I haven't seen this young lady for almost a month. Xia Tian was quite surprised. I wonder what this young lady is here for this time.
"Miss, why are you here?" Xia Tian quickly got down from the kang and made room for Shen Hui to sit. "Sit here. It's warm here."
This time, Shen Hui only brought a personal maid, Bi Yuan. The eldest lady took off her cloak and handed it to Bi Yuan. She didn't say anything and took off her shoes and got on the kang directly.
"Humph, if I didn't feel sorry for my brother, I wouldn't want to come!"
Xia Tian was slightly surprised. Was he here to cause trouble again?
Ningxiang came in with some tea. Xia Tian took it and placed it on the table in front of Shen Hui, then sat back down.
Shen Hui took a few sips of tea to warm herself up before explaining her purpose.
"My brother asked me to tell you about the current interpersonal relationships among the major families in the capital, so that you don't accidentally offend anyone and cause trouble for him." Shen Hui said in a bad tone while blowing tea.
Oh, so that's how it is. Xia Tian smiled and thanked her, "Thank you, big sister."
Shen Hui snorted with a cold face, "So hypocritical!"
Putting down the teacup, he saw a piece of paper covered with words on the table. "Did you write this?"
"Yeah, I copied it."
Shen Hui picked it up, took a look, and said disdainfully, "What a waste of these papers."
Without waiting for Xia Tian's response, he put down the paper and started talking.
During this time, Ningxiang came in three times to add tea, and it took an hour to finish the talk.
Shen Hui got up, put on her shoes, and prepared to go back.
Xia Tian hurriedly tried to persuade her to stay, "Sister, please stay for lunch before you come back."
"Hmph, I'm afraid of indigestion." After saying that, he asked Bi Yuan to put on his cloak and left without any reluctance.
She quickly chased after him and sent him to the door, "Big sister, thank you for today."
"Just don't cause trouble for my brother!" The arrogant young lady said without even turning her head.
She watched the master and servant leave the yard before entering the house.
"This young lady is so impetuous." Xia Tian muttered. It made sense. She was the mistress of the house, and she couldn't do it if she was weak in temper.
The eldest lady left, and after dinner, Shen Nian sent someone to call her to Lingyun Pavilion.
Shen Nian asked Muchen to explain to her again the major situations in the capital and the current complicated relationships.
If Shen Hui's talk in the morning was about the love and hatred between the women in the backyard, then Mu Chen's talk in the evening was about the bloody battles between the men of the previous dynasty.
Xia Tian's eyes widened into mosquito coils when he heard this.
Oh my god, she was just going to the palace to participate in an ice skating festival, not to go to the battlefield, so what?
Chen Nian said, knowing yourself and your enemy is better than being in the dark!
Xia Tian nodded, thank you for your advice!
The training activities before entering the palace were successfully completed!
In the next three days, she reviewed the training content twice in her mind to ensure that she could apply it directly when the time came.
Finally, amidst a feeling of nervousness and anticipation, the Ice Skating Festival arrived.
That morning, Xia Tian dressed up with the help of Ningxiang and Ningxue, and met up with the people from Wu'an Marquis' Mansion at the gate of the mansion. They got on a carriage and headed to the palace.
The Ice Skating Festival is a large-scale annual winter event in the Dagan Dynasty. It is held for three days each time. Princes, nobles and officials above the fifth rank in the capital can participate with their families.
Today, Marquis Wu'an and Liu were attending the event at the Marquis Wu'an's Mansion along with a group of masters, ladies, young masters and young ladies.
Chen Nian and Xia Tian rode in the same carriage, followed by Mu Feng and Ning Xiang.
When they arrived at the gate of the palace, it was already blocked by carriages of dignitaries.
Everyone had to get off the car and line up to be inspected at the door. Only after passing the inspection could they enter. Of course, they had to walk to enter the palace.
In the summer, they had to wait in line at the door for more than half an hour before they could get in.
It is even more lively than the queues for admission to some modern tourist attractions.
Because it is an ice skating festival and the main feature is a lively and grand scene, there is no requirement to separate men and women, but viewing seats are arranged by family unit.
So from the moment they entered the palace, Xia Tian and Ning Xiang followed Chen Nian closely.
Look more, think more, talk less.
The main point is not to seek merit, but to avoid mistakes!
This is also what Miss Shen told her when they were queuing just now.
When we arrived at the ice skating rink, there were already many people sitting in the stands.
The three giants of the palace, the emperor, the queen mother, and the queen, have not arrived yet.
Chen Nian took Xia Tian to pay her respects to the Queen Mother first.
While waiting for the call outside the Cining Palace, she clenched her fists and tried hard to suppress the nervousness in her heart. She was about to meet the most noble woman in the Dagan Dynasty, which was something she had never dared to imagine in her previous life.
The feeling at this moment is both nervous and expectant!
Fortunately, it didn't take long before the Queen Mother summoned them in.
Xia Tian looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, and followed Chen Nian's lead in kneeling and kowtowing.
After the Queen Mother called him, Xia Tian stood obediently with his eyes lowered, not daring to look up.
The Empress Dowager looked at her for a while, said a few polite words, and asked the people around her to give her a purse.
Chen Nian and Xia Tian thanked him again and then left.
She didn't see what the Empress Dowager looked like the whole time.
First, the Queen Mother sat in the upper seat, which was some distance away.
Secondly, she kept in mind the rules that Madam Cao had told her. When meeting an important person, if she was not asked to look up, she should never look up, so as not to offend the important person.
After leaving the Cining Palace, she took a long breath and felt less nervous!
Looking at Xia Tian like this, Chen Nian gently held her hand, and the two smiled at each other and went to the ice skating rink.
Only after she sat in the viewing seats did she dare to look around.
He didn't dare to talk to Ningxiang. There were many people around and it was better to be cautious.
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