Li Liuli rolled her eyes when she heard that.

"Sister, we are outside the palace, so it's naturally not as good as inside the palace. The traffic jam on the road alone lasted longer than a cup of tea."

"Plus, it takes another cup of tea to get from the palace gate to the Hanyuan Palace. Isn't that a bit late?"

Li Shishi looked at Li Xiuzhu awkwardly and helplessly, with a look of seeking help in her eyes.

Li Xiuzhu still had a good impression of this sister-in-law, and immediately came to the rescue: "Speak properly, you seem to be scaring the child."

Li Liuli was stunned. She was so used to talking to her sisters at home that she forgot that these little ones were afraid of her.

"Shishi, relax. I..."

Li Liuli wanted to say that she was different, but she didn't know how to explain it. She said a little discouraged, "You guys can be at your leisure. Sister is tired."

For some reason I miss my sisters at home. These sisters don’t look like sisters at all.

However, thinking about what she had done in the past, she also understood these sisters.

"Oh, if I had known I should have been nicer to them before. Now they treat me like a mouse to a cat."

"But this is the imperial palace. If I don't bully others, then others will bully me. I'm afraid if it happens again, I will still bully them."

"Fortunately, I am out of this misery now. Hehe, it is wonderful to be able to marry my husband."

When Li Xiuzhu heard Li Liuli's voice, he didn't know how to comfort her. Unexpectedly, this girl turned around and comforted herself.

Is this... still comforting? It makes me look useless.

After living with her for some time, Li Biyao came to understand her sister very well.

Although her sister used to be very pretentious, it was all a means of protecting herself. Although most people suffered losses, most of them were just rumors.

Those who suffered losses first wanted to gain some benefits from Li Liuli.

The other party was very respectful and wanted to get something from her, so she couldn't refuse.

But she couldn't swallow this, so she became so pretentious.

He patted Li Liuli's little hand, smiled and gave her a firm look.

At this time, the eldest princess, who was Li Liuli's second sister, also came over with her husband.

His eyes lit up when he saw Li Liuli and Li Xiuzhu.

"Liuli, this must be your husband, the Marquis of Guanjun... No, I remembered it wrong. He should be called the Duke of Anyang now."

"I am Liuli's second sister, Li Shiqing, and my title is Princess Wenchang."

When they saw Li Shiqing, the princesses behind them, including Li Liuli and Li Biyao, spoke at the same time.

"The emperor's younger sister has met the second sister."

"Meet the second sister."

Li Xiuzhu bowed upon hearing this.

"Your servant Li Xiuzhu greets Princess Wenchang."

Li Shiqing smiled and waved her hand when she heard that.

"Just call me Second Sister."

After all, they are born of the same mother, and she is only three years older than Li Liuli, so they are naturally closer.

Li Shiqing spoke, and Li Xiuzhu naturally didn't care about those understandings.

"Xiuzhu has met my second sister. You can just call me Xiuzhu."

Li Shiqing smiled when she heard that.

"Xiuzhu, come to my house more often when you have time. We are all family."

"good!"

"Then please take your seats. The banquet is about to begin."

"Okay, second sister."

Several people sat down one after another. Li Shiqing only spoke seriously to Li Liuli and Li Xiuzhu throughout the whole process. He just responded to the others.

After sitting down, Li Liuli put her little mouth close to Li Xiuzhu's ear and whispered softly: "You don't need to get too close to my sister, nor do you need to go too far."

"Well, when you say that...what did you say? Are you moving closer or farther away?"

After saying that, Li Liuli blinked.

"Do you understand?"

My goodness, you’re explaining it so vaguely, do you think I should understand?

But the strange thing is, he actually understood it.

After thinking for a while, Li Xiuzhu asked, "Doesn't she care?"

Li Liuli frowned.

"Not really. She only comes out to help me if the other party goes too far."

Li Xiuzhu understood what she said, most likely it was this second sister who was cultivating Li Liuli's abilities.

But it's hard to say. It's not impossible that she simply doesn't want to care, but if that's the case, it doesn't fit with the setting that they have a good relationship as sisters.

At this time, all the officials and the emperor's concubines and children had arrived, and soon Wang Defa walked in.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"Your Majesty, the Queen has arrived, welcome her."

Hearing Wang Defa's voice, everyone stood up, and then Li Kuo and the queen walked in.

"Long live the emperor. Long live the emperor."

"bye!"

"Bye again!"

“…”

"Stand up!"

When everyone stood up, Li Kuo said, "I share the celebration of taking up the new post with you."

"Exorcism."

As Li Kuo finished speaking, Wang Defa repeated the three calls again.

"Exorcise the Nuo, get up."

"Exorcist, get up!"

"Exorcise the Nuo, get up..."

As shouts spread out, the first program of exorcism began, and a group of men wearing masks and wearing animal skins and leather skirts quickly rushed into the hall.

Exorcism is a custom handed down from ancient times. Its main purpose is to drive away ghosts and plagues, and to eliminate disasters and usher in good fortune. Its connotation is to achieve harmony between yin and yang, good weather, good harvests, longevity, a prosperous country and a peaceful world through various ritual activities.

The sounds of gongs, drums and trumpets interweave to form an unknown music. Let's call it music, at least it sounds uplifting.

However, the performance form of exorcism is a bit like shaman dance. No matter what others think, Li Xiuzhu thinks it is like that.

Although it is a bit feudal and superstitious, Li Xiuzhu doesn't want to change anything. It doesn't involve human sacrifice, so it's not a big problem.

Even if it was human sacrifice, if it was mainstream it was not something he could resolve now.

After the Nuo exorcism team finished their performance, they walked out of the palace. Their mission was not over yet. The Nuo exorcism team not only had to perform in the imperial palace, but also had to walk all the way out of the palace gate, from Qinglong Street to Xuanwu Street, and perform on the four main streets before they would end.

The performance of exorcism is followed by a variety of performances.

The so-called "Baixi" is a general term for folk art performances, which include swallowing a knife and spitting fire. There is no awkwardness in connecting it with exorcism.

Of course, although there are not hundreds of types of Baixi, there are dozens of them, including folk acrobatics and geishas who play various musical instruments and sing.

What is most unique to Li Xiuzhu is the magic show.

There was a Taoist priest, an old woman, and a middle-aged man.

The old Taoist priest waved his hand, and a dark cloud formed in the air, not in the sky, but in the air above the Hanyuan Hall.

With another wave of his hand, lightning exploded in the dark clouds.

However, its power is less than one tenth of the natural one.

But even so, it was enough to arouse Li Xiuzhu's curiosity. What was the principle behind this? To be honest, Li Xiuzhu was a little curious.

Is this ancient magic? I don't know how they did it.

(End of this chapter)