Shoukang Palace.

Xia Zhiyi and Mu Sheng entered the main hall, and Fang Lanzhi had already taken their seats.

"Zhiyi has seen my aunt."

"Concubines see Queen Mother"

Hearing Xia Zhiyi's greeting, Mu Sheng remembered that Lu Lan and her mother were sisters, and she would come to the palace to visit Lu Lan every month, no wonder she would appear here today.

"Come on, come and sit next to your aunt." It can be seen that Lu Lan loves this niece very much.

"Give a seat."

After everyone sat down, Lu Lan slowly spoke on the stage: "This palace called you here today for the Zhongyuan Festival in seven days, when the palace will hold a banquet to celebrate, as the emperor's concubines, you must not lose my royal face." ”

"Queen Mother, there is a saying that concubines don't know whether to say it or not." Fang Lanzhi said suddenly.

Lu Lan looked at Fang Lanzhi and said in a deep voice, "What does the concubine want to say, but it's okay to say it?" ”

Fang Lanzhi immediately swept her gaze to Mu Sheng, and Mu Sheng instantly understood that she wanted to do nothing again.

"Mu Zhaoyi was brought by the emperor from outside the palace, in the past, the palace banquet of the Midyear Festival was also a royal family banquet, and the people who entered the palace at that time were all royal nobles, she didn't know what her identity background was, wouldn't it be insulting to let her participate in our royal face?"

Fang Lanzhi's words obviously touched Lu Lan, Lu Lan frowned slightly, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Xia Zhiyi on the side.

Xia Zhiyi asked with some curiosity: "Zhaoyi Niangniang, I still want to ask how you and the emperor met?" ”

"It was when the emperor was hunting on the outskirts of the city that a courtier who traveled with the emperor accidentally shot me, and the emperor took me back to the palace for medical treatment." Mu Sheng saw Xia Zhiyi asking, so he explained.

"After the lady entered the palace, she could contact her family, who else was in the family?"

"The emperor once sent someone to deliver a message, only one elder brother in the family is still alive, his parents have passed away, and his brother has opened a martial arts gym on the outskirts of the city."

"It seems that she is a serious lady, not a country woman, aunt, although Zhaoyi Niangniang is from an ordinary family, but now it seems that she is not a woman of unknown origin, besides, after all, it is the emperor's cousin who is personally sealed, if she is not allowed to participate, it is unreasonable~" Xia Zhiyi said to Lu Lan with some coquettishness.

When Lu Lan saw Xia Zhiyi's appearance, she couldn't care about what kind of person Mu Sheng was when she was in a good mood, anyway, it was that person, and it had nothing to do with herself: "Alas! The affairs of young people, my aunt can't say anything now, my aunt is old, and she can't take care of it! ”

"My aunt is now noble, and my cousin is also filial, it is the time for the mother to be filial to the son, so don't worry about these things anymore." Xia Zhiyi said unknowingly.

It's just that Xia Zhiyi didn't find out that the Queen Mother, Mu Sheng and Fang Lanzhi all secretly changed their faces.

Fang Lanzhi thought with a sneer: "Mother and son, this woman is really naïve!" ”

Mu Sheng was also surprised by the innocence in front of her, she was really the same as before, she didn't hear anything outside the window, but although she felt funny, she still sat there without changing her face.

Lu Lan naturally noticed Lanzhi's sneer under the stage, and thought in her heart: "It seems that the emperor is really used to this woman, and he doesn't hide his thoughts at all, it seems that the people of their Fang family are also living too comfortably." ”

When Mu Sheng came back from the Queen Mother at noon, she heard Fang Lanzhi complaining not far from her: "In the morning, nothing has been done, saying that don't let us lose honor to the royal family, but Xia Zhiyi has a little rule in front of her." ”

Mu Sheng didn't want to have any more conflicts with Fang Lanzhi, so he turned around and left directly, but at the moment he turned around, Mu Sheng unconsciously showed a sarcastic smile and thought: "Fang Lanzhi is still the same as back then, I don't know how thick the sky is." She was a little suspicious that the woman didn't need to use any means herself, and she could kill herself.

Unexpectedly, when I turned around, I saw a figure in front of me, it was Xia Zhiyi, who had just relieved himself, walked a few steps quickly, stood still in front of Xia Zhiyi, and stroked his body slightly: "Thank you for what happened just now." ”

Xia Zhiyi looked at Mu Sheng with a little puzzlement, if it was to thank her, it should be the maid who thanked her, how could she let a Zhaoyi come?

"Zhaoyi, what does this mean?"

"I don't have any power in this deep palace, if it wasn't for Miss to break the siege just now, I'm afraid that I, the only personal maid, don't know what to do, and I am the only one in this deep palace who can rely on it, so thank you Miss for what she did."

Xia Zhiyi looked at Mu Sheng talking about her, but the old man in her heart became more and more similar to her, and she finally couldn't help but ask: "Zhaoyi is very similar to a person in this deep palace before, does Zhaoyi know?" ”

"I know, Miss Xia is talking about the queen's mother. As Miss Xia saw, I looked a little similar to the queen's mother, and it was because of this that Mu Sheng was favored by the emperor. ”

Hearing Mu Sheng's words, she also understood, and after accepting Mu Sheng's thanks, she left directly.

Seven days later, the Midyear Festival arrived.

Thousands of lights are bright, people come and go on the street, the lights are colorful, the hawkers put new objects on both sides of the street, and the lanterns on the street are also a race, which is simply very lively.

In the palace, everyone is also full of joy because they have just received the reward from the masters, and the fireworks in the palace also illuminate the whole night brightly, that brightness, as if it can shine directly on people's hearts and warm everyone.

It's just that in such a lively scene, some people are happy and some are sad.

Mu Sheng looked at everyone smiling, Luo Yu was also happy because of the reward he had just gotten, and he was just because of homesickness, she was the only one by her side, so she gave a few more jewelry, and Luo Yu even kowtowed and knelt to thank her.

After Luoyu went out to spend the Midyear Festival with those maids, Mu Sheng couldn't help but think of the Midyear Festival in Dongchuan.

On the day of the family reunion, I was alone in this palace, and I felt that I missed it, if I used to spend the Midyear Festival in Dongchuan, I have now been blessed by my family and close friends.

And this year's Mid-Year Festival in Wanchao, the mood is not as good as before, if his child does not die, this year's Midyear Festival will not be alone.

Thinking of this, Mu Sheng's resentment couldn't be stopped, and two lines of tears also fell.

It's just that now not only can he not avenge his children, but he will also go to the so-called royal family banquet with a smile on his face, and Mu Sheng's tears will not dare to fall anymore, for fear that someone will find out what clues.

In the past, when I was in the Mid-Autumn Festival, I couldn't stop crying because of my homesickness, and I would always be seen by Yan Qinghan, if I was seen by Yan Qinghan this year, it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn't think about it much.

"Mother, it's time to dress up and get ready for the feast." Luo Yu didn't know when she had returned, and her voice came from behind Mu Sheng.

In the Chengyuan Palace, the royal nobles had all taken their seats, and when Mu Sheng came, everyone was not only amazed when they saw her.

"This is the Zhaoyi that the emperor newly sealed before?"

"How do you look so similar to the deceased Queen Mother?"

"Yes, I heard that it seems to have been brought back from outside the palace, but I don't know what kind of identity and background it is?"

Just when everyone was still talking in a whisper, the voice of the eunuch outside the hall suddenly sounded: "Your Majesty, the concubine has arrived." ”

Everyone was looking for prestige, Fang Lanzhi was walking slowly with Yan Qinghan in her arms, and the difference in the expressions of the two could be clearly seen, one was solemn and solemn, and the other was happy.

Fang Lanzhi was dressed in a red satin palace dress, embroidered with a golden peacock, gorgeous and dazzling, wearing five phoenixes and red hairpins, showing the meaning of publicity, if she didn't call her a concubine, I'm afraid she would have forgotten that she hadn't sat on the throne of the queen.

Mu Sheng also looked at the two of them, and in the middle of her eyes, she and Yan Qinghan glanced at each other, and from Yan Qinghan's eyes, she saw that he was slightly displeased.

Yan Qinghan glanced at Mu Sheng again, and then walked to the main seat with Fang Lanzhi, Fang Lanzhi glanced at Mu Sheng, and sat on the right side of the emperor quite happily.

Mu Sheng felt a trace of joy in her heart, and thought in her heart: "It's really a stupid woman, and she really pushed herself step by step onto the path of the abyss." It's just that her face is as usual, and she can't see the change in her heart at all.

Mu Sheng saw Yan Qinghan watching Fang Lanzhi walk towards a position that did not belong to her, Yan Qinghan showed a slightly cold face, and her brows were even deeper.

"The Queen Mother has arrived." The voice of the eunuchs outside the hall sounded again.

The Queen Mother is wearing a black wide-sleeved robe, decorated with silver-red embroidery, and the dark lines on the clothes are dark ink and bright silk threads.

After Lu Lan entered the main hall, he saw where Fang Lanzhi was sitting, and he was instantly angry, and said sharply: "How come the mourning family doesn't know when the Fang family has become a queen!?" ”

King Gaoping got up from his seat unhurriedly, and said arrogantly: "Back to the Queen Mother, the queen has passed away, and the position next to the emperor is naturally the concubine." ”

It's just that before he finished speaking, he heard a "snap", and when he looked at it again, King Gao Ping's face already had five more fingerprints.

King Gaoping was incredulous: "You..."

"What am I! How come the mourning family doesn't know when the minister will be able to say "you" to the mourning family!? Could it be that you also think that the mourning family is dead? I'm afraid it's not that this royal family is about to let your Fang clan call the shots!? ”

Although King Gaoping was not angry in his heart, he knew that the time had not come, so he did not dare to act rashly: "The minister does not dare." ”

"Don't you dare? Is there anything in this world that you King Gaoping dare not do? The Queen Mother didn't seem to intend to forget about it, and then said, "The mourning family doesn't need to attend today's family banquet, so let's go back and think about it first." ”

With that, he went straight to his main seat.

After sitting down, he said to the emperor again: "The emperor has no objection to what the mourning family did, right?" ”

"Erchen doesn't dare." Yan Qing said coldly.

Originally, Fang Lanzhi wanted to intercede with Yan Qinghan, but when she saw Yan Qinghan's answer, she suddenly knew that it was useless to say more, so she could only reluctantly get up and retreat, and returned with King Gaoping.

Everyone didn't dare to make more trouble, and they were silent.

Mu Sheng looked at the embarrassed two people in the distance, and there was a sneer in his heart.

Just listened, Yan Qinghan on the main seat opened his mouth and said: "Zhongyuan Festival, there is no need to be formal, the secretaries are at their own convenience." ”

turned sideways and said to Lu Lan: "On this day of family reunion, Erchen hopes that our mother and son can be reunited. ”

Lu Lan smiled and said, "That's nature. ”

This family banquet is just a joke after all.