Chapter 112: Attending the Banquet
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
On the day of the palace banquet, Chu Tao came in with a moonlight gauze dress.
Su Yan yawned and asked, “Why don’t I remember that I have this dress?”
Chu Tao smiled and replied, “This was ordered for you by His Highness before. It just so happened that someone sent it over.”
The moonlight gauze dress in her hand swayed with her arm, reflecting layers of light as if the moonlight was shining on the dress.
This was also the origin of the name of the dress.
Moonlight sand was extremely precious, so it was a bit extravagant to use it to make the entire dress.
Su Yan took a look and nodded uninterested.
Chu Tao excitedly gestured the dress to her body.
Su Yan stopped her with a laugh and said, “Alright, the palace banquet will be held in the afternoon. You should put it away first. It is not the time yet.”
Chu Tao was also afraid of dirtying her clothes, so she carefully put them away.
Just after lunch, Chu Tao hurriedly pushed Su Yan to the dressing table and sat down, saying that she wanted to help her put on makeup that would overwhelm the entire place.
Su Yan did not mind. “It’ll be better if it’s simple.”
Chu Tao immediately retorted, “How can that be? This is your first time attending a banquet after marrying into the royal residence. Of course, we have to let them see your elegance.”
Su Yan could not resist and could only let her make her decision. Chu Tao gestured at Su Yan’s face a few times and gave up.
The princess’ delicate face, which could be pinched out of water, was smeared with make-up and instead covered up her beauty.
It was just a little bit of lip gloss for her and that was it.
Changing into the moonlight gauze dress, Su Yan’s bright and beautiful little face shone under the moonlight gauze.
Chu Tao’s eyes flashed with a touch of amazement.
Su Yan rode the horse carriage to the entrance of the palace.
The image of her slowly getting out of the horse carriage dazzled the maidservants and eunuchs guarding the palace entrance.
Su Yan had only come to the palace once when she was young. She slowly followed behind the eunuchs and walked toward the Imperial Garden.
As she approached, she heard a series of whispers. She looked up and saw that the garden was already filled with various young ladies from the government. All of them were dressed in fancy clothes. Compared to admiring the flowers, these young ladies were more beautiful.
The few young ladies looked at Su Yan who was slowly walking over. After being stunned, they were somewhat puzzled.
Which family was this young lady from? How come they had never seen her before?
After carefully observing, they recognized that this was the young lady of the Su family, Su Yan.
A young lady who looked very cute took a step forward and said, “Are you the princess consort of Guang Pingwang? I didn’t expect that after only a few days of not seeing you, we wouldn’t be able to recognize you.”
Su Yan looked at the person and didn’t remember who it was, but she still smiled and nodded.
On the other side, Su Qiao gloomily looked at Su Yan, who was the center of attention. Thinking of what Princess Zhaoyang said, she raised a smile and said, “Isn’t this the royal residence’s foster family? My younger sister is really dazzling now.”
Su Yan raised her eyebrows and looked over. She really didn’t see her just now. “How could she be better than my cousin? You threw away three thousand taels in the treasure pavilion just now. You’re also living quite well in the Gu family, right?”
Su Qiao’s expression quickly changed. She gritted her teeth and said, “It’s all because of my little sister’s luck.”
The surrounding people did not understand. Su Qiao was worried that Su Yan would really say it out loud, so she immediately changed the topic and said, “When the Royal Highness went on the expedition, my little sister looked radiant, but she was actually living comfortably. Look, this moonlight gauze dress really dazzles people’s eyes.”
She secretly mocked Su Yan for not caring about Guang Pingwang’s safety. She was extravagant, but her words were filled with jealousy.
Su Yan seemed to have thought of something. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed. “It’s all because of Gu Lingyu’s cowardice. My lord had already given him the soldier talisman. In the end, when he heard that there was a war, he gave it back to my lord desperately.”
This matter had already spread in the capital, but the person involved directly confirmed it. It still made the surrounding people look at Su Qiao with ridicule.
Su Qiao took a deep breath, her face flushed red.. The surrounding gazes made her want to find a hole to hide in.