Chapter 73: The Emperor Arrives
Which palace has a festive event, it should have been bustling and lively, but it fell into silence later than usual.
And at today's birthday banquet in Yongshou Palace, only Yi Concubine and her sister Guo Guiren came to congratulate them.
The rest of the palaces did not want to move around in order to avoid causing trouble.
But after all, she Yongshou Palace is a concubine, and she can't deal with it hastily, so she has to excuse herself, such as being unwell or something.
In this case, it was all discussed, otherwise pretending to be unwell, or there was something to do, and I would not go out, and go back to my palace early to listen to the news.
Wei's month is old, and he rarely goes out, but he goes to the main hall every three or five times on weekdays, but now Jing Yu's birthday has arrived, but he has a fever and falls, saying that he is asleep in a daze.
Jing Yu never woke up when he went to see it, and he naturally couldn't be there when he slept like this.
It is reasonable that even a congratulatory message cannot be sent to someone.
Concubine Hui fiddled with those treasured exquisite armors, this time ago, I heard that no one went to the birthday banquet of Yongshou Palace, and she was satisfied, thinking that the name of this assistant sixth palace was not blind in vain.
I released the words before, but now there are few people in this palace who dare to stick to it.
However, there are accidents in everything, and I was complacent, but when I learned that Yi Concubine and they went, I was angry and immediately scolded the palace people: "There are always so many blind dogs who don't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth, and dare not put this palace in their eyes!" ”
Until now, he was not angry, and said: "Seeing that I have received a little favor from the emperor, I began to get carried away, and I didn't weigh how many catties and taels I weighed." ”
The palace people didn't dare to come out, they listened to it tremblingly, and they didn't dare to respond, after all, Concubine Hui's words would not come out from here, and they would be convicted of a felony if they talked about the palace concubine's master.
Qingzhu, the newly added personal palace maid, stepped forward to comfort her, and said: "Whether Yi Concubine Niangniang goes or not, it is already an established fact that the coldness of the birthday banquet is already an established fact, and it is also an established fact that there are only Niangniang in the eyes of the masters and ladies in this palace, why should you be angry for this one or two." ”
Saying this, Concubine Hui was really useful, and said, "Do you know what else is most satisfying to this palace?" ”
Qingzhu shook her head and continued to rub her shoulders for her, listening intently.
"The reason why she dared to spoil the affairs of the palace before was not because she had the emperor's favor, but now even the emperor pretended not to know, and she was not rewarded on a day like today, let alone in person." She scoffed and said, "Without the emperor's grace, she is nothing." ”
In the main hall of Yongshou Palace, Jing Yu and Guo Luo Luo sisters drank two glasses of osmanthus wine.
This wine is indeed a good wine, but there is no satisfactory accompaniment to the wine, and Yi Concubine lost her interest after a while, so she planned to say a few more words and leave.
A group of eunuchs walked in front with lanterns, and Yi Concubine and Guo Guiren slowly paced back.
"Sister, seeing that the palace is too deserted now, it will be like this for a birthday banquet." Guo Guiren sighed.
Yi Concubine didn't care about the smile of nothing.
Seeing her unmoved, Guo Guiren stopped talking, but Yi Concubine opened her mouth and said, "So many people don't come, Concubine Hui has already achieved her goal, can you care more about one or two?" If you really care, it's too careful, even if you follow her, what good fruit to eat? She said: "On the contrary, it is the concubine who sends charcoal in the snow is the most profound." If I hadn't paid off what you owe, would I have gone? ”
Yi Concubine glanced at her, and Guo Guiren was even more silent.
"Master, this thing, let's take it." Seeing that Concubine De still stayed in the banquet and never got up to leave, Yue Yao reminded.
"The emperor won't come." Lily of the valley poked Yueyao and whispered.
Jin Bao, who was waiting at the door of the main hall, saw the eunuch guarding the door running in, pointed to the door and said loudly: "The slave and maid see ...... from afar" He bent over and panted.
"What did you see, why don't you hurry up and say it, making such a fuss?" The straightforward Lily of the Valley went out when she heard the sound, looked over there, turned around and ran back, and rushed straight in front of Jing Yu in surprise, saying, "Niangniang, the emperor is here!" The slave saw the emperor's royal car from afar! ”
Before the words fell, I heard the voice of Liang Jiugong outside the door, and reported: "The emperor has arrived!" ”
Kangxi came in pacing and asked everyone to go.
After kneeling down to greet her, Lily of the Valley, who followed behind, was overjoyed and said to Yueyao: "I know that the emperor will not forget our master!" ”
Yue Yao also fell to the ground with a stone in her heart, smiled on her chin, and said to Lily of the Valley: "Go and pour tea!" ”
Kangxi glanced at the food on the table, saw a few wine cups, and said, "Who has been here?" ”
Jing Yu said: "Back to the emperor, Concubine Yi Niangniang and Guo Guicai didn't have to leave for a while. ”
Kangxi nodded, sat down at the banquet, and said, "I haven't eaten much today, just in time for your birthday banquet, I'll use some here." ”
Jing Yu said: "The dishes are cold, and the concubine asked someone to go down and heat it up." ”
Kangxi said: "No need. So he picked up a few chopsticks, tasted them in his mouth, and then changed his complexion, and put the chopsticks on the table, which surprised Liang Jiugong.
"Your Majesty, isn't it too cold?" Jing Yu said.
"Is there still someone on duty in the dining room now?" Kangxi Road.
Liang Jiugong hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Back to the emperor, there are a few people on duty at night. ”
"Call Xu Huaisheng." He said.
It's so late, with the emperor's usual style, he won't make a temporary move against the palace people. Now that he has eaten two mouthfuls of food on the banquet table of Yongshou Palace, his face has darkened, and he has to pass it on to the manager without saying a word, he must be really angry.
Where did Liang Jiugong dare to slack off, and hurriedly called someone to summon Xu Huaisheng into the palace.
It was only a quarter of an hour or so of time, and it seemed that he was brought in quickly, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment.
Xu Huaisheng must have been in good breath with these people before he came, and he already knew what was wrong, so he came in on his knees, kowtowed first, and said: "Concubine Wan'an, the emperor Wanfu Jin'an!" ”
Kangxi asked someone to bring a few dishes in front of his face, put them in front of him, and said, "Xu Huaisheng, you taste these dishes and talk about the taste." ”
Xu Huaisheng's knees trembled, he had long known that the emperor was doing this, and he was clearly reprimanded, but he didn't dare to disobey, raised his hand and raised his chopsticks to pick up a few dishes and put them in his mouth. How does this taste, even if he doesn't eat it, he is like a mirror in his heart.
How did Concubine Hui explain, and how did he explain to the people below, is it still unclear? This meat is actually made of fox meat that can't be served on the table at all, it is woody, greasy, and has an indescribable strange smell, and a lot of sauce and coriander are used as side dishes to cover the smell.
The others also have their own 'thousand autumns', even if it is the most ordinary banquet dish, it is also the wilting dish used, basically there are few good dishes, and it is a bit shabby and exaggerated to eat, and it is really unreasonable to bring it into the master's table or the specifications of the banquet dish.
Xu Huaisheng kowtowed again and again, and said in fear: "The emperor forgives his sins!" It's all the ...... under the slave maid" Speaking of this, he stopped again, because he saw Kangxi's eyes.
Which master was neglected in front, and the master in the back was unfortunately favored, so he pushed the next person into trouble.
And the emperor ...... It's not that easy to coax.
"Xu is old age, it is a little difficult for you to bear such a burden, since there is nothing to say, it is better to prepare to rest." As soon as Kangxi said this, Xu Huaisheng's eyes widened, he never expected it.
When Concubine Hui confessed, she told him clearly, and Concubine De turned over again and was hopeless, so that he understood what he should do. He originally thought that if he helped Concubine Hui this time, he would be able to rely on Concubine Hui's power to be better, but he didn't expect to lose his position.
"Your Majesty, the slave and maid are wronged!" Xu Huaisheng shouted.
"Then what kind of wrongful law are you going to talk about?" Kangxi asked again.