The Rebirth of the Empress

Mocky

The Chrysanthemum Banquet was held in Yan Bei Tang, which was located near the residence of the Qin ranked Prince, and it was the hall where the Emperor and the founding Empress personally arranged it. Thus the former mansion was beautifully trimmed and covered several acres with magnificent buildings. If not for being away from the city, the Emperor and the Empress wanted to turn it into a part of the Palace.

With mountains on one side and water on the other, it was indeed a great place to enjoy the scenery. In particular, on every tenth month, different types of Chrysanthemums will bloom and because the place is well managed and has different Chrysanthemum seeds, when they bloom, the whole place can be considered very elegant.

The train will take about one Shichen (1 shichen \= 2 hours) from the Shen residence and Yan Bei Tang so that snacks will be prepared so that people will not feel hungry.

Gu Yu opened the basket that Gui Momo was carrying and asked Shen Miao, “Young girls are better off eating something. The journey is long and one will have strength if there is something to eat.”

Shen Miao looked at the items in the basket.

Goat chilled goat, scallion roll, drumsticks are spicy and oily. At first glance will make the mouth watery because it is colorful and savory.

Unfortunately the taste of these things is too heavy. Like cold cheese and spicy and greasy drumsticks it is easy to smudge lip-splitting and if one is not careful, his clothes will get dirty easily. Gui Momo was very careful while preparing this meal.

The page battle between women is about some tricks done in the dark to make others stumble. But Shen Miao was previously in the Ming Qi Inner Palace and his opponent were concubines who were fighting for help so the stakes were much higher. This kind of trick is actually nothing. He shook his head and let Gu Yu cover the box and spoke to Jing Zhe, “No need. Jing Zhe got some.”

Jing Zhe carefully took out a small cloth bag from behind, which contained small and beautiful pastries. Shen Miao distrusted the kitchen in the Shen residence and let Jing Zhe bribe the steward to help her buy some snacks from outside. The steward only thought that Jing Zhe was greedy and did not add anything to the food. The waiter was just a little surprised that Jing Zhe, a waitress, was actually willing to buy snacks from Guang Fu Zhai.

Guang Fu Zhai was one of the best pastry shops in the capital Ding that even the concubines in the Palace liked to eat. In Shen Miao's previous life, he wasn't too interested in Guang Fu Zhai's snacks but Wan Yu liked him so much that he wouldn't be happy if he hadn't eaten them for a day.

Currently the snacks are only the size of Shen Miao's fingers and are made to look like very cute and adorable flowers. Shen Miao distributed some to Gu Yu and Jing Zhe to eat. The two maids initially refused but after Shen Miao's insistence, they were unable to continue resisting and ate a mouthful before saying in surprise, "Young Miss, this snack is really good."

Shen Miao smiled. Actually no matter how delicious the snacks are, it just needs to be made elaborately and funny because women will always love things that look good. When Wan Yu has a marriage alliance, the, he spent a lot of money to buy the cake master Guang Fu Zhai because he wished Wan Yu could eat his favorite snacks when he was in the bitter cold country of Xiong Nu.

Who knew that in the middle of the journey Wan Yu perished and he could not even see his body.

Shen Miao closed her eyes.

Wan Yu's marriage alliance was instigated by Mei Furen and colluded with the Chen Rouxi family but was ordered by Fu Xiu Yi. In this life, none of these people should think of escaping. He wanted the people who caused Wan Yu's death to pay back hundreds and thousands of times!

Gu Yu was eating snacks happily as he looked up and saw Shen Miao's cold and cold gaze, as if it was a noble lady with a high position who had killing intent. At that moment, Gu Yu seemed to have seen Shen Xin's shadow. Shen Xin was someone who had killed others and seen the bloodshed on the battlefield so when she was angry, a ferocious one came from her bones. At this moment the look in Shen Miao's eyes was exactly the same as Shen Xin's.

She almost choked on the snack and had to swallow it hard before asking carefully, "Is Young Miss uncomfortable anywhere?"

"No." Shen Miao's eyes drooped, "While thinking of some things."

Who knew that in the end the Crown Prince was overthrown and Fu Xiu Yi was his heir? He had no intention of helping the Crown Prince because the Ming Qi Imperial Family was the most ruthless. They saw all the ship families whose ancestors helped establish the empire as old dogs. It is these dogs that help them hunt rabbits but when the rabbit is in the sack, they were worried that their dog would kill them so they dried the dogs up to the last point of blood before killing and cooking them.

The world has no heart. The heir to the throne is unfair. So, on what basis does it demand the loyalty of everyone?

Why not see how a dog bites another dog? Shen Miao's lips slightly raised.

There were a number of noble families who had arrived at Yan Bei Tang.

Although in today's academy examinations will not distinguish men between women, the banquet divides the guests with female and male seats. In the male seat, many young men and their fathers quickly greeted each other as it was natural to establish a relationship between families to support each other. Since these young men will someday take over their fathers to support the whole family, more friends are always beneficial.

The female side will not often meet as a male so women often gossip among themselves and young women will have their permanent group of friends. Since they would chat together every three to five days, they were both nervous and looking forward to the Chrysanthemum banquet. They also occasionally looked up and glanced throughout the area to see the admired young man.

Yi Pei Lan played some small flowers as she said, "Are you all confident with today's academy examination?"

"I don't have one." The woman beside him smiled, “There are so many people and I am mediocre, so I was really scared. I just help so that later I don't get pulled out or selected in the challenge by anyone. I am not trying to stand out and just not to embarrass myself.”

Yi Pei Lan's mouth twitched, “At least someone should try. As everyone knows, His Highness Prince Ding will also be present and moreover Young Master Lee whom you admire will also be here. The Young Master's language skills of the Lee family were outstanding and would definitely perform on stage. Aren't you supposed to take this opportunity to perform well?”

The young lady pushed Yi Pei Lan as her face showed embarrassment, "Don't say nonsense."

Jiang Xiao Xuan heard what was said and smiled, “Exactly. Bai Wei, you have nothing to fear. If one were to say about fooling oneself, there would still be the number five Shen family that was on the other end of the spectrum. Seeing that, you are much better than him.”

"With right." Yi Pei Lan also smiled amusedly, “During the annual academy examination, Shen Fifth will be responsible for provoking laughter and it is difficult for him to keep coming every year. When I think about how he will show off his work this year, I want to laugh. I didn't know she was going to wear it again. Will it be like last year's bright red dress with purple gold hairpin?”

A number of young women began to giggle.

"That's enough." Feng An Ning suddenly opened her mouth, "What's funny about that?"

Yi Pei Lan was startled for a moment before she said, "Feng An Ning, you've been looking very strange lately. Why are you so good with that fool? ”

Feng An Ning had an angry expression and was about to speak when she heard someone speak from the other side, "The Furens family of Shen has arrived."