At the Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet, of course, Concubine Shu, who had not yet been confined, did not attend, but even if she was absent, she still became the most frequently mentioned name in the entire palace banquet.

Because Concubine Shu gave birth a few days ago, the queen who attended in full costume did not seem to be as radiant as before, and her makeup and dress became more solemn and old-fashioned.

Xu is the "culprit" of Concubine Shu's premature birth has not yet been caught, and the matter has not been thoroughly investigated, the atmosphere in the palace has been extraordinarily dignified in the past few days, and even this palace banquet is much quieter than before.

In addition, the queen's eyes were particularly unkind when she looked at Concubine Xian and Wen Meiren, and she glared at many concubines with fierce eyes, as if she was worried that the "surprise" at the last Wanshou banquet would reappear, and the whole banquet would be even quieter.

If it weren't for the arrival of the emperor to inject a shot in the arm for the women, I am afraid that the entire banquet would end with this embarrassing freezing atmosphere.

Wen Meiren knew the queen's worries, and ignored the eyes next to her, and just sat there silently, planning to stay up until the three Buddhas of the queen mother, the queen, and the emperor withdrew, and then she could leave under the pretext of leaving.

Although the queen is domineering, she is not the person she fears the most. Thinking of the inexplicable fainting last time and being diagnosed with a happy pulse, Wen Mei's heart was still cold.

Until the queen mother took the lead in leaving, the dramatic scene that made the queen worried did not happen, and the concubines just sent autumn waves to the emperor frequently, and rushed to perform for the emperor, and no one fainted fainting with their foreheads.

To the empress's satisfaction, the emperor seemed to be absent-minded, and did not appreciate the beauty singing and dancing very seriously, but just sat on the top and ate wine silently.

The queen has a five-month-old stomach now, and she already has a sore back after sitting for half a while, and she wants to retreat in advance, and she doesn't want to give the little goblins present a chance to seduce the emperor, and just as she was hesitating, a palace maid with a raw face stumbled and trotted to kneel in front of everyone.

The queen's scalp was numb, and she had a gut feeling that something bad was happening.

Sure enough, as soon as the palace maid opened her mouth, she said: "Your Majesty, Queen Qi, something is wrong!" The second princess has fallen into the water! ”

Today's Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet is a family banquet, and only the emperor, the queen mother, the concubine and others participate. It stands to reason that the children of the emperor's knees must be present on such occasions. But the emperor's eldest son had just been born, and the two princesses had just learned to walk, and they were not good at teaching the rules, so they were inevitably afraid of making a fool of themselves at the banquet, so Concubine Xian and Li Jieyu just brought the child over, showed up in front of their father, and ordered the confidants to send the child back first.

Unexpectedly, the second princess was accompanied by Li Jieyu's palace maid and grandma, and she could accidentally fall into the water!

Hearing this, all the women present screamed and exclaimed, and they were so frightened that Li Jieyu was the first to roll her eyes and fainted, which caused a burst of noise.

The queen subconsciously glanced at Concubine Xian, but on the latter's face, she only saw pure worry.

The emperor reacted the fastest and began to ask the palace personnel who came to report the news and the current situation of the second princess.

Knowing that the second princess had been rescued by the little eunuch who knew how to water, the queen showed a palpitating expression, said a few lucky good words, and helplessly supported her waist, accompanied the emperor, and led the large army to the second princess.

Even if Concubine Xian vaguely proposed, she didn't promise to go back to rest. This kind of accident suddenly happened in the palace, and it was still such a good day, in case the second princess was really gone, she, as a mother, only cared about raising her own baby, and the courtiers could drown her with a mouthful of spit.

Li Jieyu, who woke up slowly, cried all the way, and kept repeating to the little beauty who comforted her next to her, "I should have accompanied her back, it's all my fault" and so on.

Wen Meiren followed behind, her face was a little pale, but Concubine Xian noticed it and offered to let her go back to rest, and she was full of gratitude to take the order to retreat.

When there was no one around, Xiao Ya patted her chest and said, "This is too dangerous!" Little lord, in the future, the little prince and princess can't leave our eyes. Who knows how those people are serving, that is, the second princess is playful and wants to go to the water's edge to watch the moon and catch the stars, and they can't be negligent to this extent! ”

Wen Meiren nodded with a calm face, but didn't say anything else, only told Xiaoya to call someone out to inquire.

Back in Hanyu Palace, Wen Meiren didn't dare to really close her eyes and rest, so she just waited for the news in shock.

Xiaoya originally persuaded her, but not long after, the little eunuch who was sent out ran back in a panic and reported a more unexpected new news.

It turned out that when everyone learned that the second princess had an accident, the eldest son of the emperor in Shangyang Palace suddenly became seriously ill!

"It is said that most of the imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital have been summoned to Shangyang Palace, and the situation does not seem to be very good, and Concubine Shu Niangniang has been so angry that she vomited blood......

The hearts of the master and servant beat wildly and recited the sentence of Amitabha.

Xiao Ya sent the little eunuch out again to continue inquiring, and then said tentatively: "Master, is this too coincidental?" The eldest son of the emperor is there...... But the second princess ......"

Wen Meiren's hands and feet were cold, and she didn't dare to say a word, so she secretly told Xiaoya to prepare a set of plain clothes first in case of emergency.

On this night, few people in Miyagi could really close their eyes, including these two pregnant women with special status in the palace.

Wen Meiren stayed up for half a night, and waited until the dawn was about to break, feeling a little sleepy, and finally the news came back from outside.

The second princess is gone.

The emperor's eldest son was saved.

Yesterday's trembling white face flashed in front of her, and Wen Meiren sighed.

"Go and take out your plain clothes and wait for me to freshen up."

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, it should have been a good day for family reunion, but in the end, it became a miserable and miserable white affair, which is not embarrassing.

The queen mother in Cining Palace left early, and no one informed her at first, until the second princess really died, and her old man didn't get the news until the early morning, and then there was naturally the matter of the concubine and the eldest son of the emperor.

The queen mother's face was gloomy, and she immediately asked Mama He to go for her, pass on her own message, and scolded the two daughters-in-law who are now in charge of the palace.

Moreover, the queen mother not only targeted the chaos on the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also dug out a series of things such as the premature birth of Concubine Shu, the poisoning of Wen Meiren and the eldest princess, etc., and openly accused the queen and the virtuous concubine of being ambitious and talented, and managing the harem into a miasma and mess, almost saying the words "virtue is not worthy".

When He Jieyu heard about this, she was so happy that she almost didn't laugh, and turned her head to pretend to be solemn and went to Cining Palace to comfort her aunt, and spared no effort to give eye medicine to the queen and the virtuous concubine.

The concubines came to visit one after another, "comforting" Li Jieyu, who had lost her daughter, and there was no shortage of people mentioning that if it wasn't for the concubine Shu who took the lead last night and called all the doctors away, the second princess would not have been able to wait for the doctor to be treated after falling into the water, and she would not necessarily end up dying early.

Li Jieyu was like a mourner, she seemed to be ten years old overnight, and the whole person became stupid and stupid, and she didn't react when she heard these words, so it was boring to call the little concubine who had the intention to provoke, so she could only turn her head and fan the flames among others.

Concubine Shu, who was at the center of the controversy, had to recuperate from her illness, raise her son, and confinement, and she even closed her door, and only sent someone to Li Jieyu to send a thick funeral, as if compensation.

The two concubines who were "named and criticized" by the Queen Mother had different reactions.

Concubine Xian knelt down and took off the hairpin for the first time, turned her head and wrote a note of the guilt in her own hand, and sent it to the queen mother, queen, and emperor in triplicate, to the effect that she was not worthy of virtue and improper management of the palace, which led to such a tragedy, and hoped to get the punishment she deserved. Without waiting for the three of them to react, she herself had already changed into coarse cloth clothes, and her three meals a day were also replaced by coarse tea and light rice, and she didn't see a little flesh, saying that she wanted to pray for the second princess who died unfortunately.

The queen was so angry when she heard the news, but she couldn't learn to pretend to be a virtuous concubine, so she could only go to the emperor and the queen mother to ask for guilt, and said that she would make a mistake for her crimes, find out the truth, and return the second princess to justice.

But the Queen Mother didn't give her this opportunity.

After the queen mother and the emperor's mother and son had a secret talk, the palace power that had been swaying left and right for a few months was suddenly handed over to the queen mother.

The obvious reason is, of course, that the queen is heavy and unbearable, but the queen knows in her heart that this is the anger of the queen mother and the emperor, and the other concubines also think the same.

For a while, He Jieyu became a star, as if the queen had fallen out of favor, and the virtuous concubine had no strength to fight again, and the queen mother's niece He Jieyu was going to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

After all, the Queen Mother is old, and she was sick for so many times before, and she almost didn't survive. Even if he recovers now, his body and bones are definitely not as good as before, how can he have the energy to deal with so many trivial palace affairs? It's not easy to hand it all over to the lady below, so it's best to pick one of the concubines in this case.

And there is only one person in the palace who is related to the Queen Mother, and that is He Jieyu.

Even He Jieyu herself thinks so.

However, before she could rejoice for two days, the Queen Mother came out of the wind, and she invited Princess An into the palace.

Like last time, Princess An accepted the queen mother's kindness without much prevarication and lived in the side hall of Cining Palace again.

The stewards and female officials of the various palace bureaus come and go in and out of Cining Palace, and they can always see the inseparable harmony between the Queen Mother and Princess An's mother, filial piety, and filial piety.

So, sometimes the Queen Mother is not in good spirits, and some affairs are handled by Princess An next to her, so it is not worth making a fuss.

The turbulent power struggle in the palace did not affect the peace in the palace at all.

Despite this, the news of the sudden death of the second princess still cast a gray shadow over this paradise.

Zhi Wei, like everyone else, hurriedly changed into coarse cloth clothes after the steward solemnly announced the news, and began to mourn the little princess who died young.

It is said that the funeral was very large, no less than the specifications of the prince's funeral, and it is obvious that the emperor attaches great importance to this princess.

These are the words that Hongying heard from others, but Zhiwei has been serving the emperor for half a year, but she doesn't see how much he values the second princess.

Concubine Xian, he also goes there once a month, but Li Jieyu may only get one-third of the attention of the former. The opportunity for the second princess to see her father is mostly an occasion for various palace banquets. If it is said that the relationship between father and daughter is deep, she does not believe it.

However, when she saw the emperor again, the latter's gloomy depression made her ashamed.

About ten days after the emperor came to Huangzhuang with King Xin, the emperor came alone, and took Zhao Jiufu with him, without letting Zhi Wei or others serve him closely, nor did he say a word to Zhi Wei.

Judging from the information she had observed from afar, the emperor didn't seem to have spoken much to anyone, including the most proud manager Zhao in front of the emperor.

After entering the Zhuangzi, he began to wander around, walking from the end of the field to the end of the lotus pond, and then walked back around a big bend, during which he did not stop once, let alone stop for the flower or which plant and tree, his face was solemn and a little apprehensive, as if he had been wandering outside the world.

The emperor even stayed on the Zhuangzi for an unprecedented meal.

This sudden request made the cooks tremble, and their hands trembled so much that they could barely grasp the kitchen knives, but Zhiwei was ordered to do her best, and with the assistance of several cooks, she sorted out a table of home-cooked dishes that could be seen.

Everyone in the kitchen was worried that such a humble dish would attract His Majesty's wrath.

Unexpectedly, the emperor actually finished eating silently, and looked at the folds that he would bring with him in the study, and did not return to the palace until it was getting dark.

Before leaving, Manager Zhao even took the initiative to ask the steward, and learned that the cook in charge of the spoon today was Zhiwei from the palace, and thoughtfully rewarded the steward with a bag of money.

Zhiwei did not enjoy the same material reward, but she was nominated and praised by the steward, and she was transferred to the kitchen to work.

Zhiwei was a little puzzled, and couldn't help but point out the premise that she came to Huangzhuang to farm.

The steward smiled: "I naturally know this." You don't have to worry, the master doesn't come on weekdays, so you can go whatever you like, just adjust the next few kitchens in your spare time. If the master comes, you will have to be the one who takes on the heavy responsibility. ”

Zhiwei is even more inexplicable, could it be that the emperor will often come over to eat?

She couldn't help muttering: "This steward wants to climb up and think crazy, if he can enter the palace, maybe he and the steward Li of the Siyuan Bureau can become friends with each other, they are all typical of powerlessness." ”

As a result, only five days later, the news of the steward's slap in the face came with a smile.

His Majesty the Emperor is here again.