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908 The banquet
Cai Xiaolian explained, ” your father is liked by the Emperor. Also, the Emperor hasn’t seen you for a long time. He wants to see you.
Gu Xin& and Gu Hui were speechless.
“Your father became the top scholar,” Cai Xiaolian said,”and only then did he realize that the Emperor is your uncle ye!”
Gu Xin was speechless.
Gu Hui was also a little surprised.
In the eyes of the two sisters, the Emperor had the image of a dignified old man, not like uncle ye, who was as simple-minded as his uncle (father).
Gu Xin smacked her head, ” no wonder! The Jade that uncle ye gave me and brother Yuanyuan scared the district Magistrate! So uncle ye is the Emperor!”
Cai Xiaolian looked at Gu Xin helplessly, ” “The next time you see him, don’t call him uncle ye. If he doesn’t talk about you, the people around him will say that you have no rules. I’ve prepared some clothes for the two of you to wear during the banquet, come and try them on!”
“Second aunt, can’t I wear men’s clothes?” Gu Hui asked.
“No!” Cai Xiaolian said with certainty.
The next day, Gu Xin and Gu Hui went to look for Huo Yanyu to ask her what she needed to pay attention to at banquets.
“Sister Huihui, sister Xinxin, let me tell you something. The first king of Xing Nan Kingdom was a civil official from the previous dynasty. He married the only daughter of a general and was finally able to call himself the King in the North. He prides himself on being smart and often comes to the great Zhou Dynasty to ask for advice on all kinds of strange questions. He often lost. This year, they would definitely compete in this. Moreover, they are very good at picking people. They picked my brother before, but he was stumped. This year, she would probably choose second uncle Gu. There’s another Princess who looks the same age as us. Sister Xinxin, you’re the daughter of the top scholar. I’m afraid they’re looking for you!”
Gu Xin,’does ran ran still need to do the questions? What are the questions?”
Huo Yanyu replied,”some strange algebra questions.” But sister Xinxin, don’t worry, sister niannian’s questions are much more difficult than the ones from Xing Nan Kingdom. You’ll have no problem with them.”
Hearing this, Gu Xin was confident,’of course! Then I’m not afraid. Big sister even said that I’m very powerful! Then can I test her?”
Huo Yanyu nodded and replied,”of course!” If you trouble him, the Emperor will be happy and reward you greatly. He might even like second uncle Gu more.”
Gu Xin rolled her eyes and had an idea.
When it was time for the banquet, Gu Xin dressed up and combed her hair before following them into the palace.
She had never been to the palace before, and she felt that the house she saw in her dream was the best. When she entered the palace, she realized that she was wrong. The house in her dream was good, but it really couldn’t be compared to the palace.
The Imperial Palace is really big!
She didn’t look left or right, but looked straight ahead, and the scenery was naturally in her eyes.
It wasn’t like they didn’t have someone to take care of them. With old Madam Huo and eldest Madam Huo taking care of them, they wouldn’t have to worry about making mistakes.
The Huo family’s eldest Madam was Huo Yanyu’s eldest aunt and the wife of the Prime Minister. She had been in contact with Cai Xiaolian a few times and did not look down on this newly-promoted top scholar’s wife, but she was not very familiar with her.
Cai Xiaolian could tell that the Prime Minister’s wife’s personality was like that, just like grandma Gu. She treated everyone the same. If you looked closely, you would find out if she liked to play with you.
Only a Prince and a Princess had come from the other party. The Grand Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Jiang did not show up, and it was Empress Xue who led the appointed wife to attend the banquet.
Cai Xiaolian was quite curious about this Empress Xue. She wanted to see what this carefree Empress of the emperor’s family was like.