Chapter Seventy-Three: The Tanabata Family Banquet

It's a little strange that these things happened so intensively and coincidentally.

Nian Yun had doubts in his heart, and the next day, under the pretext of being unwell, he summoned Liang to serve the doctor.

The old doctor asked for a pulse, and when he saw that there was nothing abnormal in the pulse, he touched his beard and laughed: "The little girl turned out to be a heart disease!" ”

Nian Yun sat up from the couch and said with a smile: "The old man has excellent medical skills. ”

Doctor Liang said in a low voice: "Niu's pregnancy is true, the fall is true, and the miscarriage is also true." It's just that the pulse seems to be just a sign of weakness on the surface, but in fact, the cold inside is very heavy, and ordinary doctors are afraid that it is difficult to distinguish. ”

Nianyun thought of Wang Liangdi's words, so she asked: "You mean, even if her baby doesn't fall now, she can't give birth?" ”

Doctor Liang nodded: "She had a fetus before, and her physique was cold, and she would not be able to conceive again in the future, and she would not be able to get out for two months." ”

Nian Yun thought of something else and asked, "Is there any sign of poisoning on her?" ”

Doctor Liang shook his head: "Why do you need to poison, the old man asked about the daily habits of the Niu family yesterday, she loves the sweet fragrance of gardenia on weekdays, and she loves to drink a kind of gardenia tea, so that the portion of tea drink is naturally not poisonous, but gardenia is cold, and her physique is originally cold......"

Nianyun asked, "Just on the tea?" ”

Doctor Liang said: "Niu's likes to eat aquatic seafood, although there is no daily supply, but there are often dried scallops and seaweeds on the table, and ordinary soup soup is often seasoned with chrysanthemum......"

It is not easy to expose the horse's feet after being poisoned many times, but it is not difficult to follow her taste and preferences to do these hands and feet in the diet, and it can even be said that the technique is clever. It doesn't hurt for ordinary people to eat it, but they have a cold physique, and there will be no problem if they eat it a few times.

Doctor Liang said: "This alone is just to make her not easy to conceive." ”

"And?"

Doctor Liang said in a low voice: "I am afraid that there is a small amount of gentian grass and musk in the spices burned in her house. ”

Niu Zhaoxun likes to smoke incense, but the spices in the house are smelled all the time, and the accumulation of time, coupled with the effect of those cold things, naturally damages the fundamentals.

Nian Yun sighed: "These things in the palace are really unguardable!" ”

Doctor Liang smiled: "Can't prevent it? The old man didn't live to this age! ”

Nian Yun was amused by him: "You old man doesn't have to compete for favor or have a son, what are you afraid of!" ”

Doctor Liang glared at him: "It's safe without having a son?" How many imperial doctors and attendants in the Pharmacy and the Pharmacy Bureau have been implicated in these years! My old man has no father, no mother, no wife, and no children, and if I don't wade into their troubled waters, they can't help me. ”

But isn't it, how Wang Liangdi and Niu Zhaoxun want to fight, it's all their business, and it has nothing to do with her, just don't wade into their troubled waters.

A few days later, it came to Qixi Festival, on this day, because the saint wanted to accompany the concubines in the harem to worship the stars, there was no banquet outside, and all the courtiers were able to go home to accompany their families to listen to the play and admire the moon that night.

The weather was fine, the sun was shining early in the morning, and the crumbs of the morning sun were scattered through the window screens, and the furnishings of the house were dyed a faint golden color.

Because of the New Year's Festival, there are always banquets and meetings in the palace, and the prince and the prince and his wife often have to enter the palace, and the East Palace is actually rare and complete several times a year.

On the day of Qixi Festival, the prince and Li Chun both had dinner at home today, so the East Palace took Qixi as a big day, and set up a family banquet and singing and dancing programs in the Lizheng Palace.

Nian Yun got up early, and went to the inner mansion to watch in person, and told them to prepare the dinner party and the singing and dancing troupe.

The maids had a free toilet in groups of three and five, and early in the morning they took a copper basin for washing their faces and filled most of the basin with water, and brought it outside to dry, which was prepared for begging at night.

In the evening, an incense table has been placed in the open space in front of the Lizheng Hall, and a bronze beast head incense burner has been placed on it. Nian Yun Su pursued frugality in the day, and on this day he also ordered to use the best agarwood incense to light, the cigarette curls, the aroma is very delicate, refreshing.

There are a few plates of melons and fruits, wine, etc. on the incense case, and the skillful cook makes the pastries into five colors, and also pinched them into various shapes and patterns, which is very exquisite, and the maids also pick all kinds of flowers, and a large plate of purple and red is also placed on the incense case.

The women of the East Palace all dressed up carefully, and came to the Lizheng Hall one after another, with fat and thin rings, each leading the way.

First of all, according to the identity of the stars in turn, and then the masters will have a banquet in the main hall of the Li Zheng Palace, the maids do not need to be on duty around the Li Zheng Hall in groups of three or five to play, this day got the permission of the prince, do not have to abide by the rules on weekdays.

Nianyun looked around and saw that the concubines were all with children, and a few small ones left the table from time to time to play, which was very lively. But somehow, I always feel that something is missing.

She couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you see Ning'er?" ”

The four big maidens beside her were all guarding here, and the green pothos hurriedly replied: "Ning'er is playing in the side hall, if Eleven Niang wants to see him, I will ask the nurse to bring him over." ”

Nian Yun knew that they were afraid that she would not be happy when she saw her, so she didn't bring Ning Er up, but he was just a child, how could such a lively family banquet leave him alone in the side hall? Nianyun raised him once in the end, and he still had feelings, so he hurriedly asked Luluo to bring him here.

After a while, sure enough, the nurse brought Ning'er in, and he was rarely seen this year, the little bun was much thinner, and he grew a lot taller, and his body was drawn a lot.

He has always been raised by Hui Niang's side now, so as soon as he came in, he first saluted Hui Niang, called "Aunt Hui", and then saluted to Lilac, "Auntie." ”

Seeing that he was the first to salute the two aunts, the nurse hurriedly took him to the prince and Liangdi, met his grandfather and grandmother, and came to the county king and the county lady.

Ning'er first called "Grandpa", and then saw Nianyun beside a nurse holding the more than one-year-old You'er, the two children looked at each other, You'er didn't recognize him, his eyes were just curious, but Ning'er's eyes were filled with a deep sadness that did not belong to his age.

Nian Yun saw that the atmosphere was a little abnormal, and was about to speak, but Ning Er's eyes suddenly turned red, and she didn't let her tears fall, like a little adult, stalking her throat, "Auntie!" ”

Nianyun was sad when she heard this, as if she was pinched by a soft little hand, she almost burst into tears, and couldn't help but stretch out her hand to him: "Ning'er, come, sit down here with A-Niang." ”

Ning Er hesitated a little, her small body twisted slightly, but she didn't wait for the nurse to command, and had already walked to Nian Yun's side.

Nianyun asked the maid to bring a stool, put it next to You'er, and added a pair of dishes and chopsticks, Nianyun knew what Ning'er liked to eat, and personally prepared vegetables for him.

After eating something first, seeing that Ning'er had been looking at the little child next to her, Nianyun smiled and pointed at You'er: "Ning'er, this is your third brother You'er." ”

Ning Er raised her little face and asked, "Was it born by A-Niang?" ”

Nian Yun touched his little head and said gently: "Yes, when the third brother was still in A-Niang's belly, didn't you look forward to him coming out to play with you early every day?" ”

Ning Er pursed her small mouth, aggrieved: "But A-Niang gave birth to a younger brother, so don't want Ning Er......"

Nianyun smiled and sorted out the placket of his clothes in his hand, "A-Niang was not in good health some time ago and couldn't take care of Ning'er, so she sent Ning'er to Aunt Hui to live, and Ning'er obediently listened to Aunt Hui's words." ”

At this time, a group of dancing girls wore gorgeous leno dance skirts and fished in, the music sounded, and the dancing girls wore small silver bells on their wrists, and the rhythm of the dance tinkled and dingdong, and the sound was particularly pleasant mixed with the sound of silk and bamboo.

Mao Lanzhu was originally a dancing queen, and lived outside the plug for many years, and her temperament was more unrestrained, so she left the table when she arrived at Xingtou, and went to the main hall with the music, and danced with the dancers, and her cherry-red clothes were particularly eye-catching among the dancers in those goose yellow gauze skirts.

The Tang Dynasty folk customs are open, and it is not uncommon to follow the dance to the main hall during such festivals, and many concubines who are good at dancing have also gotten up to the center of the hall to dance, and even some dancing maids are singing and dancing in groups on the side.

At the end of the song, Mao Lanzhu danced happily, threw out the shawl, danced Hu Xuan dance, and went all the way to the desk where Nianyun and Li Chun were sitting, and saw that Nianyun had cut roasted mutton in front of him, and he didn't say hello, he reached out and ate it.

Nianyun only cared about talking to the two children, and didn't pay attention to her, but she stopped, looked at the two children, and said in her mouth: "Madam, you yourself are not as good as this one, tsk, or sister-in-law, you can't catch up with the concubine......"

Ning'er's talent has always been not bad, and she is sensible very early, although she was silent a lot after the incident last year, she still looks like a very spiritual child. In contrast, although You'er's appearance is not inferior to that of her brother, her talent is a little mediocre. I don't usually think it, but at this time, people are higher than people.

But who dares to say this so bluntly, this Mao Lanzhu is really open-mouthed.

Li Chun's face was already bad, and he wanted to pull her away, but Nianyun raised his head and looked into her eyes, his voice was not loud, but it was loud, enough for all the people in the hall who planned to move a small bench to watch the excitement to hear clearly: "I am their mother-in-law, Ning'er, Yun'er, and You'er, all of whom are my Guo Nianyun's sons." ”

She paused for a moment and continued: "Lan Zhu, if you give birth to a child in the future, you will also be my child, you are just his aunt. Follow the customs, this is the rule of our Central Plains, and my sister has to study hard. ”

Mao Lanzhu stared at a pair of big green eyes and couldn't speak for a long time, so he had to pull Li Chun to dance, Li Chun didn't want to go, look at Nianyun, but Nianyun nodded and signaled him to go, he had to follow Mao Lanzhu to the middle of the hall.

The feast is almost the same, everyone is immersed in their own laughter, the maids who have sunned the basin in the day carefully bring the basin to the outside of the Li Zheng Hall, one person takes a silver needle, around the basin, carefully put the needle on the water surface, so that the thin silver needle floats on the water, than who is the most ingenious.

There are several gentle and delicate maids who have succeeded, and this time they will look like the shadow cast by the needle on the bottom of the pelvis, and see if there is any coincidence.