Yu Ying asked, puzzled, "What's wrong, Princess? Is it not to your liking?"

Heyue shook her head and sighed, "Yuying, your memory has gotten worse. Why did you bring this up? You know I don't like red bean pastries, but you can't help wanting to eat them, and you're using this to tempt me."

Yu Ying's face was filled with fear, and she quickly knelt down: "This servant was wrong, this servant forgot about this matter, please calm down, Princess."

"Oh, why should I be angry? Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, I won't blame you." Heyue waved her hand, her expression very calm, but this only made Yuying more flustered, and she refused to get up for a long time.

Heyue reached out and pulled her up, comforting her, "Okay, why are you making such a fuss? It's nothing, am I that scary?"

Yu Ying then stood up, looking extremely guilty.

He Yue understood perfectly well that Yu Ying was merely following orders. She had long anticipated this day and knew that her personality was very different from the original Zhao Jia and He Yue. But one cannot pretend forever, so she could only be herself and deal with whatever came her way.

There's always a way out; she believed that one day they would accept her.

Yiergenjueluo walked in, and Heyue hurriedly got up, but Yiergenjueluo pressed her down with one hand: "No need to get up, just lie down."

Heyue lay down as instructed: "Why is Mother here?"

Irgen Gioro sighed, "It's all my fault, don't blame Yuying. These days your temperament has changed drastically, and you've done many outrageous things. I was worried that you'd come into contact with something unclean, so I had her test you."

"Huh?" Heyue opened her mouth wide, at a loss. Irgen Gioro gently stroked her face and chuckled, "Don't worry, your mother will no longer doubt you. You should take good care of your injury. Don't force yourself to do embroidery or anything like that in the future. If you can't, then you can't. Your mother won't force you. As long as you are well, your mother will be satisfied. Just remember, no matter what you become, you will always be your mother's good daughter."

Heyue hugged her tightly, her voice choked with emotion, "Thank you, Mother."

Regardless of Irgen Gioro's intentions, Heyue was genuinely grateful for her tolerance.

Perhaps she still had some doubts, but ultimately her feelings prevailed.

*

On the evening before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Heyue and Yanyue dressed up and, with the help of their maids, boarded a carriage to enter the palace with Lady Irgen Gioro to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

During the annual festival, officials of the third rank and above, as well as members of the imperial family, would bring their families to the palace to attend the banquet, and Heyue and Yanyue were among them.

At the palace gate, several people disembarked from their carriages and began walking with the palace servants.

Since arriving here, this was Heyue's first time entering the palace, and she was quite curious about it.

Yan Yue was already very familiar with the palace, so she wasn't that excited.

Along the way, Heyue looked around, and Yanyue reached out and tugged at her sleeve, scolding her in a low voice: "Don't look around. There are eunuchs and maids in the palace. Be careful if someone sees you and you get scolded."

He Yue awkwardly withdrew her gaze, focusing on her inner thoughts.

Since there was no Empress in the inner palace, there was no need to pay respects to the Empress. Following the eunuch leading the way, we arrived at the Qianqing Palace, where the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was held.

Entering the palace at the behest of the eunuchs at the entrance, Heyue was immediately awestruck by its magnificent splendor. Although she had visited the Forbidden City before, it was quite different from the Forbidden City at this moment, and the experience was naturally different.

Only when you are in the Forbidden City can you feel your own insignificance; no wonder everyone yearns for the Forbidden City.

Heyue didn't dare to look too much and obediently followed her mother to sit in her seat.

I looked around and saw that the Qianqing Palace was very large, but it was also full of people, with only a passageway in the middle.

Soon Heyue saw Fucha Yuxiu. Because Ma Qi was a first-rank official, Fucha Yuxiu and others were sitting in the front of her row, two or three seats away from her. The two could not talk to each other, so they could only wave to each other.

Fortunately, the emperor had not yet arrived, so everyone at the banquet was quite relaxed. He Yue waved to Fucha Yuxiu, greeted her sixth sister and mother, and then left.

Heyue and Fucha Yuxiu walked hand in hand to a secluded spot on the left side of the platform outside the palace. The night breeze was slightly cool on their bodies.

“Every palace banquet is so boring. In previous years you were the most able to sit still, but this time you're the one who couldn't sit still first,” Fucha Yuxiu teased her with a smile.

He Yue pouted: "Sitting there without being able to move is so boring. I'm not going to do stone carving."

The two men exchanged a smile, realizing that great minds think alike.

“Let’s wait outside for a while, then we’ll go in later. Besides, we can see the moon from here, unlike inside where it’s so suffocating,” Heyue complained softly. Fucha Yuxiu quickly covered her mouth and scolded her, “Why did you say that word? Be careful someone hears you.”

He Yue suddenly realized, nodded repeatedly, patted her chest, and secretly became alert. Then she suddenly chuckled: "We feel like we're doing something wrong, it's really novel."

Fucha Yuxiu was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "It's true, I find you increasingly interesting to talk to."

"Oh? Really? What was I like before?" He Yue was very curious about the impression Zhao Jia and He Yue had left on her.

Fucha Yuxiu pondered for a moment, her face tense, and slowly said, "In short, he's a little bookworm. He always spouts poetry and songs, like 'Flowers shed tears at the passing of time,' or 'Birds startle at the sorrow of parting,' yet he always acts so serious, making it impossible for anyone to feel sad." As she finished speaking, she couldn't help but laugh.

He Yue opened her eyes wide, and also wanted to laugh. It seemed that the original owner was quite an interesting person.

Just then, a gasp came from behind, followed by a shrill voice: "Why did you bump into me? Are you blind?!"

"Why are you yelling? You bumped into me yourself!"

The two were startled by the sudden sound, and then Heyue's expression changed. She recognized the voice behind her as her sixth sister's, but she didn't know who the other person was.

“It’s Wanyan Mingshuang.” Fucha Yuxiu frowned.

He Yue didn't know who Wanyan Mingshuang was for a moment, but she immediately thought of Wanyan Kang from Jin Yong's novels. They had the same surname!

However, Heyue did not indulge in her fantasy for long before she became nervous.

Seeing her bewildered expression, Fucha Yuxiu couldn't help but laugh and cry: "You really forgot? Wanyan Mingshuang and Sister Yanyue have always had a grudge. If they meet now, won't they start arguing? I don't think Wanyan Mingshuang will let it go easily."

Although Heyue didn't remember Wanyan Mingshuang, she wasn't willing to let her sixth sister suffer a loss. Upon hearing this, she immediately ran towards the direction from which the voice came.

The sound came from the entrance of Qianqing Palace. Yan Yue stood with her hands on her hips, her pretty face frosty, glaring angrily at Wanyan Mingshuang, who was about to enter the palace. Wanyan Mingshuang was also furious and pointed her finger at Yan Yue.

Yan Yue rolled her eyes and snorted disdainfully, "I'm a grown man, didn't you see me? You just bumped into me, and now you're accusing me? Have you no shame?"

Wanyan Mingshuang's fingers trembled with anger as she gritted her teeth and shouted, "You're lying through your teeth! You're clearly the one who deliberately caused trouble. I demand an immediate apology!"

"Don't even think about it!" Yan Yue refused to budge an inch.