Chapter 487 Strange Followers

"Your Highness has a good memory." Nanny Li praised, walked up to Xia Miaoyuan, and carefully stuffed the beads into her outer robe.

"That's right, if it was other jewelry, it would be fine, but this bead, this princess must treasure it." Xia Miaoyuan said proudly.

After that, she walked to the window, clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and murmured: "Good bead, today is dangerous, you must bless everyone and everything will go well, and this princess will be safe!"

Xia Miaoyuan and his party got ready, got on the carriage, and drove to the palace.

Today, Xia Miaoyuan also brought Maomao with him.

As usual, as soon as he arrived at the palace gate, Xia Miaoyuan got off the carriage and rode Maomao into the palace.

Just after walking in about 70 meters, Xia Miaoyuan saw a thin and dark old man coming from another palace passage.

The thin old man was wearing a red official uniform, and there were three followers behind him.

Dai Viet respected red, and only ministers of the second rank and above would wear red official uniforms.

Xia Miaoyuan thought to herself, "Who is this old man?"

The second prince whispered in her ear, "This is the right prime minister of Dai Viet, Lord Lin."

Xia Miaoyuan suddenly realized, "It turned out to be the famous Prime Minister Lin."

She looked at the three followers beside Prime Minister Lin again, "These followers are so strange."

For a high-ranking official like Prime Minister Lin, the followers who are close to him are all carefully selected. For the sake of beauty, they will deliberately choose young people of similar stature.

In addition, there is another requirement, that is, the height of the close attendant is generally not too different from that of the master.

If the height difference is too big, it will give people a sense of disharmony.

The close attendants selected according to this set of standards will give people a very harmonious and comfortable visual experience when walking with the master.

But today, Lin Xiang and the three attendants made people feel a little weird.

And the appearance of these three attendants is very inconsistent.

There is a very tall attendant, and another one is slightly shorter. These two people look about 20 to 30 years old.

The other attendant is much fatter than the other two, with a round belly that is protruding. Moreover, although he does not look young, he looks like an old man.

Lin Xiang and the three attendants walked over from a distance, which seemed very inconsistent.

[Is Prime Minister Lin so unsophisticated? His followers are all so mixed and matched?!] Xia Miaoyuan muttered in her heart.

The second prince couldn't help but smile as he listened to his sister's voice.

People came to the hall one after another, sat in their seats, and chatted restrainedly.

In the middle of the hall, musicians were playing music seriously and dancers were dancing gracefully.

The Empress Dowager and the little emperor were of the most honorable status, so they would enter after all the guests arrived.

...

Shouxi Palace.

Zhu Ling sat in front of the dressing table, and the palace maids were dressing her diligently. Liang Chaozong, who had changed his appearance, stood beside her and served her.

"Hey! Sir..." Zhu Ling sighed with an exaggerated expression.

"It's a pity that today is a good Double Ninth Festival. I wanted to celebrate it with you. But this happened."

Mei'er advised gently, "Empress Dowager, there have been rumors recently. For the sake of safety, it is better not to let Mr. Liang attend the palace banquet today."

Zhu Ling curled her lips.

Liang Chaozong said respectfully, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Although it's a pity today, I and Your Majesty will have many more Double Ninth Festivals to spend together."

"Besides, I'm waiting for Your Majesty in Shouxi Palace tonight. We'll have some fun when you come back from the palace banquet."

Zhu Ling smiled sweetly at Liang Chaozong, "Sir, you really know how to talk. You make me feel so relieved."

Liang Chaozong diligently brought a cup of tea to Zhu Ling, "Your Majesty must be tired from dressing up. Have some tea to moisten your lips."

Zhu Ling took the teacup and took a sip. Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she asked Mei'er, "Have Prime Minister Lin and those ministers arrived? Is there anything unusual about them?"

Mei'er whispered, "The servants who were serving in front just came back to report that they have all arrived. They all look respectful and polite, and there is nothing unusual about them."

Zhu Ling nodded with satisfaction.

Liang Chaozong said, "Your Majesty, for safety reasons, you should bring more of your own people with you today. After all, Han Lie has ulterior motives."

Zhu Ling rolled her eyes in disdain, "That old man has been confined to his house now, and he won't live for many days. Why should we be afraid of him?"

...

Xia Miaoyuan, the second prince and his party ate cakes and fruits while watching the singing and dancing. The

Queen Mother of Dai Viet, Zhu Ling, and the little emperor came at this time.

The eunuch with a shrill voice shouted loudly, "The Emperor is here, the Queen Mother is here..."

All the princes and ministers in the hall stood up and saluted the two.

After Zhu Ling and the little emperor sat down, the little emperor waved his hand and said, "Today is the Double Ninth Festival, there is no need to be polite, sit down and drink to your heart's content!"

The sound of drums and music resumed in the hall.

…

At the same time, the city gate.

Three carriages entered the city in the evening glow.

In the leading carriage, the Great Xia Queen Xiao Ruoyu was wearing the clothes of an ordinary woman, and beside her was Yingxue, who was dressed as a maid.

"Madam, we are so lucky that we got into the city before the city gate was locked." Yingxue said.

Xiao Ruoyu lifted the curtain and looked. There was a constant stream of pedestrians on the street, and the sounds of hawking were endless, which seemed very lively.

"Today is the Double Ninth Festival. I don't know if Chengnian and Miao'er will go to the palace banquet." Xiao Ruoyu sighed.

Yingxue asked hurriedly, "Then where are we going first?"

Xiao Ruoyu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then whispered, "Send the housekeeper to the guest inn to reserve a room, and the rest of you go to the secret guard's base first."

Yingxue responded, moved to the door, and said to the driver, "Go to the Su Mansion in Liutiao Lane."

Before long, the convoy arrived at the gate of the Su Mansion in Liutiao Lane.

Yingxue knocked on the copper ring on the door and called out, "Madam is back home, come and open the door!"

Soon someone opened the door.

Yingxue handed a gold and jade token to the person who opened the door, and the person immediately opened the door completely and invited Xiao Ruoyu and his party to go in.

They came to the largest base of the Great Xia Secret Guard in the capital of Da Yue.

The person who opened the door recognized at a glance that the token belonged to the Queen of Great Xia, and was surprised and happy. The captain

of the secret guard, Wang Meng, hurried over to greet him, "The little one gives..."

Wang Meng was about to salute Xiao Ruoyu, but Xiao Ruoyu stretched out her hand to stop him, "You are out, just call my wife."

Wang Meng immediately changed to a fist salute and said, "The little one greets the madam!"