There were already a lot of people gathered in front of the door. They all came over to say hello, and the lord and wife of Qingjiang County, the king of Yanqing and his wife also came with Ye Minchun a long time ago.

Yulan pulled Ye Minwen up to greet the elders, Ye Minwen rarely saw people, and he seemed a little timid. Ye Minchun respectfully stepped forward to salute Ye Yichen: "Sixteenth uncle! ”

Ye Yichen reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "The errand is good!" Ye Minchun showed an excited look on his face. Yulan watched from the sidelines, but was taken aback, only to realize that Ye Yichen's prestige among these clans was so high. Even Ye Minchun was so excited because of a compliment from him.

Without saying a word, Ye Yichen was surrounded by a group of clan and military generals, saluting, greeting and greeting, and making a mess. The ladies surrounded Yulan, and Yulan responded to the greetings one by one with a decent smile.

Men and women are consciously divided into two circles.

After a while, Xiao Yunqian also came. Xiao Yunqian is still taking the route of pulling the wind, and her outfit can no longer be described as magnificent. The little eunuch knelt on the ground in front of Xiao Yunqian's carriage, she stepped on the back of the little eunuch, and slowly walked off the carriage, the two maids around her held her hand, and the panache was also full.

It's just that as soon as she arrived, she immediately became a little cold, and the noblewomen of the neutral or princely line all took a step back, and no one was willing to step forward to ignore her. And those in the Zhao Wang family can't refuse to be paid, so they can only come forward to say hello.

Just now on the road to make way for the frame of the Jin Wangfu, Xiao Yunqian held her breath, and at this time, she was even more angry when she saw Yulan. The lady on the side greeted her, but she ignored it. Straight to the rain. Yulan also saw her, so she stopped greeting everyone.

Xiao Yunqian walked up and didn't see a salute: "Isn't this Princess Jin?" It's really rare today, even my son was brought out! If you want me to say, although this son is good, it's a pity that he didn't give birth to himself! This stepmother is not so easy to be! ”

As soon as these words came out, there was immediately silence in front of the palace gate. Did Xiao Yunqian make it clear that she was provocative! Everyone looked at Xiao Yunqian like they were looking at an idiot.

In front of Prince Jin, he just lowered the face of the princess of other people, this is not what a brain pump is!

Yulan's smile did not change at all, but she said tepidly: "Stepmother is also a mother, it is better to have a son than not to have a son!" It doesn't matter if the son is born sooner or later, I'm afraid that some people want to give birth but haven't given birth yet! ”

Xiao Yunqian got married earlier than Yulan, and she hasn't even given birth to a child yet. What's more, no one in the capital city knows that the relationship between her and King Zhao is like fire and water, and King Zhao doesn't enter her room much, she just wants to have a son, so she has to wait.

It's Yulan, since marrying into the palace, she has always been the only pet in the special house, even if she is not pregnant for the time being, her son will be born sooner or later.

It really hurts to hit where it hurts, and it is specially sprinkled with salt on the wound. Xiao Yunqian was so angry that she almost didn't jump. Yulan sometimes wonders if Xiao Yunqian was born with an M, and she has never taken advantage of Yulan in any provocation with that IQ, but every time she sees her, she has to provoke.

Determined to find abuse!

Xiao Yunqian was so angry that her whole body trembled, and she trembled her lips and said, "You ......"

Yulan smiled faintly and said, "Niece and daughter-in-law, it's not this princess who said you!" When they met, not only did they not salute the princess, but they opened their mouths to 'you', who did you learn this rule from? ”

Yulan has the highest title among all the ladies present, and she also firmly suppressed Xiao Yunqian's head in terms of seniority, and she made Xiao Yunqian unable to refute this gift. The key is that Yulan still looks gentle and gentle with a smile, not in a hurry at all, compared to Xiao Yunqian's impatience, the contrast is so stark.

Zhao Wang Changshi stood on the periphery of the crowd, he was not qualified to enter the inner circle to talk to Ye Yichen, but he was secretly anxious at this time. When Ye Minyu was leaving, he told him to have a good relationship with Ye Yichen, Ye Yichen held the military power of hundreds of thousands of troops, and he said nothing in the clan, so it can be said that winning the support of him alone is equivalent to winning the support of the entire Great Chu military community.

He saw Xiao Yunqian come up and fight with Ye Yichen's princess, and he hated it so much that his eyes were on fire, and he really wanted to twist off the head of this long-tongued woman and kick it as a ball. But it was the women's circle over there, and he couldn't get over and interject.

Fortunately, when it finally arrived, the gates of the Forbidden City rumbled open. When the palace opens and when the key is opened, these are the rules left by the ancestors, and even the emperor himself cannot change them.

As soon as the palace door opened, all the ladies diverted their attention from Xiao Yunqian.

"Lord Wang, please!"

"Please!"

Men and women enter the palace differently, men go to the left and women go to the right. The men went to the Qianqing Palace to bow to the emperor, and the women went to the Kunning Palace to bow to the queen. Ye Minwen is going to enter the palace with Ye Yichen to face the saint, and Yulan can't take Ye Minwen anymore.

On this occasion, the nurses are standing on the periphery, they can't enter the inner circle, and Ye Yichen is not suitable to come over to hug Ye Minwen, Yulan not only taught Ye Minwen when he was at home, but also practiced with him a few times, then he touched his head and encouraged: "Go, go to your father!" ”

Ye Minwen was a little timid at first, but he glanced at her, and saw that Yulan had a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth, and her eyes were full of encouragement, so Ye Minwen took a step on her short legs.

The first step was to go, and the back was easy to walk, he pedaled and ran to Ye Yichen's side, and Ye Yichen was very satisfied. Opened his big hand and held his small hand, he glanced at Yulan lightly, the expression seemed to say "be careful", and then Ye Yichen pulled Ye Minwen to be the first to enter Zuoshun Gate.

On the woman's side, all the nobles pushed and gave in, and they all asked Yulan to go ahead. Yu Lanqian gave a few words, and he was the first to walk in. Don't look at what you push me to do, in fact, whoever goes first and who goes second is subject to very strict regulations, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Yulan has come in more often, so he is a little immune to the palace. She found that some of the ladies behind her were all low-eyed, and some of them didn't even dare to breathe. remembered that when I entered the palace for the first time, I was also shocked by the majesty and sacredness of the Forbidden City, but now, I was probably distorted by Ye Yichen, and the prince seemed to owe the slightest respect to the emperor and the emperor.

Entering the right gate, there were already dozens of leading eunuchs waiting there. "Ladies' wives, please come with the little ones!" In addition to the eunuchs who led the way, there were also more than a dozen shoulders carried by two people, and there were eunuchs who diligently led Yulan and Xiao Yunqian and several other highest-ranking women to sit on the shoulders - from here to Kunning Palace, it would take at least two quarters of an hour to walk with your legs.

Yulan and the others sat on their shoulders and left, and the rest of the people were led by the eunuch to Kunning Palace with steps. The palace is not another place, where if you want to ride a horse or sit in a sedan chair, you must have a corresponding status or a special reward from the emperor.

In other words, it is also a great honor to be able to sit in a sedan chair in the Forbidden City.

After a while, they arrived at Kunning Palace. Yulan, Xiao Yunqian and a few other foreign women came down from their shoulders, and the eldest aunt of Kunning Palace greeted them: "Princesses, ladies, and wives, come in with me, Niangniang is already waiting for you in the main hall!" ”

Before entering the palace, Ye Yichen gave Yulan science how to spend August 15. To put it simply, the man met the emperor in the Qianqing Palace in front of him, held a ceremony, and the emperor enjoyed a banquet. This is also the procedure for women in the harem.

As for how to do the specific ceremony. Just two words: trouble!

In ancient times, great importance was attached to etiquette, or there would not have been a special Ministry of Etiquette among the six ministries, which was placed alongside the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Construction.

Before the ceremony, in order to show the royal affection, the queen also had to meet the foreign women according to the routine, of course, not everyone saw them, and the ones who could basically enter to see the queen were those who could sit on their shoulders.

The palace maid led Yulan, Xiao Yunqian and others into the main hall of Kunning Palace. Yulan saw the queen sitting on the throne in the middle, Concubine Xiao, Concubine Hui, and some high-ranking concubines in the palace who had given birth to daughters were all there, and Yuxin was sitting on the left hand side closest to the queen's throne.

As soon as Yulan came in, the two sisters quickly exchanged a look. Today's ceremony is not easy, Yuxin is pregnant with a child, it is less than three months, such a toss method is not a good thing for the child.

But today's occasion is indispensable for her, the crown princess. The reason why the emperor wanted to hold this celebration ceremony was to show that the world was peaceful and all the people were happy. Everybody's happy, you're sick? Isn't that a slap in the face of the emperor? Even if it wasn't for the emperor, the crown prince couldn't allow her to get sick, and she was also needed to assist the queen in completing the sacrificial ceremony.

There is a certain symbolic meaning in this, and under the premise that the status of the crown prince is unstable now, this symbolic meaning is even more important.

So Yuxin has to come today, even if the prince knows that she is pregnant, she will come!

Yulan didn't dare to communicate with her more. Next to her are the top masters of palace fighting like Concubine Xiao and Concubine Hui, and a change in expression may betray her. Yulan took the lead, stepped forward in accordance with the rules, today is to give a big gift to the queen, and everyone has finished the big ceremony of kneeling and nine bowing.

Everyone worshiped the crown princess and the imperial concubine again, and some of them with a slightly inferior status were about to come over to greet Yulan and Xiao Yunqian. Xiao Yunqian's face was a little stiff. But when she saluted Concubine Xiao just now, Concubine Xiao glared at her fiercely. In front of the palace gate, Concubine Xiao already knew what was going on.

For this daughter-in-law who is poking around to find trouble, Concubine Xiao really wants to kneel for her, under normal circumstances, she has forbidden Xiao Yunqian to walk outside, but on this occasion today, Zhao Wangfu must send someone to participate. Concubine Xiao could only sigh secretly in her heart, she had sacrificed too much for the son of the throne, she should have listened to his advice and found another one among the nobles in the capital to be his princess.

Seeing that the ceremony was over, the queen kindly gave them a seat, asked them to sit down, and then greeted them politely. There are few people who can speak on this occasion, the queen's eloquence is not good, back and forth are those few words, Yulan has asked her to say goodbye a few times before, and she has heard all the clichés.

Yu Xin doesn't talk much, and rarely speaks unless necessary. It's Concubine Xiao, who has a graceful and free bearing, and compared to Xiao Yunqian, she looks like a person from two planets.

Concubine Hui didn't talk much, even if she was the most familiar with Yulan, she just said hello and pulled her down. Yulan realized that since marrying into the palace, Concubine Hui and herself have become more and more estranged.

After a little thought, Yulan understood. Concubine Hui probably used this gesture to say, "You should fight for the throne, but it has nothing to do with me." Of course, this is for the crown prince and King Zhao. Ye Minzhao doesn't help each other, no matter who becomes the emperor, the other is estimated to not live long, and the remaining Ye Minzhao believes that the emperor must also deliberately win over for the sake of fame. Otherwise, as soon as the new emperor came to power, he killed the only two brothers, and the history of later generations was chiseled, how would he evaluate the new emperor?

It was the first time Yulan saw the queen, Concubine Xiao, and Concubine Hui gathered together. While responding cautiously, he quietly observed the situation.

The situation in the harem is indeed a hundred times more complicated than that of the palace!

After sitting for about a quarter of an hour, the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace came in and reminded: "It's not too early, please move the imperial garden to preside over the ceremony!" ”

The queen stood up and said, "Let's go!" ”

Everyone got up and said yes, and a palace beauty came over and helped the queen to walk out of the hall. Yulan had noticed this person just now. There are three thousand beauties in the harem, and the most important thing is beauty, but this woman's appearance is stunning, which can be called glamorous, and it is difficult for people not to pay attention! This beauty called herself "Yi Guiren" when she gave Yulan a gift just now, but Yulan didn't know her details, so she secretly paid attention.

"Yi Guiren is the crown prince's new dedication to the emperor, the emperor is very favored, and he will soon be promoted from concubine to nobleman!" A voice came from Yulan's ears. When she looked back, she was facing Concubine Xiao's majestic and noble face. Concubine Xiao has reached the age of holding her grandson, but she thinks that if she is properly maintained, she looks like she is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and her appearance and temperament can be called peerless.

"Imperial Concubine Niangniang!" Yulan greeted. Since Yigui was given to the emperor by the crown prince, it is very natural to get close to the queen. Thinking of Ye Yichen's personal admission that the emperor's body is no longer good, the prince chose to send such a charming beauty to the emperor at this time, what did he have in mind?

Yulan only felt terrifying!

Concubine Xiao nodded with a smile, lowered her voice and said, "Yunqian, that child is not sensible, this palace will make amends to Mrs. Anguo on her behalf!" Mrs. Anguo must not be like her! This child is spoiled by the brother and sister-in-law of the mother's mother, and the palace will definitely discipline her well in the future. ”

Yulan was taken aback, she didn't expect Concubine Xiao to know what happened in front of the palace gate so quickly. Concubine Xiao put her posture so low and apologized to her in person, of course Yulan couldn't say anything. "Niangniang is too polite, they are all flesh and blood of the family, how can anyone hold a grudge like this."

Concubine Xiao smiled meaningfully, "It's boring to live idle, and I have time to come to Chengqian Palace to sit!" ”

Yulan had to agree: "Obey the mother's orders!" ”

Concubine Xiao nodded at her again, and let the palace maid sit in the golden sedan chair, and Yulan also got on her shoulders, but she was thinking about Concubine Xiao along the way. Just now, she just glanced at Yi Guiren one more time, and Concubine Xiao immediately opened her mouth to solve her doubts, this eyesight and shrewdness are simply terrifying.

Concubine Xiao's words were very obvious to her, but she and Xiao Yunqian had so many new and old hatreds, how could Concubine Xiao be so sure that she would be able to put down these hatreds and stand on King Zhao's side.

Or does Concubine Xiao feel that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests? Do you think that you and Xiao Yunqian's little thing is a child's house? Or it doesn't matter if you think she's confused, Ye Yichen is smart enough.

Concubine Xiao is obviously not a person who can do useless work.

Yulan thought about it for a long time and couldn't help but hold her head, the brain circuits of these smart people are really not comparable to herself. Thinking about the Qi clan and the red sleeves in the palace, compared to them, they are simply at the level of elementary school students.

The harem is really not a place for people to stay. If you put yourself into the harem, you probably won't have any dregs left after they eat.

It took about an hour for the troublesome ceremony to be completed. The ceremony was presided over by the queen herself, assisted by the crown princess. After the sun came out, the autumn tiger began to exert its might, as if it was on fire, and the entire world world became a big steamer, which made people breathless. Yulan knelt down, stood and knelt, was dizzy, his legs were a little weak, and he wore a thick dress on his body, and he was sweating all over, which was even more uncomfortable than death.

Looking at Yuxin again, her face was as white as a blank piece of paper. Yulan was secretly worried but couldn't help. I just look forward to the end of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and in a few days, Yuxin will be able to announce her pregnancy for three months.

After the ceremony was completed, all the women breathed a sigh of relief, and the queen set up Kunning Palace to give a banquet in Kunning Palace.

Green Zhi helped Yuxin to get into the sedan chair, and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, you have nothing to do, right?" Your face is so ugly! ”

Yu Xin let out a sigh: "There is nothing wrong with this palace, it will be good if the ceremony is over!" Let's go! ”

The green branch had a melancholy face, so he had to sigh and order to get up the sedan chair.

When I arrived at Kunning Palace, the seats for the banquet had been arranged. At this time, everyone's clothes seemed to have been fished out of the water, and it was a sin to dress like this to eat, but there was no place for them to change their clothes in the harem. Everyone could only sit down like this, smiling and saying the grace of God, while looking forward to the early end of the banquet.

The banquet was one person per seat, and the queen sat at the top and in the middle. The higher the status, the closer it is to the queen. At this time, the queen also found that Yu Xin's face was very ugly, so she asked with concern: "While the banquet has not yet started, if the crown princess is tired, go down and disperse!" ”

Yu Xin originally felt that she couldn't hold on anymore, but just as she wanted to agree, she saw Concubine Xiao and Concubine Hui's inquiring eyes sweeping over, and in an instant, Yu Xin's heart turned a thousand times, and the words on her lips became like this again: "Erchen just basks in too much sun, and it's cool in this hall, just rest!" The queen mother is worried! ”

Yu Xin said so, and the queen had nothing to say.

When the time was almost up, the eunuchs and palace maids walked into the main hall in an endless stream and placed the exquisite dishes of the imperial dining room on the table in front of the nobles. Although the Kunning Palace is big enough, there are more women inside and outside, and there are no seats in the main hall, so many people have been lined up outside.

Every lady and wife has several palace maids and eunuchs carefully trained by the Internal Affairs Office to wait, and the wine and food are passed one by one, and the queen gets up first to toast, and the banquet is officially started. Of course, on this occasion, everyone looked at the queen, and when the queen moved her chopsticks, everyone followed suit.

Regardless of whether the food in the imperial dining room is good or not, no one will eat seriously on this occasion. When you go home, you have to have an extra meal.

Yulan sandwiched two chopsticks and tofu, and when the queen and Concubine Xiao said two words on it, Yuxin suddenly turned her head and spit it out with a "wow". She was pregnant, and the smell of a few dishes at the table rushed into her nose, and she couldn't help it no matter how strong she was.

She turned her head and vomited the palace maid behind her. The palace maid was so frightened that her whole body trembled like chaff, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, but she didn't dare to speak nonsense.

The queen was also taken aback: "What's the matter?" I'm going to call someone to clean up. While instructing the eunuch, he said to Yuxin: "If you are not in good health, go to rest first, no one will pick your gift at this time!" ”

How did Yulan hear it, how did she feel that this was said to Concubine Xiao. Although Concubine Xiao's face did not change much, a trace of shock flashed in her eyes.

It seems that the news of Yuxin's pregnancy is true!

At this point, Lu Zhi has found a wet towel and wiped the vegetable residue off Yuxin's body. Yuxin stood up and said with a pale face: "Erchen has lost his honor!" ”

The queen said: "Go and rest, there is a palace here!" He pointed to a palace maid who followed behind him and said, "You go and lead the princess to Xinuan Pavilion to rest!" The palace maid bowed and came over to help Yuxin.

Yuxin was blessed with a gift, and was carried down by the green branch and the palace maid.

Yuxia is also here today. As the crown princess, she also has the fate of Zheng Sanpin, but Zheng Sanpin is obviously not enough to see on this occasion, Yuxia can only watch the queen, the crown princess and even Yulan These high-ranking nobles perform on the stage, and she can only stay in the corner outside Kunning Palace now, and she can't even see the queen's appearance clearly.

However, Yu Xin vomited the palace maid, and then was helped out of Kunning Palace, she looked at it about Qi, and for a moment there was only one thought left in her head: "She is pregnant!" She's really pregnant! ”

The crown princess made such a scene at the banquet, and in the eyes of everyone, many experienced wives and ladies couldn't sit still. I couldn't help but start talking to each other.

"Pregnant......

"I guess I'm pregnant......

Everyone's gossip soul was ignited at once, and there was a small commotion in the banquet, although Yuxin was gone, everyone's attention was still focused on her stomach at once.

The queen was also a little stunned, she didn't react just now, but the whispers of everyone, the queen also reacted. The child understands how important the crown prince is, and she can't sit still, and she can't wait to announce the princess immediately.

Today's time is really not suitable for seeing the imperial doctor. The queen reluctantly suppressed this thought. After serving a few dishes, Yulan didn't have the heart to taste it at all. She just wants to see how Yuxin is doing now? Don't let anything happen.

"Mrs. Anguo! Mrs. Anguo! Yulan heard Concubine Hui reminding her on the side before she reacted. Concubine Hui said: "The imperial concubine is talking to you!" ”

Yulan was taken aback, and hurriedly apologized: "Niangniang forgives her sins, the concubine is worried about the princess's body, and she is a little out of order!" ”

Concubine Xiao waved her hand generously and said, "It's okay, you are sisters, and it is reasonable to worry about her!" ”

The queen was also a little unable to sit still just now, and was reminded by Concubine Xiao that she remembered that Yulan and Yuxin were sisters, and they had always had a good relationship. Yuxin didn't have a master there, she didn't feel at ease, and it was inappropriate for her to leave the table at this time, so she said to Yulan: "This palace can't rest assured that Xin'er's child." If Mrs. Anguo is worried, why not go and take a look, if there is anything, there is something to take care of! ”

The smartest way in a place like the harem is to keep Taoguang and keep it obscure, and if she does something else, Yulan will definitely not be this up-and-coming bird, but at this time, she can't care so much. From the moment she had just started, she had a feeling of panic, as if something bad was about to happen.

After listening to the queen's words, Yulan stood up: "Since this is the case, the concubine has trespassed!" ”

The queen smiled and said, "Go ahead!" ”

Yulan said goodbye to the queen, Concubine Xiao, and Concubine Hui, and Xiaoyu helped her out of the main hall in a hurry. Called a leading eunuch to lead them to the Xinuan Pavilion, and after walking more than ten meters, they saw a palace maid rushing out of the Xinuan Pavilion, with a snow-white face like a ghost. While running, he shouted: "Oh no! Oh no! ”

Yulan felt a chill in her heart, and the palace maid said, "What happened?" ”

The palace maid was so frightened that she didn't see which noble person was in front of her, so she knelt down and kowtowed while saying incoherently: "Blood!" Blood! Crown Princess......"

Yulan couldn't wait to grab her by the collar and roared, "What's wrong with the crown princess?" The palace maid shuddered and finished speaking: "The crown princess has shed a lot of blood!" "