Chapter 33: Chinese New Year's Eve
The next day was the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, a grand feast, and the nobles of the harem were all in the banquet, even Empress Dowager Zhuang Yi was no exception. Mu Beiyi sat on the top seat, and the left and right hands were Concubine Qi Shu and Concubine Mi De, and the rest of them were listed in turn. On such an auspicious and joyful day, it is inconvenient to be too plain in the pillow spring, wearing a white rabbit fur jacket skirt embroidered with white snow and plum blossoms, combing a well-behaved bun, and decorating a grate inlaid with treasure gold.
Fushoutai, who was able to go to the banquet, had fat pink flowers in his eyes, listened to Yan Yan's soft words, all of them were made up and dressed, and he had to sigh that there were 3,000 beauties in the harem. The banquet was full of lichen warmth, sheng songs and drums, and I didn't feel half cold. Pillow Spring took a seat and smiled at Liu Anran.
Liu Anran was dressed in a blue and blue wide-sleeved skirt, light and fluttering, and holding a delicate and delicate hand stove in her hand: "You have walked far away, but it is cold?" Then he threw the stove into her hand.
Pillow Chunying smiled, took it, and it was really warm: "It's my sister who is good to me." ”
Liu Anran responded to her, and scooped some warm soup with a white porcelain spoon for her to drink: "I know that you are most afraid of the cold in winter, and you must be sad when you come out to eat a banquet this night." Drink some cartilage soup to make it much more comfortable. ”
Pillow Chun pushed: "It's not that I received my sister's love, it's the greasy soup of the hoof cartilage, I'm most afraid." ”
"I didn't know that you couldn't get tired of eating meat, so I picked it all for you. You see, it's a clear soup that is even and clean. After saying that, Liu Anran stirred it twice, and it was really carefully filtered.
Pillow Chun's heart warmed, and he thanked: "My sister is delicate, and I naturally admit it." ”
The jade nobleman on the side suddenly heard it, turned his head to look, and saw Pillow Spring eating a bowl of broth, and said strangely: "It is said that Concubine Xi and Concubine An have a deep friendship, and it is true." Look, even the bowl of hot soup is carefully prepared, and it is really like a sister. ”
Liu Anran called her so loudly, and then she was ashamed: "It's just a good deal, Sister An is afraid of the cold." ”
"Concubine Xi is the second lady of the Great Governor's family, and Concubine An is the eldest daughter of Zuo Cheng in Shangshu Province, isn't it the handkerchief hand hand in Miss Lejing's nobles?" The jade nobleman glanced contemptuously at Duanmu Ruo at the end of the seat, "But there are people who don't know their identity." The sesame big foreign official family also claimed that he was close to Concubine An, but he didn't know that Concubine An didn't treat you as a sister. ”
Duanmu Ruo's cheeks were hot and his nose was sour: "The concubine doesn't dare to climb high." ”
Yu Guiren sneered lightly, and glanced at Duanmu Ruo: "I didn't say that Duanmu is talented, what are Duanmu talents doing in a hurry?" ”
Pillow Chun sighed in his heart that this jade nobleman was sharp-toothed, and there was really no one to cover it. But now that she is pregnant, she is naturally majestic, who dares to stop her, she only said: "The jade nobles are laughing, they are all sisters in the first palace, how can there be anyone who is not close." I heard that the jade nobleman sits very well, but I don't know if it's a prince or a princess. ”
Yu Guiren changed his mind and carefully protected his lower abdomen: "It's not, it's neither happy nor tired, the doctor said that it is very stable." I don't look forward to the prince and princess, I just hope that I can stand on my feet safely. ”
The premature birth and blood collapse of Concubine Qi in July is a shadow in everyone's hearts. Although the jade nobles are delicate, they are not stupid, and now they know that it is better to guard their wombs with peace of mind than to give birth to a prince to take the heir. No matter the princess or the prince, as long as they have children, they will not be lonely, nor will they be tormented by the years and let the Son of Heaven forget.
Talking about the happy event of pregnancy in the palace, it seems that the atmosphere is more lively. Pillow Chun didn't know how much truth was true or false in the praising eyes around him, and how many people hated the jade nobles in their hearts.
Halfway through the banquet, the sheng song is slightly tired, and the newly choreographed spring dance is not good-looking. Mu Beiyi cared for the jade nobles and appreciated two refreshing dishes.
The jade nobleman stood up and thanked him.
Concubine Qi said with a smile: "These two dishes are pigeon soup and milky glutinous dumplings, both of which are nourishing and taboo." Your Majesty, this is a jade nobleman. ”
Concubine Mi De looked at the wine on the table, and there was no joy or anger on her face.
The jade nobleman was happy to hear this, so he sat down and tasted two bites: "It's really delicious, thank you, Your Majesty......" As she was talking, she saw that her body was crooked, and the soup fell to the ground, crisp and broken.
"What's wrong with the jade noble?" Concubine Mi De said.
The jade nobleman helped the case, with some doubts and horrors: "I didn't get anything, but I suddenly felt a little dizzy, and my lower abdomen was ...... There is some discomfort in the lower abdomen. After saying that, she guessed something and looked at Mu Beiyi, "Your Majesty, the concubine's birth is very stable!" It's not bad on weekdays, it's right...... It's this soup...... This dish ......"
The crowd was in an uproar.
The sound of singing and dancing stopped suddenly, Mu Beiyi sank, and said loudly: "Pass the imperial doctor!" ”
After a while, the imperial doctor on duty entered Fushoutai and carefully checked the meals on the table.
Pillow Chun sat dry with the stove in his arms, still feeling a little hungry in his stomach, and complained in his heart who was going to be these moths for the New Year. It's so conspicuous and can't be used, it's really inferior. She looked at the soup and snacks on the table, she was greedy, covered her face with her sleeves, and quietly ate a piece of crisp.
"Doctor Li is an old doctor." Concubine Mi De fiddled with her nails and squinted at it, "I have cured the Queen Mother's head wind before." You have to check it carefully, what is it that makes the jade nobles feel uncomfortable. ”
Imperial Physician Li replied, "Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the meal. The jade nobleman's fetus is stable, and it stands to reason that there will be no such discomfort. The minister has already cut the pulse, and the jade nobleman is slightly injured, but it is fine, and it will be fine after a few days of rest. ”
When the jade nobleman heard this, he patted his chest with palpitations and sat down slowly.
"Hurt the tires?" Mu Beiyi raised his eyebrows, "How can you move the tire if you are good?" ”
"I don't know about it." Imperial Physician Li pleaded on the ground, paused, and moved his nose, "The minister smelled some faint smell of burning medicine, I wonder if there is something wrong with the incense burner in the palace?" ”
Mu Beiyi took the case: "Give me an investigation." ”
Dozens of palace people stepped forward, opened all the incense burners in the banquet and checked them one by one, and asked Imperial Doctor Li to take a look.
Concubine Mi De's face was not good-looking, and she asked for guilt: "The concubines have been carefully investigated, and they are all ordinary and safe warm incense, if you make the jade nobles uncomfortable, please also ask Your Majesty to condemn you." ”
Mu Beiyi glanced at her and didn't speak.
The silence of the Son of Heaven frightened everyone.
Imperial Physician Li replied: "Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the incense burner. ”
Mu Beiyi slowly got off his seat and walked two steps, staring at Imperial Doctor Li, and his voice was cold: "You keep saying that the jade nobleman has a fetal gas, and you say that there is a smell of burning medicine in the air, but you get nothing." Do you know how to deceive the king? ”
"Humble ...... Indeed...... "Imperial Physician Li's voice revealed a state of panic," "I did hear it." If it weren't for the incense burner...... And ......"
"There's not a hand stove!" The jade nobleman suddenly said, "Concubine Qi Shuniang, Yajieyu, Zhen Wanyi and An Concubine, don't they all hold the hand stove?" ”
The implication of this is that someone deliberately murdered someone. Pillow Chun was stunned for a moment, and looked at the warm hand stove in his arms.
Hearing this, Imperial Physician Li suddenly came to his senses, as if grasping a life-saving straw: "Naturally, yes!" Smell it, the smell is coming from here! His back went all the way, and he suddenly pointed to the pillow spring.
Before Pillow Chun could react, she heard a sound, and Mu Beiyi swept down the stove in her hand with her sleeve. The charcoal shavings burning in the stove poured out and sparsely fell on the back of her hand: "Ah......hhhh
Imperial Physician Li hurriedly stepped forward on his knees, twisted the extinguished ashes in his hand and sniffed them slightly, and immediately replied, "Your Majesty! That's it...... This is no ordinary silver charcoal, it's burned camphor brain! "I hurriedly invited the credit," This camphor brain insect repellent know-how, smelling for a long time can induce fetal instability, it is a dose of fetal medicine! ”
As soon as Pillow Chun's ears rang, he saw a slap in the face of the jade nobleman, which was hot.
"You poisonous woman!" The jade nobleman was so frightened that tears rippled, and he said sadly, "Have I offended you?!" ”