Xiao Heng returned from suppressing the rebellion, and seeing his worth increasing day by day, it was obvious that he was the crown prince. Emperor Yuanfeng had already begun to equip him with the staff of the Eastern Palace. Under such circumstances, when the palace said that it was going to hold a flower banquet, almost everyone thought of the purpose of this flower banquet.
It was precisely because of such speculation that the rouge shops, jewelry stores, and silk shops in the capital were doing extremely good business.
Apart from anything else, the Shen family sold a lot of Shu brocade alone. Except for some old-fashioned colors, other colors were in short supply. The Shen family's shop assistants ran to the boss overnight to ask him to open the warehouse and take out the materials that had been specially prepared to be taken out around the Mid-Autumn Festival.
It's not just the Shen's store that's like this, other stores are the same, especially the jewelry stores run by some master craftsmen. At this time, the stores are crowded with guests and they no longer receive ordinary guests, but only serve these distinguished guests.
Su Yao was also dragged to the Treasure Pavilion by Xianning County Lady and Wang Yuerong. After all, they were going to attend a banquet, and it was a flower banquet in the palace. Seeing that Su Yao was not so willing to go, Xianning County Lady coughed a few times to remind him: "The girls who will enter the palace at that time will all be outstanding girls from various families. No matter what, it is good to get familiar with them in advance. Now these shops like the Treasure Pavilion no longer come to the door to customize jewelry for ladies and girls. Everyone has to go to the store. Anyway, there is nothing to do, so let's go together and take a look at the excitement."
She was reluctant to go at first, but since the Princess of Xianning County said so and Wang Yuerong also wanted to go, after thinking it over, she agreed to go.
I first went to the Shen family's shop on Dongsi Street, and sure enough, it was packed with guests.
The Shen family's shop was also very sensible. They knew that the customers were all young ladies and ladies of status, so they no longer received ordinary guests and had vacated the upstairs for these girls to rest.
Shopkeeper Shen saw Su Yao at a glance, and hurriedly dropped the work in his hands to come over to greet Su Yao, and said with a smile: "Even if the young lady doesn't come, we are planning to visit you. The clothes you asked us to make last time are all ready and are about to be sent to you. In addition, our wife left a piece of silk for you. It is really beautiful, the color of spring water, and it sparkles under the sun. The master has only found three pieces in total. Do you want to take a look now? There is still time to make a set of clothes and ask Lao Zhou to hurry up and work."
Su Yao smiled and shook his head.
She knew how precious Liao Ling was, and Master Shen must have wanted her to wear it when she entered the palace to add glory to it.
But she had no intention of showing off with these clothes and jewelry. Seeing that within a short period of time, no less than three groups of people had come to invite Shopkeeper Shen to come over, she smiled and said, "No need to watch me here. I just came to take a look. You don't have to worry about me. If there is anything, I will naturally come to you. I will also send this Liaoling to the mansion with the clothes."
Shopkeeper Shen always knew that Su Yao was a man of his word, so he stopped trying to persuade him. He nodded towards Su Yao, had the things packed up, and went in to greet the guests.
In the private room upstairs, one could have a full view of the situation downstairs. A beautiful girl shouted loudly, "Mom!"
The woman who was still discussing the details with the seamstress responded and asked the seamstress to get the size and style first, then walked over and asked, "What's the matter?" She touched the girl's head and said, "Sixth girl, you must not make trouble! This is a matter that concerns your whole life, don't take it lightly, otherwise you will suffer the consequences, don't come back crying and complain to us."
Miss Yang Liu snorted and looked at her with some dissatisfaction: "Why do you always think the worst of your daughter? Of course I know this is a rare opportunity. I want to ask you, do you know who the person below is?"
Madam Yang followed her gaze and looked down. At first, she didn't care much. After looking for a while, she put away the contempt on her face, nodded and said, "The third young lady of the Su family, the Princess of Changning, has not been heard from for a long time. I thought... I didn't expect her to appear again."
Different from Su Yao who was famous all over Beijing in the past two years, Su Yao has basically disappeared from Beijing's social circles in the past two years. Even when the Pang family sent people to invite Su Yao, the Su family said that Su Yao was ill and needed to rest, and did not let her out.
If you think about it, it’s been two years since I last saw Su Yao.
Madam Yang sighed as she spoke. Of course she remembered Su Yao. Apart from anything else, his courage to race horses with Princess Ana and Princess Duoya on the grassland was not something that ordinary people could have.
But at this critical moment, Su Yao appeared again, and she was a little unhappy.
After all, those who can come out now would not be for anything other than the palace banquet.
Madam Yang calmed down and patted Miss Yang Liu on the shoulder: "Don't worry about these things, just take care of yourself. You know, your father and your grandfather both hope that you can shine at the palace banquet. After all, this is related to your own future and the future of our family."
Yang Bo had been the Prime Minister for so many years, and although he had not made any mistakes, it cannot be said that he was very close to Emperor Yuanfeng or that they got along well with each other.
The worst thing is that the Yang family has not been able to cultivate any outstanding descendants.
There is no need to talk about Master Yang, who is still only in charge of horse matters in the Imperial Household Department. He is not even as good as Xu Chong back then. The other brothers of the Yang family are not any better either, and some of them couldn't even pass the imperial examination to become a Jinshi.
There are no outstanding grandchildren.
Now Yang Bo has placed all his hopes on his great-grandson. He recently handed his great-grandson over to Old Master Yang for discipline, so that the family can have an outstanding scholar in the future. Without a Jinshi, it would be impossible for him to climb up and lead the family to prosperity for a few more decades.
During this transition period, if Yang An Ning, the Sixth Miss of Yang, could become the Crown Prince's Consort, that would naturally be a great thing.
Everyone in the Yang family cares very much about this matter.
Miss Yang Liu snorted and waved the round fan in her hand in annoyance: "I do want to stand out, but wherever Su Yao is, no one can surpass her in popularity. How can I stand out? This girl is simply a demon star. Isn't she sick? Instead of taking good care of herself, she comes out to make trouble at this time. I don't know what she is thinking!"
Madam Yang was a little troubled. This girl was simply spoiled and became extremely arrogant and domineering.