After King An's Mansion left, Shen Nanzhi went to ask Shi's family, only to know that there was indeed a palace banquet that day.

Originally, the Queen Mother meant to ask Shi to enter the palace on the 14th, and the two just wanted to talk quietly, but they didn't expect the emperor to decide to hold a palace banquet, and felt that it was really inappropriate to have a palace banquet but not invite Shi, so they moved the date to 15.

Shi pulled Shen Nanzhi and instructed him for a while, why not to be too intimate with Shen Jiading, what Princess Na'an Although she looks kind, her means are very powerful, and Shen Nanzhi must be careful......

Shen Nanzhi shook his head and agreed, and only after reassuring Shi Shi vigorously did he escape from Chaoxiju.

In the blink of an eye, on the day of August 15, all the officials above the fourth grade of the palace banquet can be invited in, and bring their families into the palace to participate, which is a very cherished opportunity for many people, one to show their position, the second is to gather in the banquet, and perhaps they can also find a good husband or a daughter-in-law, and the third is that the affairs of Beijing are busy, and the officials above the fourth grade are already very busy, and there are many fewer opportunities to communicate on weekdays, and such a big banquet is a good opportunity to communicate.

Early in the morning, Shen Nanzhi was taken by Shi to enter the palace first. She was going to see the Queen Mother, and as for Shen Yao and Fang Yue, they would go later.

Shen Nanzhi sat in the carriage and dozed off, Shi was afraid that she would fall asleep when she entered the palace later, so he didn't wake her up, and only woke her up before arriving at the palace gate, and the two changed into a soft sedan chair in the palace and went to the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace.

Along the way, there were many people wearing palace uniforms, all of whom hung their heads in a proper manner, so that Shen Nanzhi could not go around generously, so he had to look around secretly with his head half-lowered - I only felt that the furnishings in the palace were really not comparable to ordinary places, the bluestone paved road was so smooth that it was almost impossible to see the gaps, and the tall red palace walls on both sides were separated by small worlds one after another.

Shoukang Palace is more remote, and on the way through several well-repaired gardens, Shen Nanzhi was a little curious, and he didn't see a woman who looked like a concubine.

"Today's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, in the past, the concubines only spent it with the emperor, and this year's banquet ordinary concubines will naturally not be on the stage......" Xu saw the concerns in his heart, Shi said.

These words made Shen Nanzhi break out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly looked at the faces of the grandmothers and eunuchs who followed him, but saw that there was some agreement between their eyebrows, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Shoukang Palace will soon arrive, here from the tilted head is also more magnificent than those small palaces outside, there is a plaque hanging on the top of the gate, handsomely wrote the word "Shoukang Palace".

The mama who led the way stepped forward to call the door, and soon a kind-hearted thirty or forty-year-old mama came out.

The grandmother was a Shi Shi, but her eyes were wet at the moment, so she saluted her: "Princess! …… No, it's time to call Madame......"

Shi's eyes were also a little moist: "Qiuguo, haven't you forgotten me all these years?" ”

"The slave doesn't dare to forget Madame!" The mother, who was called Qiuguo, lowered her head, and then reached out to wipe the tears on her face, "Madame, come in quickly!" The Queen Mother will get up early this morning and wait for you......"

With that, he welcomed Shen Nanzhi and Shi Shi in.

This time, the Shi family only brought a lotus mother with him, and Shen Nanzhi did not bring his subordinates in, mainly because he was afraid of too many people, and it was good to keep a low profile.

After passing through the hall and the courtyard, he arrived at the main house of Shou'an Hall, and Shen Nanzhi saw a woman in a gorgeous dress and jewelry sitting in it from a distance. ”

This voice directly shouted away the tears of two people.

Shi Shi stepped forward quickly, and before he could speak, tears flowed down his eyes, "Queen Mother, I haven't seen you for so many years...... Are you feeling better? ”

"It's all good, I'm all right!" The Queen Mother smiled and wept, and her sideburns were already gray.

Shen Nanzhi stood behind and looked at her secretly, and saw that the Queen Mother and her mother were indeed somewhat similar in their eyebrows. It's just that the Queen Mother should be in her forties this year, but a lot of her hair is white...... Although Shi Shi is weak, he is not so old, but the Queen Mother is ......

"This is your Sister An, right?" The Empress Dowager had already noticed the timid little man standing behind, and Shen Nanzhi immediately stepped forward obediently and knelt down and kowtowed to her: "See the Empress Dowager!" ”

"Good boy, hurry up!" The Queen Mother was also happy when she saw it, and directly reached out and pulled her up from the ground, looking up and down at her with joy in her eyes, "It's still a daughter...... I, I want to have a daughter, but I'm afraid of having a daughter......"

She should be afraid that her daughter will go out and kiss! Shen Nanzhi thought to himself. Thinking that the only son of the Queen Mother was killed after becoming the prince, I couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.

The Queen Mother had already led everyone into the main house and asked Mama Qiu to come to the excellent dragon well before the rain.

"Although there have been correspondence over the years, I still have to see my sister with my own eyes to know that my sister is really fine!" The Queen Mother smiled, and her hand with long armor held Shi's hand tightly, "Sister, you have a weak disease, and it is very evil outside, but my sister said in the letter that it is nothing, I ...... It's not worrying! ”

"Now that you see me, you know it's nothing, right?" Shi Shi smiled, "You still say that I, all these years...... It's not going to be easy, is it? Look at your hair so white, you're younger than me! ……”

When the sisters met, they naturally had endless words, and Shen Nanzhi couldn't interject it, so she had to sit obediently and stare at the tea leaves in the tea cup.

After talking for a while, the Queen Mother noticed Shen Nanzhi's boredom, so she smiled and asked Mama Qiu to call a eunuch named Dezi, and said: "You must feel bored when you sit in the middle of the house, ask Dezi to accompany you to the Imperial Garden outside, you can rest assured, Dezi is my face, with him with him, no one in the palace dares to embarrass you." ”

Although he felt very bored, Shen Nanzhi was still a little hesitant, looked at Shi Shi and asked for advice, Shi Shi smiled and nodded: "To the west of the imperial garden is the public palace, and the palace banquet will be held near there tonight, and someone will enter the palace in a while, you can go over and take a look in advance!" ”

"Then, the daughter will go out for a walk first!" Shen Nanzhi smiled, got up and saluted in a proper manner, and walked out of the Shoukang Palace with the eunuch named Dezi.