The legitimate daughter is reborn, her life is still with her

The emperor waved his hand for Song Yuhe and Zhou Jiaqing to go down. Xie Yuanfu loosened his grip on the tea cup and lowered his head, pretending to be a prince with low self-esteem.

Therefore, he missed the faint mocking smile on the corner of the emperor's mouth.

After half the drink, the emperor said he was a little tired, but his eyes fell on Xu Jingxiao.

The queen also understood the emperor's intention. Before the emperor could speak, she smiled slightly: "With the emperor and me here, you can't let go. The emperor and I won't disturb you. The palace banquet is being held today to congratulate the prime minister's son and his wife. Outstanding students of Pinghu Academy, you don’t have to be restrained, just feel free to do so.”

The ministers respectfully sent the emperor off, and Xu Jingxiao stood up and left the hall.

The princes couldn't sit still. Not to mention the prince, no one here didn't want to know the purpose of Xu Jingxiao's visit today. The princes also left after a while, trying to find ways to find out the news.

Participating in a palace banquet is the most tiring thing. You have to sit upright in the seats, and you can't make any noise at will. If you occasionally whisper to each other, you are afraid of being disliked by some nobleman. The rules are very heavy, so everyone left the table.

The eldest lady was a little tired after sitting upright for so long, and there was no familiar lady around her to chat with. She sat there blankly for so long, and while the emperor and empress were leaving together, she relaxed her back a little.

Chen Qing was originally not qualified to attend the palace banquet because of the low official status of his husband Wang Jingwen. It happened that his boss was unable to come because of something, so he asked him to come on his behalf. In case the emperor had something to ask for during the palace banquet, there was no one in the position of his boss. Not appropriate either.

Seats are ranked according to official position, so Chen Qing sits at the back.

The eldest lady was about to ask several girls to go back to the house. When she looked back, Zhou Jiahua's eyes were shining at the various delicacies on the table. The emperor and empress were there just now, so she could only look at them but not eat them. She was already so greedy. no.

Now let go and eat them one by one. If you put them in the house, they would feel a bit coquettish.

But in the palace, this was somewhat unpopular, and all the ladies around him were whispering and giving advice.

"Who is that girl in the red dress?" someone asked curiously, having never seen such an expression before.

"It's Zhou Jiahua, the concubine of the second house of the Marquis of Jing'an." The woman next to her covered her lips with her sleeves and said with a low smile.

Another person rolled his eyes at Zhou Jiahua and sneered: "It's true that a concubine can't stand on the stage!"

Zhou Jiahua's face turned red. She had never seen such exquisite dishes. Besides, as a concubine, she could only eat the dishes cooked in the imperial kitchen several times in her life.

Those sarcastic words came to her ears, and when she looked up, she saw that the people opposite her were also the legitimate daughters of high families that she could not afford to offend. Zhou Jiahua felt a little uncomfortable sitting there, neither sitting nor standing.

"Looking back at the virtuous families and countries in the past, success was due to diligence and frugality, and failure was due to extravagance. The third sister is good at frugality, which is a rare virtue. Since the third sister does not want to waste food, it is okay for my mother and I to wait for the third sister."

Although the eldest lady had a headache, she followed Zhou Jiaqing's words and sat down to wait for Zhou Jiahua.

If it weren't for Zhou Jiaqing's explanation, I'm afraid there would be rumors tomorrow that the prince's family treated the concubine harshly.

Several ladies also asked themselves to be bored and left. If they were outside the palace, they might be ridiculed. In the palace, every word and deed was secretly monitored by the palace and the eunuchs. If they accidentally told any noble in the palace, it would be implicated. It's not good to go to the family.

Therefore, when entering the palace to attend palace banquets, everyone is cautious in their words and deeds, and few people will deliberately embarrass others in public.

Zhou Jiahua's mind is simple and she can't think so much, and she never thinks randomly. Now that Zhou Jiaqing has solved the trouble caused by those ladies, she can now eat freely.

Looking at the increasingly empty hall, Zhou Jiaqing breathed a sigh of relief. The palace banquet ended successfully. It may be the only palace banquet that passed safely in these two lifetimes.

In the previous life, Li Yaxuan always acted as the matron of the Hou Mansion and brought Zhou Jiayun and her to the palace. The mother and daughter also used all their tricks and verbal provocations, which made Zhou Jiaqing never feel stable. Every time It was Zhou Jiaqing who couldn't stand other people's cynicism and lost his temper in public and responded with insults.

Now that they are not involved as mother and daughter, her status is not so valuable that people would not dare to do it, but her status is superior to that of most people, her temperament is calm and she does not antagonize others, and her talents and learning are there.

In fact, the more a legitimate daughter comes from a high family, the smarter she is. The ladies who have been carefully cultivated will become the mistress of the house in the future. They must have both talent and moral character. Who would turn against someone of the right status for no reason.

Unless there is deep hatred, no one is willing to deliberately become her enemy.

Li Yaxuan and the old lady were both from a small family, and their horizons were not as good as those of other ladies. They were also very secretive in educating their children, so they would find ways to provoke her and see her make a fool of herself.

After Zhou Jiahua finished finishing the delicacies in front of him and packed a few pastries, he reluctantly looked at the exquisite dishes filling the hall and followed the eldest lady out of the hall.

"Are you Zhou Jiaqing?" came a woman's arrogant voice.

Following her voice, Zhou Jiaqing looked up and saw a girl with gorgeous makeup and noble clothes walking over surrounded by palace maids.

"Princess Nan'an, you are walking too fast, I can't keep up." Ji Chengxi ran to Zhou Jiaqing out of breath and winked at Zhou Jiaqing.

After hearing Ji Chengxi's words, Zhou Jiaqing understood the identity of the princess after a little recall.

She is the daughter of Gao Ping, the emperor's biological sister. Gao Ping, who was over thirty, finally gave birth to a baby girl. It was Nan'an. He was very pampered towards her.

In the previous life, Xie Yuanfu had no quarrel with Gao Ping, but because of his status, he hated everyone in the royal family. He and Gao Ping and Princess Nan'an were also hated for no reason. After he ascended the throne, he used Nan'an as an excuse for bumping into him. Kill Nan'an and ***.

"My little girl, Zhou Jiaqing, has met Princess Nan'an." As Zhou Jiaqing greeted Princess Nan'an, people nearby also hurriedly came forward to greet Princess Nan'an.

The lady who hadn't gone far was naturally very curious. She stopped and looked over. Princess Nan'an obviously looked unkind.

The eldest lady blocked half of Zhou Jiaqing's body sideways, changed the topic, and said with a smile: "Princess Nan'an, you are late, the palace banquet is over."

"My princess is not blind, so she naturally knows that the palace banquet is over." Princess Nan'an's tone was full of disdain, and she looked at Zhou Jiaqing: "I heard that your calligraphy and painting won the first place. I have this one, I don't know how to match it. How do your paintings compare? Come and take a look!"

The ladies and ladies nearby heard Nan An's words and started talking in low voices. Princess Nan'an also liked calligraphy and painting. I am afraid that Zhou Jiaqing won the first place and she was dissatisfied. Wasn't this because she wanted to compete?