Although the Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet is the end of the time, the first moment of noon to start the banquet, but in fact, the palace to the banquet is very hard, the women of each family have to get up after the fourth watch, after breakfast began to dress, after the fifth watch began to go out one after another, at the right time, the carriages of each house have been neatly lined up in the square in front of the palace gate.

At the beginning of the hour, the Xuanli Inner Supervisor Xuanli, the officials and wives got off the carriage, lined up according to their grades, entered the palace gate one after another, and then continued to wait quietly in the square in front of the Chongzheng Palace.

Of course, not everyone has to stand and wait for the emperor and queen, such as Mrs. Mu of the Anguo Mansion, as soon as she arrived at the square in front of the Chongzheng Palace, a small eunuch rushed over with a round stool to pass on the emperor's words and let Mrs. Mu sit and wait.

The ladies present were not older than Mrs. Mu, nor were they higher than Mrs. Mu, but they were the only ones who were given to sit and wait.

Several princes and concubines are still standing, but they are also not strange, still wearing a heavy crown of edicts, and complicated dresses, standing straight and waiting for the call.

After Chenzheng, the emperor and queen's royal chariot arrived at the Chongzheng Palace, and then the officials and women sang along with the inner supervisor of the Xuanli, and knelt three times and bowed nine times to the emperor and queen.

Immediately afterwards, the queen's royal chariot left and returned to the harem, the ministers stayed in the Chongzheng Palace, and the women's gate was led by the inner supervisor to walk into the harem from the side gate of the square outside the Chongzheng Palace, and waited in the side hall of the Yuyang Palace.

The queen will accept the invitation of the maid in the main hall of the Yuyang Palace, and the internal supervisor of the Yuyang Palace will lead the way, and enter the queen's palace in turn.

Of course, not everyone can go to the queen to ask for peace, generally speaking, the clan and the lady of the second rank or above will enter the Yuyang Palace to ask for peace, and the order below the second rank must be announced, and the queen cannot be seen without a summons.

For example, some people can give a seat and tea, chat with the queen's mother, and some people will return to the side hall and wait for the banquet at the end of the time.

There are not many ladies who are qualified to be given tea by the queen. Since Empress Wei became favored, there have been no newcomers in the harem for 20 years, and several concubines who stayed in the early years have long since fallen out of favor, and their families cannot enter the palace at leisure. Therefore, the people who can talk to the queen at the moment are the wives of the three prime ministers of the dynasty, the husbands and mothers-in-law of several princesses, and several princes and princesses, as well as the old lady Mu and the duchess of Anguo Mansion, as well as the wife of Gu University.

Empress Wei was almost forty years old, but she was well maintained. She originally had light eyebrows and eyes, and looked a little smaller, although she had given birth to four children now, she still looked like she was less than thirty and was in the prime of her youth. 's pure appearance, coupled with the charm of a mature woman, seems to make Queen Wei look a little more beautiful than when she was young.

Empress Wei's first child was the third princess who was nearly nineteen years old, followed by the seventeen-year-old sixth prince, then the nine-year-old seventh prince and the five-year-old fourth princess.

Down from the three princesses, except for Zheng Ying, the fifth prince of the former Empress Xie's widow, the rest of the princes and princesses were all born to Empress Wei. It is said that Queen Xie had fallen out of favor when she was pregnant with Zheng Ying that year, and the rest of the concubines were sent away early, and the current Queen Wei was the first and only person in the emperor's harem.

Speaking of which, the emperor's harem is really clean. The eldest princess and the second princess both married early, the husband's family is not honorable, the eldest prince and the second prince died early, the third prince was implicated by his biological mother and demoted to a concubine, the fourth prince was sick, and he has been raised in the hot spring palace, and he was critically ill in three days, and he was already twenty-three.

At present, the eldest prince in the palace is the fifth prince from the former Empress Xie, who is also seventeen years old, only five months older than the sixth prince. Queen Xie, who had fallen out of favor, died in childbirth, and the five princes were held by the kind-hearted Queen Wei under their knees, and they were carefully raised and raised.

The two princes are already seventeen, but the queen mother said that they should live in the palace for two more years, and they will not be in a hurry to marry a wife and leave the palace to open a mansion.

It seems that the queen really loves the five princes and the six princes, and she has mentioned it a few times in front of all the wives after a while.

"I remember September was Prince Li's birthday." Empress Wei smiled and looked at the princes and princesses sitting on the side.

One of the elderly ladies stood up and replied respectfully, "Yes!" I'm worried about it, it's not a whole birthday, and I don't plan to do a big deal in the house this year, I just plan to be lively and lively with my family. ”

Although this old lady is old, her complexion is ruddy, she looks very good, and she has no wrinkles, but her face is slightly sagging, and she is slightly fat, but her eyes are clear and bright, and if you look carefully at her facial features, she can still see that she was a bright beauty when she was young.

This old lady is the princess of Prince Li, and she looks like the Duchess of Anguo, who is her youngest biological daughter.

"How can this be done," Empress Wei smiled kindly: "The emperor also mentioned it two days ago, saying that Uncle Li Wang has worked hard to cultivate the museum over the years, and he wants to take advantage of Uncle Wang's birthday next month to reward Uncle Wang with Hanbi Manor on the outskirts of Beijing." ”

Uncle Wang? When Empress Wei said this, she startled Prince Li and Princess Li, and quickly knelt down, not daring to even say it. Prince Rei is the great-great-grandson of Sejong, and the fifteenth son of Sejong was named a prince after leaving the palace and opening the palace, and is the great-grandfather of the current Prince Ree.

The fifteenth son of Sejong is actually not a hereditary prince, Prince Li's grandfather did not attack the prince, but was named the prince of the county, Prince Li's father's generation, in fact, even the prince of the county could not be kept, or the emperor added a favor and retained the title of the prince of the county.

They are in the line of Prince Li, in fact, they are already a side branch of the clan, in terms of seniority, they are indeed the emperor's uncles, but there are a lot of side branches in the clan, and the prince of the county in their family has been attacked for two generations, and they are already a holy reward, what qualifications do they have to be named a prince?

Prince Li knew in her heart that this prince's prince was not because of their clan status, nor because of her family's royal rank, but because their daughter was married to Duke An Guo. Therefore, this sentence "Uncle Wang", the queen dared to call, and the princess and princess did not dare to respond.