Bai Chuxiao had not tortured Xie in the past few days. Bai Linnan became suspicious and strengthened the guards of his own and Xie's courtyards. However, Bai Chuxiao had already roughly understood what happened that year and was not in a hurry to do anything.

It was the end of the month, and Emperor Wenxuan finally planned to meet with the envoys and princesses from Southern Xinjiang. He ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare a palace banquet, which would be held at noon tomorrow in the Taiji Hall. Officials above the third rank could bring their families into the palace.

Bai Chuxiao had originally planned to visit her second uncle and aunt, but the palace banquet was held by the Ministry of Rites, and her second uncle must be very busy. After thinking about it, she decided not to go. She decided to wait until after the palace banquet. She didn't know if her second brother had returned.

The old lady asked them to go over and enter Furongyuan. Xie was already sitting there. She looked energetic and must have recovered. Bai Chuwan was sitting beside her with a proper smile on her face.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, the old lady slowly said, "Tomorrow is the palace banquet. Xie should bring the eldest and second girls to the palace. Once you are in the palace, it is different from being outside. You must follow the rules and don't offend the nobles in the palace."

Bai Chuxin asked cautiously, "Grandma, can't Xin'er go?" Aunt Sun tugged at her sleeve to stop her from asking.

Now that Zhao's mother and daughter have gone to the Jiangnan Villa, Fourth Miss Bai Chudie is locked up and not allowed to go out, and Aunt Yue naturally doesn't dare to come out either. Now the Xie family has the final say in the mansion, and with the addition of an eldest lady who can't be provoked, Sun has to live even more cautiously, and doesn't dare to let Bai Chuxin be as domineering as before.

"You are still young, so don't go," the old lady said in a deep voice. Last time, the fourth girl embarrassed the prime minister's family. Now she doesn't like these concubines in the family at all. She thinks they are not presentable.

"Mother, don't worry. My daughter-in-law and Wan'er both know the palace rules. But since she's the eldest daughter, my daughter-in-law doesn't dare to interfere. I heard that she even dared to contradict the prince last time," Xie said with a smile, holding her handkerchief.

"Chu Xiao, don't make trouble after entering the palace, don't lose face for the Left Prime Minister's Mansion," the old lady said sternly. When she first returned home, she thought her granddaughter was sensible and lovely, but now it seems that she is not an easy person to deal with.

Bai Chuxiao looked at Xie with disdain, "Aunt, if you have time, you might as well teach Second Sister more. Don't do anything shameless at the palace banquet. That would be a joke, wouldn't it?" She jumped so high. She really thought that with the support of the prince, she would have nothing to worry about. She wanted to be the crown princess. It was a nice thought.

"Sister, why do you always bully Wan'er? What has Wan'er done to you?"

"Big girl, how long are you going to make trouble? Are you not going to listen to your grandmother now?" Seeing that Bai Chuxiao was still speaking sharply and refused to back down, the old lady also shouted in dissatisfaction.

Bai Chuxiao replied indifferently, "My granddaughter doesn't dare."

On the morning of the second day, when Bai Chuxiao brought Lan Xin to the gate of the mansion, she learned that Xie and Bai Chuwan had left in a carriage. She didn't care and got on the carriage directly.

For the safety of His Majesty and the ladies in the palace, it is not allowed to bring maids into the palace for this kind of palace banquet, in order to avoid a mix of good and bad people and accidents. So Bai Chuxiao told Lan Xin to wait for her in the carriage.

There were already many carriages parked at the southwest gate, presumably they had arrived early to wait for the inspection into the palace. The Left Prime Minister's Residence was not far from the palace, so Bai Chuxiao naturally did not want to get up early and wait here. She opened the curtain and looked, and her second aunt, a lady, and Kong Xihan were all there. She quickly got out of the carriage and wanted to say hello.

At this time, a woman in red rushed over on horseback, muttering "Get out of the way!" and whipped the ground. The whip was about to hit Bai Chuxiao. Everyone looked back at this scene and exclaimed. Kong Xihan then saw her and quickly reminded her, "Xiaoxiao, be careful."

Bai Chuxiao's expression was slightly cold, but she did not dodge. She raised her hand and grabbed the whip. The woman in red stopped, but she did not feel sorry for almost hitting someone. Instead, she wanted to whip the woman who blocked her way, but she could not move no matter how hard she tried.

At this time, my second aunt and Kong Xihan came over and said, "Greetings to Princess Changyun."

Princess Changyun is the youngest daughter of the current emperor's younger sister, Princess Zhaoyang. Princess Zhaoyang and her husband live in Yingzhou all year round and usually do not come to Beijing. The current emperor has many sons but only two daughters. Princess Changyun grew up in the palace since she was young. His Majesty loves her very much, but this also makes this princess seem lawless.

"Who are you? How dare you block my way? Why don't you let go?"

Bai Chuxiao said coldly, "There are already many women from official families in front of the palace gate today. Has the princess ever thought about what to do if any lady or lady is injured?"

"Hmph, who do you think you are? Even if I hurt you today, your uncle will not blame me." Seeing that she was still unwilling to let go, Princess Changyun turned over and dismounted, saying arrogantly.

The eldest princess also heard the commotion here and rushed over to take a look. No trouble can happen today. "Changyun, don't be rude. This is the eldest daughter of the Zuo Xiangfu family and your future wife of the Seventh Prince."

Bai Chuxiao let go of the whip when she saw the eldest princess coming. Princess Changyun did not dare to be arrogant in front of this eldest cousin. She just snorted coldly at Bai Chuxiao. What is the Seventh Prince's Wife? What is the Prince of Yan? How can he compare to her brother Tianyou?

"Xiaoxiao, are you hurt?" The eldest princess knew that Chang Yun was spoiled by his father and had always been like this.

Bai Chuxiao smiled and shook her head, and hurriedly greeted, "Greetings, Princess, Chuxiao is not injured."

Seeing that everyone was fine, the eldest princess gave some instructions and took Princess Changyun to the palace first. When Princess Changyun left, she left a message for Bai Chuxiao, "Don't be too proud."

The second aunt then took Bai Chuxiao's hand and looked left and right, "You, you didn't even come to see me and your uncle first after returning to the capital."

He then introduced the lady next to him, "This is Mrs. Kong from the family of the Minister of Rites."

Bai Chuxiao smiled and bowed, "Hello, Aunt Kong."

"Xiaoxiao is really pretty. Xihan has been praising you to me since she came back last time. I finally got to see her today."

Kong Xihan came over and took Bai Chuxiao's hand, "Mom, Madam Murong, let's go in quickly."

It was still early, and it was not appropriate for everyone to go to the Taiji Hall right away, so Queen Li first marked out a garden to entertain the ladies of the court.

The ladies of each family were sitting in the garden drinking tea, while the young ladies of each family were playing in the garden in groups of two or three. Seeing that the palace maids and eunuchs who were serving them had to stay far away, Kong Xihan whispered, "Princess Changyun is really too arrogant, but I'm afraid your second sister will have a hard time."

"Oh, what does this mean?" Bai Chuxiao asked in confusion. It was mainly because she had only been back for a short time and was not yet familiar with the relationships between the various families in the capital. Her father and Xie would naturally not tell her about it. It seemed that she had to ask her second uncle and aunt for advice, otherwise it would be inconvenient to do things in the future.

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