Chapter 226: Lantern Festival Night Banquet
Soon it was the Lantern Festival, and the palace held the Lantern Festival night banquet as usual, which was a family banquet in previous years, but this year, in order to be lively, many female dependents from the minister's family were invited, so there were many more people invited than in previous years.
After half a month, Xiao Yunwei entered the palace again to participate in the Lantern Festival banquet, this time at the Palace of Eternal Life.
In fact, it is really not interesting to participate in the banquet in the palace, every dish is tasted lightly, and a few more bites will attract the attention of others. Everyone eats something before entering the palace, and after going back, they have to eat a little more, otherwise they will be really hungry.
But the other ladies of the family still have different ideas from Xiao Yunwei, and they are very excited every time they come to the palace banquet.
Xiao Yunwei sat bored, watching more and more people in the hall, Ji Wanyi came to the back, and she sat down next to Xiao Yunwei.
Xiao Yunwei asked, "Why are you the only one here today?" ”
"My brother is not in good health, he fell ill last night, and he can't come over today." Ji Wanyi replied.
"It's cold weather, Ji Shizi still has to take good care of his body."
"Alas, I'm almost annoyed, I only attended a Chinese New Year's Eve banquet half a month ago, and today there is a Lantern Festival banquet, and I only need to participate in one of the previous two events."
"Don't say this here, what if someone hears it and makes a big fuss?"
"I'll tell you about it." Ji Wanyi replied.
At this moment, the eunuch shouted, "The fourth princess has arrived!" ”
Wen Miqing walked in, she saw Qi Min sitting in the position at a glance, and deliberately turned her wrist, Qi Min immediately found out that Wen Miqing was wearing the bracelet she gave her today.
The others didn't notice the interaction between Wen Miqing and Qi Min, but they were still seen by Xiao Yunwei, and she thought of what she had heard, and she understood that the bracelet Wen Miqing was wearing today should have been given by Qi Min that day.
Xiao Yunwei is not the kind of person who chews the root of her tongue, and this matter is about the royal family, Xiao Yunwei has not revealed half of it to anyone. But she can't look down on Qi Min and Wen Miqing's behavior of giving and receiving each other privately and secretly communicating with each other.
Soon after Wen Miqing came, other princes and princesses also came one after another, and Concubine Shu Guifei arrived one step ahead of Emperor Chu, who was the last.
Emperor Chu said some words and then held a banquet, but not long after the banquet, Emperor Chu suddenly mentioned the crown prince and the crown princess: "The prince and the crown princess will arrive in the capital in two days, and they have successfully solved the matter of Feng'an this time, which can be regarded as a good start to the new year." ”
Hearing Wen Xize praise Wen Zhiyu and Lianzhi like this, everyone had different thoughts, and Qi Zhaoyu's face turned black directly.
Someone came in and said a few words in Wen Xize's ear, Wen Xize stood up: "I still have some things to deal with, you eat first, and I will come back later." ”
"Congratulations to the emperor."
After Wen Xize left, the atmosphere in the hall immediately became much more active than just now.
Wen Yunxi was very happy when she heard what Wen Xize said just now, and couldn't help but say to Wen Zhiyan: "Great, Wan Yang and Brother Prince are finally coming back." ”
Qi Zhaoyu heard Wen Yunxi's words, and was a little dissatisfied: "This princess used to see the princess depressed, but now she is so happy when she hears that the crown prince and the princess are about to return to Beijing, what's the matter, the princess has returned to Beijing, and you have a helper by your side?" ”
"Princess, what you said is a bit ugly, isn't it? This princess and the crown princess are good friends, can't she be happy when she comes back? And the prince is the third brother of this princess, and this princess cares about her third brother and third sister-in-law, can't she? ”
"Your Second Highness is also your second brother, why didn't you see that you cared about Your Second Highness and the Second Princess who can't leave the house now?"
Concubine Shu heard the movement here and spoke: "What are the eldest princess and the sixth princess talking about?" ”
Concubine Shu originally wanted the two to stop arguing, but Qi Zhaoyu didn't give Concubine Shu face at all: "Back to the mother concubine, the son just felt that the sixth princess would inevitably favor the prince and the princess, and she was so happy to hear that the princess was back, but she ignored the second princess." ”
Everyone heard Qi Zhaoyu's words, and thought in their hearts, now that Concubine Shu is in charge of the harem, Qi Zhaoyu dares to contradict her, the daughter of the Qi family is really domineering.
After Wen Zhiyan glanced at Qi Zhaoyu, he didn't say a word as if he hadn't heard anything.
Qi Zhaoyu continued: "Concubine Shu, Erchen knows that the sixth princess is your biological daughter, you won't deliberately embarrass Erchen because of this, right?" Erchen is just used to telling the truth, and he still looks at his mother Haihan. ”
"The eldest princess is really outspoken." Concubine Shu just said lightly.
Qi Zhaoyu said with emotion: "Erchen remembers that the queen mother is the most fair, and she will never be biased, and the concubine is biased, how to take care of the affairs of the harem?" ”
Wen Yunxi spoke: "It is the will of my father that the mother concubine is in charge of the harem, is this the decision of the eldest princess in the father's decision?" ”
"Naturally I don't dare, I feel that Concubine Shugui's affairs are not as safe as the queen's mother, since she has taken over the responsibility of being in charge of the harem, should she also do a good job?"
"Then the princess wants to ask, may I ask what the mother concubine is not doing well?" Wen Yunxi couldn't take care of it, and went directly to Qi Zhaoyu.
Wen Miqing suddenly spoke: "The eldest princess does not live in the palace, and she feels that Concubine Shu is biased, and she still has a lot to learn from the queen mother. ”
Wen Miqing is now breaking with the queen, but it doesn't mean that she wants to see Concubine Shu and Wen Yunxi step on her head: "This princess also feels that the concubine's affairs are indeed inadequate. ”
Now Qi Zhaoyu and Wen Miqing turned the spearhead to Concubine Shugui, but Wen Yunxi was caught off guard, Wen Zhiqian spoke: "If there is any inadequacy in the affairs of the concubine, the father will naturally mention more, and it will not be the turn of the juniors to accuse in court." Your actions are tantamount to the following crimes! ”
"In the past, the Fifth Emperor Brother never cared about these things, but now it seems that it is just the surface." Wen Miqing said sarcastically.
"What's wrong with this king defending his mother?" Wen Zhiqian asked.
"It's really interesting for Concubine Shu to teach her children, this biased heart is ten out of ten feet." Qi Zhaoyu spoke.
Iris Dai, who had been sitting there without speaking, frowned: "Your Highness is usually the most polite, why don't you say a word in the face of such rude behavior of your own princess today?" Could it be that he is also partial to his own princess? ”
Wen Zhiyan looked up at Iris Dai, who just sat there with an expression on her face: "Wan Jieyu, is this teaching this king how to do things?" ”
"Wan Jieyu really shouldn't have said those words just now." Concubine Shu said, "But just now, the eldest princess and the fourth princess dared to teach the palace to do things, and Wan Jieyu can naturally say a few words to you." ”
The others thought they had watched a royal show and didn't know who would win tonight.
Qi Min spoke: "Concubine Shu is so calculating, it's not appropriate, right?" ”
Wen Yunxi looked at Qi Min: "Young Master Qi, the concubine is not a matter of weight, it's just an analogy." ”
"Today's events are all because of the six princesses, and the six princesses are really big-hearted." Qi Min taunted.
Wen Zhiqian pulled Wen Yunxi and was about to say something, when Xiao Yunwei spoke: "Gongzi Qi still takes care of his own affairs." ”
No one thought that Xiao Yunwei would speak, Qi Min looked at Xiao Yunwei: "What, does Miss Xiao have anything to say?" ”
Xiao Yunwei looked at Wen Miqing: "The bracelet that the fourth princess is wearing today is really good-looking." ”
Wen Miqing understood that Xiao Yunwei was threatening herself and Qi Min at this time, so she slowed down her tone: "It's not that the Lantern Festival banquet is a little dull, this princess is joking." The mother concubine is naturally fair, otherwise the father would not hand over the affairs of the harem to the mother concubine. ”
Xiao Yunwei didn't speak again, but Wen Miqing bowed her head first, and this matter had already come to an end. Although everyone didn't know why Xiao Yunwei's words made Wen Miqing soften her figure.
Qi Min didn't speak anymore, and he couldn't participate in this matter anymore.
"It's the king's fault, it's the king who didn't teach the princess well." Wen Zhiyan said so, but his tone didn't sound convincing, "Wan Jieyu is also different from usual today. ”
"Wan Jieyu has always liked to be quiet, but we quarreled with her just now." Concubine Shu rescued Wan Jieyu.
Qi Zhaoyu said disdainfully: "If you really like quiet, don't come to such a lively place." ”
Iris Dai stood up suddenly, and Concubine Shu called out to her: "Wan Jieyu, where are you going?" ”
"The concubine is unwell, so she will retire first." Iris replied that she didn't know what was wrong with her, and she felt sick to her stomach and wanted to vomit.
"Then you go down and rest first." As soon as Concubine Shu finished saying this, she saw Iris fall backwards, and Xue'er, who was still following Iris Dai, caught her.
Seeing that Iris Dai fainted, Concubine Shu immediately got up and shouted anxiously: "Hurry up and announce the imperial doctor!" ”