The invitation to Daiyu was sent along with the medicinal herbs that nourished her body in the autumn.

The items were all from the palace, and it was not the first time that the people of Rongguo Province had seen it. Therefore, they discussed it in private and sighed before leaving it at that.

Who would have thought that the invitation written by the Empress herself was still inside?

Daiyu saw the invitation at a glance, but she was not a flamboyant person. Naturally, she would not tell anyone that she also received the invitation.

In the blink of an eye, a few days had passed.

Lady Wang brought Baochai, Ling Yue, and Xichun to the palace for the banquet.

The three of them were afraid that they would not look dignified enough in front of the Empress, so they all dressed up, especially Ling Yue.

The residence had already prepared a carriage. The carriage was waiting outside the door, but it did not move for a long time.

Ling Yue's head was pressed down by the heavy buyao, and she could not help but feel irritated. She suppressed her unhappiness and asked Lady Wang softly, "Mother, aren't we leaving yet?"

Lady Wang sat there steadily and did not move. "There is still Daiyu's future."

Ling Yue said in surprise, "Sister Lin is going too?"

"She should be going."

Ling Yue was anxious, but she forced herself not to show any emotions on her face. She asked again, "Where did she get the invitation?"

"Assistant Minister He will definitely prepare it for her."

"Assistant Minister He is just a minister of the previous dynasty. How could the harem's invitation be sent to him?"

Lady Wang paused and felt that Ling Yue's words did make some sense.

However, Lady Wang's expression was not relaxed. Instead, it was more dignified.

"If I had known earlier, I would have asked the Empress to send an extra invitation."

Ling Yue smiled but did not say anything.

Send an extra invitation?

On what basis?

How could Daiyu be considered a relative of Consort Rong?

Lady Wang sighed softly. "Forget it. It's not good to delay the time to enter the palace. Let's go first."

After returning, she comforted Daiyu again.

Lady Wang and the others got on the carriage and headed towards the Imperial City.

On the other side, Daiyu had just finished dressing up.

The maidservant Qing Guo entered the residence and handed over a small box to Daiyu. She then said, "Miss Lin, please follow me into the carriage. The carriage is already waiting outside."

"Where did this car come from?" Daiyu was slightly surprised.

She originally thought that she would have to go with Lady Wang.

Qing Guo pursed her lips and smiled, "Of course it was prepared by Master in advance."

Daiyu nodded. "Let's go."

Qing Guo hurriedly led the way.

They walked all the way out of the courtyard before exiting through the side door.

Outside the side door, a carriage was indeed waiting.

The carriage was large enough, and its exterior was luxurious and grand. If it weren't for the fact that there was only one horse in front, it would look like the carriage of a noble's daughter.

Daiyu's heart warmed.

In the capital, she naturally couldn't sit in such a carriage.

However, He Shen had prepared it long ago and specially rushed to deliver it at such a time. Daiyu understood what he was planning.

She didn't have parents in the capital. Even though she had Rongguo Province as her backing and everyone in the capital knew that she was engaged to He Shen, it was inevitable that some people would look down on her.

If she didn't want others to look down on her, then she had to put on an appearance and aura that made others not dare to look down on her.

Naturally, there wouldn't be any trouble.

After getting into the carriage, the interior was spacious enough for Daiyu to lie down and rest.

Today, two maidservants accompanied Daiyu into the palace. One was Zi Juan, and the other was the palace maid that Mama Li brought from the palace, An Xin.

The reason she had An Xin by her side was to prevent Daiyu from falling into a trap.

In a place with people, it was inevitable that there would be fighting. If they entered the palace, who would care whose invitation Daiyu used to enter?

What if someone didn't have eyes?

An Xin used to serve in the Empress' palace, so no one knew better than her about the various things in the palace.

An Xin was a girl who didn't like to speak much.

She also didn't use her status to force herself to get closer to Daiyu. She just obediently stood to the side.

At this time, Zi Juan was curious and asked Daiyu, "Miss, why don't you take a look and see what the assistant minister has sent?"

Only then did Daiyu remember that she had just taken a small box from Qing Guo.

Daiyu hurriedly opened the box.

There were some sealed pastries in the box, and a crisp fragrance quickly came out.

In addition, there was also an extremely small sachet. However, if one looked carefully, one would find that the sachet's stitches were extremely strange.

Who made this?

Dai Yu furrowed her brows and picked up the sachet, only to smell the scent of medicine rushing into her nose.

So it wasn't a sachet.

It was a medicinal sachet.

"There's a letter here," Zi Juan suddenly said.

Daiyu took a look and saw that there was a letter stuck to the lid of the box.

With a gentle tug, Daiyu removed the letter.

She guessed that the letter contained instructions on how to behave in the palace.

Daiyu opened it to take a look.

He saw that the first line was: Eat these pastries.

Who would tell someone to eat them at the beginning?

Daiyu held back his laughter and continued reading.

He Shen wanted to tell her that she couldn't eat anything at the palace banquet. If she was hungry, it wouldn't be good to eat at the banquet.

Therefore, he told her to eat the pastries first to fill her stomach so that she wouldn't starve after entering the palace.

As for the medicinal sachet, it was also mentioned in the letter.

"It can prevent insects from getting close to you. The smell will keep you awake."

In addition, he told her to let go of herself in the palace and not be overly restrained.

In the future, she would probably have to enter the palace often.

If someone was stupid enough to cause trouble, she didn't have to be afraid. She could just let An Xin pass the message to the Empress.

If there was still something she didn't know, she could ask An Xin.

It could be said that every word was thorough and appropriate.

There wasn't anything else that he couldn't consider.

Daiyu couldn't help but sigh softly. He folded the letter and immediately started eating the pastries.

The pastries were sweet.

Even the bottom of his heart seemed to feel sweet.

Daiyu smiled faintly. There was no longer a trace of nervousness on his face.

An Xin saw this from the side and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

The servants in Rongguo Province loved to gossip about their masters. During the time that she lived in Rongguo Province, she had heard some rumors about Miss Lin.

However, those people were afraid and didn't dare to speak harshly. They only muttered a few words in secret and said that Miss Lin was petty.

Now that she thought about it, An Xin only felt that it was funny.

How was Miss Lin petty?

She was probably more generous than the entire Rongguo Province.

They didn't know how long they traveled.

When the carriage stopped, Daiyu looked down and realized that he had unknowingly eaten all the pastries.

Her cheeks were slightly red. She hurriedly took a handkerchief from Zi Juan and wiped her fingers.

After wiping her hands, she put away the box.

Then, she hung the medicine pouch and kept the letter close to her body.

Only then did Daiyu get off the carriage with An Xin's help.

Their carriage naturally couldn't enter the palace. Thus, they saw many women and young maidens slowly entering the palace with their servant girls.

Lady Wang and her entourage arrived a bit earlier.

They were temporarily arranged to stay in a side hall until they met the nobles in the harem. Then, they would be led to the garden and seated for the banquet.

At this time, there were already some madams and young misses in the side hall.

They all knew that the eldest miss of Rongguo Province had just been conferred the title of consort. At this time, regardless of whether they were sincere or not, they all went up to congratulate Lady Wang.

However, when someone saw that only Lady Wang had come, he asked, "Why don't I see the eldest madam of your estate?"

Lady Wang was a bit unhappy, but she still maintained a proper expression and said, "She didn't receive the invitation."

The madams looked at each other. They found it funny, but they didn't mention it.

Rongguo Province was really interesting. It was so chaotic.

The eldest branch had inherited the title of nobility and was the eldest son of the first wife, but Consort Rong didn't send an invitation.

Instead, she invited her own mother. Thus, she didn't even miss out on her sister-in-law, but she missed out on the elders of the eldest branch.

The madams laughed in private. At this time, they thought of another matter.

"Why don't I see Miss Lin?"

Nowadays, who didn't know that the Yangzhou Salt Patrol Imperial Censor Lin Ruhai had given birth to a good daughter and had received the emperor's permission to marry her? She was only waiting for the Imperial Astronomer to set the wedding date. In the future, she would marry a popular person in the court and an assistant minister.

Why don't I see her?

Lady Wang's face stiffened. Naturally, she couldn't say anything.

However, Ling Yue didn't have such misgivings. She smiled and said, "Naturally, she didn't receive the invitation."

The madams stared at Ling Yue and said, "This is the girl from the Lin An Bo Mansion, right?"

When Ling Yue heard people mention the Lin An Bo Mansion, she felt a little unhappy. However, she still suppressed the feeling in her heart and smiled. "Yes."

These madams had always hated Ling Yue.

Which family didn't have a girl at home? Which family's young girl hadn't been teased by Ling Yue?

At this time, she didn't give Ling Yue any face. She laughed mockingly and floated away.

Ling Yue clenched her handkerchief tightly.

She turned her head and whispered to Lady Wang, wanting to use this to dispel the unhappiness in her heart.

At this time, at the palace gate, there were people secretly sizing up Daiyu.

They had never seen such a beautiful woman with such an otherworldly temperament.

They looked at her again.

She was dressed in a proper satin gown and sat in a luxurious carriage.

The servant beside her also seemed to be different from other people's servants. For some reason, there was a hint of the palace's aura.

Which family's princess was this?

For a moment, everyone couldn't figure out her identity.

But they all wanted to get on her good side.

Thus, a madam brought a girl from her family forward to talk to her.

Daiyu had already been taught by Mama Li, so she naturally wouldn't have stage fright at this time.

She spoke softly and responded leisurely. It made people sigh at her good upbringing and wish that they could talk to her more to get closer.

They chatted along the way.

Daiyu also entered the side hall.

She could only blame her appearance for being too outstanding.

She had only put on a simple set of clothes.

The sleeves were white with red plum blossoms embroidered on it, and the long dress was only decorated with some cloud patterns.

However, the people in the hall still couldn't take their eyes off her. Many people were secretly speechless. Which family was this girl from? Why hadn't they seen her before?

This time, Lady Wang also noticed her.

Lady Wang heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "It seems that Assistant Minister He had prepared this long ago. I'm afraid that he had even prepared the carriage."

Ling Yue clenched her handkerchief tightly and trembled with anger.

Fortunately, a palace maid came at this time and asked Lady Wang and the others to see Consort Rong first.

Ling Yue's face lit up with joy.