In the palace, the most annoying thing is the New Year's Festival and his birthday. Every year back, she has to gather a lot of hypocritical people, and she has to smile and welcome people, especially on her birthday, and her cheeks cramp every time she laughs.

There are more and more women in the palace, and her birthday is becoming more and more lively every year. Concubine Yu, who had been imprisoned for more than a year, was also released, but the emperor no longer summoned her to bed, only when there was no one like her in the palace, and the seventh elder brother only needed her to see it once a month. has no favor, and his son is an outsider, and the days of seclusion for a year seem to have really completely worn away the edges and corners of the concubine. It was as if she had been drained of her soul, and she had lost her soul all day.

The second is Concubine Xian, on the occasion of the twenty-second birthday of the Ming Ming, Concubine Xian also came to the banquet with a congratulatory gift. Although Concubine Xian is not favored by the emperor, she is the mother of Princess Hejing, the niece of the Queen Mother, and because of her insult last year, she reported to the emperor in time, but she won some respect from the emperor, and she has the right to associate the six palaces, so naturally she should not be underestimated.

The five concubines, Chun Concubine, Jia Concubine, Yu Concubine, Yi Concubine, and Qing Concubine, also came together, not to mention the nobles of lower rank, who were always there, and agreed. Therefore, it is difficult not to be lively. Especially the four nobles of Fushou and Kangxi, competing for beauty, each face is delicate, or beautiful, or cold, or coquettish, and the end is in its prime, and it is radiant.

A year when the new person changes the old one, it is probably the same. Even if it is the five concubines, they are also very kind to the four nobles, and it is very possible to ensure that any of them is blessed, pregnant with a dragon fetus, and promoted to a concubine.

The five concubines are all concubines, either with an elder brother or a princess. Either it's both, and even if it's not favored, it's easy and hard to shake. Therefore, the nobles of low status did not dare to offend too much in words. Even the most deserted Kang Guiren, at most, his tone was a little stiffer, and he would never dare to be rude.

It's just that Concubine Yi is more and more dissatisfied with Kang Guiren, and often says to Ming in private: "Don't look at the cold face on weekdays, when you come to the emperor, it must be a clever smile and beautiful eyes!"

Concubine Yi is certainly telling the truth. I didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Which woman in the palace is not allowed to flatter the emperor, Kang Guiren is cold to the emperor for a while, can he still flirt with the emperor's face for the rest of his life? If this is the case. For more than a year, she won't be pampered anymore.

Hao Ming persuaded Yi Concubine not to get involved, and the four nobles have been divided into three forces. Fortune and longevity compete for favor. Xi Guiren took refuge in the queen, but Kang Guiren was the only one who supported him, who was in the most disadvantageous situation, so do you need to say? What Kang Guiren has is just the emperor's favor.

Hao Ming kept a smile and said to Concubine Xian: "A few days ago, the Songjiang four-gill perch presented by Jiangsu and Zhejiang arrived, and it was just a feast." -- The most beautiful fish are the four famous fish: the Yangtze River anchovy, the Yellow River carp, the Songjiang perch, and the Taihu Lake whitebait. Yangtze River shad. It can only be caught in early summer, while the Yellow River carp and Taihu whitebait are delicious. However, the quantity is abundant, and in any era, it is rare and expensive, so it is naturally not rare.

Concubine Xian smiled and nodded, "The perch is sent from Songjiang all the way, and it is not easy to ensure that it is fresh." ”

Yi Concubine nodded in agreement, she picked up the ivory and sandwiched a small piece of fish meat, and said, "This sea bass, the meat is as white as snow, and there is no fishy smell......

Yi Concubine just said that, she heard a sound of "vomit!", and then looked, it turned out that it was Kang Guiren who smelled the fragrant casserole perch that had just been served, and couldn't help retching.

With a "snap", Yi Concubine put down the ivory in her hand, she was having a good appetite, but Kang Guiren suddenly came like this!

Sitting next to Kang Guiren was the youngest Xi nobleman, Fang Shi, and Xi Guiren said with concern: "Sister Kang, what's the matter?

Hearing this, Hao Ming's face also turned cold. But she is not aimed at the Kang noble, but this Xi nobleman - at a young age, she is familiar with the way of provoking!!

Kang Guiren had already hurriedly stood up, saluted and apologized to Mingming: "The concubine has been a little sick in the stomach for the past two days, and she really didn't mean to be rude at the birthday banquet of the mother!"

Yin Changzai suddenly smiled and said: "This perch, ordinary people naturally can't smell the slightest fishy smell." Kang Guiren's nose is so sensitive, isn't she pregnant?"

Yin Chang made everyone in Jingming Hall stunned in this sentence "Mo is not pregnant".

Hao Ming smiled, his demeanor was as elegant and appropriate as usual, and he said warmly: "It looks like it." ”

Yin Changzai asked again: "Dare to ask Kang Guiren, is this month's menstrual affair coming?"

Kang Guiren blushed and said in a low voice: "It's been seven or eight days late......"

Hao Ming raised his eyebrows lightly, and said: "Then Lao Fuyin Chang is sending Kang Guiren back to the Spring Hall first, and then pass on a doctor." ”

Kang Guiren hurriedly waved his hand and said, "The concubine is not in the way......"

Concubine Xian snorted coldly, "If you stay, it will really be in the way! Today is Concubine Shu's birthday, why should Kang Guiren be so uninteresting?!"

Concubine Xian was so provocative, which really embarrassed Kang Guiren. Kang Guiren's face was purple, as if he had been slapped on the spot, and it took a long time to endure curtsiness and bow, and said, "The concubine retreats." ”

Yin Changzai also hurriedly bowed and accompanied Kang Guiren to retreat.

Everyone knows that nine times out of ten, Kang Guiren is pregnant. The birthday banquet is so lively that it will naturally never be happy anymore. After three rounds of drinking, seeing that the visitors were full of wine and food, he dispersed the birthday banquet in advance, and he fell clean early.

After the banquet in the afternoon, news came from Fuchun Hall that Kang Guiren had been pregnant for more than a month.

Yi Concubine stayed and sneered: "Niangniang, the Xu family is obviously deliberately showing off her power at your birthday banquet!"

Bo Ming let out a faint "oh", and she naturally saw it. For more than a year, Kang Guiren has been very favored, but she has not seen any special treatment from the emperor, whether it is in the palace or in the Old Summer Palace. Now that she is pregnant, she will inevitably be favored by the emperor, so Kang Guiren feels that this is a good opportunity from God, a good opportunity to win the emperor's heart.

Hao Ming said lightly: "She is also stupid, she has only been a little over a month, she is not good at hiding it, but she actually said it herself!

Hao Ming's words were understated, but they had a cold taste. Originally, she didn't care about Xu's small role that was favored for a while, but now even the small role dares to show off her power in front of her, is it because she has a better temper recently? )