It is also the New Year, and the New Year's dinner in the palace is grand, and the atmosphere is much worse.

On the morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the concubines of Shou'an Palace arrived at Cining Palace early. On weekdays, the queen mother doesn't like to be lively, and the concubines don't come often. Under the New Year, they all looked at each other, and without waiting to say hello, all the fun people arrived.

The concubines were brought by the queen to greet the queen mother and the concubine, and then led by the queen mother, and waited neatly for the emperor to sacrifice their ancestors together, and returned to Chonghua Palace for breakfast. When the emperor is done outside, it is almost time to celebrate the New Year's dinner.

When the emperor came up, the queen took the harem concubines to accompany the queen mother and the concubines to talk happily and have snacks. Seeing him coming, the queen mother said with a smile, "The emperor has worked hard for a year, so today he can put down political affairs and accompany us to have a reunion dinner." ”

The emperor doesn't go to the harem much, and some concubines only see him once or twice a year from afar, and they can't even talk. At this time, he came, and it was lively and lively, and the whole house was whispering, and it was suddenly a lot quieter.

The queen is an extremely smart person, and the harmony of the concubine is the queen's ability, and the queen's virtuous name is on it. In addition, she knew that the emperor was a cold person, so she had to rely on her to ease the atmosphere at this time.

"Just now, Huang Jinni also said that this year, Haiqing Heyan, the river work is smooth everywhere, and there is no water. The minions and the sisters of the harem have thoughts, and now in the New Year, the master will reward us with a lot of money. ”

The emperor looked indifferent, as if he didn't notice the coldness on the seat, after greeting the queen mother's concubines, he sat down, looked around, his eyes fell on He Guifei, slightly bowed, took a bite of steamed cheese on the side and said, "This year's wind and rain are smooth, and the things are abundant, it is a good year." Speaking of river workers, the concubine's brother has contributed a lot this year, and the dredging and governance is very good, and I also look forward to the concerted efforts of the former dynasty and the harem, which can be more harmonious and peaceful, which is the blessing of Great Xia. ”

The queen gritted her teeth and got up in embarrassment and responded with a "whoosh". She didn't expect that her casual compliment would lead to the credit of the concubine brothers. The emperor is always like this now, he loves the concubine, and she is the only one in his eyes and mouth. Peace and peace? Now the only person who can often see him in the harem is the concubine, and even he only sees him twice a month on the first day of the fifteenth lunar month. Now that the harem has long been in mourning, how can she be appeased?

The queen mother is used to playing rounds, "The year is busy, and there are a lot of trivial matters in the harem." The queen took care of it very well. It would be nice to have another heir next year. Turning his head to the concubines of the palace, "This is also where you do your best for the emperor." The most important thing for the royal family is to spread out the leaves. ”

The queen came over affectionately and took the hand of the concubine, and got up with all the concubines to respond.

Concubine Gongshun said with a smile, "I have been meditating and cultivating Buddha for many years, and I rarely come out to meet people. When I saw it today, there was such a complete child, come," she pointed to the concubine, "let me take a closer look, this fleshy skin, how watery." ”

The queen hurriedly pulled the concubine to the imperial concubine Gongshun, "What the concubine said is that the sister of the apple is painful, and she has only been in the palace for three months, so it's strange that you haven't seen it." Next year, this will be scattered, but it will all point to my sister. ”

The concubine's cheeks were red, and she glanced at the emperor with a peek, and saw him smiling at herself, and her face turned even redder.

After a while, the banquet was ready, and everyone went to the Baohe Palace.

The Imperial Concubine Gongshun smiled and helped the Queen Mother to walk, and said wistfully, "In the blink of an eye, we have been in the palace for more than 20 years." Seeing these children today, it reminds me of the time when we first entered the palace, and I didn't understand anything. ”

The Queen Mother was also a little confused, "No, this counts, the deep palace has been twenty years... Every year, the food is placed in the Qianqing Palace, and this year the emperor suddenly said that he wanted to move the place, and I was still a little unhappy. I'm still wondering, maybe it's because I'm old, or I miss the old... I still remember that when the concubine entered the palace, she was like the child Cai Apple, a person like a hibiscus flower. ”

The two of them have their own feelings.

The queen mother also welcomed the concubine in this way. The first emperor was the concubine he met when he was the prince, and the two of them almost didn't make a private decision for life, and later the queen mother was the master, saying that the queen mother's life was precious and more suitable for the concubine. For this, Shengsheng forced the concubine to marry.

When I was young, my heart was the same as the wine, it was green at the time, but it lasted for a long time. If the Empress Dowager doesn't stop it, she may not be able to do anything, but what she can't get is engraved in her heart in the end. The concubine married a non-human, and she was quickly widowed, and the emperor didn't know where to know, so she entered the palace like this.

Fortunately, the queen mother already had a son at that time, so although the concubine was favored after entering the palace, she quickly gave birth to the second prince Guanglu, but she failed to shake the status of the queen mother.

When the imperial concubine heard the three words of hibiscus flower, she said embarrassedly, "The queen mother, don't make fun of me anymore, these children are peony hibiscus." ”

In the end, the peony is going to overwhelm the crowd after all, and the hibiscus is finally scattered in the canal.

The queen mother won the grievance. When she was young, she also complained about the concubine in her heart, but she knew that she knew that this was a helpless thing, without hibiscus, there would be begonias, magnolias, and cloves, since the concubine was willing to bow her head in the end, she didn't plan to care anymore. The winner has his own winner's attitude, not to mention, he can't go around the Queen Mother.

Since the death of the first emperor, the empress dowager has been in poor health, and now she has moved to the Old Summer Palace to recuperate. Over the years, he didn't ask about everything, and he didn't even come out to see people during the New Year, and he named himself a "Qingyun layman", reciting scriptures and worshipping Buddha every day.

This year's feast was held in the Bohol Hall, which was larger than in previous years, so six tables were set up to accompany the guests. The prince Baylor in Beijing called him, and the emperor meant, which showed that the royal family was affectionate.

The first dish of the New Year's meal is soup food. The soup is served in a pair of lacquer boxes, which means "auspicious in pairs". One box contains bird's nest red and white duck waist hot rice and japonica rice rice, and the other box contains bird's nest duck kidney soup and duck tofu soup. The queen mother, queen and emperor share the same rules, and the concubines only have one japonica rice porridge and mutton egg powder soup.

In front of the imperial concubine, there is only one copy like the concubines. It's the rule. She didn't mind, and used some japonica rice porridge at random, for fear of not being restrained, so she only used one bite. The horizontal and vertical feast is just a look, and you can't eat enough.

The concubine was placed by the emperor by the empress herself, she didn't love mutton, and she only used some japonica rice porridge. After a while, the eunuch took another cup of bird's nest and quietly handed it to her, which was a reward from the emperor. Knowing that she didn't like mutton, he specially asked someone to give it to her. The concubine blushed, but her heart was like drinking honey.

The holy favor is like this, since the emperor ascended the throne, he is the first person.

The Imperial Concubine Gongshun was close, and the corners of her eyes narrowed. However, a few years ago, there would be one more light on her dining table, and Xian Di Tete would give her a cup of soup and food, and at that time, she was also the only person in the emperor's heart. Feng Shui rotates, but the imperial concubine is no longer her and him.

After the banquet, the emperor first used a glass of wine, and everyone sang peace, saying auspiciousness, and the banquet dispersed.

The New Year's dinner began in Shenzheng, and it was still early to end the daylight. As when she came, there was no rumor, and the princess still held Lanxi's hand and walked back to Shou'an Palace slowly.

"Do you feel that Concubine He looks like a person?" Mama Lanxi suddenly asked.