The plum banquet is set on the eighteenth day of the first month, which is the time when the plum blossoms are at their peak.

Concubine Xian pondered for a long time, drew up a list, and handed it to the chamberlain to send to the Internal Affairs Office.

This plum banquet was held by Concubine Xian and Concubine Zhuang, and the two of them have never dealt with each other very much, of course, they will not discuss with me, but they will draw up a list and then hand it over to the father-in-law who is in charge of this matter.

After sending the list away, Concubine Xian was a little uneasy, the long tortoiseshell inlaid bead nail cover swept over the chess jar, pinched a sunspot and put it in her hand to play, and muttered: "I don't know who Concubine Zhuang invited." ”

The nobles she invited on the list were all from medium family backgrounds, not outstanding, not top-notch, or with a strict family style, or girls with a reputation for being quiet and docile.

Such a list may not overlap much with Concubine Zhuang's side.

Concubine Xian is a good-looking person, on the one hand, she is not ready to marry the daughter of a high family to her estranged youngest son, and on the other hand, she does not want Concubine Zhuang to see this kind of thought.

The confidant mother understood Concubine Xian's thoughts very well, and said with relief: "The people chosen by the mother must be the most suitable." ”

Concubine Xian threw the chess pieces into the chess jar, got up and walked to the window, and sighed, "That's it, so be it." ”

The room was so hot that half of the windows were opened to let in air, and all you could see outside the window was the palm-sized sky and the ever-changing shape of the clouds.

The uncontrollable Liuyun is just like her uncertain little son.

During this period, Concubine Xian wanted to call Yu Jin into the palace several times to find out what he meant, but she was always pushed away by the other party under various excuses.

Concubine Xian was depressed when she thought about it.

Regardless of whether the mother and son have ever gotten along or not, it is the son who was conceived and born in October, and they ignore her, the mother-in-law!

Sometimes, Concubine Xian will also feel a little uneasy: the seventh child is so indifferent to her, can she really help the fourth child according to her heart in the future?

This thought made her attach great importance to the plum banquet, and she also had a kind of confusion that she could not reach the world and the ground, and she was always afraid that she would be harmed by it if she stepped on the empty foot.

The sound of hurried footsteps came, although the sound was slight, it was enough to wake up in the ears of Concubine Xian.

If you want to mix well in the palace, it is necessary to be calm, is there something important to come in such a hurry?

Soon, a maid from the Tsing Yi Palace walked in: "Niangniang, King Yan has come to greet you." ”

Concubine Xian hurriedly turned around: "King Yan is here?" ”

Realizing the gaffe, Concubine Xian raised her hand to comb her sideburns, and the jewels on her nails shone brightly, dazzling people's eyes.

"Yes, the prince is waiting outside, I don't know if the mother will see it-"

"Please come in, King Yan." Concubine Xian directly interrupted the palace maid's words, and Lianbu walked to the chaise longue, sat down and waited.

When Yu Jin came in, he saw a woman in palace clothes sitting on the chaise longue with her back straight, beautiful and dignified, but she was a little out of place with the beauty who should be lazy and leisurely.

He's the mother, it's really interesting.

Yu Jin squinted his eyes to make sure he didn't recognize the wrong person, so he saluted: "I've seen the concubine." ”

Concubine Xian stared at her youngest son who saluted her, how could she look unpleasant.

Look at his laziness, he really has no rules at all, where can he be as good as the fourth and a half star.

Concubine Xian was dissatisfied in her heart, and her face became more and more solemn: "Come forward and let the concubine take a look." ”

Yu Jin stepped forward and took a few steps, and he could already see the faint fine lines at the corners of Concubine Xian's eyes.

The years are fair, and no matter how beautiful a woman is, she will leave a trace.

Yu Jin slightly hooked the corners of his lips.

Speaking of which, he lived to be nineteen years old, the first time he was so close to his mother in memory of it.

It's really uncomfortable.

Concubine Xian was quite curious about Yu Jin's intention.

Since this son returned to the capital, she has passed it on more than once, but she has never been obedient, and the seventh child will not come today to simply ask for peace.

Concubine Xian didn't ask immediately, but looked at her youngest son carefully.

It feels unfamiliar, but the description is very familiar.

In terms of appearance alone, the seventh child is more like her than the fourth child.

After all, this was conceived by her blood and bones.

Concubine Xian suddenly felt a little emotional, her expression softened a little, and asked, "I came to see my mother today, but is there something?" ”

"The son has come to greet his mother."

Concubine Xian didn't believe it in her heart, and smiled on her face: "You have a heart." Anything else? ”

Yu Jin's face flushed slightly, as if he was entangled for a moment, before he said, "I heard that the time for the plum banquet has been set." ”

Concubine Xian definitely glanced at Yu Jin and smiled: "Yes, it's set for the eighteenth day, isn't Jin'er worried that the mother concubine will not do it properly?" ”

With a sound of caution, Yu Jin almost raised his hand to shake off the goosebumps all over his body, but fortunately, he could still hold it on his face, and said with a red face: "Of course my son won't worry about this." It's just that the son is in southern Xinjiang all the year round, and he doesn't know anything about the nobles in Beijing, but he is particularly yearning for a harmonious life between husband and wife, so whether he can have a satisfactory wife depends on his mother. ”

Concubine Xian kept looking at Yu Jin, and when she saw that the more he talked, the redder her face became, and then she was a little at a loss, and she curled her lips and smiled.

Before, I heard that Lao Qi was fighting with several princes, and she thought that she was a bastard character, but now it seems that even if she is raising wild outside, she is still a child, and she has such a longing for her future wife.

In this regard, Lao Qi is much simpler than the princes raised in the palace.

Concubine Xian doesn't think this is an advantage, but being emotionally simple often means that as long as his wife agrees, she will have soft ears and listen to the pillow wind. In this case, as long as she holds her daughter-in-law, she is equivalent to pinching her son.

Looking at her son's eyes full of expectation, Concubine Xian smiled: "Don't worry, the mother concubine will definitely choose a satisfactory daughter-in-law for you." ”

That's it, which one did the seventh child like at the plum banquet, and she promised that the originally weak mother-son relationship could be eased by taking this opportunity. In this way, in the future, the seventh will help the fourth child to be more dedicated.

"The son is gone."

Leaving Concubine Xian's bedroom, Yu Jin immediately regained his cold expression, as if the young man who blushed in front of his mother had never existed.

It didn't exist in the first place.

Yu Jin smiled indifferently and turned a corner through the palace walls.

A gray-clothed attendant walked by Yu Jin's side and quietly slowed down.

"Is it done?" Yu Jin looked ahead and asked softly.

The chamberlain replied softly: "Okay." ”

Yu Jin bent the corners of his lips and strode towards the outside of the palace.

Han Gongcheng, who was specifically in charge of this matter in the Internal Affairs Office, instructed several attendants to transcribe the invitations according to the list sent by the two maids, and one of the attendants glanced at the list and wrote down the names of the four girls in Dongpingbo's Mansion.

The news of the plum banquet gradually spread, and two days before the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, most of the noble ladies who received the invitation were ecstatic, and those who had not received it sighed.

The position of the princess, I didn't even have a chance to participate, so I just flew!

In Dongpingbo's mansion, Mrs. Feng repeatedly looked at the carved invitation presented by the steward and was excited.