The third day of August, Halloween.

The sky is beautiful, the wind is harmonious, and the sky is clear.

On the morning of the same day, the official family ascended to the throne in the Daqing Hall and received the great gifts and congratulations of the civil and military officials, the vassal kings of the clans, and the envoys of the subject countries. The grandeur and grandeur of the scene are difficult to describe.

In Bianjing City, there are also lights everywhere, and each street is packed with colored paper and cloth.

Many families set up incense tables at home to pray for the officials.

The women outside Beijing also wore formal dresses, dressed up, and entered the palace to celebrate.

Yao Guifei was the head of the harem, and Concubine Min Shu was the deputy, and they jointly received a total of more than 200 foreign women who were qualified to enter the palace.

Meng Qingyun was not qualified to enter the palace, but was forcibly invited in by Princess Shouyang.

"It's the most annoying occasion for me, it's boring, so you can accompany me."

When Princess Shouyang knocked on the door of Meng's house on Longjin Bridge before dawn in the early morning, she almost blocked Mengjin, who had not had time to change into court clothes, in the house.

Fortunately, she went straight to Meng Qingyun's boudoir, and Meng Jin was able to go out smoothly.

Then Meng Qingyun was under her fierce gaze, freshened up, picked out the most formal but not too gaudy clothes, and after packing up, she was dragged into the carriage.

After entering the palace, it was really crowded and noisy everywhere.

The palace of this dynasty is not big, and the inner palace is even more cramped, so many foreign women come at once, and everyone brings one or two attendant maids, it is really bustling, and the inner palace looks like a downtown area.

Greeted by more than a dozen foreign women along the way, Meng Qingyun finally knew why Princess Shouyang was bothered by this kind of occasion.

When these elderly and foreign women who met Princess Shouyang, they all told her to be gentle and obedient, and that women would always marry in the future, so as not to scare others to mention marriage.

chattering, even Meng Qingyun couldn't stand it.

It was easy to get to Yao Guifei's side, and it was only when she got rid of these long-tongued women for the time being.

Yao Guifei smiled and said, "When did you become good friends?" ”

Princess Shouyang was at ease in front of her mother, and said Lai: "Everyone else is afraid of me, only she is not afraid, I think she is quite interesting." And ......"

She attached herself to Yao Guifei's ear and said mysteriously: "She is rich, and she is generous." ”

Yao Guifei hit her: "It's not serious." ”

Princess Shouyang laughed and trembled, and pulled Meng Qingyun to sit down next to her.

Concubine Min Shufei was at another table, talking to a few foreign women.

Today, she wore a rose-red high-waisted skirt, covered with a goose-yellow blouse, embroidered with peony flowers with gold thread on the shirt, and wore a brilliant gold crown on her hair bun.

I don't know what the foreign woman said, she covered her mouth with her sleeve and smiled, full of vigorous vitality.

When Princess Shouyang saw it, she couldn't help frowning and said, "Why is she dressed up so gorgeous today?" ”

Yao Guifei glanced at it, held a tea cup in her hand, gently blew away the chrysanthemum petals floating on the tea, and said lightly: "It's an old trick, every time I happen on this occasion, I am like a peacock with the screen open, and I always want to be on an equal footing with the palace." ”

Her voice was not deliberately low, and people at the nearby tables could hear it.

Concubine Min Shufei is obviously not deaf, if it was usual, I was afraid that she would have choked up a long time ago, but today she just glanced over here, smiled, and didn't care.

Princess Shouyang wondered: "Today I actually have a self-cultivation." ”

Meng Qingyun didn't participate in this kind of discord, she only felt as if someone was staring at her behind her, and when she turned around, she saw that it was the old enemy, He Luo from the Wu Guogong Mansion.

It turned out that He Luo was at the table next to her, and if the two of them turned around, they would face each other directly.

At this time, He Luo was like a frog that had drunk a stomach full of gas, and his eyes were bulging and glaring at her.

Meng Qingyun: "What are you doing?" If your eyes widen to make you fierce? ”

He Luo: "Hmph! ”

Meng Qingyun: "Childish. ”

An attendant came to report that the official family in front of him had a banquet.

Yao Guifei nodded, and the banquet in the harem officially began.

The wine banquet in the palace is not much different from the restaurant outside, but the person who serves has changed from a female envoy to a maid of the inner official palace.

Today's scene seems to be very lively, but if you look closely, you can see that the women inside and outside all have two ears pricked up, a heart, and keep an eye on the news ahead.

Every now and then, an attendant would come to report.

The table is open.

The hundred officials and clans offered longevity peaches together.

The Holy Hand Zhang of the Hanlin Academy brought his disciple Li Jiayou to present the long scroll of the sword of Huangshan to congratulate His Majesty on his birthday.

The official family Long Yan Dayue rewarded Li Jiayou and praised Li Zhongcheng.

The officials and clans toasted the first glass of wine to celebrate the birthday of the official family.

Music, singing and dancing.

The hundred officials and clans toasted the second glass of wine.

The singers began to do the second dance.

Three rounds of drinking.

The music stopped, and the singers and dancers exited the main hall.

The sound of the main hall in front of you can be faintly heard here in the harem. As soon as they found that the music stopped, the women who were still chatting stopped together.

Gradually, only the slight sound of chopsticks and the sparse sound of chewing remained.

Official, it's time to announce the heir, right?

Will it be the expected Jiang Yan?

Or is it Jiang Fang, who has been in the limelight recently?

Or maybe it's someone you don't expect?

Everyone waited silently for the final moment of reveal.

There was a sound of small and brisk footsteps, and a chamberlain trotted into the temple.

As soon as he appeared, he was like a torch in the night, attracting everyone's attention.

The chamberlain walked to the main table in full view of everyone, and then quickly raised his eyelids and glanced at Yao Guifei.

Yao Guifei asked, "Who did the official family choose?" ”

The chamberlain shook his head.

"What?"

There was a slight commotion in the hall.

Yao Guifei's heart tightened, and she asked, "Didn't choose?" ”

Only then did the chamberlain reply: "The official family was about to announce the candidate for the heir, and at this moment, the official Xu Neiguan in the Huining Palace, with the Imperial Physician Yan of the Imperial Medical Bureau, reported to the official family and said——"

Huining Palace is a palace courtyard of the harem, and it is Concubine Min Shu who lives there.

His gaze quickly swirled on Concubine Min's face.

"Lady Niangniang, I'm happy!"

What the?!

This time the commotion was even bigger than the last one.

Many people stood up in surprise.

Yao Guifei only felt that a dry thunder exploded overhead, and the whole person was in a trance for a moment, and her eyes were out of focus for a moment.

She subconsciously asked, "What did you say?" ”

Concubine Min Shuyi stood up and said to Yao Guifei across the table: "Isn't the concubine unwell?" Why has even the ear power deteriorated? ”

Yao Guifei's gaze shot like an arrow.

Everyone looked at Concubine Min.

Concubine Min Shufei gently put a hand on her lower abdomen and smiled proudly.

"This morning, Imperial Doctor Yan from the Taiyi Bureau checked the pulse of the palace and confirmed that the palace has been pregnant for more than a month."

"So, this palace is really happy!"