The invitation to the Queen Mother's birthday banquet was personally delivered to the door by the eunuch in the palace.
When the invitation came to the door, Shanshan was still in class. Nurse Chen saw the eunuch and hurriedly called Wen Yiqing back from the shop.
Along the way, Wen Yiqing thought it was a joke. When she saw the invitation with her own eyes, she subconsciously bit the tip of her tongue and felt pain, and realized that she was not dreaming.
"Father-in-law, was this invitation sent to the wrong person?" She asked in disbelief: "How come my children were invited to the Queen Mother's birthday party?"
The father-in-law smiled and said: "Ms. Wen, there is a name written on this invitation, do you think so?"
She opened it hesitantly and saw Shanshan's name written in square fonts.
"Is there anyone with the same name in the capital?"
"Ms. Wen, please stop joking. How can you admit your mistake?" The eunuch said, "There are still a few invitations to send, so we won't keep any more."
Nanny Chen hurriedly sent people out and stuffed a piece of filial piety into the eunuch's hand.
After the eunuch's carriage left, she hurried in. Wen Yiqing still stood blankly holding the invitation.
"Miss?" The wet nurse was overjoyed: "This is the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. Now you can enter the palace!"
"But why would you send an invitation to Shanshan for the Queen Mother's birthday party?"
"Sister Shan got to know so many people in the school, and she even made friends with the daughter of the eldest princess. Sister Shan kept thinking about it every day, maybe she got it through some means." The wet nurse said, "Look, there is Shan on the top. Sister’s name, it’s the Queen Mother’s birthday banquet, how could she get it wrong for such a big thing?”
Wen Yiqing hesitated.
She naturally understands what is going on in her little girl's head recently. It was nothing more than entering the palace banquet to find her father, but there was no way out. Because of this, Shanshan sighed in her ears every day, which almost made her ears feel numb.
But does her daughter have such magical powers? !
Besides, if that person is really at the palace banquet, if he meets him...
“Nanny, do you think you can’t go to this palace banquet?”
The wet nurse said "Ouch": "My lady, the palace can send invitations. At that time, I remembered Sister Shan and gave her the grace. If I don't go, how can the nobles in the palace afford to offend?"
Of course Wen Yiqing knows this.
The nanny didn't know that she was worried, and said overjoyed: "The Queen Mother's birthday is not far away, so the birthday gifts must be prepared first. Miss, there are you! Sister Shan, such a young child, must be accompanied by all the nobles in the capital. We are all at this palace banquet, this is a great opportunity, you have to dress up well, if you can make a few friends, it will be easier for you to do things in the capital in the future."
"You watch and prepare."
The wet nurse responded repeatedly.
In the evening, Shanshan returns home from school.
Carrying her book bag, she ran in cheerfully. The first thing she did when she entered was to look for her mother. My mother didn't find it, but she caught a glimpse of the invitation on the table.
Shan Shan didn’t think much about it. When she was in Yuncheng, invitations often came to her door, and many acquaintances invited her to join them for banquets. She put down her book bag, picked it up and opened it.
She can read and even recognize her own name. He glanced at it slowly, then opened his eyes wide, and looked back again.
The Queen Mother’s Birthday Banquet…
Wen Shan...
Entering the palace...
Shanshan's eyes slowly lit up.
She turned around and ran out with the invitation in hand.
"mother!"
"mother--"
"mother----"
Wen Yiqing was in the study room and sighed when he heard a familiar call.
Sure enough, not long after, my little girl pushed in the door. She ran too fast and tripped over the threshold, but she managed to stabilize her body in time. Shanshan's eyes were bright and he jumped into her arms holding the invitation.
"Mom!" Shanshan was crazy with joy, "How did you do it? Did you really get it? Mom, can I enter the palace too? Can I find daddy?"
Wen Yiqing frowned: "You still ask me, didn't you get it?"
"It's not me." Shanshan held the invitation as if looking at a priceless treasure. She couldn't put it down and touched her name with the fragrance of ink on it, and said happily: "Mom, you are the best."
"..."
She turned around and ran out again: "I'll go talk to Brother Shitou!"
Shanshan not only told Shitou, but also told everyone he met at home. He just wanted to put the invitation on his face and let everyone in the world know the news.
In the evening, Shen Yungui's carriage stopped at the door.
Today he is still dressed in rich clothes, looking elegant and flamboyant. He is carrying a box of snacks and personally delivers last month's dividend from Zhenbaozhai. Seeing that it was getting late, I naturally accepted Shanshan's invitation and stayed to have dinner together.
Naturally, Shanshan did not forget to share the good news with him, "Uncle Shen, my mother and I are going to the palace soon to attend the Queen Mother's birthday banquet."
"Really?" Shen Yungui was surprised, turned around and asked, "How did you get it?"
Wen Yiqing whispered: "I don't know either."
"you do not know?"
"Early this morning, the eunuch from the palace sent the invitation to my door. I thought he sent it to the wrong person, but Shanshan's name was indeed written on it."
Chen Yun returned and said, "Bring it here and show it to me."
The wet nurse hurriedly went to get the invitation.
The invitation fell into his hands. He checked it over and over again and said with certainty: "It's true. Look at this paper. It's a fine pink wax paper with gold and silver outlines. It's a royal thing, and ordinary people can't fake it."
"But……"
"What are you afraid of?" He looked over with peach blossom eyes and said with a half-smile: "Could it be that this invitation was obtained for you by a former top scholar named He?"
Wen Yiqing frowned: "Don't talk nonsense, it has nothing to do with him."
"Since it has nothing to do with him, then you should go even more." Shen Yun returned: "On such an occasion, people from Zhongyong's Mansion must be there, as well as Madam Xuanpinghou. You only know a few people in Beijing. They You won’t be so kind. No one in the capital dares to fake this. Once you receive it, go ahead and make them angry to death."
"I have cut ties with them, so why bother with them."
Shen Yungui paused for a moment, blinked his peach blossom eyes, and the smile on his face became even wider, "Why don't I accompany you to strengthen your courage..."
Wen Yiqing emphasized: "Shen Yun is back!"
He closed his mouth and let out a dissatisfied hum in his throat. From the corner of his eye, he saw Shanshan's round eyes looking at him curiously, so he took a chopstick and passed it over to block the little girl from watching the fun.
Then he secretly gritted his teeth and said, "It would be easy to refuse me."
Wen Yiqing: "..."
After dinner, he didn't stay too long and left quickly without waiting for his master to urge him.
Wen Yiqing gently grabbed her little daughter's ears and said, "You can't tell anyone about this again, do you understand?"
"why?"
There are still many people who haven’t said anything about Shanshan. She also wanted to tell all her classmates the good news again when she got to school tomorrow.
She couldn't understand those worries about conspiracy and conspiracy. Wen Yiqing only said: "There are still many people who can't enter the palace banquet. It will save them sadness."
Shan Shan understood immediately.
A few days ago, she saw that other classmates were able to enter the palace, but she couldn't go. Not to mention how sad she was. Especially when she heard Qi Qing show off, she was extremely envious and wished that that person was herself. She quickly wrote down her mother's words and thoughtfully said nothing more. Even when she went to school the next day and saw Wen Jiahe again, she couldn't hold it in. I couldn't hold it any longer, so I went home and whispered to my mother.
Shanshan is not lost at all. Now the first thing he does every day when he opens his eyes is to count the days on his fingers. He smiles and is so happy that he even eats two more snacks every day.
It seems that as long as she enters the palace, she can find her father!
A few days later, it was dusk again, and she and Shi Shi came home from school together.
The carriage suddenly stopped halfway.
Before Shan Shan could ask, someone lifted up the curtain and got into her carriage with a quick movement.
"Uncle Shen?!"
Shen Yungui held a brocade box, touched her head randomly, and said with a smile: "Shanshan, I have a good thing here, do you want to see it?"
"what?"
Chen Yungu opened the brocade box, and inside was a set of heads and faces, which were clear and dazzling with precious stones. Shanshan only took one glance and was immediately attracted to it.
Although she is still a child, she is also a little girl who loves beauty and can tell the difference between good and bad. She watched her mother dressing up every day. There were many beautiful jewelry on her mother's dressing table. She had seen all of them before, but none of them seemed as beautiful as the one in front of her.
"Look, your mother is going to the palace to attend the palace banquet soon." Shen Yungui coaxed her: "Your mother is so beautiful. If she dresses up well and wears this set of jewelry, won't she be the most beautiful person?"
Shanshan's eyes were bright and she nodded along with his words.
Shen Yungui raised the corners of his lips, feeling proud. His hard work these past few days was not in vain. He had drinks with the owner of Ruyifang several times and took out all the good things from the bottom of the box.
"But my mother said I can't take your things." Shanshan was disappointed.
Shen Yungui snorted, "Who said I wanted to send you off?"
"Do you have any money on you?"
Shanshan hurriedly took out his little goldfish purse and handed it to him eagerly.
Shen Yungui took out a penny from her little goldfish purse and was about to return the purse when he remembered something and raised his head to look at her and poured out all the money in the purse.
"It's not enough." He said, "Go back and tell your mother that you have chosen a set of jewelry for her and ask her to give you money to buy it."
Shanshan said quickly: "Uncle Shen, wait for me."
Shen Yungui was unconvinced.
He was waiting at a nearby teahouse with the brocade box, and saw the little girl driving the carriage home in a hurry. After drinking two cups of tea, the carriage hurried back again.
Shanshan was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and said eagerly: "Uncle Shen, my mother is not here, I have brought all my money over, have you seen enough?"
Her mother has been very generous to her recently, buying her many things and even giving her a lot of pocket money. She went to school every day, had nothing to spend, and saved a lot. She originally wanted to take advantage of the holiday to go back to school and take Shi Shi to eat delicious snacks, but why was her mother's jewelry so important right now?
That piece of jewelry was so valuable that Shanshan was afraid that he wouldn't have enough money, so he even brought his own toy puppy and many other items from Zhenbaozhai. He almost emptied his coffers of valuable things.
Shen Yungui didn't count the amount, confiscated all the jewelry, and then handed the jewelry to her.
"Uncle Shen, you are so kind." Shanshan said gratefully.
Shen Yun Gui'er said: "Just say you bought it from Ruyifang and don't mention me, you know?"
"Remember!"
Shanshan returned home happily holding the jewelry.
When her mother came home at night, she immediately handed over the gift as if she was offering a treasure.
This set of headdresses was dazzling, luxurious and dazzling. Wen Yiqing fell in love with it when he saw it and couldn't put it down, holding it in his hands.
"Shanshan, where did you get it?"
Shanshan remembered Shen Yungui's advice and said, "I bought it from Ruyifang."
There was also the logo of Ruyifang on the brocade box. Wen Yiqing did not doubt it and asked: "Where did you get the money?"
"I haven't used any of the money you usually gave me, and even mortgaged my puppy to him. I begged him for a long time before he was willing to sell it to me." Shanshan hugged her like a puppy. , the soft little milky voice coquettishly said in her arms: "Mom, put it on, it will look great."
Wen Yiqing was dumbfounded. When she saw her empty toy box, her heart felt even softer. There was no way she could disagree.
It was not easy to wait until the Queen Mother's birthday.
She put on the jewelry her daughter bought for herself, put on newly made clothes, sat in front of the dressing table, and carefully painted her makeup.
Shanshan also wore new clothes and new beads today, and was dressed up by the wet nurse. She swayed her little feet happily, thinking that she had just said goodbye to Wen Jiahe during the day. She listened to her mother and never revealed a word. If she saw Jiahe at night, her friends would be shocked!
There were also the palace banquets that Wen Jiahe had described to her, the delicacies from the mountains and seas in the imperial dining room, and countless delicious meals. Shanshan swallowed as she thought about it.
Of course, there is also her father! Before going out, she secretly said to Shitou: "Brother Shitou, if I find daddy, I will take you to eat the roast duck at Shiweilou when I come back! Eat two!"
Shitou nodded vigorously in agreement.
She held her mother's hand and got into the carriage together.
There are stars in the sky, and carriages from various palaces set off one after another. The lights are winding like gurgling water, and the stream flows endlessly, gathering at the gate of the palace city.
Shan Shan stuck his head out of the carriage and looked up at the majestic imperial city in front of him.
The palace with carved beams and painted pillars stands solemnly and silently, and the lights are brilliant, illuminating it as bright as day.
Inside, there are fragrant clothes and shadows on the temples, and the sound of gongs and drums is heard.
The Queen Mother's birthday banquet is about to get underway.
