Soon it was the Double Ninth Festival on September ninth. This time, Susu didn't need the Old Madam to send someone to fetch her; she came to the Shun'an Earl Mansion a day early on her own.
The chrysanthemum banquet at the Prince Ke Mansion naturally extended an invitation to the ladies of the Shun'an Earl Mansion. The Fourth Miss had already been decided to enter the palace for a selection next spring, and being selected into the Prince Ke Mansion was almost certain.
Of course, she was very reluctant to go to the Prince Ke Mansion to experience the feeling of "distinction between wife and concubine," but she couldn't resist the "enthusiastic" invitation personally named by Princess Ke to enjoy the flowers. What was the Fourth Miss feeling at the time? Probably something like "a herd of alpacas galloping across the Gobi Desert!"
