The palace banquet had to wait until night, but now it was daytime. So the queen invited the ladies to pass the time by appreciating plum blossoms. It was winter now, so walking in the snow and appreciating plum blossoms was indeed an elegant thing.
Han Yan pulled Deng Chan and followed the ladies. The familiar ladies naturally talked together, and even those who were not familiar with each other smiled and said a few words, and they became familiar with each other.
The so-called friendship between ladies at the banquet has a purpose. This family has a daughter who is old enough to get married, and that family has a son who is old enough to start a family. If the two parties ask each other about their family backgrounds for a while, they may become a good match.
Men's politics are played at the wine table, while women's politics are played in the gossip room of the family. And marriage is the biggest politics for women.
Han Yan was thinking wildly about these things. He caught a glimpse of Zhou's mother and daughter from the corner of his eye, and saw Zhuang Han Yan also surrounding a girl in colorful clothes. She didn't know what they were talking about, and her face was full of flattery. The girl was dressed in unusual clothes and had a proud look on her eyebrows, so she must have some background.
Zhuang Yushan felt Han Yan's gaze, turned his head, and raised a provocative smile on his lips. Han Yan was stunned for a moment, shook his head and stopped looking at her. He only felt that Zhuang Yushan was really stupid. There was nothing to be proud of in fawning over a girl from a wealthy family.
However, her mother should have inherited this skill of flattery. Han Yan looked thoughtfully at Mrs. Zhou who was chatting warmly with a bunch of ladies.
She is really a well-rounded person. She quickly eliminated the dissatisfaction of the ladies towards her and even began to accept her. This is not a good thing for Han Yan. What should we think of to stop it
Deng Chan saw Han Yan in a daze and pushed her: "Why are you dazed? Look at these plum blossoms, how beautiful they are!"
Only then did Han Yan come back to her senses. Following her gaze, a plum blossom bloomed on the branch. The fragrance was astonishing. Han Yan took a sip and felt drunk both physically and mentally.
This is a royal garden. The dozens of miles of land are all planted with snow-white plum blossoms. When a gust of wind blows, some plum blossoms fall to the ground. I don’t know if they are snow or plum blossoms. It is like a fairyland. It is really beautiful.
The ladies were also attracted by the beautiful scenery here. The queen set up a small table and seats in the garden, with exquisite snacks and fruit tea placed on the table. It was indeed a pleasure to enjoy the plum blossoms and talk here.
Han Yan followed Deng Chan and sat next to Mrs. Deng. Mrs. Deng was a kind-looking woman who was also very kind and loving to Han Yan. Ji Lan, Shu Hong and other girls helped Mei Lin arrange some fresh preserved fruits. Zhuang Yushan sat next to the girl in gorgeous clothes, his eyes glanced here intentionally or unintentionally, and he knew that he was making up right and wrong without having to guess.
There was no way to stop this. Zhuang Yushan had been ill-intentioned from the very beginning, and Han Yan had made her suffer such a big loss. According to her vengeful character, she would always get it back.
After talking for a while, Zhuang Yushan suddenly stood up and walked to her side: "Sister Yan'er, I want to go to the clean room. Please accompany me."
Han Yan almost immediately sensed that Zhuang Yushan had some bad idea for her, and instinctively refused: "Ask the palace maid to accompany you, I don't know the way."
Zhuang Yushan was reluctant and looked at her carefully: "I... I'm still afraid that we are sisters. Doesn't Sister Yan'er hate me?"
Having said that, if she refuses again, she means that she does not regard Zhuang Yushan as a sister. The ladies here are watching, what else can she say
Deng Chan also vaguely felt something was wrong, stood up and said: "I will go with you too."
Han Yan shook his head: "No need, I'll just accompany Sister Yushan. I'll be back soon."
This matter has nothing to do with Deng Chan, so don't involve her. Han Yan thought about it. After all, she was in the palace, and Zhuang Yushan didn't dare to do anything to her blatantly. She was just on guard. Her eyes passed over the girl in gorgeous clothes who had been staring at them. Who was this one? identity
The maid leading the way walked in front, while Han Yan and Zhuang Yushan walked behind. Zhuang Yushan always had a smile on his face. Although Han Yan was wary, he didn't know what she wanted, so he could only secretly hold a wooden hairpin in his sleeve.
This wooden hairpin was cut by Zhuang Hanming himself and given to her on her tenth birthday. Although the pattern on it is rough, you can still see the intention of the person who made it. At first she was too moved to bear to use it. Besides, as a lady from an official family, it was unreasonable for her to wear a wooden hairpin when going out, so she put it in a box and stored it. When she was sorting out her belongings after her rebirth, she found that the wooden hairpin was as bright as before. Zhuang Hanming must have used excellent wood at that time.
After putting everything to good use, she found a knife, sharpened one end of the hairpin to an extremely sharp point, and cut off a barb, which she used for self-defense. Although this hairpin won't be of much use when something unexpected happens, it still makes me feel better.
Zhuang Yushan had bad intentions now, so she had to be careful every step of the way. It's just... Zhuang Yushan has no one he knows well in the palace, so he shouldn't do anything stupid. To deal with herself, unless someone in the palace supports her. Han Yan thought of the girl in gorgeous clothes just now. She seemed to be of high status. Could it be that she was from the palace
What did Zhuang Yushan say to her to actually let that person help deal with her
Han Yan felt that he had no clue in his mind, so he simply took one step at a time.
The paths in the palace were complicated. The palace maid took Han Yan and Zhuang Yushan through countless paths and around countless corridors. Han Yan only felt that her legs were a little sore when she saw the palace maid stop: "Zhuang Yushan." Miss, we’re here.”
Zhuang Yushan took Han Yan and walked in. The royal clean room also had red tiles and red walls, which was very impressive. Han Yan just thought this in his heart, and then secretly spat at himself, what time was it, and was still thinking about which one was better, the clean room in the palace or the clean room in his own house.
There are three clean rooms in total. Han Yan and Zhuang Yushan each entered one. Han Yan had been vigilant from the beginning, always feeling that Zhuang Yushan would do something, so he kept staring at the clean room door after entering. , to prevent Zhuang Yushan from suddenly breaking in.
But after waiting and waiting, Han Yan didn't see Zhuang Yushan's movements. Feeling a little strange, he pushed the door open and called out: "Sister Yushan?"
The only answer she received was the sound of the cold wind.
Han Yan's heart froze, and she suddenly thought of something. She quickly walked towards the palace maid's position, but saw that the place was empty, with nothing in it.
After standing there for a while, she smiled helplessly. She had been worried that Zhuang Yushan would harm her or make trouble, but she didn't expect it to be this way.
Are they just leaving themselves here
Han Yan entered the palace for the first time, so naturally he didn't know the way around the palace. At this moment, they suddenly realized that the palace maid had just taken them along alleyways, and there were no eunuchs or palace maids along the way. This was too unreasonable.
Many places in the palace are actually very taboo, some involving secrets are forbidden areas. Han Yan was standing here now, there was no one around, and he couldn't help but start to wonder if this might be a forbidden area.
(End of chapter)