In three days, it will be the day when the palace will hold a birthday banquet for the Queen.
"If you really don't want to go, you don't need to accompany me. After all, your body has not really recovered yet, so you won't be blamed for coming to the palace."
In the Prince's Courtyard, Mrs. Cui, who had just finished sorting out the account books, said to Xu Mingyi, who was sitting next to him eating snacks.
Xu Mingshi bought the snacks as a gift, and they were all Xu Mingyi's favorites in the past.
At this time, she swallowed the rose cake in her mouth, took the handkerchief Akui handed her, wiped the corners of her mouth, took two sips of tea, and then said: "Mom, I'm almost healed. I've been stuck at home recuperating for a long time.
Since I haven’t gone out for a walk, my mother asked me to follow her and join in the fun.”
"I thought you didn't like these occasions in the past." Ms. Cui's eyes were full of smiles: "If you want to go, just go."
Xu Mingyi smiled and nodded.
She did not like this in the past because she was too tired to cope with it, but now she can't just stay at home and wait for the nightmare to come.
There are many things she has to do. The first thing she needs to do is to listen more, read more and think more, so that her not-so-smart mind can be filled with more useful things.
"lady."
While the mother and daughter were talking, Qingying came in from the outside, saluted and said: "Mrs. Xiangningbo and the others are here."
"So fast?" Ms. Cui put down the tea cup in her hand.
She had just finished settling the account, and she hadn't even talked to her daughter for a while!
Qingying couldn't help but be surprised.
Madam actually complained that Mrs. Xiangningbo and the others came so quickly——
Xu Mingyi got up at the right time: "I just want to go to my second uncle's place, so I won't disturb my mother."
"Then go quickly. When mother wins the money, she will buy you food later!"
Xu Mingyi agreed to come down.
As long as it’s not ice powder——
She followed Mrs. Cui out of the inner room, greeted several women in colorful clothes in the hall one by one, and then left the Imperial Courtyard.
The card table was quickly set up, and while the four of them were chatting, Mrs. Xiangningbo looked at Mrs. Cui and said, "I haven't seen the girl in your house for a while, and she is really more dignified and beautiful now."
"It doesn't matter whose girl it is." Ms. Cui was not modest.
"So it seems that the rumor outside must be true?" Mrs. Wen, the wife of the Minister of Rites, threw a card out and said.
Mrs. Cui glanced at her: "What rumors?"
"There are rumors about the descendants of the king of Dingnan. They say that when old general Xu rescued people back to the capital, it was to celebrate your girl's family. The descendants of the king of Dingnan concealed their identities and lived in your house for many days. Because they were greedy for Xu.
The girl was so beautiful that she didn't hesitate to agree to the wedding - but later her identity was revealed, and she was kicked out by General Xu!"
It is well known to everyone that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is at odds with the Prince of Dingnan's Mansion.
Apart from anything else, it would be strange if these two families could get married.
"What kind of nonsense are these?" Ms. Cui laughed.
Although her Zhao Zhao's beauty is indeed very likely to make her fall in love with her, Wu Shisun has never been lucky enough to meet Zhao Zhao.
In the past ten days, she could hear various rumors almost every day about the rescue of Wu Shisun from the Zhenguo Palace. There were endless rumors, and they were not the same, but each had its own absurdity.
Because most of them have no influence on their government, they just treat it as a joke.
Anyway, it was not Zhao Zhao of her family who was being laughed at, but Wu Shisun, who was almost used for fun and who is now very 'lustful for beauty' in the eyes of everyone.
But this kind of thing is just a casual conversation at the moment. There are many things going on in Beijing, and it won't be long before they will be forgotten.
Xu Mingyi didn't pay much attention to these rumors.
She brought Akui to Xu Yun's courtyard.
"Is second uncle here?"
"Go back to my lady, the second master is in the study at the moment."
Xu Mingyi curled her lips and smiled.
I see that her second uncle has been very attentive to her affairs recently.
The door to the study room was ajar, Akui stepped forward and knocked twice before gently pushing it open.
Xu Mingyi walked in and saw drawing paper, pens, ink and other items placed on the large desk, but behind the desk it was empty and no one could be seen.
After searching the study for a moment, I saw Xu Yun sleeping soundly on a low couch next to the bookshelf.
"Second uncle..."
Xu Mingyi walked over helplessly and shook his arm gently.
"Why did you fall asleep again at this hour?"
According to the time when the second uncle usually gets up, he probably just got up soon - this house has been infected with sleepweed. I'm afraid there are other people suffering from narcolepsy, right?
"Zhaozhao..."
Xu Yun reluctantly opened his eyes and glanced at her, but he was about to fall asleep again.
Xu Mingyi hurriedly went to tease him again: "Second uncle, the painting you promised me has not been finished yet -"
Normally she wouldn't bother him, but the second uncle was so unreasonable, which really made people feel very unsure.
"There are things that can't be finished... If you can't finish them today, you can just do them tomorrow." Xu Yun turned over, with his back to her, and said vaguely: "If you are lucky and die,
There’s no need to do anything…”
"..." Xu Mingyi felt mixed after hearing this.
It's over, her second uncle seems to have become more and more depraved recently.
Looking at the half-drawn drawing paper on the desk, Xu Mingyi resisted the urge to give his second uncle two injections to wake him up, and sighed helplessly.
That's all, you can't force things like painting.
Whether she can give her this birthday gift depends on fate.
Xu Mingyi bent down and picked up the thin blanket beside him, half-draped it on Xu Yun, and then led Akui out of the study.
As soon as the master and servant descended the stone steps, they saw Zhan Yunzhu approaching with his servant.
"Zhao——" Zhan Yunzhu just said one word, and then quickly changed his words with a smile: "Miss Xu is also here."
Xu Mingyi smiled.
This kind of intimacy that seems to be revealed unintentionally is the easiest to make people believe that this is really a person who has calculations in every word and every word he says.
"Unfortunately Mr. Zhan came. My second uncle fell asleep in the study."
Hearing this, Zhan Yunzhu glanced at the study behind her and said with a gentle smile: "It's okay, I have nothing important to do. I just took someone out of the city to hunt some game yesterday, so I sent some over.
By the way, I’ve prepared a portion for you, but I couldn’t send it directly to you at first—you’re taking care of yourself these days, so you might as well make up for it.”
Xu Mingyi looked at the hare and other things in the hands of the boy behind him, and said softly: "I appreciate Brother Zhan's kindness, but my grandmother's death anniversary will be in five days, and it is inconvenient to see meat and fish in the house. These things, Brother Zhan,
It’s better to take it back and enjoy it yourself.”
She had heard Doctor Qiu say before that many game animals should not be eaten randomly. If you are lucky, it is possible to eat dead people.
Zhan Yunzhu was startled when he heard this, and said quickly: "I was negligent...I forgot about such an important thing. Yongkang, take your things back quickly."
The boy immediately responded and left the yard.
Zhan Yunzhu wanted to say something more, but he heard Xu Mingyi preach from the front: "Master Zhan, I have something else to do, so I will go back first."
The girl in plain clothes bowed slightly to him and left with the maid.
Zhan Yunzhu looked at her back and frowned slightly.
He always felt that Zhao Zhao was a little different from before. Although he still seemed careless about everything, he always felt that something had changed.
Could it be because he experienced poisoning?
…
Soon it was time to enter the palace for the banquet.
On this day, Xu Mingyi and Cui were sitting in a carriage together, recalling what happened in their previous lives.
In her previous life, she never went to the palace to attend the banquet due to illness, but she clearly remembered a major event that happened on this day.
——It was such an event that even she, who was in a daze during the illness, remembered it deeply.
