Chinese New Year's Eve

Fang Yuan took the pregnant Chen Yuanyuan back to the palace in Suzhou City three days ago.

The most festive day of the year, the Spring Festival, arrives, and the entire royal palace is full of joy, and the male servants and maids are all dressed in new clothes and ready to welcome the Chinese New Year's Eve feast.

The princess even set up ten tables for banquets in the inner courtyard of the Canglang Pavilion, twenty tables of flowing water seats for banquets in the outer courtyard, and the guards of the palace guards, and the male servants and maids serving can take turns to eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

The largest and most sumptuous seat is set up in the lobby, and a table of eight immortals is set up, and the two people who are arranged to sit are Fang Yuan and the princess, the concubine Chen Yuanyuan, and the four children of Fang He, Fang Mu, Fang Lin, and Fang Yu.

Ma Yishan, Wang Chengen, and Mama Liang served behind everyone.

There are a total of eight seats at a table of eight immortals, and there are only seven people sitting at the moment, and there is still one empty seat, which is very conspicuous.

Who this empty seat is for, Fang Yuan, the princess, and even Ma Yishan and the others all know it, but Fang Yuan and the princess didn't speak, and no one could say it, so they could only hold it in their hearts.

Fang He's whining cry rang out, "What about Mother? I want a mother! ”

His immature cry echoed in the lobby, and Fang Yuan stroked the wine glass with a solemn expression, without saying a word. He promised the princess that all the affairs of the backyard would be left to the princess. The princess wanted Xiaoyuan to come to the banquet, and it was inconvenient for him to go beyond the bounds.

All eyes fell on the princess, waiting for her will.

The princess suddenly smiled and said, "On such a festive day, if there is one person missing, it will not be lively. ”

"Princess, go to the cold palace and invite Mrs. Yuan to the table!"

Wang Chengen hurriedly responded respectfully, and sent two little eunuchs to the cold palace to bring Xiaoyuan to the banquet.

Fang Yuan took out a scroll from his arms, handed it to Ma Yishan, and said unhurriedly, "Old Ma, this is a royal family banquet, and it has nothing to do with you." You still have important business, go ahead! ”

Ma Yishan was a little stunned, hurriedly took the volume, put it in his arms without looking at it, and took the order away.

In less than a quarter of an hour, two little eunuchs entered the lobby with Xiao Yuan. Xiao Yuan was not dressed today, but wore a plain pink shirt, and only wore a simple wooden hairpin on his head.

Her outfit was out of step with today's festive feast.

But others may not be able to see the clue, but Fang Yuan recognized Xiao Yuan's outfit at a glance, which was actually the set of clothes she wore when the two met for the first time. At that time, she was still waiting for the price to sell, and the little thin horse who came to serve Fang Yuan's drinking, naturally did not have too gorgeous clothes, just like today's simplicity.

Fang Yuan met her eyes, his thoughts returned to the peach garden seven years ago, his nose was slightly sour, and he held back his tears and did not flow out, but the wine glass in his hand fell on the table, the wine spilled all over him, and the king's clothes were stained with wine.

The princess saw Fang Yuan's expression in her eyes, but she was still unmoved, and said leisurely, "Don Ma, why are you so careless, go to the back hall to change into a royal robe!" ”

The matter of serving and changing clothes is usually not done by the wife, but by the concubine and the maidservant, and Chen Yuanyuan is pregnant and cannot serve.

Mama Liang opened her mouth and said, "The regent will go with me to change clothes!" ”

Xiao Yuan suddenly said, "It's better for me to serve Gongzi and change clothes!" ”

The princess took a sip of her tea, noncommittal to the proposal. Fang Yuan also pointed to Xiao Yuan, and asked Xiao Yuan to go to the back hall to change clothes together.

The two walked to the back hall under the leadership of the palace maid, and they were silent all the way, without anything to say. It wasn't until he entered the changing room that Fang Yuan ordered the accompanying palace maids to retreat and enter with Xiao Yuan.

Serving Fang Yuan to change clothes has always been Xiao Yuan's business before, and for so many years, she has already been familiar with it, so she stepped forward and began to untie Fang Yuan's wide clothes.

Fang Yuan smelled the faint fragrance emanating from her body, it was still a familiar smell, a smell that he had liked very much over the years. With his heart rippling, he couldn't help but ask, "Mrs. Yuan, are you still used to living in the cold palace these days?!" There is no shortage of yours for daily use! ”

Xiao Yuan skillfully dressed him, and replied softly, "There is nothing that I am not used to, a few years ago in Yaxing, even this kind of cold palace life is a luxury." Where there is no child, there are cold palaces everywhere. ”

Fang Yuan also trembled slightly when he heard her love words, which were not sweet words, and asked, "Mrs. Yuan, why are you unwilling to reconcile with the princess, you have to go to this day irretrievably?!" Is the position of Lady of the Main Room really so important to you?! ”

Xiao Yuan was stunned, and said softly, "Childe still doesn't understand at this moment, what I'm fighting for is not the position of the lady in the main room, but the status in Childe's heart!" Childe gave the princess the lady of the main room, and if you don't give it to me, it is in Childe's heart, the princess is more important than me! I can tolerate Childe having other women, but I can't stand it, Childe has other women in his heart who are more important than me! ”

Fang Yuan sighed, "Mrs. Yuan! I gave the lady of the main room to the princess, it was from the overall situation of the military and politics, not that her status was higher than yours. ”

Xiao Yuan put the royal clothes he took off on the hanger for him, took out the brand new royal clothes, and said leisurely, "Childe is lying to himself." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty abolished the noble-born Chen Ajiao and set up Wei Zifu, who was born as a courtesan, regardless of the overall military and political situation? Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, abolished the queen from a famous family, and established his mother Wu Zetian, regardless of the overall military and political situation? Emperor Xianzong of this dynasty, for the sake of Wan Zhen'er, who was born as a palace maid, abolished Empress Wu, and ignored the overall situation of the military and politics? If the son likes it, he likes it, why bother to shirk the overall situation of the military and politics?! ”

"Childe, in fact, the princess and I are all the way! She would rather stay at the Taihu base for two years than return home, isn't she also putting pressure on Gongzi, who must admit her status as the wife of the main room before she stops. Childe never blames the princess, but he comes to accuse me, this is Childe's eccentric princess! ”

Fang Yuan was speechless when he heard it, he was worried about military affairs all the time, he really didn't care about the details of these children's love, but he didn't expect these two women to be as careful as a hair, and they all felt it.

He smiled bitterly and said, "Mrs. Yuan, the princess has at least one thing to say, and she is more sincere than you, and she will not be like you, unscrupulous to achieve her goals!" ”

Xiao Yuan sneered and said, "Childe, princess, she is indeed straightforward, and she has indeed not done anything evil. However, it was not because she was kind-hearted, but because she was of noble birth and had a father who was the emperor, and forcibly arranged for her to be the best wishful husband in the world. She has all the good things of a woman alone, and she doesn't need to pretend at all. And I was born in Yaxing, and came out of the sea of blood of countless sisters' corpses, if I hadn't pretended, if I hadn't been ruthless, I would have died ten times eight times. Childe asked himself, is it unfair to my father-in-law to compare me and the princess like this?! ”

Fang Yuan saw that she was so stubborn, and he was speechless. Of course, if you want to refute it, Fang Yuan can't refute it, the two daughters are from different backgrounds and grow up in different environments, but they are measured by the same standard, which is really unfair to Xiaoyuan.

Fang Yuan grabbed her fragrant shoulder, stared into her eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Mrs. Yuan, let me ask you one last time, if you told a hundred lies before, I only hope this one is true." You really don't think what you did before was wrong?! ”

Xiao Yuan met his gaze and said slowly, "Childe, the scale in everyone's heart is different. In Childe's view, of course, the personal affairs of children are not as good as military affairs, and the people of the world. But in my opinion, without Gongzi, what are the people of the world left to do? Don't say that tens of thousands of people are dead, but hundreds of thousands of people, millions, tens of millions of people, and I won't frown. ”

"Of course, in Childe's eyes, I must be extremely evil and incorrigible."

Fang Yuan was silent when he heard it, Fang Yuan had also heard the same thing before crossing over, the president of a certain big country had publicly said that without Russia, what is the use of keeping the world?

Whether this is right or wrong, the benevolent see the benevolent and the wise see the wise, and it is difficult for Fang Yuan to judge. If this is true, what is wrong with Xiao Yuan's idea?! The only difference is that she actually puts it into action.

Just when Fang Yuan fell silent, Xiao Yuan leaned into his lips, kissed him lightly on the lips, and then stretched out his slender hand to gently caress his cheeks, his watery eyes were already full of tears, "This may be the last time I will change my son's clothes." ”

Xiao Yuan stroked it for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand back, the tenderness on his pink face was no longer there, but was replaced by an indifferent and resolute color, "Okay, Childe, the banquet has begun!" ”