Chapter 55: The Palace Banquet

"Green clothes, green clothes and yellow clothes. The worry of the heart, the ...... of the heart"

"Madame, how about reading this poem!" Shui Xin took the poem with great interest and asked Zhu Ran.

Since the last time she came back from Zhufu and bought a villain book on the street, Shui Xin has been obsessed with poetry, and she also took the initiative to ask Zhuran to teach her to practice calligraphy. When Zhu Ran was studying in the mansion, she wanted Shui Xin to follow suit, but she refused in every way, if it wasn't for Zhu Ran forcing her, I'm afraid she wouldn't even know a word now.

"Take it and I'll take a look" Zhu Ran just woke up from a nap, and his voice was slightly lazy.

"Give!" Shui Xin leaned closer, tilted his head and looked at Zhu Ran, waiting for her to evaluate.

"The poem is very good, that's the word... Why is it still crooked," Zhu Ran said in a long voice, funny.

"What's wrong with the words, it took a long time for people to write it! I won't show it to you! Shui Xin snatched the paper from Zhu Ran's hand, turned around and ran out.

"Hey, hey... I'm not done yet! What you run, although crooked, but overall there is still progress. ”

As she spoke, Ruoyi brought a decoction into the house, "Madam, it's time to take the medicine." ”

It is a decoction to cure the cold of the palace, and after punishing the four doctors in the house, Xiangrui Pavilion has a new person, but Zhu Heyu specially sent the imperial doctor in the palace to prescribe a prescription for Zhuran, and he has been drinking it for more than a month, and it really works. Although the pain was still in the mail this month, it was less than before.

He frowned and drank it in one gulp, and the decoction rolled down his throat and into his stomach. Putting down the medicine bowl, looking at the candied fruit handed over by Ruoyi, and attaching her hand to her lower abdomen, she thought it was ridiculous, she tried hard to prevent pregnancy, but the doctor in the hospital said very vaguely that she was difficult to conceive because of the cold of the uterus. She should be happy that she doesn't have to use contraception anymore, but why is her heart so empty?

"Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival again!" Ruoyi sighed on the side. Zhu Ran retracted his thoughts, it was the Dragon Boat Festival again, and a trace of excitement since he was a child was suppressed by recalling that last year's Dragon Boat Festival was so boring. In this deep royal mansion, how much difference is there between celebrating festivals and not having festivals!

But what she didn't expect was that in the evening, Zhu Heyu sent someone to inform her of the Dragon Boat Festival Palace banquet tomorrow, and he wanted her to go. In just four words, he asked her to go, and she had to go.

After a while, several maids brought the clothes for the palace banquet. Ruoyi saw that the lights had been turned off in Zhuran's house, thinking that he would get up early tomorrow, thinking that Zhuran had fallen asleep, so he put his clothes outside.

Day 2

Zhu Heyu and Zhu Ran first came to the palace gate by carriage together. This time is not like last time, the last time she entered the palace was summoned by Zhu Yun, so that she and Zhu Heyu could enter the palace from the noon gate, but this time she had to go around to the back door to enter the palace.

Zhu Heyu explained a few words to the eunuch under the carriage, then looked at Zhu Ran and said, "Follow Gonggong Zhang, this king is waiting for you in Zisheng Palace." ”

Zisheng Hall is located in the west of the Yiqing Hall of Zhu Yun's dormitory, and it is specially set up in the place of banquets for courtiers on major festivals.

Sitting in the carriage, she looked at the peach-pink skirt she was wearing, and she was still distracted. Didn't Zhu Heyu say that she was not allowed to wear peach-pink clothes, and she was still worried when she saw that the clothes sent over this morning were pink. But after Zhu Heyu saw her, he didn't react at all, didn't he have amnesia? It's funny to think about.

After walking for a while, someone suddenly chased the carriage behind, shouting as he ran: "Grandpa Zhang, wait a minute!" ”

......The father-in-law who drove the horse skillfully pulled the reins, and the carriage stopped steadily.

"Side princess, concubine Niangniang is invited." Across the wheel, it sounds humane.

Pulling open the curtain, seeing that the sky was already slightly bright, Zhu Ran wondered who this concubine was. Without waiting for her to speak, Gonggong Zhang next to her took the lead and said: "Gonggong Zhao, Prince Ruixin is waiting for the princess in the Zisheng Palace, do you see if there is something wrong!" ”

Gonggong Zhang was beating a drum in his heart, the relationship between Prince Ruixin and Concubine Wu was unknown to others, and he still didn't know. I'm afraid that I won't offend the concubine and the princess, and I will offend the prince again.

"You slave, you really can't see the height of your eyebrows, the concubine wants to see her own daughter-in-law, can Prince Ruixin not let you."

"This ......"

Daughter-in-law? Zhu Ran has never liked to embarrass others, and when he saw that the eunuch beside him was as pale as dirt, he relieved him and said: "Grandpa Zhang, just according to the meaning of Grandpa Zhao, the prince, I will explain." ”

When you come to Xingqing Palace, the decoration of the house is resplendent and unpopular.

Walking into the inner room, it was unusually quiet, and a richly dressed middle-aged woman was facing away from Zhuran, holding carved gold flower scissors in her hand, cutting and repairing a huge pot of crab claw daffodils.

"Can you take care of some flowers and plants?" Zhu Ran could feel that the lady in front of her was not gentle and demure, but she suppressed her voice and said the soft words just now. said truthfully: "Back to the concubine Niangniang, I will serve some when I have nothing to do." ”

"Oh?" Only then did Qian and her turn around.

Zhu Ran bowed and saluted, "The concubine sees the concubine Niangniang, the concubine Niangniang Jin'an." ”

Sister-in-law Qian glanced at Zhu Ran, the smile on her face couldn't be done, and somehow she burst out: "Can you tell the difference between roses and moon seasons?" ”

As soon as Zhu Ran heard this, he knew what this noble concubine meant. But he still replied decently: "Back to the concubine Niangniang, the concubine knows a little bit about it." "Roses and roses are both roses, with similar flowers and a slight fragrance when they bloom. But the difference is that roses are delicate and ordinary. Roses are planted indoors and grown in the wild.

"Tell me about it." Qian Woman's voice is neither low nor high.

"Roses and moons are like peonies and peonies. The color is the same, the smell is similar. But in the garden, people tend to plant roses, ignoring the moon season. But the concubine thinks that since it is a garden, it is colorful because of its purple and red colors, so it can also be appreciated by people with different preferences. ”

"According to you, Heyu likes inconspicuous wildflowers!" Qian Sister-in-law's voice suddenly raised and asked Zhuran.

said calmly: "The concubine doesn't dare, the concubine just talks about things." ”

Sister-in-law Qian appreciated such an answer in her heart, thinking that when she first entered the palace, the current Empress Dowager asked the same thing. And her answer is: "The moon season is not as delicate as roses, and I am willing to be a foil for flower protection." ”

"Raise your head, Hongu and see."

Qian and her also let her kneel, Zhu Ran wanted to break the tablet in the courtyard of the palace, the position of Rong Guifei, plus what the previous two fathers-in-law said, she was also 100% sure to guess that this concubine was Zhu Heyu's stepmother. Follow her words and raise her head slightly.

"It doesn't seem like a god, I really don't know what Heyu's kid likes about you." After speaking, Qian Sister-in-law covered her face with her sleeves and yawned, "Yo! Why don't you get up yet, when it spreads, outsiders think that this palace has scolded you, and people who chew the root of the tongue still think that I am at odds with Heyu's mother and son. ”

Zhu Ran got up and stood on his own, the beauties in the palace were gentle and kind on the surface, but there were a few people behind their backs who were not femme fatales.

"Look at the tea." Qian said to the palace maid outside the door.

"How many years have you been with Heyu?"

"More than two years."

"It's been some time, and when I enter the palace in the future, I will go to the palace more often and walk around here."

"Yes, concubine, remember."

It's not idle talk, it's like interrogation. Sister-in-law Qian asked, and she replied. After a while, a palace maid suddenly came in and said something in Qian Woman's ear.

Sister-in-law Qian's face changed, and then she smiled and said to Zhu Ran: "There is a way that you married a daughter-in-law and forgot your mother, how long have you been here, no, I sent someone to look for you." Let's go to the Purple Glory Palace, Heyu is waiting there in a hurry. ”

Zhu Ran had just walked out of Xingqing Palace a few steps when he saw an aunt chasing him out behind him.

"Side Princess, wait a minute! The concubine asked the slave maid to bring you a message. ”

The sound stopped. The old palace maid whispered in Zhu Ran's ear: "Doesn't the side princess wonder why you and the former princess look so similar, is it just a coincidence?" ”

Zhu Ran felt that his head was sluggish, and it took a while to react before he realized that the crown princess was talking about Du Yuyan.