The palace banquet arrived as scheduled.

However, the invitation letter sent by King Li Sulixiao to Xi Qingyan was not delivered to her. Xi Chuyu changed the name on the invitation letter and regarded it as an invitation letter given to her by King Li.

Mrs. Shangshu sent more than 20 Shangshufu to protect the courtyard, and surrounded Xi Qingyan's Hanli Garden inside and outside.

After arranging everything, Mrs. Shangshu took Xi Chuyu to the palace in a carriage.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, and people are coming and going on the lively street. Ordinary people have to give way when they see the cars and sedans of Shangshu Mansion.

This made Xi Chuyu in the carriage feel very good.

"Mother, look at the injuries on my face. Are they healed? If His Highness Prince Li sees me, will he notice these injuries?"

Xi Chuyu carefully asked Mrs. Shangshu next to her.

Xi Qingyan was watched by more than twenty big men. No matter how worried she was, the only thing she worried about was her face.

"My dear daughter, don't worry. The medicine your mother gave you to treat your face was prepared by the best doctor in Kyoto. Look at your face. Not only does it have no scars now, it is pink and shy. If your mother were a man, she would definitely be taken over by you.

I’m so fascinated by all kinds of things!”

"Mother~"

Xi Chuyu felt happy and shy at the same time when she heard what her mother said.

"However, you must remember not to laugh too loudly. Your tooth was filled with white jade. It seems fine at first glance, but it cannot withstand closer inspection."

Mrs. Shangshu was worried that Xi Chuyu would get carried away and continued to give instructions.

"And don't eat any hard or tooth-sticking food at the palace banquet, otherwise your tooth will be stuck off accidentally!"

The best doctors in Kyoto can treat the injuries on Xi Chuyu's face, but they cannot cure Xi Chuyu's teeth.

The only solution I finally came up with was to grind white jade into the shape of teeth and stuff it between the two teeth to make it look more like it.

"Yes, yes, mother, you have told your daughter these words many times, and she has already remembered them by heart."

Xi Chuyu hates it when others expose her shortcomings.

Even if the other party was her mother, Xi Chuyu became impatient.

When Mrs. Shangshu saw that her daughter had taken notes, she stopped talking. The two carriages followed the vast crowd of Shangshu Mansion and drove towards the most luxurious palace in Kyoto.

"Chu Yu, you are here!"

As soon as Miss Lin saw Xi Chuyu, she hurriedly came over to greet him.

Because of the rumors about her stealing people before, Miss Lin was willing to talk to her at the palace banquet. She was so embarrassed to stay there alone. Fortunately, Xi Chuyu, who played best with her now, came, and Miss Lin just replaced her.

Find some face for yourself.

"..."

As soon as Xi Chuyu saw Miss Lin, she thought of what Xi Qingyan said in front of her father that day.

Subconsciously avoiding Miss Lin's family, he deliberately started talking to the general's wife next to him.

Miss Lin did not expect that even Xi Chuyu would not pay attention to her!

They were obviously so good in the past, as close as biological sisters, but why did Xi Chuyu just turn around and ignore her like everyone else?

In fact, Miss Lin is too stupid to realize that Xi Chuyu has only been using her.

The Lin family is an imperial businessman with a lot of money in the family, and Miss Lin is the only daughter of the Lin family, so the Lin family is very indulgent towards Miss Lin, allowing Miss Lin to enjoy all kinds of delicious food and fun things from childhood to adulthood.

Although Miss Lin is a daughter, she knows nothing about her daughter's female workers, cooking skills, etc.

When the Lin family was planning to release the imperial examination results, they directly picked up a good man from the list to be Miss Lin's son-in-law.

The reason why Xi Chuyu had a good relationship with Miss Lin in the past was so that she could show her face in front of everyone.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.

Merchants are the most despicable people. Even if the Lin family is an imperial merchant, they are not welcome in this officialdom.

Xi Chuyu took the initiative to make friends with Miss Lin in order to win people's hearts and make Miss Lin think that she was a kind and generous person.

Xi Chuyu was the daughter of a remarried man, and at first she had no face at all in front of the serious young lady.

She couldn't fit into the circle of aristocratic women, so she looked for someone with a lower background than her to promote herself.

To put it bluntly, Miss Lin is Xi Chuyu's chess piece.

Now that this chess piece has a bad reputation and has even brought trouble to herself, how could Xi Chuyu be willing to continue to befriend her?

"Xi Chuyu?!"

Miss Lin yelled, and Xi Chuyu looked at Miss Lin's lack of grace and felt very embarrassed when her name was called out.

Therefore, she had no intention of talking to Miss Lin, and allowed Madam Shangshu to pull her away, and then introduced to her the ladies and ladies from various houses in Kyoto.

"Let's go, let's go! You all go! Xi Chuyu, I didn't expect that you used to eat me and use mine, but you would turn around and leave like them!"

Miss Lin was indignant.

It’s okay for others to laugh at her and ignore her. After all, she doesn’t have to deal with those young ladies from aristocratic families on weekdays!

But, how could Xi Chuyu look down on her like those people?

In the past, when she and Xi Chuyu were on good terms, no matter what good things the elders in the family gave her, she would never miss Xi Chuyu's share!

Xi Chuyu has accepted so much before and after, but now he dares to treat her like this!

The fact that Miss Lin was able to steal people showed that she was not a stable and rule-abiding girl. Seeing that Xi Chuyu was ignoring her, she decided to step forward to argue.

"Concubine Dong Guifei has arrived!"

"Concubine Jiang is here!"

A shrill singing voice came from the eunuch in the palace, and everyone hurriedly came over to salute the two of them.

"My lord, please see the Imperial Concubine, the Imperial Concubine, the Imperial Concubine!"

"My wife, please see the Imperial Concubine, Concubine Jiang. May your concubine be safe."

Concubine Dong glanced at everyone, smiled dignifiedly, then walked up to Concubine Jiang, blocking Concubine Jiang's sight and said.

"You don't need to be so formal today. I just saw that the weather in early autumn is good, the chrysanthemums in the palace are blooming just right, and the joy of being alone is not as good as the joy of everyone, so I invited everyone to sit down together to enjoy the flowers and have a drink."

Although Concubine Dong Gui said so, there were quite a lot of people present today.

After everyone listened to Concubine Dong Guifei's words and saw the prince coming from a distance, they knew that although they said they were enjoying flowers and drinking wine today, anyone with a discerning eye could see that viewing flowers and drinking wine was just a pretense, and the real intention of these people was

It’s just about choosing a concubine for the princes.

It won't take long to figure it all out.

When King Li Su Lixiao, Concubine Jiang's son Su Chen'an and Concubine Jiang's son Su Yiting appeared, all the ladies present were eager to try. They expected to win the favor of Concubine Dong and Concubine Jiang.

If possible, they naturally hope to marry Su Yiting or Li Wang Su Lixiao. One of them is His Majesty's favorite son, and the other is a brave and capable prince.

No matter how bad it is, it would be okay if they were allowed to marry the fifth prince Su Chenan. After all, no matter how unpopular the fifth prince is, he is still a serious prince. As long as they marry him, they will be proper princesses from now on.

"Ladies from aristocratic families, before the banquet officially begins, you can take a walk in the imperial garden by yourself."

Concubine Dong Gui glanced at the fondness of the daughters' families for her son Su Yiting. On the contrary, they kept a distance from Concubine Jiang's son Su Chen'an, and she felt proud in her heart.

"As for ladies, why don't you sit with me and Concubine Jiang inside, drink tea, and listen to the opera? What do you think?"

"I will obey the instructions of the noble concubine!"

Concubine Dong Guifei left the princes behind and left with the wives of various officials. This was obviously to create opportunities for the young people present to get along with each other.

After the imperial concubine and Concubine Jiang left, the atmosphere at the scene began to become warmer.

Xi Chuyu's target is naturally King Li Sulixiao.

"Chu Yu has met His Royal Highness King Li. We said goodbye before. I wonder how His Highness King Li is doing lately?"

She looked at Su Lixiao who was one step away. Xi Chuyu couldn't help but blush, and her fingers were stirring helplessly.

Every time she met King Li Sulixiao, Xi Chuyu would blush uncontrollably when she saw this face that made people unable to resist action.

"Um."

Su Lixiao said perfunctorily, then looked around.

He didn't find Xi Qingyan. Could it be that the woman broke the appointment? Or was it that Xi Qingyan deliberately didn't come to the palace banquet because of the invitation he sent?

Su Lixiao was filled with doubts for a while.

"Miss Xi Er, did you come to this palace banquet alone today?"

Su Lixiao looked at the blushing Xi Chuyu, frowned slightly, and asked for an explanation.

He knew that his subordinates would not dare to disobey his order and not send the invitation letter to the Minister of Rites' Mansion. Then the rest would be a problem at the Minister's Mansion.

"Your Majesty, just call me by my maiden name, Chu Yu."

When Xi Chuyu saw that King Li had begun to care about her, she was immediately elated and cheered.

"My daughter is here with my mother today. As for my safety, Your Majesty, you don't have to worry."

"The palace is well guarded, and my daughter and mother will not be in danger."
To be continued...