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The invitation letter sent from the palace arrived as promised, inviting Yang Ningxiu and his three children to go. Yang Yuyao was originally a little surprised why there were no invitation letters from Yang Yixin and Yang Yihua, but then he thought about it and remembered that the parents of the twin brother and sister were not in Xiadu now, and the officials who were invited to this lotus feast were officials in Xiadu and their children, they also figured it out.

He didn't even have to feel unfair on their behalf, because those two didn't care at all. Especially for Yang Yihua, the poison in He Shun's heart has not been completely removed, so she is not relieved to let her leave He Shunxin's house!

The Lotus Fragrance Banquet was held during the day. After the officials retired from the court, they could go back and change the costumes they wore for the banquet, and then take their children with them to the palace again. For these officials and their children, it was a matter of honor to be invited by the emperor to a banquet.

But if you look at someone like Yang Yuyao who likes to sleep in, you will find this arrangement a bit torturous. After all, officials in the early morning court had to go out when they were ugly. Yinshi stood outside the palace gate waiting to enter, and Maoshi officially went to court. It was normal for the court meeting to last two hours. It's like a whole morning passed. Then he hurried home to change his clothes, and then went to the palace with his invited children, which basically meant no rest.

Yang Yuyao couldn't help but feel glad that he was not an official and didn't have to be tortured like this. He could even sleep until he woke up naturally, then change his clothes and comb his hair with the help of He Qianqing, eat a nourishing dessert, and wait leisurely for Yang Ningxiu to come back and take them on their journey. However, when it was time to set off, Yang Yuyao began to become nervous.

"You can't cover your face when attending a banquet..." Yang Yuyao felt a little panicked. After all, it was a banquet held in the palace. If you cover your face, it's hard to avoid being used by assassins to sneak in. Therefore, no one can wear a veil or mask to hide their true appearance. thing.

"Brother, don't panic. When the time comes, you will sit next to dad and I will be next to you. We can help you block other people's sight." Yang Yuxuan suggested confidently.

"...Okay, thank you." Yang Yuyao reluctantly agreed with a smile. Although there was no one blocking the most important thing in front of him, and it couldn't be blocked, the tall Yang Ningxiu and Yang Yuxuan were sitting on the left and right of him. On both sides, it can really help him block the sight from the left and right sides. But if possible, he hoped that he could be arranged in a secret corner without anyone sitting across from him. But Yang Yuyao knew that this could only be his delusion. With Yang Ningxiu's status, there was no way this seat was in a very remote position.

He Qianqing and Tao Yulian sent them to the door of the General's Mansion and watched the four of them get on the carriage. Yang Yuyao opened the curtain and looked at them, seeing them smiling and waving to him. The three brothers Yang Weicheng, Yang Weichi and Yang Weidao got into another carriage with Yang Li. They were all military attaches in Xiadu. Yang Yuyao guessed that the children of officials who seemed to receive invitations did not include those who were already married. Unless this daughter also becomes an official.

"Speaking of which, we should be able to see cousin Yang Xueqing today, right?" Yang Yuyao asked uncertainly after the carriage set off slowly.

"Of course." Yang Ningxiu replied with a smile.

The reason why Yang Yuyao had this question was because Yang Xueqing was the general guarding the palace and the Xia Capital. Of course she was in the Xia Capital and should be among the invited military attachés. But Yang Yuyao had met her son Tao Yi and her husband's son Tao Rui in the past few days, but he had never met her cousin. This gave Yang Yuyao the feeling that in their family, the female leader was the outsider and the male was the internal leader. Yang Xueqing was an extremely busy career-oriented strong woman.

Therefore, Yang Yuyao was not sure whether Yang Xueqing would still be busy with the security work of the palace during this lotus banquet, so that she might not be able to see him. But since Yang Ningxiu said so definitely that he could, he should be able to see it.

Their carriage stopped outside the palace. When Yang Yuyao got off the carriage, he saw that there were many carriages parked next to them. Although the banquet gave the invited officials enough time to go home, change into formal clothes, and take their children to the palace. But not everyone will do this. Xiadu is too big, and most officials cannot live close to the palace.

Although the salaries given to officials by the Xia State were large, the land price in the inner city of the Xia capital was even more expensive. Unless they are a family like the Yang family that has long taken root in Xia Capital, many officials, especially those without aristocratic families behind them, cannot afford to live in the inner city of Xia Capital. But it is more than enough to buy land and build a house in the outer city. Therefore, even if they live in Xiadu, it takes two or three hours for some officials to go to the palace from home, even by carriage. Morning court does not happen every day. These officials who live in outer cities can go to court one day in advance on the day they need to go to court. Good officials who live in the inner city can rent or live in their houses so that they can go to court on time. It's okay to live alone like this, but it's impossible for your family to go to someone else's house to stay together.

This means that these officials who live far away from the palace will not go home. Instead, they will put the prepared clothes directly on their carriages and change clothes on the carriage. As for their children, they will be asked to arrive at the designated place in the inner city in advance. , waiting for them to pick it up. This arrangement actually allowed these officials to return to the palace with their children earlier.

Yang Ningxiu took out the invitation letter and handed it to the soldiers guarding the gate for inspection. Although he was familiar with the officers and soldiers responsible for the inspection, even if Yang Ningxiu was the consort, he had to follow the procedures if he wanted to enter the palace.

"Hello, generals!" These officers and soldiers saluted Yang Ningxiu and the others. They belonged to Yang Xueqing's subordinates, so naturally they knew everyone in the Yang family except Yang Yuyao.

"I heard that General Ningxiu has found your eldest son? Did you bring the eldest son to the banquet today?" The officer in charge of this part of the work asked with a smile.

"Of course I did. His name is on the invitation." Yang Ningxiu replied.

"Let me see, your eldest son is called Yang Yuyao? Your young master and your daughter are both very handsome. I think the eldest son is also..." When he saw Yang Yuyao's face, the officer suddenly said They were speechless. The other soldiers were stunned when they looked at Yang Yuyao. Yang Yuyao, who felt that he had shown his face for enough time, slowly backed away and used Yang Ningxiu's figure to cover himself again.

"Oh my God!" The officer who came back to his senses ordered his subordinates to let Yang Yuyao and his party enter the palace. It wasn't until Yang Yuyao and his party disappeared into the distance that the officer held his forehead and exclaimed. “How could this eldest son of the general’s family be so incredibly beautiful?!”

"Brother, what's wrong?" Yang Yuwei asked in confusion when she saw Yang Yuyao suddenly stopped.

"It's okay, keep walking." Yang Yuyao, who suddenly felt a chill, replied.

The father-in-law who led the way led him to a large lake. At a glance, he could not see the other side of the lake. It was so big that people could not believe that it was actually a lake located in the palace. Yang Yuyao felt that the surface area of ​​this lake could reach It takes half a small town. However, such a big lake is just a scene in the palace. From this we can see how big the palace of King Xia was.

On this clear lake, there is a huge boat that can accommodate a hundred people docked. This is the main venue for the banquet. Before entering the painting studio, Yang Yuyao heard the faint voices of people. There were people in front of them who had already entered the painting studio. Halfway through, he was amazed by the beautiful scenery of green leaves in the sky and soft and graceful lotus petals. Stop and watch involuntarily.

"The lotus flowers are blooming particularly beautifully this year!" Yang Yuwei exclaimed.

Yang Yuyao looked at these lotus flowers. The lotus flowers in this season are naturally at their best, but compared to the pool in Jiangjun Mansion, the lotus varieties in this lake are more diverse, including single petals, double petals, red, Pink, yellow, white, and even light green. Each has its own beauty.

"This variety is the same as the one in the mansion. I don't know what its name is." Yang Yuyao asked curiously, pointing to one of the lotus flowers that was obviously a horticultural variety. This lotus flower has double petals and a large flower. The whole lotus is slightly white. It is light green, with a light pink smearing downward from the tip of the petals. It is a very beautiful and elegant variety.

"It should be called Beauty's Cheeks. When Yu Lian brought you into the palace before, you saw the flower and wanted to take a closer look, so His Majesty sent someone to dig up the lotus roots and bring them to the palace." Yang Ningxiu replied with a smile.

"That means the flowers in the mansion come from here?" Yang Yuyao confirmed with some surprise.

"Yes." Yang Weicheng also laughed, "It is said that this variety bloomed for the first time that year. Your Majesty, he likes it so much. If anyone accidentally touches a petal, he will fly into a rage. This lake There was a person who was specially responsible for taking care of it. At that time, everyone was frightened by him. They were afraid that if they accidentally broke the bud while rowing, they would be decapitated. But if Xiaoyao said he liked it, he would have someone dig it out. I’ve cut off the lotus root for you.”

"..." Yang Yuyao has doubts about Yang Weicheng's statement. Does Tao Zhengxi really dote on his grandson that much? Pampered so much that he can get things that no one else can touch?

Yang Ningxiu looked at Yang Yuyao's somewhat suspicious eyes and recalled the scene when she, Tao Yulian and Yang Yuyao were playing by the lake. Yang Ningxiu felt that their eldest son was very special since he was a child. At that time, the little and soft Yang Yuyao stood on tiptoes and held the lowest horizontal bar of the railing, and seriously asked if he could move the lotus he liked a little closer to the shore. With a pinch, he could get closer and look at it, but he just wanted to look at it, unlike other children of this age who asked to break off the flower.

Of course, Tao Zhengxi was also there at that time. Without his permission, no one dared to touch this variety of lotus. But Yang Ningxiu didn't know what Tao Zhengxi was thinking about before finally making such a decision. So he could understand Yang Yuyao's suspicion, but he couldn't explain it. How can it be so easy to figure out the thoughts of the king of a country?

"It turns out that the flowers at home were given to my eldest brother by the emperor's grandpa. I asked how other people could not have them, and dad and the others would never give them away." Yang Yuwei thought quietly to herself, "I really want to know how my eldest brother used to be." What did you say to Grandpa Huang?" Yang Yuwei couldn't help but peek at Yang Yuyao. The golden-eyed boy seemed to be able to turn into a beautiful painting just by standing there, regardless of the background.

Then she looked at Yang Yuxuan again, furious. She knew that Yang Yuxuan had known about this for a long time. Yang Ningxiu and the others had told Yang Yuxuan before but forgot to tell her. Maybe they thought that they were only about the same age apart. The one-year-old should know about the same things. She is not angry with her father and mother because they are both very busy. She was angry and asked Yang Yuxuan curiously before, but Yang Yuxuan just kept showing off. It means I know but I just won’t tell you. As if doing this would make him understand Yang Yuyao better!

They did not stop too much because of the lotus flowers in the lake, and walked onto the boat. The boat was large enough to effectively avoid the shaking of people when getting on and off the boat. Since they were all monks, they naturally walked more lightly, as if they were walking on flat ground.

Yang Yuyao hid himself between Yang Ningxiu and Yang Yuxuan, followed Yang Ningxiu, and Yang Yuwei followed him, looking wary like a little bodyguard. People kept greeting them along the way, but luckily no one asked about Yang Yuyao for the time being.

"There will be a banquet in a while. After eating, you can walk around here. You can also leave the boat and go below. There will be some activities, such as archery, poetry, etc." Yang Ningxiu said to Yang Yuyao through a message, and passed it on one by one. The voice introduced who greeted them.

Yang Yuyao noticed that the children brought by the ministers were not too young. The youngest was estimated to be ten years old, and more were in the age group of sixteen or seventeen to more than 20 years old. I don’t know if it’s to prevent the child from being too young to be managed. In addition, Yang Yuyao also noticed that there were many female officials in Xiadu. About one-fifth of the officials present were women, and they were not the kind of female officials who were in charge of the harem, but had the same official position as male officials. Moreover, Yang Yuyao also noticed that these female officials were all monks without exception.

"Xiao Yao, this is your cousin Xue Qing." Yang Ningxiu led Yang Yuyao to a woman and introduced her.

In fact, Yang Yuyao could guess that this woman was Yang Xueqing without Yang Ningxiu's introduction, because Taoyi was next to her. However, there is still a big difference between Yang Xueqing's real appearance and the majestic female general he imagined. Of course, this may also be because her dress today makes her temperament different from the past. She looked quiet and elegant now. In Yang Yuyao's view, she looked more like a lady than a warrior.

"Cousin, long time no see." Yang Yuyao greeted with a polite smile.

"Long time no see, Xiaoyao." She stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to touch Yang Yuyao's head, but she sighed softly and withdrew her hand. Decades seem to have just passed in a blink of an eye. The little guy back then has grown into a teenager who is about to become an adult. He no longer touches his head casually like in the past.

"That is the eldest son of the Yang family? The young man who was named King Shengmei?"

"This title is extremely appropriate."

"This child actually has such divine golden eyes! Although the Yang family has always had lighter eyes, can he actually show them to such an extent?"

"I originally thought that Princess Luo Fang's beauty would be hard to match in the world, but I didn't expect that her son would..."

"How could the son of a military attache be so beautiful? Even if his mother is the most beautiful woman in Xia Kingdom, this is too..."

"Such a stunning beauty, it's a pity that she's a man, so she's a woman..."

"Shouldn't such a beauty stay in the Xia Capital and enjoy herself? Why should she go to Yugui, a desolate place with poor mountains and rivers?"

Yang Yuyao simply said hello to Yang Xueqing, but he attracted the attention of almost everyone present. The dense gazes were like tens of thousands of insects crawling on him, making his hair stand on end, and this was still a sight. He was obscured by the people around him, making it impossible to see him. Yang Yuyao simply couldn't imagine how terrifying it would be if he were exposed to such public eyes alone.

Yang Yuyao didn't even have the thought to think about what these people were thinking after seeing him. Just their gazes made him so frightened that he wanted to run away, and he had already spent too much energy trying to behave normally.

"Yao...Xiao Yao, let's go find a seat and sit down!" Tao Yi said with difficulty, changing the title.

He likes to call Yang Yuyao Yaoyao, and Yang Yuyao also feels a little unbearable with this kind of overlapping words. It just so happened that after Yang Yuyao arranged for almost everyone in the Yang family to join Xunlian, Yang Yuxuan brought everyone in the family into the group, but kicked out Taoyi who was originally in the group. Tao Yi cried for father and mother and said that my mother is Yang Xueqing! Why am I not from the Yang family? But as the leader of the group, Yang Yuxuan asked him to go to Yang Yuyao and let him come back only after Yang Yuyao agreed.

Yang Yuyao didn't know why Yang Yuxuan made such a request, but he decisively seized the opportunity and asked Taoyi to change his words and stop calling him Yaoyao. In order to join the group, Taoyi had no choice but to comply. However, even though Yang Yuyao used this to make things difficult for him, Tao Yi still took the initiative to come over and get along with them with a smile.