CH 94

In the blink of an eye, it arrived at the festive day of the Mid-autumn banquet. Qiqi went to the palace with her parents and older brothers to attend the banquet.

Although the days in the general’s residence were brocade garments and jade meals, but Qiqi didn’t like luxuries. She usually wore plain clothes and had simple hair accessories. Although these things she thought were “simple”, they weren’t “simple”.

However, today was the palace banquet. It was natural that one couldn’t dress as usual. Therefore, Qiqi dressed in flowery moon white robes, the silk texture of the hem was curving behind her. Her fine, black hair like ink was arranged in an elegant jing hong hairstyle with a few precious stones and flower hairpins. There was only one sapphire buyao clipped on the side of her temple as she appeared before everyone’s eyes. Mother Su couldn’t help but cover her face with the handkerchief, leaning against father Su’s bosom and sobbing softly.

(T/N: Below are pictures of a jing hong hairstyle and buyao.)

She said: “In the blink of an eye, the baby carved out beautifully was already now a slim and elegant young lady.”

Mother Su was originally a beauty and Qiqi’s features were more like mother Su’s. Before when she was in the prince’s palace dressed in narrow-sleeved and song trousers, her appearance was also outstanding. It was just that she didn’t care about her appearance nor did she dress up a little. She always looked like a cold and frosty stranger who didn’t bother her the whole time. Moreover, as a dark guard, she was mostly hiding in the dark. As a servant, she was mostly bowing her head and kneeling. No one cared about her appearance like that.

But Su Lianxue cared. The first time she saw Qiqi, she hated and resented her because of her appearance. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be many things afterward......

Now Qiqi was dressed up in a very sumptuous way, coupled with her clear and cold temperament, she actually made the two serving maidservants that were close by her side feel like Miss seemed like a fairy coming down from the Nine Heavens, and her legacy was inviolable......

Even her several older brothers couldn’t stop praising her.

Qiqi just thought they were jesting to make her feel happy. She lowered her head with a red face and helped mother Su into the carriage.

At the Mid-autumn banquet, the general’s family naturally sat in the front. Sitting opposite them was Prime Minister Bai Jue and Cui Yanran’s family.

Originally, according to Cui Yanran’s father’s position as a minister, it wouldn’t have been such a front seat, but after tonight, Cui Yanran was the respectful Princess Rong chosen by His Majesty. Not to mention anyone with a discerning eye was aware that this Mid-autumn banquet was intended to refer to marriage to Prince Rong.

It was just as Cui Yanran said. Qiqi was here. She was much at ease. Although Qiqi didn’t like the toasting of the banquet, she had also been to a lot of such occasions in the previous life. Whether it was hiding behind the scenes as a dark guard or pretending to be Shen Zhonghua’s side person accompanying him to mix with others, Qiqi had never made a mistake.

Therefore, when Princess Anning original ridicule and said: “That lowly maidservant must appear clumsy and lost all faces in the banquet.”

It was doomed to be greatly disappointed.

Qiqi’s performance was totally a dignified, elegant lady of everyone’s manner. This made Princess Anning very angry. She originally wanted to see Qiqi make a fool of herself and became a laughing stock! Even if Qiqi’s identity was the miss of the general, she had been a servant girl for more than ten years. In Princess Anning’s eyes, she was just a humble slave, and couldn’t get rid of the slave record for a lifetime!

However, it was fortunate. Princess Anning thought she was smart enough to have prepared a back move.

Princess Anning thought to herself: “This princess just looks at you not pleasing to the eye, but nevertheless people hate you to the bone!”

Waiting until His Majesty bestowed marriage to Prince Rong and Cui Yanran, everyone toasted and drank a lot. Qiqi didn’t like drinking. When she was a dark guard, she should always be awake and couldn’t drink. Over time, this had become her habit.

Just then there was a servant girl who came up to serve food. It seemed like she accidentally stepped on the hem of her skirt and tumbled down.

Even if Qiqi had good agility, she must pay attention to her bearing and manners. So although she dodged it, the hem of her skirt was still dirty from the splash of lotus and tofu soup.

The servant girl naturally kneeled and kowtowed, begging for mercy: “Miss, please spare my life! Miss, please spare my life!”

Mother Su promptly wiped Qiqi with a handkerchief and asked anxiously: “Little Seven, you didn’t get burned, did you?”

“I’m alright, Mother.” Qiqi used to be a servant. She naturally knew the suffering of the servant and didn’t intend to make things difficult. Princess Weilan on the side suggested that it would be better to let Qiqi go to the warm room on the side to change clothes.

Of course, clothes would be changed. Noble ladies had so many customs. If one dressed in dirty clothes, one would be laughed at by others which would implicate the general’s reputation. Qiqi nodded. The eldest sister-in-law let mother Su sit down and said: “Mother, I’ll go with Little Seven.”

Hence Qiqi went to the warm room on the side with her eldest sister-in-law and two serving maidservants to change clothes.