Yao Duran knew in her heart that they were all people with family backgrounds, and they looked down on her as a husband who remarried, and they couldn't get used to her defiling the king with her body of broken flowers and willows, and they just got favored.

"Concubine Chen is here? Today is also your happy day, so take a seat. Seeing that there was no one in the concubine seat, whether in a high position or a low position, the queen couldn't hold it on her face, and said in her heart that she had trained for many years and trained such a group of goods that were not on the stage? Will it be impossible to do face-saving kung fu?

The queen saved the scene, Yao Duran smiled gratefully, and came to the queen's seat to salute, and presented the canonization decree by the way, and the ceremonial official will read the decree of the four concubines one by one later.

The queen excused her with a dignified smile. Yao Duran sat down and slowly sipped the tea. It's just that the fragrance of fat powder in the hall overshadows the fragrance of tea, and Yao Duran doesn't know what kind of taste he drinks in his mouth, and his attention is all on the holy decree read by the ceremonial official.

To her surprise, on the day Yun Ce killed herself, the glamorous concubine in the blue palace dress who had interjected her and Huo Jingcheng was actually another side concubine in the East Palace, twenty-six years old, and there was a daughter under her knees, named Huo Yishuang, who was eight years old this year, and was still Huo Jingcheng's eldest daughter. The mother of the eldest princess is now registered, naturally in a high position, and she has been crowned a concubine, which contrasts her glamorous and bewitching.

Yao Duran suddenly laughed at himself in his heart, laughing at himself for not being able to do anything, but choking with the biological mother of the family and daughter in front of Huo Jingcheng, and said that no one had to intervene.

In addition, there is also a Concubine Jing, Concubine Jing is as her name, her face is calm and elegant, and her temperament is also steady and silent, she is twenty-five years old, and she gave birth to the second prince Huo Yiqian, who is also seven years old this year.

The last concubine to be crowned is Concubine Shu, who is twenty-four years old, and her life is delicate and smart, and she is a cheerful person at first glance. She gave birth to the third prince, Huo Yilan, who is six years old this year.

It's just that the position of the fourth concubine is limited after all, and there is one who gave birth to a second princess, who was squeezed into the position of a noble concubine, for Wen Guifei. The other gave birth to three princesses, for Rong Guifei.

The concubines below the noble concubines were sealed with two people and three nobles. None.

And Huo Jingcheng only has these three sons and three daughters. Since the youngest third princess, there have been no heirs in the East Palace for three years. It seems that although there are many concubines in the East Palace, according to the heirs, there are not many concubines who win his heart. Take the current concubine position, this position is not low, but those who can seal this position today are actually unknown people in the East Palace in the past, and it is only because Huo Jingcheng has the heart to protect the old that they were given this position. It can be seen that they were not favored in the East Palace, so how can they have a chance to have children?

Yao Duran thought to herself, it is not easy for Huo Jingcheng to save these six children, in the intrigue and jealousy of women, how many children are there who have not been saved secretly?

The ceremonial officials finally finished reading the canonization decree one by one, and also finished reading the canonization edict. All the concubines got up and knelt on the ground, bowed to the queen, and then sat down again to listen to the queen's teachings.

By the time the mess was done, it was almost noon. The queen remembered the joy of the six palaces today, and had already arranged a banquet and set it up in the garden of the queen's palace. At this time, the concubines were invited to move, and all of them went over to sit down.

All the way to the fragrant breeze, coquettish laughter, the concubines came to the garden. Two tables of banquets were set up in the open space surrounded by flowers, and more than a dozen concubines sat at two tables, which was very spacious.

Yao Duran sat at a table with the queen and the other three concubines, and the atmosphere was inevitably awkward. The three concubines are old people in the East Palace, and they are familiar with each other, laughing and chatting, especially Concubine Li and Concubine Shu, who seem to be very close and chatting hotly. Concubine Jing was speechless, the queen asked a few words and she answered a few words, but she was too quiet and stable, but she showed a bit of cold and alienation. Only Yao Duran had nothing to do, drank a stomach full of tea, and was afraid of losing the queen's face if she wanted to leave, and was said that she had no one in her eyes.

After a while, a row of people came from afar, and the person at the head was Qin An. Qin An came to the queen's table, glanced at Yao Duran a few times, and then knelt down and said: "The slave knocks on the queen's mother, and the mother is a thousand years old." The slave greets all the ladies and girls. ”

The queen's slender hand raised slightly: "Qin An is exempt." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Qin An calmed down and said with a happy smile: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty asked the servants to come and talk back, Your Majesty is too busy with government affairs to come, Your Majesty also said that today is the happy day of all the mothers, and Your Majesty will come if you don't come to the ceremony." So he ordered the slave to send some fragrant jade peony flowers, and each of the mothers had two branches, which meant that good things came in pairs. In addition to the flowers, His Majesty asked the servants to bring a box of treasures and jewelry, so that each lady could pick two things by herself. ”

When the concubines heard this, they all had spring on their faces, and they smiled with their pulses.

The queen smiled: "Your Majesty has a heart." ”

Concubine Li answered: "Our Majesty has always been considerate and romantic, and I didn't forget to send flowers and gifts today. Concubine Shu, you say, what is this called? ”

Concubine Shu's beautiful eyes turned with a smile, smart and delicate, and she said bluntly: "What can this be called?" This is to fascinate our sisters. ”

"Giggle...... The concubines covered their mouths one after another, laughing coquettishly.

Concubine Li smiled so much that the flowers and branches trembled, the bright colors flowed, she reached out and twisted it on Concubine Shu's arm, and said: "I know that you have a good temperament and speak interestingly, which always makes people laugh." ”

Concubine Shu slapped her hand away, and smiled and wondered: "When will you be able to change your habit of pinching people when you are happy?" Don't pinch me, go pinch Your Majesty. ”

Concubine Li laughed even more when she heard this, and involuntarily screwed her again.

All the ladies were happy, Qin An also smiled and ordered people to present gifts, and the attendants in front of the palace held the fragrant jade peony flowers in their hands and let the ladies take them. At the same time, the treasures and jewelry were also opened, and the concubines gathered in front of the box after taking the flowers, only to see that there were many brocade boxes stacked inside, with different shapes. It seems that there is everything in the long hairpin, beads, hairpins, earrings, arms, and chun.

After looking at it, Concubine Li said respectfully: "Queen Mother, you can pick first." ”

The queen took the lead, and then took turns to pick according to the position. When it was Yao Duran's turn, she didn't open the brocade box to pick it up, but as soon as she stretched out her hand, she took out two boxes and handed the brocade box and flowers to Biya's hands.

Seeing this, the queen asked, "Concubine Chen, don't you open it to take a look and pick one?" ”

Concubine Li suddenly interjected with a smile: "That's it, Concubine Chen's sister has to pick and choose, this thing is also like a person, it has to be satisfactory, do you have to wait until you are not satisfied before changing?" ”

After hearing this, Yao Duran said with a faint expression: "There is no shortage of jewelry in the Wanton Palace, and the palace will not change it if it is picked." Besides, this is His Majesty's intention, and he likes it wherever he picks it. ”

Concubine Li's smile did not change, and she said in a deep tone: "What my sister said is also right." Alas, in fact, people's vision and fate are inseparable, especially when we women are married, we must keep our eyes open and pick it well, and we must pick it once and for all. Things can still be changed, but if people are replaced, it will inevitably be water-based Yanghua. ”

When Yao Duran heard this, her eyes turned cold. In the afterglow, the concubines were all staring at themselves.

"Ahem." Qin An suddenly spoke up and said with a smile: "Ladies and ladies should hurry up and pick, the slave has to go back to his life." ”

The queen also said: "Okay, okay, let's pick it all quickly, and start the banquet as soon as you finish picking." ”

Yao Duran could only suppress his anger, what kind of luck is the speed of his tongue for a while? No matter how powerful her mouth is, she just spits out the sour anger in her heart in public through her words.

After the concubines had picked up their things and finally returned to their seats, the queen ordered a banquet.

In the imperial study, ambergris is pleasant.

Huo Jingcheng was pacing slowly in front of Du Yan. In order not to leak the news, Huo Jingcheng did not discuss the matter with the hundred officials in the court, but pressed it steadily, and only summoned Du Yan into the palace for a secret talk.

"Du Yan, the details of the plague in Nanxiao City are like this, you keep it in mind, bring Meilan Zhuju and they will do it well."

Du Yan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, if this plan is successful, what if the remnants of the Eight Communists do not flee far away, but take the city army out of Nanxiao City and then capture the nearby city?" ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "Stupid! If Liang Yin were to move the land, I would be ashamed to have such a stupid opponent as him. At the beginning, he was able to take Nanxiao City, all because he sneaked into the city and secretly acted despicably. But if you want to lead an army to capture another city, you will be in the open. The defenders of the nearby city will defend themselves, and if the two sides fight, he will definitely be defeated! I don't need to send troops to pursue me anymore. Because at the beginning, he was just ordered by the eighth child to make a fake show to blame me, so he chose the smallest and weakest Nanxiao City in the Southern Wilderness to start, a small city and a small army, how to compete with the strong armies of other big cities? ”

Du Yan suddenly realized: "I see, it seems that whoever understands the world." Liang Yin is also a person from Nanqian, so he shouldn't have made such a stupid mistake. ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "I hope so, he can lose miserably, but I don't want him to be stupid!" It's a change in Nanxiao that was recorded in history during my reign, but don't let the world think that I actually took a fool seriously. ”

Du Yan hooked his lips and smiled: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true." ”

Huo Jingcheng walked a few more steps slowly, and his fingers suddenly touched the ground: "And!" If Liang Yin dies and the thief escapes by himself, it would be better. If he is not dead in his heart and wants to take the city army and flee to a distant place to do his business again, then he will definitely loot all the money and food in the city in order to feed the army, and then you must appease the people of Nanxiao City, and do not let them flee and move away, so as not to disturb the city and cause panic in the hearts of the people. If necessary, I promised them that I would use the treasury to fill half of the city of Nanxiao, and the other half, after I sent troops to pursue the rebels, I would recover what I had lost from them, and then make up for it. ”

Du Yan clasped his fists and saluted: "Yes, Weichen obeys!" ”