The Spring Festival of the second year of Yongzheng is destined to be peaceful on the surface, but in fact, it is turbulent inside. In the past of the national funeral, the palace was draped in red and hung with colors, and there was a festive and lively scene everywhere.

On the evening of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Yin Chen held a family banquet in the Qianqing Palace according to the old practice, which was also the first time since he ascended the throne that a large banquet was held in the palace.

The Manchu Spring Festival originated from Han customs. After Nurhachi established the Houjin regime, he raised troops into Liaoyang and Shenyang in the third year of the Mandate of Heaven, and under the influence of the Han economy and culture, the development of Manchu society has undergone great changes. Especially after Huang Taiji ascended the throne, the Qing army entered Shanhaiguan in the first year of Shunzhi and set the capital in Beijing, and a large number of Manchu residents moved to the Guannei and coexisted with the Han people, and exchanged and influenced each other in the economy and culture, and had a close relationship. Under the cultural influence of the long time, many customs and culture of the Han nationality have been absorbed by the Manchu people, and the Spring Festival has become a traditional festival of the Manchu and Han people.

Because of this, even ordinary people have to eat a reunion dinner on the Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve night no matter how hard their days are, for the Qing Dynasty emperor who lived in the palace, the reunion dinner of the Spring Festival naturally became the normal feeling of people who could not be separated, and they also had to hold a family banquet in the Qianqing Palace with the queen and the concubines in the Chinese New Year's Eve. Because the emperor and the concubines rarely have the opportunity to eat and entertain together except for the daily flop to summon each other, the family banquet in the Qianqing Palace has a special reunion significance compared with the common people.

However, the real family banquet of the Qianqing Palace will not appear like in some film and television dramas in the previous life, where the kings of the clan and the concubines of the men and women gathered together. In fact, whether it is a ceremony or a banquet in the palace, except for the concubine, the unmarried princess and the underage prince, there is only the emperor as a real man in the entire Qianqing Palace family banquet. Even those princes who have already left the palace to open a mansion and build a tooth cannot participate in it, and the clan banquet between the emperor and the prince and the kings of the clan is held on the first day of the first month of the next day, which is usually called the "pro-vassal banquet", which is not a family banquet in the Qianqing palace in the canonical system. Under such a clear regulation between inside and outside, once the palace concubine enters the palace, those bloody plots of splitting legs and climbing the wall are basically impossible to exist.

Since December 24, the Qianqing Palace has begun to create an atmosphere for the New Year. His Majesty of the Qianqing Palace began to install the longevity lantern, and the lantern was lit every night. Behind the longevity lantern, the left and right sides are hung with longevity treasure couplets, and each treasure couplet is embroidered with gold wire on both sides. The longevity light is reflected on Baolian and its golden characters, making the dark night especially transparent, creating a strong joyful atmosphere of the coming of the New Year.

On the eve of the family banquet in the Qianqing Palace, the palace people were busy arranging the banquet scene according to the etiquette system. Under the eaves of the Qianqing Palace, the Zhonghe Shaole is furnished, the Dan Majesty Dale is furnished in the Qianqing Gate, and the Zhonghe Shaole is furnished under the eaves of the Jiaotai Palace. In the Qianqing Palace, one banquet table per person was arranged according to a strict hierarchical order. In front of the emperor's throne, there is a golden dragon banquet table, on the left side of the ground, the queen's banquet table is placed in the east of the west seat, and the banquet tables of the rest of the concubines are arranged on the left and right, and the tableware used is also different.

When the palace people were busy arranging the venue, the concubines also prepared early, first went to Yongshou Palace to greet the queen, and then waited to go to the Qianqing Palace banquet hall with the queen.

In Yongshou Palace, I saw Nian's again, still sick, and his spirit was obviously very bad, but on such a day, he could only beat his spirits, and sat quietly on the side with an unnatural smile to respond to everyone's courtesies. Behind her stood Mama Tan, who was holding Fuhui in her arms, and Mama Tan was holding Fuhui, who had just turned one year old. Although Fuhui was born after my careful care, Fuhui is much luckier than those babies who died at birth since Nian's time, but because of Nian's own weak mother, Fuhui's child still has some congenital deficiency diseases, and there is no roundness that a year-old child should have, and his small body looks a little thin. It's just that on the eyebrows and eyes that are a little similar to Nian's, those dark and clear eyes look extremely smart, which makes people feel particularly distressed and pitiful.

When I led Hongday to follow Qian and Hongli into together, Nian glanced at me, the two exchanged eyes, and the shallow smile on Nian's lips was a little more helpless, and at that moment I seemed to see the loneliness and helplessness in her eyes, I expected that in this palace where there was no secret to speak of, when I left that day, she was blocked at the door by Yinzhen and warned me not to interfere anymore. In the face of her predicament, I feel related, but I am helpless.

Because of the family banquet, the Li family, who had been silent for several months, also appeared in the Yongshou Palace, this time she was much more restrained than in the past, although it was still the appearance that others owed her eight hundred hanging money, but fortunately, she stayed quietly without saying a word, and did not say any more bad cynicism.

Concubine Mao is still sick, so naturally she is not suitable to attend such a grand and grand family banquet. However, Ning Concubine Wu's family has changed a lot. Since she entered the palace, Yinzhen has been cold to her, even if she gave the grade title, she never turned over the brand once. The Ulanala clan has always had no power over dispensable people, and the Wu clan has neither a threat nor a use value for her, so she has not paid too much attention to and taken care of. In this way, the Wu family lives alone, and the Zhongcui Palace is almost the same as the Cold Palace, and this is a lonely person who has too high a cold self-esteem, and he does not disdain to take the initiative to move around with the palaces, and he disdains to take bribes. But the palace is not as good as the inner house, most of the palace people who are used to seeing the scene are climbing high and stepping low, and serving the master who does not love his uncle and uncle will inevitably complain in his heart, plus her style, she has also suffered a lot of wronged anger openly and secretly, and she gradually understands the truth that people have to bow their heads under the eaves. So this time, she is still the same empty valley orchid temperament, but she has no of the original cold arrogance and loneliness, bowed her eyebrows and greeted her according to the rules, and she was more cautious and obedient in her gestures, which seemed to me to be more pitiful.

"It seems that our emperor has another heart. The corners of Qian's lips were raised, and he whispered to me half-seriously and half-jokingly.

"There is no flower for a hundred days, we don't fight for this, who is good or not, what do we have to do. I raised my hand and covered the smile on my lips with a handkerchief, and I replied in a voice that only we could hear.

Qian patted my hand lightly, tacitly stopped the conversation, and moved his gaze to the low-ranking concubines with two new faces who came in one after another.

One of these two people is surnamed Guo, and the other is surnamed An, and the two are said to have been dressed in the Han military banner, and their family backgrounds are not bad, so they have become palace people in the Qianqing Palace. It's just unfortunate that the two of them have set their grades, and before they have time to arrange the palace, the Empress Dowager Renshou, that is, Yinzhen's biological mother Concubine De, passed away. It is precisely because of such a proximity to the water, although the two of them are not much favored, but also because Yinzhen is usually busy late in the Qianqing Palace, he relieves his physiological needs by the way, or the two of them are young, after all, the freshness has not yet passed, and there are more opportunities to be flipped over than the old people of our hidden mansions. In this way, these two people did not care, and they did not urge, and the Ulanala clan also forgot about these two because of trivial matters, so it was not until Chinese New Year's Eve that they came to the Wulanala clan to greet the Wulanala clan and attend the family banquet according to the courtesy of the concubines on the side, and the Wulanala clan remembered the two of them.

These two young concubines who suddenly landed in the air made everyone in the room can't help but look curiously. Speaking of appearance alone, Guo's looks beautiful and beautiful, with a kind of gentleness and gentleness of a small jasper, and at a glance he feels that he is a proper person, which makes people feel good. Qian joked that her demeanor and demeanor were five or six points like when I was young, and said that the emperor Xu also valued this point to let her serve.

For Qian's words, I just laughed at it, and if this was the case, it would not be a gratifying and honorable move.

With Guo in front, the An family obviously does not have Guo's likability, the phoenix eyes with flowing eyes have a natural charm, and the beauty is beautiful, but it makes others feel a little frivolous no matter how they look at it. As she saluted the Ulanala clan, I could clearly feel the Ulanala clan's brow move imperceptibly, and there was a look of disgust in his eyes.

As I expected, the Ulanala clan really liked Guo's more, not only asked Guo's age and family history, but also gave her a reward, and settled her in Jingren Palace, where Qian and I were. But when it came to An's family, the Wulanala clan just responded lukewarmly, and then arranged for her to go to Yikun Palace to be with the Wu family, and let her retreat.

The Ulanala clan is so close and distant, and people with discerning eyes see it in their hearts. Don't think about it, after today, the situation of the two will also have a different change from before.

When the concubines arrived, the Ulanala clan distributed the rewards as usual, and said some words to teach everyone how to do in the new year, and it was almost time. Everyone followed out of the Yongshou Palace and followed the queen's guard of honor to the Qianqing Palace.