Madam Hou

Chapter 28

When Yan Niang arrived at the Changchun Garden, the queen had already ascended to the throne, and she changed into a long-sleeved gown woven with golden dragon and phoenix patterns, and added a scarlet skirt, a long red skirt, and a red beanie. On her head, she wore nine dragons and four phoenixes, big flowers, The phoenix crowns of twelve small flowers each sit on the phoenix seat, looking dignified and majestic.

Meanwhile, Bai Guifei hugged the second prince and was given to sit next to the queen's lower head. She was wearing a set of bright red Yuehua Qun,
Her face was pink and shy, with a happy expression on her face.

Below are the wives who sit according to their ranks, and they all take turns praising the newly born little prince.There are only a few good words to say, and after listening too much, even the queen feels a little tired, and has a faint feeling of sleepiness.

After Yanniang greeted the queen, she sat in another seat below the queen's head.Concubines in the palace are ranked according to their ranks, and empresses are respected by Concubine Shu, but Concubine Shu did not attend today's full moon banquet on the grounds that the eldest prince was ill. Those who were able to sit on both sides of the queen's head were Bai Guifei and Yanniang, the last concubines of the nine concubines.

At noon, the queen asked someone to pass the table to the table.There is a table for each person, and there is a small rectangular table in front of each person, which contains various dishes in small plates.There are many kinds of dishes on the table, and the appearance is also good-looking. The ingredients used in the palace must be high-quality, but this can't hide the unappetizing nature of these dishes.

The dishes in the imperial banquet are all boiled in a big pot and delivered to the table in separate plates. After thinking about it, I also know that all the wives who are above the fourth rank in Beijing and the middle class all enter the palace to celebrate, and they are all over 100 people. It is impossible in the palace to open a pot just for one table, and it is impossible to wait for these dishes to be put into the pot when the table is about to start. When I got up and ate it, most of the dishes were cold. Therefore, the dishes in this royal banquet were definitely more exquisite than the ones made by the chef at home.Everyone has often entered the palace to participate in such banquets, and they all have such awareness. No one would expect to be full or to eat delicious food in this palace.

Princess Furong started, and the wives toasted to celebrate the second prince's full moon. After that, the queen returned the wine and gave food.

After drinking for two rounds, Qing Zhu, the maid of honor next to the queen, suddenly walked in and said something into the queen's ear. After listening to the queen, the queen glanced at the face of Ying Shi, the wife of the Duke of Kang, her mother. Looking at himself, he glanced back at her as if nothing had happened.Seeing that she couldn't see anything from her mother's face, the queen moved her eyes away and returned to normal.

Naturally, this scene did not escape the eyes of those who cared. Yan Niang was wondering what happened to the queen, mother and daughter, Cai Tao also came in from the outside, walked behind her and whispered something to her.Yanniang nodded, and then asked Caitao, "How does the emperor look?"

Cai Tao replied in a low voice: "I also accidentally bumped into it when I was sending my wife and ladies out of the palace. I think the suit Miss Jiang Si is wearing is really similar to yours, and the hairstyle is also similar to yours. At first, the emperor seemed to have almost recognized the wrong person, but when Miss Jiang Si turned around, the emperor didn't look happy."

Yanniang nodded, and after thinking about it in her mind, she understood what was going on.Yanniang said: "Just pretend you don't know about this matter, and don't tell it outside." The empress's own mother fought wits and bravery with the aunts and concubines at home, so it's better for her not to get involved.

Painted pottery replied yes in a low voice.

After the banquet, the wives left the palace one after another. The queen wanted to summon her mother, but Mrs. Ying left the palace early, as if she was hiding from the queen.

After returning to Fengyi Palace, the queen held the second prince in her arms and watched for a while. Seeing the baby in her hand sleeping soundly with bubbles, she felt a sense of envy. She would never have a chance to have her own child in this life. that's it.Bai Guifei looked at the Queen's appearance, smiled and said to the Queen: "If Your Majesty likes Xiaoer, from now on, my concubine will bring Xiaoer to Your Majesty's place every day."

Yanniang originally lived in the side hall of Fengyi Palace, and now she was sitting beside the queen, and there were several other concubines next to her head.Yanniang curled her lips in disdain when she heard Bai Guifei's words.

After hearing this, the queen also said indifferently: "No need, I am happy to be quiet." After speaking, she handed the second prince back to the nanny beside her.Concubine Bai Gui still wanted to say something, but at this moment, a servant's voice suddenly sounded outside Fengyi Palace: "The emperor is here!"

Then Emperor Jinghui, who was wearing a bright yellow tuanlong narrow-sleeved round-neck robe, walked in from outside the Fengyi Palace.The queen got up and led a group of concubines to salute, shouting long live.

Emperor Jinghui stretched out his hand to help the queen up, and said with a chuckle, "Zitong, get up quickly, you and I, husband and wife, why do you need to be so polite."

The queen replied with a smile: "There is always courtesy." She is not stupid, and now she is happy to not talk to her about the rules. If she really takes it seriously, when she despises her later, it will be that she is immoral, virtuous and disrespectful. Evidence of the monarch.

Emperor Jinghui smiled helplessly, then looked at the concubine Bai Gui and Yanniang behind the empress, and the second prince who was being held by the nanny, and said: "The two beloved concubines are also invited, how will Xiao Er be good today?"

Emperor Jinghui took the queen's hand and sat on the top, and when he sat down, the queen replied: "This child is very obedient today, he has been sleeping from the beginning to the end, and the loud noise at the banquet did not wake him up. "As he said, he waved his hand to let the nanny come closer, and let the second prince hug the second prince for the emperor to see.

The royal family pays attention to holding grandchildren instead of children, and Emperor Jinghui didn't reach out to hug him, but just stretched his head to look at the baby in the swaddle.The skin on the baby's face was tender and white, and there were a few sparse locks of hair. For the time being, he couldn't tell who he looked like, but Emperor Jinghui felt that such a small person really didn't think there was anything cute about it.But after all, it was his long-awaited second son. After Concubine Shu gave birth to the eldest prince, Emperor Jinghui did not have another son for a few years. He even suspected that someone had tampered with the palace, but this happened It wasn't that someone in the palace was pregnant and then had a miscarriage, but that no one had been pregnant from the beginning, which made him have nowhere to doubt.Now that she finally has a second child, and other concubines are pregnant one after another, Emperor Jinghui is still very happy.After watching the second prince, Emperor Jinghui told the nanny: "Train the second prince well."

The nanny smiled and knelt and answered yes.

Seeing that the emperor had been in a happy mood since he entered Fengyi Palace, the empress couldn't help asking: "What is there to be happy about, Your Majesty today?"

"It's just a happy thing. Speaking of it, it has something to do with Chen Yu's adoptive mother Yongninghoufu. Today I received the battle report from Fujian. This time, General Su not only repelled the Japanese pirates who wanted to go ashore, but also went deep Went to the inside of the Japanese bandits, took their lair, and captured several Japanese pirate leaders alive. This time, Prince Yongning Hou made a great contribution. Inside the bandits, the two should cooperate inside and outside, and I am afraid that the Japanese bandits have not been brought down so quickly."

Yan Niang couldn't help but be happy when she heard that, Yongning Hou Shizi was engaged to her younger sister, he was her brother-in-law-to-be, and in her heart she was her own.My own people are always happy when they win battles and make meritorious deeds.While Yanniang was happy, she did not forget to flatter the emperor: "It is also the emperor's Longze who is protecting me. Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, and another big disaster has been eliminated."

Emperor Jinghui laughed, took Yanniang's hand and said cheerfully: "Only Concubine Chen's mouth is so sweet."

Bai Guifei winked at a beauty next to her, and the beauty reacted, and followed suit: "Speaking of which, our second prince is also a blessed person. As soon as the second prince was born, General Su won the battle and said Maybe it's Fu Rui brought by our second prince."

Emperor Jinghui bowed his head and thought for a while, and found that this was really the case, and couldn't help but love his second son a little more.

Yan Niang curled her lips, feeling contemptuous and disdainful in her heart.The Japanese pirates her brother-in-law worked so hard to beat away, in the end it was her son who was still breastfeeding, and he really knew how to grab credit.

(End of this chapter)