According to the court rules, when the prince has just turned one year old, he will hold a "trial (1)" for him to test the prince's future ambitions and interests. However, the eighth elder brother Yinxi contracted the cold when he first entered the Zhongcui Palace, and after the illness was cured, it was more than ten days.

The trial ceremony is set up in the Zhongcui Palace, a plum blossom vermilion lacquer square table is placed in the middle of the hall door, and a red lacquer plate painted with a hundred pictures is placed on the table, and the trial objects (2) are neatly laid out in the plate: jade jade fan, gold spoon silver box, rhino cup and rhino stick, arc arrow pen inkstone and other things. After the Ministry of Internal Affairs has placed everything in place, it is only an auspicious time.

From this day on, Zao Wei Chang carried the Lilly given to his son, according to the rules and etiquette, the following nobles are not allowed to participate in such major events, because Wei Changzai is the biological mother of the eighth elder brother, and there is the help of Emperor Tong's concubine, so he can come to congratulate.

Since the beginning of her canonization, rumors about her have been endless, and some people have sneered at her, saying that she was from a low background, the reincarnation of Feiyan, and was born with a charming bone; There are also people who like her very much, saying that she was born with a good skin and attracted His Majesty's love, but it is about how she got started, and the dissenting remarks have all turned to one place - Emperor Tong's concubine.

Emperor Tong Guifei can be based on the harem council for several years, not only by virtue of family background and favor, but also by the way of life to win people's hearts, there are Wei Chang as an example, and the palace people are dispatching back and forth, all looking forward to entering the Chengqian Palace, not to mention that they boast that they are born in Shang Shengwei is often in the first place, and they may be able to fly on the branches one day.

After Wei Yu arrived at the Zhongcui Palace, the insiders hurriedly bowed down to make a petition, and stepped forward for the people of the Shou Palace, with smile lines on their faces, and flattered: "Wei Chang is in An." But after Wei Yu responded lightly and didn't do anything again, he quickly pulled down his face, and sneered while walking inward, "It's just that I'm always here, I really take myself as the master!" ”

The palace people behind Wei Zhen were about to come forward to argue, but they were stopped by Wei Zhen, and the palace people swallowed back the words in their mouths, and looked at Wei Zhen with a puzzled look: "Little master......"

At this time, there were no concubines in the courtyard, Wei Yu went straight to the main hall, only to see Concubine Hui holding Yinxi, who was teasing Yinxi with her hands, and her eyes were full of spoiling, Wei Zhen's worries for days finally let go at this moment, Concubine Hui looked at Wei Zhen, and said casually: "Sit down." ”

Wei Yu and Concubine Hui were originally two people who had no entanglement, but they were linked together because of Yinxi. Concubine Hui has been in the palace for many years, and she has long been accustomed to seeing all kinds of characters, even in front of everyone's so-called "reincarnation Feiyan" Wei Yu, she is also indifferent. When Wei Yu presented the brocade box given to Yinxi, Concubine Hui hugged the child to the grandmother by her side, and only then did she have a gentle attitude.

"The concubine is stupid and raps, she won't say anything good, since she has Yinxi, the concubine only hopes that Yinxi can live well, the concubine was born in duckweed, not seeking glory, only asking for the mother to treat Yinxi well, he will repay the peach every day, and will live up to the grace of the mother." Wei Yu said so, Concubine Hui chuckled, "If you don't mention it, I will take care of it, so why do you have to repay the favor." ”

In addition, Wei Yu and Concubine Hui had a greeting for a while, chatting about trivial matters related to Yinxi, and was in the middle of the fun, Wei Yu inadvertently caught a glimpse of Wen Guifei who came from the palace, and did not wait for the Yellow Gate to sing, first made the most appropriate number of courtesies to greet, Wen Guifei saw that Wei Yu was here, only for a moment her eyebrows frowned slightly, and she calmed down again, and she was not embarrassed to be with her, and raised her hand to let her get up.

Concubine Wen glanced at Wei Zhen roughly, chose the first one and sat down, her eyebrows were long: "The wind is very good today, and Wei Chang is blowing here." Concubine Hui looked at her and smiled, "It is thanks to Your Majesty's grace that Wei Changzai was able to participate in the Eighth Elder Brother Trial Ceremony." ”

Concubine Wen no longer spoke, and the concubines and concubines of the palace were also scarce, and the time for the five officials to enter the interior in the morning to report the auspiciousness was approaching, Xuan Ye and Qing Yu traveled together, and also arrived at Zhong Cuimen. Concubine Hui immediately ordered Mama to carry Yinxi out of the inner hall, and all the concubines retreated to the courtyard.

The courtyard of Zhongcui Palace is extremely spacious, and the concubines choose to stand close to the square table, and dance in red for a while, Wei Yu is not familiar with them, and he takes an inconspicuous place to watch, and when Xuan Ye slowly walks up to the hall, the scribe of the Department of Rites of the Internal Affairs Office will record the beginning and end of the trial, and the grandmother will also put the Yinyu wearing new clothes on the square table and let him crawl.

Yinxi's body is round, a pair of eyes are dark and bright, looking extremely pleasing, he looked around, staggered forward and grabbed the book, but put the book as food in his mouth, Mama stepped forward to take out the book, but Yinxi clenched it tightly and refused to let go, Qingyu smiled: "Eighth brother will study well in the future, and the pen will become a splendid article." Xuan Ye nodded noncommittally.

After a long time, everyone thought it was over, but unexpectedly, Yinxi suddenly let go, and picked up the bow and arrow on the side, Xuan Ye laughed: "Okay, it is worthy of being my son, and it is very comforting to me." Waving his hand to summon Liang Jiugongdao, "Pass the decree, and each palace will reward six pieces of spring silk and four pieces of silk." ”

When Xuan Ye looked at His Royal Highness, he deliberately glanced at Wei Xuan, and that glance was enough to make Concubine Wen glaring at Wei Xuan viciously.

Suddenly, outside the palace gate, there was an inner servant shouting: "Go water, go water!" Immediately, someone from the palace came to tell the Yanxi Palace Yingchun Pavilion to go to the water, and the lord of Yanxi Palace, Concubine Rong, stumbled, but fortunately, the palace people behind her held it steadily, so as not to lose her posture in front of everyone, when Concubine Wen swept over Wei Yu, she wanted to catch something from her face but found nothing, and her eyes dimmed and she didn't look at her again. Then he said abruptly: "This is a coincidence, all the good and bad things have hit Wei Chang today." ”

This was an ordinary thing, all because of Concubine Wen's words made people think, Wei Yu lived in the Spring Festival Pavilion, and today is the eighth elder brother's trial, it is inevitable that people will think that this is related to Wei Yu's birth ominous, whether it is a warning from heaven, everyone speculated and whispered to each other, Xuan Ye twisted the Buddha beads in his hand expressionlessly for a long time, His Royal Highness's atmosphere actually seemed a little heavy, Qing Yu stepped forward and said: "Yanxi Palace is often born and Zhurong is a disaster, it is not surprising, today's matter can only be dealt with by the concubine." ”

After Xuan Ye promised, he walked away, and everyone felt bored and returned to the palace, but one or two rappers talked about each other: "Do you say that today's events have anything to do with the Wei family?" ”

"Earlier, there were rumors that Wei's was born with bad luck and was born with a mother, and today's incident may be related to her, or it may be that she set fire to herself, so Bo Shengshang sympathizes, it's really a fox!"

The gossip never stopped in the court, and this word fell into Wei Yu's heart quite unpleasantly, and he took a few steps faster to catch up with Qing Yu, who left first, Qing Yu saw her by her side, and whispered to her: "It seems that someone is already dissatisfied with you." ”

"The concubine understands."

When Qingyu and his entourage arrived at Yanxi Palace, the fire had been suppressed, and the fireworks had been extinguished, revealing the dilapidated original appearance of the Spring Pavilion.

Since the practice of the court, Yanxi has not been repaired, and it is close to the Cangzhen Gate where the palace maids enter and exit, and it is normal to have fires from time to time, but only the Spring Festival Pavilion has to make people suspicious. Concubine Rong had already sent someone into the hospital to check on the damage, and reported the damage to Qing Yu, who replied: "I'm tired of Sister Rong Fei." "Waving his hand and summoning the palace people again," let the people from the construction department come to repair it tomorrow morning. ”

Concubine Rong entered the palace very early, and this sister could afford it, and then asked: "The Spring Festival Pavilion has not been repaired well for a while, I don't know where the imperial concubine plans to place Wei Changzai?" ”

"The ...... of this palace" Qingyu only felt that his eyes were becoming more and more blurry, and then his legs softened, his eyes darkened, and he ignored the words of the people around him.

"Mother, mother, mother......"

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Concentrate:

(1) Trial: A more important ceremony held on the first birthday of the prince, also known as "the joy of catching the week".

(2) Test objects: According to the "History of the Imperial Palace", it is recorded as: "two jade objects, two jade fan wares, one golden spoon, one silver box, one rhino cup, two rhino sticks, one arc arrow, and one study", and a fruit table for the above items should be prepared.