The little cannon fodder kept releasing melons, and people lined up to eat melons

The two returned to the study, only to see Song Boyan sitting on a chair, and his three sons gathered around the desk. The four of them looked solemn and gloomy...

When Song Boyan saw his mother and wife coming, he immediately asked: "How is it?"

The old lady nodded solemnly. Jiang placed the token on the table. Song Boyan immediately picked it up and flipped through it quickly...

Good, good, good... With such thorough evidence, it seems that the Prince of Huai has put a lot of effort into this!

"Father, are we just going to sit here and wait for death?"

Song Chengyi felt that it was infuriating to think that such a magnificent mansion could contain so many deadly things and they knew nothing about it.

"Third brother, we only know that the people who targeted the Marquis' Mansion were the work of the King of Huai. However, judging from the tokens we found in my father's study and storehouse, multiple forces should be involved. Is there a key among them? Are they accomplices? We have no way of knowing yet. For now, we can only keep our troops in place and wait for the opportunity..."

"What my second brother said makes sense. Now the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark. We just need to wait for them to get impatient and reveal their true colors..."

Song Boyan nodded with satisfaction. What Zhou'er said coincided with his idea. These people put so much effort into doing this, and their purpose was to make the Marquis' Mansion fall into an irretrievable situation. It was impossible for these people to remain calm when faced with such a good opportunity.

After discussing it, the few people burned all the tokens one by one, replaced them with ordinary letters and put them back in their original places.

After the matter was settled, everyone dispersed and prepared to enter the palace for tonight's palace banquet.

Ningyun Pavilion...

After taking a leisurely bath, Song Qianning changed into a green dress, tied her hair into a bun with a bamboo stick, and hesitated while holding the lotus jade hairpin.

"Miss, isn't this too plain for this palace banquet?"

"No problem, just use this one! If you really think it's too plain, use a velvet flower!"

Muzhu couldn't persuade his daughter, so he had to put it on, and added some pearls and jade to decorate it...

Song Qianning picked up a piece of rouge paper and gently sipped it in front of the mirror. Hmm! This thing is really not as good as lipstick.

Listening to the Rain Pavilion...

Chunhua took the pink dress and couldn't help but persuade her: "Miss, you always like pink clothes. For this rare palace banquet, why don't you change into a different style?"

Song Qianyu was looking through her jewelry box to choose golden hairpins. When she heard Chunhua's words, she glared at her and said, "What do you know? Aunt Mu said that I look good in pink clothes. Why are you talking so much nonsense? Why don't you put them on for me..."

Chunhua and Xiahua looked at each other and thought of what the eldest lady said that day - pink is the icing on the cake for fair skin...

However, as maids, they dared not disobey their master, so they had to help Song Qianyu change her clothes.

Song Qianyu was very satisfied when she saw her head full of golden hairpins in the mirror. She was sure that her outfit today would outshine that little bitch Song Qianxue.

Luoxue Pavilion...

Song Qianxue chose a lake green dress and tied her hair into a simple bun. She did not have any extra pearl hairpins, and her hair was mainly decorated with velvet flowers or kingfisher feathers.

This was the first time Shuiqin had seen her master so plain in recent years. Although many years ago her master also dressed mainly in heroic attire, in the past two years she had mostly dressed like a lady from a noble family.

"I feel like the young lady is very different lately." Shuiqin sighed.

"How is it different?" Song Qianxue was puzzled.

"I know this. Before the Second Miss came to the Marquis' Mansion, our Miss was full of vigor and energy. After the Second Miss came, you became more and more quiet, and you were always worried about gains and losses. Now it's different... You have become as confident as before, and even have a little more of the Third Miss's easy-going attitude."

As soon as Shuiqi finished speaking, Shuishu and Shuihua nodded repeatedly, but they liked the young lady more the way she was now! The young lady now was really better than before.

Song Qianxue looked at herself in the mirror and thought of what her third sister said - don't look for proof of love in someone who loves you, and don't look for signs of love in someone who doesn't love you.

She really likes herself now, and she likes her father, mother, grandmother, brothers even more, but her favorite is her third sister.

When Song Qianning rushed to the front hall, she found that several brothers were already waiting there. As expected, men were quick to prepare before going out, unlike girls who would wait until they had done all kinds of preparations before going out.

Song Qianxue and Song Qianyu arrived one after another. Song Chengyan frowned when he saw this so-called second sister. Her pink clothes and hair full of gold hairpins were simply too tacky.

Song Qianyu had just returned to the Marquis' Mansion half a year ago when he and his father went to war, so to him, Song Qianyu was just a blood sister, nothing more.

But he couldn't figure it out. Their family was not ordinary people, so why did someone like Song Qianyu appear? ?

Compared to Song Chengyan's feelings, Song Chengzhou just glanced at him indifferently and stopped talking.

Song Chengyi felt that his eyes were polluted. Oh my god! This second sister still couldn't change her nouveau riche woman's attire. She was obviously a young girl, but she had to dress herself up like a pheasant. It was simply unbearable to watch.

Song Qianyu didn't care what the three of them thought, and called out sweetly, "Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother."

The brothers hummed and stopped talking. Song Qianyu wanted to get closer to them, but was interrupted by Song Qianning's exclamation.

"Big sister, the colors we are wearing today are so similar! You and I really are so in tune with each other! As the saying goes, if you want to live a good life, you have to have some green..."

This was the first time Song Qianxue heard this statement, and she laughed and said, "What kind of twisted logic is this?"

"Third sister is talking about horse racing..."

This sentence was taught to him by his third sister. Last time he asked what a train was, his third sister said it meant a carriage.

"What nonsense are you talking about again?" Song Chengzhou really couldn't stand him anymore. He always said nonsense that was incomprehensible recently.

"What do you know? My third sister said this is to praise someone for being able to speak..."

"What do you brothers and sisters talk about?"

Song Boyan, the old lady, and Jiang appeared together...

The six brothers and sisters bowed and saluted. The old lady nodded and said, "Let's go now..."

Three carriages set off towards the imperial palace. The front carriage held the old lady, the marquis and Jiang, the middle carriage held Song Qianning's three sisters, and the back held Song Chengyan's three brothers.

Before getting on the carriage, the old lady specifically warned Song Qianning and the other two to stay seated until they reached the palace. Anyone who made any moves would be punished according to the family rules. The three of them were so scared that they could only stare at each other in the carriage...

Sitting in the carriage on the other side were Prince Xiao of Huai and Fei Yanwen. Xiao Tianyi turned the ring on his index finger, his father's rebuke flashing through his mind.

Didn't the king say that Song Chengzhou was more knowledgeable than him? ? Today he would let everyone see that the second-placed scholar in the Xingbang was doing something shameful at the palace banquet. Let's see who would praise him again?

Ever since Fei Yanwen's father found out that his name was the last on the list, he had been mocking him, saying that he was not even as good as Song Chengzhou's toes. He also said that if Song Chengzhou participated in the palace examination, he would definitely have a place in the second or third place, if not the first place.

He will definitely bring disgrace upon Song Chengzhou at today's palace banquet. He won't be able to take part in the palace examination for now.

"Have you made all the arrangements for Qingyin?" Xiao Tianyi's tone was calm and there was no trace of emotion in it.

"Don't worry, my lord! Qingyin will dress up as my sister's personal maid and go to the palace to attend the banquet together."

"Tell Qingyin that this is her last chance. She has failed twice before. If she fails again this time, I don't mind letting her disappear from this world."

"She knows it herself. The prince had already let her go twice out of mercy. She should know what is more important."

After Qingyin sold herself to bury her father for the first time and waited for several hours but still couldn't see Song Chengzhou, Fei Yanwen and Gu Mingyou took advantage of the opportunity and let Qingyin repeat the same trick.

Song Chengzhou did show up that time, but who would have thought that Song Chengzhou did not play by the rules? When Fei Yanwen pretended to buy Qingyin, he did not stop him, but said congratulations and left.

Fei Yanwen and his companions were so angry that they could only stay where they were and stare blankly...

"This plan can only succeed and cannot fail..."

"I understand, but Prince, if we set up a trap in the palace, what if the emperor gets angry?"

"Isn't this great? A general who has returned victoriously, but his son is having an affair at a palace banquet. With so many people watching, if Song Chengzhou doesn't go to hell, who will?"

Fei Yanwen knew that this was his last chance. If he lost this opportunity today, the palace examination would be held in ten days. He would never let Song Chengzhou have this chance...