Liu Shuyan was holding a basket covered with things in his hand, and he stopped outside the garden with Liu Shiyun.

It was still early to start the banquet, so Liu Shuyan brought Liu Shiyun here specifically to let Qin Peng get familiar with the temperament of the young lady from an aristocratic family in advance.

Liu Shiyun has been hanging around in the aristocratic circle for many years and has great interpersonal relationships. There is almost no aristocratic lady she doesn't know. Qin Peng was very grateful when he knew about Liu Shuyan's arrangement. He felt that Liu Shuyan was really a caring little confidant who made him feel very comfortable.

She went out in person to greet the brother and sister, and when she saw Liu Shuyan she smiled and said, "You're here really early."

As she spoke, she turned her head, looked at Liu Shiyun, and said with a smile: "Is this Miss Liu Er?"

"I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Liu Shiyun saluted with a smile, neither humble nor arrogant, and with a dignified demeanor.

She is now 23 years old, which is considered old in Qi State, but she has never married. It is said that there are countless people who come to propose marriage to her, but she rejected them all on the grounds that she is not interested in them.

The Liu family was open-minded and did not push their daughters to get married. Although Liu Shiyun was older, she was beautiful and had a good temper, so she was the one who picked others, and no one else picked her.

Qin Peng had considered marrying Liu Shuyan because of the Liu family's attitude, but when she met Liu Shiyun today, she couldn't help but feel relieved. She felt that Liu Shiyun did not seem to be difficult to get along with. She had dignified manners and a calm demeanor, and should be a person who could think things through.

"Miss Liu Er, you are so polite."

Qin Peng supported Liu Shiyun pretentiously and said with a smile: "I have heard that Miss Liu is like a banished immortal. Today I see that her reputation is indeed worthy of her reputation. If I had known that Miss Liu was of such a good appearance, I should have asked the master to help introduce her earlier."

"Thank you, Princess," Liu Shiyun followed behind Qin Peng and said with a smile, "In front of the princess, Shiyun is no more than a grain of rice. How dare she compete with a pearl for the glory of the sun and the moon?"

Qin Peng smiled and waved his hands.

Although she was smiling, she felt a little tired.

In fact, she was quite afraid of dealing with a girl as cultured as Liu Shiyun, but in order to leave a good impression on Liu Shiyun, she decided to use all her skills to show Liu Shiyun that she was a cultured person.

After chatting with Liu Shiyun for a few sentences, Qin Peng noticed that Liu Shuyan was carrying a basket, and couldn't help but be curious: "What's in this basket?"

"Princess, can you guess?"

Liu Shuyan blinked. Qin Peng knew that Liu Shuyan was a good picker of gifts. If he asked her to guess, it must not be something vulgar, but she couldn't guess what it was. After thinking for a while, she said, "Is it a painting?"

"No."

"Is it a bouquet?"

"no."

"What is that?"

Liu Shiyun chuckled softly, and Liu Shuyan lifted the cloth and laughed out loud: "It's a cake!"

Qin Peng was a little surprised. Liu Shuyan took out a cake from the basket and said with a smile: "I made it myself with peach blossoms. Would you like to try it?"

"A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen..." Qin Peng was a little bit surprised. Seeing Liu Shuyan raised his eyebrows, he couldn't help but smile. He bent over and took a bite of Liu Shuyan's hand. Then he raised his head and said with a smile in his eyes: "It's so sweet."

Liu Shuyan's hand trembled slightly and turned his head away.

Liu Shiyun watched from the side, smiling but saying nothing. But Cuixiang, who was behind her, was holding her handkerchief, looking full of resentment.

When Qin Peng saw Liu Shuyan turn his head away, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She always liked to play tricks on others, and she had liked to play tricks on Qin Shuhuai before, but Liu Shuyan was different from Qin Shuhuai. This man was too difficult to play tricks on, and sometimes he was even thicker-skinned than her. After finally succeeding once, she couldn't help but feel very happy, and turned to Liu Shiyun and said, "Look, your brother is blushing."

Liu Shiyun pursed her lips and chuckled, saying generously: "It's really not easy to make my brother blush."

Qin Peng couldn't help but feel a little fond of Liu Shiyun's frank attitude. He suddenly felt that there was a reason why Man Xuan Kyoto liked this girl.

She walked forward, took Liu Shiyun's hand affectionately and said, "Come on, let's have a good talk. I'll show you today's arrangement. If you have any questions, tell me immediately. I'll call you Shiyun, okay?"

"I will follow the princess' orders."

Liu Shiyun nodded, and Qin Peng said, "Just call me by my name, and don't call me Qin Peng."

"That's impolite." Although Liu Shiyun was generous, she also had the Liu family's inherent etiquette. Qin Peng also understood, nodded, and pointed to the layout for Liu Shiyun to see: "Today's location is in this courtyard. I asked someone to renovate this courtyard, and used these flowers and plants to naturally form partitions, with small tables, but everyone can clearly see the stage. I also used mats to separate the corridor. Those with higher status sit in the compartments of this corridor and can see everyone, but there are curtains hanging, so everyone can't see clearly, to show their noble status. The arrangement of the other tables is here..."

Qin Peng introduced who was at each table, and Liu Shiyun gave her some tips on the personalities of the people at that table and what to add temporarily.

Liu Shiyun remembered almost everyone's preferences, which made Qin Peng look at her with new eyes. When talking about Minister Kong's home, Liu Shiyun hesitated.

"What's wrong?"

Qin Peng was a little curious. Liu Shiyun knocked on Kong Mengyun's seat, then looked at Liu Shuyan's seat, shook her head and said, "Too close to my brother."

Qin Peng was unable to react for a moment, and then he heard Liu Shiyun say, "She's already engaged. I'm afraid it's better to stay away from her."

Qin Peng's position was arranged according to the position of previous spring banquets. The Kong family and the Liu family are good friends, and the spring banquets have been arranged together for many years, so Qin Peng was arranged in this way. After Liu Shiyun's tactful reminder, she understood that Kong Mengyun might be interested in Liu Shuyan.

But after all, we're engaged, so it's better to stay away from her.

and……

Now that she has set her eyes on Liu Shuyan, how could she allow anyone else to get involved?

Qin Peng nodded quickly, chose a position diagonally opposite to Liu Shuyan and said, "That one, put it there!"

Liu Shiyun was stunned for a moment: "Well...it doesn't have to be so far, right?"

"Stay away," Qin Peng said with experience, "After all, women will run away."

For example, she would always run over to harass Qin Shuhuai no matter how far away the palace banquet was.

So he arranged for her as far away as possible. Qin Peng was never soft-hearted towards his love rivals.

After Liu Shiyun and Qin Peng arranged the seats, they began to plan the specific activity schedule.

Although the Spring Banquet has always been held by noble women, it is essentially a blind date event for young people.

Although the customs of Qi people are not as tough as those of Northern Yan, they are also very open-minded. Everyone appreciates talented people. If you want to have a good foundation for blind dates, talent shows are of course indispensable.

So Qin Peng specially set up a stage, surrounded by a flowing stream. After three rounds of drinks and the opening chat, everyone could sit by the stream next to the stage.

There are chairs along the stream, you can sit down anywhere you like. There are pens, ink, paper and inkstone on them, so scholars can write poems or painters can paint.

Liu Shiyun felt that Qin Peng's arrangement was very reasonable. After thoroughly understanding the entire process, Liu Shiyun said, "It's time. Princess, go and greet the guests first. Shiyun is sweating a little and wants to change clothes."

Qin Peng nodded, and Liu Shiyun retreated.

When they were far away from Qin Peng, Cuixiang couldn't help herself and spat, "This princess is really from a lowly family. How can she be so dissolute?"

Liu Shiyun did not scold her. She raised her lips and said lightly, "No matter how lowly her birth is, she is still the eldest princess."

"Miss," Cuixiang was a little panicked after hearing this: "Master won't let her in... The princess's husband can't have concubines, you promised me..."

"Okay," Liu Shiyun said impatiently, "Don't worry about it. She can't get in."

As they were talking, Liu Shiyun returned to her room, changed her clothes, and took off her makeup.

It is not easy to be the most beautiful woman in Xuanjing. Only by having exquisite makeup at all times, perfect appearance, and a goddess-like posture can the title of the most beautiful woman remain forever.

When meeting people of the same sex, Liu Shiyun never makes her makeup too aggressive, always keeping it soft and gentle, which is fine.

However, in such an important occasion as the Spring Banquet, her makeup always looked very natural, yet particularly eye-catching. Whoever saw her couldn't take their eyes off her.

While Liu Shiyun was putting on makeup in her room, Qin Peng went to entertain the guests.

Guests arrived one after another. Qin Peng received several important officials and arranged them to sit in the compartments in the corridor.

The officials who had influence in the court were either Zhang Ying or Qin Shuhuai.

So even though Qin Peng was able to invite the highest-ranking officials, overall, it was still not that good. Compared with previous spring banquets, it was still a little worse.

But Qin Peng was also prepared and didn't think there was anything wrong.

Not long after the banquet began, Qin Shuhuai finally arrived with his people.

When his carriage arrived, he did not get off.

He waved his hand and called Jiang Chun in: "Ask Zhou Yu to knock on the door."

Jiang Chun nodded.

It takes a thousand days to train troops and only a moment to deploy them. Sir Zhou, it's your turn.