The next morning, Princess Desao sent someone to tell Gu Xiyue to pack everything as soon as possible and prepare for today's palace banquet.
The palace banquet was different from the previous Mrs. Guo's birthday banquet. Gu Xiyue certainly understood that she could not treat it casually.
What's more, she had a big gift to send and leave at today's palace banquet.
At this time, Chaoli was still sleeping soundly. Perhaps because she had too close contact with Gu Hanzhang yesterday, she suffered from insomnia during the night and did not fall asleep until late at night.
"Miss, it's time to get up." Qing Yi knocked on the door of the inner room.
"Come in."
Chaoli, who was sleeping lightly, woke up immediately and gave orders to Qing Yi outside.
Probably because he didn't sleep well, Chaoli had a headache at the moment and thought he would have to rest for a while on the carriage to the palace.
When she thinks of carriages, she inevitably thinks of yesterday, when she and Gu Hanzhang would ride in the same carriage.
After what happened yesterday, Chao Li didn't really want to be with Gu Hanzhang. He was afraid that the two of them would feel uncomfortable again for some reason.
After freshening up, Qing Yi took out Chaoli's palace.
Today is a formal palace banquet, so it is natural to meet the emperor and empress. Regardless of whether the prince or the wife of an ordinary official, they all have to wear court clothes.
Gu Hanzhang is now the eldest son of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, and the grade of his court attire is naturally higher than that of his father Gu Qinghan. Gu Qinghan does not have an official position, but only has the false reputation of being a prince consort, and the color of his court attire is slightly lighter than that of Gu Hanzhang.
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Officials of the third rank or above of the Daqi Dynasty wear purple court clothes; princes wear dark yellow court clothes, princes wear apricot yellow, and princes wear moon white.
Nowadays, the emperor of Da Qi is very old, all the princes have been granted the title of prince, and the prince has passed away many years ago. Therefore, there are no apricot and dark yellow court uniforms, only moon white and purple.
The court clothes of Zhenbei Hou Mansion are purple, and Gu Hanzhang will also wear court clothes to enter the palace today.
When the court dress of the Crown Princess of Zhenbei Hou Mansion appeared in front of Chaoli again, she looked slightly dazed.
Originally, she should wear court clothes when serving tea to the Queen Mother on the second day of her wedding, but Chaoli knew that the Queen Mother didn't care about this, especially since Gu Hanzhang didn't wear one either, so she didn't go out of her way to change.
With Gu Hanzhang's high status and ability, the princes would naturally extend an olive branch to him.
At least in the eyes of the civil and military officials, Gu Hanzhang and the Zhenbei Houfu did not take sides.
Today should be similar to the previous life. I think it won't be long before Gu Hanzhang will chat with others, and even chat with Shen Lianyi.
Outsiders didn't know it, but Chaoli knew it very well. He had known for a long time that Gu Hanzhang had secretly taken sides. The prince had a very good relationship with Gu Hanzhang, and he used Gu Hanzhang in every possible way.
If you just look at it this way, Gu Hanzhang can actually be regarded as getting wind when the wind comes, and rain when he wants the rain.
"Miss, miss?"
Qing Yi stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Chao Li. She didn't know what happened to the young lady, but she fell into a daze when she saw Chao Fu.
Chao Li came back to his senses and smiled slightly.
"It's okay, change my clothes for me, but don't keep my mother-in-law waiting, otherwise I'm afraid there will be trouble. Today is the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, and it is also the Lantern Festival. I don't want to look bad with her, and I have to watch the lanterns in the evening.
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As soon as she heard the lanterns, Qing Yi's eyes lit up.
"Miss, can we go see the lanterns today?" Qing Yi asked worriedly.
No matter what, it is still the Zhenbei Hou Mansion. Even if Daqi's folk customs are open, it is not easy to stay outside for too long.
After today's palace banquet is over, there is actually enough time to go see the lanterns.
I just don’t know if Princess Dessau will criticize her if she goes out, saying that the young lady is not comfortable in the house, giving her an excuse to use the topic to her advantage.
Chaoli's thoughts drifted away, and she remembered that she also went out to watch the lanterns in her previous life.
Maybe she was unlucky, but she saw Gu Hanzhang and Shen Lianyi going to the river together, and then Shen Lianyi put a river lantern with a smile. She didn't know what kind of wish she made. Anyway, Shen Lianyi was very shy and almost wanted to Leaning on Gu Hanzhang's shoulder, the distance between the two was very close.
Originally, Chaoli had her eye on a lantern that she liked very much and was going to win it by guessing lantern riddles, but she realized that she had already won it. She could only change her mood and put out the lantern on the river, but she saw Gu Hanzhang and Shen Lianyi.
At that time, she hadn't noticed the affection between the two, she just thought they met by chance.
Chaoli stepped forward to say hello, but saw Gu Hanzhang looking at her coldly, then turning around and leaving without waiting for her to return home.
Even though something was wrong in his heart at that time, Chaoli still didn't think much about it.
Now that I think about it carefully, it still doesn't stand up to scrutiny.
After changing his mood, Chaoli didn't mind it so much now, even though he knew that the two of them would watch the lanterns tonight.
"Of course you can. Pack it up properly. Don't make any mistakes in the palace today. Fortunately, I am the Crown Princess and can bring a maid into the palace. Pay attention to your words and deeds. After the palace banquet is over, I will take you to see the lanterns. I’ll buy you a very beautiful lantern.” Chaoli said softly.
Qing Yi was so excited, "Yes, miss, I will be careful in my words and deeds today and will never embarrass the miss."
"By the way, if Chaozhen goes to the palace banquet today, you should pay attention to her. She will not give up easily. Be careful and don't let her take advantage of the loophole. She is not a person who gives up so easily. What I said yesterday, She sounds displeased, but she will ignite her fighting spirit and want to compete with me even more." Chaoli said after thinking.
"Don't worry, miss. If you see the second miss, I will definitely pay attention." Qing Yi nodded.
Chaoli was slightly reassured, "By the way, how are Lan Xin and Lan Cao doing lately? Are there any unusual behaviors?"
Qing Yi thought for a while and shook her head, "No, the marriage contract between them is now in the hands of the young lady. I don't think they dare to do anything. Don't worry, young lady. If there is really some evil intention, the young lady can send someone to have them released." Sell it and leave it to someone else to deal with."
"No, you don't know them very well. They are just looking for opportunities. If they can have the opportunity of glory and wealth, they will naturally test it out before taking any more risks. Let's just wait." Chaoli sneered.
Keeping them is just for convenience in the future.
The master and servant talked for a while, and then Chaoli walked out of the yard.
Outside Tingyu Pavilion, Gu Hanzhang, dressed in purple Chaofu, stood quietly, with his back to Chaoli and his hands behind his back.
Chaoli looked up and saw two bare tree trunks outside Gu Hanzhang's study.
At this time, Gu Hanzhang was quietly looking at the tree in front of him.
"Chaoli came late and kept the prince waiting for a long time." Chaoli looked slightly blessed.
Gu Hanzhang did not turn around, his eyes were still focused on the front. He didn't know whether he was fascinated by the green tree or whether he was thinking about something.
Chaoli stood up without waiting for his answer, straightened up and walked towards Gu Hanzhang.
Anyway, she didn't want to wrong herself.
After Chaoli had just walked two steps behind Gu Hanzhang, Gu Hanzhang's voice sounded.
"Does it look good? Do you know what kind of tree this is?"
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