As soon as Fang Zilan and Zhuge Yu entered the capital, they were announced to the palace by Li Shengxuan. However, they only made some insignificant remarks, praising the Western Territory for doing well, and the Northern Territory being peaceful and orderly, and other such compliments.

Fang Zilan's face was a little uneasy, she just felt that she was praised too much and felt guilty. She was afraid that Li Shengxuan's next words would change the direction and make her fall high from the clouds in the ninth heaven, leaving her head bruised and bleeding forever.

After all, she knew that the higher you climbed, the harder you fell.

Fortunately, although Li Shengxuan said a lot, there was nothing special, so she put her heart back in her stomach and calculated that it was almost time for Li Shengxuan to send her and Zhuge Yu out of the palace.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she calmed down, she heard Li Shengxuan say: "The Xiahou family will arrive in Beijing soon. I asked the queen to hold a palace banquet to welcome them. Those who come are all my close people. When the time comes,

You two also come over to have some fun."

Lively? Fang Zilan felt her heart skip a beat. She didn't want to join in the excitement.

Unfortunately, Li Shengxuan did not ask for her and Zhuge Yu's opinions, and there was no room for negotiation in his tone. She could only nod in agreement, followed Zhuge Yu angrily, and allowed the palace officials to escort them out of the palace.

After the two of them left the palace and walked for a while, Zhuge Yu stopped and looked back at the dejected man behind him. He chuckled and said, "Of course I want to go back to Zhuge Mansion. Do you want Sister Lan to go back with me as a guest?"

Only then did Fang Zilan realize that she was following Zhuge Yu in the direction of Zhuge's Mansion, and hurriedly waved her hand and said: "It's getting late, I'll choose a good time to visit A ​​Yu's Mansion another day. I'll go back to the post house now.

"

She raised her feet and was about to leave, but suddenly she turned to look at Zhuge Yu as if she remembered something, "A Yu and I were tired from walking together today. It would be better to prepare carriages, horses, sedans and bring more people with us when traveling in the future. Even if

When it comes to the boundaries of the capital, it’s always right to be cautious.”

"Okay, I'll remember it." Zhuge Yu nodded and left with his long entourage.

In just a few days, the message from the palace arrived.

When the internal official sent the message to the post house, Vice General Cao had just bought back the eating fruits that Awan asked for. The two of them drank tea and ate fruits with Fang Zilan. While they were chatting and laughing, someone from the post house came to report that someone from the palace was here.

Fang Zilan stuffed her mouth with fruit and hurriedly packed it up. The internal official had already arrived in front of them, handed the post to her hand, and carefully told her the rules of tomorrow's palace banquet. She asked Awan to bring the money.

, stuffed it to the internal officials to express gratitude.

After the eunuch left, Awan took the post in his hand and read it over and over again before saying, "Just now, the eunuch said that you can bring people with you into the palace. I think people from aristocratic families will bring maids and servants with them."

What, who are you going to take with you?"

"Of course it's you and Lao Cao." Fang Zilan was still eating the fruit and said nonchalantly, "You two are the most caring people around me now. If I don't take you, who will I take?"

Awan put down the post with satisfaction, took a piece of fruit from the plate and took a bite, "This sounds quite right."

Vice General Cao couldn't help laughing at the side, "Miss Awan, there are many rules when entering the palace, you must be careful."

"Don't worry, I will stay close to our Lord Fang, and I promise not to mess around." A Wan was so well-behaved that she suddenly changed her voice mid-sentence, "But speaking of which, what are you going to wear to the palace banquet tomorrow?

ah?"

As soon as A Wan finished speaking, Vice Admiral Cao also looked curious. After all, in their eyes, Fang Zilan was either wearing a fancy outfit or a military uniform. It was rare to see her wearing brocade clothes.

Fang Zilan was amused by them and said with a smile: "Whatever I, a woman, can wear, it is naturally the dress of a lady."

"A noble lady?" Ah Wan laughed out loud, but suddenly remembered that she was indeed a noble lady and the concubine of the prime minister's house, and she couldn't laugh anymore.

Vice General Cao didn't know the truth, but he didn't dare to make fun of Fang Zilan casually. He just nodded in agreement and said: "Last time we had a banquet with the Wang family at Jinxi Tower, the boss looked like that. I would say he is no better than those in the capital.

We are all poor ladies."

"It's not that I'm worse than anyone else." Fang Zilan suppressed a smile and said quietly: "I just feel that even though I am as capable as a man, I am still a woman, and I naturally have to be as dignified and beautiful as a woman on weekdays. Do I have to live a rough life?

Only then can I prove that I am powerful and qualified to compete with men?"

"That's right." Ah Wan nodded thoughtfully, "It's okay to live as good as a man, but there's no need to make yourself look like a man."

Awan wiped her hands clean, turned around and took out their packages from the cabinet, rummaged for a while and couldn't help frowning, "But we were in a hurry to go to the West and came directly to the capital, and I stuffed some of your clothes in

The package is all wrinkled and out of shape. Is it too late to buy it now?"

"Just iron it." Fang Zilan said, taking the clothes from A Wan, looking at them carefully and choosing one, then asked A Wan to find the boy in the post house to get an iron, and iron the clothes by herself.

Flatten and hang to dry.

Awan and Vice Admiral Cao had nothing to do, so they went to prepare their outfits for entering the palace.

In the afternoon of the second day, Fang Zilan took the post with Awan and Vice General Cao into the palace, and went all the way to the Imperial Garden without any hindrance.

Zhuge Yu had arrived long ago and was talking to Li Shengxuan.

Fang Zilan took the two of them up to see the ceremony, and after a few words of greetings, Li Shengxuan said: "The queen took the Xiahou family to pay their respects to the empress dowager and the empress dowager. The two old people are too old and don't want to move around. It's just that

Here we come." After hearing this, she felt a little relieved.

However, there were so many people paying homage to Li Shengxuan that Fang Zilan didn't want to stay much, so he took A Wan and Deputy General Cao for a walk in the imperial garden.

But before she took a few steps, she heard Li Qiyou's voice, with a bit of surprise, "Master Fang, it is indeed you."

She turned back to Li Qiyou and bowed respectfully, "I have met King Yucheng and I want to pay my respects to him."

"Master Fang doesn't need to be polite." Li Qiyou took a step forward and walked in front of her, "Earlier, my grandmother and queen mother said that Master Fang had come to Beijing. I still didn't believe it. I came here to have a look at the palace banquet today. I didn't expect it to be true.

of."

Fang Zilan was keenly aware that Li Qiyou's self-identification had changed when he talked to her.

In the past, he always referred to himself as "my king" in the Northern Territory, but now he simply referred to himself as "me".

"Your Majesty, you don't want me to come to Beijing?" Fang Zilan raised his eyebrows, and Li Qiyou shook his head hastily, "What did Mr. Fang mean? You saved my life, but it's too late for me to repay you. I don't know what Mr. Fang will do this time.

How long can I stay in Beijing? You can also let me express my feelings."

"Your Majesty, you're welcome." She smiled slightly, politely but distantly, "It's my duty to protect Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you don't need to express your gratitude."

The two of them were going back and forth, and they were all visible to Li Shengxuan and Zhuge Yu who were not far away.

Fang Zilan: If you are awesome, then I am also a pretty and cute girl!
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