and was not afraid of embarrassment in torturing her own son's princess!

Who can bear such humiliation?

How could it be disgraceful for a prince's wife, the principal wife, to go through the back door of the side courtyard?

What's more, the distance is still far.

Once she left, it would be too late, and the consequences would be far more than just humiliation and becoming a laughing stock. If she was late for such a banquet, and someone with ulterior motives provoked her, she would be accused of disrespect even if she didn't want to.

Nanny Tong understood what Shen Guidi meant.

Of course, Queen Gu would never ask others to walk on such a small path and embarrass all the noble ladies.

But she just wanted to suppress Shen Guidi's arrogance.

As an elder in the Queen's palace, Nanny Tong naturally thought of various possible ways to deal with the situation when Queen Gu made such arrangements.

However, she didn't expect that the questions Shen Guidi asked would be so tricky.

She was a little embarrassed.

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