A quarter of an hour later, Mrs. Xue appeared in front of everyone with the second and third wives.

"Let's all get in the car." She smiled: "You can't go late, otherwise there will be no good spot to watch the fireworks at night." ”

Everyone laughed and got into the car, and Xue Jinyi saw that Mrs. Xue was waving to her, so she had to step forward.

"Mother."

"Jinyi, you and Caiyi can ride in a carriage with us."

A young girl timidly poked out half of her head from behind Mrs. Xue and looked at Xue Jinyi.

It was Mrs. Xue's second daughter, Xue Caiyi.

"Okay." Xue Jinyi nodded, and waited until Xue Caiyi got into the carriage before going up.

Mrs. Xue's chatting with the second and third wives was all interesting stories about other people's families, and she didn't say a word to Xue Jinyi along the way.

Xue Jinyi hung her head slightly and sat quietly.

The carriage came to the East Market, the street has already been carefully decorated, all kinds of lanterns are placed on both sides of the road, and the sunset reflects each other, beautiful, the passers-by are full of cheerful smiles on their faces, walking around among the lanterns, the small traders take the opportunity to shuttle through the crowd with their own goods to sell, everywhere is a lively and joyful, showing the prosperity of the capital of a country.

Xue Jinyi got out of the carriage and looked at the magnificent three-story building in front of her with some surprise.

Is the eldest princess's birthday banquet arranged in this big restaurant managed by Boss Sun?

The restaurant is richly decorated, and the name is the same - Huazhao Building.

There are heavy soldiers around Huazhaolou, and the people who come in and out are richly dressed people, and I think they took advantage of the birthday banquet to invite a lot of powerful people.

The Sun family is really good at business.

Xue Jinyi shook her head slightly, and heard Mrs. Xue speak, "Everyone will follow me to meet the eldest princess first, and then go with you." ”

Everyone followed Mrs. Xue to the second floor of Huazhao Building, which was newly decorated and full of flowers, which was the eldest princess's favorite peony flower.

Xue Jinyi saw a graceful and noble woman sitting in front of the peony screen, her hair in a bun with gold ornaments shining in the lamplight, and the soft light sprinkled on her smiling face, accepting the congratulations of the guests.

Everyone in the Xue family came to the hall and respectfully saluted the eldest princess, and then Mrs. Xue personally presented a congratulatory gift, and the two had an intimate whispered conversation, which caused the wives of other powerful officials to be a little blushing.

Xue Jinyi secretly looked at it, and there was a noble son sitting on the left hand of the eldest princess, and the person who spoke to him looked very respectful, thinking that his identity was extraordinary.

She shifted her gaze to the side and paused.

The person sitting behind the noble boy was slightly abrupt in a dark robe in a brilliant and gorgeous place.

The King of Chu is also here?

Xue Jinyi quickly looked away before King Chu's gaze met.

In the corner of her eye, a few young ladies standing in front of the noble boy said something to the king of Chu, the king of Chu was expressionless, indifferent like a piece of ice, the ladies smiled awkwardly, and continued to talk to the noble son.

"Don't look around," Xue San couldn't help but speak, belittling Xue Jinyi was her favorite thing to do, "There are no rules." ”

"Are you talking about him?" Xue Jinyi raised her chin and motioned for her to look at the noble boy who was greeting the nobles around her.

Xue San girl took advantage of the situation, her face turned pale, and she whispered: "Xue Jinyi, what are you talking nonsense!" ”

Second Mrs. Xue heard the movement behind her and glared back at her daughter.

Miss Xue San hurriedly shut up and bowed her head.

"Ugh." Xue Jinyi shook her head at her, when will the little girl have a long memory, don't provoke her? She won't tolerate it just because the other party is younger than her actual age.

After a cursory look, her gaze returned to Mrs. Xue, but unfortunately they only saw a distance of about ten steps, and they couldn't hear what Mrs. Xue and the eldest princess were saying.

The eldest princess was shaking her head and smiling bitterly, "My pot of Qinglong Lying Ink Pool has grown a lot of buds this year, but it has not bloomed as scheduled, and it is useless to call the gardeners in the palace to come and see, don't you think it's strange?" ”

"That's a little strange...... Mrs. Xue said, glancing at Xue Jinyi, "Maybe it has something to do with the rain this year?" ”

"Now, I'm looking forward to this pot of flowers blooming and adding more joy to my birthday banquet."

"Definitely." Mrs. Xue said faintly, the corners of her mouth hooked up with a helpless and smug smile.

After meeting the eldest princess, the juniors of the Xue family happily ran out to see the lanterns, while Mrs. Xue and the others stayed to eat and chat with other powerful wives.

Xue Jinyi was also about to leave, and Mrs. Xue beckoned to her, "Jinyi, come and meet the eldest princess." ”

Her steps froze, her hand holding the hem of her skirt pinched the fabric stiffly, and she walked to the eldest princess with a calm face, and bowed, "The courtier Jinyi meets the eldest princess, and Her Royal Highness is healthy." ”

The eldest princess looked at the inconspicuous girl in front of her with some curiosity and asked, "Is this the eldest daughter of Duke Wei?" ”

"Exactly." Mrs. Xue smiled and grabbed Xue Jinyi's arm, "Jinyi has been enlightened by the Bodhisattva, and she has become more and more well-behaved and sensible, and the Duke of Wei and the concubine are very relieved." ”

"I heard a little when I listened to people's small talk," the eldest princess looked at Xue Jinyi carefully again, and said with a little approval: "Now look, there is indeed a beautiful look of everyone." ”

"Yes......" Mrs. Xue said slowly.

Xue Jinyi frowned slightly, Mrs. Xue couldn't be so "kind-hearted", right?

She was pondering when she suddenly heard Mrs. Xue cry out in surprise, "Ah, Your Highness, look! ”

The eldest princess looked in the direction of Mrs. Xue's finger in confusion, and then a happy color appeared in her eyes, "Oh my God, it's incredible!" ”

Xue Jinyi also looked over, and saw that a pot of peonies placed on the side of the eldest princess was slowly blooming and budding, and the dark purple petals were opening layer by layer, and finally revealing the cyan flower center, as if a green dragon was lying on top of the dark purple pond water, showing its noble and elegant atmosphere.

The eldest princess's cry attracted the attention of everyone in the hall, and everyone had heard that the princess complained that the peony did not bloom on time, but now it suddenly bloomed, and the sound of whiskers and sycophants was so lively.

The eldest princess's fingers caressed the tender petals, and she still shook her head in disbelief, "I'm not mistaken, right?" ”

"You read that right, Your Highness." Mrs. Xue said with a smile, "It's just that the concubine is a little surprised that the peony bloomed when Jinyi leaned over, is it because she has Buddha qi on her body, which has been contaminated with the peony and made it bloom?" ”

"Oh?" The eldest princess looked at Xue Jinyi.

Xue Jinyi felt her heart beat pause for a few seconds, and her mind was a little dizzy, but there was an idea that was extremely clear at this moment.

She knew what Madame Xue was going to do, and she knew how she would defuse Empress Cai's anger!