According to the custom, no matter which dynasty or generation of emperors will hold a palace banquet during the New Year to reward the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

The courtiers who meet the criteria for participating in the palace banquet will bring their wives and daughters to the palace on the day of the palace banquet, and they celebrate the arrival of the New Year with the emperor, princes and princes in the main hall, and the relatives enter the harem to meet the queen mother, the queen and all the concubines and concubines.

Usually, there will be a banquet in the harem, but it is not necessary to invite all the family members who come to the palace to pay New Year's greetings, and most of the people who can stay to participate in the harem annual banquet are ladies with orders on their bodies, or they are selected to become the crown princess and the princess.

"If those low-level officials can participate in the annual banquet of the harem, it will be very honorable for them." Jin Miaomiao felt a little sleepy, curled up on the chaise longue as if she was sleeping, and said without much energy, "They can brag for at least a year!" ”

"Then you underestimate them too much, not to mention a year, for them, this kind of unattainable experience can be boasted of for a lifetime, even if the New Year's banquet they attended was not very pleasant, and even a little embarrassing."

Shen Cha raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Jin Miaomiao's confused energy, stood up and walked to the side of the chaise longue, and covered her with a thin blanket.

"Not very pleasant? A little awkward? Jin Miaomiao looked at the person standing beside her, "There is something in the words?" You just said that the old lady has been lying on the hospital bed for more than three months, and her body has completely recovered, and she is already preparing for the New Year, is it possible that the old lady is unwilling to be defeated by Emperor Jiaren, Emperor Chongde and King Tong, and wants to take revenge? ”

"Clever, exactly." Shen Cha smiled slightly, "Actually, her illness is not so serious at all, but she feels very aggrieved in her heart, this so-called evil breath can't be spit out, she feels uncomfortable, so this illness has tormented her for so long." Moreover, after lying for more than three months, he was not idle, thinking about how to retaliate. ”

"You mean, she's already figured out a plan and put it into action?"

Jin Miaomiao was originally very sleepy, groggy, and almost asleep, but after listening to Shen Cha's words, she was frightened by the one she thought of, and that bit of sleepiness disappeared without a trace.

"Are you ......," she asked, swallowing a mouthful of saliva and asking a little nervously, "she...... What plans are in mind? ”

"What do you say?" Shen Cha tilted his head, "The plan she thought of was used by the concubines of all dynasties, shameless but very useful, and there are few ways to crack it." ”

"Who and who is her chosen target?"

"The future crown princess who is favored by the queen, the granddaughter of Taifu Zhen Cheng, and King Tong, who has just been considered an adopted son." Shen Cha nodded towards Jin Miaomiao, and sat back down beside Shen Haolin, resting her head on his shoulder, "It can't be said that she has a vicious mind, after all, many concubines have used this method before, and most of them have succeeded." Therefore, at most, she is emulating her ancestors, but she is not as good as her ancestors. ”

"Failed?"

"It's inevitable." Shen Cha nodded, "The old lady's original plan was that she would trick the future crown princess into an empty side hall in the name of the crown prince, stun her with incense, and then lead King Tong to that side hall, stun him in the same way, and throw the two of them into the same bed." When people found out, they were lying together in disheveled clothes. ”

"Murderous heart!" Jin Miaomiao stretched out her thumb, "It's worthy of staying in the harem for a lifetime, amazing!" ”

"Awesome is awesome, but it failed." Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha, who was leaning on him with half-squinted eyes, and chuckled, "But the old lady never expected that the two targets she chose were not fooled at all." ”

"Because they expected the old lady to do something in advance?" Jin Miaomiao frowned slightly, "That's ...... Is it magical? ”

"No, it's just these two targets, I didn't listen to her at all." Shen Cha gently hooked the corners of her lips, "When the crown princess was chosen, Emperor Chongde and the granddaughter of Taifu Zhen met once, they themselves are young, and it doesn't matter if the two children meet and say a few words, and get to know each other." Later, on the day of King Tong's adoption ceremony, the concubines didn't know what to think, probably to introduce a few more friends to King Tong, so they let a few female dependents bring the children into the palace, and on the day of the ceremony, under the pretext of wanting to celebrate, let King Tong and these children know, including the future princess. Judging from the content of the later memoirs, it is the part after they grew up, the crown princess, the later empress of Emperor Chongde, is the main person who promotes the change of feelings between these two people, she can see the emotions between Emperor Chongde and King Tong, and also see their concerns, and has been persuading them to face their hearts and not to disappoint the people around them. Emperor Chongde and King Tong were very respectful and grateful to her. ”

"This ......" Jin Miaomiao glanced at Shen Cha, "This story doesn't seem to be going right, right?" This girl is quite open-minded, she doesn't like Emperor Chongde? But since you don't like it, why do you agree to be his crown princess and queen? ”

"There's no liking, there's no dislike." Shen Cha shrugged, "This girl is indifferent to anyone and everything, and there are no special emotional fluctuations. Tong Wang said in his memoirs that his sister seemed to be an independent existence, watching the joys, sorrows and sorrows of the people around her with cold eyes, like an outsider. ”

"There are indeed such people." Jin Miaomiao nodded very understandingly, "Master also mentioned in the Codex that when he traveled all over the world, he had seen such people, they did not rebel against life and fate, as if their mission was waiting for death from the moment they were born, and such people left without pain when they left the world, and they all left in their sleep. ”

"That's right!" Shen Cha nodded, "This queen also left peacefully in her sleep. She waved her hand at Jin Miaomiao, "The topic is far away, the old lady wants to calculate the future crown princess and King Tong and splash their dirty water, but she didn't expect Emperor Chongde to send a message to the Zhen Mansion the day before, asking her to follow Mrs. Zhen, that is, her grandmother, without leaving an inch, and not leave a single step." The old lady didn't know this, and took advantage of the convenient opportunity for her to accompany Mrs. Zhen to send someone to invite her to the side hall in the name of Emperor Chongde. As soon as the future crown princess heard this, she immediately understood why Emperor Chongde reminded her in advance that she had to stay by her grandmother's side every step of the way. She pretended to agree to the messenger, but instead of following, she told the messenger that she had to send her grandmother back. The messenger didn't think that such a young child would lie to him, so he agreed. As a result, the crown princess, after returning to the palace, never came out again. ”

"What's the old lady's reaction?"

Before she could react, Emperor Chongde came over with King Tong to pay New Year's greetings. In front of everyone in the palace and the ladies, the crown princess asked Emperor Chongde what was the matter with her. ”

"What a trick!" Jin Miaomiao slapped her thigh, "This girl is really not ordinary!" ”