First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 416 The Princess Arrives

Su Jixiang waited for a while before he heard the eunuchs' voices outside, "Princess Changping has arrived, Princess Anle has arrived!"

Upon hearing the announcement, Su Jixiang quickly got up and took Lushui and Guihua to a stage in the center of the South Garden to pay a visit to the eldest princess and the county lord.

Among the people invited by the eldest princess today, her title is the highest.

The noble ladies who were originally scattered in the South Garden and chatting in groups of three or four, along with their daughters, all headed towards the stage, and Su Jixiang naturally followed them.

There are neatly arranged tables and chairs in front of the stage, surrounding it.

Su Jixiang stood at the end of the crowd and followed everyone else in paying respects to the eldest princess.

She came from a royal family, so she naturally knew etiquette, and was not nervous at such occasions.

The eldest princess took Princess Anle to a seat facing the center of the stage. She smiled and asked everyone to excuse themselves. "Today is the Hairpin Flower Banquet. We invite everyone to chat, watch a play, appreciate flowers, and eat some delicious food. I didn't feel like moving around in the summer, but now that autumn has arrived and the weather has cooled, it's time to catch up with all the ladies!"

What the princess said was true. It was hot in the summer and everyone stayed at home to escape the heat, so there were no large-scale gatherings. Now it was the beginning of autumn, and although it was still a little hot at noon, the overall temperature had dropped, and it was already a little cool in the mornings and evenings.

The flowers used in the hairpin flower banquet at the Princess's Mansion today were all carefully cultivated in her family's greenhouse. What makes the Princess's Mansion amazing is not only the rare birds and animals, but also the unique greenhouse here.

This is a greenhouse specially built with glass that the princess bought from outside at a high price. There is no other like it in the entire Daxie Dynasty.

"In the entire capital, only the eldest princess can afford to hold a hairpin flower banquet at this time of year!" a noblewoman standing in front complimented, "Everyone knows that this glass greenhouse in the eldest princess's mansion is unique in the capital! We usually think it's great to have a piece of glass mirror, but our eldest princess has an entire glass house!"

When she said this, almost everyone followed suit.

Guihua couldn't help but give Lushui a thumbs up. It was the eldest princess who was wronged and the one who spent a lot of money to build a greenhouse in the capital. It really made them make a lot of money!

Su Jixiang glanced back at the two of them, asking them to keep a low profile.

Lushui and Guihua hurriedly lowered their heads, they were indeed a little too proud of themselves!

Fortunately, they were at the end of the line and no one noticed them.

The eldest princess felt very pleased when she heard this, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction on her face.

"It was because the prince saw that I like to grow flowers that he took out his own private money to make it for me." The eldest princess laughed, "After he took it out, I realized that he had hidden so much money!" The eldest princess said half jokingly and half showing off.

She is already one of the best-married women in the capital. The couple is devoted to each other. Even though her husband was granted the title of a prince, he is still kind to her sincerely. He is also very chaste and has not even had a maid for all these years.

Just ask yourself, whose harem in the capital is as clean as hers? Even if she is a princess, if her husband has a beautiful maid or something, she would turn a blind eye to it, right? But her husband doesn't have such cunning thoughts!

Naturally, her words aroused another round of admiration and compliments from everyone.

Su Jixiang stood at the end of the line and listened with one ear.

"Okay, okay, everyone, stop standing and sit down!" The eldest princess waited until everyone had finished talking, then smiled and waved her hand, asking all the ladies to sit down one by one.

Su Jixiang also found a table in the corner and sat down. On one side of her was a fence, and on the other side sat a lady who was about the same age as her, wearing a lot of jewelry. After she sat down, the lady gave Su Jixiang a surprised look.

Maybe she felt that Su Jixiang looked unfamiliar, so she looked at him a few more times.

"Has the wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei arrived?" The eldest princess asked the nanny beside her after everyone sat down.

The nanny turned around to check with the maid behind her and then said to the princess, "Yes, he is here."

"Who is the wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei?" The eldest princess glanced at the ladies present and asked loudly.

Su Jixiang, who was named, could only stand up, then walked in front of the princess and bowed, "Your Highness, Su Jixiang greets Her Highness, the princess."

Su Jixiang was dressed appropriately today. She came from the palace and her etiquette was impeccable, so her appearance surprised all the ladies present.

"Raise your head and let me see." The eldest princess said with a smile.

Su Jixiang felt like a monkey, but there was nothing he could do so he could only raise his head as he was told.

The eldest princess took a closer look, and her smile suddenly froze on her lips.

Originally, she heard that Wei Ling's wife was a palace maid randomly picked by her brother to be in charge of the fire. Her appearance could not be said to be vulgar, but at least she was not presentable.

Who would have known that Su Jixiang was born to be so beautiful, with such majestic and gorgeous eyebrows, and her eyes sparkling with thousands of charms that she herself didn't even know about. She was so beautiful that not only the eldest princess, but even Princess Anle who was sitting next to the eldest princess was stunned.

She suddenly felt that Su Jixiang looked familiar, and then she quickly remembered, wasn't this the woman she met at Zhenxiufang last time?

The princess carefully looked Su Jixiang up and down several times, her heart a little uneasy. A beauty like Su Jixiang would be a peerless beauty even in the palace. Was Wei Ling really not moved by such a beauty? Or did Wei Ling simply look down on Su Jixiang's background?

Could it be that the information is wrong?

"The wife of Marquis Zhenbei has come from afar. She is my distinguished guest. How can she sit in the corner? Come, come, take a seat next to me. Sit next to me!" The eldest princess said to Su Jixiang with a smile.

Su Jixiang... She didn't want to do it! But in this situation, she couldn't decide whether to do it or not.

She could only express her gratitude, and then, under the guidance of the nanny, sat in a seat next to the eldest princess.

After Su Jixiang sat down, the eldest princess glanced at Princess Anle and said, "Today, everyone is here to relax and unwind. A few days ago, I obtained a lost ancient music score, a zither score. Today, I'm giving it out as a prize. We are all family, so let's have some fun and play the game of passing the flower. When the drum stops, whoever has the flower will either compose a poem on the spot or perform a talent. I will select a few ladies to be the judges. If the one who wins everyone's favor and has the best talent and poem will be the one to give this music score to!"