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"Madam, Miss, we've arrived at Shenwu Gate."
The coachman spoke respectfully from outside the carriage to those inside.
Then the carriage door was pushed open.
Today, Nanqing wore a rose-red satin dress with gold-embroidered flowers and wide sleeves, with a lightly tied gauze belt that swayed slightly with her movements, making her slender waist appear even more delicate.
Her long, black hair was styled in the trendy Kyoto-style updo, adorned with pearls, and a tassel hairpin dangled beside her ear, making her small face appear even more charming.
After getting off the carriage, Nanqing looked around at the carriages coming and going.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, His Majesty hosted a banquet for all officials.
This will be the most congested time at Shenwu Gate.
However, those who recognized the Prime Minister's carriage deliberately avoided it; who would dare to cause any unpleasantness to the Prime Minister's residence?
The prime minister, who had been handling affairs in the palace, was waiting for his wife and daughter at the Shenwu Gate early in the morning.
Upon seeing their own carriage, they quickly came over and took the place of the maid, helping the lady down from the carriage.
"lady"
Slow down
The prime minister, who had just passed the age of forty, possessed the air of a scholar and the imposing presence of someone who had long held a high position, making him appear even more mature, composed, and charming.
"Qing'er, there are many people tonight. Stay with your mother and do not wander around the palace."
The Prime Minister carefully instructed his beloved daughter.
He then looked at his eldest son, who held a position in the imperial court.
"And Nan Yu, remember to take good care of your sister."
Shortly after returning to Beijing, Jiang Nanhui took up a post in the Imperial Guard.
I'm on duty tonight and can't attend the banquet with the Prime Minister and the others.
The young man, whose arm was being held by Nan Qing, spoke up:
"I understand, Father."
I will take good care of my sister.
When his mother was pregnant with his second brother, Jiang Nanyu thought he would finally have a lovely little sister.
It turned out to be a mischievous younger brother.
Little Jiang Nanyu was so wronged back then.
So after her younger sister was born, she spent almost all her free time taking care of the soft and cuddly Nanqing.
Not to mention that Nanqing has looked like a little fairy child under the seat of an immortal since she was a child, and no one can resist such a cute and soft little sister.
Nobody is here!!!
Jiang Nanyu gently patted her younger sister's head and said with a doting expression:
"Father and Mother both need to greet the other ministers in the court. Qingqing will go with her elder brother later."
"Big brother will introduce you to some friends your own age."
Nan Qing responded obediently:
"I understand, brother."
"I won't run around."
After speaking, Nan Qing rolled her big eyes.
Xiao Ba said that the best food in the world is in the imperial kitchen of the palace.
She won't run around.
What's so interesting about the palace?
Could anything be more imposing than his own Nebula Palace?
Nanqing was only interested in the imperial cuisine that Xiao Ba mentioned.
Thinking of this, Nan Qing couldn't help but swallow hard.
The moment the Prime Minister's carriage arrived at Shenwu Gate, it attracted the attention of many people around.
The beautiful young woman with a fair complexion stood out conspicuously next to the elegant and noble eldest son of the Prime Minister's mansion.
"That must be the Prime Minister's eldest daughter, she is indeed extremely beautiful."
"Yes, no wonder the Prime Minister keeps his daughter hidden so well."
"I never expected that Prime Minister Jiang would actually be willing to bring his daughter to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet this year."
"..."
The ladies of each household were whispering among themselves.
The wives of officials, especially those with eligible sons who were still unmarried, frequently glanced at Nan Qing and nodded repeatedly.
In fact, most daughters of noble families would start getting engaged after they came of age.
Although it's not too late for Nanqing to be unmarried at eighteen, it's still quite rare in the capital.
The Prime Minister and his wife were indeed reluctant to let their daughter, whom they had pampered for eighteen years, go to another family to make a living.
Therefore, although many prominent families came to propose marriage to Nanqing, he still looked at the proposals carefully.
Recently, he even considered looking within the sect for a suitable scholar from a poor family to find a husband for Nanqing.
Since he's at home, he doesn't have to worry about Nanqing being wronged.
So while Nanqing was indulging in eating, drinking, and having fun, she had no idea that her parents were already planning to arrange for one or two talented young men to meet and get to know her.
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Whether in officialdom or in the private quarters of various households, social interactions and networking are essential.
Therefore, as soon as the Prime Minister and his wife entered the palace, they went to find their closest friends.
Nan Qing stayed with her older brother.
Nan Qing rarely makes public appearances, and he doesn't really know many of his older brothers and friends whom he's seen before but haven't seen in a long time, as well as the eligible young ladies from various households.
So Nan Qing, who was always by her older brother's side, was forced to call him "brother" and "sister" again and again.
Not far from Nanqing, four or five noble ladies were gathered together, discussing something in hushed tones.
The woman standing in the middle, also dressed in a fuchsia dress, suddenly spoke with an arrogant and domineering expression:
"snort"
"I don't think she's anything special. Who knows if she has some hidden illness?"
"Otherwise, why would you never attend any banquets?"
Several women in the surrounding households, whose official ranks were lower than hers, busied themselves trying to please her.
They couldn't afford to offend the eldest daughter of the Minister of Personnel.
However, they all secretly thought to themselves, "They're just wearing the same color dress, but they don't look as good as the Prime Minister's daughter."
Listening to the flattery, Gu Linyi, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Personnel who considered herself the most beautiful woman in the capital, stared at Nan Qing in the distance with ill intent.
Nan Qing, who had been being stared at, turned around and looked back.
I saw that it was a woman I didn't recognize.
Nan Qing was somewhat baffled as the child stared at her with hostility.
But he didn't take it to heart. In the two months or so that he had been in the small world, Nanqing had learned a lot.
She knew that this look was exactly the jealous look in the eyes of the villainous female supporting character in the TV series that Xiao Ba had shown her.
Nanqing said she knew it very well.
And without any pressure.
When it was almost time, Nanqing was taken by her elder brother to her seat in the Prime Minister's residence.
As the head of the civil officials, the prime minister's seat at the banquet was quite prominent, following the imperial family and relatives, and then the prime minister's residence.
Shortly after Nanqing, her father, mother, and brother were seated, the palace maids began to serve some pastries and fruits.
Looking at the plates of exquisite pastries, Nan Qing realized that Xiao Ba hadn't lied to her after all.
These pastries look even softer and more delicious than those made in the manor.
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"His Majesty has arrived!"
With a sharp, high-pitched sound.
Everyone inside the hall bowed their heads and knelt down in an orderly fashion.
Nan Qing, who was still eating pastries and hadn't reacted yet, was pulled along by her quick-witted mother.
Nan Qing was still eating pastries when she was suddenly pulled to kneel down and had trouble breathing.
So she slightly raised her head and secretly swallowed the pastry in her mouth quickly.
After a pair of black boots embroidered with golden dragon patterns walked by.
After another deep, magnetic "Rise," Nanqing was led to her feet by her mother.
Nan Qing was completely unaware that the king, who had been watching her closely, had seen her sneaky little act of eating.
Then many young and beautiful dancers began to enter the hall and start dancing and playing music.
Imperial dishes were also continuously served.
Nanqing's eyes crinkled with joy as she saw the plates of hot, delicious food.
If we're talking about the best places in these small worlds, it has to be the delicious food that doesn't exist in these nebulae.
Nan Qing felt that she truly loved it.
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