Childhood Sweethearts of a Family: The Delicate Girl

Chapter 116

A few days had passed since she realized that there might be signs of an epidemic. Even if Lin Yuan didn't have that thought, she had to drive to the Pingyang Palace according to the date on the invitation card sent by the Pingyang Palace.

For the time being, the epidemic has not broken out, and the number of people infected is only a small part, which is not enough for the vast majority of people to pay attention to it.Therefore, the banquet in Pingyang Palace was not cancelled.

The Pingyang Palace is huge, and when Lin Yuan followed the little maid who led the way, she carefully wrote down the path she walked, and also observed a little bit of the places she walked along the way.In the main hall, Lin Yuan saw many people, mostly unfamiliar faces.

Sitting at the top is undoubtedly Princess Pingyang, who is nearly forty years old. Around Princess Pingyang, there are several young women dressed as women and two young girls who are about the same age as Lin Yuan and have not yet left the cabinet.In the guest seats, there are many mature or young women who are dressed in luxurious clothes.

Lin Yuan has met the Eldest and Third Princesses once, so at least she recognizes them.She thought to herself that it was as expected, which is not a good thing.

She still remembered how the eldest princess and the third princess wanted to make things difficult for her, and she didn't think she could get through it safely today.It's just that I don't know what kind of festival there is between my mother-in-law and this Princess Pingyang. When she was about to leave the house, she even said something to her.

Most of the people in the main hall were of higher status than Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan entered the main hall and greeted Princess Pingyang, the eldest princess, and the third princess one by one, but it didn't make people feel flattering or intimidating. No fear or dread is visible.

Princess Pingyang invited her to come, but she didn't seem to want to talk to her very much, she just said a few words casually, then called the servant girl to lead her into a seat and drink tea.

Surrounded by unfamiliar people, and no one came to say hello to Lin Yuan, she seemed to be isolated as she sat there.The other people around were all talking and laughing, but she was the only one who didn't pay attention to anyone and didn't take the initiative to talk to anyone, so she became that other kind.

Obviously, the people next to her didn't seem to want to talk to Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan didn't want to find boredom. She didn't ask these people for anything, so naturally it was impossible to please them.

Lin Yuan sat upright, drinking tea by herself, thinking about her own affairs, not paying much attention to everything around her.She had a relaxed attitude, as if she didn't realize that she was ignored by anyone, or that she didn't care whether anyone talked to her at all.She could notice that someone was watching her secretly. Although Lin Yuan didn't know why, she was not afraid after all.

This situation was finally broken until the appearance of the fourth princess. The fourth princess Li Yan appeared together with the second princess Li Xin.Lin Yuan has more contact with the fourth princess, but not very familiar with the second princess.

The second princess seemed to be pregnant now, and Lin Yuan watched her subconsciously move as she walked, similar to when her sisters-in-law had children.However, the second princess's body is not yet pregnant, and the weather is getting colder and she is wearing relatively thick clothes. At a glance, she can't tell that she is pregnant.

As soon as the second and fourth princesses appeared, some people who had surrounded the eldest and third princesses warmly greeted the second and fourth princesses.Even Princess Pingyang greeted the second and fourth princesses with a smile. There is no need to mention the daughters-in-law of Princess Pingyang and the two daughters who have not left the court.

Li Xin and Li Yan arrived late, and there were already quite a few people sitting in the hall.Princess Pingyang was instructing the servant girl to arrange a place for the second and fourth princesses to sit, but Li Yan smiled first and said, "I just saw that my younger sister of the Lin family is easy to sit on, and I just have something to say to her, the second emperor and I You can just sit over there."

Li Yan and Lin Jing are married, and Li Yan is not wrong to call Lin Yuan a sister of the Lin family.Princess Pingyang didn't like to refute Li Yan's words, and she probably didn't mean to care about her and the second princess. Finally, according to Li Yan's intention, she ordered the servant girl to lead them to sit next to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan got up and said hello to Li Xin and Li Yan, and the three sat down together again.Li Yan turned her head and said to Lin Yuan, "Are you here too? An invitation card from Pingyang Palace?" She smiled and said, "Come here if you come, just to ask about the news you sent someone to deliver two days ago. If you hadn't sent me the news earlier, I wouldn't have known about those."

"I will find out, and it's purely accidental. It's not serious, but my mother always said that I am a worried person, and I always think more, so I sent someone to send the news to the fourth princess's mansion."

After listening to Lin Yuan's words, the fourth princess smiled again and introduced her second sister Huang to Lin Yuan.Although the introduction was superfluous, after all, Lin Yuan and the second princess did not have much contact in the past, so it can be regarded as the first official meeting.When the fourth princess introduced Lin Yuan, it was tantamount to telling her Second Sister Huang that she thought Lin Yuan was a good person, and there was a bit of solemnity in it.

The tempers of the second princess and the fourth princess are somewhat similar but not exactly the same. The second princess has a calm temper at first glance, unlike the lively fourth princess.However, if the liveliness of the fourth princess was to be compared with Qi Yingyu's liveliness, it would be much worse.The second princess was kind and with Li Yan in the middle, the three of them had a pleasant chat. If the others wanted to intervene, they stopped thinking and didn't come to make fun of it.

Seeing this scene from a distance, the eldest princess and the third princess were a little bit embarrassed.From their point of view, being a princess doesn't need to be as enthusiastic as someone like Lin Yuan.Around them, there are always flattering and flattering people. Everyone only picks what they like to hear, and what they say to them is always nice.Now that's the case, why bother to care about such an inconspicuous person and lower his status?
The luncheon was held in the Dahua Hall, and there were many tables.As the second and fourth princesses, there was no reason to continue sitting with Lin Yuan.So Lin Yuan returned to being alone again, she took Qingping and Biyi with her when she went out today, and they will be waiting outside the main hall.

There were quite a lot of people in the main hall, but now they are going to the big flower hall together and there are maids coming in to lead the way. Even if it is not crowded, it does mean that there are so many people around.

When the little maid led Lin Yuan out from the main hall, another maid who was walking in from the outside almost bumped into Lin Yuan in a hurry, and Lin Yuan turned sideways to avoid it.The maid hurriedly pleaded guilty, Lin Yuan waved her hand, but didn't pay much attention to it. After all, the maid didn't get close to her.

Lin Yuan was led to sit down at a long red sandalwood carved table near several magnolia trees. White flowers bloomed on the branches of magnolia trees. The fragrance of the flowers was not strong, but it seemed to permeate the surrounding air, breathing One bite is full of sweet aroma.

After a while, there were people sitting on the left, right and opposite of Lin Yuan.Whether sitting on the left or right or opposite each other were people they didn't know very well, Lin Yuan and the others just smiled and nodded at each other as greetings, and then each waited for a while for the banquet to begin.

Sitting on Lin Yuan's left was also a young lady. Lin Yuan didn't pay much attention to this person when she was in the main hall, but now that they are next to each other, it's hard not to notice.

This young lady's surname is Fang, and Fang's family is not like most people who ignore Lin Yuan, but take the initiative to chat with her.What I picked was the topic of which shop in the capital had the best rouge, which shop had the best materials, and which shop had the most fashionable and novel styles, which both wives and young ladies liked to talk about together.Whether it was out of politeness or because the other party was mainly chatting but had a natural attitude, Lin Yuan responded to her words and chatted with Fang.

After Fang and Lin Yuan chatted about other things for a while, they took a curious look at Lin Yuan's skirt and asked with a smile, "I wonder what kind of incense Mrs. Qi is using today, it smells really good."

Lin Yuan never liked to use incense, and it was useless when she went out today.Now that Fang said this, Lin Yuan felt that something was wrong.She smiled, shook her head and said, "I never used incense."

Fang smiled, and lightly tapped a place on Lin Yuan's skirt with her fingertips, "Young Madam Qi doesn't need fragrance, this skirt is on the top...why does it seem to be stained with rouge or powder by accident?" Lin Yuan lowered her head to look at the hem of her skirt, there was indeed some powdery stuff on it, it wasn't very conspicuous, but if you looked carefully, you could see it.

Lin Yuan remembered that when she came from the main hall to the flower hall earlier, a maid almost bumped into her by accident. For a while, she wondered why this lady wanted to help her, whether she really wanted to help her or she didn't see it. For a while, I wondered whether to change clothes and get rid of the things on the skirt, or just to plan...

She thought quickly, and then asked Fang, "I don't know where the young lady's residence is? I have a chance to invite the young lady to drink tea and snacks, and chat."

Fang smiled and answered Lin Yuan frankly.I knew that the young lady's husband's family name was Liu, but I didn't expect that she was the daughter-in-law of the previous Minister of the Household Department.This young lady's father-in-law turned out to be his father's mentor.Before, she was not so sure about it, but now Lin Yuan was sure about the identity of the person she was talking to.

At the same time, Lin Yuan made her own decision.

She doesn't know what the other party wants to do now, and she can't speculate on the follow-up things through this little thing now.Lin Yuan is not a person who dares to gamble, so she doesn't like things that are too risky, so she doesn't plan to choose a coping method such as using the tricks when she can't guess what the other party wants to do.

Lin Yuan didn't dare to say that she would be able to deal with the situation immediately when she encountered a situation, so she chose to be on the safe side, and first dealt with the unknown powdery thing on the skirt.If the other party has a plan, then if she disposes of the things on the skirt, it will probably hinder their plan, and it may not be able to make the other party take the next step sooner.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan stood up, said something to Fang, left the seat, and found a little maid to take her to change clothes, Qingping and Bisha followed behind Lin Yuan.When she got to the dressing room, Lin Yuan took out a handkerchief and tried to get the powdery substance from the skirt onto the handkerchief. She wanted to try to identify what the powdery thing was.

Without other assistance, it was inconvenient after all, so Lin Yuan pulled off the red gold and white jade Bu Yao from her head again.The tassels hanging down from the skirt are just small flakes made of red gold, which are just right for scraping the powder off the skirt.With the help of this thing, Lin Yuan quickly collected as much powder as possible on the skirt.

The powder is dark brown. Now that she has very few things in hand, the smell is not strong, but there is still a special smell, and Lin Yuan can't help frowning.Sitting under the magnolia tree, even if she really sensed any scent, she would only think of the scent of the flower and would never think that the scent might come from herself.

Besides, it's important to note that it's really hard to find out without someone reminding her.

Lin Yuan leaned over and smelled it again, and felt that the smell was a little bit familiar.This is definitely not a spice - no doubt, after thinking about it carefully for a long time, Lin Yuan finally remembered where she had smelled it.

My elder brother once made a picture of her with musk-laced musk ink on the day he was born.Whether it is writing or painting, musk ink has a fragrance, and as long as calligraphy and painting are properly sealed, they can be preserved for a long time.According to my elder brother, it can also prevent the paper from being eaten by moths, and it can also prevent the paper from rotting.

At that time, my second sister-in-law was diagnosed as pregnant.The second brother also told the second sister-in-law not to join in the fun, saying that musk has a strong effect of breaking blood and removing blood stasis, and pregnant women are not only forbidden, but don't even smell it.

Lin Yuan thought that the second princess was pregnant, and thought that there might be someone else. Now, if the other party has this purpose, they are undoubtedly planning to plant this matter on her.She poured all the musk powder in the veil into the sink (toilet), and there was nothing left. Then she wiped the edge of the window with the veil, stained it with black mud and dust, and rubbed it on herself. Put it on the skirt, and rub it lightly, so that the skirt will return to the original feeling of being stained with a little dark brown powder.

There was a little maid who had been observing Lin Yuan who had not been in the dressing room for a long time and came out. She felt that there was nothing wrong with Lin Yuan's expression, and there was still some powder on her skirt, so she thought to herself She must have not noticed it. After Lin Yuan sat down, she quickly went to answer the question.

Lin Yuan came out of the dressing room, went back to the banquet and sat down, and noticed that a clever-looking little maid had run away, so she ordered Bi Yi to slip over and speak to the second and fourth princesses.At this moment, Lin Yuan's face was still as calm as before, and it was not at all obvious that she had noticed something wrong.

The young wife of the Liu family and Mrs. Fang still came over to talk to Lin Yuan as before, eating, drinking, talking and laughing together.Not long after, Biyi came back, Fuer told Lin Yuan that he had delivered the message, and Lin Yuan waited patiently.

After a good meal, everyone continued to sit and drink tea.It was almost time for a cup of tea, and everyone was invited back to the main hall to continue chatting together, but this time, not long after, the third princess suddenly cried out that her stomach hurts.

(End of this chapter)