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Although Shi Lidie didn't have many relatives and friends in Beijing, she knew quite a lot of people.

After all, she had attended three formal banquets: the chrysanthemum viewing banquet at the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, the coming-of-age ceremony at the Earl of Gaochang's Mansion, and the previous year-end palace banquet.

At these banquets, she had to communicate with people more or less, especially since she had friends like Chen Shuting who would bring her into the right circles, so she got to know a lot of people.

To this poetry competition, she invited all the young men and women she had met.

Among them were adult princes and princesses who were able to leave the palace, young men and women from various families in the capital, new scholars such as Liu Luping and Cui Yuwei who stayed in the capital to take up positions, and the thirty-five unlucky guys who were harmed by Fang You, etc.

Among them, the Third Prince and Fang Ruoruo, as well as Feng Yishu from the Dingbei Marquis' Mansion, were also on the invitation list even if they had a bad relationship or no friendship.

After all, Shi Lidie cannot be too partial to one and neglect the other. If she invites some but not others, she will be directly offending the other party, causing resentment and causing trouble for the emperor and the empress.

Anyway, she has sent the post, and whether others come or not is their business.

However, no one would offend her, the newly appointed adopted daughter of the empress and a favorite of the emperor. Everyone who received the post still replied that they would come. When the number of people was counted, there were about a hundred people in total.

This banquet was different from the previous chrysanthemum viewing banquet and coming-of-age ceremony in that there were no elders and only young people.

This was Shi Lidie’s first time organizing a banquet.

She didn't quite understand the rules of the capital, so Chen Shuting volunteered to help and brought several helpers with her, asking Shi Lidie to assign tasks to them.

These noble ladies were all carefully educated at home, and were very good at managing household affairs and managing the household.

"Xiaodie, what do you want to do with this poetry competition?" Chen Shuting asked.

Speaking of this, Shi Lidie had a lot of thoughts in her mind:

"My initial idea is to organize a buffet and combine it with a poetry competition."

Chen Shuting asked curiously: "What is a buffet? How can it be combined?"

Shi Lidie briefly explained the buffet format to them, and then expressed her own ideas:

"For example, I set up the entire Princess Mansion as a large amusement park. From the moment everyone enters the door, I will issue serial number cards. Everyone's serial number card is fixed and cannot be lost."

"Then, set up game stations throughout the Princess's Mansion, such as writing poems, composing lyrics, playing the piano, writing couplets, and guessing riddles, with different themes and formats."

"Guests can take part in any activity they wish to attend by being led to the corresponding place by the maids. If they complete the task, someone will stamp a 'completed' stamp on their serial number plate."

"Once it's all over, we'll rank them based on the number of stamps and the quality of their work, and then give them prizes. The prizes can be the best wine in my tavern, or beautiful clothes I design for them personally. Anyway, the prizes I give them will not disappoint them."

"At the same time, every mission point for the participants will prepare delicious food and drinks for them to take as they please. This is self-service. In this way, those who are willing to participate can have fun, and those who are not willing to participate can also enjoy their meals."

"What do you think of this idea?"

As Shi Lidie finished her words, Chen Shuting and several other noble ladies were already stunned.

They did not mean to look down on Shi Lidie, but they thought that Shi Lidie came from the countryside, had limited experience, and had not attended many banquets. Maybe she was imitating the banquets of other families in Beijing. Although her banquets were not outstanding, they were not wrong either.

But I didn't expect that Shi Lidie would have such a creative idea, and it was a very good idea.

"Xiao Die, you are truly amazing!" Chen Shuting said, "I'm sure that once word of your poetry competition gets out, it will definitely cause a frenzy in the capital."

From now on, it will probably be difficult to hold traditional banquets well, and everyone may have to follow Shi Lidie's example.

"Since you also think this is a good idea, let's get started!" Shi Lidie began to assign tasks to them, "Sisters, please pick your own areas of expertise and help come up with the competition questions."

Chen Shuting's girlfriends helped with these things, but the layout of the entire Princess Mansion could not be done by just a few girls, so Shi Lidie drew the design and handed it to the housekeeper.

The Queen Mother was also afraid that something might go wrong when Shi Lidie hosted her first banquet, so she sent a nanny to help.

Therefore, she no longer needed to worry about the venue layout.

The housekeeper is familiar with the princess's mansion and knows how to set up those places reasonably; the nanny strictly controls the boundaries between the front yard, garden and inner house, and does not give anyone the opportunity to enter the backyard and inner house.

After all, the backyard house is Shi Lidie's residence, and it is a private place that cannot be seen by others.

The test questions were given to her group of girlfriends, and the venue was given to the servants. What did Shi Lidie do herself?

She dove into the kitchen.

That’s right, the first time she hosted a banquet, she wanted it to be a sensation. Not only did she want innovation in the form, but she also wanted innovation in the food. She wanted to bring some modern things to the ancient times with a new look.

For example, milk tea, jelly, yogurt, cake, spicy strips...

Anyway, as long as the ingredients can be found in ancient times, she wants to make it. She is not afraid of not having the recipe because she has a system. She can just spend a few points to buy a "Food Encyclopedia" and everything will be settled.

Everyone was busy for half a month, and finally the day of the poetry competition arrived.

Those who received the invitation came to the door at the time written on the invitation. Shi Lidie personally stood at the door to greet them, watched the maids hand out number tags, and explained to them the rules of the poetry competition.

Everyone was attracted by this new way of playing, and they became interested and eager to try it out.

The entire Princess's Mansion became lively in an instant.

When the Third Prince and Fang Ruoruo arrived together, most of the guests had already arrived. They both came late on purpose to appear to have high status and influence.

Fang Ruoruo walked up to Shi Lidie with her big belly:

"County Princess Yun'an... Oh no, I should call you Princess Yun'an now. Congratulations."

"Thank you, Third Prince's Consort." Shi Lidie looked at her and smiled, "Today is the first time I'm hosting a banquet. The format is very new and there are a lot of people coming and going. The Third Prince's Consort is pregnant, so remember not to leave the Third Prince's side."

"I understand. Thanks for the reminder." Fang Ruoruo nodded.

Both of them are good at pretending, pretending as if nothing had happened before. People who don't know the truth might think they have a very good relationship. In fact, only they themselves know that they are in a hostile position.

Fang Ruoruo walked in with the Third Prince. She had no expression on her face, but she hated him deeply:

If Shi Lidie was still a county princess, then one would have to bow and salute when seeing her, but Shi Lidie suddenly became a princess, and even the third prince is now just a bald prince without the title of prince or lord.

More importantly, Shi Lidie is the Queen's adopted daughter, and to some extent, she is also a sibling of the Third Prince.

Therefore, Shi Lidie still has the upper hand over Fang Ruoruo.