That day, Song Yi brought a bunch of visiting cards and invitations.

"My Lady, these are the invitations and visiting cards I received in the past few days. They were all sent to me after I heard that you had returned to the capital."

Ning Xihua picked through the cards a few times and found that the tone of the visiting cards was respectful. Most of them were sent by young ladies from noble families who were on good terms with Prince Ning. They were of ordinary status and their families were mostly dependent on Prince Ning's Mansion.

The invitations were interesting, as most of them were from daughters of royal relatives or important officials of comparable status to Ning Xihua. The reasons for the invitations were varied, and Ning Xihua even sensed that these ladies were eager to gossip about her return to the capital.

Ning Xihua didn't want to accept any invitations at first, but the old man said, "You are too lazy to hold a welcoming banquet in the palace, but I, the princess of Ning Palace, can't be timid and stay at home, letting others look down on me."

Although she didn't want to get into trouble, the old man was right. She had to let people know that she was back in Beijing. A princess, she didn't show up at a social event after returning to Beijing. People would think something was wrong with her. So now she could only post posts here.

Finally, Ning Xihua picked out the most luxurious-looking invitation. When she opened it, she saw that the edges of the paper were painted with gold, the surface of the paper was sprinkled with gold, and even the ink used for writing was flowing with gold powder. She exuded an aura of nouveau riche.

Looking closely, she found that it was an invitation from the Fourth Princess, inviting her to a flower-viewing banquet.

The fourth princess, Su Yue, is the hero's biological sister and the heroine's close friend in the original book? My goodness, this is a banquet at Hongmen.

Song Yi was a little worried when she saw Ning Xihua picked out this invitation: "This fourth princess is arrogant and has always been at odds with the princess. If the princess attends the banquet, who knows what she will do to bully her."

Ning Xihua complained in her heart, it's more than just arrogance.

In the original book, these four princesses and the original self were simply known as the ghosts of the capital. A princess and a county lady could not be beaten, scolded or arrested, and they were always making trouble. The people in their family had to clean up the mess made by these two people all day long.

It just so happens that these two have been at odds since they were young. It is probably because people of the same sex repel each other and they cannot tolerate people who are more willful than themselves. In the whole book, except for the heroine, the original author is the one who fights the most fiercely with the fourth princess.

Since she had to go out anyway, and the invitation to the Hongmen Banquet had been delivered to her, it would be a shame not to go. It just so happened that she also wanted to see if Little White Flower was going to do something naughty with the Fourth Princess again.

On the day of the banquet, Ning Xihua boarded the carriage for the appointment. The venue of this flower viewing banquet was Wei Garden. It was heard that the fourth princess attached great importance to this flower viewing banquet and took great pains to borrow Wei Garden for the banquet.

Weiyuan is a royal garden located in the suburbs. Its most famous feature is its peach blossom forest that stretches for ten miles. Every spring, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, which is a beautiful sight.

However, because it was a royal garden, people were not allowed to enter at leisure. Countless scholars and writers left many famous poems even when they admired the beautiful scenery of the blooming peach blossoms from outside this small garden.

A few years ago, His Majesty gifted this garden to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had just returned to the country, in recognition of his contribution as a hostage in Ryukyu. This royal garden then became His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's private garden.

Speaking of the current crown prince, Ning Xihua didn't have any deep impression of him, whether in his original form or in the book.

The original book only wrote that when the current emperor first ascended the throne, he was troubled by internal and external troubles, and the Ryukyu Kingdom was powerful, so he had to send the crown prince to the Ryukyu Kingdom as a hostage in exchange for temporary peace. The crown prince was not welcomed back until the emperor's government was stabilized.

Unfortunately, the prince became weak and sickly after returning to his country and died within a few years. This led to the subsequent male protagonist taking the throne.

The original body was only focused on the male protagonist, and the prince stayed at home due to illness. She only glanced at him from a distance at the palace banquet and had no impression of him, not even remembering his appearance.

Ning Xihua thought that the death of the prince was probably due to the hero's contribution. If the prince could live longer and maintain his position, it would be equivalent to cutting off the hero's path to heaven. Then the Ning family might not repeat the same mistake as in the original book.

Ning Xihua secretly took note of this thought, and prepared to meet the prince when the time was right, she just hoped that he was not a hopeless person.

This time, it was heard that the Fourth Princess wanted to hold a banquet in Wei Garden, which had never been open to the public, in order to show off her favor, but was rejected by the Crown Prince.

Later, it took Concubine Sun more than a month of persuasion, and more than half a month of whispering in the emperor's ear, before the emperor finally interceded for the Crown Prince, who then opened most of the front courtyard of Wei Garden to the Fourth Princess for a banquet.

For this reason, Wei Garden was opened for the first time. People were looking forward to the beautiful scenery in the garden. The fourth princess' flower-viewing banquet was also held with great fanfare. I'm afraid all the young men and women in the capital have received invitations.

The carriage soon arrived at Wei Garden, and Ning Xihua got off the carriage carefully with the help of Song Yi.

It wasn't that she was stage-frightened, but she was attending a banquet today, wearing a formal dress with wide sleeves and a skirt that reached the ground, and with her hair in a bun that Song Yi had spent an hour combing for her. She really didn't dare to jump off the carriage like she had done in the past, for fear of falling...

Then, everyone at the gate of Wei Garden saw a graceful girl calmly getting off the luxurious carriage with the help of a maid.

Before I could be amazed by the girl's absolutely beautiful appearance and guess her identity, I saw the girl and her servants walking away among the flowers and willows, leaving only her graceful back that made people fantasize.

After entering Wei Garden, Ning Xihua felt that the trip was worthwhile just for the beautiful scenery.

The overall style of Wei Garden is not as solemn and majestic as the palaces in the capital, but more like the style of the Yizhou gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. Every detail is meticulously carved, and every step brings a new scene, revealing a subtle and implicit beauty.

Coupled with the bright peach blossoms that can be seen everywhere, the entire garden seems to be immersed in a sea of ​​pink flowers, adding to the dreaminess.

Led by the maids in the garden, Ning Xihua passed through various corridors, cave gates, and hanging flower gates. After admiring the beautiful scenery but almost getting lost, she finally arrived at the garden where the banquet was held.

Before the servant finished singing "Princess Yue Xi has arrived", Ning Xihua heard a slightly harsh greeting coming from the left: "Hey, isn't this our Princess Yue Xi?"

Ning Xihua looked sideways and saw a young girl wearing a pink long skirt with a golden gauze shirt on the outside. She was covered with pearls and jade and looked rich.

The girl was cute and held her head high with a look of self-satisfaction, as if she had written "I am the most glorious" on her face. Her originally delicate pink complexion was submerged in the peach blossoms of the same color. Her golden shirt was noble, but it also suppressed the girl's lively agility.

As expected, she is the fourth princess. Her sarcasm level is maxed out as soon as she opens her mouth.

When the fourth princess saw Ning Xihua turning around, she wanted to continue speaking to intimidate her, but she froze on the spot when she saw her turning around.

The words mocking her for her old-fashioned clothes, vulgar taste and mediocre appearance were suddenly stuck in her throat. They turned around in her mouth twice but she couldn't spit them out.