The Mid-Autumn Festival is the grandest festival in the Chen Palace in mid-autumn. The noble family is on the stage to welcome the cold, and the people compete for the restaurant to play the moon, such a lively festival is the masters who often set up banquets in the Chen Palace, and they are also looking forward to it.

At night, Emperor Chen and the Empress first worship the moon in Fuhuatai, the red candle is burning, the full moon is in the sky, the huge incense case is placed in the Fuhua Tai used for ritualization on weekdays, and the moon cakes and fruits used for the moon worship ceremony are carefully carved into the shape of lotus flowers or jade rabbits. The emperor and queen joined hands to worship the bright moon sincerely, one for the peace of the country and the people, for the peace of the palace for all things, and for the reunion and harmony of the five relatives of the royal family.

This kind of blessing and sacrifice to heaven can only be obtained by the queen of the middle palace by the emperor's side, and it is also a ritual regulation, and it is also a meaning of respect and order.

The people in the harem, including Concubine Wei, didn't even have the opportunity to board the Fuhua Terrace.

The Mid-Autumn Festival Palace banquet is placed in the Liuhui Reflection Pavilion on the south side of the Royal Lake, and when the emperor and queen worship the moon, the palace concubines and princesses are waiting here. When the family is reunited, it is rare to have lively laughter.

Liuhui Yingcai Pavilion is a huge building on the water, here is surrounded by water, in the breeze of the autumn night, it is not pleasant and refreshing, the water surface of the Royal Lake is sparkling, reflecting the full moon as big as the silver plate hanging in the sky, the water in the sky is seen, but the two bright moons sway and take care of each other, there is a different artistic conception.

The concubines leaned on the railing to enjoy the scenery, leisurely watching the palace people of the Shangshi Bureau flow in and out, carefully placing the crisp cakes and cheeses used in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and serving fine wine in a row.

Naturally, tonight should be a good time for beautiful scenery.

Wei Guifei lost her previous Tang Xiurong, but now there is some loneliness around her, except for Zhang Meiren sitting beside the fourth prince with her arms, it is Liang Meiren who is shaking a fan and talking to her.

After Concubine Liu Xian took the second princess and laughed with several beauties, she looked at Wei Guifei, who was not very happy here, thought about it for a while, and walked over to say a few words to Wei Guifei.

"Sister Guifei, do you think that the sisters in our palace are so popular and cold when they look at it like this today."

Concubine Liu Xian's words are indeed true, now in the Chen Palace, the fourth lady still only has two people, Wei Guifei and Concubine Liu Xian, and there are three original concubines in the nine concubines, Tang Xiurong was demoted, and none of them are there today. Jieyu's position was originally only Kong Jieyu, but she made a mistake last year and is free until now. There are four or five beauties, six or seven talents, and the rest are Baolin, the royal maid, the Cai Nu and others, which are naturally not in their eyes.

Wei Guifei hugged the eldest princess Chen in her arms, carefully removed the sticky white tendons on the pomelo that the palace maid had just offered this autumn, handed it to the eldest princess, and glanced at it lightly: "Listening to the meaning of Concubine Xian's words, it is appropriate to directly invite the queen to draft the woman." ”

Concubine Liu Xian glanced at the beauties sitting on both sides, and said with a smile: "Where do the concubines mean this, just to say that these nine concubines are a little lonely." But if you think about it carefully, there are now two younger sisters, Zhaoyi and Zhaorong, who haven't come out for a long time, but it's a little lonely. ”

Wei Guifei's phoenix eyes swept lightly, and said with a smile: "Song Zhaoyi's soup is constant, where can the cold wind blow by this lake, Shen Zhaorong, yo, Concubine Xian didn't mention it, this palace has forgotten that there is such a character in this palace." ”

Wei Guifei's words were so straightforward that several concubines present couldn't help but lightly cover their noses with silk or fans. Pei Zhenwan stood behind Liang Meiren, quietly stepped forward, and untied the tassels that were hanging down the fan and stirring in one place for Liang Meiren.

Concubine Liu Xian looked at it twice, and said curiously: "Isn't this the palace maid beside Sister Guifei in the past?" Why is it at Liang Meiren's place today. ”

"Zhenwan?" Wei Guifei was very casual, and glanced at it lightly, "The palace maids of Penglai Hall are naturally good to go elsewhere." Liang Meiren came two days ago and said that the palace people of Fuxi Pavilion were too stupid and difficult to educate, so she asked the palace to go to Zhenwan and set an example. Liang Meiren, what do you think of the rules set by the maidservants of this palace? ”

The corners of Liang Meiren's mouth hidden behind the fan couldn't help twitching, she took a breath, took the fan away, and said with a proper smile: "The person trained by Sister Guifei is naturally excellent." Even if Zhenwan upset the queen mother two months ago, the concubine used it, but she felt that the queen mother was a little harsher that day. ”

Heh, Concubine Wei is really a person with a good face, on this occasion, she also has to make up for her own face, Concubine Liu Xian smiled and hurriedly changed the topic: "I have seen the four princes above the Hundred Days Ceremony, and I feel that it has grown a little longer when I see you today, and the concubine takes care of it really well." ”

The second princess Chen Yao heard her mother say this, and ran to the swaddling clothes of the four princes in a few steps, and the four princes in their sleep didn't know what was happening around them, but the hundred-day-old baby could already grasp it. The second princess cautiously raised her hand and touched the small hand that the fourth prince clenched into a fist, but she didn't expect the fourth prince to open his palm and grab the second princess's finger.

The second princess was very surprised, but she didn't dare to move, so she had to freeze her body, looked back at Concubine Liu Xian with wide eyes, and said happily: "Mother, my brother arrested me!" ”

This time, the eldest princess didn't even eat the pomelo, and hurriedly leaned over and stuck to the second princess to watch carefully.

Concubine Liu Xian's face was full of love, and she said with pity: "The fourth prince is so powerful, and he doesn't know how amazing it will be to catch Zhou Rite when he is one year old." ”

Although the fourth prince is the son of Wei Guifei in name, his biological mother Zhang Meiren is sitting there, and she is naturally the first person to be congratulated.

There was a casual conversation here, and I saw two columns of guards and guards of Qianniu Guard hurriedly walking around the Liuhui Yingcai Pavilion, and stood straight in three steps. Then the eunuchs of the Inner Servant Province who were specially used to serve in front of the emperor bowed and walked in, and went straight to the highest position of Concubine Wei and Concubine Liu Xian.

"Guifei Niangniang, Xianfei Niangniang, Your Majesty and the Empress Niangniang have started driving from Fuhuatai, and please take over the master."

The concubines were naturally busy asking the palace maids to check whether there was anything wrong with the hairpin ring's appearance, and then they went to their seats to stand up. Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, the position of the natural emperor and queen is set side by side at the top, there is no queen mother in the Chen Palace, but Emperor Chen has always been filial, and another seat is set up on the left side of the seat for the eldest princess of Enping to sit. This eldest princess, whom Emperor Chen called her aunt, was also Feng Lan's uncle and grandmother.

The small seat on the right side of the main seat is naturally reserved for the eldest son Chen Yao. Under the main seat, the east head is seated by Wei Guifei with the eldest princess and the four princes, and the empty one in the order is the seat of Song Zhaoyi and the third prince, followed by Zhang Meiren and a group of talented people, and the west head is seated by Concubine Liu Xian and the second princess, but the order does not leave Shen Zhaorong's position, but Liang Meiren sits, and the rest is Cai Meiren and other palace concubines.

Shen Zhaorong has not been out of the palace for six years, so naturally he has not reserved for these banquets.

A group of people waited for the courtesy, holding their breath and concentrating, which was the most decent etiquette in the Chen Palace.

From afar, the emperor's guard of honor can be seen slowly walking from the lake, and the black gold dragon curtain and the red dragon and phoenix fan held high above are slowly flashing between the willow banyan trees by the lake. Then it can be seen that the emperor's public opinion stopped in front of the Liuhui Yingcai Pavilion, and the eunuchs rushed forward to serve the emperor and queen.

The night will be dark, although Emperor Chen's face can not be seen clearly, but the majestic and upright posture wearing a red and yellow crown dress has a unique imperial bearing.

Pei Zhenwan breathed a sigh of relief, everything is about to start.