lucky star girl

Chapter 211 New Year's Banquet
Holding the note in her hand, Dong Shu thought about it carefully, then got up and went to the main courtyard, and told Mrs. Xu about it.

"Mother, I don't have anyone else I know in the capital, not to mention that this note is not signed, and I only asked me to meet at Qingxiang Tower in the city at noon tomorrow." Dong Shu said, and handed the note to Mrs. Xu.

When Mrs. Xu listened to Dong Shu's words, she already guessed something. After reading the note Dong Shu handed over, she still didn't tell her what she knew.

"Since it is a note sent by someone you don't know, just pretend you didn't see it. Rest at home these two days and eat more good food. After all, there is nothing to eat during the New Year's banquet."

As soon as Dong Shu heard Mrs. Xu mentioning the New Year's banquet, her attention was immediately diverted, and she hurriedly stared at the crescent moon with a puzzled expression on her face: "There is nothing to eat at the New Year's banquet? Shouldn't there be a lot of food for the New Year's banquet? Every time I Entering the palace, you can eat bad food."

Seeing Dong Shu's puzzled face, Mrs. Xu immediately smiled and shook her head and said, "There are a lot of delicacies in the palace, but think about it, it's so cold during the New Year's banquet, and the imperial dining room has to eat so much. Except The Holy Majesty also has a few empresses and King Duan who can eat hot food in front of us. The food in front of us may have been cold. In such a cold weather, if the food is cold, no matter how delicious it is, you may not have the appetite to eat it go down."

Speaking of this, the old lady Xu paused and continued: "However, the tea is always hot during the New Year's banquet, but it's inconvenient to drink too much tea, so it's better to bear it while you can. "

As soon as Mrs. Xu finished speaking, Dong Shu nodded clearly and said, "So that's the case, then I'll make up for it at home these few days, and put two pieces of snacks in my purse on the day of the New Year's banquet."

Hearing Dong Shu's words, Mrs. Xu didn't stop her from doing so. After all, she couldn't guarantee that this year's annual banquet would go smoothly.

Bring two pieces of pastries, maybe you can really pad your stomach when the time comes.

Because Dong Shu didn't intend to go to the appointment on the note, and Mrs. Xu didn't talk to persuade her to go, so in the next few days, Dong Shu stayed at home and waited for the arrival of the New Year.

Although Xu Shiqiu never came back, because the new year was approaching, they didn't have much time to think about whether he was on his way back, or if something happened again, and he didn't come back from northern Xinjiang at all.

On the early morning of the 31st, under the guidance of Mrs. Xu, the three families of the Xu family all worshiped their ancestors in the old house.

After the ancestor worship was over, Mrs. Ye, Mrs. Xu and Dong Shu were going to the palace to attend the annual banquet.

Jiang looked enviously at her sister-in-law and three younger siblings standing behind her mother-in-law, her heart was sour, but she also knew that her husband was neither an official, nor was she a county with royal blood like Ye Lord, so the annual banquet in the palace really has nothing to do with me.

Unless in the future, her family Yan Wei can be an extremely human minister and invite her mother to order.

Mrs. Xu could feel the sourness in Mrs. Jiang's body. She was also wearing imperial clothes today. After glancing at Mrs. Jiang, she looked at her and Mrs. Hu who was standing beside her and said, "Today we enter the palace, the second family You are in charge of the New Year's Eve dinner at home today in the old house."

After saying this to Mrs. Jiang, ignoring her surprised expression, Mrs. Xu looked directly at Mrs. Hu and said, "You are the eldest daughter-in-law of our Mrs. Xu's family, and your mother-in-law enters the palace as the chief of the county, so these things in the future It's all up to you. When Yan Qing asks you to order in the future, this matter will be handed over to your younger brothers and sisters. This year you will help your second aunt well, and next year when Brother Ning grows up, all these things will be done. It’s up to you to take care of everything.”

Listening to what old lady Xu said to Mrs. Jiang, Mrs. Jiang immediately put away the surprise on her face.

She understood that her mother-in-law meant to warn her that she was an elder, but after all, she was the second wife. Since the eldest wife had already married the eldest daughter-in-law, she would at most be a helper in the future, and she would not be able to take full responsibility.

But thinking that in the next year at most, he would need to go back to the old house during the Chinese New Year, Jiang Shi no longer showed envy.

Now that the old lady is still alive, they will get together for the New Year. When the old lady is gone, she will still be the head of their second room.

Seeing that Mrs. Jiang had figured it out by herself and didn't show anything wrong, Mrs. Xu looked at the grandchildren who stayed at home and said, "What should be said, grandma has already told you, and the family will leave it to you." you guys."

Xu Yanqing, as the grandson of Xu's parents, even though he was preparing to take the imperial examination since he was a child, he is not a frail scholar with no power to restrain himself.

There might be a big event happening at this year's banquet, and Mrs. Xu had already told him about it.

As for Xu Yanbo of Dafang, he was helping Xu Shiqiu to collect information recently, so he naturally knew about it.

On the contrary, Xu Yanlang and Xu Yanwei of the second bedroom, only Xu Yanlang who has been managing the family business outside recently noticed something was wrong, as for Xu Yanwei, he didn't notice anything wrong at all.

After seeing a few grandchildren, the old lady Xu finally looked at Xu Yanmo who was reported to be cold and stayed at home today, "Yanmo stays home with Yuan Xi, and must not go out."

Xu Yanmo is Ye Shi's only daughter, even if she is not married yet, because of Ye Shi's careful teaching, she can still sense that something is wrong today.

A few days ago, my mother refused to let me go out and released the news that I was infected with the cold. This morning, I even sent someone into the palace early in the morning to say that I could not enter the palace to attend the annual banquet.

Now seeing her grandmother telling herself again, she hugged her cousin who was about to pluck the flowers from her head tightly, then looked at the old lady Xu and said, "Don't worry, grandmother, I will definitely keep Yuan Xi with me today."

Seeing Xu Yanmo instantly understand what she meant, Mrs. Xu nodded in satisfaction and prepared to leave.

After explaining the family affairs, Mrs. Xu took Mrs. Ye and Dong Shu, accompanied by the eldest son, to the palace in a carriage.

Although Ye Shi and Dong Shu both had their own carriages, they still chose to accompany Mrs. Xu today.

Ye Shi knew that something important might happen in the palace today, and that it would be inconvenient for the family to separate.

As for Dong Shu, it was because Mrs. Xu had told her several times that she had to stay by her side all the time today.

As soon as the Xu family's carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, it happened to collide with the Zhang family's carriage. The two old ladies were helped out of the carriage by the juniors. After their eyes collided in the air, a flash of light flashed across their eyes. smile.

They have experienced a lot, and they are not as flustered as other people who sense something is wrong. They all understand that although what happened today is risky, once it succeeds, the identities of the two of them will be completely different in the future.

Since the two were of the same rank, they smiled at each other and walked towards the palace together.

But as soon as the two of them reached the gate of the palace, two young eunuchs quickly walked out of the palace gate. The two young eunuchs walked up to the two old ladies one from the left and the other from the right, and hurriedly pointed their obviously frozen bodies at the two. He saluted and said: "The empress has specially arranged for a sedan chair, and the two old ladies please get on the sedan chair."

As soon as the two finished speaking, Dong Shu saw a few familiar faces walking slowly carrying two not luxurious but exquisite sedan chairs.

After confirming that this was indeed Queen Hu's arrangement, the two old ladies got into the sedan chair with the support of the juniors from each family.

Today, there are very few women who can be given a sedan chair, except for the old ladies of the Xu family and the Zhang family, and only an old concubine of the royal family has this honor.

As for the old lady of the Hu family, they all walked to the palace of the New Year Banquet step by step with the support of their juniors.

Since the Hu family did not receive preferential treatment, everyone did not feel that what Queen Hu did was wrong.

After all, they all understand that the Zhang family is the fifth prince's natal family, and the Xu family is the fifth prince's concubine's natal family. After today, these two families will be completely different from before.

On occasions like today, naturally, the lower the rank, the earlier the people would come, so when Dong Shu and the others arrived, Ruo Da's palace was almost full.

It was the first time for Dong Shu to attend such a big banquet. She had been imitating the appearance of her sister-in-law Ye Shi, with a slight smile on her face, and followed behind Mrs. Xu.

Just when Dong Shu was thinking that she could keep following like this, she suddenly noticed a somewhat familiar gaze falling on her.

He quickly raised his head to look at that line of sight, but saw that the owner of this line of sight not only did not avoid it, but nodded at her.

Dong Shu didn't understand why Liu Shi looked at her like this. Although she was curious, she also kept in mind what her mother-in-law told her, that she could not leave her casually today, and had to follow her all the time.

Thinking of this, Dong Shu could only smile lightly and nod to Mrs. Liu as a greeting.

At this time, Mrs. Xu was talking to Mrs. Zhang about the marriage between the two grandsons and granddaughters. As a mother-in-law, Mrs. Ye naturally enthusiastically participated in it.

Dong Shu had been listening silently, and when she was listening to the two families talking about this matter, she suddenly noticed someone tugging at her sleeve.

"It's you, what do you need from me?" While talking, Dong Shu took two steps towards the outside. Although she was away from Mrs. Xu, she was not too far away.

The person who came was a second-class maid from Fengyi Palace. She was full of anxiety at this time. After seeing Dong Shu avoiding the crowd, she put her lips close to Dong Shu and said in a low voice: "Mrs. Suddenly weeping and laughing, Su Momo and Hu Momo couldn't persuade the empress, so they could only send their servants to invite you to have a look." As she spoke, the court lady also took out a jade plaque belonging to Fengyi Palace.

As soon as she saw the jade tablet, Dong Shu believed the maid's identity, and asked a little anxiously: "Your Majesty is still in Fengyi Palace at this time?"

"Exactly, it's time to come here soon, but the empress doesn't want to continue to make up." The palace maid said with more and more eagerness on her face.

Hearing the maid's words, Dong Shu nodded to her, then immediately turned back to the old lady Xu, and whispered to her that she was going to leave for a while.

As soon as Mrs. Xu heard Dong Shu's words, she immediately turned her head to look at the maid who was waiting there, and then she looked at Dong Shu and said, "Be careful too."

The reason why Mrs. Xu dared to let Dong Shu leave alone was also because she knew that Dong Shu was protected by someone.

Even if something really happened, no one could do anything to Dong Shu with the people arranged by Queen Hu.

Dong Shu also understood what Old Madam Xu meant, and after hearing what she said, she nodded seriously at her, then turned around and left with the maid.

It's just that Dong Shu didn't expect that as soon as she followed the palace maid out of here, a familiar palace maid walked quickly in front of her.

Seeing Dong Shu, the court lady hurriedly apologized, "Mrs. Xu San, the empress has stabilized her emotions at this time, Madam Su asked her servant to tell you that you don't need to go over." After saying this, she paused After getting off, he continued: "But the empress ordered you to stay with her later, and let you tell Mrs. Xu in advance."

Dong Shu was not angry when she heard what the maid said, but nodded obediently.

Just after she nodded, the later maid wanted to lead the maid who came to look for her back first.

Seeing the somewhat embarrassed look of the two, Dong Shu smiled and said: "It's okay, you have to go to work first, I will go back by myself."

This is just outside the palace, as long as you enter the door, there will be many maids and servants, and she is not worried about her own safety.

Hearing Dong Shu's words, the two maids hurriedly apologized and left.

As soon as the two of them left, Dong Shu turned around and prepared to go back, but she didn't expect that she was stopped by Mrs. Liu again after she took two steps.

(End of this chapter)