Madam Hou

Chapter 50

Although the second princess's full moon ceremony was not as grand as the prince's, it was still very respectable.Originally, Lanhe Palace only prepared [-] seats, but there were too many people who came later, Concubine Shu ordered people to add [-] more seats.

Although there were many people who came, they were not aiming at Yanniang's face.Everyone in Beijing knows that because of what happened to the queen's natal family years ago, Duke Kang was sick at home because of anger, and the queen also asked herself to close the palace for self-reflection, and pushed the palace affairs to Concubine Shu.Regardless of the outer court and the inner court, the queen's family is faintly showing signs of decadence, and some families in the court who had faintly leaned towards the queen's family are now returning to the situation of continuing to wait and see.Under such circumstances, many families in central Beijing should be far away from the empress's family, so how could they be courteous to Yanniang who wears the same pair of trousers as the empress.But now there are more people than expected. There is no other reason, but because the first draft since Emperor Jinghui's ascension to the throne will be held in the spring palace this year. They are selected by their families or clans to participate in this year's draft. The daughter came to get familiar with the environment.

Besides, if Concubine Chen is favored, she might be able to see the emperor at the second princess's full moon banquet. It would be even better if she could be noticed by the emperor and leave an impression.

The draft is held every three years. The draft three years ago was vacated by Emperor Jinghui for a year on the grounds that he had just ascended the throne and his foundation was not stable.

Marriage with the Tian family is the easiest and easiest way to maintain the prosperity and wealth of the family. In this draft, there are also many honorable and noble families who sent their daughters to participate in the election. His daughter came to run for the election, and the Hou family of Weibei also sent a clan daughter into the palace.

In fact, it was also because Emperor Jinghui was still young, and there were only two sons and two daughters under his knees, so everyone had some thoughts.These thoughts are not necessarily some thoughts about that position, but that if you have a common blood with the Tian family, even if you are only a prince in the future, when your own family annoys the emperor in the future, there will be someone who is close to the emperor. Plead for them.

Because of this, when Yin Niang, Mrs. Chen and others followed Mrs. Lin Hou into the Lanhe Palace, they saw that half of the people around them were young girls dressed in beautiful clothes. In the cold winter, there was still It was snowing, and many girls were still wearing tulle dresses, which looked pretty, but Yinniang shivered when she saw it.It's a good thing that stoves are lit all around the hall, otherwise, they would all be shaking their bodies to salute the ladies.

The full moon ceremony has not yet started, Yan Niang and the little princess have not yet come out, Concubine Shu is sitting at the top of the main hall, next to her are Mrs. Dongchang and Dongchangbo's daughter Qin Nuan.Uncle Dongchang's mansion recently made a gesture and decided to follow Concubine Shu's faction. At this time, Mrs. Uncle Dongchang was saying something to Concubine Shu, which caused Concubine Shu to wink and smile, but it was Qin who was behind Uncle Dongchang. Nuan, with a calm expression, seemed not interested in the conversation between Mrs. Dongchang and Concubine Shu, and just played with the handkerchief in her hand boredly.When I looked up, I accidentally saw Yin Niang, and she nodded lightly, as a greeting.

Yin Niang also nodded to her, as a return of her greeting.At this time, the maids serving by Yanniang came over and welcomed them to Yanniang's bedroom.

When Yinniang and Mrs. Chen arrived, Yanniang was walking around the bedroom with the little princess in her arms, pointing at the objects in the room to teach the little princess to recognize things, maybe because it was a festive day, Yanniang wore a dress today. A set of silver-red palace attire, seeing Yinniang and others coming in, quickly smiled and motioned to them: "Come in quickly, what are you doing at the door?"

Yinniang and Mrs. Chen came forward, and then they were about to kneel down to salute, Yanniang quickly motioned to the painted pottery beside them to help them up, and said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here, what do you do with those rituals, you have nothing to do with me gone."

Mrs. Chen said: "There is always etiquette, and breaking the rules is not good for you."

"Mother, don't worry, everyone in this room is our own." He raised his arms, looked at the baby in his hand, and signaled to Mrs. Chen: "Mother, come and hug your granddaughter."

Mrs. Chen looked at the baby in her daughter's hands. The small body was wrapped in thick swaddling clothes. She opened her eyes and looked around curiously. When she saw Mrs. Chen's face, it might be Because of the reason of seeing her for the first time, the originally rolling eyes stopped, looking at her and spitting bubbles curiously.

This is Dayan's most honorable daughter, and this is her granddaughter. The combination of these two adjectives makes Mrs. Chen a little unbelievable.He raised his hands, but he didn't dare to hug them, and he was at a loss for a moment.When Yan Niang saw it, she signaled again: "Mother, hurry up and hug her, our little Fuqing also wants grandma to report it, doesn't it?"

The little princess seemed to understand what her mother meant, she grinned, Yanniang looked at it, and said with a smile: "Look, she said yes."

Only then did Mrs. Chen dare to stretch out her hand to hug the little princess, shaking her lightly, she said excitedly to Yanniang: "It looks like you, it's exactly the same as when you were a child."

Yin Niang was also very curious about the baby, she stretched out her finger and touched the baby's face, the baby's skin was tender and smooth, like a freshly peeled egg.The little princess thought her aunt was playing with her, she grinned silently, then turned her head away, sucking Yinniang's finger with her mouth.

Yinniang was only surprised, she never knew that the baby was so cute, Yinniang asked Yanniang curiously: "Why is she spitting bubbles all the time?"

Yanniang was also ignorant about this, and said uncertainly: "This may be the way she greets you." After speaking, she looked at the little princess for a while, and then said to Yinniang: "Yinniang also hugs your little princess. Niece."

Yin Niang took the little princess from Mrs. Chen's hand, she just felt that she dared not hug such a small child, for fear of crushing the little princess.Yanniang continued: "Because she was born on the day of Laba, the emperor took the title of Fuqing."

The mother and daughter continued to tease the little princess for a while. Seeing that the little princess was hungry and was about to cry with her mouth flattened, Yanniang asked the nanny to hold her and nurse her.

After the little princess was carried down, the mother and daughter sat on the kang together and asked each other about their recent lives. Because there was not much time, everyone kept short stories and reported good news rather than bad news.After finishing speaking, Yanniang stroked her younger sister's hair, and said distressedly: "Yinniang, I have wronged you. I have always known Madam Lin Hou's temper. I am afraid that she will not treat you very well these days. Please bear with me." , I won't let you bear it for too long."

Yin Niang shook her head and said: "Sister, you don't have to worry about me, you just take care of yourself, as long as you get better, I will follow suit."

After coming out of Yanniang's inner room, Yinniang and Mrs. Chen stood together among the wives.After a while, someone suddenly patted her on the shoulder. Yin Niang turned her head to look, and found that it was a young woman of sixteen or seventeen with her hair in a bun. lovely.Yin Niang didn't know her, and was about to ask, but she spoke first: "You are Miss Chen, aren't you?"

Yin Niang nodded, and then asked her: "You are?"

The young woman covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "I heard from my husband earlier that the prince of Yongning Hou was engaged to a Miss Chen Er, and he also said that the prince was hiding his little daughter-in-law so tightly that he even let him take a look at her." I don't even want to. I have long wanted to see what kind of character his little daughter-in-law is, and she can make Yongning Hou Shizi a treasure like an eyeball. I saw my sister today, and I understand the son of the world I'm in a bad mood. If I were a man with such a beautiful fiancee, I would hide it from others. Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced myself to you yet. My surname is Ying. It's Fa Xiao."

It was only then that Yinniang knew that this was the Ying family who had just married Su Yu, the eldest son of General Su, a few years ago.

Although General Su's wife was born in the general family, she married General Su when he was not well-off in his early years. His father's status is not high, he is only a sixth-rank general.But Mrs. Su is refreshing, walking among the ladies, coming and going freely.At this time Mrs. Ying had just entered the door, and Mrs. Su asked her daughter-in-law to come out to socialize, which is enough to see that Mrs. Su attaches great importance to this daughter-in-law.Ying's behavior is also generous. Although she still looks shy as a newlywed, she can socialize with ease.

Yin Niang felt that this Ying family was really good at talking, humorous, flattering people invisibly, even though it was the first time they met, they would not make people feel unfamiliar.Listening to her talk, Yin Niang felt a little more fond of her, and greeted her with a smile.

Mrs. Su went on to say: "My boudoir's name is Qing. Everyone in my family calls me Sister Qing. I am two or three years older than you. You can call me Sister Qing."

Yin Niang called out smoothly: "Sister Qing." Anyway, it wouldn't hurt to recognize more of these sisters.

At this time, the full moon feast officially began, and the little princess sat in her mother's arms. After receiving the praise and blessings from the married woman, she continued to play the game of spitting bubbles in her swaddling baby.Under the leadership of Mrs. Ning Guogong, the wives toasted concubine Shu's wine, and then Yanniang's wine.After Yanniang finished drinking, she also poured the wine back to the wives.

Yanniang had just put down her wine glass, when the servant waiting outside the hall shouted loudly: "The emperor is here!"

Then Emperor Jinghui, who was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, came in from the outside, followed by a young woman wearing a yellow palace concubine costume.That woman was extremely beautiful, in terms of appearance, she was no worse than Yan Niang, with an oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, charming eyes like silk, and the light in her eyes was tactile, like shining stars.The young women in this house definitely have quite a few beauties, but just like that, it didn't hide the beauty of that woman.

Among the wives, someone said: "Isn't that the emperor's new favorite Wanmei? She is really beautiful."

It was only then that Yinniang knew that this was the court lady who used to serve in Concubine Shu's palace, who was later favored by the emperor overnight, and who has been unparalleled in the limelight recently.Beauty, beauty, she is indeed a beauty. Why did such a beautiful person spend so many years in Concubine Shu's palace, even the maids in the palace did not know.

(End of this chapter)