If the last time Cheng Hu invited Cui Yi to eat, Bailizan was preconceived and misled by Zhiying, so that he lost his head and failed to help much, this time he really made a meritorious service, Cui Yi got the power of life and death, and picked fat and thin in the major camps every day, and when he caught the lazy and not serious, he stepped forward with a kick, Hulala fired thousands of people under the prince, and he was in a particularly happy mood.

Up and down, Cao Qian and Yang Qiong occasionally came to eat, and when they saw Bailizan, they respectfully addressed Mr.

Bailizan is firmly seated in the position of the first strategist of the Wuwang Mansion, and he is deeply pleased with this.

As soon as it turned to Chinese New Year's Eve, Emperor Jianyuan feasted in the palace, and the princes led by Cui Yi would bring their daughters into the palace to accompany their father and mother to keep the year, and there was no concubine in the Wuwang Mansion, and Zhiying had to go into battle in person.

The body of more than four months has not looked heavy, and the fetus is basically stable, but it should not be a big problem to go to a meal and watch a play, Zhiying thought while letting the maids wait to try on the dress.

Xiaoqiu brought an orange palace skirt, shook it open and put it on for Zhiying, and said beautifully: "Madame looks so good today." ”

Holding Ying rolled her eyes: "Madame is usually not good-looking?" ”

Xiao Qiu choked, and another maid sneered, "Madame is particularly good-looking today." ”

"That's it!" Xiaoqiu echoed continuously, "Then why does Miss Xie still want to compete with our lady for favor, hmph, and she doesn't pee to take care of herself." ”

Zhiying asked helplessly: "Can you not mention her during the New Year?" ”

Xiaoqiu stuck out her tongue and didn't say much, three times five divided by two to help her dress neatly, combed her bun, and picked a bright step to plug it in, looked left and right, the more she looked, the more satisfied she became: "Madame is beautiful today, maybe she can compare the princess to the past." ”

When it comes to Ling Fang, Zhiying's heart suddenly feels a little guilty, although she opened her eyes, she has lost herself to Cui Yi, and it is impossible to be a candidate again, if her sister does not go to replace the eldest grandson, she will suffer a catastrophe, but in the end, it is her own sister, she escaped from the sea of suffering, but she wants her to taste the bitter fruits of her previous life, and Zhiying has been unable to let go of her heart.

Maybe my father and mother think that Ling Fang is very proud at this time, and Ling Fang may be like herself at the beginning, trapped in Cui Jie's sweet words and unable to extricate herself...... Yes, only she would feel uneasy and guilty.

The two sisters have not seen each other since they got married, and Zhiying plans to take the opportunity to chat with her sister this time, hoping that she will be fine in the East Palace.

When it was time to go out, the carriage and horses were ready, Cui Yi went to the military camp early in the morning, and he would come at this time, and when he saw Zhiying coming out, he was stunned for a moment, and then pursed his lips unnaturally.

Zhiying smiled and asked, "What?" Not good-looking? ”

Cui Yi shook his head and grabbed her waist: "It's good-looking, get in the car, go and show the ancestors of the Cui family." He carefully helped her into the car.

According to the rules of Dachu, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the first thing to worship is to sacrifice to the gods of heaven and earth, and then to worship the ancestors, and when worshipping the gods of heaven, except for the empress and the crown princess, the rest of the female relatives do not need to be present, but they can rest in the warm heart, and when it is time to worship the ancestors, they must all be present, follow the princes to bow to the ancestors, and pray for protection.

The carriage stopped outside the warm heart, and Cui Yi personally helped Ying down from the carriage and sent her in, and only left with peace of mind after seeing her sit down, this move made the three princesses and four princesses and other wives present envious.

are also royal concubines, they know a lot about Zhiying's background, and know that as the daughter of the princess, she is the princess who is expected to return, but she doesn't want to be seriously ill on the day of the selection, and miss the position of the crown princess.

Can...... This is not just "not giving up", it is simply a fear of falling on the head and holding it in the mouth for fear of melting, okay? Although a woman's husband always has to be careful when she is pregnant, the boss of Wuwang is not small, this is the first child, and it is right to be a baby, but why don't you see your own man so hurtful?

The third princess sat on Zhiying's right hand and politely took the initiative to greet her: "The second sister-in-law's body is not ordinary, it is freezing this day, you can pay more attention." ”

Zhiying knew her in the past, and naturally she didn't feel unfamiliar, so she casually chatted with her.

The third prince Cui Huan is the least like his father among the nine sons of Emperor Jianyuan, and he is also the least likely to be an emperor, he is like the eldest brother Cui Jie, who loves to worry about the people's livelihood and social security, and is not like the second brother Cui Yiai to open up the territory, what does Cui Huan love to do? He loves to write poems and songs, and when he sees a nest of eggs laid by magpies in his yard, he can write dozens of lines endlessly, to say that Wencai is absolute, but Wencai is not a plus for a prince, plus Cui Huan's biological mother is just a Zhaoyi - or because she gave birth to a son, she was only promoted to the position of a maid by the queen's side in the past, so Cui Huan is just a chess piece used by Cui Jie to show the noble feelings of brothers, friends and brothers most of the time, which is neither useful nor threatening.

But shallow water may as well have Wolong, although Cui Huan is just a sour literati, but the house has a big fish, surnamed Shan, name Jane, character, this person is not only extremely smart, but also extremely slippery, first worked under Cui Huan, and then was poached by Cui Jie, when Cui Jie began to kill his siblings and punish heroes, Shan Jian rolled up gold and silver and went to the sixth prince Cui Su, and when Cui Su was also played to death by the eldest brother, he had already earned enough money for the elderly, taking advantage of the dark night and high wind, the soles of his feet were smeared with oil.

Cui Jie's subordinates are all a group of upright people, to put it bluntly, they are all people who support the prince rather than his Cui Jie, with Cui Jie's habit of pretending to be a gentleman, it is indeed unlikely that he will directly recruit ruthless advisers to help him rectify his younger brothers, so although Shan Jian is raised in Cui Huan's pond, he has been helping Cui Jie with advice.

From Cui Huan to Cui Jie to Cui Su, Shan Jian moved his nest three times, but he never considered Cui Yi, and he pondered that if he could win him over before Cui Jie, it would be excellent for the future plan, but the specific action had to go back and discuss it with Bailizan.

The ladies chatted around and chatted, talking mostly about dressing up, and those who had not yet given birth to a son asked the secret recipe for giving birth to a son, Zhiying remembered that she was still very interested in the topic of "how to give birth to a son", and when she sat down to eat the banquet, she also chatted a lot with the three princesses, and now she looks at them, but she only feels so pitiful, and she doesn't have the heart to participate at all.

When the sacrifice was over, the eunuch came to inform the ladies that it was time to get in the car to worship their ancestors, and the princess suspended the topic of giving birth to a son, and rushed to the temple surrounded by maids.

After waiting for a while at the Taimiao, Emperor Jianyuan and the princes came, Cui Yi turned over and dismounted, walked straight to Zhiying, frowned and reproached: "Why don't you sit in the car when it's so cold." ”

Zhiying replied helplessly: "How can anyone take the car in the carriage." ”

In the distance, Cui Jie also got out of the carriage with the eldest grandson Lingfang, the two sisters looked at each other from afar, the eldest grandson Lingfang seemed to have a lot to say, Zhiying winked at her, and motioned for her to speak later.

Suddenly, his wrist hurt, and Cui Yi said with a straight face: "What are you looking at?" ”

Zhiying funnily snapped his fingers: "Look at my sister-in-law, okay?" I haven't seen you for half a year, and I can't take a look? ”

Ancestor worship for the female dependents is nothing more than three kneeling and nine knocks, Zhiying is already an old fritter, except to be careful with the child in the belly, nothing else, accompany the kneeling round, burn incense, and then take the carriage back to the palace, eat the New Year's banquet, toast, report to the emperor and queen about the year's branches, and so on.

Cui Jie is the eldest son, so although the eldest grandson Lingfang is the youngest of this daughter-in-law, she has to be the first to step forward to accept the queen's "love inquiry". With Zhiying's experience, the queen will not be too embarrassed by her daughter-in-law, I'm afraid that Ling Fang is too nervous, this sister who is two years younger than herself is actually still a child, and she didn't like to talk before, but the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all good, and they are also very popular in the circle of young ladies of the same age.

Zhiying watched her sister follow Cui Jie's side and come forward to toast with concern, her fingers trembling slightly, fortunately she didn't fall, Cui Jie's performance in front of people was still so impeccable, she lowered her head and said something to the eldest grandson Lingfang gently, the princess's face was red to the root of her ears, and she couldn't speak.

Emperor Jianyuan and the empress were naturally happy to see the children and their husbands and wives in harmony, and the empress lovingly said a lot of things to the eldest grandson Lingfang, which was not much different from what Zhiying had heard before, but she didn't care too much.

Suddenly, Concubine Duan, who was sitting on the side, said: "The princess's body looks really weak, it just so happened that a few days ago Xuanzhou sent some New Year's goods, there are good Ejiao in it, I turned around and called a box of moon bags to send over, and I can recuperate and recuperate more on weekdays, so as to give birth to a white and chubby child for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as soon as possible." ”

As soon as the eldest grandson Lingfang heard this, she buried her head, her fingers clutching her sleeves, and she was so nervous that she couldn't speak.

Zhiying frowned, Concubine Duan was obviously deliberately stimulating the queen, but when the person who became the topic was her own sister, it didn't sound very pleasant.

The queen was considerate of her daughter-in-law, beckoned her eldest grandson Lingfang to approach, and then took her little hand and said: "Don't worry, Lingfang is only fourteen this year, the affairs of the East Palace are complicated, and it is not easy to learn, don't get tired The body is serious, and the child will not be nervous later, doesn't Jie'er already have a son and a daughter?" ”

Concubine Duan Ying smiled again: "That being said, there is a difference between the concubine and the concubine after all, Niangniang, you say yes?" ”

The queen's expression was stunned, and before she could speak, Emperor Jianyuan said: "What Concubine Duan said is reasonable, Ling Fang, go back and ask the imperial doctor to check your pulse, prescribe a prescription to recuperate, eat more nourishing things, and make your body strong, you know?" ”

The eldest grandson Lingfang hurriedly agreed, Cui Jie smiled and diverted into the words: "It's Erchen's negligence, he didn't take good care of Lingfang, plus the drought in the south has been continuous this year, and the Erchen is really lacking in skills, and the time to accompany Lingfang is also a little less, please rest assured, Erchen and Lingfang will definitely let you hold your grandson in the coming year." ”

Tsk, listening to what he said, he relieved his daughter-in-law again, and expressed his righteous position of putting the country first and then the small family, and he had an extraordinary gentleman's demeanor - if he didn't know that Ling Fang couldn't give birth to a child because he was behind his back, Zhiying was quite disdainful in her heart, and now no matter what Cui Jie does, she can only feel two words, hypocrisy.

Cui Jie's words were unanimously praised by Emperor Jianyuan, the empress, and Concubine Duan, and the eldest grandson Lingfang timidly returned to him and retreated with him.

"Xuan, King Wu, Princess Wu, toast to the palace."

When it was his turn, Zhiying got up with Cui Yi's outstretched arm, and stepped forward to be tested with an elegant demeanor no less than that of the previous life.