Chapter Seventy-Three: The Double Ninth Feast

Lin Yao angrily poked the kingfisher in the cage with the hairpin in his hand, because the cage was small, the kingfisher had nowhere to hide, and died tragically in the cage with the last cry.

"Tsk, it's really unlucky, dispose of it for this palace!"

"Yes, concubine."

Yuanzhu called the palace maid to take the birdcage out. This time Jiang Wan's sudden promotion, no one in the palace has ever received news, as if it was just a whim of Lu Zhixing.

Lin Yao's sense of crisis was even heavier, after so long, not only did she fail to be favored, but instead let Jiang Wan grow stronger, which was beyond her original plan.

"It seems that we have to do something, go and call Ju Changzai to the main palace."

Because Jiang Wan was promoted to Anhui concubine, her grade was many times higher than Xia Yahan, and Xia Yahan was also extremely resentful in her heart. Jiang Wan, who was originally as humble as her, has now become a mother of the sixth grade, and she is still the one who is rejected by His Majesty.

"I'm not reconciled, why can Jiang Wan be so favored by His Majesty, but His Majesty doesn't even have a trace of affection for me!"

Xia Yahan turned out all the things she had embroidered before, threw them on the ground and trampled them fiercely, those were what she once wanted to give to Lu Zhixing.

"Your Majesty, he should love me, I love him so much, I can't compare to Jiang Wan!"

"Master, calm down!"

"Get out, get out of here!" Xia Yahan had already fallen into madness, she only had hatred for Jiang Wan and Lu Zhixing, jealousy of Jiang Wan, and unwillingness to ignore Lu Zhixing, "I know you all laugh at me, you all wait, as long as I get rid of Jiang Wan, Your Majesty will only love me alone, hahahaha!" ”

Mo'er was pushed aside by Xia Yahan, looking at Xia Yahan, who was completely unfamiliar in front of her, and a tear slipped from the corner of Mo'er's eye.

"Can you live in the house?" Yuan Zhu's voice came from outside the house, "The concubine is invited." ”

As soon as Xia Yahan heard that it was Lin Yao looking for her, she straightened out her appearance and walked out, "I'll go over now." ”

Xia Yahan took Mo'er to the Guifei Palace, and Lin Yao told Xia Yahan straight to the point that she had a plan to implement at the Chongyang Palace banquet.

"If this plan is successful, then Jiang Wan will definitely be ruined and have no place to be buried."

Lin Yao's face was sinister and fierce, and at this moment she was like a demon fox who had exhausted all her skills. Xia Yahan looked at Lin Yao, with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Don't worry, Concubine Niangniang, Jiang Wan will definitely be ruined in this palace banquet."

"Your Majesty, the concubine asks to see you."

Lu Zhixing was in the imperial study to review the folds, and the chief manager came in to report. He thought about not seeing it, but he heard the chief manager say that Lin Yao would stay outside the door and wait for him to come out. Quite helpless, he frowned and let Lin Yao in.

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen Your Majesty for a long time, and my concubines miss Your Majesty very much."

Since Lin Yao drugged him last time, he has been estranged from Lin Yao, and he doesn't like such a woman.

"If there is something, I will say that I still have official business to deal with."

"The concubine is here to discuss with His Majesty about the Chongyang Palace banquet."

"You don't have to worry about this, Chongyang Palace banquet, I have already ordered the Anhui concubine to make arrangements, you are so good to rest in the palace."

When Lin Yao heard Lu Zhixing say this, her face instantly turned unsightly, but she recovered in time, so she didn't let Lu Zhixing see anything.

"In previous years, it was arranged by concubines."

"Do you have any objections to my decision?"

"No, the concubine retired."

Lin Yao looked at Lu Zhixing's slightly gloomy expression, knowing that he couldn't continue to talk, so he left the imperial study with interest. Lin Yao wanted this errand, but Jiang Wan didn't want it. She just wants to nest in Luoyun Xuan and relax, and she doesn't want to be a mother.

"The day after tomorrow is the Chongyang Palace banquet, it seems that I have to find someone to help me."

Jiang Wan took Ping'er to a palace, and a palace maid greeted him.

"It turned out to be Concubine Wanniang, but you came to find Concubine De Niangniang?"

"Exactly, the trouble is passed on by the moon."

In the memory of the original owner, Concubine De was married to Fang Fujin when Lu Zhixing was still the prince, and later became the side princess. has always been respectful to Lu Zhixing and the original owner, so that people can't find faults.

Concubine De came from the family of Lu Zhixing's husband, Li Shangshu, who is usually silent, but proficient in the method of calculation. When he was in the palace, Jiang Wan, as a middle feeder, had always been helped by Concubine De.

Concubine De had previously interceded for the original owner when she was framed, but she was punished by Lu Zhixing at the instigation of Lin Yao. Since then, Concubine De has not appeared much, and I heard that she believes in Buddhism like the Queen Mother. The palace banquet and the like no longer came forward, and Lu Zhixing knew that he couldn't stand her, so he didn't care about it.

"Concubine Wanniang, please come in."

Lanyue opened the palace door and invited Jiang Wan and Ping'er to enter. Concubine De walked out of the inner room, and her appearance was the same as before.

"Queen Mother, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Concubine De, you can't talk nonsense, the concubine is just a concubine now, and she is no longer a queen."

Jiang Wan smiled, Concubine De was still the gentle and quiet talker, and pulled Jiang Wan to sit down on the side.

"It's a good thing that the concubines can be gradually promoted, and the palace is also happy about it."

"Concubine De's body, has it been better lately?"

"It's still the same, but it's not so weak."

Because Concubine De interceded for Jiang Wan, she asked Lin Yao to borrow Lu Zhixing's hand and let her kneel in front of the Taiji Palace. When a heavy rain came, she fell seriously ill and almost lost her life.

"I don't know why the concubine came?"

After Jiang Wan was reborn, she didn't come to Concubine De's Jiayun Palace again, because her relationship with her was only at the level of the original owner, and she didn't have to move.

"Your Majesty asked the concubines to arrange the Chongyang banquet, and it used to be Concubine De's mother to help, and the concubines couldn't do it alone, so I wanted to ask Concubine De Niangniang to come forward to guide the concubines."

Concubine De smiled when she heard that Jiang Wan was here because of this, although Jiang Wan was different from before, she still couldn't cope with it here.

Concubine De may not have stepped out of Jiayun Palace for a long time, so she readily agreed to Jiang Wan's request.

Jiang Wan, with the help of Concubine De, arranged the Double Ninth Banquet very properly. Lu Zhixing looked at the arrangement of the palace people, and also brought some smiles.

The Double Ninth Feast is actually mainly held for harem women, which can reunite them with their families. Because although the former dynasty and the harem are one, they must also be independent.

Harem concubines are not allowed to contact outside the palace without authorization, and former courtiers are not allowed to enter the harem without authorization.

At the Chongyang banquet, Concubine De, who had not appeared for a long time, now appeared in the seat rarely. The fourth concubine Lin Yao is the leader, followed by Concubine De, Concubine Shu, and Concubine Xian.

Because there is no imperial concubine and queen for the time being, Lu Zhixing is only the queen mother by his side. Originally, Xia Yahan and Jiang Wan's seats were together, but now that Jiang Wan is promoted, the seats are much farther away from Xia Yahan.

Courtiers and male dependents are one hall, and female dependents and concubines are one hall. After a few simple polite words, Lu Zhixing left and went to the men's hall to start the banquet.

"Come on, move the seat of the concubine to the mourning house."

Because Jiang Wan did not have relatives to attend the Double Ninth Festival, the Queen Mother cherished Jiang Wan and was afraid that she would be sad because of this, so she wanted to comfort Jiang Wan.

"Wan'er, now that Your Majesty cares about you, you have to seize the opportunity."

"Yes, the concubine remembers the teachings of the Queen Mother."

Jiang Wan didn't want to dismiss the queen mother's face at the banquet, so he vaguely agreed. The Queen Mother looked at Jiang Wan's well-behaved and obedient appearance, and suddenly burst into tears, "I've been suffering you for so long." ”

What she felt sorry for Jiang Wan was that Lu Zhixing had believed in Lin Yao's vicious woman before, and sent her into the cold palace, and it was only after so much time that she finally treated Jiang Wan well again and raised Jiang Wan's grade back.

Now in this palace, Jiang Wan is finally really a mother who can speak.

"The concubine is not bitter, today's Double Ninth Banquet, the Queen Mother should not be sad."

Lin Yao and Xia Yahan looked at Jiang Wan and the Queen Mother's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's affectionate appearance, and they were even more jealous in their hearts. Why do royal people like Jiang Wan so much, but they just have a good-looking face. Now that the Jiang family is no longer in the capital, what can they do to help Lu Zhixing.

"Jiang Wan, you laugh, you won't be able to laugh soon."

Xia Yahan's eyes were gloomy, staring at Jiang Wan. Jiang Wan sensed a chill, she looked over, but didn't find anything abnormal. At this time, a palace maid with cloth vegetables buttoned the dish plate on Jiang Wan's clothes.

"How do you do things?"

The queen mother was shocked and wanted to reprimand the palace maid, who hurriedly knelt on the ground to apologize to Jiang Wan.

"Wan Concubine Niangniang forgives the sin, the slave didn't mean it, the slave and the maid served at the banquet for the first time, and they were too nervous."

"It's okay, it's just a change of clothes."

"The slave will take the maid to change her clothes."

Jiang Wan didn't think much about it, so he led Ping'er to follow behind the palace maid. The maid led them to a secluded palace with few people around.

When Jiang Wan entered the palace, he found that Ping'er did not follow up.

"The slave and maid asked Aunt Hi'er to go back and get you a change of clothes, you can change the dirty clothes first, and the slave and maid will go out first."

Before Jiang Wan could say anything, the palace maid left quickly. Jiang Wan didn't think much about it, so she took off her dirty dress first and wore only a shirt.

"How can you be so dizzy?"

Jiang Wan held her forehead, something was not quite right with her, and the things in front of her were blurred.

"Hire'er, why haven't you come back?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Wan fell on the bed, unconscious.

"Ling Kite, what's wrong with you, Ling Kite?"

When Jiang Wan woke up again, he saw Lu Zhiye's nervous expression. She struggled to get up, she had just fallen into a coma. But why is Lu Ye here?

"I was called here by a palace maid, saying that someone wanted to see me, but I didn't expect that when I came in, I found that you were lying here and couldn't wake you up."

Jiang Wan rubbed his head, which was still a little dizzy, thought carefully about everything that happened, and suddenly exclaimed, "It's not good, we have fallen for it!" ”

Lu Zhiye's face was also not good-looking after hearing this, and he hurriedly went to look at the door, but found that the door was locked.

"Tsk, I didn't expect to be calculated."

At this time, both Jiang Wan and Lu Zhiye heard a noisy voice that was gradually approaching.

"Open the door."

It was the voice of Lu Zhixing.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Wan Niangniang ordered the slaves and maids to guard here, and they can't open the door."

Jiang Wan and Lu Zhiye could hear the voice of the palace maid who had been in contact with them before. The faces of the two of them are very ugly, and the scene of their lonely men and widows is absolutely unclear.