37. The sword under the feast

Because Tao Zhiyuan is pregnant, she pays attention to all aspects, and Yingmeng is very nervous, and urges Tao Zhiyuan to rest every day.

Immediately after the banquet, it was the first day, and the emperor's relatives and wives entered the palace as usual to meet the queen mother, concubines and concubines of the harem. Queen Fang Qiaoqing and Concubine Wei Manhui naturally attended together.

Tao Zhiyuan participated in this grand banquet for the first time, helped Siqing Palace come out, and saw the plum blossoms outside, and countless gorgeous flowers had fallen into mud. She felt that the sun was too strong and couldn't help but close her eyes. Yingmeng stretched out her hand to cover her from the sun, and asked beside her: "Niangniang is not feeling well, why don't you go this time?" ”

She shook her head slowly and said, "This day is a feast, how can you not go." ”

The banquet was set in the Mingluan Palace, although Fang Qiaoqing was injured, but he still attended according to the etiquette, meticulous in the details of the etiquette, twelve dragons and nine phoenixes beads and green crowns, and the red Xia curtain with large sleeves embroidered with woven gold dragon and phoenix patterns.

Wei Manhui accompanied Fang Qiaoqing's side, although she was also covered with a xia veil, but according to the etiquette system, she wore nine golden flowers on her head, her clothes were rouge-colored, and her skirt was twelve pieces, without piping, and only embroidery was used as a presser foot on the two or three inches below the skirt. When you move a little, the corners of the skirt are like water ripples, and the color is like a halo under the lamp. Wei Manhui was originally a rather gorgeous person, at this time Fang Qiaoqing was injured and emaciated, although she was dignified, but Wei Manhui was like a pearl under the brilliant light of a room of pearls, and her whole body was covered with a faint crystal light.

The concubines of the harem also attended in full costume, all wanting to win Yunyi's favor, but Yun Qingyuan and Tao Zhiyuan didn't care about these, they were just wearing an auspicious palace costume with a moon season color, and the style was out of the crowd, but their extremely beautiful appearance was still eye-catching among the concubines.

After Fang Qiaoqing and Wei Manhui toasted Yunyi, the Queen Mother was late, and the people in the first hall hurriedly knelt down to salute, and the Queen Mother only supported Fang Qiaoqing and said, "Your injury has not healed yet, don't kneel." ”

Fang Qiaoqing's pale face showed a hint of a smile.

The banquet continued, singing and dancing.

Zhou Luying and the two sisters sat at the same table, enjoying themselves, Zhou Luying presented the wine glass and said, "Congratulations, it's been two months soon, right?" ”

Tao Zhiyuan took the wine, thinking that it was Chu Zixiao who told Zhou Luying, and said softly with a smile: "Thank you, I hope it goes well." ”

Zhou Luying lowered her head and pursed her lips and smiled: "It will definitely go well, Yuncairen, right?" ”

"I pray to the gods every day, and I only hope that you will all be safe." Yun Qingyuan looked at Tao Zhiyuan's belly, this was her only wish now.

They were talking, only to hear Yun Yi on the throne shouting angrily, "Bold minion! How could it be so careless! ”

Tao Zhiyuan turned her head to see that the palace maid who was pouring wine for Fang Qiaoqing was kneeling on the ground at this time, her whole body trembling, and her mouth kept shouting: "Slave maid should die!" Slaves and maids should be damned! ”

Fang Qiaoqing got up at this time, only to see that her delicate makeup couldn't cover her paleness, and the clothes on her lower abdomen were stained with some water, presumably the palace maid accidentally wet Fang Qiaoqing's clothes.

"She is also unintentional, don't be angry." Fang Qiaoqing persuaded and said, "The concubine will retire first, please don't lose your interest." ”

In fact, the wine was sprinkled on the wound in the lower abdomen, and now it was a slight sting, Fang Qiaoqing saluted and wanted to retreat, but her steps were unsteady, Wei Manhui hurriedly supported her, and said with a worried face: "Sister, your body is still weak, it is better to let Hu Ling send you back." ”

The voice was not loud, but the Queen Mother heard it clearly, and hurriedly obstructed: "Hu Ling is not by your side, you will inevitably be a little unaccustomed to it, so let Lu Ying do it for you." ”

Zhou Luying has been trained by the Queen Mother since she was a child, how can she also have some martial arts foundation, since Fang Qiaoqing's assassination, the Queen Mother has been wary of Wei Manhui everywhere, and now let Hu Ling send Fang Qiaoqing back to Zhaoyang Palace, how can she rest assured.

"Queen Mother, Zhou Jieyu is arranging a banquet, and the banquet is halfway through, if you leave now, how can this work?" Wei Manhui disagreed.

Wei Manhui sent Hu Ling, I'm afraid it was ill-intentioned, Tao Zhiyuan looked at the stalemate between the two, she and Yun Qingyuan glanced at each other, and they already understood each other's intentions, Yun Qingyuan stood up, and said with a bow: "The concubine is brave, it's better to leave this job to the concubines and sisters." First, the queen and the concubines are on good terms, and secondly, it does not hinder the holding of the banquet. ”

"That's very good, let Qingyuan and Qingling send the queen back." The Queen Mother hurriedly nodded at this time and said okay.

Wei Manhui seemed to want to say something, but Yun Yi glanced at her, she swallowed the words back into her stomach, and looked at the back of Tao Zhiyuan and Yun Qingyuan supporting Fang Qiaoqing to leave, she said silently in her heart: "It's you who want to fall into it, and then this palace has to be an adult." ”

She touched her sideburns and showed a bright smile, sooner or later, she would wear that phoenix crown!

And on Tao Zhiqing's side, the situation was even worse than she imagined, the wine was irritating, and the wound on Fang Qiaoqing's lower abdomen was already bleeding, in

The red clothes turned crimson.

Fang Qiaoqing's wound has been conditioned for more than half a month, why did the wound crack so easily? Although Tao Zhiyuan was puzzled in her heart, she still didn't have time to think about it, and helped Fang Qiaoqing into the dormitory with Yun Qingyuan, Fang Qiaoqing sat on the couch, and her face was already bloodless at this time.

"Someone! Hurry up and change the dressing for the queen! Tao Zhiyuan panicked, and hurriedly ordered the palace maids, only to see a group of palace maids come in with bandaged utensils and medicines, the palace maids who took the lead were a little familiar, and Tao Zhiyuan took a closer look to recognize that it was Ning Jia, who had raised silver taels to help.

Ning Jia was also startled when she saw Tao Zhiyuan, and hurriedly lowered her head weakly, but her hands couldn't help but tremble.

"Ning Jia, it turns out that you came to Zhaoyang Palace on an errand." Tao Zhiyuan was a little surprised.

"Back to the mother, the slave maid was transferred a month ago, and she was promoted by the queen." Ning Jia said in a low voice, obviously lacking confidence.

At this time, Fang Qiaoqing was already annoyed: "Why don't you see Aunt Li?" ”

"Queen Mother, Aunt Li has disappeared since the morning, why don't you let the slave help you change the medicine." Ning Jia said hopefully.

Fang Qiaoqing glanced at Ning Jia and shook her head, obviously distrusting this palace maid who had just been transferred.

Yun Qingyuan looked at Fang Qiaoqing, who was already sweating in pain, and didn't care about etiquette, and said, "Queen Mother, it's better to let the concubine come." ”

Now that the situation is like this, it has to be like this, Fang Qiaoqing also nodded in agreement.

The palace maid took down the phoenix crown on Fang Qiaoqing's bun, carefully untied her clothes, and saw that the bandages inside had been soaked in blood, which made Tao Zhiyuan frown.

The palace maid used a silver needle to test the water in the basin, and only after confirming that it was non-toxic did she let Yun Qingyuan wash her hands, Ning Jia handed over a clean handkerchief at this time, Yun Qingyuan looked at the handkerchief and felt familiar, but the time was tight but she didn't have time to think about it, so she quickly wiped her hands and took the snake oil next to her and poured it on the medicine, rubbing the medicine until it was moist, and the faint fragrance of the medicine spread out in front of her, slightly bitter. She pressed the medicine with her fingers, smoothed it out, gently applied it to Fang Qiaoqing's wound, and helped Fang Qiaoqing bandage it.