My wife is sick

Chapter 495
Wei Fu and the others came a little early and sat at the banquet for a long time before they finally heard the singing and drinking of the servants.

All the officials and family members who had already attended the table got up and shouted long live. Afterwards, Emperor Jingwen, Empress Dowager Zhuang, Empress Fang and the heads of the palaces successively entered the hall and took their seats.

In every palace banquet in the past, Princess Changning and Li Hui have never been left behind, but now that Princess Changning is still restrained and Li Hui went to Xiyi to get married, it is naturally impossible to have this palace banquet again.

Perhaps it was because the new year was approaching, Emperor Jing Wen and Empress Fang looked very good, but Empress Dowager Zhuang was obviously much older than usual.

As the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager Zhuang was naturally well-maintained in the past. Although she is nearly seventy years old, she has not much frosty hair. As long as you don't get close, it is difficult to even find the silver strands in her hair.

But now...

Even from such a distance, Wei Fu could still see Empress Dowager Zhuang's gray hair.

It is enough to see that Empress Dowager Zhuang has changed so much. Princess Changning was grounded and Li Hui went to marry her. These two things were a heavy blow to Empress Dowager Zhuang.

Although Wei Fu looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang, she didn't look at her so presumptuously. Instead, she took advantage of the short time when she saluted and got up to glance at Empress Dowager Zhuang, but it was just such a short moment. The Empress Dowager Zhuang captured Wei Fu's gaze with great precision, and the two actually formed a stare at each other.

Don't look at Empress Dowager Zhuang's appearance, but her eyes are completely inconsistent with her current state. When she looked at Wei Fu, those two eyes were like two sharp knives. It stabbed straight in the heart.

If she was a timid wife, under such a deterrent, her heart might tremble and she would do something disrespectful.

This is in front of the emperor. If it is really a disgrace, the Holy One will not blame it because today is New Year's Eve. I am afraid that in the future, when dealing with other wives, people will be more contemptuous, and even be scorned. Avoid like a tiger.

However, with Wei Fu's identity and the temper she has shown to the outside world, she will not be burdened by these.

Come to think of it, Empress Dowager Zhuang also knew this, and she looked at Wei Fu so sharply, probably not because she wanted to see Wei Fu be convicted of injustice in front of the palace, but because she really hated Wei Fu.

Wei Fu wanted to understand this, but felt a little ridiculous.

Even if Empress Dowager Zhuang is the most honorable woman in the entire Jing Dynasty, Wei Fu still finds it ridiculous.

Although Princess Changning and Li Hui would end up like this, Wei Fu and Jiang Heng did push her a little bit, but in the final analysis, it was all done by themselves.

If they didn't do this, how could Emperor Jingwen disregard Empress Dowager Zhuang's favor and brotherhood?
However, the Empress Dowager Zhuang didn't know whether she didn't want to understand this point, or she wanted to understand it, but she still believed that it was Wei Fu and the Duke's mansion's fault. In short, it seemed that she hated Wei Fu.

If it were any other wives who were remembered by the Empress Dowager Zhuang in such a way, they would probably be anxious about their difficult life in the future, but Wei Fu has no fear at all.

As long as Emperor Jing Wen didn't openly tear away the fig leaf of the harmony between the monarch and his ministers with Jiang Heng, then Wei Fu, the Duke's wife, would not be punished for anyone, even if that person was the Empress Dowager Zhuang.

As for later...

Jiang Heng is already planning, and Wei Fu has no reason to be afraid.

Therefore, even if she looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang, Wei Fu didn't have any fear. Even when she found that Empress Dowager Zhuang was staring at her, she bowed her head very respectfully to Empress Dowager Zhuang.

In any case, the respect on this face cannot be missed at all.

Wei Fu is not afraid, but it doesn't mean she will act recklessly and make people pull her pigtails.

Empress Dowager Zhuang stared at Wei Fu for a long time, until Emperor Jingwen noticed something was wrong and looked towards Empress Dowager Zhuang, then she finally looked away.

Emperor Jingwen also felt a little helpless.

Ever since Li Hui went to get married, Empress Dowager Zhuang has been angry with Emperor Jingwen. In the past few months, Emperor Jingwen has often gone to the Palace of Compassion to pay respects to Empress Dowager Zhuang, but Empress Dowager Zhuang either disappeared or saw him without saying a word , obviously because of Changning and Fu'an, Emperor Jingwen was blamed.

If it was someone else, Emperor Jingwen would naturally not be so angry.

But this is Emperor Jingwen's biological mother, and someone he has always respected very much. Apart from being tolerant, what else can he do?

Emperor Jingwen withdrew his gaze and looked at his courtiers who were lined up in different seats below.

Afterwards, he raised the wine glass in his hand and drank the first glass of wine in this palace banquet.

This is how the palace banquet on New Year's Eve began.

Next, it was no different from the previous palace banquets. Because of the existence of Emperor Jingwen, the courtiers enjoyed the delicious food in the palace with some restraint, and from time to time they would echo and compliment Emperor Jingwen when he spoke. It wasn't until everyone drank a few glasses that the atmosphere was truly relaxed.

Wei Fu gently nudged Jiang Heng's waist with her elbow, "Husband, it's already this hour, will the surprise you mentioned be late?"

Covered by the cases in front of him and the wide sleeves, Jiang Heng held Wei Fu's hand tightly, and held it for a while before releasing it under Wei Fu's struggle.

Withdrawing her hand, Wei Fu gave Jiang Heng a hard look.

This is at a palace banquet, if people find out that they are still talking about it, they will be ashamed!
This guy Jiang Heng...

The skin is really thick!

Thinking of this, Wei Fu glared at Jiang Heng again.

Jiang Heng couldn't help laughing lightly, and he didn't provoke Wei Fu anymore, but sat upright and said, "Madam, don't worry, the surprise will appear soon."

Wei Fu ignored this person, but concentrated on eating.

However, Brother Tao and Shen Jun, who were sitting next to each other, could clearly see the movement between Wei Fu and Jiang Heng. I tried my best to pretend not to look sideways, but they all had the same smile on the corners of their mouths, and even the arcs of their lips looked very similar.

Sitting next to Shen Jun, Sister Tian leaned forward slightly to look at her brother and sister-in-law, and found that there seemed to be some kind of tacit smile on their faces, Sister Tian muttered: "Second brother, do you think elder brother and sister-in-law are stealing?" What are you laughing at?"

Brother Lue didn't hear what Sister Tian was saying at all, he just concentrated on eating, and most of the dishes at the table between the two of them went into his stomach.

Looking at the entire Palace of Preserving Harmony, the officials and their families were eating or talking left and right, and the atmosphere looked very harmonious.

(End of this chapter)