The Queen's Thousand Autumn Festival is at the end of July, and the eighth day of August is Enkeqiu.

According to the emperor, this year is the queen's thirtieth birthday, so it is natural to celebrate her life. But a few years ago, the Queen Mother Shengshou had just been amnestied, and now it is not good to come again, so it was decided to open Enke to show the meaning of the whole world's celebration.

However, although the statement is very good, the queen did not have much interest in this Qianqiu Festival. She is not a fool after all, although the emperor said that it was to celebrate her, but in fact, is it not good for her to open Enke? Let's take a look at the fact that for this Enke competition, the brains of the people in the court are almost like dog brains, who still can't understand that this is simply a way to attract talents for themselves.

In addition, the woman is a little older, and probably no one is really willing to celebrate any birthday - remind you that you are a year older? What's more, the queen hasn't given birth to a child until now, and the older she gets, the slimmer the hope of giving birth becomes, so how can she be happy?

It is this Qianqiu Festival, although the palace is full of lights, the atmosphere at the palace banquet is not very warm - the main owner is not happy, who dares to be elated? However, I can't help but pretend to be happy, so the scene is inevitably a little hypocritical and looks even more embarrassing.

Of course, Taohua was also at the banquet. Because it is Daqing, all the women in Beijing who have more than six orders can arrive, and it is full of people during the banquet, which looks really lively. However, if you take a closer look, you will find that this list has changed compared to previous years, a few people have disappeared silently, and among those five or six rank women, there are many new faces.

As the princess of the county, Taohua's position is of course the forefront, and she is Princess Cheng by her side.

Prince and Princess Cheng have obviously lost weight, and her demeanor has also changed. In the past, she was a middle-aged woman with a slight face, although her appearance was not very good, but her demeanor was calm and elegant, and she had a bit of grace. But now, though she was dressed more gracefully and luxuriously than before, she had the feeling of a frightened bird, and her eyes always seemed to be wary of something, as if she was ready to fight someone at any moment.

This change is understandable. Since the death of a son, Prince Cheng's relationship with her has always been a little precarious, I heard that the two side concubines have not been less pillow wind, and Prince Cheng himself seems to have a little bit of hard work, probably because he thinks that a son is really not safe, and wants to have a few more.

However, despite such efforts, there is still no movement in Prince Cheng's mansion, because Prince Cheng has decided to ask his eldest son to be crowned a prince - he was afraid that he would not grow up, but now he is such a lone seedling, and he is the one who can't succeed.

If the son is crowned the son, the position of the prince and princess will be more stable than before. But since he was sick, the health of Prince Cheng's eldest son has become less and less than before, and it is even more difficult to say whether he can grow into an adult or marry and have children.

So Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng have always been caught between two completely different feelings: on the one hand, she is saying that her status is as stable as Mount Tai, even if her husband is unreliable and has a son, and on the other hand, she wants to say that her backer is like a mirage, which may disappear at any time. Such a tossing method is unbearable for individuals, and it is strange if there is no change.

Princess Cheng had been sitting stiffly, and she hadn't moved a few chopsticks to the food in front of her, and when she found Taohua looking at her, she pulled the corners of her mouth stiffly: "My brother and sister look so good." I wonder what I'm up to these days? ”

Momoka knew what she meant by asking. A few days ago, Prince Cheng sent someone to send the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, and only the best crabs were sent in two large baskets, as well as seasonal fresh fruits, refined moon cakes, and a pair of mutton fat white jade lotus flowers and a pair of jade bracelets.

If you talk about giving gifts, crabs and fruits are just that, but there are no jewelry givers, and they have never been on the gift list. Taohua took it in his hand and looked at it and knew that something was wrong, and sure enough, the person who gave the gift swallowed for a while, and then revealed his true intention - Prince Cheng wanted Taohua to diagnose his pulse to see if he could cure his congenital deficiency disease.

Although it was said that it was a congenital deficiency, Taohua understood as soon as she heard it, Prince Cheng wanted to have another son, and he came to beg her to treat this infertility.

In fact, Prince Cheng's medical history, Taohua has already learned some from Imperial Doctor Li.

Imperial Physician Li didn't intend to reveal Prince Cheng's secret, but wanted to get some guidance from Taohua. He has served Prince Cheng's Mansion for many years, has been doing his best, and has also established a reputation in the capital, and he has lived a good life. But this time, Prince Cheng's two sons fell ill, and Princess Cheng was grief-stricken, but she didn't dare to admit that she tossed it out, so she was a little angry at him, thinking that he had not diagnosed the two children's physical losses earlier, which led to a wind chill that developed so rapidly.

This is really wrongful to kill Imperial Doctor Li, but he can't leave Prince Cheng's mansion for a while, and after thinking about it, he can only count on Prince Cheng as a backer. What Prince Cheng wants most now is to have another son, if he can make his wish come true, isn't he responding to Imperial Doctor Li's request?

However, Imperial Physician Li has spent more than ten years on Prince Cheng, and he also knows that his skills are these, and it is really impossible for Prince Cheng to achieve his wish, so now that Princess Anjun is here, it is a fool not to ask her for help!

In fact, Imperial Physician Li still has some skills, and when Prince Cheng was able to have two sons with Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng, he was also able to cure him well. However, Prince Cheng is indeed congenitally deficient, giving birth to those two sons has consumed a lot for him, and now he is older than before, and it is even more difficult to have children, and Imperial Doctor Li is really powerless.

According to Taohua, Prince Cheng has congenital kidney disease, and this disease is also passed on to his son, so the two children will both have kidney failure after falling ill. Since the emperor and Shen Shu did not behave in this way, Taohua suspected that the disease was inherited from Prince Cheng's maternal family.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is the main essence stored, and if the kidney is not good, the fertility function will be greatly affected, and the disease of Prince Cheng is congenital, which is even more difficult to treat. For all diseases, three points of treatment and seven points of nourishment, Taohua and Imperial Doctor Li considered and prescribed a prescription together, but one of the advice given was: quit sexual affairs.

It should be said that Fang Zi is indeed effective, but the three words "abstain from sexual intercourse" just contradict Prince Cheng's requirements.

Prince Cheng didn't know that this recipe was asked by Imperial Physician Li for Taohua's advice, so he came to ask Taohua while using the new recipe.

Of course, Momoka didn't agree. It is not completely impossible to say that Prince Cheng has another child, but it is at the cost of depleting Prince Cheng's body and even shortening his lifespan. And most of the children born in this way will not be too healthy, and I am afraid that in the end they will still be similar to the original two children, congenital diseases still exist, and they are easy to die.

So Taohua didn't accept the jewelry, but wrote a letter for someone to take back. She didn't write anything else in the letter, only a story - to be precise, she actually recorded a story from memory in the "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang" about asking the immortals for "false prescriptions" and "seed prescriptions".

The story is that there was a man who helped the man to heal the sick, and the invited fairy called himself a man from Luzhong. Someone asked him for a "prescription for debilitation", and the immortal replied: "Jun's disease cannot be cured by medicine, but curbing cravings is far better than grass roots and bark." ”

There is also a request for "seed recipe", that is, the recipe for giving birth to children, and the immortal replied more interestingly, saying that the seed recipe is there, and it will definitely give birth to a child if it is used, but it is the same as not giving birth, because most of the children will die.

The statement in "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang" is that the fetus is reborn from essence and blood, which inherently contains congenital poison, so it is easy to die when it encounters pox. Now the seed prescription is also a hot medicine, and the children born are poisoned by poison, and they are almost killed when they encounter acne. When the child dies young, the adult is sad, but he doesn't know that the reason is from the seed side. As the saying goes, "I don't know the day before I am born, and I have the opportunity to die."

Although the so-called innate poison is not very reliable, Taohua still agrees with the theory that the seed formula is a hot medicine and the poison must be increased several times. Just like now, if Prince Cheng wants to have a child, it is not impossible, it is nothing more than strengthening the kidneys and promoting sperm. However, this method is like letting spring flowers bloom in winter, after the flowers are prompted, the plants are mostly wilted and haggard, and may not bear fruit.

After the letter was sent back with the jewelry, there was no news from Prince Cheng for the time being. Taohua estimated that although Prince Cheng wanted a son, he should take care of his life more and let him give up his life to have a son, this son may not grow up, I'm afraid he won't want to.

Since this is the case, Taohua also left this matter behind, and now seeing the appearance of Prince and Princess Cheng, she only nodded lightly: "It's nothing more than busy with the prince and Brother Xu." Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, there are always some miscellaneous things in the house. ”

Prince Cheng laughed dryly: "My brother and sister Rao are so busy, and they still look so good, it's really enviable." ”

Taohua couldn't answer this, so she could only laugh back dryly: "Where, it's just a matter of smiling more on weekdays, the mood is evacuated, and the body is naturally good." ”

"It's also that my younger siblings are naturally beautiful, and others can't do as well." Prince Cheng laughed dryly again, "Speaking of which, my younger brother and sister saved my eldest brother, I should have come to the door to kowtow to my younger brother and sister to thank me, but the eldest brother couldn't leave...... Don't blame me, brother and sister. ”

Taohua glanced at Prince Cheng in surprise - was this a ghost? would actually praise her for her natural beauty, and admit that she saved Prince Cheng's eldest son? The sun is coming out in the west today, right? Could it be that what she asked just now was actually suspicious that she was giving birth to Prince Cheng?

However, the surprise is surprised, and the polite words still have to be said: "The eldest brother really has to take care of it, this thank you gift has been given several times, and the princess doesn't need to worry about it." "Although the gifts were all given by Prince Cheng, it was not about Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng at all.

A smile broke out on Prince Cheng's face. She is now thin, and she is not as dignified and kind as before, and there are obvious crow's feet in the corners of her eyes when she smiles, and she brings out a sharp and calculating appearance for no reason: "Speaking of which my brother and sister are really blessed, how long has it been since they got married, look at that-" She gently tilted her head upwards with the tips of her eyes, "It's been more than ten years, and there hasn't been any movement." Today is the thirtieth birthday, I'm afraid it's impossible to be born again, right? ”

This is of course the Queen. Taohua only felt that Prince Cheng was strange today, and replied casually: "This may not be. As long as the body is healthy, it is possible to give birth after the age of 30. Some women of some families have children in their forties. ”

As soon as she finished saying this, Princess Cheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and her body involuntarily tilted in the direction of Taohua: "Brother and sister are saying that a woman can still give birth when she is thirty years old?" ”

So excited, it seems that this is what she wants to hear? Taohua pondered in her heart, and replied: "Of course, it is necessary to be healthy and healthy, so it is natural to be fertile." It's just that the older you get, the more difficult it is to give birth, no more than a woman in her early twenties, and that's also true. ”

"Oh, that means, can you still give birth?" Princess Cheng perfunctorily said to Taohua's last sentence, and then followed closely to ask the question of whether she could give birth, "According to my younger brothers and sisters, can I still have children at my age?" ”

Taohua looked at Prince Cheng's face. I'm a little thinner, and I'm under a lot of mental pressure, but my body is actually okay, and it's not as good as hers. But the question is, is she planning to have another child? But even if she can give birth, can she become a prince?

"Can my brother and sister check my pulse?" Prince Cheng didn't let go, as if she had completely forgotten the previous holidays with Taohua.

A person is thick-skinned to this extent, and others have nothing to do with him, not to mention that Princess Cheng is also a sister-in-law, Taohua can only stretch out her hand to diagnose her pulse, and then said: "The princess is also healthy, a little cold, but from time to time often use some mutton yam and the like to nourish a little." ”

Not to mention, Prince Cheng's body is really good, it seems that she was selected to be the princess and concubine because she was good at giving birth, which should be true. Also, if she is not in good health, with the body of Prince Cheng, I am afraid that she will not be able to give birth to a son, otherwise there are side concubines and concubines in the house, why didn't she give birth to half an egg?

"My brother and sister said that mutton and yam and the like, but it should be made into medicinal food?" Prince Cheng is not finished, "Don't you need to take another medicine?" ”

"It's a medicine that is three parts poisonous, if you can eat it, don't make up for it." After Taohua finished speaking, she still added, "If you want to be pregnant, it is not only a woman's business, but a man must also be in good health, otherwise it will be a child, and I am afraid it will not be enough." And too reluctantly...... It can also hurt the body. ”

Prince Cheng nodded randomly, looking like she wanted to say something, Taohua had already quickly turned her head to talk to the person next to her. She is also familiar with these people at today's banquet, but she didn't see the old-fashioned Mrs. Wenguang last time, and she heard that the queen said that the queen was sympathetic to her age, and she was tired from participating in the palace banquet, so she didn't have to come.

Sympathetic or something, Taohua only smiled when she heard it. In fact, even the people who spoke knew that the queen was a sympathetic person? However, Mrs. Wenguang asked Lu Ying to hand over the little prince to the queen to raise in person last time, but after that, the queen herself retreated, but instead promoted Lu Ying to the position and let her raise the prince justifiably.

The queen found a legitimate reason, saying that Lu Ying had a meritorious role in saving the queen mother, but who didn't understand that the queen shrunk herself, but put Mrs. Wenguang Hou in the air, and some people whispered that she wanted to seek the position of the main exam for her son, so she stammered to the queen, and ended up being shameless.

In fact, Mrs. Wenguang Marquis really didn't want her son's main exam, but she couldn't say it clearly at this time, so she made a burp in a fit of anger, and simply reported her illness to the palace, and she couldn't even come to the queen's Qianqiu Festival.

Naturally, no one will say these words, and when Mrs. Wenguang Hou is mentioned, everyone just glances at each other, after all, although Mrs. Tai did not come, Mrs. Wenguang Hou was here, so it was difficult to say it too clearly.

The queen sat on the top, and the people below could see it clearly, although they couldn't hear what everyone was saying, but looking at the way they were talking about each other, they could guess that they must be talking about something that was not easy to say, most of which was related to themselves.

Looking at these people, there are a few common figures of the Qianqiu Festival every year that have disappeared, and those few are all husbands who have recently been cut or moved to the outside of Beijing with various problems, and I naturally did not have the opportunity to participate in the palace banquet of the Qianqiu Festival.

The queen looked around, and her eyes fell on Zhao Chongyi. Today, Zhao Chongyi is wearing a lotus lotus color palace dress, using dark silk threads to weave arabesque dark lines, only with light silver ribbon trimming, and a pleated skirt with a plain light color underneath, without any other embroidery decoration. However, her complexion is white and red, her eyes are like autumn water, even if her clothes are elegant, she does not reduce her complexion, but it shows a fluttering fairy spirit, and Yuan Shufei, who is wearing a phoenix tail skirt embroidered with gold thread embroidery on the other side, is like two flowers of different colors but both blooming, and suddenly snatches away the brilliance of the concubines in the palace.

Today is the queen's birthday, of course, the queen is also according to the quality of the makeup, wearing a phoenix crown, wearing a Zhai clothes, a single Xia curtain is extremely luxurious, the pendant hanging under the head is made of the same piece of jadeite grinded out, each by one to make a drop shape, really like the clear blue water droplets, a little movement will make people suspect that it will drip down. The phoenix crown is even more gorgeous and dazzling, the dragon coils and the phoenix coils, the ruby contained in the phoenix's mouth is the size of lotus seed rice, and the beads hanging down are round and round, the size is exactly the same, and I don't know how many pearls can be picked out.

However, even such gorgeous clothes can't completely hide the fact that she looks old. Concubine Yuan Shufei is just that, no matter how heavy the makeup is, you can see the age, but Zhao Chongyi is not yet twenty years old, and she is still in Qingshui, and she is still at the age of natural carving, and the youthful vitality alone is something that the queen can't compare to no matter what, let alone rely on jewels to suppress it.

When the queen saw her, she remembered the report of the palace people - Princess Anjun had treated Zhao Chongyi for three months, saying that there was no need for any more medicine.

There is no need to take any more medicines, that is, the disease is completely cured. Zhao Chongyi's illness, the queen knows best, one is nothing more than a small birth injury, and the other is the residual poison. can see Zhao Chongyi's face this time, it is even more beautiful than before, it can be seen that he is really strong and healthy. Now the emperor is often led to her Chunhua Palace, so I am afraid that it will not be long before she will be pregnant again.

Zhao Jia...... The Queen's hands clenched in her sleeves. Zhao Chongyi competed for favor in the harem, and the Zhao family was active in the previous dynasty, although the few people lost by the party are not very important, but it is a reassuring signal for those officials who are attached to the party. Sometimes if people's hearts are scattered, the consequences may be unexpected.

When did the Zhao family and the Anjun Mansion become a gang? The queen moved her gaze to the other side - if there were people in this hall whose brilliance had not been suppressed by Zhao Chongyi, it was only the Jiang family.

The princess's regular dress is also bright red, decorated with gold and dark blue ornamentation. Speaking of which, the clothes worn by Prince Cheng and the Jiang family are very similar, but the ornamental pattern and the number of gold threads used are slightly different. In terms of grade, Princess Cheng's clothes are even more gorgeous, but with her slimmed down face, no matter how you look at it, it can't hold up. On the contrary, Jiang's is a glamorous person, although he is only a thin fat powder, but he compares Yuan Shufei with heavy makeup. If the foreign women are also counted, at this entire palace banquet, that is, she and Zhao Chongyi are in bloom and blooming. And both of them are in their youth, which is not something that Yuan Shufei can compare.

The Zhao family has been in the party for many years, and they know some things, but the Zhao family has a shallow foundation and no one has anyone to do something. But the Anjun Wangfu is different, there is the Dingbei Hou Mansion behind the Anjun Wang. These two families joined forces, but it was a big disaster. The queen's eyes turned around on Zhao Chongyi and Taohua, and she only felt that a wave of anger rushed up, and she almost couldn't control herself.

The henchmen beside the queen caught a glimpse of the green tendons on her forehead from the side, and couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly leaned over and whispered, "Niangniang, what's wrong?" ”

With a snap, the palace people had already received a slap on their faces, and the queen pointed at her and scolded: "Today's palace Qianqiu, what kind of discomfort do you say, do you want to see that the palace is good, and wish the palace had three long and two short?" ”

At this moment, everyone around was silent, and they all looked at the queen in a daze. On such a happy day, even if the palace people speak a little inappropriately, the queen shouldn't say anything by herself, isn't this cursing herself?

The concubines looked at each other, and they all showed knowing expressions - the queen is referring to Sang scolding Huai, although I don't know which one is scolding, but I can't escape Yuan Shufei and Zhao Chongyi, it's not about their little concubines.

Momoka was observing the queen's expression on the side. She didn't think that the queen took the opportunity to give Yuan Shufei or Zhao Chongyi a seizure, because this matter has no beginning or end at all, whether it is the Yuan family or the Zhao family, don't say that they didn't mention whether the queen is healthy or not, that is, everyone didn't hear what the palace people said just now, even if they want to point to Sang and scold Huai, at least there must be a cause, how can there be a scolding without warning?

And this palace person is the queen's henchman, but the queen's slap just now was unceremoniously, if it is said to be an opportunity to make a scene, it is too real. It's not so much that she's killing chickens and setting an example, but rather that she's impulsive and out of control.

The henchman palace was hit by this slap and his ears were buzzing, and he took a few steps to the side before he stood firm, and quickly knelt down: "Slave and maid, don't be angry, don't be angry." ”

The queen's slap continued, and the anger subsided a little, but she regretted it a little. However, everything was done, and I had to hold on and say: "Go back and get the board yourself." ”

The confidant palace people agreed repeatedly, and the wife of the party under her smiled tentatively: "Niangniang is a thousand years today, don't be in a bad mood for such a trivial matter, the palace people are not sensible, and let them teach slowly in the future." ”

Fortunately, someone said this, and the queen borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and talked about other things. She was moody now, and after the seizure, everyone didn't take it to heart, and the banquet was happy again.

Only Taohua recalled what happened from the beginning again - the sudden madness out of control - Taohua gently touched her chin, the queen's performance is indeed very similar to the precursor of madness.