Traveling through the starry sky just for you, I was a koi in ancient times

Chapter 385: First Meeting with the Prince 1

The owner of the house was very excited and stood up according to etiquette. Just as he was about to bow to express his gratitude, he saw the visitor also stood up hurriedly and raised his hand to stop him.

"Master, you can bring two of your family members to attend. Here is an invitation. Please make sure she comes in person!"

As he spoke, he took out another invitation from his briefcase and solemnly presented it with both hands. The head of the family also took it seriously and immediately took it respectfully with both hands.

When I saw the name on the invitation letter, I was shocked.

Dear Sir: Jinyi, daughter of Wang Shi of Xunyang

On the occasion of this great success, we sincerely invite you to come...

"Sigh~"

The owner of the house looked up with a little doubt and stared at the official who delivered the invitation, with an obvious questioning intention.

"I have long admired the good reputation of the Wang family. Bac Ninh has been under siege for more than a month and the city walls are trapped. Your young lady has provided aid to the people and quietly performed good deeds. People all regard her as a role model. I hope your family will allow me to invite Miss Wang to come on time."

Such an evaluation made the owner inexplicably excited...

When Wang Jinyi received the notice to attend the government office celebration banquet two days later, he felt a kind of panic as if pie had fallen from the sky.

Why? Of course, in this era when women were not allowed to leave the house, being invited by the government to attend the official celebration banquet was really unexpected.

"Miss, don't be nervous. The head of the family and the old lady will be there!"

This was the first thing Zhu Yu said when he walked in with the invitation.

"Huh? Nervous? Why are you nervous?"

Wang Jinyi was puzzled.

The clan wife patted Zhu Yu on the shoulder, took the invitation letter, looked at it, and said:

"It's your first time attending such a big celebration, so it's understandable that you're nervous..."

Wang Jinyi opened his mouth slightly, his eyes slightly widened, and asked:

"Why should you be nervous?"

Yuqing behind him lowered his head and curled the corners of his lips.

"We all have two eyes and one nose. What's so strange about that? Why should we be so nervous?"

These were Wang Jinyi's real thoughts, blurted out.

"Miss, there are officials from the government office and the prince!"

"Why, isn't the prince a normal person? Is he any different from us?"

The clan wife quickly stopped him, "Stop talking nonsense!"

She looked around and saw that there was no one else in the room. She smiled again, handed the invitation to Wang Jinyi, shook her head slightly, and said:

"Of course it's different. After all, he's a member of the royal family. He's the prince, the future king!"

Wang Jinyi remembered that the ancient kings were appointed by heaven and were often called the Son of Heaven, so he nodded.

Well, apart from power, there are differences between kings and ordinary people, but not too much!

He said noncommittally, "Okay! I'm nervous, so what should I do?"

From that day on, Wang Jinyi began to learn court etiquette.

The Wang family in Beining also kept sending all kinds of clothes, like a constant stream. Even the aunt and the cousin's wife tried on Wang Jinyi's clothes all day, altered her clothes, etc., and she was so busy that she had no time to write, read, or relax...

After more than a day of hard work, I discovered a difficult problem.

The top of Wang Jinyi's hair, which was originally close to her scalp, has now grown about an inch longer. It usually uses a hairband to fix it on top of her head and is not very noticeable, but now it has a kind of angry young man's short hair look.

This hairstyle made my aunt anxious, "This? What should I do?!"

My great-aunt was alarmed and ran over from her yard. She tried putting on a hat and applying osmanthus oil on the skin, but she was still helpless after trying for more than an hour.

The female relatives looked at Wang Jinyi in amazement as she heated the stove hook, curled the hair on the top of her head, curled her shoulder-length hair into waves, and then gently combed it with water to create beautiful wavy hair.

Wang Jinyi looked around in front of the bronze mirror and admired it.

Everyone in the room looked at the strange hairstyle and thought that it was Wang Jinyi's fault. Although my great-aunt didn't say anything, her face showed disapproval.

My aunt asked carefully:

"Can we go out like this?"

But my cousin's wife said, "Don't say it, it's a little strange, but it's still quite novel..."

But the voice became quieter and quieter under the gaze of her mother-in-law and great-grandmother.

Wang Jinyi looked at the incredibly beautiful person in the bronze mirror and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Looking at this and that in doubt,

"Isn't this possible?"

The clan wife spoke up, "You still need to comb your hair properly. You can't have it so unkempt and unruly."

Oh~ So that's it. Wang Jinyi simply kept the waves in the front hanging on her cheeks and combed the back hair into two playful multi-strand braids.

As a result, everyone in the room either remained silent or nodded, and finally approved of this hairstyle.

So, in the celebration banquet hall, the girl walking behind the head of the Wang family, with her strange hairstyle, attracted everyone's attention.

There were also people who knew the inside story, whispering to each other:

"It was this child whose head was nearly chopped off by the Northern Barbarians' spies..."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at it! That's right, it's still so short after growing for so long..."

"It's scary just thinking about it! Oh~"

"That's right, I'm really lucky..."

More people looked at her as if she were an alien.

Wang Jinyi smiled, feeling good about herself, and walked towards her table according to the order on the invitation.

What she didn't expect was that her seat was actually closer to the main seat than the head of the Wang family.

After sitting down, she turned around slightly and found that the prince's throne was just above her. She quickly turned around and looked at the head of the Wang family, who was shaking his head slightly at her.

Was this to say that he didn't know about the arrangement? Or was it to say that he shouldn't look around? It was unknown.

Wang Jinyi's mind was wandering, but she followed the rules she had just learned and sat slightly sideways on the brocade couch, with her left hand resting on the gold-inlaid table and her right hand resting on the hem of her skirt.

The hem of his clothes was straightened by the servants.

She dared not move again, her neck was straight like a tender bamboo, and the novel hairpin in her hair shone with the unique warmth of pearls, highlighting her owner's cleverness and agility.

My great-aunt sat on the couch two steps below, admiring Wang Jinyi who was sitting on the upper seat, feeling both happy and regretful.

He felt sorry that his own children were not on the invitation list, but was happy that the Wang family's children were sitting on the same floor as the governor's family. He was secretly proud of himself, and heard deliberately suppressed discussions in his ears.

"Where did you come from? It's against the rules. Why are you sitting next to the governor's family?"

"I heard he was from another prefecture."

A lower voice seemed to say: "I heard it's the Wang family's child..."

The crickets' chirping became quieter and quieter. I would peek over from time to time, and faintly hear someone say something like "outrageous" and "inappropriate".

Wang Jinyi looked at her aunt's angry expression, somewhat puzzled. She raised her eyebrows and was about to send someone to ask, when she heard,

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived—"

The shrill voices of "hello" echoed through the hall.

Everyone in the hall stood up, bowed their heads slightly, and the whole hall was silent.

Two eunuchs stepped over the threshold and stood by the door with their heads bowed. A young eunuch lowered his head and helped the prince slowly walk in.

Wang Jinyi's curiosity got the better of him. He tilted his head slightly, raised his head and took a sneak peek.

A pale and thin middle-aged man who looked to be in his early thirties tried to straighten his body and slowly walked towards her. Wang Jinyi quickly lowered her head, fearing that she would be discovered.

The prince raised the corners of his lips with a faint smile on his calm face.