Chapter 3 Palace Banquet

  During the palace banquet, she was pushed into the lake, and when she was unconscious, someone held her back.

  When she was carried ashore by King Su, the shore was already full of people, and all kinds of eyes shot at her head in an instant, wishing to kill her.

  Drenched clothes were clinging to his body, and the lake was still cold in April, so she couldn't help shivering.

  Suddenly her body warmed up, and a manly cloak fell on her body impartially.

  She was just about to thank her, but the audience exclaimed. Looking for the reputation, I saw the gentle and gentle prince not far away, holding Su Xiang, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Su, slowly walking ashore.

   He was also rescued after falling into the water, but everyone looked at Su Qing with kind and joking eyes.

  Because she is the stunningly talented Su Qing, the prince's childhood sweetheart.

  Shen Mingjiao saw that Su Qing was also wearing a purple skirt.

  Looking at King Su's condensed expression for a moment, she realized instantly that King Su had saved the wrong person.

  Things have already happened, and finally the emperor came forward to marry the two of them. The difference is that Su Qing is the crown prince and concubine. And Shen Mingjiao, an orphan girl without father and mother, barely managed to get a side concubine of King Su, and this was because her parents sacrificed their lives for the people.

  After marrying into Prince Su's mansion, he thought that he would be made things difficult in every possible way. After all, without her, King Su might be able to marry Bai Yueguang, whom he longs for.

  Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the mansion, King Su hurriedly summoned her to the border. Everyone in the mansion was very respectful to her, and did not treat her poorly because she was obviously not favored. The chief housekeeper in the mansion was even more eager to hand over the housekeeping power, as if throwing some hot potato.

  Shen Mingjiao took over a thick pile of account books in a muddleheaded manner. Before she got married, a noble girl would be taught by her elders how to be a steward, but she was a little transparent in the Hou's mansion, so naturally no one thought of teaching her these things.

  So she began to take over the affairs of the inner and outer courts of the huge palace in a hurry. In the midst of this busyness, the depressed mood that had been accumulated for many years gradually became clear, and the days of walking on thin ice in the Hou Mansion seemed like a lifetime away.

   After a year like this, Shen Mingjiao has gradually adapted to the life in the palace. She went to the shop every day, listened to music, and lived happily ever after!

  As for Su Wang Feng Li Sheng, because of the tense border defense relationship with neighboring countries, he never came back. Everyone in the palace was afraid that she would be sad, so they always reported Su Wang's movements to her as soon as possible.

  Shen Mingjiao, however, wished that he would come back later, it would be best to take a concubine with ten or eight bedrooms outside, as long as she didn't cut off her expenses.

   After a few months, King Su finally came back. Shen Mingjiao was slightly nervous.

   King Su passed her by expressionlessly, as if there was no one like her in the palace.

  Shen Mingjiao didn't show it on the face, but she was really happy in her heart. Ignore it! As long as it doesn't affect her luxury enjoyment, you can ignore it however you want.

  So she continued to eat and drink carelessly, and held tea parties and flower parties in her spare time. Or invite a few friends to go to the mountain to escape the summer heat and soak in the hot springs.

  After ten years of this, King Su still didn't marry the main concubine. Outsiders all said that she seemed to be a side concubine, but secretly she didn't know how miserable she was.

  Shen Mingjiao smiled, if King Su wanted to guard his Bai Yueguang, let him guard it, so that there is no need to sacrifice the marriage from spirit to body. King Su is definitely a good husband who is 24 filial!

  Until the twenty-fifth year of Jinghe, King Yu forced the palace. She and a group of female relatives were trapped in the palace. In the chaos, she was shot in the chest by an arrow from the rebels.

   Withdrawing her thoughts, Shen Mingjiao casually picked up a piece of lotus stuffed pastry and put it in her mouth, her pretty eyebrows furrowed. Seeing this, Haitang asked curiously: "Girl, isn't it delicious? I heard from the staff of Yongfangzhai that this is their signature dim sum."

   "It's okay! The dough is not strong enough."

   After finishing speaking, he stuffed the box of lotus stuffed crisps into Haitang's hand.

  Happy and cheerful, Haitang ran away with the box in her arms.

  Actually, Yongfangzhai’s dim sum is one of the best in Beijing, but it’s still not as good as the dim sum chefs in Su Wang’s Mansion.

  Shen Mingjiao leaned lazily on the newly bought armchair, feeling a little worried.

  If possible, she still wants to follow the trajectory of her previous life to attend the palace banquet, then fall into the water, be accidentally rescued by King Su, and continue to live her life as a widowed top lady.

   It's just... Thinking back to her previous life, she and Su Wang got along pretty well, but now it seems a bit unreasonable to watch him miss Bai Yueguang!

   But she is really unwilling to miss such a good man like Su Wang. It is really hard to find such a husband who saves worry, effort and money!

  …

   Soon it was the day of the palace banquet. When Shen Mingjiao came over, Shen Mingyan from the Li family and the fifth girl from the third room, Shen Mingyao, had already arrived.

  Just seeing her, they were all stunned.

  The girl walking against the light was wearing a lavender skirt sprinkled with gold and tangled branches. The black hair is high, and only a simple plum blossom silver hairpin is inserted in the hair.

  Compared to the few people sitting surrounded by jewels and emeralds, her attire can be called shabby, even so, the moment she appeared, it seemed that everything around her became bleak.

  The woman is only 28 years old, but she has Zhang Yan's oval face, her eyebrows are green without melting, and her lips are red without spots, which truly interprets what is snow-skinned and beautiful.

  A face without makeup is three points brighter than makeup.

  A pair of captivating peach blossom eyes, and the blood-red tear mole at the end of her right eye, made her originally bright facial features more seductive and charming.

   Shen Mingyan lowered her eyes, her fingers clenched into fists unconsciously.

   Li Shi stared at the towering girl's chest that was about to come out, and the waist that was not fully grasped. Thinking of the face in memory, she couldn't help showing disgust in her eyes.

   Sure enough, their mother and daughter are the same, they are born to be charmers, but she has been mistaken all these years!

  She glanced at the few people, and said lightly: "Since everyone is here, let's go!"

  Several people got into the carriage, Shen Mingjiao rested her chin and looked at the bead curtain that shook from time to time, the carriage passed through the lively market, silently counting down to three, two one, and as expected, a strong smell of stinky tofu came over her face. She swallowed unconsciously.

   The familiar taste of Majia stinky tofu!

  Shen Mingyao stared at Shen Mingjiao's slightly sucking bright red lips, the handkerchief in his hand had already been twisted into twists.

  Originally, among the girls of the Shen family's generation, she was born the best, but now when she stood in front of Shen Mingjiao, her originally delicate and charming face was instantly compared to a cabbage.

  I didn't feel well in my heart, but on my face, I said softly with a caring tone: "Is there something wrong with Fourth Sister?"

The carriage was getting farther and farther away from the gourmet shop. Shen Mingjiao wrinkled her nose regretfully. When she heard Shen Mingyao's words, she pointed to her pretty face and raised her eyebrows in great doubt: "I look so good, five How did my sister see that I was uncomfortable?"

  Shen Mingyao's face froze, then he bit his lip and lowered his head in aggrieved expression, "I'm sorry! It's... I said the wrong thing..."

  The voice is mournful, and the operation is smooth and smooth.

  Shen Mingjiao rolled her eyes boredly, this kind of junior white flower doesn't feel a sense of accomplishment when pinched.

  Unfortunately, she didn't answer, but someone did.

  Seeing the grievance on Shen Mingyao's face, Shen Mingyan said with a face of disapproval: "Fourth sister and fifth sister are just concerned about you, and have no other meaning."

  Shen Mingyao tugged at Shen Mingyan's sleeve, "Third sister, stop talking, I can't speak..."

   "It's okay, they are all my sisters..."

   "Third sister, your clothes are so beautiful today..."

   "Third Sister..."

  It seemed that in order to isolate Shen Mingjiao, Shen Mingyao pestered Shen Mingyan with questions.

   And Shen Mingyan didn't know whether it was ignorance or what, she also answered patiently what the other party asked, looking like a caring and good sister.

  The two people in this room were chatting and laughing, while Shen Mingjiao, who was opposite, was still sitting motionless.

   I just don’t know about the performance of this pair of plastic sisters, as long as they are happy anyway.

  Shen Mingyan dealt with Shen Mingyao with her mouth, and from the corner of her eye, she glanced at the delicate figure sitting opposite her from time to time, staring at the lavender skirt on her body, her eyes were dim.

  In fact, she is not the original Shen Mingyan, she is from modern times.

  (end of this chapter)