The queen looked at the position of the second prince a little confused, she had already sent someone with Haozhen to explore the Qilin Palace for a long time, the emperor was very strict, although she couldn't enter, but she managed the harem, naturally there are many details that can be checked, and the person who returned said that there is indeed someone living but you can be sure that there must be no prince....

When she saw the seat reserved for Yuan Haoxiao, Jiang Guifei subconsciously went to see the imperial concubine's reaction, but her expression did not change... But the emperor also looked at Xiao Jin, and smiled flatteringly. Jiang Guifei knew in her heart, I am afraid that this matter is not the imperial concubine... It was arranged by the emperor.

So..... Jiang Guifei's right fingers intersected and rubbed, so she really has a son... It's just that this son is not with Xiao Jin, but closer to the emperor?

Looking at Xiao Jin again, Jiang Guifei only felt that the jealousy in her heart came one after another, and her heart hurt. She still remembers that sixteen years ago, within a few years of the emperor's accession to the throne, he took Concubine Xiao to the imperial conquest... At that time, she was just a beauty, guarding the lonely palace, and she was also so jealous....

In the sixteen years that Concubine Xiao was away, the emperor seemed to favor her the most, but only she knew that the emperor didn't love her at all, and even Hao Partridge was still the one she quietly left behind after the emperor drank too much and favored her at the beginning...

Sixteen years of companionship, can't be exchanged for love, she only has this one son.

Xiao Jin, since you have the love of the king, don't be delusional about the child anymore.... Jiang Guifei's eyes became more and more cold, and she called Du Juan to give a few words.....

The imperial concubine automatically ignored the emperor's eyes looking at her, although her face was arrogant, she was also very relieved in her heart... Although she hadn't seen her son for so many years, she was no stranger to him, and they exchanged letters frequently, and she could even be regarded as his enlightenment teacher.

Although it was to avoid disaster at the beginning, but for more than ten years, slowly she was a little greedy for the quiet life in Jiangnan, and the gentle landscape seemed to forget the family hatred and lover's concerns, and the emperor urged her one after another, she has been hesitant to go back to the palace, after all, it will be difficult to come out again if she goes back.

has been waiting for Rong Qianhua to appear, she was just curious about what kind of person her daughter-in-law was at first, who knew that after a long time of contact, she had to sigh at her youth and beauty, and the sharp tenacity on her body, how similar she was back then. She worked tirelessly to study, plan, and one day withstand the wind and rain for the people she loved...

It was Qianhua who evoked the feelings she had been silent in her heart, and it turned out to... was buried so deep by her, but when she turned it out, it still hurt so much, so terrible.

A month ago, she received a secret letter from the emperor again, saying that the promises promised to her had been fulfilled, and her son had also recognized him, asking her to return to the palace as soon as possible to reunite with the family, so she did not hesitate to return to the imperial city as planned.

Xiao Jin looked sideways at the girl beside him, her face was extremely beautiful, Hao Xiao, she must be very handsome, thinking of seeing her son who she hadn't seen for many years, there were layers of sweat in her palms, and she couldn't wipe it off. She began to look forward to the future of Rong Qianhua and Yuan Haoxiao, and hoped that those regrets in her love, they would not repeat the mistakes of the past.

Rong Qianhua didn't care much about whether the second prince would come, she had something more anxious in her heart, from the banquet to now, she had repeatedly searched for the guests in the back row many times, what about Ling An? On such an important day, why didn't he have such an important identity? I was a little uneasy in my heart, and sent Jiulian to see why Zichu hadn't come back yet.

In frowning, he only listened to the official announce: "Mid-Autumn Festival gift-"

This is the ritual system before the palace banquet, starting from the harem of the main mothers, and then to the princes, county lords, and finally civil and military officials and their families, but when the officials present gifts, only one family needs to send a representative. The atmosphere of the Great Yuan is open, and the people who have always sent gifts from each family are the best sons or daughters in the family, hoping to be blessed with the Sacred Heart and give a good marriage.

It's just a pity that Emperor Yuanhong only has three princes now, and the concubines of the Manchu Dynasty are not enough, so there are also some family change strategies, if they feel that the possibility of their daughters marrying the prince is not high, they will send sons who are waiting to marry as gifts, so that the parents of those girls can also have more choices.

"The Queen's Gift-" I saw the servant bring a jade tray with a red cloth on it, and only a small pastry-like object was placed on it.

Miss Rong's table is not in the front, there is a distance of seven or eight tables from the upper seat, and because the young lady's table is followed by the prince's position, the Rong family's table is closer to the prince's table, only one table apart.

It was far away, Rong Lihua was petite, and she couldn't see it, so she stood up in a hurry, and her sisters all knelt in front of her, their eyes focused on what was in the hand of the ceremonial official, and they didn't know that the little girl stood up. But unbeknownst to him, Yuan Hao, who was in the fugue, saw it.

Yuan Hao saw that the girl was combed with a bun and thick bangs, and her eyes were bright, and she looked forward eagerly. While laughing, he was in a trance, and I remembered that during the time when he and Rong Qianhua walked recently, she often followed her brother into the palace to play with him, and she combed her hair like this, and what he loved the most was to pull her two headbags.

Thinking like this, he put his eyes on Rong Qianhua, she hadn't seen her for ten years, she seemed to be a different person.... As he grew up, he finally understood that the marriage could not be taken back, let alone replaced.

"Sit down, Miss, alas." The maid Xishui finally pressed Rong Lihua, looking at her pouting, feeling helpless, Miss is obviously half a year younger than the second miss, but the second miss is not only the county lord, but also so beautiful, the mature women are not as good, and the young lady is still like a toddler, Aunt Pei is too free-range on weekdays.....

"Your Majesty, you didn't test me in the questions you gave to the harem this year." The queen motioned for her servants to bring the tray up.

A month ago, the emperor made a special request for today's gift, so that all the ladies and mothers would send moon cakes, as for what style, what filling can be different.

Moon cake is an ordinary pastry during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the queen asked why there are such special requirements this year, the emperor's answer is that every year there are more valuable things, I feel tired, this year is to see who can send ordinary gifts out of their hearts, is the time to study your mind.

It's just nonsense ... When Jiang Guifei learned the news of Concubine Xiao's return two days ago, she couldn't help but scold... Because food is Concubine Xiao's strong point, the emperor has such a strange request to make Concubine Xiao easy to prepare, and the queen is really stupid...

Everyone saw that the queen presented the tray beautifully.

"Your Majesty, look at it, this moon cake is very unusual."

I saw that although the shape of the moon cake has not changed, it is still round, and it is still wrapped with a five-kernel filling, but its novelty lies in the structure on the outside. Ordinary pastries are made of various colors of gluten to make the crust and wrap the filling, but the outside of this one is hollowed out with gold wire, and the wisps of winding wrap around the filling, and you can smell a smell of osmanthus from a long distance.

"Outside, it is a syrup made from osmanthus for many days, poured at high temperature, and the best thing is... Your Majesty, can you see what kind of shape this is? The queen was very proud.

The emperor looked at it carefully, "Are you four words?" Be.... Guotai Min'an? "It turns out that the shape of the gold wire hollow is not poured at random, but is painted into words by wisps of silk.

"The emperor has good eyesight, that's exactly what happened." The queen couldn't hide her happiness and bowed down: "May my Great Yuan Kingdom be peaceful and peaceful." ”

When everyone at the table saw the queen like this, they all left their seats and bowed: "May my Great Yuan Kingdom be peaceful and peaceful." ”

"Hahaha, good, good." Emperor Yuanhong picked up the queen and looked at everything under him approvingly.

Next, according to the ceremony, it should be the newly sealed imperial concubine, but Emperor Yuanhong leaned towards Jiang Guifei and asked, "Concubine, it's your turn." ”

Most people didn't think it was inappropriate, but they thought of the wrong reason, they thought that it was because the emperor favored the Jiang family that she was allowed to exceed the rules. In fact... Rong Qianhua thought in his heart, the emperor just looked forward to and cherished the gift of the imperial concubine too much, so he wanted to press it to the end.

Concubine Jiang couldn't help but smile coincidentally, she didn't understand, but no matter what the reason was, it was always good for so many people to look at it and have a face, and the Jiang family members present were also smiling, which made Queen Zhang even more jealous of the Jiang family.

Jiang stood up and clapped his hands: "Present it." ”

It turned out to be four palace maids dressed in different colors carrying four plates of different colors. After standing in a row, everyone found that it was the yellow of spring buds, the green of plants and trees in summer, the pink of sunset in autumn, and the white of ice and snow in winter.

"Your Majesty, it's good that the concubines love to have some fun on weekdays, otherwise it would really be difficult for me...."The concubine smiled half-coquettishly and half-complainingly, her face flushed, as if she hadn't noticed that she was calling herself "me" to the emperor just now.

The corners of the queen's eyes and eyebrows were full of mockery, and the imperial concubine was still smiling quietly, but Rong Qianhua felt that the people around her seemed to exude a trace of coolness... Does this Jiang Guifei have an enmity with the imperial concubine? Was it the one who prevented her from returning to the palace before?

Rong Qianhua has only arrived in the imperial city not long ago, and she just saw Su Niang an hour ago and knew that she was the original Concubine Xiao, this information was enough for her to digest for a while, and she didn't even have time to wait for Rong Ling'an to reply to the letter, so she arrived at this banquet - therefore, she really knew too little about the situation in this palace.... Rong Qianhua felt a headache.

"Spring, summer, autumn, winter? The concubine borrowed the ingenuity of the person who presented the gift, which is not bad. The emperor smiled.

"Your Majesty, take a look at it again..... "The concubine stood in the middle of the four and introduced: "This is a spring cake, which is filled with the dew and buds before the sun rises on the day of the spring equinox, this is the summer rain cake, which is filled with the rain and lotus leaves on the day of the summer solstice, this is the autumn cake, which is filled with the flowing water in the mountain stream and osmanthus flowers during the autumn equinox, and the last one is the winter ice cream, which is the filling made of plum blossoms mixed with the first snow on the day of the winter solstice...."

After the concubine finished speaking, the people at the banquet were all impressed, it takes patience to gather these materials, it is collected last year, it can only be used this year, and it has to be properly preserved, the emperor is the question of last month's life, it can be seen that this exquisite mind can not be temporarily crammed, it must be pleasant and pleasant on weekdays, for a while, the concubine has become a representative of exquisite women, and the ladies of various families are secretly paying attention to learning.

"The concubine has always been extremely secondary, and today has also opened my eyes." The emperor is in a very good mood.

"The concubine is just a mischievous and playful person on weekdays, you know, Your Majesty..."

Everyone saw the dragon's heart, and the table was a little lively, and many people cast envious glances at Jiang Zhongzheng, the brother of the concubine, especially Jin Xiang hugged Jiang Zhongzheng slightly to the right minister, as if there was a sense of joy, Jiang Zhongzheng nodded slightly in return.

At this time, the person close to him came to report that the cuckoo had brought the concubine outside, Jiang Zhongzheng couldn't press it back, and when everyone took their eyes and saw that no one was paying attention, he quietly left the table....

"Okay, this time it should be my imperial concubine's turn." The emperor smiled and turned to Xiao Jin beside him.

The imperial concubine smiled: "In the past two days, my body has just been well, and I am in a hurry to prepare, I'm afraid you will be disappointed." ”

The emperor: "As long as you send it", he looked at his beloved woman affectionately.

Rong Qianhua: "........"

Everyone: "........."

The imperial concubine said softly: "Present it"

Seeing the palace maid getting closer and closer with the ceremonial plate, the emperor began to get nervous,... This is a gift from Jinjin....

"It's just... It's just two ordinary moon cakes that I made myself. The imperial concubine couldn't help but speak.

Do it yourself? The emperor was in ecstasy, and was about to speak, only to see that the pastry had already been served.

At first glance, it is indeed two ordinary moon cakes

Hey? What is drawn on this....