In the blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming

The waning moon has been full, the lotus has been cleared, the osmanthus has been incense, what has quietly changed, and what has been waiting in place......

The most important thing in the court is that all kinds of banquets cannot be escaped

The Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet in the Qianqing Palace

The queen has been pregnant for six months, and the emperor has permission to stay in the palace to rest, and the other concubines, including Concubine Yuan, are all dressed up in fancy clothes, and they are lined up on both sides

The concubines brought into the palace by the emperor from the palace were only five of them in the draft, and only five were selected to enter the palace, a total of eight people, Concubine Shen was dead, and there were only seven people left in the harem, and this time the queen did not come, and all the concubines present added up to only six people, but there were palace people who waited, and there were musicians who danced and played music, and there were compliments one after another, but it was not cold

The queen did not insist on pulling her to sit beside her, but she insisted on the vacant seat separated from him on the grounds of impropriety

Although she is now in charge of Fengyin, although she also likes to sit side by side with him, she doesn't like to be in the limelight, she doesn't want to bear the poisonous eyes of other concubines, and she doesn't want to sit next to him, watching him smile at other women, and she has to pretend to be generous

All she wanted to do was herself

Seeing her resolute attitude, the emperor also knew her temperament, so he didn't force her, but his eyes glanced at her from time to time at the banquet

At the beginning of the banquet, according to the rules, she led the concubines to congratulate the emperor and Queen Yi'an, and then it was just a congratulatory message and auspicious words from everyone, which she naturally didn't want to pay attention to, and only casually echoed a few words when she had to speak

"Not long ago, the imperial doctor said that Wang Cairen was sick, and he thought he was getting better, but now he doesn't seem to be looking very well, is his body uncomfortable?"

The emperor's gaze swept over her and fell on Wang Cairen, who was sitting in the next seat, only to see that the meal in front of Wang Cairen did not move at all, and his face was a little pale, and it seemed that it was not very good

Wang Cairen got up and saluted uprightly, and then replied: "Back to the emperor, the concubines are just a little lethargic and easily tired, and then the joy and harm are more serious, the imperial doctor said that it is a normal reaction, and it should be no hindrance, and the emperor is worried."

The emperor stretched out his hand to Wang Cairen, Wang Cairen's face was red, he only lowered his head, smiled shyly, walked over, and put his hand in the emperor's hand

The emperor pulled her closer, looked at her and said with pity: "The first three months are always hard, if there is any discomfort in your body, remember to tell the imperial doctor what is lacking in the palace, and even if you mention it to the noble concubine, I will go to Xianfu Palace to see you more when I am free."

"Thank you, Emperor," Wang Cairen smiled coquettishly, full of joy

"Seeing that the meal on your table has not been moved at all, it must be a great joy, and it is hard to conceive a child, but you can eat more," said the emperor and personally fed her pastries, Wang Cairen was even more flattered, his eyes were red, and he was about to shed tears as he spoke, but he tried his best to hold back, so he went down with a red face and joy

The emperor is so delicate and considerate, and anyone who sees it is envious and expectant

Many concubines in the audience were in an uproar for a while

"The talented sister is really blessed, now that he has a dragon heir, if he gives birth to a prince one day, but my sister is a hero of the Ming Dynasty, you have to take good care of yourself," Concubine Yuan smiled again and again

Wang Cairen hurriedly got up and saluted, and the emperor nodded with satisfaction

Seeing this, the others also smiled and complimented, but she was the only one missing

I don't know if it was because she read the expectation of the child in his eyes, or because she saw the warmth he showed for others, she only felt that her heart was hit hard by a blunt object, and she couldn't breathe, and she had already turned her face away

Looking at the fragrance of clothes on the dance floor, her eyes were blank, she didn't catch the slightest thing, she was just dazed, she looked at everything, and it seemed that she didn't see anything

Halfway through the banquet, Queen Yi'an said that the osmanthus was good, and she wanted to take a good look at it, so the emperor accompanied her to appreciate the osmanthus, and Concubine Yuan had not faced the saint for a long time, and had been imprisoned in the Yikun Palace, so naturally she would not let go of such a good opportunity, so she also followed

As soon as they left, all the concubines also looked for acquaintances to go to appreciate Gui, and she and Concubine Liu went to see Wang Cairen

"Wang Cairen's face doesn't seem to be very good, these days, Wang Cairen and the children are fine, do you have to ask the imperial doctor to see it regularly?"

Since the haunted incident, although the harem is still peaceful, but there are many rights and wrongs in the palace, she always feels unstable, in the past, she could not ask about the world, and now the emperor handed over the harem power to her, and she can't hide if she wants to

Seeing that she was usually silent, she came to inquire in person: "Xie Guifei Niangniang cares about the imperial doctor, and she also goes every day to say that the concubines and children are so laborious."

Hearing this, she only nodded and didn't ask anything more

Concubine Liu knew that she didn't like to talk much, so she babbled to Wang Cairen something

She was bored for a while, thinking about the child, and her heart was depressed, and she couldn't relieve it, so she turned around and walked to a quiet place, but met a pair of quiet eyes under the laurel tree on the edge

She was stunned for a moment, but she was a talented person, since she said those words in the Zhongcui Palace that day, she had never seen her again, she only heard that the emperor had rarely gone to the Zhongcui Palace

Seeing her looking at herself, Fang Cairen only nodded at her, her lips were slightly curved, and she couldn't tell whether she was crying or laughing, and turned around and left

She was stunned, and Concubine Liu saw that she didn't follow, so she pulled her and asked, "What do you look at?"

She smiled and shook her head, "I didn't watch anything, I just thought the song was good."

"Yes," Concubine Liu also listened attentively, and sure enough, there was a melodious sound in the depths of the osmanthus over there, and it was faintly transmitted, gently, slowly, and almost inaudible

Concubine Liu nodded and praised: "The moonlit night flowers and Xiao Qu are really elegant"

She didn't say anything, just followed them to the back garden, where the land was quite extensive, all planted with osmanthus flowers, close to the flower forest, the fragrance of flowers was rich and warm, thick and lush, and the moon reflected in the distance, the lights and shadows were dazzling, and the crowd was shaking, it was the emperor and Concubine Yuan who accompanied Queen Yi'an to enjoy the flowers

The concubines said that they came in to enjoy the laurels, but they only walked to the place where the lights were on, they usually rarely saw the emperor, and they all spent an afternoon dressing up at today's dinner, hoping that the king could look at it more in the evening

At the banquet, the emperor only mentioned the pregnant Wang Cairen, and the other funeral concubines didn't pay much attention to it, they were inevitably disappointed, but they were unwilling to lose such a great opportunity, and they all made an encounter and rushed to the emperor's side

She was bored and wanted to go back to Yongning Palace, but she also liked this osmanthus, so she said goodbye to Concubine Liu and only went to a place where no one wanted to find a quiet place to sit