The Royal New Year, in fact, is really not interesting, especially on the first day of the new year, you have to get up early in the morning to enter the palace to congratulate, regardless of whether you are pregnant or not.

Because she was pregnant, Taohua did not keep the year, she went to bed early on Chinese New Year's Eve, and before dawn the next day, she had to get up and make up and prepare the car to enter the palace.

"Princess, it's snowing outside." Yuzhu grinned and brought hot water in. This year's Chinese New Year, because the princess is pregnant, the festival is three times the monthly case, and at this time, everyone in the county palace is grinning and doing everything.

Yuzhu's drive is even more different from others. Haven't you heard, the big girl next to the prince - oh, now she is the princess's right-hand man, girl in Butterfly, I'm afraid that she will soon have to settle a relationship with Imperial Doctor Gu.

Imperial Doctor Gu, that is a serious and high-grade imperial doctor, and now he is very famous, and he is said to be promoted. Dieyi is just a slave, just because she learned medical skills from the princess of the county, she participated in the ambulance team in the northwest and became famous, and she can marry and become a wife at this time.

Speaking of being a slave, what do you want in this life? Don't you just want to have a future with a good master?

So what is the future? Men are nothing more than promotions and fortunes, but aren't women just trying to marry a good man? With Dieyi in front, the future is visible - look, as long as you are loyal and willing to work, the master will never treat you badly!

Of course, it is not only a butterfly clothes that are setting an example in front of you, but also a cicada clothes.

When the king of Anjun first returned to the capital, everyone knew that the two big maids around him were born in the Dingbei Hou Mansion, and he accompanied the prince from childhood to adulthood, and had deep feelings. Although this is a maid, ordinary people have to be polite if they marry into the house.

But what now? How did Cicada Yi die, although it was not publicized, but the subordinates also had some channels to inquire about the news with each other, and even those who listened and guessed could guess some truths - it was because of their disloyalty to the princess that they secretly played their own little calculations. As a result, not only the princess couldn't tolerate her, but even the prince couldn't tolerate her. Cornered, what can you do but die?

Two big girls from the same background, one died quietly in the northwest, and the other wanted to be an official's wife, this ending is like mud, if you still can't understand, then you deserve to be trampled in the mud for the rest of your life!

Yuzhu is not a fool, he can see it. They have all served the prince, and the difference is just that one is selfish and the other is not selfish. To say that Dieyi didn't give much hospitality in front of the princess, and even didn't have much time to serve, she got such a good future, it can be seen that there is no need for any doorways such as whiskers and horses here in the princess, you just need to be on an errand.

Yuzhu was born in poverty, and the last thing he is afraid of is to contribute. Seeing that she didn't have to do anything intrigue to get ahead, she was now so energetic that she walked like she was dancing.

Mint couldn't help but laugh when she looked at her: "Look at your light bones." It's even harder to walk on the ground when it's snowing, so why don't you pick up a pair of boots for the princess? "It's snowing, the stone floor in the palace is about to slip, Taohua enters the palace, although there is a sedan chair, but you can't not take a step, you must choose the kind of boot with flowers carved on the soles, and wear it so as not to fall.

Yuzhu put down the hot water and turned around to find his boots, and said with a smile: "It is said that Ruixue is a good year, and it will snow on the first day of this year, which must be a good sign, and I am happy." ”

Taohua washed with hot water, the sleepiness subsided, and she also glanced out the window, and sure enough, the snow flakes were fluttering like plum petals, which was very beautiful.

Shen Shu came in from outside, his head and face were steaming with hot steam, and a few snowflakes fell on his hair, turning into small droplets of water in an instant: "It's so snowy, I don't know what happened to the northwest." ”

"You're going to practice martial arts?" Taohua hurriedly asked someone to get a dry cloth towel, "Quickly wipe your hair." ”

Yuzhu hurriedly handed over the clean handkerchief, and then took a step back very knowingly, letting Shen Shu wipe his hair by himself. Shen Shu didn't care very much, and wiped it twice and said, "It's slippery outside, so it's better for you not to enter the palace." ”

"Why bother to let the Queen Mother and Queen find fault again." Taohua combed her hair and personally took a cloth towel to wipe Shen Shu's hair. The first day of the new year is a chore, but unless the queen mother says that she doesn't have to enter the palace, she can't bring it up first. Of course, the Queen Mother will definitely not give this grace, so she has to enter the palace.

"It's okay, I can also go to see Lu Jieyu by the way, and then there are ......" and Sister Jiang Meihua. Although these two granddaughters entered the palace, Mrs. Jiang was extremely dissatisfied, but after all, she was her granddaughter, and she still vaguely mentioned it in front of Taohua - it was not to recommend them in front of the emperor or anything, as long as she looked at them from time to time, she was free of illness and pain, and she could have a peaceful birthday in the palace.

"Take care of yourself." Shen Shu gently touched Taohua's lower abdomen, "It's not a good place in the palace, be careful." "He entered the palace today in front of the Wuying Hall to congratulate the emperor, and the harem can only go to Taohua by himself.

"Son, did you say?" Shen Shu said to Taohua's lower abdomen, and suddenly felt that his palm was hit, "Look, look!" The son answered! ”

Momoka pursed her lips and smiled. The child began to move at the age of five months, and when Shen Shu was hit in the palm of his hand like this for the first time, he was so frightened that it seemed as if the sky was about to fall, and he called out to invite Mrs. Jiang, and almost didn't laugh at her. When he explained it to him clearly, he looked forward to the child moving every day.

However, this one in the belly is indeed an active one, a little more lively than the average fetus, maybe it's really a leather boy? But it's hard to say, my daughter is still naughty. However, Shen Shu obviously thought that this was a boy, and called his son to her stomach every day, in case a daughter was born at that time, see what he would do.

Taohua thought wildly, and the maids over there had already put the breakfast on the table. Now the small kitchen is in charge of Mama Zheng, and the daily meals are varied, lest there are no dishes for her appetite. If it weren't for the small portions of each dish, it would be a bit wasteful.

Entering the palace as usual can not eat and drink too casually, a table of exquisite dim sum side dishes, Taohua just moved a few chopsticks. Someone packed up the easy-to-carry snacks and put them on the wagon in case they needed it.

By the time the carriage drove out of the gate of the county king's mansion, the snow had already fallen heavier, and the road was covered with a layer of white. Because I went out early, I haven't been trampled on yet, so I look good.

Shen Shu didn't have the heart to appreciate the snow, and muttered: "The snow is so heavy here in the capital, the northwest must be colder, and I don't know if the cotton clothes sent by the military department are thick enough." As he spoke, he took Taohua's hand, "Thanks to you for knowing how to eat that pepper, otherwise the army will suffer even more." ”

Nowadays, peppers have been planted in a large area in the northwest, and the most popular in the army in winter is hot and sour soup, which is so hot that a big bowl of drinking it seems to be more enjoyable than burning a knife. Now the northwest knows that this pepper is still the princess of Anjun who discovered its use, and she has to praise it again.

Taohua smiled and shook her head: "I'm just moving my mouth." She is not a farmer, she only knows that peppers can be grown, but she doesn't know how to grow them, and it all depends on the farmers in the northwest to find out their efforts.

"Princess, in front of you is the carriage of Prince Cheng's mansion." Yuzhu sat at the door of the car, peeking ahead through the gap in the curtain, and suddenly said a little unhappily.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it was really unfortunate to meet Prince Cheng's family. Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng came to the county king's mansion several times, saying that they were seeking medical treatment, but those words that could be said were carried with guns and sticks, and the people who were waiting in the house heard them, who would be happy? What's more, there was only a child dead in Nafu, and if you don't say a good thing, don't put bad luck on their princess.

"Don't bother with it, just leave us." Shen Shu was also a little unhappy, "After a while, you entered the palace and stayed away from her." ”

Taohua sighed: "It's far away." "There are two daughters-in-law in the royal family, so naturally they sit side by side, where can they be far away.

"However, forgive her for not caring for others now." There is only one baby son left, and his health is worse than before, if Prince Cheng still has the energy to think about something else at this time, it is strange.

"Self-inflicted." Shen Shu frowned in annoyance, "I only heard that there was an Ansheng in Nafu before, and I thought she was a well-behaved and sensible person, but I didn't expect that she could make such a fuss." ”

In the past, it was because there was nothing to stimulate her, so she seemed to be well-behaved. People are often like this, and they always have to wait until there are certain changes in their lives to see their true nature.

Although being a royal daughter-in-law is not a beautiful difference, when it comes to the New Year's court, it is better than the ordinary foreign women, at least as Taohua, as soon as she arrived at the place of Chaohe, she was welcomed into the warm inner hall and sat down, and the lower-grade women could only stand and wait in the cold and swishing outer hall.

This is because it is snowing today, and the emperor has ordered the women to enter the palace and wait, otherwise there will be many people stomping their feet in the cold wind.

Taohua was sitting right next to Princess Cheng. It's only been a month, and Princess Cheng looks a lot haggard. Her youngest son is not yet an adult, and he can only be regarded as dying, and in recent years, it is not even easy to do a big funeral, but it can be regarded as silent. These days, she has to take care of her eldest son again, and her cheeks, which were still very plump, have sunken in, and although she uses some fat powder, she still can't cover the blue and black under her eyes.

To be honest, Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng are not willing to sit in this position. She now only felt that all the people were watching her with their eyes, pointing at her with their fingers, and talking about her with all kinds of words, which was like sitting on pins and needles. Rao is like this, and he can't help but nod to Taohua as a salute: "Brother and sister." ”

Now everyone in the capital knows that Princess Anjun can't even take care of her own fetus in order to save the eldest prince of the prince's mansion. Prince Cheng has already given generous gifts several times in a row, if she has a little bit of attitude, won't she be labeled ungrateful?

Taohua saw the reluctance in Princess Cheng's eyes at a glance, and she only felt ridiculous in her heart. In her previous life, she met more patients, but it was rare to see such as Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng, obviously she didn't listen to the doctor's advice and killed the child, and now she can't find a scapegoat, but she still hates her in her heart. I really can't imagine that if the two children died, what would Prince Cheng do now, maybe she would have rushed to the county king's mansion to fight with her, right?

Those who can enter the inner hall are all ladies of the third rank or above, and all of them are not young, and all of them are human sperm. The two princesses fought a lawsuit, even if they couldn't see ten points, they could guess seven or eight points if they contacted the news they got.

No one wants to get involved in this kind of lawsuit, so for a while the temple was as quiet as a tomb, Taohua was calm, and Princess Cheng was uncomfortable. Mrs. Jinghaihou coughed lightly and asked Taohua about her fetal image.

For women who are already married, talking about children is the best topic. Mrs. Jinghai Marquis opened this head, and Mrs. Jinghai Marquis was the mainstay, so she asked one after another. As he spoke, he turned to the happy event that the Marquis of Jinghai Mansion was about to marry a girl, and then you married me happily, and finally covered up the previous embarrassment.

Prince Cheng also reluctantly talked to a few women who sat close to her with a smile, but she didn't come out to socialize, and after saying a few words, she found that other people's thoughts were not on her at all, so she had to stop talking.

It was easy to wait until the queen mother and the queen came out, and all the wives returned to their places, lined up to bow down, and tossed for a long time before the gift was completed. After that, it was the Spring Festival palace banquet, and the concubines also came out, and everyone sat in the whole palace.

Taohua is the daughter-in-law of the Queen Mother, naturally sitting with the concubines in the inner hall, she swept around with her eyes, and saw that Jiang Meihua and Jiang Xinghua were there, both of them were very bright on their heads and bodies, Jiang Xinghua's face was particularly ruddy, and it was obvious that she was living quite comfortably. However, Jiang Meihua is not so relaxed, although she also uses fat powder to paint her eyebrows and lips, but a vertical line between her eyebrows has appeared, which shows that she often frowns.

Taohua glanced at it and made sure that the two of them should have a good life, so she shifted her mind to Lu Ying.

Lu Ying's face didn't look very good, revealing a yellow gas, and there were two pieces of fat powder under her eyes that couldn't cover the blue and black, which attracted the prying eyes of many women. But when Taohua looked at her black and white eyes and plump cheeks, she knew that the yellow and blue and black were all colors that were smeared - speaking of which, it was still the recipe she gave, and the makeup that could be painted for several days at a time and would not fade after washing!

However, will this stop the queen's attempts? Momoka isn't so sure.

Sure enough, the palace banquet had just begun, and someone laughed and asked about the little prince. The queen immediately described how lively and strong the child was, and how energetic he was when he bathed, and how he kicked the water everywhere. Just listening to her words, I'm afraid that I really think that she is taking care of the children herself.

"If the queen loves the little prince so much, why don't you take it to the middle palace to raise it?" Someone said something at the bottom.

The queen smiled reservedly: "That's the flesh and blood of Lu Jieyu's hard work in October, how can this palace take the son of a person." ”

"That's not what Niangniang said." An old woman with gray hair coughed and said slowly, "The princes and princesses in this palace are all the flesh and blood of the emperor, so they are all the sons and daughters of the mother, so why bother who gave birth to them." ”

This sounds like saying that the queen wants to separate relatives and distance from each other, but if you listen carefully, you can know that this is clearly warning Lu Ying that even if the prince was born to her, he is also the queen's son.

If this is applied to ordinary people, it is indeed true. The concubines born in the concubine can only call their own mothers aunts, and only their mothers can call their mothers. Nominally, they were indeed the sons and daughters of the main house.

But when it comes to royalty, it's different. If nothing else, just for the Kowloon chair in the future, whoever sits on it will be the winner, and then I want to support my biological mother, naturally my wish will come true.

Therefore, some people say that the royal family is the most disciplined place, but it is also the most unruly place. In fact, it is nothing more than because history is written by the victors, as long as you sit on the supreme throne, don't you set the rules?

Therefore, when the old woman's words came out, there was a moment of silence in the hall, and many concubines did not move, but they were secretly refuting in their stomachs.

The old woman coughed again, her eyes swept around the hall, and she still said slowly: "Concubine Shuniang, do you say this is the truth?" ”

Taohua suddenly knew who this old woman was. This person should be Duan, the wife of the late Marquis Wen.

The title of Marquis of Wen has been there since the founding of this dynasty. The first generation of Wen Guohou was the strategist of the ancestor of this dynasty, giving advice to the ancestor to win the world, and writing a biography of the ancestor, laying the orthodoxy of the "origin" of this branch.

Every subsequent generation of Wen Guohou is probably famous for his writing, such as this Mrs. Duanhou, her husband served as the main examination of the Spring Festival twice during his lifetime, and Yuan Shufei's father was taken by his subordinates, a serious teacher.

In these years, the prince of heaven and earth is a teacher, and the teacher is only ranked after the parent, which shows his high status. Don't look at Concubine Yuan Shu is now the emperor's favorite concubine, Duan's rank as the Marquis of Wenguo, and the wife of Yuan's father, really dare to ask her face.

Sure enough, the smile on Concubine Yuan's face was a little stiff, but she still had to answer: "What Mrs. Tai said is true." ”

This Duan family is older than the Queen Mother, and he rarely goes out, Taohua has been in the capital for all these years, and he has never even seen this person, why did he suddenly appear today?

Taohua was pondering, only to hear Wang Chongrong next to him say as if talking to himself: "Next year, Enke, this examiner has not been decided." ”

I see! Taohua only felt a flash of inspiration, suddenly enlightened, and couldn't help but glance at Wang Chongrong, and saw her looking at the queen and the queen mother seriously, as if she was ready to listen to some heavenly Buddha sound, but the corner of her eyes turned to Taohua and blinked gently.

Taohua couldn't help but smile secretly in her heart. This Wang Chongrong is neither good-looking, nor talented, has neither a family background nor a grand favor, and may have been peaceful in the palace for all these years, and must have brains. As long as Jiang Xinghua is honest, she will definitely be able to live a safe life under her protection.

However, for the position of an examiner, Mrs. Tai was dispatched, isn't this a little too ugly?

Taohua connected what Mama Zheng said with what she had seen and heard in her heart, and there was about a number: even if it is a hereditary title, it will inevitably weaken if it is passed down from generation to generation, especially the heirs of the Marquis of Wenguo Mansion are not very prosperous somehow, almost from generation to generation, no brothers support each other, and gradually only the title is left.

The late Marquis Wen Guohou is the most outstanding, and he has done two main exams, and the lintel that is already decaying has been boosted again. However, his health deteriorated rapidly and he died at the age of forty. The current Wen Guohou was still young at that time, and he had no connections in the court, and Yu Shilin had not yet established a cultural context, so he was dormant for more than 20 years, so that young people like Taohua were very unfamiliar with the name Wen Guohou.

Now that the current Marquis Wen Guohou is also in his forties, if he wants to hibernate again, he will have to become an old □□, and I am afraid that he will not be able to jump up when the time comes, so he can't let go of this opportunity for Enke, so he simply released the Duan family to rely on the old and sell the old, and contribute to the Yu family?

Tao Hua was thinking about it, and there was already someone next to her: "Mrs. Duan is right. What's more, if this prince is raised under the queen's knees, his identity will be much more valuable. ”

That's not bad. If the princes in the palace are all concubines, then the one who was raised by the queen in the middle palace will be invisibly higher than the other brothers. If you occupy another "long" status, it is almost certain that the crown prince's position will be almost secure.

"Yes, yes." Someone next to him immediately chimed in.

The queen still smiled reservedly and glanced at Lu Ying: "Lu Jieyu is reluctant." ”

Immediately, someone shouted: "Lu Jieyu, don't be confused, this is a good thing that you can't ask for!" ”

Duan coughed again, and said tremblingly: "The beloved son of parents will have far-reaching plans. Lu Jieyu, I heard that your family is also a scholarly family, so I naturally understand this truth. ”

Taohua couldn't help but look the old lady up and down. I really don't know if she said these words just to cater to her family, or if she was really so orthodox? Seeing her like that, it seems that she is thinking about Lu Ying from the bottom of her heart, which is really chilling.

"That's it." The person who echoed just now answered, "Lu Jieyu is a smart person, how can she not figure it out." Lu Jieyu, don't you say? ”

Lu Ying kept her head down and sat down, and when she was asked about her face at this time, she finally couldn't help but answer: "What Mrs. Tai said is true." ”

The man who had just spoken immediately clapped his hands and smiled: "Look, I just said that Lu Jieyu is a smart person." What's more, as Mrs. Tai said, this mother has nothing to give up for the sake of her son's future. If Niangniang understands Lu Jieyu's heart, she will raise the prince to the middle palace. ”

This is really a level, and with a slight flip, the queen's son has become Lu Ying's begging queen to raise her son. Taohua couldn't help but applaud this person.

The queen has to be obedient when she gets cheap, she glanced at Lu Ying and smiled: "Lu Jieyu is sincere?" ”

Lu Ying looked timid, and whispered: "The concubine listens to the ...... of the mother"

The queen was not very satisfied with this answer, and was about to ask again, when she suddenly saw her henchman coming in from outside, looking as usual, but her eyes were a little flustered, and her steps were faster than usual.

The queen's brows furrowed slightly, and the confidant palace people had already walked to her side, leaned down and whispered: "Niangniang, Chunbing was taken by the emperor." ”