My wife is sick

Chapter 188 Talent
Queen Fang is 47 years old this year and has been a queen for 25 years. Since she became a queen, every year on the Qianqiu Festival, the Qianqiu banquet hosted by her has never stopped.

When Wei Fu and his party arrived at the Jiaotai Palace, the palace people had already prepared everything, and the Qianqiu Banquet officially started when Queen Fang gave an order.

Empress Fang sat at the top, and all the concubines sat on the left and right of Empress Fang, and then the wives were seated according to their rank.

In the first seat on the lower left of Empress Fang and all the concubines, there are Princess Changning and her daughter Li Hui, the head of Fu'an County, while the first seat on the lower right is for Wei Fu and Sister Tian.

Wei Fu frowned slightly.

If one were to be seated according to rank, Shen Jun, as the daughter of a fifth-rank official, would probably be assigned to the last position, which was also a position beyond Wei Fu's reach.

There are quite a lot of wives inside and outside, and the arrangement of two people at the same table, until they reach the last position, it is not close to Wei Fu's place, not to mention protecting the timid Shen Jun, even what happened to Shen Jun I'm afraid I won't know anything in time.

Think about Princess Changning who specially brought Shen Jun to the palace...

Naturally, Wei Fu couldn't let this happen.

Therefore, when the maid brought her and Sister Tian to the table, Wei Fu did not let Shen Jun go away, but brought Shen Jun to the first seat on the lower right.

Before taking her seat, Wei Fu bowed to Empress Fang, who was at the top, and said, "Empress, this concubine entered the palace today, but unexpectedly found that this concubine's future daughter-in-law also entered the palace. This child is timid. Then the concubine will ask the empress to favor her, so let this child sit with the concubine and the little girl."

Queen Fang's heart moved when she heard this.

Since Wei Fu said that she discovered that Shen Jun had come by accident, it meant that Shen Jun was able to enter the palace, and there was something in it.

This Qianqiu Banquet was hosted by Empress Fang herself, and she was very clear about who sent the invitations. The family members of the Shen family, the future in-laws of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, were not up to the threshold of the Qianqiu Banquet.

Who can let this girl from the Shen family enter the palace without telling him, and count the harem, who else?
Thinking about what the Holy Majesty said earlier, Empress Fang's eyes seemed to pass over the face of Princess Changning unintentionally, but there was a gentle smile on her face: "I can't tell, Mrs. Zhen Guogong is a real lady." Those who love their daughters-in-law, since this is the case, this Palace will naturally only have the beauty of adults..."

While talking, he beckoned to the maid who was standing beside him, and asked someone to set up an extra set of bowls and chopsticks.

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Wei Fu thanked Queen Fang.

Afterwards, she beckoned Shen Jun to sit down on the right side of Miss Tian.

It wasn't until she sat down that Shen Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhen Guogong was protecting her, otherwise, if she really wanted to sit with outsiders, she still didn't know how frightened she would be.

Speaking of her temperament, Shen Jun is not without distress.

but……

It's how Shen Jun wanted to make herself more courageous, but she still couldn't force it.

After getting married in the future, will she really be able to please her husband and in-laws with her temperament?
Thinking about this question, Shen Jun could not help but lower her head.

With all the wives attending the table one after another, the once-a-year Qianqiu Banquet officially began.

The theme of the Qianqiu Banquet is actually to give the ladies in Beijing a chance to show off their talents. Even if there is a good daughter in the family, it must be shown on a good occasion to let people know, isn't it?
Not to mention, the Qianqiu Banquet is still organized by the Empress herself, and those who can attend the Qianqiu Banquet are at least the family members of fourth-rank officials. benefit.

It is also because of this that the noble ladies who are qualified to participate in the Qianqiu banquet every year look forward to this day very much.

Even the headed wives of various prefectures knew that there would be an extremely eye-catching lady at the Qianqiu Banquet. Therefore, when considering the marriage of their sons, many wives deliberately put the time until after the Qianqiu Banquet.

In this way, after the Qianqiu Banquet every year, it is the peak period for the various governments to negotiate with each other.

From this, it can be seen how much impact this Qianqiu Banquet had.

The queen knew the feelings of the wives and the noble ladies very well, so she didn't say much. She only gave the opening speech, and then ordered Li Hui, the daughter of Changning Princess Changning, the head of Fu'an County, to be the first to show her talent.

In this regard, the Fu'an County Lord is extremely proud.

The noble lady who is the first to show her talents over the years is the most likely to attract the attention of everyone. If her talents are really good, she can easily get a good name.

The Fu'an county magistrate is performing painting skills, and she has indeed worked hard on painting skills. After a picture of a hundred birds facing a phoenix, she has indeed won a lot of applause.

"Today is the Empress's Empress, and Fu'an wishes the Empress's body and health well." After painting this picture of a hundred birds facing a phoenix, the county magistrate of Fu'an held the painting with wet ink in both hands and presented it to Queen Fang.

Empress Fang smiled kindly: "This child Fu'an has been loved since he was a child."

Then let the maid put away the painting.

When Lord Fu'an came back to sit beside Princess Changning, his face was slightly flushed, his eyes were bright, and it was obvious that he was extremely happy.

Princess Changning is equally proud.

She and her son-in-law Li Jun have a son and a daughter. The eldest son Li Che is 17 years old this year, and the head of Fu'an County Li Hui is the same age as Sister Tian, ​​both 15 years old.

Compared with the eldest son, Princess Changning actually loves County Lord Fu'an more, because the appearance of County Lord Fu'an is very similar to Princess Changning, and because of this, Princess Changning has always loved County Lord Fu'an very much.

However, while pampering the county lord Fu'an, Princess Changning is also very strict with the county lord Fu'an. For example, the painting skills of the county lord Fu'an are what Princess Changning insisted on staring at her every day.

Now it seems……

Her persistence over the years was not wrong.

Otherwise, how could Empress Fang, who has always had a very cold relationship with Empress Dowager Zhuang, say that Fu'an is "lovely"?
Although this doesn't sound like an explicit compliment, but considering the relationship between Empress Fang and Empress Dowager Zhuang and herself in the past few years, it is not easy for her to say this.

This shows that Fu'an's painting skills have indeed been recognized by Queen Fang.

Thinking of this, Princess Changning was naturally complacent for a moment, she raised her eyebrows, then looked at Wei Fu who was sitting directly opposite her, and said in a loud voice: "Madam Zhen Guo not only brought her daughter here today. , even if the daughter-in-law is by your side, how about letting Miss Jiang and Miss Shen also show off their talents?"

(End of this chapter)