When the dinner party was about to start, Chanyi had just woken up from the warm couch, she opened a pair of misty eyes, looked at everything around her, and suddenly frowned, she was very annoyed, after all, it was in the palace, not at home, how could she say that she would sleep!

Aunt Russell smiled and stepped forward to serve Chanyi and got up, seeing Chanyi's embarrassed expression, she said with a smile: "You don't feel embarrassed, Niangniang has instructed, you were frightened and nervous before, but now you are finally relieved, and when you are relaxed, you will naturally be able to sleep more, Niangniang pity you, and we are not allowed to quarrel with you." ”

Jinping said on the side: "Concubine Zhuang is very worried about your body, princess, she has been guarding you just now, and she went to deal with palace affairs when she saw that you were asleep." ”

They were talking in the inner hall, Concubine Zhuang heard the movement outside, knew that Chanyi was awake, looked at the eyes and leaked more, got up and walked in, saw Chanyi was being served and wore a dress, and asked with a smile: "Why don't you sleep more?" The hour is still early, you can't stay up if you don't sleep enough for a while. ”

Concubine Zhuang spoke in a very soft voice, as if coaxing a child, which made Chanyi's face red: "If you don't sleep, it will be a delay to sleep again." ”

Concubine Zhuang loves Chanyi's junior very much, not only because Chanyi is the daughter of her sister-in-law, but also because of Chanyi's intelligent temperament, smart people always make people feel good, and Chanyi is very well-behaved and sensible, which makes Concubine Zhuang's love deeper, so she always wants to protect her behind her, at this time, listening to her say this, she nodded at her with a smile, and suddenly frowned.

"You are dressed a little too plain today, the princess should have the appearance of a princess," Concubine Zhuang said while taking out the hairpin sent by the housekeeper, which is a vermilion camellia carved from tourmaline, which looks very beautiful, she inserted the hairpin into the hairpin of Chanyi, looked left and right, and then smiled: "It looks good to dress up like this, today is the New Year's banquet, and I have to be happy." ”

Chanyi glanced at herself in the rhombic glasses, and felt that what her aunt said made sense, and Emperor Wen has always liked to be lively, if she was dressed too plainly, she was afraid that she would dislike Emperor Wen, when she first entered the palace, she just wanted not to be eye-catching, and let the queen treat her as a bird, and at this moment she also understood that since no matter what she did, the queen would not let her go, so she simply dressed up as usual.

She smiled and thanked Concubine Zhuang, and after a short gossip with Concubine Zhuang's parents for a quarter of an hour, someone from the palace came in and said:

"Concubine Zhuang, the time is coming, do you think we have to go over and take a look first?"

In previous years, the dinner was the assistant manager of Concubine Zhuang, and this year is no exception, although the queen looks down on Concubine Zhuang a little, but she will not lose the face of Concubine Zhuang at this time, and if something happens at the dinner, the queen can also shirk Concubine Zhuang, so she still invited Concubine Zhuang to be an assistant.

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The dinner venue was set in the Fenglai Palace, when Chanyi and Concubine Zhuang arrived, the palace people were still busy placing the peonies and Wen Xinlan cultivated in the greenhouse, and the two Taishi chairs were placed at the top of the Fenglai Palace, and two rows of pineapple wood carved chairs were placed in turn, and the silver and blue and white bowls were placed on the two long tables one by one, and the palace people were interspersed with walking in the hall, which seemed very busy.

When the banquet really began, the sky was already dark, and the weather in the month of Layue was always dark too early, and the lights in the Fenglai Hall were bright and colorful.

Most of the clan relatives and family members came, first went to Ci'an Palace to greet the Queen Mother, and then went to Chaofeng Palace to greet the Queen Mother.

Among them are Princess Guangning and Princess Guangping, and these two people are also familiar with Chanyi, especially Princess Guangning, she was able to be respected so quickly in the clan camp In addition to Chu Shaoyuan being the emperor's beloved prince, it is all due to Princess Guangning.

Chanyi greeted them with a smile: "Aunt Fourteen and Aunt Fifteen came early, these days are too busy, Aunt Fourteen posted before, I couldn't spare time to go to your house as a guest, I have been thinking about confessing to you in person." ”

Princess Su Ruixin smiled and shook her hand: "I knew you were busy, and the post also clearly wrote that if you are busy, it will be done when the ceremony arrives, you look at your child, and I have always remembered it." ”

Princess Qin Huanzhen of Guangning nodded on the side and said: "Your fourteenth aunt is different from me, a boy who scatters money, she is a famous boy who collects money, she will prepare a lot of gifts for her when she gets to the post, and it doesn't matter if people can't reach her." ”

Su Ruixin's face turned red all of a sudden, and she reached out to pinch Princess Guangning: "You know how to joke about me, where do I have your rich dowry......?

Princess Quang Ninh smiled and shrank back, her mouth besetting for mercy.

It's strange to say, King Guangning is obviously a steady and old man, but he married such a lively daughter-in-law, it is really a yin and a yang, moving and quiet, and the two complement each other just right.

A few people were talking, and several eldest princesses also came, except for the first few eldest princesses who had married foreigners who were in a foreign country, only the eldest princess of Changning came, with Qingle County advocating Peiqing, it is said that Zhang Peiqing has decided on a family affair, and it is the eldest son Feng Yan who commanded the envoy with Yan Yunwei, although it is not a good match, but for a character like Zhang Peiqing, it is also an excellent family affair, at least Feng Yanmei is clear-eyed, and he inherited the hereditary position of the family's four-grade servant, and he is also a hot figure in Yunfu。

Zhang Peiqing saw Chanyi at a glance talking to the princesses around her with her eyebrows raised and smiling, she glanced at her in disgust, and there was no smile.

However, the eldest princess of Changning greeted several princesses with a smile on her face.

Chanyi, as a junior, had to step forward to salute the eldest princess of Changning, even if she was reluctant in her heart, the expression on her face was not half a point, and she was still smiling.

The eldest princess of Changning was unexpectedly cordial, and smiled and talked to Chanyi: "A few days ago, I heard my husband say that the third prince was going to go to Fujian so far away when his body recovered, and I don't know if I am used to it," and said that when Chanyi held a banquet before, she gave a gift, "It is a three-hundred-year-old ginseng, if the princess uses it well, I will go and let people find it." ”

Where did Chanyi dare to ask for something from a scheming person like the eldest princess of Changning, and hurriedly replied with a smile: "I haven't used it yet, the prince's body is already well, and if I can use it in the future, I will definitely not be polite to my aunt." ”

Such words are just excuses, and the eldest princess of Changning naturally understands it, but all she wants is these few words.

Because of the affairs of Fujian, the fourth prince has always been a person with ideas, and although his son has a good temperament, he is too affectionate, if he is implicated by the four princes, I am afraid that he will not be reused by the emperor in the future, how can she not be in a hurry as a mother, and now she is friendly with Prince and Princess An, and she is also planning for the future.

It's just that Zhang Peiqing has never understood her mother's intentions, or she actually understands, but she just can't twist this bend, and feels that it is too shameless for her mother to please a girl from a small family, so Zhang Peiqing has never shown a smiling face from beginning to end, but let the eldest princess of Changning have been rounding the field for her.

Chanyi wasn't interested in what Zhang Peiqing was thinking, she cared about another thing.

Princess Fengyi actually came back from the temple with the prince, I haven't seen Princess Fengyi for such a long time, I thought she would be very haggard, how do I know that today's Princess Fengyi is dressed very eye-catching, wearing a red palace dress, combing a fallen horse bun on her head, obliquely inserting two phoenix hairpins on her head, and a red gold and Tilian step swaying, with a ruby bigger than a pigeon's egg falling on her head, swaying on her cheeks, that look of vermilion lips, it is simply to compare all the peonies in a hall.

Chanyi couldn't help frowning secretly, Princess Fengyi is really abnormal, if you talk about the queen, she has to dress up gorgeously, but she doesn't have to be like this at all, and Wei Jie just died not long ago, it stands to reason that she and the queen should dress plainly, even if they can't express condolences, at least it's a heart.

She felt more and more that something must happen today, and this thought grew higher and higher as the dinner began.

When the dinner party was halfway through, the Queen Mother said that she was unwell, and she showed some fatigue after eating a few bites of food, while Emperor Wen got up and went back to the Qianyuan Hall after watching the fireworks, leaving a full of relatives who came to the palace, and finally the queen took over the stall, otherwise I am afraid that it will be dispersed.

Chanyi looked at the warm fragrance of the temple's full of clouds and temples, and then looked at the queen's smiling appearance, she frowned suddenly, and then took a serious look, the queen's hand was clearly tightly holding the cloth towel on the table, but her expression was not visible at all, and people who were far away thought she was really happy.

Chanyi couldn't help but wander and think, what could make the queen so nervous? Could it really be her guess - palace change?

That's too bold, isn't it?

She was so caught up in her own thoughts that she didn't hear anyone calling for her.

It wasn't until she felt that something was wrong that she raised her head, and the next moment she was startled, why was everyone looking at her?

Princess Guangning, who was next to her, reminded in a low voice: "The queen mother just asked you if the scenery in Yuxiu Garden is good, and said that Princess Fengyi has not been to Yuxiu Garden this year......"

This is a euphemism to ask Chanyi to invite Princess Fengyi to play in the house, but Chanyi was so distracted that she didn't hear a word.

As soon as Chan Yi wanted to get up to make amends, the smile on the queen's face sank.

She looked at Chan Yi, her eyes were cold and vicious: "It seems that Prince An and Princess An are not welcome to this palace and Feng Yi, such disrespectful elders, this palace has repeatedly tolerated it today, if you are still tolerated now, I am afraid that other people in the palace will have opinions on this palace, come on!"

As he spoke, he called someone in and ordered: "Take Prince An to the side hall and let her reflect on it!"

The queen actually repeated the old trick, which made Chanyi feel a little ridiculous.

She glanced at the queen, and suddenly found that the queen's eyes were a little floating, she had seen such a look before, and had seen it countless times, it was when she was managing the affairs of the Chengbo Marquis Mansion in her previous life, but whenever someone did something wrong, she was nervous and weak-hearted, and she would have such a look.

Chanyi looked at the expressions of the other people in the hall, most of them had no expressions.

She hid the uneasiness in her heart, responded respectfully, and walked out with the two without resistance or justification.

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Emperor Wen returned to the Qianyuan Palace, and there were people he didn't like at the dinner, so he didn't eat enough, rubbed his uncomfortable stomach, and told Zhao Yuande to go and order some dumplings stuffed with mutton and radish.

After a short time, the dumplings filled with mutton and radish were boiled and presented in a food box, along with a plate of aged vinegar mixed with garlic.

Emperor Wen dipped the dumplings in vinegar with a silver chopstick, and said with a sigh: "You have to eat dumplings to be comfortable in the New Year, and the banquets in the palace have become more and more unpalatable over the years. ”

After all, it's more people who don't like it.

Zhao Yuande respectfully stood aside and served carefully, but he knew in his heart that over the years, Emperor Wen had been alone for the Chinese New Year's Eve, often stunned by the portrait of the early death of Concubine Chen, although he was an emperor, but he was not as good as him as a eunuch, it was really sad to think about.

What Zhao Yuande didn't know was that Concubine Chen, who died early, loved to eat dumplings stuffed with lamb and radish, especially on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, she must have a plate of dumplings to eat.

Emperor Wen finished eating the dumplings seriously, looked up at the sky outside, at night in the Chinese New Year's Eve, he could only see the stars, but could not see the moon, he smiled, in this world, there can be many stars, but there will only be one moon, otherwise there will not be so many people who work hard to squeeze their heads and want to climb to a high position.

He turned his head to Zhao Yuande and said, "Since it's getting late, I'd better settle it earlier, and the firecrackers will start to light after a while, and I can't sleep because of the noise." ”

Zhao Yuande naturally said okay, the palace people came in order to make the bed and warm the quilt, and after everything was in order, Emperor Wen washed up from the bathroom and rested.

The real change was after the third watch, Emperor Wen was sleeping soundly, and he was woken up from his sleep, and before he opened his eyes, he felt an extremely thin and tough knife with a very fast blade attached to his neck.

Emperor Wen slowly opened his eyes and looked at the man with the knife.

"Brute!" he grimaced, "how dare you do such a thing?"

Yes, the prince finally started to do it a few days after he returned, so impatient, so anxious, so undisguised, he threatened his father with a sharp knife.

The crown prince frowned and looked at Emperor Wen: "Since my father wants to scold, I might as well scold the other two younger brothers as well, if it weren't for my father's single-mindedness to only love the third child who returned to the palace halfway, I wouldn't have come to this point!"

The crown prince returned all his responsibilities to him, a father, and Emperor Wen couldn't stop the knife in his heart.

He raised his eyes to look at the crown prince, "I treat you well, why do you still do this?"

This was the first time he had seriously looked at this son, when he was young, he had also looked forward to whether this would be a smart child, but now it seems that he has not seen the wisdom at all, and the stupidity has become more obvious the older he gets.