Concubine Zhao Shu arrived at the Waterside Pavilion first. When she passed by the boat that Li Sixu and the others were riding on the lake, at that quick glance, Li Sixu felt the same as the fish beauty. She only caught a glimpse of her beautiful figure with fluttering clothes. .
Now that I got closer, I realized that she was a bright beauty with a curvy figure and a vague aura in her movements.
She frequently looked towards Li Sixu's table, and then whispered something in the ear of the palace maid who was kneeling to offer tea.
The palace maid nodded respectfully and brought over a plate of colorful jade paste.
"This is the reward given by Concubine Shu to the ten princesses."
The palace maid arranged the snacks and bowed before retreating. When she caught a glimpse of Concubine Zhao Shu looking over with a leering smile, Concubine Liu Xian was so angry that she cursed in a low voice: "Slutty fox!"
Li Sixu: "..."
The fish mermaid stared at the dim sum with eyes wide open!
Since Concubine Liu Xian took charge of Jiuxuan Palace, Linglongju's food has improved a lot. The fish beauty's mouth has been raised, and ordinary snacks cannot enter her eyes.
It's just that steaming the colorful jade paste is very complicated, and the ingredients have to be prepared three days in advance. It can only be made in the imperial dining room during palace banquets.
Such a delicious snack is a great temptation for the childish fish beauty.
The fish beauty quietly tugged on Li Sixu's sleeves under the table and looked at her pitifully with a pair of almond-shaped eyes.
Seeing Concubine Zhao Shu smiling squintingly and making moves with the murderous Concubine Liu Xian with her eyes, Li Sixu had an idea and took a piece of colorful jade paste and fed it to the fish beauty.
"This is Sisi's first time coming to this kind of palace banquet. The beauty next to Concubine Shu is as tall as a willow, and she is closest to our table."
Li Sixu asked curiously: "I wonder which palace the empress is from?"
"That's Liu Jieyu, Princess Yongmu's biological mother."
"Yongmu is upright and beautiful, benevolent and filial, and is very popular with your father."
Li Sixu did not eat the snacks that Zhao Shufei rewarded, but gave the snacks to Yu Meiren. This made Liu Xianfei very satisfied and she was willing to talk to Li Sixu more.
"With Jieyu's status, she is not qualified to sit with Concubine Zhao Shu, but today at the lotus appreciation banquet, the queen invited Princess Ding'an to the palace, and Yongmu was discussing marriage with Princess Ding'an and Wang Tongjiao's son. The queen is This is to promote Liu Jieyu."
It turns out that the Lotus Appreciation Banquet is a blind date banquet!
Blind date is really an eternal feast from ancient times to the present, no, from now to the ancient times.
It's just that Concubine Liu Xian said that Liu Jieyu was not qualified to sit with Concubine Zhao Shu, and the queen was praising Liu Jieyu. She was clearly telling herself that she was praising her and the fish beauty.
It seemed that it was because of Concubine Zhao Shu's provocation over a plate of snacks, but the rumors about smallpox and the note that night reminded her that Concubine Liu Xian was not such a simple person.
Li Sixu couldn't figure out her intention for a moment, so she continued to ask curiously: "That beauty sitting under Liu Jieyu?"
"Guo Cairen was a seventh-rank imperial concubine not long after he entered the palace. His brother Guo Xuji was serving as censor in the court, and he was highly regarded by the emperor. After accepting the favor, he was quickly promoted from imperial concubine to talented scholar..."
Li Sixu's heart felt cold.
In addition to being worried about the food at the Lotus Appreciation Banquet, her mother actually came to the Lotus Appreciation Banquet to meet her father.
There are so many favored beauties in Concubine Zhao Shu's palace alone.
Her mother is stupid and has no family background to rely on. How can she compete with so many outstanding beauties?
It's boring enough for so many women to rob one man!
But her father seemed to be her mother's obsession.
Only by letting her mother, the fish beauty, return to her favor can the worms in her body be forced out as soon as possible and her stupidity can be cured.
Know yourself and your enemy!
While Concubine Liu Xian was in good spirits and willing to chat with her for a few more words, Li Sixu wanted to continue questioning her, so Yang Guibin led the people from Shicui Palace into the palace.
Princess Yue also followed Yang Guibin.
Catching a glimpse of Li Sixu next to Concubine Liu Xian, she smiled softly and wanted to take the opportunity to sneak over.
The queen accompanied Princess Ding'an into the palace at this time, and Yue'er was held back by Yang Guibin.
"I've met the Queen!"
"I have met the Queen!"
Different from the last time we met at Nanxun Hall, the Queen wore formal court clothes during the Lotus Appreciation Banquet today, making her look even more graceful and luxurious.
Everyone paid tribute to the queen.
After being seated flatly, the lotus appreciation feast has officially begun!
First, the band danced and stepped on the golden lotus.
It was already dark at this time, and the small boats scattered on the lake were lit with lanterns and played with elegant music. When the dancers dressed in pink gauze skirts rotated and danced on the water pavilion, they looked like lotuses blooming under the night.
A gust of wind blew by, and the burning incense in the waterside pavilion spread. Smelling the elegant fragrance and listening to such beautiful dance music made people feel like they were in a misty fairyland.
Since it was essentially a blind date banquet, it was left to the princess and the ladies attending the banquet to show off their talents, so after a song and dance, the princess came on stage to play at the Queen's request.
With the simplified musical notation taught by Li Sixu, Princess Yue played the music that Yang Guibi asked her to practice very skillfully. Although her piano skills were not outstanding, her playing was smooth and graceful.
After playing the song, the queen said with a smile: "Yue'er's piano skills have improved a lot!"
The queen rewarded her with a string of pearls. Princess Yue was so happy that her little tail was raised to the sky, and she looked towards Li Sixu from time to time.
When Princess An came on stage to play the pipa, Yue'er couldn't sit still anymore and shook Yang Guibin's hand and made a fuss for a while.
After receiving Yang Guibi's nod, she bent down to touch Li Si Xu, pulled on Concubine Liu Xian's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Concubine Xian, can Yue'er ask Sister Si Si to go boating on the lake with her?"
After the fish mermaid finished eating a plate of colorful jade paste, the palace maid put all kinds of delicacies on the table during the banquet, and her mouth never stopped.
Concubine Liu Xian glanced at the fish beauty with pastry foam on her mouth.
Yue'er immediately said cleverly: "Yue'er, take Sister Sisi and Lady Fish together. Lady Fish can't sit still after eating snacks."
The people who come to the palace banquet are not here to eat. Even if they eat, they eat in small bites. There are really no people who eat in big chunks and happily eat like the Fish Mermaid.
However, the maid serving beside her was also stupid. Instead of persuading her master to order, she kept stuffing her with food.
Concubine Liu Xian wanted to remind her, but when she touched the innocent almond eyes of the fish beauty, she hesitated several times.
What could she do with a fool?
The fish beauty was sitting next to her, and she had already been looked at frequently by the ladies who came to the palace for banquets. Concubine Liu Xian felt that Jiuxuan Palace would be disgraced if she was kept by her side any longer.
"That's all, be careful when swimming in the lake!"
"The Concubine Xian is the best!"
Yue'er beamed and said, "Yue'er went to find the boat where the third brother was riding. There were guards watching the third brother. Yue'er made sure that Sister Sisi and Lady Yu were fine."
After returning to the palace from the Imperial Medical Office last time, Princess Yue hadn't seen Li Sixu for a long time and missed her so much.
She had been thinking about going to Linglong Residence to find Li Sixu, but she sneaked out of the palace and angered Yang Guifei. She was punished by Yang Guifei and was grounded. With the lotus appreciation banquet approaching, she could only be locked up in Qingzui Pavilion to practice the piano.
At this moment, she took Li Sixu and the fish beauty and slipped out of the waterside pavilion. She had a lot of things to say to Li Sixu.
