Step by step lotus flower

Chapter 178 The Palace Banquet (2)
Therefore, although the entire harem is not decorated with lights and festoons everywhere, the West Sixth Palace where Fengyi Hall is located and the corridors along the way are all newly decorated. The dazzling golden waves, so dazzling that people can hardly even open their eyes, carry a lively and festive, prosperous and peaceful prosperity.

When the people of Duke Dingguo's mansion arrived at Fengyi Hall under the leadership of Mrs. Lu, there were already many foreign wives in the east side hall of Fengyi Hall, among them were Mrs. An Guogong and several wives and grandmas of Anguogong's mansion. Miss, after all, it is Empress Xu's mother's family, and all the female family members of Xu's family are here today regardless of their rank or not.

Mrs. Lu hurriedly stepped forward to greet Mrs. Anguo Gongtai, and said with a smile: "I still thought that today I would be able to make the best of the cake for my empress. I didn't expect you to come earlier, which shows the heart of loving daughters."

Mrs. An Guogong hurriedly got up and returned the salute with a smile, "You're flattering, it's just that you came a moment earlier than you."

After the two elders had met the ceremony, their respective daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law and granddaughters hurriedly stepped forward to meet the elders, and then they met each other again. Mrs. An Guogong saw that Mrs. Lu's granddaughter was brought up by the concubine and the side branch girls who were raised by her. Bringing it here, I couldn't help but frowned slightly, thinking that I was similar to Mrs. Lu yesterday, when Fengyi Palace is a vegetable market, any dog ​​or dog can come in, but he doesn't show it on his face , smiled and said to Mrs. Lu: "You are still lucky. The granddaughters are all like flower bones. Standing in such a row makes people feel pleasing to the eye. Unlike the girls in our family, all of them are burnt. It's like a scroll."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lu laughed and said, "Are you praising me, or are you praising yourself? Our eldest girl and second girl are also your granddaughters! So it was our old man who spoke It is said that in previous years, there were many people from our family who came to the palace to pay respects to the empress's birthday, but this year there were a few fewer people at once. I know that both the eldest princess and the county master are sick and can't come. Those who don't know think we are afraid over there……"

Speaking of pointing to the east, Concubine Luo's Chonghua Palace is in the area of ​​the East Sixth Palace, "I dare not come to support the empress. Besides, the empress is not telling the eldest daughter-in-law that she will choose a companion for Princess Dingyi Well, our old man said that there are more people, and the empress and empress have more choices, so I brought them all here."

"Your Majesty wants to choose a companion for Princess Dingyi?" Mrs. An Guogong frowned, why didn't she know about this?If the empress really wants to choose a companion for Princess Dingyi, she should first think about the girl from their Xu family. What's the matter with choosing a girl from another family? Don't you know that there is a saying that "fat and water don't flow to outsiders?" "Tian", then besides Feng girl who is her own family, which one of the Lu family is not an outsider—no, she must have a good discussion with the empress later on.

Mrs. Lu is such a shrewd person, when she saw Mrs. An Guogong's expression, she knew that it was not true that Empress Xu wanted to choose Lu Mingxuan as Princess Dingyi's companion, but she had other intentions. Surprised, "Why don't you know about this? Hey, look at me, what nonsense are you talking about... By the way, I heard from my eldest daughter-in-law that you couldn't sleep well a while ago, so you used some medicine pillow I can sleep well, but I haven’t been able to sleep well for a while. I wonder if you can tell me what kind of medicine pillow it is and where I got it. I might as well get a pillow and see if I can sleep better. "A look of self-repentance for a slip of the tongue, trying to change the subject.

Mrs. An Guogong only thought that Mrs. Lu was afraid that she would fight with her family after she knew about it, so she couldn't help sneering secretly in her heart. She didn't know about it, and that's all. Now that she knew about it, she couldn't take advantage of people from the other four routes... Thinking this way in my heart, I followed Mrs. Lu's words and said with a smile: "My eldest grandson is filial to me. He said that he got it by chance when he went to work outside. After I go to my house, I will ask him for you and see him. Can I find another one to honor you?"

Mrs. Lu smiled and said: "How dare you do it, you just ask the uncle where you got it for me, and I will send someone to get it."

"Why don't you dare to be?" Mrs. An Guogong said with a smile, "You are his elder, and he should be filial to you. You just have to wait for me to send the pillow to you."

The two old men were sitting on the red sandalwood carved grand master's chair specially carried by the servant, and they were chatting lively, while Mrs. An Guogong's wife and Mrs. Lu were also chatting in a low voice with a smile on their faces. , but what they said was not as friendly and cordial as the smiles on their faces.

"...If we hadn't heard from the old lady in-law that the empress was going to choose a companion for Princess Dingyi, we would have never known about it. It is obvious that the empress only has three older sisters in her heart, and there are no older brothers like us. "The person who spoke was wearing a light red flow color dark flower cloud brocade tunic with red gold dots and emerald jade walking. He was the sixth lady of Anguo Gong's mansion, the wife of Mrs. Lu's youngest brother.

Before Mrs. Lu could answer, Mrs. Xu San, who was dressed in bright red and white butterflies, wore floral cut silk narrow sleeves and long gown, said with a smile: "I know that the sixth siblings always like to eat crabs, but isn't it the season to eat crabs? Why are you six?" The younger brothers and sisters drank a jar of ginger vinegar first? We are all brothers and sisters of the same milk compatriots, how can the mother favor one another... But then again, even if the third sister wants to keep her fat and water out of the field, she will give us a gift in advance. It's not a difficult thing to say, don't tell me your nieces are not as good as those girls from the other four roads in your mind?"

Mrs. Lu was so bitterly squeezed by the two brothers and sisters who were close to each other. Although Mrs. An Guogong didn't say anything, there was clearly some disapproval for her in her eyes. , I had to force a smile and said: "At that time, the empress just mentioned something casually. After I went back, my mother-in-law asked about it, and I said it unintentionally. Blame it on me."

When the elders were talking, sisters Lu Mingfeng, the grandmas and ladies of Duke Anguo's mansion and other younger generations naturally had no part to intervene, and they couldn't hear the elders speaking in a low voice after being far away, let alone in such an occasion , so they all only watched their noses and noses and their hearts, stood upright, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest. Now the empress is not in the East Palace, but there are countless maids inside and outside the palace. An oversight was spotted by those maids and servants, who knows what will happen?
Naturally, Lu Mingxuan was no exception. She kept her head down and her hands down, and stood in a humble posture, but from the corner of her eyes, she looked around the entire East Side Hall without a trace.

The main hall is spacious and spacious. The walls, beams and pillars in the hall are decorated with cloud patterns, which are colorful and colorful. , tied with bright red silk flowers, on the Danbi in the middle of the hall is a phoenix algae jade case, and like the throne behind, it is carved with the pattern of auspicious clouds flying into the sky, implying longevity.

(End of this chapter)