The Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the second year of Emperor Chaohui was also used in the palace, and Qi Rong and Zhen Wanyi took Qi Heng to sit in the top left position, and when they looked up, they could see the emperor and the empress dowager on the upper right. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the emperor finished his concise congratulatory speech, everyone said in unison to congratulate the New Year and drink wine together, and the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet officially began.

This is the first time that Brother Heng has participated in the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the palace, and he sat beside Zhen Wanyi obediently, and Zhen Wanyi served him dishes. Fortunately, they were the first to serve a hot pot at this table, so they had hot dishes to eat.

The emperor handed the first glass of wine to Qi Rong, "King Rong, I have worked hard last year, Uncle Wang, I respect you." ”

Qi Rong stood up, "Don't dare to say hard work, Your Majesty is the hardest-working one." ”

Emperor Zhaohui didn't seem to be a person of many words, he raised his cup and drank it all as soon as he raised his head, the emperor drank it all, and Qi Rong naturally drank it clean.

The Queen Mother glanced at Zhen Wanyi and Brother Heng, "Princess Rong is next to the prince, and she looks very smart." ”

Zhen Wanyi also stood up and bent her face, "Empress Dowager Xie praises." ”

Brother Heng also stood up, "The minister has seen the Queen Mother, I wish the Queen Mother a long life, good health, and good luck." ”

The Queen Mother also had a smile in her eyes, "What a smart child, the princess teaches well." ”

Zhen Wanyi glanced at her son, "Don't dare to boast about being the queen mother." ”

"Why didn't you bring the twins into the palace today? The declining family hasn't seen your twins yet. ”

Zhen Wanyi had a decent smile on her face, "The twins are still young, and the concubines can't bring them alone, so the next time you enter the palace, you will bring them over to the Queen Mother to say goodbye." ”

The Queen Mother nodded, "Sit down, and show it to the declining family when you enter the palace next time, the declining family has not seen the dragon and phoenix fetus." ”

Zhen Wanyi bent her knees again, "Yes." Then he pulled Brother Heng to sit down.

Then the queen said: "Princess Rong, come, this palace toasts you, you are blessed." ”

Zhen Wanyi sighed secretly, but she still got up with a smile and thanked her, "Concubine Xie Niangniang, Niangniang is a blessed one." ”

The queen hooked her mouth, "hehe" twice, and smiled coldly before reaching the bottom of her eyes, but the emperor swept it at a glance, swallowed the words that she didn't have time to say, and only drank the cup in her hand.

Zhen Wanyi also finished drinking the wine in her hand.

After sitting down, Brother Heng sandwiched a piece of deer tendon and put it in Zhen Wanyi's bowl, "Mother, eat some food." ”

Zhen Wanyi smiled and rubbed her son's hair and ate the dishes in the bowl. When he looked up, he looked at the queen's stunned eyes, and glanced at Brother Heng, alas, it would be better to come less in this palace in the future. Brother Heng is the same year as the second lord, but the queen doesn't pay much attention to the second princess, and wants to give birth to a son.

The sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra and the enchanting dance of the gestures, if it weren't for the solemn atmosphere of the palace, Zhen Wanyi felt that she would like it more.

Brother Heng looked right at his father and turned left to look at his mother, his father's eyes seemed to be loose but there was a flash of light from time to time, obviously he didn't take the song and dance in front of him seriously, only the mother concubine was really relaxed, but she was a little impatient and bored. I guess the mother didn't like this kind of restrained atmosphere very much.

Zhen Wanyi yawned secretly, squinted slightly and glanced at the other side, only to see a palace concubine lying on the desk, and the palace maid behind her leaned over and said something, with a panicked face.

Something happened, a thought flashed in my mind, and I hurriedly cheered up and looked over.

Zhen Wanyi sat opposite the concubines of the harem, and there was not much movement there, only the nearby palace concubines and a few courtiers noticed it. His Majesty the Emperor, who was sitting on the throne, took a look, and quietly sent the attendants around him to see, and after a while, the palace concubine was helped out by the palace maids waiting to put on a cloak, leaving a palace speculation.

The Queen Mother squinted slightly, and then got up and said, "Emperor, the family is declining, go back to the palace first." ”

The emperor got up, "The son sends off the queen mother." ”

Everyone else got up, "Congratulations to the Queen Mother." ”

The next song and dance is a little whitewashed, no matter how festive and beautiful it is, it can't stop the curiosity in the hearts of the adults and ladies here.

Zhen Wanyi is much calmer, just like the princess said, the big and small things that happen in the harem are really one thing, competing for favor, and the source of all conflicts and disputes is a pet word.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when the court entered the palace, the exact news finally came that Concubine Ji had a miscarriage, and the princess who came from Mobei to marry her had a miscarriage.

Zhen Wanyi only felt incredible when she heard it, the emperor would actually make a foreign princess pregnant? However, in the next few days, the palace punished two palace maids and internal supervisors, and Concubine Ji was still Concubine Ji.

Just when everyone thought that this was just a small accident, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu played, His Majesty's harem concubines were not emperor's heart, and there was no good news in the palace so far, only a series of miscarriage incidents, this is the queen's dereliction of duty, please Your Majesty clean up the harem and extend the heirs as soon as possible.

As soon as this fold came out, almost half of the court echoed, last year, the imperial heirs of the harem were damaged, and no one in the harem has successfully conceived more than three months, what an amazing number, Emperor Chaohui has not had an heir in the harem since he ascended the throne, it can be seen that the danger of the emperor's harem is really no less than the tiger's den in Longtan.

Even counting forward, Emperor Zong's five-year harem did not have an heir to the world, and the queen at that time, the current queen mother and the current queen are the daughters of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion.

As soon as this remark came out, it directly pushed the Pingyang Hou Mansion to the forefront, Ci'an Palace and Fengyi Palace were furious, and Mrs. Pingyang Hou entered the palace several times, and she was several years old in just a few days.

When Zhen Wanyi received the greeting from Mrs. Pingyang Hou, she frowned and sighed, but she had to get up to greet her. No matter how unwilling she is, it is impossible for her to turn away Mrs. Pingyang Hou, because it is impossible for the Queen Mother to lose, and now she is the concubine of the Queen Mother, and denying the Queen Mother is not denying herself.

Mrs. Pingyang Hou saw that Zhen Wanyi personally greeted the second gate, and hurriedly stepped forward to take Zhen Wanyi's hand and curtsy, "The concubine has seen the princess, please bear with me if I disturb you." ”

Zhen Wanyi helped her, "Madame, please get up quickly, you often come and go to bother me, it's too late for me to be happy if you can come over, let's go into the house and talk." ”

In the front hall, the guest of honor sat down, and Zhen Wanyi ordered tea.

Mrs. Pingyang Hou took the tea and took a sip, "Alas, I think the princess also heard the advice of those officials, this is really a disaster, the first emperor was nearly fifty years old when he was ninety-five, and he favored the Li family alone, this is nothing to do with the queen mother's mother." As for today's harem, the queen has no concubines, and most of those concubines are from families, and their status is only higher than that of the queen.

And we can't be like the concubines in the house, who shout and kill when they do something wrong, and they can be scared. The queen mother had a miscarriage for no reason the year before last, and now the group of officials who have nothing to do are still holding on to the queen mother, and even pointed at our Hou Ye, saying that our Pingyang Hou Mansion is not the right goddaughter, which is really deceitful. It's just that I pity my master, who usually follows the rules in the court, doesn't dare to take half a wrong step, and doesn't dare to make friends with people at will, so that no one stands up and says a fair word at such a point today. ”

As he spoke, he burst into tears and was so sad that he couldn't do it.