Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet.

This year's palace banquet was still held in the imperial garden, and only the emperor and queen and a few concubines participated, as well as Yuan Song and Xiao Si Xiao Wu and others.

"The second prince has become a family, so he naturally wants to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with the princess in the mansion. Aren't there still three princes and them? ”

Empress Zhou changed Yuanzhi's clothes in the Qianqing Palace, preparing to go to the banquet, and seeing that Yuanzhi looked a little lonely, Empress Zhou persuaded him.

Yuan Zhi smiled and shook his head, "The two of them have no children, and they don't have elders in the mansion, why do they spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in the mansion?" Yuan Tao looked at me and didn't know, he wanted to go directly to the Imperial Garden and accompany the queen mother and the concubine to enjoy the moon. ”

Queen Zhou was stunned when she heard this, and thought about it, even if the second prince really did this, it was right, and it was right to respect the elders.

She thought for a while and said, "I think he knew that the queen mother let the third prince and the fourth prince stay in the palace, so he deliberately went to accompany the queen mother first, right?" What's the matter, there are many brothers in the emperor, a few of them accompany the emperor in the palace, and a few of them accompany the queen mother in the imperial garden, which can be regarded as filial piety for the emperor, right? ”

Yuan Zhi felt more comfortable when he heard this, and grabbed Queen Zhou's hand, "Okay, let Xiao Jizi get it, you are pregnant, you don't have to work so hard." ”

"Just tidy up your clothes, don't get tired."

Empress Zhou smiled gently, and Yuan Zhi took a closer look at her dress today.

I saw that Queen Zhou was wearing a dark red gold silk skirt with bright yellow piping, and a warm moon-white cloak on the outside, with a slightly bulging abdomen, looking gentle and dignified.

Since she confirmed that she was pregnant, she rarely used rouge gouache and other things, and today because she was going to participate in the palace banquet, her cheeks and lips were lit with some rainbows.

Yuan Zhi couldn't help but be curious, and reached out to rub her cheek, but Queen Zhou smiled and dodged away, "What is the emperor doing?" If you rub it off, you have to make it up, isn't it too troublesome? ”

"Why did you wipe rouge again today?"

Motoji didn't mean to be bad, he just wanted to see what the rouge was made of.

Dan'er hurriedly stepped forward and explained with a smile, "Back to the emperor, the rouge on the mother's face is wrung out with rose juice, because the queen is pregnant, and she doesn't dare to add anything to the side." And in order to be clean, this is a few of us made it by hand, from washing to drying without passing through the hands of others. ”

"That's fine."

Yuan Zhi listened, and took Queen Zhou's hand and walked out with confidence.

The Imperial Garden is close to the Qianqing Palace, so the two of them went out very late, and when they arrived at Xiaoxuan on the edge of the Imperial Garden, the concubines had just arrived.

This is the grandest palace banquet after entering the palace, all the concubines are competing for beauty, dressed very brightly, looking at it from a distance, only feel pearlescent.

Queen Zhou became the one with the most plain makeup.

She is pregnant, no one will compare with her, and all the concubines are comparing each other's beauty.

It's just that compared to each other, it's always Zhao Guiren's gorgeous appearance, and it's not others who can surpass her by dressing up.

Empress Zhou and Yuan Zhi walked towards the head and whispered in his ear: "Look at what your sisters are dressed up for you today, you have to take a good look." ”

Motoji was noncommittal.

However, he did take a closer look at each of them as he sat down.

If Queen Zhou didn't remind him, he wouldn't have the leisure to hear her say this, and he would take a look at it by the way.

Sure enough, wherever his gaze swept to, the concubine he was watching lowered her head shyly, looking like a delicate flower that you could pick.

Yuan Zhi somewhat understood Empress Zhou's words, and it turned out that "dressing him up" was what it meant......

However, after taking a closer look in front of everyone, he still turned his head to Queen Zhou and said, "It's just that you're dressed up, you still look the best." ”

Empress Zhou was stunned.

If Yuanzhi casually said to coax her, the extremely serious tone he used made Queen Zhou not react for a while.

When she reacted, her heart was pounding.

She asked herself that when she was the most slender and graceful in the past, she might not be as attractive as Zhao Guiren's appearance, let alone that she was pregnant and her face was swollen now.

But Yuanzhi Fang Cai did say it very seriously, and it didn't seem like a lie.

Empress Zhou couldn't help but confirm again, "Did the emperor say that he thinks I am the best-looking, better looking than Zhao Guiren?" ”

Zhao Guiren?

Yuan Zhi glanced in the direction of Zhao Guiren, Zhao Guiren probably learned the lesson of the two pieces of agarwood incense last time, although the makeup is light today, it just sets off the brightness.

He was a little inexplicable, and said to Queen Zhou: "Naturally, you are better looking than her, she is also good-looking, and she is better looking than Concubine Li Xian." ”

Queen Zhou's face blushed, "The concubine is pregnant now, and her face is a lot more swollen than before, where can she look better than Zhao Guiren?" The emperor will coax his concubines to play. ”

"I didn't coax you."

Yuan Zhi was extremely serious, "Whether it was when you first entered the palace, or now that you are pregnant, I think you are the best-looking." These flowers are different from yours, but marrying a chicken and a dog and marrying a dog, you still change with my vision. ”

Queen Zhou couldn't cry or laugh.

Seeing the two emperors whispering, the concubines below couldn't help but be curious, and they were also a little disappointed.

The emperor just favors the queen, and he speaks so quietly on an occasion like today, making it clear that he doesn't let them listen.

Or did Yuan Song open his mouth to break the deadlock, "What do the imperial brothers and sisters-in-law say considerately?" Quietly, he didn't let us listen, but let us see. ”

Yuan Zhi raised his head, looked at Yuan Song and laughed, "Why do you tell you to listen?" You want to know, and marry a daughter-in-law yourself. You will bring your daughter-in-law to the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet next year, and you will also talk about yourself, quietly, I will just take a look. ”

It was rare for Yuan Zhi to make a joke, everyone thought it was funny, and even Xiao Si and Xiao Wu looked at Yuan Song's red face and red ears, and they all made fun of him.

Yuan Song was anxious, "You two don't study well, and follow the imperial brother to make fun of me?" Don't worry, when I marry my daughter-in-law, the two of you will not be far off. ”

As soon as he said this, Xiao Si and Xiao Wu were embarrassed to laugh at him.

Xiao Wu said: "It's a pity that the second brother didn't bring the second sister-in-law into the palace today." Otherwise, the third brother can still see the second brother and the second sister-in-law whispering, wouldn't it be lively? ”

"The second brother went to the imperial garden to accompany his mother and concubine."

Sure enough, Yuan Song said Yuan Tao's whereabouts, "Only Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi accompany the queen mother in the imperial garden, so it's good to let the second brother and second sister-in-law go and take a look." I heard that the queen mother was still talking about the royal brother in the garden, and I was worried that the palace would be deserted, so I was not allowed to go to the imperial garden with Xiao Si and Xiao Wu to accompany her. ”

Yuan Zhi glanced at Empress Zhou proudly, with an expression that I was right, and then raised the wine glass and said to everyone: "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone has drunk this cup." Our family talked and drank in one place, stayed for a while to warm up, and went outside to admire the moon with me. ”

All the princes and concubines stood up and raised their glasses accordingly.

Queen Zhou was pregnant and should not drink alcohol, so she also brought a cup of chrysanthemum tea and toasted with everyone.