"Ah Yue, the Holy One has issued a decree asking our Yu family to bring Yuanyuan to a palace banquet on the New Year's Day. Are you sure that Yuanyuan will not suddenly riot when facing so many strangers?"
Yu Yiwu has been worried since he received the imperial edict.
After all, the emperor wanted her to take Yuanyuan to the palace. They would all be palace aristocrats, and the emperor and all the concubines in the harem would be there. If she frightened these delicate concubines, it would probably bring some trouble to Ah Yue.
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But the imperial edict was irresistible. Yu Yiwu worried about it all day long and even lost his appetite.
"Dad, don't worry, I will train Yuanyuan well."
Yu Shuyue didn't expect that bringing Yuanyuan back to the capital would cause such things. She had to take good care of it and prevent it from getting into trouble.
There is less than half a month until the New Year's Eve. During this half month, Yu Shuyue has been training Yuanyuan. Although she is obedient enough, she is still afraid of accidents.
Time passes quietly, and the day of New Year's Eve arrives.
On the day of the New Year, a palace banquet will be held in the palace. Officials of the third rank and above are invited to participate with their families.
Officials can generally only bring two relatives to participate. Gongyan usually starts from the Youzheng hour and ends at the Haichu hour, which lasts for one and a half hours.
During the last time of the day to watch the New Year's Eve, the emperor also gave time to his ministers so that they could watch the New Year's Eve together with their families.
"Miss, today is not only the New Year's Eve, but also the last day of the year. You are going to the palace to attend the palace ceremony. You must dress up well today."
While Shaoyao was painting Yu Shuyue's face, she kept talking.
"Don't be too outstanding." Yu Shuyue just said lightly.
Today, the emperor is particularly fond of the queen, and rarely goes to the palaces of other concubines to favor him, and they can see the emperor only a handful of times throughout the year.
It was not easy to see the emperor today. The empress in the palace must have put a lot of effort into dressing herself up.
At this time, as a court lady, she should be more low-key, but she should not be too plain, otherwise she would steal the limelight from others.
"Miss, don't worry, I know this."
Shaoyao was a little excited, but she still did not forget to be cautious when she opened Yu Shuyue's makeup package and took out the Luozidai inside.
This Luo Zi Dai is not only valuable in gold but also worth ten gold. It is also priceless and extremely rare.
When Yu Shuyue went to Jiangnan last summer, her cousin who was a businessman brought it back from Persia for her.
Her complexion was so fair that she didn't even need makeup. Peony applied a light rouge on her to add a touch of beauty, she used Luozida to draw a pair of eyebrows, and then put a flower hazel on her forehead.
"The lady is so beautiful."
Shaoyao looked at the girl in the bronze mirror who had fair skin and beautiful appearance, red lips and white teeth, a pair of crescent-shaped eyebrows, a flying bun, a golden phoenix in her hair, a golden phoenix in her hair, and a red gold ring between her ears.
The moon-encrusted white stone magnolia earrings made a crisp and sweet sound as the girl tilted her head.
"You know how to tease me, hurry up and change my clothes. Daddy and brother should be waiting impatiently." Yu Shuyue tilted her head and reached out to touch Shaoyao's forehead and said coquettishly.
Shaoyao put her into a white silk bamboo leaf stand-collar tunic, a moon-white embroidered bamboo-carved silk jacket, a very pale jade blue dress, and finally put on an off-white leopard print-trimmed fur cape for her.
After finishing dressing up, Yu Shuyue, her father and brother took Yuanyuan into the palace.
Half an hour later, Xuanwu Gate.
As soon as Yu Shuyue appeared, many people stopped and watched. Carriages and chariots were prohibited from passing through the palace, and no one was allowed to bring any weapons. The father and son of the Yu family jumped off the horse, and Yu Hengyue walked to the carriage.
She helped her sister get off the carriage, and behind Yu Shuyue there was a lazy lion lying in the iron cage on the carriage.
The three members of the Yu family ignored the curious or frightened looks of others and directly released Yuanyuan, put a chain on it and followed a eunuch directly into the Xuanwu Gate.
Yu Shuyue has raised Yuanyuan for three years and has never put any chains on her outside the Great Wall. However, because she is going to the palace, just in case, she has been putting chains on Yuanyuan for the past half month.
Let it get used to it and avoid a big reaction to the chain today.
Judging from the way it follows me around now, this proves that her half-month training is still very useful.
"It's so bold to actually bring a beast to the palace banquet. How could my father-in-law bring the Yu family in so easily?"
"In the past, His Highness the Crown Prince only brought those little birds he raised to the palace banquets. Why did the Yu family bring such a tall and mighty beast to the palace without fear of bumping into people?"
"Yeah, that's several times bigger than the prey hunted by Qiu Wei. It's really scary to look at."
Other officials looked at the Yu family's retreating figures and began to talk about it.
Just now, none of them dared to say anything in front of the three Yu family members. The most they could do was glance at them.
Now that they can no longer hear the voices, they start talking about everything.
As soon as Qi Jing got off the carriage, he heard several angry voices.
He glanced at those people, sneered, and said lightly: "It was the Holy One who personally issued the imperial edict before bringing the lion to the banquet. If Mr. Zhao is dissatisfied, you can go to the Holy One to complain."
"Young Master, what do you mean by this? It is the emperor's decree that the Yu family bring the lion to the banquet?"
Mr. Zhao didn't care about his sarcastic tone, and was more curious about whether this matter was true or false.
"Is it possible that I can still lie? If you are really curious, you can ask the Holy One yourself."
Qi Jing snorted coldly, actually daring to question him.
"Of course I'm not saying you're lying. I'm just a little surprised for a moment. Don't be angry."
Mr. Zhao also knew that he said something wrong, so he dared to accept the apology and said with a smile.
"snort."
Qi Jing rolled his eyes and was too lazy to waste time with them here. After watching Qi Xiuyao's carriage enter the palace gate, he stepped directly to follow it.
Although carriages, carriages, and chariots are prohibited from passing through the palace, there are always exceptions.
Qi Xiuyao, a bad prince, is the exception.
Although the emperor didn't like him, he gave him some innocuous privileges in order to keep his appearance and show that he still cared about his son.
"Wow, is this the big lion that Father said? I want to touch it."
The three Yu family members had just taken their seats. Yu Shu let Yuanyuan lie beside him and kept stroking the furry hair on its neck with his hands. Suddenly, a childish voice came from the front left position.
Yu Shuyue looked up and saw a little girl who was half cute and soft like a New Year painting doll. She was wearing festive red clothes. Her eyes like black grapes were full of curiosity. She stared straight at Yuanyuan.
I couldn't bear to blink my eyes.
"That is Concubine Shu's daughter, Sixth Princess Tiankuang. She is also the only daughter of the emperor. She is particularly favored. However, the little girl has a good temper and is not arrogant just because she is favored by the Holy Emperor."