Xiao Lingyue and Chu Yuanqi were also talking in a low voice, but the content of the conversation was much more serious.
Xiao Lingyue asked: "Little Marquis, what do you mean by the birthday party of Concubine Shu?
Chu Yuanqi choked a little. He had just made an excuse randomly, not really for this matter, but when he saw that "Chen Wan" took it seriously, he couldn't make it clear, and he was a little hesitant for a moment.
Xiao Lingyue didn't care. She just felt strange: "I heard that Concubine Shu's birthday party was held in Jinhua Palace in previous years, and all the female family members were invited. Didn't she expect to invite male guests this year?"
Jinhua Palace is located in the harem.
The harem is where concubines and princesses live.
In addition to Emperor Zhaoming, he has always been a man who has stopped himself, and even the adult prince has to apply in advance to enter the harem.
Chu Yuanqi has already grown up and is the son of a foreign minister. It is logically inconvenient to set foot in the harem. Is Concubine Shu so proud that a birthday banquet will not only be held in a grand ceremony, but also break the palace rules and let the foreign men Entering the harem?
Is this a bit unreasonable?
Chu Yuanqi was stunned for a moment: "So you don't know yet?"
Xiao Lingyue: "What?"
"Although Concubine Shu's birthday banquet was in charge of Jinhua Palace, the banquet was held not in the harem, but in Ganquan Palace."
"Ganquan Palace? This name seems a bit familiar..." Xiao Lingyue frowned slightly.
Chu Yuanqi explained: "In fact, it is also in the palace, but it is located in the middle of the front and back harems. It does not get involved in the harem, and is also famous because the palace has natural warm springs."
Xiao Lingyue thought for a moment, and a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind.
She remembered.
Five years ago, "Miss Xiao" was invited to the palace and was plotted to push into the hot spring pool. He was forced to have a skin-friendly relationship with Zhan Beihan who was in the pool at the time, and was caught by a yelling palace servant. , ruined the reputation.
"She" is the legitimate daughter of the Xiao family after all, and her status is not low.
After the incident became a big deal, Emperor Zhaoming had to issue an order to marry due to his royal reputation, which led to the marriage between "Miss Xiao" and Zhan Beihan.
As a result, "Miss Xiao" committed suicide by cutting his wrist in the sedan chair. Xiao Lingyue was reborn and changed another person without knowing it.
Ganquan Palace.
It is where "Ms. Xiao" was plotted against back then.
It is also the place that completely changed the fate of "her".
Xiao Lingyue's eyes darkened and she said quietly: "The palace maid who came to deliver the invitation to me didn't say anything. Why did Concubine Shu suddenly think of holding a birthday banquet in Ganquan Palace?"
Chu Yuanqi smiled bitterly: "This is what I want to tell you, and I have also received the invitation."
Xiao Lingyue: "What does it mean?"
"Just as you just said, Concubine Shu's birthday banquets in previous years were held in Jinhua Palace. The invited female family members were all invited, and there was no restriction on entering and leaving the harem, but this time it was different."
Chu Yuanqi frowned and said, "Concubine Shu doesn't know what she thinks. Not only did she send invitations to the female relatives of various prefectures, she also invited many young masters from aristocratic families who had never been married, such as Xiao Xuan of the Xiao family and Hu Hongwei of the Hu family. Wait... I said that I wanted the birthday banquet to be more lively, so in order to facilitate the entry and exit of the male guests, the birthday banquet was changed to Ganquan Palace."
Xiao Lingyue understood: "So you were invited too?"
"Yes." Chu Yuanqi twitched his lips, "I'm also considered one."
After all, after he broke off the engagement with "Chen Wan", he is now free and has long reached the age of getting married, so he is naturally included.