19. Mid-Autumn Festival
Xu Yunhua didn't stop much on the grounds of physical discomfort in my canonization ceremony, but today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a big festival in the palace except for the Spring Festival, and all the harem concubines have to go to Kunning Palace to ask the queen for a gift, and I naturally can't be an exception. Bao'er was careful and helped me prepare three Boxing Rites before we went to Kunning Palace.
When we arrived, Kunning Palace had already gathered a group of concubines, and when they saw me, they all bowed to me first, I hurriedly pulled them all up, and hurriedly saluted Xu Yunhua, Xu Yunhua originally had a thin smile on his face, and when he saw me, his smile was a little stiff, "The noble concubine is here, sit down, the sisters are just here, and you can talk to relieve your boredom." ”
Concubine Ning is Xu Yunhua's dowry girl, because she is loyal to Xu Yunhua and has a bit of a look, Xu Yunhua won over Zhu Di, so she took her as a concubine, and now, because she has been a concubine in Yanwangfu for many years, Zhu Di named her Concubine Ning. Even if she has divided the palace and sealed the concubine, she is still very loyal to Xu Yunhua, and she serves in Kunning Palace almost every day from morning to night. She followed Xu Yunhua, and when she saw that my face was also a little hateful, she said in a weird manner, "The powerful concubine is a new concubine today, and she is deeply favored by the emperor, I heard that the emperor set up a cave room for the concubine alone, which can be regarded as an example, the concubine will not stay in the new palace for a while at this time, how can she have time to come here?" ”
I was hesitant and didn't know how to answer her, but Bao'er stepped forward and debuted, "Guifei Niangniang is the same as Concubine Ning, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and Niangniang comes to give a gift to the queen." No matter how favored you are, you can't mess up the etiquette, and you can score the dignity and humility. Concubine Ning, did you say? ”
Concubine Ning was robbed of a few words by Bao'er, her face turned red for a while, and when she came back to her senses, she said, "Hey, isn't this the wife of Zheng and Zheng?" I heard that you came back to the palace after only three days of marriage, even if your newlywed husband is not as good as an ordinary man, you can't leave home without staying for a month! ”
Bao'er was so angry by these words that her face turned pale, and her chest rose and fell violently, I didn't want to be too troublesome, Concubine Ning was domineering, and it was just a dog fighting people, I gave Xu Yunhua face, and I didn't want to make trouble, but she insulted Bao'er so much, I couldn't stand out anymore, so I stepped forward, stopped Bao'er behind me, and said to Concubine Ning, "Concubine Ning, you can eat indiscriminately, don't talk nonsense." The relationship between Lord Zheng and Bao'er was personally pointed out by the emperor, and the emperor's edict on the marriage was clearly written that it should be handled according to the usual etiquette, not the etiquette of the husband and wife. No one else is allowed to say a word. Lord Zheng's surname is Ma, because of the effective command in Zhengjiaba in the Battle of Jingjing, the southern army was broken, the emperor gave him the surname Zheng in order to reward him, expressing his love for him, all the sisters who want to come here know it, since Concubine Ning is not a new sister, why don't you know? Could it be that no one has told you, causing the message to be too blocked? ”
Concubine Ning's face burned even more, and when she sat back in her chair, I looked at her expressionlessly, "Is that what happened to Concubine Ning?" Although Bao'er has been a girl by my side for a few years, she was also loyal to the emperor in the past, and the emperor often marched north when he was the prince, and it was common for Bao'er to follow the army, because the emperor liked her very much, and she suffered this grievance today, if it reached the emperor's ears, I was afraid that the emperor would seek justice for their couple. ”
Concubine Ning listened to my words, looked at Bao'er again, her face was full of disbenement, Xu Yunhua frowned at her, and said with a smile, "Concubine Ning, you said the wrong thing, just say no to Bao'er." ”
Concubine Ning listened to Xu Yunhua's words, and finally stood up, and said to Bao'er with a reluctant face, "I'm sorry." ”
Bao'er glanced at her, frowned, and said, "No need, it's just a few jokes." ”
Concubine Ning didn't bother with Bao'er anymore, sat back directly, picked up a piece of moon cake and ate it fakely. Another more honest Concubine Liu said in a round game, "I heard that the new Lianyi Palace built by the emperor for the concubine is very luxurious and innovative, and the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet will be in the evening. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone began to clamo to go and see, and before I could refuse, Xu Yunhua nodded and said, "With the emperor's favor, naturally even the palace is extremely gorgeous, and the big guys will go to see it together. ”
Concubine Liu smiled, "Even the queen has a heart to go and see, let's not go soon." ”
In this way, a group of women swarmed me back again, and after walking for a while, I arrived at the Lotus Yi Palace again. As soon as she entered the palace, a concubine exclaimed, "Oh my God, the camellia in this courtyard is so beautiful!" The other concubines beckoned, "Don't pestle outside, it's more beautiful inside!" ”
Entering the hall, the first thing that caught my eye was the nine screens, and some people had already applauded the embroidery on it, but at this time, Concubine Ning suddenly shouted, Xu Yunhua turned around and frowned at her, "What's the matter?" Why did Concubine Ning get older and more undignified? ”
Concubine Ning pointed to the wall, her face changed greatly, "This ...... This...... Isn't this the royal pen letter given by Taizu when the emperor and queen got married? Xu Yunhua looked up, his face changed suddenly, and I looked at the place where Concubine Ning pointed at it, and it was the two words I asked Zhu Di today, "A good couple is a natural match."
I felt that there was something wrong with this word here early on, but Zhu Di was on the rise at the time, and I didn't dare to disturb his interest, so I didn't ask, I didn't expect this to be given by Zhu Yuanzhang when Zhu Di married Xu Yunhua! Zhu Di brought this couplet to me, which is simply a provocation to Xu Yunhua's nakedness! The other concubines listened to Concubine Ning's words, and they all stopped to look at the word.
Xu Yunhua's face became more and more ugly, Concubine Ning was about to have a seizure, but Xu Yunhua suddenly smiled, "This is my congratulatory gift to the noble concubine, good words with beauty, just right." After hearing Xu Yunhua's words, the concubines no longer sighed.
I glanced at Xu Yunhua and didn't know what she meant at all. She stopped looking at me, and smiled at the concubines, "Let's just take a good look in this outer room, don't go inside, it's the bedroom of the concubine after all, we came today without invitation, we shouldn't be, don't go in recklessly, one day the concubine herself invites you to go in to play, you go in again." ”
After listening to Xu Yunhua's words, everyone stopped, and I hurriedly said, "I don't have any taboos, as long as you don't dislike it, you can go in and play." ”
Helplessly, everyone had already accepted Xu Yunhua's instructions, and they all said politely, "The concubine just moved over today, let's not trample on the good place first, and then invite us when the concubine is fresh, it's the same." ”
I kept it again and again, everyone still stopped, I had to ask Bao'er Zhu'er to serve tea to everyone, although the living room here is quite spacious, and the concubines were instructed to come more than one person, and each of them also brought a maid and a maid. Yi sat down with a black pressure, drank a cup of tea and ate two snacks, and then left under the pretext of having something. Xu Yunhua himself asked me not to be absent from the evening family dinner, and left. Being made so back and forth, I was also sweating profusely, and I couldn't help but hate myself for not listening to Zhu'er's words, and I had to provoke this commotion.
In the evening, Xu Yunhua placed the family banquet on the rain listening platform by the imperial garden, just in time for the pond full of lotus flowers under the stage There are still remnants, and there are still bursts of fragrance wafting in. When I arrived, Zhu Di and Xu Yunhua were already sitting on the main platform, and on both sides were sitting the concubines, princesses, and princesses of the feudal domains. When Zhu Di saw me coming, he stood up, stretched out his hands to me, and said with a smile, "Come here, there is a seat for you here." ”
My face was full of embarrassment, the concubines were all deeply surprised when they saw this, I thought that no one had ever seen Zhu Di's appearance, only Xu Yunhua was still holding the shelf, and he didn't look surprised, just smiled slightly. I walked over to Zhu Di and sat down. Zhu Di ordered the dancers to start dancing. These dancing girls are all carefully selected by the court officials from all over the country, each waist is only a handful thick, the face is good, and the dancing skills are exquisite, and they have the state of heavenly demons. After the dance, the hall applauded, Xu Yunhua gave a reward, and other concubines and princesses also gave rewards, I didn't understand the rules of these rich and noble families, so I had to sit in a daze. When everyone finished the reward, Zhu Di said with a smile, "The powerful concubines also have a reward, and each dancing girl has a gold ingot of the champion Dengke." ”
When the dancing queen heard that the emperor had personally rewarded me, they all knelt down to thank me, and everyone applauded. My face was flushed, Zhu Di reached out to hold my hand under the table, but his head became more and more high-spirited and arrogant, staring at everyone, no one could have imagined that his hand was holding me at this time.
King Ning took the lead in picking up a glass of wine and stood up, and said to Zhu Di, "Brother Huang, tonight's Mid-Autumn Festival, beautiful scenery, my brother is here to wish the imperial brother all generations, long live the health of the dragon, long live, long live!" ”
As he spoke, he did it himself first, and everyone stood up when they heard his words, "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”
Zhu Di was very happy when he heard King Ning's blessing, and he also picked up a glass of wine and saluted everyone, and finished with his neck up.
King Ning saw that Zhu Di drank his toast, so he smiled and said, "Brother Huang, now that Jing is difficult to succeed, the Ming Dynasty is peaceful and peaceful, should the ministers and brothers continue to return to the domain, garrison the frontier for the imperial brother, and serve the country?!" ”
I was shocked, I didn't expect King Ning to bring up this matter at this time, when Zhu Di invited Duoyan Sanwei from him, he said that "the world is divided into things", at this time he naturally knew that this promise was impossible, but if he could find a good domain, that would be in vain. <