I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Chapter 155: Late for the Banquet

Song Wei was stunned, and his heart was filled with discomfort.

Since you know all this, why did you choose him instead of me?

But how could the always arrogant Song Wei ask this? He said self-deprecatingly, "With a backer, I have a different confidence when I speak!"

Song Wei's words made Lu Mingyang absentminded for a moment. Yeah, when did she stop being afraid of him? But before she could figure it out, someone grabbed her wrist.

Song Weiyi no longer pretended, his eyes blazing with fire: "My woman, as long as she admits her mistakes, I can allow her to choose again."

Lu Mingyang looked over in surprise and found that the person who spoke had already walked away.

Crazy!

She vigorously brushed away the filth in her ears, and without waiting for Nian'er, she bought a cart of watermelons nearby, took his donkey cart, and asked the seller to deliver her and the watermelons to the palace.

"Everyone, eat melon, eat melon!"

Lu Mingyang asked Zheng Hao to distribute the melons to the people in the mansion, and went back to her room to sleep. She had not slept well the previous night, and she was worried that she would feel sleepy when she entered the palace.

"Princess, please have your meal before taking a rest!" A little maid came in with food.

In the morning, before she had even eaten, Lu Mingyang had already put her down. She had only been living in the palace for a few days and wasn't familiar with the people there. He felt like he hadn't seen her in the main courtyard during her time there, so he asked her what her name was.

The little girl was very smart, "My servant Xiao He is in charge of serving food in the kitchen."

“It was delivered very quickly, great!”

Lu Mingyang ate a little and then lay down on the couch for a nap.

The little girl left with the remaining food and ran into Peony at the lotus corridor.

"Sister Mudan!" the little girl saluted.

Mudan looked at the two missing pieces of cake on the cake plate and asked, "Is this for the princess?"

The little girl said in panic: "I dare not eat it secretly."

Mudan waved her hand to let her go and ran back to the east warm room excitedly.

"Girl, if she eats, she won't wake up for four or five hours."

"That's great, Mudan, come and pick out some nice clothes for me!" Qin Miao was sitting in front of the dressing table choosing jewelry, feeling extremely happy.

Even if Brother Zheng brings you back, you still can't go.

By then, she will be the only woman accompanying Brother Zheng, and everyone will know that she is the real mistress of Ningyuan Palace.

……

"Second sister, get up!"

Yang Nian'er called for a long time but couldn't wake up the sleeping Lu Mingyang. She picked up two teacups and banged them together next to her ears.

Lu Mingyang suddenly sat up and looked at his sister in a daze.

Yang Nian'er pointed at the sun with a look of disgust, "Second sister, you said you don't have me, what can you do!"

She returned to the Marquis of Chengyang's mansion to pack her clothes and went to the palace. Wei Luo happened to come looking for her, and she learned that her second sister was going to the palace for a banquet. Thinking that the maids in the palace were all picked by Qin Miao from the palace and were unreliable, she ran over, but she didn't expect her second sister to be asleep.

"Come on!"

Lu Mingyang came back to his senses and hurriedly picked up his clothes and hairpins and ran out. Fortunately, the clothes and hairpins were prepared before going to bed, but where was the carriage?

There was only one carriage with eight horses in the mansion. Thinking that she was going to the palace for a banquet, she specifically asked someone to harness the carriage and park it at the gate to wait for her before going to bed.

"Concubine Qin has entered the palace for a banquet." The gatekeeper saw that the princess was very anxious and said, "Shall I go and get another carriage?"

How long will it take to harness another carriage? Fortunately, the carriage that Nian'er was riding in was still parked at the gate of the mansion. Lu Mingyang jumped on it and hurriedly changed his clothes.

"I promised His Highness that I would dress beautifully before entering the palace!" Lu Mingyang was so anxious that she almost cried, "Can you do it?"

She simply combed her hair into a single bun at Xiangguo Temple, which was definitely not suitable for entering the palace.

"Don't move!" The carriage was already bumpy. Yang Nian'er straightened her second sister's head and comforted her, "Don't worry, I learned this from the eldest girl especially for you."

Looking at the gradually taking shape of his hair in the mirror box, Lu Mingyang gradually calmed down. Thinking about his eight-horse carriage being used by Qin Miao, he asked anxiously, "How do you think Qin Miao can enter the palace for the banquet?"

"It's the Queen Mother's special permission. I can call her Aunt Queen Mother."

Yang Nian'er thought her second sister's question was too childish, but Lu Mingyang was delighted after hearing it and said "Oh" lightly.

"What are you saying!" Yang Nian'er reminded: "Second sister, you have never slept so soundly before!"

"You said she drugged me?"

"Who else could it be besides her?" Yang Nian'er curled her lips: "She's afraid that you'll steal her limelight."

“I think there’s something wrong with it too!”

Regardless of whether Qin Miao drugged him or not, before going to bed, he specifically instructed the two maids in the main courtyard to call him, but he still missed her. It is unlikely that no one instructed him to do so.

"Don't worry about her for now!" The most urgent thing is to attend the banquet.

Walking along the palace road, Lu Mingyang's heart was beating fast. He stopped a young eunuch and asked, "Has the banquet in Yanqing Palace started yet?"

The young eunuch said, "According to the time, the banquet has been served for a quarter of an hour."

Lu Mingyang watched the young eunuch leave and looked at his sister with a stiff expression: "This is too embarrassing!"

"Then we won't go?" Yang Nian'er also felt that it was inappropriate to walk in under the watchful eyes of everyone. If she was asked another question, it would be too much.

"Why shouldn't I go? I'm not dead or disabled." She didn't have a grand wedding in the first place. If she didn't show up at the first palace banquet after moving into the palace, how could she have any shame?

His eldest sister's succession to the title displeased the nobles, and Lu Mingqin's premarital infidelity left his own reputation in tatters. The reputation of the Chengyang Marquisate plummeted, and if he didn't rebuild it, how could he be worthy of his eldest sister?

"Then it's embarrassing!"

"I don't want it!" Lu Mingyang stared at his sister and suggested, "How about I go to the imperial kitchen and cook a dish myself?"

"Come on!"

Before Yang Nian'er could complain about this bad idea, a line of palace maids carrying food passed by. Lu Mingyang hurried over and asked the one leading the way, "Are they sending it to Yanqing Palace?"

The maid nodded.

Lu Mingyang asked awkwardly, "What other dishes are there?"

The maid was surprised: "There are many more dishes!"

Lu Mingyang smiled: "For example?"

Today, His Majesty is hosting a banquet in Yanqing Palace. Many relatives and ministers are invited to attend. The maid in the imperial kitchen saw that the lady in front of her seemed to be attending the banquet, so she greeted everyone and said,

"Don't ask any more questions. Fortunately, the Queen Mother hasn't arrived yet, otherwise the Imperial Concubine would have punished us again."

"The Queen Mother hasn't left yet? Haha..."

Lu Mingyang waved at the maid's retreating figure and excitedly ran towards Shoukang Palace. Accompanying the Queen Mother was not only safe, but would also earn her respect!

The main door of Shoukang Palace was closed. Xu Pei was guarding outside the hall. When he saw Lu Mingyang, he walked down the stone steps to greet him.

"Why is the princess here?"

"The Imperial Concubine asked me to invite the Empress Dowager over," Lu Mingyang lied, pointing to the closed main hall and asking curiously, "What's wrong?"

Xu Pei sighed and shook her head slightly: "The Princess of Jin is inside."