Gu Hanzhang looked at Chaoli calmly, without any intention of retreating in his eyes.
Seeing this, Chao Li secretly said to himself, this man is really not thin-skinned. Even though his sweetheart is here, he still walks to their palace gate in a grand manner, yet he is so calm and composed.
There are five gates to enter the palace. The largest gate in the middle is for the exclusive use of the emperor, and no one else can walk through it.
In the harem, only during the wedding of the emperor and empress, the queen can enter through the main entrance. That is the only time she is qualified to go through the main door. Even the current queen mother is not allowed to use this door.
There is a five-meter city wall on the left and right sides of the gate, and each has a door to enter the palace.
And this door is the palace gate that can only be used by courtiers of third rank or above when entering the palace.
Because of the Chinese New Year, the wives and daughters of third-rank court officials can also enjoy this privilege and enter together. Therefore, the palace banquet requires the main wives and legitimate daughters to participate. It is also because the status of legitimate concubines is different, and concubines and concubines are not eligible to use this door.
There is also a small door next to these two doors, which is where officials of the fourth rank and below go.
The carriage that just drove to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion was parked at the door of the second palace gate on the left. There was no one queuing up at the fourth palace gate on the right, but the Shen family's carriage was still heading straight to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.
Come behind.
Its purpose is self-evident.
The civil and military court officials might think that it was Shen Fang, the Minister of Military and Aircraft, who wanted to have a few words with the prince of Zhenbei Houfu. In fact, Chaoli knew clearly that it was Shen Lianyi who wanted to go with Gu Hanzhang.
In the previous life, the Shen family entered the imperial palace together with the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.
"It turns out that this is the carriage from the Zhenbei Hou Mansion. I think I am very lucky today." A middle-aged male voice said.
Everyone looked up and saw that the curtain of the Shen family's first carriage was lifted, the coachman stepped forward to help, and a middle-aged man in dark purple court clothes stepped out.
This middle-aged man has a good appearance, and Shen Lianyi is about 45% similar to him. This man is Shen Lianyi's biological father, the Minister of Military Aircraft Shen Fang.
Gu Hanzhang nodded slightly and bowed his hands.
"Master Shen."
Everyone else in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion bowed together, and even Princess Desao had to lower her body and nod slightly.
Although Princess Desao was a royal princess, she was married to Gu Qinghan of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. Gu Qinghan had no official position, so her status was naturally inferior to that of Shen Fang, who had real power.
Even if you don't have to salute, you still have to show respect.
"You don't have to be so polite. Let's just enter the palace one by one." Shen Fang touched the beard on his chin and suddenly looked at Princess Desao, "Your Highness, my daughter entered the palace alone today. Her mother is not feeling well and has not come over. Can you please
Could you please help me, Your Highness the Princess, to take care of me?"
Shen Fang's words were really polite. According to his status, there are countless people who want to help.
However, the reason for this is that Shen Fang must have his own plan.
Chao Li knew very well that whether it was Shen Fang or Shen Lianyi, both father and daughter had only one goal, and that must be Gu Hanzhang.
When his thoughts came to this point, Chaoli looked at Gu Hanzhang.
However, Gu Hanzhang's face was expressionless and there was no emotion at all, so Chaoli had no choice but to give up.
Of course, Princess Desao would not choose to offend Shen Fang at the palace gate, and she also liked the talkative Shen Lianyi in her heart, so she nodded with a smile.
"Mr. Shen, you're welcome. This kid Lianyi is very lovable. No one will refuse."
Shen Fang seemed to be relieved and turned to look at the carriage behind him.
"Lianyi, please come down. The palace banquet will follow Her Highness the Princess later. You must not cause any trouble to the Princess, do you know?"
"Yes, father." Shen Lianyi replied softly.
Immediately afterwards, Shen Lianyi's figure emerged from the carriage. With the help of the maid, she stepped out of the carriage and slowly walked in front of everyone, feeling slightly blessed.
"Thank you, Your Highness Princess."
Princess Dessau was very satisfied. Every time Shen Lianyi saw her, no matter what the occasion, her etiquette was considerate enough.
On the other hand, my unlovable daughter-in-law is really bad at everything except making people angry.
"Okay, let's enter the palace. The inspection is almost done now." Princess Dessau said with a smile.
Chaoli felt that there was nothing to see, so he turned around to check, and then walked slowly towards the palace. Naturally, Qingyi did not leave behind, and also followed Chaoli.
Gu Hanzhang didn't show anything on his face, but his eyes were focused on Chaoli as if there was no presence.
I thought Chaoli would be unhappy and would glare at him.
As a result, she didn't seem to care at all and walked towards the palace with a natural expression, not caring about it at all.
Gu Hanzhang clenched his fists, raised his feet and quickly walked inside, ignoring your burning gaze behind him.
The palace banquet was held in the square outside the Jinluan Palace. At this time, the entire square was decorated with lights and bright red lanterns hung high, making it a joyful scene.
Today is also the day when the dividing line between the former dynasty and the harem is the most blurred, because even the concubines of the harem can come here to attend palace banquets, chat with the wives and daughters of ministers, or meet their mothers and sisters at home. , I don’t know how much more free I was than when I was locked up in the harem.
From Chaoli's point of view, the concubine that everyone envied, she felt pathetic.
All his youth and love were given to the same man, but it happened that this man had countless women in his heart, and the world, and had no time to care about the women in the harem.
So, no matter how much glory and wealth you have, what's the point?
There are three thousand beauties in the harem, and they finally have a child to take care of. However, there are many intrigues and intrigues in the palace, and the former dynasty is also involved.
The harem is not such a good place.
Not far behind Chaoli, Gu Hanzhang saw many colleagues and said hello to them, but he still noticed Chaoli out of the corner of his eye.
Chaoli walked around and occasionally turned around to talk to people. He could see Chaoli's expression clearly.
Her eyes were full of regret just now, and she didn't know why.
Gu Hanzhang was somewhat interested in Chaoli's thoughts and wanted to know what she was thinking just now.
However, the palace is not a good place to talk, and he will not ask now.
What's more, even if he asked, Chaoli wouldn't necessarily tell him based on his temperament.
Of course Chaoli didn't know that her expression had completely fallen into Gu Hanzhang's eyes. She just felt that the palace banquet was boring. If she hadn't been in the position of the Crown Princess, she would have been unwilling to participate.
"Ali, Ali."
Song Lingxin's voice sounded behind Chaoli, who turned around and showed a gentle smile.
In the previous life, because of the wedding night, Gu Hanzhang asked Chaoli to keep a distance from Song Lingxin, so Chaoli did not talk to Song Lingxin at the palace banquet in the previous life.
Even if he saw him from a distance, Chaoli would avoid him and pretend to chat with others.
If not for anything else, I was afraid that Gu Hanzhang would be unhappy.
Today, the two of them have not been affected.
"I was looking for you just now, but I never saw you. Are you here now?"