In this way, on the second day, Xia Yuke, as usual, came to the queen's palace early to say goodbye. Xia Yuke thought that the queen would be exhausted when she organized such a big banquet alone, so she made some food and brought it over.

However, at this time, the queen was so busy that she hit the back of her head, and she couldn't open her mind to eat, so she ran to the backyard to see if the decoration of the table was arranged, and then ran to the small kitchen to see if the ingredients of the dishes were prepared properly, and then ran to the music to see the program list and rehearsal progress of the dinner, for fear that something would go wrong at the state banquet. But she never imagined that the biggest fork in the state banquet appeared on Xia Yuke behind her, and this banquet carefully prepared by her became a trap carefully designed by the Song family for Xia Yuke, just waiting for her to drill into it.

There was still an hour left before the dinner began, and Xia Yuke stayed in the queen's side hall all day waiting for the banquet to start.

For banquets, there is a special courtyard in the palace, which is not far from the palace where the queen is located.

In the evening, Xia Yuke changed his clothes and prepared to attend the dinner, and came to the courtyard with the help of the painting screen. The concubines of the various palaces also came one after another, and they took advantage of the fact that the officials in the court did not come, and walked to their positions.

After a while, all the officials of the court, large and small, as long as they were discussing with the emperor in the chamber of the Qinzheng Palace, had to attend the state banquet. They also brought their wives to the banquet, and after greeting for a while, they walked to their places.

From the perspective of ancient times, the status of women can be expressed, and they value the dignity of their concubines. This husband can only marry one formal wife, and the concubine room, the outer room of the raising, and the general room can only be regarded as the maid of the lady of the main room, and she has to serve the lady. The wife of the main room can wantonly beat and bully and give birth to children, and can only be raised in the main room to call the lady of the main room her mother, and call the biological mother her aunt, so the concubine cannot attend the banquet.

The concubines in the palace can only be beauties or above, and those who are named side concubines can participate, because they are considered the emperor's concubines, and the beauties are counted as having a room.

This Xia Yuke, as the prince's side concubine, as the prince's concubine, was not allowed to participate, but the emperor had a saying before, if Xia Yuke gave birth to the first child in the East Palace safely, he would be directly registered as the crown princess. Moreover, first, aside from her status as the crown prince's concubine, she is also the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion and is eligible to participate in the banquet; Second, today's queen treats her like a daughter, and with the permission of the emperor and queen, naturally no one will speak.

After the official's family and the concubines in the palace were seated, with a message, the emperor and queen walked out of the inner hall, and everyone knelt down: "See Your Majesty, see Niangniang!" ”

After the emperor and queen took the throne, the emperor said to the people at the bottom of the steps: "All the ministers are flat, give the seat!" ”

The kneeling crowd in the audience stood up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty! "Go all over to your seat.

When the music plays, the first program of the music division follows, followed by the second and third. Here, the emperor chatted with his ministers: "The reason why this year's autumn banquet has been delayed for a month, and now it is held again, is because this time the border not only defeated the enemy army, but also regained the homeland that I had lost for many years, and held a celebration banquet. Although it is a state banquet today, there is no courtesy of monarchs and ministers on the banquet, and all Aiqing has let go of playing and does not have to be restrained. ”

When the ministers and concubines heard this, although they knew that this was the emperor's face, they also respectfully got up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Just after the ministers took their seats, Song Yunshan of the Song family, that is, Song Yao's father, and Song Meiren's elder brother saw the dress Xia Yuke was wearing, and said: "Concubine Xia's dress today is really eye-opening!" I don't know that a side concubine in the palace is now wearing the dress of the master of the main room? ”

Xia Yuke was stunned when he heard this, this is obviously your sister and your daughter forced it into me, and I have to wear it at today's banquet, but now you are here to say that I am wearing inappropriate clothes, what kind of thing is this? got up and saluted the emperor and queen, and said to Song Yunshan: "This Lord Song may not know, this dress is not a concubine, it was the crown princess and Song Meiren in front of the queen a few days ago, and insisted on giving it to the concubine, so that the concubine could wear it at the state banquet. ”

This is Song Meiren said to her brother: "Yes, brother, this is true, it was my sister who saw Concubine Xia was pregnant, and the material and texture of this dress were excellent, so she gave this dress to Concubine Xia." ”

Song Yunshan was angry, thinking that this dress was a design draft that he asked for many people, and came back to give it to Han Shangfu of the Shangfu Bureau to sew it by hand, and he didn't know how many silver taels were used in the middle, just to let his sister show off her style at this state banquet. But he actually let his own sister send his daughter's love rival, and his daughter also agreed, and he didn't expect it himself. Hearing that Song Meiren was still excusing her, she was really angry. But even if this Song Yunshan has thousands of fires, it can't break out at this time, otherwise it won't make the emperor angry and scold him on this good day, well, it would be really disappointing. Song Yunshan stepped forward and gathered his body, "That's as a gift for Concubine Xia's congratulations!" ”

Hearing this, Xia Yuke got up and saluted Song Yunshan, and said, "Then thank Lord Song." ”

Song Yunshan picked up the wine on the table and drank it all, and now putting on this indignant face is just pretending, if you want to do things without implicating yourself, the best thing is to keep yourself out of the matter.

In the eyes of others, this Song Yunshan must have hated Xia Yuke very much at the moment, he spent a lot of money, and he did not hesitate to throw away his face to seek heights, just to make his sister show off at the state banquet. But now, this benefit has made Xia Yuke pick up a ready-made one, how can Song Yunshan not hate? It's not that this outsider looks down on Song Yunshan's vicious methods, but that our so-called "Uncle Guo" has always been a white lotus in the officialdom, and has always referred to Sang scolding Huai and killing people with a knife.

After a while, Xia Yuke only felt a little dizzy, thinking that the "clear knife and secret gun" at this banquet was too boring and sleepy, so he stood up and saluted the emperor and queen, and said: "Father, mother, the son felt a little tired, so he wanted to go to the side hall to eat some fruit water and rest. ”

The queen looked at Xia Yuke's face a little bad, and said with concern: "You are pregnant now, and you are inconvenient to work, go and rest." It's just that Bengong doesn't look very good at you, do you need to call a doctor to take a look? ”

Xia Yuke thought that he should call a doctor, but he still waited for the banquet to return to the East Palace and then invite it, now that there is a big banquet in the main hall, she a woman with a big belly invited the doctor in the side hall, wouldn't it give people with a heart more opportunities to chew their tongues? Then he said: "No need for the queen mother, everything is fine with the concubine, but she is a little sleepy, just thank you in the side hall." After speaking, he saluted, and helped her into the warm pavilion of the side hall by the painting screen.

On the top of this main hall, the ministers were talking about the affairs of the court in pairs. As for the family members, they are talking about the shortcomings of the family, who is the youngest of the family today, and who is the family tomorrow. Needless to say, the concubines in the harem are also talking in groups of three or two, and the topic can't get around the Song family and Xia Yuke after all.

At this moment, Xia Yuke was drinking the fruit tea that had just been warmed up in the side hall, after all, she couldn't eat indiscriminately while pregnant. Xia Yuke was drinking fruit tea while thinking that the decision was not so simple. This seems to be the Song family who has buried a comfort zone for her, waiting for her to jump by herself. But what is the problem? She couldn't think of it, her head sank again when she thought about it, she looked at the gorgeous dress she was wearing, and suddenly stood up as if she was suddenly open: "Not good! ”

On the side, he was leisurely drawing a screen, but he was really jumped, and said, "What's wrong, Miss?" ”

For a while, Xia Yuke's face turned pale in an instant, and he said eagerly to the painting screen: "Quick, painting screen, go and prepare a set of clothes, change this dress for me, hurry!" ”

Seeing that Xia Yuke's face suddenly turned so pale, he was also anxious, and hurriedly helped Xia Yuke to sit down, and said, "Yes, miss, the slave will go and order someone to bring you clothes, and then call Imperial Doctor Zhao over!" ”

Xia Yuke felt that something was wrong, so he said: "Just ask someone to bring my clothes over, don't be too loud, don't let too many people know, be careful!" ”

Picture screen hurriedly responded, "Yes!" And he trotted out of the door and commanded.

Xia Yuke ordered everyone in the side hall to withdraw and guard outside the door, leaving only the three of them in the inner hall, Ling'er and her, and told Ling'er to take off her clothes and put them on for herself, Ling'er immediately took off her underwear, and changed her clothes and pants to Xia Yuke's body, so the two changed their clothes and waited for the maid to come over with new clothes.

Xia Yuke originally thought that the problem was in this dress, but he also put his mind at ease after changing it like this, so he returned to the main hall with the help of the painting screen without waiting for Imperial Doctor Zhao to come over.

The queen saw that Xia Yuke's face was pale, and asked with concern: "Ke'er, this palace doesn't look very good at you, are you okay?" ”

Xia Yuke replied with a smile: "The concubine body is just a little bored, it's not a big deal, the imperial doctor said that this is normal, and the mother is worried!" ”

Only then did the queen put her mind at ease, and ordered: "Okay, then let's take the seat!" ”

Xia Yuke blessed his body and said, "Yes! She got up and walked to her seat, but she had just walked to the table, and before she could sit down, the picture screen screamed.

"Mother, mother, blood...... Our master is bleeding! ”

The queen thought to herself that something was wrong, and that the child was already seven months old...... Immediately said: "Don't pass on the imperial doctor yet!" ”

After finishing speaking, the people in the hall were like frying a pot, and when the emperor saw this, he said: "Zhongqing will retire with his family first!" ”