Chapter 31: The Birthday Banquet (3)
Yunlan was still watching the battle, but since the cataclysm, she hadn't watched TV for many years, let alone the first time she had watched the real version of Gong Dou so closely, so she didn't pay attention and was pushed into the line of fire.
Can't get on? This is not a problem for her.
She doesn't like to cause trouble, but there is no reason to be carried to the battlefield with a gun and have silly and sweet dreams.
But silly white sweet is a good label.
Yun Lan smiled and said, "Don't talk about it, last night, the fourth master said that I was a blind cat and ran into a stupid mouse, and it happened by mistake." In front of the master, I want not to admit defeat, how can I say that this dish is also grown by my daughter-in-law, isn't it? But I thought about it all night, but I didn't come up with a reason. I think I'm right, I'm just a little luckier. β
Luck is a thing, although I can say it for sure.
So in fact, it's not necessary to hold on to her, this little Fujin, right?
Concubine De wants to pick things on Yunlan's head, and no one in this harem woman can get ahead in terms of shrewdness, but she can't get used to Concubine De, and she also looks at Yunlan's thing of growing cabbage in winter. It's just that I don't know if this Sifujin is too smart or really has such a temperament, and in a few words, he threw the matter back on Concubine De.
If it's the former, it's a little scary. Concubine Yi remembered that when she was so old, she was still a little naΓ―ve, she didn't scheming at the beginning, and she also encountered many things later, she had to fight, and she had to fight. The bottom line in her heart has also retreated step by step for this, and all this is for survival.
But does she understand?
Concubine Yi didn't dare to underestimate anyone, not to mention far away, the nearest one was Concubine De, a palace maid who washed her feet back then, who would have thought that she would be ranked as the fourth concubine above others. Although there are always four concubines and four concubines in this palace, people with a discerning eye know that it is the two concubines De and Yi who are really competing for the emperor's favor.
Concubine Yi is bright and beautiful, even if she has given birth to two princes, her figure is still graceful. But what about Concubine De? Maybe it's her empathy? Gentle and dignified? In short, if you don't have the slightest ability, how can you become the woman who gave birth to the most children in Kangxi's harem.
"That's what you're capable of, too." Concubine Yi smiled: "We women, who doesn't look forward to good luck." It's your De Eniang, and this luck is better than ordinary people. β
I just don't know which of these two mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law has better luck?
Concubine De quickly thought of the menu, even if it wasn't done by the fourth and fourth children, it was because of them. The fourth family is lucky, so change yourself unlucky?
How could Concubine De be willing, let alone that today was her birthday banquet.
It's just that she is not so cityless, and she was provoked by Concubine Yi in a few words, so she swept her eyebrows, glanced at Concubine Yi, and said with a smile: "You haven't drunk yet, you will get drunk first." β
Concubine Yi also smiled, picked up the wine glass in front of the table, and patted her mouth gently: "It should be punished, I will drink a glass of myself, and Sister Concubine De is not strange." β
"Let's do it together." Concubine De raised her glass and gestured with her eyes to invite Concubine Hui, Concubine Rong and others.
After Yun Lan accompanied him to drink a glass, because the crown princess did not come, he poured another glass of wine: "I wish De Eniang a long and healthy life, and every year is better than the year." β
This greeting, Concubine Hui couldn't help laughing. The front sounds okay, but it's the back...... It's not that it's bad, it's just that it seems that this Sifujin does not have much ink in his stomach.
Concubine De's face was indeed a little ugly.
Yun Lan opened his mouth and looked at her with a wine glass.
After a while, Concubine De sighed and said meaningfully: "Listen to the Lord Long Live said, the fourth child's knowledge is still good, I just look forward to getting close to Zhu Zhechi, and you will learn more." Although she felt that this daughter-in-law was not what she wanted, it was hand-picked by Kangxi in the end, and it was impossible to change it. She just doesn't like her eldest son, but many times, whether it is others or herself, she also understands in her heart that unless the two mothers and sons completely tear their faces, they are still regarded as one. The standard of this daughter-in-law is too poor, and she is also ashamed.
Yun Lan was stunned for a moment, could it be that she was born to be a stupid white sweet, or was she really a queen-level figure? What does Concubine De mean, but she also dislikes her for not being able to write and ink?
At the thought of learning from the fourth elder brother, Yunlan didn't know whether he should cry or laugh.
In fact, the fourth elder brother's knowledge is not only not bad, but also very good. After all, he can be regarded as accompanying the prince to study, and he has stayed with Kangxi since he was a child, not to mention his meticulous temperament, conscientious work, and striving for perfection. If it weren't for Empress Tong Jia's repeated requests for him to remember his identity, he must be pressed on his studies, otherwise he would have been thrown out of the prince/party by the prince who also has a small heart.
From the current point of view, the identity of the prince and the party is still an important talisman for the fourth elder brother.
Concubine De's birthday banquet, the prince did not come, but in order to appease the fourth elder brother and show the importance that his brother attaches to his younger brother, he specially asked the steward and eunuch of Yuqing Palace to bring someone to send a congratulatory gift. As for the crown princess, because she is just a daughter-in-law in the end, if she really comes to Yonghe Palace, plus the birthday star is the biggest, if she really suffers some grievances, she can only endure it, so it is better not to come. After all, she has only been assisting in the middle feed of the harem for a long time, and with her identity, she has a somewhat antagonistic relationship with Concubine De and others.
And the prince didn't come, and the eldest brother was even more unlikely to come, he was a foreign man and an adult for a long time, and it was inconvenient to enter and leave the harem after all, so in addition to the third elder brother and the fifth elder brother, there was only a group of large and small radish heads left who were really invited.
In a group of radish heads, the fourth elder brother is thinking of his good brother, the thirteenth elder brother. Such a small person sat there without saying a word, looking very lonely, especially when he was still sitting next to the little demon king fourteenth elder brother, it was even more pitiful.
The fourth elder brother has the heart to go up to comfort him, and he is afraid of the fourteenth elder brother.
In his previous life, he also knew many years later that the fourteenth brother secretly bullied the thirteenth elder brother. One is the elder brother who favors the concubine, and the other is the son of the powerless concubine, the two are of the same age, even if the fourth elder brother wants to protect him, he can't put people under his nose, and this is not good for the thirteenth brother. His thirteenth brother, although he is only a fledgling now, cannot protect himself, but one day the sky will be high for him to fly and soar in the air.
The fourth elder brother told himself not to be afraid of patience, otherwise it would not protect Thirteen, but harm him, and even more, he remembered his sad accusation when he saw Fourteenth Brother for the last time before he died.
Could it really be that his brother is not good enough?
Obviously, fourteen is his own brother, why does he value the old thirteen more.
The fourth elder brother squinted his eyes and looked at a large pillar in the hall, he remembered that the woman had stood there and forced her to die, asking him to melt the pear.