The palace banquet still had two gates for male and female guests to enter the palace. Feng Jinyuan gave his three daughters a few instructions and got on his carriage. Read the latest chapter of Perfect World, and you will see it quickly.
Today, the Feng family only prepared one large carriage, and the three young ladies had to sit together.
Xiang Rong and Fendai had already gotten used to it, but Chen Yu was still thinking about her rosewood car. Yi Lin saw that her face was getting darker and darker, so he quickly reminded her in a low voice: "Didn't the eldest lady give the car to the old lady?"
Feng Chenyu gritted her teeth and said, "She can't even get on the couch now, why doesn't she know to let me sit in the car?"
"Miss, please don't get angry. Entering the palace is the most important thing."
Chenyu also knew this, so she took a deep breath and finally suppressed her depressed mood. She stepped forward and got on the carriage first.
Fendai gave Chenyu a cold look and followed closely behind, wanting to be the last one to get on the bus, but there was only room left at the edge.
She sat down carefully, holding the hem of her clothes tightly with her hands, for fear of getting them dirty.
The more Fendai and Chenyu looked at the lake, the more they felt that the lake was forged. They could not help but look away, and the three of them ignored each other.
The gate for entering the palace this time is called Xiangrui Gate, which is said to be the gate used by the emperor to select concubines in the past. Emperor Tianwu had not selected concubines for nearly ten years, and many people thought that this gate would never be opened again. However, they did not expect that today, when welcoming the wives of officials from the capital into the palace, they were ordered to enter through Xiangrui Gate.
There were still maids at the door checking invitations and keeping records of people entering the palace.
When the Feng family's carriage stopped nearby, many people looked over here.
Fendai was very proud and had never attended such a banquet before. She could not hold back and was the first to rush out of the car.
But most people didn't recognize the fourth daughter of the Feng family. They took one look at her and thought that she wasn't wearing any expensive fabric, so they didn't take her seriously. Some people even mistook her for a maid. They said, "After all, the Feng family is a first-rank official, and even a maid can dress so elegantly."
Fendai had sharp ears and heard what he said immediately. She glared at him angrily and said, "Who are you calling a maid?"
The girl was startled, but she quickly realized that she had misunderstood, and she quickly bowed down to apologize.
Fendai ignored her and stood there admiring the palace gate.
This was her first time entering the palace, and everything was fresh and new to her. Even the maids and palace maids standing outside the door gave her a strong sense of freshness.
However, she was somewhat annoyed by the young ladies who were waiting in line to enter the palace. They were dressed more glamorously than each other, wearing almost all kinds of expensive fabrics and precious jewelry. Fendai then realized that the ready-made clothes that looked so good yesterday were even worse than those worn by the servants around them, compared to those worn by other young ladies and ladies. Especially the jewelry she was wearing, which was even more shabby.
Although Han had been favored by Feng Jinyuan over the years, she could not get any real benefits because Shen was in charge of the household affairs. Feng Jinyuan was not the type to give gifts to his concubine in private, so Han actually got nothing over the years.
Fendai couldn't help but curse Han again in her heart, but before she could finish her curse, she heard a sudden cry from the crowd, and everyone's eyes looked towards one place.
She was slightly startled and turned her head, only to see Feng Xiangrong bending down and getting off the carriage. Her floor-length winter skirt made of lake-forged material set off her young and delicate face, making her look like a fairy in the lake, so beautiful that all the young ladies present were dazzled.
Fen Dai had never thought Xiang Rong was that pretty before, and she had never even looked at this third sister straight in the eye. But when she saw her today, she realized that she had always ignored too many people and things in the mansion, and she didn't even know when Xiang Rong had grown up to be so successful.
"I heard that this dress was given by His Royal Highness Prince Chun yesterday." Someone in the crowd whispered.
"Why did His Royal Highness Prince Chun send clothes to a concubine's daughter of the Feng family?"
"Who knows? I heard that Prince Chun is close to the second young lady of the Feng family, but when did he become so familiar with the third young lady?"
"Stop discussing this. How can we discuss a person like the Seventh Prince in private?"
As soon as these words were spoken, people all agreed. As long as they thought of Xuan Tianhua's appearance as if he did not exist in the secular world, they felt that even discussing it in private would be a blasphemy to the Seventh Prince.
So they stopped talking and no one said anything. Even the looks towards Xiangrong changed from the initial amazement to "This is most likely a charity from His Highness the Seventh Prince."
Xiangrong didn't care about this. He got off the bus and walked to the end of the line and stood there.
At this time, Chenyu also got out of the car, which caused everyone to exclaim "Huh" in surprise.
"Who is this?" Someone finally couldn't help wondering, "Is there a young lady with this skin color in the Feng family?"
Someone who knew the situation laughed and said, "What skin color? That's clearly the black rouge given by the Queen."
"Ah!" Someone finally recognized Chenyu. "Isn't that the eldest daughter of the Feng family? Isn't she said to be a stunning beauty? Is she the most beautiful woman in the capital?"
"No matter how beautiful a person is, if she is painted like this, can she still be considered beautiful?" People hummed in silence, and no one greeted Chenyu.
Fendai felt relieved when she heard people talking about Chenyu. She couldn't help but step forward, stand beside Chenyu and say, "Big sister, you are the legitimate daughter of the Feng family, why don't you say hello to these ladies? According to the official rank of our family, they are far inferior to you."
Chen Yu wanted to strangle Feng Fendai to death. Didn't she want to greet people? But look at these ladies, one by one they turned their heads away when they saw her looking at them, clearly not wanting to pay attention, so why bother to make others dislike her?
She didn't bother with Fendai, and turned around and walked to the end of the line. But after walking a few steps, she saw Xiangrong, who had walked past earlier, chatting with several young ladies. Another young lady who had just walked past looked at Xiangrong and said loudly, "Aren't you the third young lady of the Feng family who came to the Yuexi Palace banquet with Princess Yu last time?"
Xiangrong smiled at her and replied, "That's right, how are you these days, Miss Yuan?"
The girl called Miss Yuan smiled brightly and said quickly, "I'm fine, how about you?"
Xiangrong nodded: "Me too."
Several girls gathered together, talking and laughing, making it very lively. Chenyu and Fendai found it irritating, but they had to queue up with Xiangrong. They had no choice but to go forward.
When the young ladies saw the two of them coming, they gradually stopped laughing, stood quietly, and stopped talking.
Fen Dai said in a suicidal way: "It's finally quiet now." This caused the other ladies to glare at her fiercely.
Xiangrong actually wanted to remind Fendai to be careful about what she said and did when she entered the palace, but how could Fendai listen to advice? She swallowed the words several times and finally chose not to say them. An was right, everyone has their own destiny, and no one can control anyone else.
People entered the palace one by one. Xiangrong had not seen Xuan Tiange and the others. After asking the other ladies, she found out that Princess Wuyang was originally a member of the royal family and did not need to queue outside. The other ladies were also brought in early by Princess Wuyang.
Finally, they checked their name tags and entered the palace, but they found that the palace banquet this time seemed to be in a different place than the last time. Although it was a different palace gate, it was definitely not in the direction of Liuli Garden.
She was thinking that since it was winter now, the palace banquet should be held indoors, right?
But the maid who led the way led them to a large lake. The lake was not frozen, and there were boats of varying sizes on the lake, some with people on board and some empty.
Seeing another group of people coming, slap...
The eunuch on the boat quickly pulled the boat to the shore and asked the palace maid leading the way, "How many more groups are there behind us?"
The palace maid replied, "About three batches." Then she turned around and said to the palace maids' wives, "Today's palace banquet will be held on the small island in the middle of the lake. Everyone must take a boat to the island. The adults and ladies who entered the palace earlier have already gone there. Let's hurry up!" After that, she began to arrange for people to board the boat one by one.
The three young ladies of the Feng family naturally rode together. The boat for three people was not big, and it shook slightly when rowing. Several of them clung to the pavilion pillars on the boat, but still stood there and enjoyed the scenery with excitement.
Chenyu was standing next to Fendai, and she had been looking around the lake since she got on the boat. Fendai knew she was looking for someone, and when she thought of what Han had said about her behavior towards the Seventh Prince, she knew what Chenyu was thinking. She snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "Sister, please stop thinking about defiling Prince Chun, and don't think about whether you are still worthy of him."
"Feng Fendai." Chenyu didn't get angry this time, but just reminded her coldly: "Don't think that you can live in the mansion forever just because you can come back with the imperial decree this time. As long as father doesn't give up on me, you will never be able to turn over. What's more..." She glanced to the side, "There is Xiangrong above you. Your mother is the most respected person. Do you think you still have hope in this life just because of this?"
After all, Chenyu is several years older than her, and has been a legitimate daughter for so many years, so she still has some airs when it comes to scaring people.
Fendai was so angry at what she said that she stamped her feet fiercely, forgetting that she was on a boat. The boat shook and Xiangrong turned pale with fear.
The eunuch who was rowing the boat said, "Ladies, please do not move. This boat is small. If you fall into the water, you will suffer in this cold weather."
This sentence did remind Fendai. She just stared at the cold lake water, not thinking much. She thought that if Feng Chenyu fell in and drowned at this time, perhaps her arrogance as a legitimate daughter would be drowned out.
As she thought this, her arms began to move unconsciously.
Unfortunately, Feng Chenyu had already noticed that her expression was not serious, and had been more cautious when Fendai stared at the lake. Now seeing her arm slightly raised, how could she not understand what she meant.
But Chenyu did not expose it. She just carefully calculated the distance and moved back. When Fendai made a ruthless move, she pulled Xiangrong over!
Fendai was caught off guard and she stretched out her arm and pushed Xiangrong, who was still standing there in a daze, into the water.
There was a "splash" sound, followed by Feng Chenyu's scream - "Oh no! Help! Someone fell into the water!" While shouting, she looked at Xiangrong in the water and kept asking: "Third sister, are you okay? Third sister?"
The lake water was freezing cold in the winter. Although it was not frozen, it was slightly icy. Not to mention people falling into it, even the palace servants would grimaced in the cold if they put their hands in the lake.
Xiangrong felt that he was frozen in an instant, unable to even lift his arms, and he quickly sank to the bottom of the water.
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