==Chapter 148==

The full moon banquet in the Chu Palace's mansion can be said to be huge, and almost all the people with heads and faces in Chang'an City came.

Since the morning, there have been people who have come to the door to congratulate, and there are carriages stopping on the long street in front of the gate of the Chu Wangfu from time to time, or a person, or carrying a family member, after getting off the car, he was greeted by the royal palace officials who came to greet the guests. When the sun was in full bloom outside, the neighborhood was flooded by the carriages that came to the banquet.

In the palace of the king of Chu, there was laughter and joy, and on this kind of festive day, even if there was some disharmony on weekdays, everyone would not show it, as if it was a happy color. Halfway through the feast, the palace sent people to bring a reward and a holy decree to give the name to the eldest son of the king of Chu, which pushed the already lively scene to the climax.

Emperor Chengyuan gave the name to the eldest son of the king of Chu, with a single name of the word 'Sheng', Mu Sheng.

Naturally, no one dared to say bad about the name given by His Majesty, and everyone said hello to King Chu and Jiuniang.

In a large and ornately furnished hall, the floor was covered with a red carpet, and there were many seats on the court, and the ladies were either one or three or two, and the tables were filled with all kinds of delicacies, and from time to time there were people in the palace with gold-painted trays in their hands hanging their heads and going back and forth.

Looking at Xiao Jiuniang, who was holding the child in her hand and being surrounded by many noble ladies, Meng Changxi, who was sitting below, was very unhappy, and the jealousy in her eyes almost didn't overflow.

She couldn't figure out why Xiao Jiuniang's luck was so good!

Obviously, she was on the verge of desperation several times, but she escaped alive, obviously she was the princess, Princess Zhao became the target of public criticism when she was pregnant, and in the end she didn't even keep the child, and she lay on the bed for half a year before she raised her body. Replaced by Xiao Jiuniang, but after kneeling outside for less than an hour, His Majesty changed his mind. Now he has become a man in one fell swoop, giving birth to the emperor's eldest grandson, and Emperor Chengyuan also gave his son a name when he was full moon, and he didn't even take a nap.

You must know that if you don't give a name, it means that Emperor Chengyuan didn't recognize this grandson, and you can't get on the royal jade, and you can't enter the heir. There is a concubine and a concubine in King Zhao's mansion, all of whom were born to the concubines who served around him before King Zhao got married in the early years, but they are still five or six years old, and they don't even have a name, and they don't dare to bring them to the palace on weekdays, because the name is not right.

Now it's good, let a baby doll who is still in swaddling clothes take the lead of the emperor's eldest grandson, and the most important thing is that the person who gave birth to him is actually Xiao Jiuniang.

The more Meng Changxi thought about it, the more hated she became, the handkerchief in her hand almost didn't let her crush it, she glanced at Princess Zhao who was sitting next to her, her eyes rolled, and she muttered in a low voice: "This Princess Chu's luck is really good." ”

Princess Zhao's eyelids moved, and she obviously heard this, but she didn't seem to hear it.

Meng Changxi saw that Princess Zhao didn't answer, so she simply leaned over to her and whispered: "I can't see this Xiao Jiuniang's proud appearance, what is she so proud of!" You must know that if it weren't for that accident, this emperor's eldest grandson might not have been born in whose womb! ”

Princess Zhao's face suddenly turned pale, and her hands under her sleeves were tightly clasped.

Needless to say, this was naturally said to her, and she listened to it.

Yes, if it weren't for that accident, most of his children would have been called mothers at this time, he would definitely be a boy, and he would be as white and fat as Princess Chu's children, very pleasing, even cuter than him, with bigger eyes and a more upright nose......

Seeing that Princess Zhao stood up in a trance and walked towards that place, Meng Changxi smiled strangely and followed with her skirt.

"Can you give me a hug?"

In the midst of the congratulatory voices, such an angry voice suddenly sounded, obviously not loud, but it penetrated into everyone's ears.

Jiuniang was stunned for a moment, and looked at Princess Zhao, who was a little pale in front of her.

Princess Zhao was not like this before, although she was not the color of the city and the country, but she was as beautiful as a flower. Jiuniang vaguely remembers that when she first married King Zhao, the first time she entered the palace to recognize her relatives, she was full of shyness and could not hide her delicate appearance, but now she is very thin, her face is sick, and her eyes look a little wrong, and she is stunned.

"Can you give me a hug?" Princess Zhao said again.

The ladies surrounding Jiuniang Daoxi all quieted down, including those who sat below and were not qualified to come forward to say goodbye.

Everyone knows that this milk baby is noble, although everyone looks very fond of it, but no one has ever asked to hold the child. After all, there are many people, and if something happens, no one can get rid of it. And the relationship has not reached that point, so naturally there is no such excessive request.

But Princess Zhao is different, nominally speaking, she is the sister-in-law of King Chu and his wife, and this kind of request is not excessive.

Of course, this is just the surface, now no one in Chang'an City knows that King Zhao and King Chu are not compatible, and Princess Zhao just lost a child, and it didn't take long for Princess Chu to have it, and she won a man in one fell swoop, who dares to say that it will not stab Princess Zhao's eyes. This little milk baby has just been full moon, and it is just about to be careful, if something accidentally happens......

So for a while, all the ladies had their eyes flashing, but they didn't say a word.

At this time, Meng Changxi spoke up.

She first said hello to Jiu Niang, and then said with a smile: "What? Princess Chu is reluctant? My sister is just the eldest grandson of the rare emperor who wants to hug him and be happy, Princess Chu won't be so careful, and even the child is reluctant to let people hug him, right? ”

Jiu Niang's eyes were cold.

This Meng Changxi is like a toad lying on the surface of a person's feet, it can't bite you, but it will disgust you. can't get rid of it, she has her on any occasion.

Jiuniang put the child into Xiaocui's arms, and handed her a hugging look, then raised her chin slightly, and looked sideways at Meng Changxi: "Concubine Meng?" Are we acquainted? You talk to this princess like this! ”

If you want to disgust her, you have to see if she has the ability, she Xiao Jiuniang has never been a person who cares about face and wronged herself, and wants to make her unable to get off the stage, count her Meng Changxi blind today.

Meng Changxi didn't expect Jiu Niang to be so arrogant, her face turned pale suddenly, and she instantly remembered what kind of occasion this was, and made a look of grievance, and charged: "What do I say, it's also your second sister-in-law." ”

Jiuniang didn't save her face at all, and snorted disdainfully: "Since you said that you are 'small', the second sister-in-law, Princess Zhao, has not spoken, when will it be your turn to be a little talker?" ”

Without giving her a chance to speak, Jiuniang smiled and said to Princess Zhao: "I'm really sorry, second sister-in-law." Mumu's child was pampered by me, a mother, and he was not allowed to be hugged by the living, and the living would cry when he hugged him. And the child is still young, and he has been being carried around for so long a day, and it is estimated that he is also hungry at this time, and he has to be hugged and breastfed. ”

After that, she nodded and smiled at the ladies around her, "I lost my company first, I will take the little emperor and grandson down to breastfeed first, and then I will accompany you later." ”

Jiu Niang, as the host, said so, and others naturally did not dare to question it, and they all said that they could understand, and some praised Jiu Niang for being really careful with the child, and said that the child had to be raised like this before he could be close to the mother.

After Jiu Niang left, the other ladies all returned to their seats.

Princess Cheng couldn't bear to see Princess Zhao's embarrassed appearance on the spot, so she hurriedly walked over, took her hand and said: "My sister is a straight-tempered person, don't blame her, you also know that she is a new mother, and it is inevitable that the child will be delicate, and there are so many people at this time, there are many people, if you want to hug, stay for a while, let's go to the back and have a good time." ”

In fact, when Princess Cheng said this, she also wanted to make a point.

It stands to reason that her relationship with Jiu Niang is not ordinary, and even she knows that she wants to avoid suspicion, and Princess Zhao is a little too uninteresting to make such an over-the-top request. But thinking that she suffered such a disaster last year, Princess Cheng couldn't say anything, regardless of her position, she was both a woman and the daughter-in-law of Emperor Chengyuan, Princess Cheng could understand Princess Zhao's mood.

Envy? Who doesn't envy that?

But she just can't conceive, what's the use of envy.

Princess Zhao came to her senses and smiled apologetically: "It's also my rudeness." ”

Princess Cheng smiled kindly at her, and the two returned to their seats together. It was Meng Changxi, the two of them ignored her completely, and no one pulled her off the stage, standing there alone at this time, looking a little embarrassed. However, she is also a shrewd person, and when she saw that no one cared about her, she found herself to follow Princess Cheng and Princess Zhao under the stairs and returned to her seat.

This step is down, but it is very ugly, and her provocative words and Princess Chu's unceremonious words of tribute have made the people present talk a lot.

The newly married women who were about the same age as her were very surprised, you must know that Meng Changxi was in the limelight in the circle of noble girls back then, and she was also quite virtuous, why was she so out of tune after getting married. As for the older ladies, they talked about it a lot, some said that the Meng family was upbred, and some said that the junior was not right-minded, anyway, there was everything.

Fortunately, there are many visitors today, and they are divided into several places to sit, and the ladies of the Meng family are not arranged here, otherwise it will be a loss of face. Even so, this news will not be hidden for long, presumably after the banquet is over, it will spread outside.

At this time, no one will say that Jiu Niang is not, and it is indeed a little uninteresting not to mention Princess Zhao's request, and now that the Chu Wangfu is in the limelight, no one wants to offend the other party. Therefore, when people are in different positions, they will have different ways of doing things, and when you stand at the top of the world, unreasonableness will also become polite, which is also the root of many people's desire for power.

Jiuniang carried her son all the way to the backyard, Xiaocui was a little worried: "The princess is like that, no one will say anything, right?" ”

"What can I say? The left is just a flamboyant and domineering one, and it is not in the way. ”

Seeing that Jiuniang didn't care, Xiaocui also put her mind at ease. In fact, Xiaocui didn't understand these people's sophistication before, but she stayed by Jiuniang's side for a long time before she understood this.

"Don't think too much about it, even if they think I'm arrogant, as long as His Highness doesn't fall down one day, they have to respect me, even if they scold in their hearts, they still have to smile on their faces." Jiuniang said.

Xiao Cui nodded, and said: "Then Princess Zhao is also not interested, and she actually made such a request, so that the princess could not get off the stage." ”

Jiuniang smiled stunnedly: "It's also that I am jealous of the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, anyway, I see that her demeanor is a little wrong, so I don't want to take this risk with Xiao Mumu for the sake of a virtuous name." ”

looked down at the child in his arms, and found that Xiao Mumu, who had been keeping his eyes open, seemed to be tired at this time, yawning one after another, and his eyelids drooped.

Jiuniang kissed him distressedly, "A-Niang's little Mumu is tired today, let's go back to sleep." ”

After returning to the main courtyard, Jiuniang skillfully fed her son and changed his diaper before putting him on a special small wooden bed.

Since Jiuniang decided to feed her son by herself, she has not eaten less milk-promoting things, and she has not gone to the front to socialize for a while, and the fabric on the chest of her underwear has been soaked by the overflowing milk. Afraid that there would be something in front of her later, Jiuniang asked Xiaocui to take an underwear and go behind the screen to change it, and then the hairpin ring was not removed, and she went to the soft couch under the window and leaned down.

Not long after he lay down, he heard what seemed to be movement under the porch outside the house.

After a while, Xiao Cui came back after going out, and her face was a little solemn: "Princess, the palace has issued a holy decree to both sides of the Zhao Wangfu and the Chengwang Mansion, and the holy decree to give the name to the little master of our family is down together." The two sons of the two mansions were also given names, and when they said that His Majesty gave the name to our little master, he suddenly remembered the two sons, so he gave the names together, and this matter has spread before. ”

Xiaocui suddenly said that the two sons, Jiuniang was still a little puzzled, but she understood in an instant. King Zhao's Mansion and King Cheng's Mansion each have a concubine, or at that time, King Zhao and King Cheng had just opened their mansions, and they were born to concubines in the mansion. It's a pity that these two people made a mistake in their wishful thinking, Emperor Chengyuan didn't like this kind of behavior, and he didn't even give him a name.

If you haven't been given a name, you can't go to the jade, and you can't be the heir, let alone a title or something, and others can only call it a son.

Emperor Chengyuan has always regarded these two concubines as nothing, and even Empress Xiao and Concubine Liu Guifei don't dare to mention them in front of people on weekdays, let alone bring them into the palace.

The first thought that flashed through Jiu Niang's mind was to slap her face.

This is indeed a slap in the face, when not to pick, but to pick the day of the full moon of Mumu. Giving names to the three children together is not a whim, by the way, this is to put Xiao Mumu's identity and the concubines of the two concubines together.

But can this be discussed together? Xiao Mu Mu is the descendant of the Eight Classics, his father is the prince, and his mother is the prince's concubine. The status of the father of the two concubines is not low, but it is a pity that the mother is just a cheap maid who serves in Israel.

This was not said by Jiuniang because of personal grudges, but by Emperor Chengyuan back then.

At that time, Zhao Wangfu and Chengwangfu were happy to get Lin'er, and reported the good news to the palace, and Emperor Chengyuan was angry on the spot, reprimanded King Zhao Chengwang for misbehaving, and said this.

It stands to reason that Emperor Chengyuan's words are not excessive, and nowadays the Great Qi Chonglun often talks about concubines, not only princes and nobles, but also ordinary people. But as a grandfather, it's a bit mean. After this incident, King Zhao and King Cheng also understood the thoughts of this father, and they didn't dare to mention anything about the emperor and grandson with their tails between their legs, and made up their minds to marry and give birth to a son-in-law, so that Emperor Chengyuan had nothing to say.

This matter was not a secret back then, so Jiu Niang had also heard of it. But now it is Emperor Chengyuan who slapped himself in the face, overturned his previous remarks, and in order to reduce the influence of the emperor's eldest grandson, he insisted on adding two brothers to Xiao Mumu.

That's great!

The news of the birth of the emperor's eldest grandson in the Chu Wangfu is still circulating outside, this limelight has not passed, and the full moon wine banquet has not yet dispersed, and suddenly the emperor's eldest grandson is not the emperor's eldest grandson, but has become the third in the ranking.

This is not only a slap in the face of her son, but also a slap in the face of the Chu Palace.

Jiuniang has never been a person who cares about her background and status, and it doesn't matter to her whether her son is the eldest grandson of the emperor or not. She was concerned that this had happened to her own son, and that a full-term child had been used as a raft, which made her particularly resentful.

"Princess, don't be angry, everyone knows what is going on, and they will only say what is in the palace." Xiao Cui persuaded.

Jiu Niang wiped her face and laughed sarcastically: "Even if you are angry, it's useless, that's the Ninety-Five." You said that the matter spread earlier, then His Highness must have known, and I don't know if he will think about it. ”

She is so angry with a woman, as a man and a father, he must not think about it in his heart.

"The slave and maid ordered someone to go to the front to investigate."

"Go."

*

When King Zhao received the letter from his entourage, his originally gloomy face suddenly lit up, and he even smiled faintly.

He immediately stood up and arched his hand to the king of Chu who was sitting on the main seat, "Fifth brother, the imperial brother is missing, the palace has issued a holy decree, and the imperial brother I have to go back to the palace to receive the decree." After receiving the order, the royal brother will come to compensate you again. ”

The king of Chu raised the wine cup in his hand and said indifferently: "The imperial brother is fine." ”

King Zhao nodded and left in a hurry.

This naturally fell in the eyes of countless people on the field, King Zhao left suddenly, and what holy decree was mentioned between his words, coupled with the joy on his face, all showed a problem, there was a happy event in King Zhao's mansion.

But what kind of happy event will make King Zhao so happy and in words? There are a lot of curious people.

This curiosity has not faded away, and then King Cheng also stood up, said the same words as King Zhao, and then left the palace of King Chu, and now there are more curious people.

At this time, Chang Shun received the report and leaned into the ear of the King of Chu and said a few words, the King of Chu's face did not change, but his eyes became cold.

With a 'click', the wine cup in King Chu's hand cracked, Chang Shun hurriedly took it from his hand and replaced him with another wine cup.

The feast continued, but there were few minds still on the feast.

The news of the various provinces was not slow, and as the retinue appeared and disappeared at the feast, the news was soon known to everyone.

It turned out that His Majesty not only issued a holy decree to the Chu Wangfu, but also the Zhao Wangfu of the Chengwang Mansion. Now the name of the emperor's eldest grandson is gone, but it is impossible to say......

At the same time, in King Zhao's mansion, King Zhao held the yellow holy decree in his hand, and his face was full of smiles.

"This slap in the face is inevitably too fast, I made him proud! What about Childe? Quickly find someone, clean up well, and let's go to the Chu Palace's Mansion to drink full moon wine. ”

The same scene also happened in King Cheng's mansion.

So when King Zhao took the imperial grandson Mu Fan, and King Cheng took the imperial grandson Mu Hong, and appeared again at the full moon banquet of the Chu Palace, everyone was stunned.

This is simply a smashing scene! Fortunately, the king of Chu was indifferent, no matter how the other party teased him, he looked like he was moody. From this, it seems that King Zhao Chengwang is a little shallow, but it is also understandable, he was depressed and not angry, and suddenly the sky was overjoyed, and it was also appropriate to be a little carried away.

In the East Palace, after the prince received this news, in addition to a bitter smile, he could only smile bitterly.

"Father, what do you want to do? slapped the fifth brother's face so clearly, how could it not be his own face. ”

Futai hung his head to the side, not daring to answer.

"That's it." The prince muttered, "But he is also for me......"

The last sentence was so small and low that he didn't even hear Futai on the side.

*

Just after Shen Shi, the feast of the Chu King's Mansion was dispersed.

In the past, this kind of feast lasted almost until the evening, but today such a person happened, and everyone was also interested, and they took their leave one by one.

What happened before naturally reached Jiu Niang's ears, and she was angry and couldn't wait to go into battle in person to slap King Zhao Chengwang, but it was more of a worry, she was afraid that King Chu would not think well in her heart.

Hearing that the following people reported that the king of Chu was in the study, Jiuniang thought about it again and again, but still didn't go.

The sky was getting dark.

Probably up and down the Chu Wangfu today, no one is in a good mood, even the rough maids who are sweeping outside know that something happened in the mansion today, and the masters are in a bad mood, and they don't even dare to laugh.

Seeing that it was dark, and the king of Chu still had no sign of coming back, Jiu Niang waited for a while before ordering someone to pass on dinner. After dinner, Jiu Niang went to see the son who was coaxed by the nurses in the east chamber, and stayed there for a while before returning to the room.

King Chu still didn't come back, Jiu Niang wanted Xiao Cui to go ahead to inquire again, but in the end, after thinking about it, she gave up.

Jiuniang went into the bathroom to take a bath, and when she came out, she found that King Chu was sitting on a soft couch, looking at a book in her hand with an indifferent expression.

When he saw her come out, he raised his eyes to look at her, and lowered his face again.

Jiu Niang's heart was relieved, and she was a little happy, "Has Your Highness had dinner?" As if sensing something strange in her voice, she tried to keep her voice steady, and said, "If not, I will order them to prepare." ”

"Okay." King Chu nodded.

After a while, the food was delivered.

The king of Chu had a meal, sat for a while, and then went to bathe in the bathroom, and Jiuniang naturally followed to serve. During this time, the husband and wife did not say anything, nor did they mention what happened today.

The lamp in the room was extinguished, and only a faint yellow lamp was left in the corner of the wall, and the lilac curtain hung low, half-covering and half-hiding the two people who were intertwined on the couch......

When she was in a daze, half-sinking and half-floating, Jiu Niang suddenly heard a voice, "...... The qiē that our son should have will be given by me, the father, in the future......"

Jiuniang understood his words, hooked a smile, and wrapped her arms around the other party's neck, "Okay." ”

We are not uncommon for others to give it.