Chapter 276 Palace Banquet
Fu Qian's words made the princess and Qin Shu suddenly wake up. Yes, what are they talking about here with Xiao Xixi in their arms? It would be better for them to sit and chat for a while in the mansion before entering the palace.
"Speaking of entering the palace, you have to be careful later. I heard that people from Concubine Shu's family will also come to attend the palace banquet. I'm afraid they will do something bad to you."
Qin Shu nodded, indicating that she understood.
Since she dared to accompany the princess to attend the palace banquet, she had already made such preparations and understood what she was going to face.
However, they were people from Concubine Shu's family. The emperor had already resolved this matter and expected that they would not cause any big trouble.
The reason why Qin Shu came early in the morning was that she wanted to talk to the princess for a few words and let the princess help her see if the etiquette for entering the palace was complete.
However, the princess and Xixi had not seen each other for a long time. During the morning, the princess played with Xixi while casually chatting with Qin Shu.
Even Fu Jianning was ignored by the princess and played with Fu Qian pitifully at the side.
"Let's go, it's time, we should go to the palace to attend the palace banquet."
Qin Shu had not attended such a banquet for a long time. The last time she attended was when Qin Qixuan won the top prize. Qin Qixuan was the protagonist that time, so Qin Shu was not so uncomfortable. But this palace banquet was indeed a family banquet of the royal family.
The princess saw her discomfort and reached out to comfort Qin Shu.
"It doesn't matter. If anyone bullies you later, I will be rude to him."
Qin Shu couldn't help laughing when she heard it.
The distance between the Princess's residence and the Imperial Palace is naturally not far, but the Princess still used her sedan chair to send Qin Shu and Qin Xixi directly to the outside of the palace.
This was the first time for little Xixi to ride a sedan chair directly from the residence to the outside of the Emperor's palace. She couldn't help but feel a little curious.
[Wow, Aunt Princess is really amazing. She can actually ride a sedan chair directly in. Xixi likes Aunt Princess so much! ]
After hearing this, the Princess smiled again.
When they entered the palace, the first person they met was Concubine An.
Qin Shu has always been a grateful person. She naturally remembered that it was Concubine An who helped her to inform her last time, so that she could rescue Xiao Si from Concubine Shu in time.
Although Xixi didn't seem to like Concubine An very much, Qin Shu couldn't act like an ungrateful person and ignore Concubine An's kindness.
Seeing Concubine An at this time, Qin Shu first smiled and walked over.
Concubine An pretended to look at Qin Shu in surprise, with a barely perceptible disgust flashing in her eyes, but her face was full of surprise.
"Oh, it's the head of the Qin family."
Qin Shu smiled and nodded.
"Oh, I'm so busy that I forgot to thank Concubine An for helping us pass the message last time, so that Xiao Si escaped a disaster. I would like to thank Concubine An here."
No matter what, it was indeed Concubine An who helped Xiao Si escape a disaster, otherwise Xiao Si would probably have to suffer some setbacks before he could get out of the palace. She would not have resigned from her post in the palace with satisfaction.
It was also because of Concubine An's plea that they were able to delay the time for Xiao Xixi to invite the emperor over.
Concubine An pretended to be surprised.
"Master Qin, there is no need to be so polite. I am just trying my best to help."
After exchanging pleasantries with Qin Shu, Concubine An once again intentionally or unintentionally turned the topic to Concubine Shu.
"Alas, if you ask me, the Fourth Young Master did this without cause. If it weren't for Concubine Shu's family doting on Tong Chuanqiong to such an lawless degree, that little devil wouldn't have developed his current temper. He wants to tease every palace maid in the palace. It's simply too much."
"Master Qin, don't take my words to heart. In fact, Concubine Shu has no ill intentions towards Master Qin. It's just that the family dotes on Tong Chuanqiong too much. Seeing him injured like this, they were a little anxious and bumped into Master Qin."
Concubine An's words sounded like she was speaking for Qin Shu, wanting to ease the relationship between Qin Shu and Concubine Shu, but when you listen carefully, something was wrong.
Qin Shu couldn't tell what was wrong, but she knew in her heart that even if she didn't like Concubine Shu and Tong Chuanqiong's family, she couldn't respond to Concubine An's words in the palace.
Concubine An was a concubine in the palace, so she was naturally not afraid to talk about the queen in the palace. But although Qin Shu had an imperial edict, she was not at the level to talk about people in the harem at will.
Seeing that Qin Shu didn't say anything, Concubine An's eyes flashed with disappointment.
Although she couldn't use this as a handle to control Qin Shu, for an enemy, of course, the more mistakes the enemy made, the happier she would be.
The eldest princess saw Qin Shu chatting with Concubine An, so she went to find her seat first. When the princess wanted to sit down, she saw Qin Shu still standing next to Concubine An, but remained silent. The princess realized something was wrong, so she quickly called Qin Shu over.
"Xiao Shu, come sit next to me."
The relationship between His Majesty and the princess is very good, and the princess's prestige in the court is needless to say. Now that the princess has explicitly asked Qin Shu to sit next to her, it is enough to show that Qin Shu is a distinguished guest invited by the princess herself. Concubine An's eyes flashed with jealousy, but she still smiled and sent Qin Shu away.
The princess also knew what happened to Xiao Si and the others in the palace before, so she didn't ask Qin Shu what she was talking about with Concubine An, but just let Xixi taste the cakes in front of her casually. The emperor would not blame her.
Xiao Xixi was originally a greedy cat, and now she was even happier after hearing this. She looked at Qin Shu and began to stuff the cakes into her mouth.
[Wow, this cake is so delicious, it is worthy of being made in the palace... Eh? But it seems that a bad guy has come to disturb Xixi's elegant mood. ]
Qin Shu was still laughing in her heart. Xiao Xixi actually knew such a high-end word as elegant mood.
Looking up, she found that the person that Xiao Xixi was talking about was actually the Concubine Shu whom she had just met not long ago!
At this time, Concubine Shu looked at Qin Shu with a fierce look on her face. Qin Shu naturally knew that Concubine Shu was not thinking of anything good.
Sure enough, Concubine Shu just glanced here, and her face immediately became gloomy.
"How dare you, outsiders, sit here and attend the palace banquet?"
Concubine Shu was very angry. She put her hands on her waist and criticized Qingshu and Qin Xixi.
"You are so shameless! You injured my own brother, and you can sit here and eat the palace banquet. My brother is lying in bed, seriously ill, you, you!"
Concubine Shu was really angry. This huge gap made her feel very angry.
Concubine Shu was not a good-tempered person. At this time, she was so angry that she spoke without thinking.