The visitor was of the same age and height as Huo Zhiyu, with a stubborn yet bright face.
Princess Pingzhang Gu Ruxuan, the daughter of Concubine Wu Lifei, whom I just met this morning.
"Anle? You are here too?" Seeing Huo Zhiyu, Princess Pingzhang walked over slowly.
As soon as he saw Princess Pingzhang, Huo Zhiyu's mouth turned up to the sky.
With a gloomy face, she knelt down reluctantly and said, "Greetings, Princess Pingzhang."
Princess Pingzhang raised her hand and gently stroked the material Huo Zhiyu had just selected: "Are you also preparing for the Qionglin Feast?"
"No!" Huo Zhiyu said quickly, "I've already prepared the clothes for the Qionglin Banquet."
Xue Zhiyi looked at Huo Zhiyu, not understanding why she was lying at this moment.
"Is that so?" Princess Pingzhang smiled knowingly. "Anle has a really good eye for picking things. I really like this material. If I could make a palace dress out of it to wear at the Qionglin Banquet, it would be perfect."
After that, he said to the female official of the Imperial Clothing Bureau: "This material will be used to make the palace skirt for this palace's Qionglin Banquet."
Seeing this, Huo Zhiyu became anxious: "This is what I chose!"
But Princess Pingzhang smiled calmly, "I didn't fight with you for it. This isn't some rare thing that's the only one of its kind in the world. So, if you picked it, can't I let someone else take the same one? Anle, you're too overbearing."
Seeing Huo Zhiyu gnashing her teeth in anger, Princess Pingzhang teased, "Or do you also want to wear this at the Qionglin Banquet, but are worried that you won't look as good as me wearing the same silk?"
Princess Pingzhang looked very proud, and it didn't seem like this was her first time doing this. No wonder Huo Zhiyu couldn't get along with her even though they were in the same palace and were of the same age.
"It's always like this. Whatever I want, you want the same thing too. Gu Ruxuan, will I die if you don't learn from me?"
The pearl hairpin on Huo Zhiyu's head trembled, but it seemed to agree with Princess Pingzhang's intention. Her fingers slowly fiddled with her belt: "What can I do? After all, you are the commandery and I am the princess. Even if you and I wear the same clothes, others will only think that you are committing insubordination."
"You..." Huo Zhiyu's eyes widened, and he was choked and speechless.
Princess Pingzhang frowned, "Do you think that because my mother is a foreigner, I, a princess, am inferior?"
"How could I say that? It's you who always talks about this kind of thing. Who cares whether your mother is from a foreign race or not?" Huo Zhiyu is a straightforward person, how could he win over Princess Pingzhang?
Princess Pingzhang sighed angrily, "I have to tell the Empress Dowager and ask her to judge the situation. Just because my mother is a foreigner, does that mean she can be bullied like this? I don't think the Empress Dowager is that biased."
"Your Highness."
Princess Pingzhang looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person speaking was the Master Attendant who followed Huo Zhiyu.
Xue Zhiyi only smiled slowly: "Empress Li has come all the way here for the sake of diplomatic relations between the two countries. It is an honor, and no one dares to be ashamed of it. How could it make Your Highness inferior to others?"
As she spoke, her smile deepened. "Princess, do you always consider this a disgrace? This will hurt His Majesty and Concubine Li's feelings, and the people of Nan'an will think that Dayong has disrespected Concubine Li."
Looking at Xue Zhiyi, he suddenly remembered something and sneered, "Are you the Master Attendant who offended the Crown Prince today?"
Xue Zhiyi remained calm and respectful, saying, "Your Highness, it was merely a misunderstanding. The Queen Mother did not assert that this servant had offended the heir. I wonder who told Your Highness this and how dare they misrepresent the Queen Mother's intentions?"
Princess Pingzhang snorted coldly, "You are quite sharp-tongued."
"I dare not." Xue Zhiyi said, "But I will obey my master's wishes in everything."
Seeing Xue Zhiyi speechless, Huo Zhiyu also became arrogant. "Sister Pingzhang, you're quite talkative, aren't you? Why are you complaining about others being sharp-tongued now?"
Princess Pingzhang glared at Huo Zhiyu and ignored her. Instead, she said to the female official from the Shangyi Bureau beside her, "I want to use this piece of material to make a palace skirt. If you don't mind being criticized, just wear the same one as me."
After saying that, he glanced at Xue Zhiyi sideways, then turned and left.
I thought Huo Zhiyu would be sad about this, but unexpectedly she was a little excited: "Zhiyi, you know, she is always like this. Whatever I want, she wants the same thing. Every time she relies on her status to force me to give up the things I love, but this time is different!"
Xue Zhiyi blinked. "My Lady, are you planning to wear the same dress as Princess Pingzhang this time?"
"Of course not! Who wants to be like her?" Huo Zhiyu said, "I mean, you pissed her off this time!"
She patted Xue Zhiyi's shoulder and said, "I'll have to keep you by my side more often in the future, so I won't be defeated by her every time!"
But all in all, Huo Zhiyu had no choice but to re-select the materials for making clothes. He had already made a choice, but suddenly the best option was gone, and the next materials seemed a little off no matter how he looked at them.
Although he won the argument, Huo Zhiyu was still in low spirits when he returned to Jianzhang Palace.
It was already evening when I came back. Chuizhu was walking the empress dowager's green-feathered parrot in the corridor.
Seeing Huo Zhiyu coming back, he hurriedly saluted with the parrot on his arm: "My princess, be well."
"What's the point? I'm so annoyed." Huo Zhiyu muttered.
Seeing the princess's sad face, Chuizhu mouthed to Xue Zhiyi, "What's wrong?"
But after all, today's incident was just a quarrel between two little girls, not a big deal, so he just smiled helplessly and shook his head.
Chuizhu was a man of good sense. He said, "Princess, this parrot has just learned a new auspicious poem today. Why don't you let it recite it to you? I'm sure you'll feel better once you hear it, and once you feel better, you'll naturally feel safe."
Huo Zhiyu just looked at the parrot with a lack of interest, and then he heard the parrot babbling, and actually shook its head and recited a poem.
Huo Zhiyu's emotions came and went quickly. After finishing a poem, he had already put on a smiling face.
"Interesting! Chuizhu, teach it some more. I want to hear it sing tomorrow, so I'll sing a song..."
Huo Zhiyu was just thinking about it, but Chuizhu felt uneasy. How could he teach the parrot to sing?
So he hurriedly said, "Princess, the parrot's poetry and singing are nothing compared to the beast trainer in the beast garden!"
Huo Zhiyu became interested and stopped bothering to ask the parrot to sing: "How is it so amazing?"
Speaking of this, Chuizhu said: "Those animal trainers, let alone birds, can even make snakes dance for the princess, or make fish line up to bow to her!"
Here, Huo Zhiyu had just become interested when Jingchun came running over: "Zhiyi!"
Several people looked at her in unison. Jingchun saluted Huo Zhiyu and then said to Xue Zhiyi, "Zhiyi, hurry to the main hall. The Empress Dowager is here and is in the hall right now. The Queen Mother has summoned you."
Queen?
Xue Zhiyi's heart sank. It must not be a good thing that the Queen Mother Lao was visiting at this moment.
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