This year's Dragon Boat Festival family banquet was not held in Daming Palace, but in the North Palace where the Emperor and the Queen Mother lived.

Regarding this point, Emperor Taishang said: "The Dragon Boat Festival family banquet over the years has been held in Daming Palace!" This year, it's just as usual, so why move to the North Palace? ”

He said this, but his heart was very happy. During his previous reign, he was tired of the government and wanted to abdicate to enjoy the blessings. But after really enjoying the blessings for a few months, he felt a little lonely again!

Shui Xiaoxin said: If it weren't for you, would I be happy to see those brothers? This kind of family banquet with tasteless food and boring words, I will cancel it directly!

He said with a smile: "If it is held in Daming Palace, it will be moved after working for the father and the queen mother." If you are tired of your father and queen mother, isn't it your son's? It's better to hold it here, if the father and queen mother are interested, let's have more fun; If you don't have the interest, you can just blast your son and the others away, and you don't have to worry about it at all. ”

"Good, good!" The Emperor Taishang was very happy by him, and said with a smile, "If I lose interest, I will be the first to bombard you and leave!" ”

Empress Dowager Shen smiled and said: "Emperor, since the Dragon Boat Festival family banquet is held in the North Palace, then this matter will be handled by the concubines, how about it?" The concubines are very quiet these days, and they are looking for something to manage. Beigong doesn't have as big rules as Daming Palace, when the time comes, let's tell those children not to wear court clothes, just dress up with makeup, just like those ordinary people outside the palace. What about the emperor's wishes? ”

The Emperor couldn't help but nod: "This is interesting!" So do it! ”

Yuan Chun is very happy: she has been very busy recently, and it would be great that Empress Dowager Shen could take over the Dragon Boat Festival family banquet! She was secretly grateful to the Empress Dowager Shen in her heart, and called the female officials of the Shangshi Bureau and the Shangyi Bureau to help.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Yuan Chun took the small group to the North Palace early in the morning, and Shui Xiao had to deal with some government affairs first, and he would go after the palace banquet began.

The Dragon Boat Festival Palace banquet is still divided between men and women as a rule. On the side of the female dependents, the female officials of the Shangyi Bureau are helping to welcome the guests.

Yuan Chun followed Chi Congyin and walked into the main hall where Empress Dowager Shen sat up daily, where several concubines and concubines were talking with Empress Dowager Shen.

Empress Dowager Shen sat on the top leisurely, and when she saw Yuan Chun and Xiao Tuanzi coming in, she smiled and said, "Righteous thoughts are talking about Xiao Tuanzi!" And here you come. Excuse me! Hurry up and bring Xiao Tuanzi over for me to see, I heard that he can already call someone? ”

"I can't tell the name yet, and I don't recognize a few people, but I'm already learning!" Yuan Chun smiled.

Speaking of which, Xiao Tuanzi is still very smart. He is now able to match the syllables of "Father and Emperor", "Queen Mother" and "Xiaotuanzi" with the corresponding people, and roughly correspond the syllables of "Rice Rice" and "Guoguo" with the corresponding items. It's just that his tongue is still not straight, and his pronunciation is not very accurate.

Empress Dowager Shen took Xiao Tuanzi by her side, put him on the couch, and taught him to be called "grandmother".

Xiao Tuanzi looked at her, and then looked at Yuan Chun and the others, and they didn't cry. After a long while, he shouted at the Empress Dowager Shen: "Catch, mother!"

Although his pronunciation was very inaccurate, Empress Dowager Shen was overjoyed and led him to call himself more.

After Xiao Tuanzi called a few more times, the pronunciation had been corrected as: "Wish, mother!" There were also one or two voices in the middle, "Pig, mother!" Yuan Chun smiled secretly, but the Empress Dowager Shen didn't think it was angry and was amused.

Those concubines and concubines praised Xiao Tuanzi for being smart, and said: "Speaking of which, Xiao Tuanzi will be one year old the day after tomorrow!" It's not as good as the first birthday banquet of the small group, but it was also held in the North Palace? Let the emperor and the queen mother, as well as those of us also take a look at the excitement, and see what the little group will catch when they catch Zhou! ”

Yuan Chun said with a smile: "I don't plan to hold a birthday banquet. He was young and afraid of losing his fortune. If the father and queen mother want to see him catch Zhou, I will bring him at that time! ”

Empress Dowager Shen smiled: "I'm fine. The Emperor is afraid that he wants to take a look. "O child born with the fragrance of lotus! The Emperor must have wanted to see what he would catch when he caught Zhou.

Concubine Rong Jinggui, the biological mother of King Xiaogong, was a little silent, and when she heard this, she interjected and said: "If the emperor and the queen mother want to see Xiaotuanzi often, why don't you raise Xiaotuanzi in the North Palace?" It's good to reduce the queen's worries. ”

Emperor Shen glanced at her and chuckled: "Don't make trouble for this palace!" This palace has raised so many children, and I was tired of raising it early, and now I just want to enjoy a few days of happiness. Xiaotuanzi should let Yingzhou raise it by himself! The main palace just takes a look once in a while. ”

Just kidding, now the situation is so complicated, and the existence of Xiao Tuanzi is so sensitive, if something happens in Beigong, how can I explain myself? Yingzhou is proficient in medical skills, and she is also very disciplined about how to raise children, so let her raise them herself! If you raise a good family, you can't blame yourself.

Yuan Chun also said: "How dare you bother the queen mother!" ”

Another concubine said: "Speaking of which, Xiao Tuanzi is also about to turn one year old!" When did the queen add a younger brother to him? The emperor's heirs are a little thin! ”

Yuan Chun smiled: "The number of children is determined, and there is no hurry." ”

While everyone was talking, the princesses of the palaces, the eldest princesses and the eldest princesses of the princesses also entered the palace one after another. According to Empress Dowager Shen's decree, none of them wore court clothes, but just dressed up in makeup. For a while, there were some flowers, greasy and fragrant in the hall.

Empress Dowager Shen and the concubines and concubines looked interesting, so they randomly commented on everyone's dress and talked about fashion trends or something.

There was a princess who patted Yuanchun's ass: "In terms of appearance, among our generation, the queen's appearance is naturally the top." And when it comes to dressing up, we can't catch up with the queen even if we shoot horses. Look at Niangniang's clothes, hairstyle, and makeup, which are so fresh and elegant that they are difficult to describe. Lined by the mother, we have all become village girls! ”

Another person also made a joke: "Not really! Nowadays, the shape of Niangniang's clothes is imitated by the ladies of the rich and noble families in the capital! It's just that such clothes, worn by the mother, are like famous paintings, and there is a natural meaning. Those people outside are wearing such clothes, and they can't get rid of the smell of Shi Xiaofeng no matter what! ”

Yuan Chun took a picture of these sycophants, and could only laugh.

While talking lively, Shui Lan's wife, Qiu Shi, the princess of Kangjun, also came.

Yuan Chun hadn't seen Qiu for three or four years.

The last time she saw Qiu, Qiu was a pregnant woman who had been subjected to domestic violence and maliciously abused by her husband, and the scars on her body were shocking and miserable.

Her baby was a daughter, and she died less than three days after birth. Because the Kangjun Mansion did not look for Yuan Chun to save the child, Yuan Chun didn't know why the child didn't exist.

What Yuan Chun didn't expect was that when he saw Qiu again this time, Qiu already had a little bit of a sense of shape!

Qiu also attended with makeup like everyone else, but now in this weather, she is still wearing a jacket. Under the jacket, there was a little empty feeling, as if there was not a person under the clothes, but a skeleton of bones. She also had fat powder on her face, but no matter how strong the fat powder was, it couldn't cover her haggard and old face. She even has a few strands of gray hair on her sideburns!

This Qiu is about the same age as himself, and now he is only in his twenties! Why do you look like you're in your thirties or forties?!

How exactly did Shui Lan abuse her? Why did you torture her like this?!

Seeing the Qiu family coming in, Princess Xiaogong's face changed color, and she said sternly: "You are so sick, how dare you enter the palace?!" If you give your illness to the ladies or little princes in the palace, what should you be guilty of? ”

Yuan Chun's eyes swept to Princess Xiaogong, his eyes narrowed slightly: he hadn't seen the Qiu family in the past few years, could it be that Princess Xiaogong was preventing the Qiu family from coming out to meet people?

Qiu Shi smiled faintly, respectful and indifferent: "My daughter-in-law has been sick for several years, and her body has not improved in the slightest, and now I am afraid that she is not far from death!" The daughter-in-law is shallow and blessed, and I am afraid that she can't stand the blessing of the princess of Kangjun, so she dares to enter the palace, and wants to ask the queen mother and the queen mother to allow the concubine to become a nun, and then choose another good match for the prince of Kangjun! ”

She knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager Shen and Yuan Chun, and kowtowed respectfully: "Please make it happen to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager!" ”

Everyone around immediately looked at each other, and it was hard to believe that a princess of the county had invited herself to become a monk! I think Qiu is too blind, today's Dragon Boat Festival Palace banquet is a festive day, but she said such unpleasant words, and I don't know what the Queen Mother and the Queen will do with her!

Empress Dowager Shen said directly to Yuan Chun: "This matter is up to the queen!" Now, it is your duty to marry the children of the royal family. ”

Yuan Chun sighed slightly in his heart, and said to Princess Kangjun: "Come here, let me check the pulse!" How did you become like this? ”

Qiu Shi hesitated slightly, then got up from the ground, and said indifferently: "The concubine is blessed, so it is difficult to recover from a long-term illness." She bowed her head, slowly walked in front of Yuan Chun, and stretched out her wrist to Yuan Chun.

Yuan Chun's fingers lightly rested on Qiu's wrist. After a long consultation, he changed his other hand and diagnosed for a long time.

It's not that Qiu's illness requires her to be seen for so long. Qiu's health is indeed not good, but there is no serious illness. In fact, she took the opportunity to diagnose the pulse to think about the reason and intention of Qiu's self-invitation to become a monk, and how to deal with this problem.

In these days, women are not eligible to file for divorce.

There are probably only three ways out of a painful marriage and a terrible husband.

The first way: suicide, end your own life. It's like the spring in the original book.

The second way: become a nun and end your marriage and happiness. After becoming a monk, he is no longer a worldly person, and the marriage relationship is automatically dissolved. But this article is difficult to implement, first of all, there must be an annunciation willing to accept it, and secondly, the consent of the husband's family. Just like Qiu, he had to ask the Queen Mother and himself for consent.

The third way: murder the husband and end the man's life and his own marital happiness. But this path is too risky. The first is that it is not easy to succeed; secondly, it is easy to expose the stuffing, once the stuffing is exposed, you will die a miserable death, and it is likely to be executed by Ling Chi; Third, women who dare to kill are definitely very few.

As for the support of the mother's family, it depends on how much the mother's family attaches importance to this woman; Second, it depends on the power comparison between the mother's family and the mother-in-law's family.

If the power of the mother's family does not have an overwhelming advantage over the mother-in-law's family, if the mother's family does not pinch the life of the mother-in-law's family, the support or something can only be a floating cloud. If you can survive for a while, can you still last for a lifetime? When he turned around, his husband still beat him if he wanted to, maybe he would be more ferocious. Moreover, in today's social climate, there are many ways to abuse a little daughter-in-law who marries into her own family, and some methods will not even leave scars.

Yuan Chun had just scanned Qiu's with the medical system, and there were no new injuries. Whether this is because Shui Lan has changed, it is difficult for Yuan Chun to determine. After all, Shui Lan is now in the army, and he will only come back during long vacations and Chinese New Year, and he is not in Beijing during this time.

There are two most likely reasons why Qiu asked to become a monk at this time:

The first reason: Qiu finally can't bear it anymore! So she took advantage of Shui Xiao's succession to the throne, King Xiaogong's supreme dream was broken, and Shui Lan's status also declined, she was not so afraid of the Xiaogong Palace, and "resisted" fate in this way.

The second reason: she sensed that King Xiaogong had rebellious intentions and wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of the relationship with King Xiaogong's mansion. If she becomes a monk, if King Xiaogong's rebellion fails, she and her maiden family will not be within the scope of Zhulian; If King Xiaogong's rebellion succeeds, she can no longer be poisoned by Shuilan.

After thinking about these thoughts, Yuan Chun let go of Qiu's wrist and decided to test her: "Your health is very bad, but it would be an exaggeration to say that you are not far from death. So be it! I'll give you a few prescriptions, and you can live in the meditation nunnery and lead the practice for three years. One is to raise one's body, and the other is to think about whether one can stand the hard life of the monks. Three years later, if you still insist on becoming a monk, it will not be too late for me to accomplish it. ”

If it was the first reason, Qiu would not refuse her offer; If it is the second reason, the Qiu family will be in a hurry to become a monk, anxious to clear up the relationship with Shui Lan and Xiaogong Wangfu, and will not be able to wait for three years.

Of course, there was another reason why she didn't want to agree immediately: she didn't want that rotten person from Shui Lan to have the opportunity to harm the innocent daughters of other families! So, let the Qiu family continue to occupy the name! Anyway, the meditation nunnery is heavily guarded, and Shui Lan can't go there for the time being.

As for the future, let's talk about it when the dust settles on King Xiaogong's affairs!

Qiu had no objection to the three-year proposal, and knelt down directly to thank him: "Thank you, Queen Mother!" Thank you, Queen! ”

He also said goodbye to Emperor Shen and Yuan Chun: "The concubine has been sick for a long time, and it is not appropriate to enter the palace without permission, so I really dare not have a banquet with her!" Say goodbye to the Queen Mother, the Queen and all the mothers, and in the future, you will definitely have a pillar of incense every morning and evening to pray for the blessings of your elders. ”

After saying goodbye to Empress Dowager Shen and Yuan Chun, she walked in front of Princess Xiaogong again, and kowtowed indifferently: "Daughter-in-law say goodbye!" The mother is so precious! ”

Yuan Chun sighed, and wrote a few prescriptions for Qiu. Then he saw Qiu's thin figure slowly disappear behind the screen.

Everyone in the room exchanged glances with each other, and there was nothing to say for a while.

Princess Xiaogong's face is very unsightly.

Although Qiu never said a bad word about Xiaogong Wangfu and Shui Lan from beginning to end, although she has always behaved very deferentially, just by virtue of the fact that she invited the princess to become a monk, she can ruin Shui Lan's reputation to the point that there is nothing left!

Concubine Rong Jinggui finally came back to her senses, and said to Yuan Chun with an angry face: "Queen Mother, may I ask what crime Lan's daughter-in-law has committed, and you want to lock her up in Jingxin Nunnery?" ”

Yuan Chun calmly pushed back: "The noble concubine Niangniang has wronged the palace!" It wasn't the palace that locked her up in the meditation nunnery, it was she who invited herself to become a monk. In order to prevent Shui Lan from losing his daughter-in-law immediately, the palace also deliberately resorted to a delaying tactic and fought for three years. ”

Concubine Rong Jing was angry for a while, and said stiffly: "What is the difference between a daughter-in-law who lives in Jingxin Nunnery and not?" If the queen wants to be the master for her, it is better to give a side concubine to Lan'er! lest his house be full of wives and concubines, and not even a lady who can be on the table. ”

Give a side concubine to Shui Lan?

Yuan Chun thought to himself: Dream! Not to mention that she doesn't do this disgusting thing of stuffing a concubine into the human room, just relying on Shui Lan's character, who will give him is not a waste? !

She smiled slightly: "Isn't it because the husband and wife are not harmonious?" The main concubine and Shui Lan are not compatible, and the side concubine should choose one that suits his heart, otherwise how will he live? Therefore, this palace will not mess with this mandarin duck spectrum! If there is a person around Shui Lan who is willing to be promoted to a side concubine, he will report it himself, and there is nothing forbidden in this palace. ”