The day of the palace banquet was a rare sunny day.

The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan sat on the top, and the Empress Dowager Xiao'an on the side said: "In this winter, there is a small snow for three days and a heavy snow for five days, but it is rare to have a sunny time. ”

The Empress Dowager Xiao'an smiled when she heard this: "It's not, it seems that God is quite giving face to the two old women." ”

Kang Linggui sat next to him and waited for the Empress Dowager Xiao'an, and when he heard this, he sent a rainbow fart: "The two empress dowagers are deeply blessed, and they are all happy when they see this sun!" ”

"It's your sweet mouth, reward!" Xiao Anle poked Kang Ling's head and said with a smile.

Lin Zhi, who was waiting for the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan's dinner on the side, pretended not to follow the dream when she saw this: "The concubine is stupid and can't say so many auspicious words." However, it is possible to reward the concubines, and since the Queen Mother has rewarded Concubine Kang, the concubines also have to be rewarded. ”

Soon after the banquet began, she and Kang Ling knelt beside the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan and the Empress Dowager Xiao'an respectively in the name of filial piety and served them to dinner. Originally, they were going to serve Yi Xiangxiang, the queen, and the queen mother was served by the concubines, which is the same as the backyard aunt serving his wife.

However, Yi Xiangxiang was not there, so they naturally got close to the queen mothers.

After all, the queen mother is the woman with the highest status in the harem!

Of course, Kangling's related household does not need to do this much! However, Lin Zhimeng just made the first move, and she had no choice but to follow.

Xiaoduan only smiled slightly when she heard Lin Zhimeng's words, and she said enthusiastically: "Reward, reward." ”

When Kang Ling heard this, he laughed instead.

Hey, didn't please me, right? Deserve! She was secretly cool to Lin Zhimeng in her heart.

Lin Zhimeng naturally didn't show displeasure, but just thanked her happily.

The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan didn't mean to give Lin Zhimeng a look, but she had no intention of getting involved in the struggle of this generation of palace concubines. Moreover, she was originally biased towards her because of Yi Xiangxiang's heartiness and her care for herself, so she naturally would not accept Lin Zhimeng's overtures at this time.

This palace banquet, if it weren't for Zhao Ziqian telling her that she was worried that someone would be big, and she wanted to use the reputation of preparing the banquet to compete for the second position, she would not have agreed to come out to preside over the palace banquet. Well, it can't be said that she didn't mix, at least she really didn't want Yi Xiangxiang to be squeezed down so she worked hard for the palace banquet for her, and she was very concerned.

As for the Empress Dowager Xiao'an of Ci'an Palace, seeing that Xiaoduan is so attentive, it is naturally not good to be lazy. Besides, for her, after all, it was her son who became the emperor, and it was also appropriate to help her son reward the ministers.

As a result, the queen mother of the two palaces arranged the palace banquet properly, and Lin Zhimeng and Kang Ling, who were nominally assistants, did not make any special contributions in this matter.

Of course, regardless of whether the news that the queen is still recuperating from her injuries is true, but for this reason, even if the palace banquet is personally organized by the queen mothers, it has never been too luxurious.

In the main hall, the head pushed the cup and handed over the lamp, because it was sunny today, and even opened a few windows, and the bursts of plum fragrance came to the face, which was very emotional.

The Yi family and his party sat among the hundreds of officials of the family, and Sun Yi Yaowen, the tiger-headed Yi family, was also among them.

"Look at this child, his eyes are round, but he looks like his aunt!" It was the wife of Sheng Guonian, the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, who spoke.

Her words alleviated the embarrassment of the bigwigs above, and made people turn their attention to the Yi family.

Originally, Yi Yaowen was still young, so he didn't need to enter the palace to participate in the palace banquet. However, the name Yi Yaowen was given by Zhao Ziqian, and it was the Yi family who brought him to the palace banquet, and thanked him by the way.

"Mother's words are not clear, this kid has several aunts, is my mother talking about me?"

At this time, it was the woman sitting next to Mrs. Sheng who spoke, this woman was the fifth lady of Yifu, and now Mrs. Sheng Ruofu. After she said this, she still winked at Mrs. Sheng, looking naughty.

Mrs. Sheng deliberately laughed when she heard this: "Don't put gold on your face, who doesn't know that I'm talking about the queen's mother?" The beauty of the queen's eyes is obvious to all, and you don't have enough to see at all! ”

"Mother!" Yi Ruofu pouted and pretended to be dissatisfied.

Seeing this, the lady of the Winning Prince's Mansion who was sitting at the head of them smiled and said, "Your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law should not attract people's eyes!" If I continue to be intimate like this, I have to force Yi'er to marry a daughter-in-law for me with a stick, so that I can only watch your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law every day! ”

She and Mrs. Sheng are handkerchiefs, and she is really envious when she says this.

Duan Yi on the side heard this, but three black lines floated on his head, so he saw him learn from Yi Ruofu's delicate appearance and shouted to Mrs. Duan: "Mother~"

Seeing this, everyone burst out laughing, and even Luo Baohua squirted out the tea in his mouth, and then bluntly said that Duan Yi was becoming more and more shameless!

The Yi family was not happy or sad, and they did not talk to each other during the period, and those who did not know thought that they were still immersed in the grief of losing Yi Xiangxiang.

Yes, even if the Holy Lord announced that the Empress was recuperating from her injuries in the Annex, most people thought that the Empress had died of incense. It's just that he didn't dare to say anything openly, so he could only echo Zhao Ziqian's words with haha.

The process and rules of the palace banquet are no different from previous years, the difference is that compared with last year's envy of the Yi family, this year is more sympathy and fear.

Sympathy, it's easy to understand, it's just that the queen just mentioned is dead or alive is inconclusive. As for fear, it was the emperor's anger caused by the queen's difficulty, which made the courtiers feel related.

"Holy Lord, the construction of the Meizhou River has been settled, I don't know who the Holy Lord wants to send to accompany His Royal Highness King An next year?" After laughing, Huaihai King Luo Jiang asked Zhao Ziqian.

The construction of the Meizhou River has been drawn up by the Ministry of Industry, and will be presided over by An Wang next year. However, as for who to send with him, Zhao Ziqian has never issued a holy decree.

The construction of the river is not only beneficial to the country and the people, but also a good thing to do well that the glorious lintel has been passed down through the ages, and even if there is King An in charge, the oil and water that can be fished will not be less.

The words of Luo Jiang, the king of Huaihai, made everyone at the banquet stop talking one after another, and only the sound of silk and bamboo remained in the hall.

Zhao Ziqian was holding the green jade horn cup in his hand, only to see him put the cup on the table, and then asked Luo Jiang: "I don't know what the King of Huaihai has to say?" ”

"The minister recommends Lord Yi Xiao!" Huaihai King Luo Jiang said.

"Oh? Why? Zhao Ziqian seemed to smile.

Luo Jiang threw off his sleeves and said, "Recommend Nengchen, you don't need a reason!" ”

It's so crazy that it's called a boundless.

Everyone didn't understand what trick Luo Jiang was playing, because they all felt that according to common sense, Luo Jiang should recommend his son Luo Baohua!

Is it to avoid relatives? Everyone thinks.

Only Duan Hongzhen, a few people who also had fast brains, understood Luo Jiang's intentions, and they all secretly scolded this old fox in their hearts.

Luo Baohua became an ear to report to God, because Luo Jiang knew that Yi Xiangxiang was not dead. And even if Yi Xiangxiang is dead, he will recommend Yi Luochuan, because he knows that the emperor needs to have a chance to make up for the Yi family.

Duan Hongzhen and some other smart people, even if they didn't know whether the queen was alive, they all figured out the joints, so they echoed one after another.

As for some others, it was only when they heard Luo Baohua's name in the holy decree issued two days later that they suddenly realized.

Zhao Ziqian nodded and said, "I will carefully consider this proposal." ”

When Luo Jiang heard this, he put off his beard and sat down with a smile.

At this time, half of the palace banquet time had passed, and because of Luo Jiang's recommendation, many people stood up and made the so-called recommendation to Zhao Ziqian, and Zhao Ziqian also replied one by one that he would consider it carefully.

Duan Hongzhen relieved the siege in a timely manner: "You young people are just ignorant, this good palace banquet, don't discuss state affairs!" ”

"Master Duan's words are reasonable, today is a time for celebration, how can you keep going around in Meizhou?" The old general Yu Wenqi also agreed.

Luo Jiang didn't expect his words to arouse the minds of so many people, and he said with a smile in his heart: "Cough, it's all my fault, you should punish yourself!" ”

As he spoke, he drank the wine from his glass in a hearty manner.

Seeing this, Zhao Zixiu, the king of An, said with a smile: "Old prince, although this falling flower is precious, but the stamina is very sufficient, don't use self-punishment to be greedy!" ”

The wine served at today's palace banquet is a rare falling flower.

When Luo Baohua heard this, he also teased his old father: "This is to make His Royal Highness King An right, isn't my father just to drink two more sips of wine!" But I said Father, His Royal Highness King An is not bad at all, although the name of this falling flower is extremely beautiful, but its stamina is very strong! You can take it easy, don't lose your honor in front of the palace. ”

He stared at Luo Jiang with a playful expression, and although he said that he didn't want to lose his honor in front of the palace, his expression was as if he was looking forward to the old father's disgrace.

"Hey, you kid, even Lao Tzu dares to make it up!" Luo Jianghu had a fierce face, Luo Baohua.

Everyone laughed when they saw this.

The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, who is at the top, also rarely smiled, since her son Zhao Zilin died tragically due to the previous palace change, she has always lived in a simple house. If it weren't for her part in the preparation of the palace banquet this time, she wouldn't have stayed here for a long time.

I only heard her smile and said: "This falling flowers is the treasure of the queen's Changchun Palace, she has always loved to drink two sips, because she knows that the mourning family loves the taste of falling flowers, so people all moved to Cining Palace, and it is to take out the mourning family today for everyone to taste!" However, the king of Huaihai really doesn't want to drink too much, if he drinks it all in one go, the mourning family is reluctant to bring out the remaining wine to give you a tiger drink. ”

The beauty of falling flowers can taste thousands of flavors in thousands of moods, and it has always been respected by the world.

The words of the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan not only praised the filial piety of the queen Yi Xiangxiang, but also seemed to indirectly tell everyone that she was on the queen's side.

Don't mix and don't mix, but you still have to praise it, after all, people are really filial.

Lin Zhimeng's eyes deepened when she heard this, and it was dark and difficult to distinguish.

Huaihai King Luo Jiang laughed: "Let the Queen Mother laugh at you, but this wine is precious, I don't know where the Queen Mother came from so many cellars?" It made the old minister envious. ”

"I don't know about this mourner, I just heard that it was transported back to the palace a while ago, and before it was released in Changchun Palace, it was sent to Cining Palace." Empress Dowager Xiaoduan said slowly.

When Luo Baohua heard this, he guessed that this batch of wine was transported back from Tongzhou. So he omitted the details of the treasure digging and picked out some of the ways.

"The first secret room is full of good wine, and I think it was taken from here and shipped back to Kyoto." Luo Baohua said.

"I see!" Everyone suddenly realized.

Xiao Dan, who was standing behind Zhao Ziqian, heard this, and after asking the former, he answered: "What Luo Shizi said is true, this wine is indeed transported back from Tongzhou. The queen mother sent it to Changchun Palace, and asked the slave maid and others to test the wine one by one before sending it to the Queen Mother's Cining Palace. ”

Xiaoduan sighed a little when she heard this, no wonder the things were advanced in Changchun Palace before they were transported to her Cining Palace. I have to say that the queen is indeed a cautious person, and she does things very properly.

"The queen has a heart." Hyoduan sighed.

Everyone echoed it, praising the queen's virtuous and filial piety, and praising the Yi family's good way of teaching her daughter.

And Lin Zhixin was demoted because she was punished by Yi Xiangxiang, because she had always been dissatisfied with her in her heart, and at this time she only listened to her mocking answer: "The queen is very filial to the queen mother, but why didn't she send a copy of this wine to Ci'an Palace?" ”

The implication is why only Cining Palace was sent and not Ci'an Palace, and it is obvious to accuse the queen of being biased in Cining Palace.

As soon as Lin Zhixin's words came out, the Empress Dowager Xiao'an, who didn't care much, immediately frowned.

Although Lin Zhixin's words were aimed at Yi Xiangxiang, who was not present, the Empress Dowager Xiao'an, as one of her mothers-in-law, naturally felt shameless.

Why is there no face?

is obviously her own mother-in-law, but she makes others and her daughter-in-law live in harmony like a mother and daughter, isn't that a slap in the face!

She glared at Lin Zhixin dissatisfiedly, and even took Lin Zhimeng sideways.

Seeing this, Concubine Ning Su Jingxiang answered in a timely manner: "Lin Jieyu has misunderstood the queen's mother, the ice silk snow lotus presented by the Lotus Palace is now in Ci'an Palace!" She smiled and said while her eyes rolled, and after thinking about it, she said naughtily: "If this is really detailed, the ice silk snow lotus is much more precious than the falling flowers, and the two queen mothers don't want to be jealous because of this!" ”

In order to escape the danger of being wiped out that day, the Lotus Palace presented Zhao Ziqian, the treasure of the town faction, the Ice Silk Snow Lotus. Yi Xiangxiang was in the Li Dynasty when Xiaodongguo recovered from her injuries, and when Zhao Ziqian gave her something, she was already well, so she only took three petals and put them in the tonic soup to boil and drink, and the rest was preserved.

Originally, she thought that she should send something close to Ci'an Palace to balance the matter of sending wine to Ci'an Palace, and after thinking about it, she sent someone to send this snow lotus to Ci'an Palace.

Su Jingxiang's words surprised everyone, but because of the second half of her sentence, she laughed again.

The Empress Dowager Xiao'an was also a little surprised, because she didn't know that the queen had sent the ice silk snow lotus.

Lin Zhixin saw the suspicion in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Xiao'an, so she thought that this was an excuse that Su Jingxiang found for the queen.

"Concubine Ning doesn't want to cover up for the queen, the concubine just thinks that what the queen did is inappropriate, and she has no other meaning. Besides, what if you can solve the siege now? I will send things later, but I don't count them. Lin Zhi's heart is unrelenting.

Nothing else meaningful, a ghost! Su Jingxiang secretly scolded the street in her heart.

However, she didn't show dissatisfaction on her face, but just sighed and said, "Does Lin Jieyu think that this palace will cover up for the queen again?" You're thinking too much! Why should this palace lie in front of the saints, that is the crime of deceiving the king! And whether this thing is sent or not, it's not up to the palace to have the final say. ”

What she meant was that the Empress Dowager of Ci'an Palace had the most say in this.

Xiao'an is not a fool, although she doesn't know what Concubine Ning means, but she also knows that this is a good opportunity to go down. Don't worry about whether there is such a thing or not, you should talk about it later!

But she was about to speak, when the old lady who had been with her behind her opened her mouth.

"This matter is a dereliction of duty by the old slave, and I hope the Queen Mother will punish her." She took a few steps and knelt down in front of Hyoan.

Xiao An became more and more suspicious, she frowned and asked, "What's going on?" ”

The kneeling old lady said: "The queen mother did send someone to send a snow lotus, but the person who came just said that it is precious and must be kept properly." The old slave thought, the queen mother sent things to Ci'an Palace twice in three days, which of this ginseng and deer antler velvet is not precious? He just sent the person under his head to register, and did not inform the Queen Mother. ”

In fact, she was also very helpless, her own queen mother didn't like the queen very much, and the things she usually sent were not very eye-catching, so she really didn't care about the preciousness of this ice silk snow lotus, so she didn't tell it, but registered it directly.

But just now she listened to the meaning of Concubine Ning's words, this snow lotus is not an ordinary thing.

Sure enough, Zhao Ziqian's words in the next second once again confirmed the preciousness of this snow lotus.

"The Ice Silk Snow Lotus is a holy relic of the Lotus Palace, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the queen exchanged her life for it this time. This snow lotus is perennial and needs to be dissolved with special skills, which can detoxify all kinds of poisons and prolong life. He paused and continued: "Mama must treasure it well, and when it is time to take the tonic, turn it into the soup and give it to the concubine." ”

This is the longest passage that Zhao Ziqian said at today's palace banquet.

In fact, he really didn't expect that the snow lotus he gave to Yi Xiangxiang was sent to Ci'an Palace by her.

It was he who said this, and he also told his mother, the Empress Dowager Xiao'an, that in fact, Yi Xiangxiang had been thinking of her.

When the old lady heard this, a thin layer of sweat overflowed on her forehead.

Xiao'an waved her sleeves to let the old grandmother step back, and she also understood the meaning of her son's words.

And everyone only heard the Empress Dowager Xiao'an say to the saint: "Since this snow lotus has such a great effect, the queen should keep it for herself, she healed her injuries and returned to the palace as soon as possible, so as not to worry about the mourning family." ”

She really hoped that Zhao Ziqian would return Xuelian to Yi Xiangxiang, this girl was really sincere sometimes, and she was embarrassed to remember that she had just misunderstood her.

Zhao Ziqian naturally couldn't say that the queen's injuries were healed and she couldn't use them, so she could only lie: "Snow Lotus is a big supplement, her sword wound is serious, and she is not suitable for eating." ”

Lin Zhimeng was still a little surprised when she heard about Snow Lotus just now, and wondered if Yi Xiangxiang really came back. And when I heard Zhao Ziqian say this at this time, I was relieved.

Snow lotus is too replenishable?

I don't think there's a chance to use it, right?

Her eyes lit up as she thought so.