Summer goes to autumn, and in the blink of an eye to the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor holds a banquet in the osmanthus dock and enjoys with the courtiers.

It is the same rule as in previous years, the huge venue is separated by a screen, and the white lotus glass cup is held on the fence of the screen, and the huge candles on the big pillars around it illuminate this place as if it were daytime. On the left side of the screen are the emperor and courtiers, and on the right are the queen mother and the female dependents. The palace maids and eunuchs are endless, and each has their own busy work.

The emperor was honorable, and as usual, he sat alone on the throne. He looked at this lively scene, still unhappy and sad, in fact, his heart was still sad, every festival was full of relatives, especially on this day of the full moon, he wanted to miss her more than ever.

The courtiers seem to have been accustomed to his indifference, drinking wine lively, very noisy, but the screen side is very quiet, there are not many Mrs. Edict who are qualified to enter the palace, probably less than two tables, so quiet, presumably the Queen Mother has not yet arrived.

He turned the small jade cup around between his fingers, in the distance, the sound of running water on the water platform sounded, a bright moon hung high above his head, the fragrance of osmanthus flowers floated in the air, and he seemed to be drunk when he smelled it, but all this had nothing to do with him, such a lively occasion had nothing to do with him.

I vaguely heard someone say: "The Queen Mother Lafayette is here, quick, let's go and say goodbye." ”

The emperor came back to his senses and listened carefully, and the movement on the right was really loud, probably those courtiers and ladies were saying hello to the Empress Dowager Rui.

He was idle and bored, and he passed with a wine glass, and the Empress Dowager Rui was wearing a purple phoenix robe, combing a dignified bun, inserting a white jade hairpin, and was surrounded by a group of female dependents, looking very loving.

Seeing the emperor coming, the gossipy ladies quieted down for a moment, and saluted him one after another, and the emperor waved his hand to let them get up. When they straightened up, the emperor found that the beauty closest to Empress Dowager Rui was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while?

The dressed beauty was red-faced by him, and she didn't dare to look up, and the Empress Dowager Rui quipped: "I miss the emperor every day, and I finally met, why don't you speak?" Where in the world are you married like this? ”

As soon as Empress Dowager Rui mentioned it, the emperor suddenly woke up, it was Xiu Yuanshuang, I hadn't seen her for several years, and her appearance hadn't changed, but now that she was wearing gorgeous makeup, he really didn't recognize it.

Xiu Yuanshuang felt like a rabbit in her heart, so that she was a little out of breath, so that she even ignored the disappointment that the emperor didn't recognize her, just blindly uneasy, she came uninvited, what kind of attitude would the emperor have?

In fact, it is not uninvited, this is the result of more than a month of discussion between her and Empress Dowager Rui. More than a month ago, the Empress Dowager Rui sent someone to see her, although the emperor did not take her into the palace, but did not divorce her, the Empress Dowager Rui wanted her daughter-in-law, sent someone to see, which is also reasonable.

She is everyone's lady, she is a good person, although she can't enter the palace, every time the Empress Dowager Rui sends someone to come, she has to ask the Empress Dowager's diet and daily life, I heard that the Empress Dowager has a little cough at night, so she looked for a prescription, made her own pear paste, simmered over a small fire, put it in the well to suck the shade, before and after more than half a month, before asking someone to send it to the palace, the Empress Dowager Rui ate the pear paste, the cough was really much better, praised her for filial piety, to take her into the palace, she was afraid that the emperor would be angry, did not dare to agree, and the Empress Dowager Rui discussed for a long time, I finally decided to make an appearance at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet to see what the emperor meant.

really came to this moment, she was beating a drum in her heart, she was a person who wanted to save face, in front of so many people, if the emperor dismissed her face and drove her away, then she wouldn't want to live.

Empress Dowager Rui secretly looked at the emperor's face, to be honest, she didn't have a bottom in her heart, but she really liked Xiu Yuanshuang, originally because she was Xiu Min's daughter, she looked up to her, got along, and felt that she was filial and sensible, and when they met again, she was beautiful, dignified and elegant, and there was nothing more satisfying than this, in her opinion, it was not an exaggeration for Xiu Yuanshuang to enter the middle palace. Let's have the courage to give it a try today, and see what is the emperor's attitude?

Xiu Yuanshuang's identity is not a secret, not to mention the imperial court officials, even the people of Lin'an City know that there is a side princess living in the palace of the king of Chu, so all the ladies are also holding their breath, waiting to see a good show.

The emperor didn't have any expression, with a face of neither joy nor sadness, and toasted the Empress Dowager Rui with a glass of wine.

After the Empress Dowager Rui finished drinking, she hurriedly glanced at Xiu Yuanshuang, who was a smart person, raised her wine glass and smiled at the emperor and said, "The concubine wishes the emperor a thousand generations and good health." ”

The clever little eunuch immediately handed over the wine for the emperor, and the emperor took the wine glass, lowered his eyes, and seemed to hesitate for a moment, but still tilted his head and poured the wine into his mouth.

Xiu Yuanshuang covered her mouth with her sleeve and took a sip gently, Concubine Rui saw them like this, her eyes narrowed with a smile, and she said to the emperor, "Yuanshuang rarely enters the palace, the mourning family wants to keep her for a few more days, and let her live in Jingxiu Palace for the time being, does the emperor think it's good?" ”

The emperor tugged at the corners of his mouth, barely brought out a smile, did not answer positively, glanced at Xiu Yuanshuang with a slight meaning, and turned to leave.

His glance seemed bland, but Xiu Yuanshuang felt a chill in his back, and hurriedly lowered his head.

As soon as the emperor left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Xiu Yuanshuang was a little aggrieved, glanced at the Empress Dowager Rui, the Empress Dowager Rui patted her hand, and comforted: "The emperor didn't speak, just acquiesced, stop today, you can stay, don't worry, let's take our time, now the emperor's heart is a cold stone, you have to rely on you to slowly cover him warm, the water drops through the stone, you have to survive." ”

Xiu Yuanshuang nodded lightly, "The concubine can survive." "I've been alone in the empty boudoir for three years, and when I get to him, I can endure it even more, she has no other ability, but she can endure it.

In order to create an opportunity for Xiu Yuanshuang, the Empress Dowager Rui also racked her brains, and it happened that Huang Youdao came over to ask for instructions, saying that this year's flower boat is beautiful, does Lafayette want to go on a cruise?

When the Empress Dowager Rui heard this, she had an idea and asked him to invite the emperor to cruise with him.

There is a custom of enjoying the moon on a pleasure boat in the palace, and the flower boat is tied every year, and the emperor takes the palace concubines to swim in Taiming Lake, drinking and admiring the moon, which is elegant and interesting.

Since the Empress Dowager Rui wanted to cruise on the boat, the emperor naturally wanted to accompany her, thinking that it would be inevitable that the mother and son would be lonely, so he called the King of Jin and a few clan brothers together, and he took Hao Pingguan, Qihong and Yuegui to the lake.

The Empress Dowager Rui was already standing by the lake, waiting to board the boat, there was a sequence of boarding, the emperor went up first, then the Empress Dowager Rui, and the rest of the people went up in order according to the dignity and inferiority.

This year's flower boat is newly built, spacious hull, towering mast, hanging a long slip of all kinds of colored lanterns, there are lantern riddles on the top, the bow and stern of the ship out of a large place to stand people, there are circle chairs to sit on the side, the middle is the cabin, the carved doors and windows, the door hangs bamboo curtains, the window hangs light yarn, there are tables and chairs inside, there are tea and snacks on the case, the little eunuch stands by the door and waits for the nobles who are waiting to board the ship.

The emperor got on the boat, turned around and picked up the Empress Dowager Rui, and then it was time to Xiu Yuanshuang, she stretched out her hand, but the emperor had already turned around and took the Empress Dowager Rui to the cabin, her hand was frozen in mid-air, and it was not accepted, nor was it received.