Chapter 284: Mid-Autumn Festival
Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, according to the palace rules, all the royal relatives must enter the palace.
Bei Liangye is the crown prince, and his identity is very different, so he took Ruan Wanwan into the palace early.
In this ceremony, Ruan Wanwan specially brought Jiang Huaiyuan, with her as a helper, whether it is to help the queen up and down, or to deal with the left and right, she will save a lot of worry.
After entering the palace, Bei Liangye went to the imperial study, and Ruan Wanwan took Jiang Huaiyuan to the queen's palace.
"Concubine Ruan, Jiang Shi to the queen mother, the queen mother Wan Fu Jin'an."
At this time, the queen was holding an account book, listening to what the palace maid was reporting, and the busyness of the past few days made her look a lot tired.
Seeing the two of them, the queen smiled: "No need to be polite, get up quickly."
"What is Niang Niang up to?"
Ruan Wanwan was familiar with the past and sat on the seat next to the queen, and Jiang Huaiyuan followed and sat down.
The queen put down the account book, rubbed her temples and smiled bitterly: "The ceremony is coming, trivial matters are entangled, you came just in time, help the palace to see, which pattern is good for the carpet in the main hall?"
Ruan Wanwan took the account book, thought for a while, pointed to the top and said, "How about using this?" Understated yet elegant. ”
Jiang Huaiyuan also came over, thought for a while and said: "Today's ceremony, the envoys of all countries will come to the audience, this color is atmospheric and substantial, and the materials used are also the best, and it will definitely make people shine when the time comes."
The queen nodded thoughtfully and ordered the palace maid to go down and make arrangements.
"With the two of you here, this palace has saved a lot of heart."
Ruan Wanwan affectionately grabbed the queen's arm and said with a smile: "If there is anything else Niangniang, even if you tell me, Yuan'er and I will do our best to help."
Ruan Wanwan is her daughter-in-law, and Jiang Huaiyuan is also the prince's concubine, so the queen naturally will not be polite to them, so she quickly ordered to go down, and the three of them were busy together, much faster than before.
In the past, Jiang Huaiyuan rarely entered the palace, but today is the first time to have such close contact with the queen, so he naturally behaves well.
Seeing that she was doing things neatly and making arrangements for her subordinates, the queen couldn't help but nod appreciatively, and whispered to Ruan Wanwan: "This Jiang family is not bad."
"Yes, Queen Mother, most of the things in the house are also taken care of by her, but I have saved a lot of worry."
The queen thought for a while, and then said: "However, she is a side concubine after all, and you, the real crown princess, must also learn how to be the princess, and you can't leave everything to her."
Ruan Wanwan understood what the queen meant, this was really thinking about her, and favoring her, the crown princess.
"Thank you for mentioning the queen mother, Yuan'er knows me very well, and I usually pay attention to it, if it is a few other side concubines, it may be unfavorable to me, but Yuan'er will not."
The queen didn't say anything more, knowing that Ruan Wanwan knew what she wanted, and Ruan Wanwan was also a thoughtful person, so she wouldn't be easily calculated.
After arranging the rest of the trivial matters, Ruan Wanwan helped the queen to sit in front of the dresser, and together with Jiang Huaiyuan, she groomed the queen.
Today is a big festival, the queen's jewelry and clothing are much more cumbersome than usual, if there are only a few personal palace maids, it will be busy for a while.
But now, with Ruan Wanwan and Jiang Huaiyuan's two helpers, the queen's dressing speed is also much faster.
After a while, an elderly father-in-law came in: "Report to the queen, the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony is about to begin, the emperor has already prepared, please come over."
"Got it."
The queen changed her costume and took Ruan Wanwan and Jiang Huaiyuan to the main hall together.
Bei Liangye has arrived, sitting on the seat of the emperor's head, and the other royal relatives have also arrived, drinking and laughing with the emperor.
Ruan Wanwan took Jiang Huaiyuan and sat next to Bei Liangye, the queen's gaze swept over this side and stopped at Jiang Huaiyuan.
"Yuan'er, the first time you enter the palace, if there is anything you don't feel comfortable with, just tell the palace."
Jiang Huaiyuan was a little flattered: "Thank you for the care of the queen, it is a great blessing for the concubine to have the honor to enter the palace with the crown princess, and there is nothing unsuitable."
The queen smiled and nodded, and instructed the palace maid beside her: "Take some of the glazed grapes in front of the palace to Yuan'er."
Jiang Huaiyuan hurriedly stood up and saluted and thanked him: "Thank you, Niangniang."
Countless pairs of eyes in the hall suddenly fell on Jiang Huaiyuan, and for a while, everyone had their own thoughts, but the most certain thing was that this Concubine Jiang in the Prince's Mansion was very much loved by the queen.
In this way, the power of the Jiang family will soon rise, and it will not be long before it will become a hot existence in the imperial court.
These people are all human spirits, and they know whose thighs to hold right away, but after a quarter of an hour's effort, the Jiang family's dining table, which was still extremely cold, suddenly became lively, and there was an endless stream of people who came to toast Lord Jiang and Mrs. Jiang, and there were endless words of compliment.
Bei Liangye's gaze swept over everyone, with disdain on his face, he took a sip of the wine glass, and asked the guards beside him, "Are all arrangements made?"
"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, his subordinates have arranged secret guards outside the main hall to obey orders at any time."
Ruan Wanwan smiled and toasted, but she was worried in her heart, and exchanged glances with Bei Liangye, which made her feel a little relieved.
Soon, it was time for the envoys to meet him, and a man in a bearded robe walked into the main hall, holding a delicate wooden box in his hand.
"This is a treasure unique to our country, and we are here to dedicate it to the emperor."
Ruan Wanwan could feel that Bei Liangye next to him had entered a state of preparation.
A little eunuch had already listened to Bei Liangye's instructions, stepped forward to take the box, and opened the lid of the box in front of everyone.
I saw a gorgeous and brilliant night pearl lying inside, and there was nothing else.
The little eunuch raised his head quietly and gave Bei Liangye a look.
Bei Liangye loosened his wrist and put down the dagger in his sleeve, and Ruan Wanwan also breathed a sigh of relief.
The night pearl has been presented to the emperor, and the emperor smiled happily and rewarded the envoys.
Next, the envoys of each country met in turn, and each presented the gifts prepared by each country.
It was supposed to be a happy thing for the ministers to meet them, but the atmosphere in the hall was very strange.
Several envoys who came in, although their faces were respectful, but when they spoke, they always had something to say, and the people who listened were inexplicable.
A few old adults who didn't know the inside story were happy to drink just now, but now they also saw the clues, and they all became vigilant.
Every thing sent by the envoys, the internal officials had to open it in front of everyone, ostensibly to make the emperor happy, in order to give the envoys face, but these old oilmen in the officialdom knew that this move was clearly guarding against something.
Could it be that those small countries on the border want to take advantage of this ceremony to plot against them? Murder of the emperor?