Chapter 243: Hongmen Banquet
"Good and decent, why did the Queen Mother set up a banquet, and invited you and me?"
Seeing that it is the end of the year, every family in and outside the palace is very busy, busy sweeping the dust and busy buying New Year's goods, and the houses are also preparing for the New Year's gifts, the delivery of the houses, and the exchange of favors.
The queen mother issued a decree, saying that the green plum blossoms in the palace bloomed very early this year, and it was a good time to enjoy the plum blossoms and snow.
It's extraordinarily unbelievable to hear......
It is common for the inner family to enter the palace, and it is common to accompany the mothers and masters in the palace to eat tea and enjoy the flowers, which is not new, but under this year's festival, it is the New Year's Day, and when the time comes, it is very impossible to enter the palace once every three days, and there is nothing else to go to.
With the help of Linglong, Qixi changed into a newly made water-red satin embroidered hibiscus flower collared jacket skirt, covered with a white fox fur collar Shu brocade cloak.
Put the long hair back of the head, overlap at the top, and twist it into a simple hanging bun, a pair of good jade hairpins, it is really too big for her month, plus the twins, this body is already extraordinarily heavy, and it can't bear the weight of the bun and hair accessories.
Originally, this banquet Qixi was going to be pushed with physical discomfort, but after thinking about it, if you haven't given birth in the first month, you still have to go, it's better to go now, and tell the queen mother that this belly is too big to go out, so I pushed all the invitations in the first month.
Princess Xiang is a fate, every New Year's festival but whenever there is a solar term, she has to enter the palace to greet the queen mother, even if the queen mother and the queen are not seen, it is a point, and you need to stand for a stop.
It doesn't sound like much, but it's really tiring and panicked.
After ordering some fat powder and dressing up a little, Gu Tang had already put on new clothes here, prepared some pastries and dried fruits for Qixi Festival, took them to eat on the way, and hid some in the sleeves of Qixi Festival, which can be taken out at any time when he is hungry.
"The Queen Mother is cunning and cunning, you don't know it, everything she does is always purposeful, this time is no exception, you just follow the mother and Mianmian for a while, don't go anywhere next to you, just wait to see what the Queen Mother wants to do, just as a pastime to pass the time."
Gu Tang naturally knew what the Queen Mother was doing this for, but he didn't tell Qixi about it, it was to not worry about Qixi.
The things that are now in place are there, and there is no need to mention them there, the Queen Mother is planning to calculate Liu Yunting clearly.
wants Liu Yunting to take the hot potato in Changping, under the pretext of appreciating flowers and eating tea, so that everyone can see that Changping and Liu Yunting are rolling together, in front of these many people, Liu Yunting can't be relied on.
Every move of the Queen Mother, whether it is Liu Yunting or the people in the Xiangwang Mansion, they are all paying attention, and they have made up their minds to marry Changping to Yanqi Kingdom, no matter what method is used, Changping will marry if he marries, and if he does not marry, he will marry.
It is their kindness to Changping that they can marry her to Yanqi Kingdom, if they are not merciful, there are other places for her to choose, I am afraid that she will be even more afraid!
"What kind of drama can you watch when you eat tea and watch flowers, it's weird!"
Hearing Gu Tang say this, Qixi frowned at the moment, feeling that Gu Tang's words were full of words and mystery, but she didn't ask much, she snorted, and only let Gu Tang go out with her, and sat in a sedan chair carried by eight people.
The carriage is easy to press the stomach, Gu Tang asked people to lay a soft cushion in the sedan chair, so that Qixi can be more comfortable when sitting, and he followed her sedan chair by horse.
The old princess and Su Mian were sitting in the carriage at the back, they didn't want to be in troubled water, the things in the royal family were very deep, and they didn't have anything to do with the royal affairs.
All of them are human to the extreme......
It's better to dig and play in the mud with your children here!
When Qixi and Gu Tang arrived, the people in the palace were complete, and the women sat in their seats, and when they saw Qixi and Gu Tang, their eyes converged on Qixi's stomach.
With such a big belly, it doesn't look like it's six months old, and it looks much bigger than seven or eight months, but it looks like it's about to give birth.
"Princess Xiang's belly looks much bigger than ordinary people, it can't be twins!"
Gu Tang helped Qixi to sit next to him, and took the blanket in Linglong's hand and covered Qixi's body, taking care of it very thoughtfully.
Today, the Queen Mother also put a blanket in the garden to prevent a slippery snow-melting road, in order to cling to the stomach of Qixi Festival.
Xiangwang came back all the way back with a straw mat for fear that the horse would slip and hurt the pregnant Qixi Festival, she was going to call Qixi into the palace, in order to trick Liu Yunting into the palace together.
Liu Yunting is interested in Qixi Festival, and if he wants to coax Liu Yunting into the palace, he can only rely on Qixi Festival!
The abacus beads in the queen mother's heart played extremely loudly, listening to other people's words at this moment, looking at Qixi 's belly, it looked really big.
"But no, twins, when the child is born in the future, you all have to come, she is inconvenient now, and she didn't plan to go out today, but when she thought about going out for a long time, she didn't come to the Queen Mother, I'm really embarrassed, and now I'm asking the Queen Mother to sin it."
There is no need for Qixi to speak, the old princess helped Qixi to answer all the words of this head, and the answer was so loud that even the Queen Mother also mentioned it, in order to tell the Queen Mother that it is not easy for her child to be pregnant now, and don't come to toss their children in the future.
After saying a few words, the clear-eyed people suddenly understood in their hearts, and the Queen Mother hurriedly started a round here, "What are these words, the woman's pregnancy is hard, it is not good for me, if I had known that you were twins in the womb, I would not have sent you a post, thinking that you are pregnant, it is a great joy, but it is not to ask someone to touch your joy." ”
They are all the essence of the thousand-year-old fox, no one is stupid, all of them are smart, the old princess is talking like this, and the queen mother is busy giving her words completely, don't let Qixi stand up.
With such a big belly, if she wants someone to stand up on Tanabata, it will be too unkind.
You passed the time under my words, and a group of people chatted happily, watching Gu Tang accompany Qixi without leaving an inch, serving tea and water, and helping to cover the blanket and pull clothes, it was also enviable.
Which of the ladies present is not from their daughter's family to the current status, before getting married, who didn't have a dream of marrying a gentleman like Gu Tang in their hearts.
The careful care when giving birth to children looks like a dream they had thought about in the past, and it is really envious to the heart.
Gu Tang stayed for a while, until the emperor came over there to call, then he said goodbye to the queen mother, left the back garden, and went to the emperor's side to summon him without knowing what happened.
Gu Tang is gone here on Qixi Festival, Su Mian sat in the position where Gu Tang was sitting, doing exactly the same thing as Gu Tang, skilled and natural, Qixi will also peel longan and Su Mian to eat, and the two concubines get along like sisters.
Everyone sat in the pavilion in this courtyard, talking and drinking tea, talking about the green plum in the snow from time to time, and the Tanabata was tired of sitting, really tired, and a little unbearable.
"Wait a little longer, look at the above, there is someone more impatient than you, a pregnant woman, so it can be seen that we have been invited here today, just to ask someone to be a gunman, I am afraid that we want to witness something."
Seeing the unbearable expression on Qixi's face, Su Mian gently pushed her waist for Qixi here, letting her endure it.
The queen mother above looked more anxious than this Qixi Festival, and this expression obviously did something unseemly.
Su Mian knew early on that this must be a Hongmen banquet!
Qixi followed Su Mian's gesture and fell on the Queen Mother on the other side, and sure enough, the Queen Mother looked around, although there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, but her eyes were all anxious, even with Ruyi who was waiting.
At a glance, you can see that there must be something planned, if not, how can you be in such a hurry.
Su Mian helped Qixi rub her waist, loosening her muscles and bones, waiting for the Queen Mother to stand up first and sing the next play.
After waiting for about half a cup of tea, I heard a voice outside, and when the people walked in, the Queen Mother asked what happened with the support of Ruyi.
The one who came to report the incident was a young little palace man, and the little palace man pointed to the hut in the depths of the green plum, only to say that there were people there.
The hut used to be a place for the gardeners to play with the flowers and plants, and the hut was not large, but now it was hidden in the blooming green plums, and it was not very conspicuous to look at.
"Who?" The people of the small palace couldn't speak clearly, and the queen mother who was sitting at the end of the house was pretending with a cold face, and while talking, the feet had already stood up and went all the way to the small cabin.
"Do you want to go see the singing!"
As soon as the Queen Mother left, now the people behind her were also busy following her to see what the situation was, Su Mian looked at Qixi and only asked if Qixi wanted to go and see it together.
Qixi shook his head, since it was a play directed and acted by the Queen Mother, she would still come back in a while, but now she is just smiling and singing a big play, which is boring.
See the results directly!
She has a big belly, and she is really lazy to run to watch such a boring play.
"Listen to you!"
Su Mian heard Qixi say this, and then waited together, just waiting to see what the Queen Mother was singing.
Compared with the calm and relaxed here on Qixi Festival, the Queen Mother's steps were faster, because she knew that there should be two people lying in that room now.
A man and a woman, limbs intertwined......
She put enough charm incense in the small cabin as she wished, in order to let the people who went in take the bait, without the slightest power to parry, so seeing is believing, and it was expected that Liu Yunting would not dare not agree.
Now that everything is ready, it's just that last step!
In order to marry not far away in Changping, she is really heartbroken, and she just wants things to come true!
It can be regarded as the last thing she, a mother, can do for her daughter......