thought that everyone should be gone, but Yuan Tao remembered that the concubine came.

There is no hostess in the palace, and the bride cannot be allowed to come out to receive female guests, so the female guests who came today are all entertained by the concubine.

Yuan Tao thought of this, and hurriedly called someone over to ask, "Where is the noble concubine?" Gone? ”

"Not yet."

The servant said: "The servant just saw the noble concubine send the Duchess of Dingguo out of the ceremony, and I don't know if the guests have finished sending it at this time." ”

Yuan Tao nodded after hearing this, and walked towards the flower hall behind him.

The noble concubine should still be there.

Walking outside the flower hall, there was no sound inside, and it sounded like there were no guests.

Yuan Tao slowed down, walked over to take a look, only to find that the concubine was sitting alone at the table, not knowing what she was eating.

The table is full of touched mats, and it is no longer clean, what is she eating alone?

Yuan Tao was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Mother, why are you using the remnants here?" I'll have someone go and make you some hot food! ”

The concubine was so startled that she almost dropped her chopsticks on the ground.

When she looked back and saw that it was Yuan Tao in a red robe, she breathed a sigh of relief, "Shhh, be quiet." I'll just eat this, I don't have to make anything else. ”

Yuan Tao looked into her bowl, it was a golden needle abalone and braised rice noodles, and there was some heat.

The concubine smiled: "This is what I ordered someone to pack out separately, and no one has touched it." I was sure that I wouldn't be able to eat well today, so I prepared in advance. Wouldn't it be cheap for me to eat when they are gone? ”

As soon as she finished speaking, her stomach screamed twice.

The concubine was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly lowered her head to eat the rice noodles in the bowl, seeing that she was really hungry.

Yuan Tao was a little unbearable, "It's all because the children are not good, I didn't consider the hard work of the mother, and I made the mother so busy that she didn't even have time to fill her stomach." Seeing the mother concubine like this, how can the child get by in his heart? ”

The concubine quickly ate all the rice noodles in the small bowl, stood up regardless of the image, opened the purple clay cup on the table and filled herself with another bowl.

She said as she spoke: "I was afraid of being seen by you, so I ate here while people were gone, but I didn't expect to be discovered by you...... Ah, oh no, are they in a hurry for Little Six and Little Seven? ”

Yuan Tao shook his head, "You can continue to eat, it's okay, Xiao Liu, Xiao Qi are gone." I went back with the fourth and fifth brothers, don't worry. ”

Thinking that the fourth and fifth children had drunk just now, Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi only cared about a few brothers, and forgot that they came with the noble concubine when they came, and they should have called the noble concubine to leave together.

Hearing that they were all gone, the noble concubine became more and more relaxed, "That's good, it's so late, they won't go back to the Queen Mother to worry." ”

After that, he pushed Yuan Tao again, "You are going back soon, the cave room is spent on candle nights, don't miss the good time!" ”

She pushed several times in a row, but Yuan Tao didn't move.

In the end, Yuan Tao couldn't hold his palm, so he had to smile and say, "I'll go again after you finish eating." ”

The concubine immediately put down the bowl and wiped her mouth.

Yuan Tao looked into the bowl and saw that she had really finished eating.

The noble concubine stood up, "Okay, I should go back too, I can't spend the night outside the imperial garden without the will of the queen mother." Go back quickly, and I'll go. ”

Yuan Tao didn't say anything this time, and kept sending the concubine out of the mansion, and watched her ceremonial staff go away before entering the door.

What he didn't know was that the noble concubine on the ceremonial staff had been ordering people to watch the situation behind her, "How is it?" Is he still there? ”

"It's still there."

The little eunuch sitting next to the coachman kept looking behind him until he was too far away to see the Second King's Mansion.

The noble concubine was overjoyed, "Yuan Tao, this kid must be grateful to me in his heart, he didn't respect me so much before, it's just that he can get by." Now he really treats me as a mother, I can see it! ”

The palace maid who was sitting in the carriage together, seeing her excited, like a child, couldn't help but pout, "The master still said!" You are so worried about labor for the second prince, I am afraid that your biological mother will not be able to catch up! Whose adoptive mother can do this for her son? ”

Before the concubine could speak, another palace maid smiled and said: "That's not what I said, our master has worked hard for a long time, and it may be exchanged for the sincere treatment of the second prince, which is not a grievance!" ”

"Or listen to what you say!"

The noble concubine became proud again, and reprimanded the palace maid who spoke first, "I'm a mother, what's the point of paying a little more?" If he is a cold heart, I don't bother to pay for him. But it turns out that he is a good boy and knows gratitude, what else can I be wronged about? ”

The noble concubine rejoiced in her heart.

In the past, she always couldn't understand why so many children left by the first emperor, whether they were princesses or princes, whether they were born to Su Youyi or not, treated her as their own mother?

She didn't understand until today she finally understood.

Care.

She regards Yuan Tao as her own with sincerity, and Yuan Tao will sincerely respect her as a mother, the love between mother and son is mutual, where is the gain if you don't pay?

……

The fourth and fifth children went back late, and they were full of alcohol, so they didn't go to Su Youyi.

Only Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi went over to ask for peace, and most of the lights in Su Youyi's hall were out, and she sat under the lamp in a moon-white bed dress to read.

Seeing Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi coming back, Su Youyi hurriedly said, "How is it, is today's wedding banquet lively?" ”

"It's really lively, people come and go, and we know a lot of characters we don't usually see!"

Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi jumped on the bed and talked to Su Youyi about what they had seen and heard today.

They usually follow Su Youyi's side, and all they can see are people with heads and faces in the court, but today on the "informal" occasion of the wedding banquet, they have met many middle- and lower-level officials in the DPRK and China.

As well as the sons, grandsons and even nephews of the families of officials with heads and faces, those messy kinship relationships, they remember interestingly.

Su Youyi couldn't listen to it anymore after only listening to a few, "Okay, okay, what son and nephew, nephew, where do I remember living so much?" ”

Su Youyi listened to it and put the book down.

Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi saw that her ten fingers were wrapped in leaves, like ten small sharp rice dumplings, so they asked curiously, "What is the queen mother doing?" Do you make zongzi? ”

"Wrapping zongzi? Human meat dumplings? ”

Su Youyi couldn't cry or laugh, and put her finger in front of them to sniff them, and the smell of impatiens lingered faintly on the tip of her nose.

"This is impatiens, which are used to dye nails. Wrapped tightly with chrysanthemum leaves, Ming'er's nails will be colored when she wakes up in the morning. ”

Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi opened their big curious eyes, "Wow, it seems to be fun......"