In the blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival is held, and family banquets are arranged in the palace as usual, and the harem concubines and concubines must attend regardless of their taste, and the royal family members can also enter the palace to gather together to enjoy the family.

Jingyi wore a gold silk and white pattern epiphany rain silk brocade skirt today, with an ancient smoke pattern Bixia Luo dress, which became more and more calm as water, lined with the gentle smile on her face that remained unchanged all day long, which made me, a woman, feel that I especially wanted to pity and be close to her.

At this moment, she was sitting on the side watching Ming'er and Zhiqiu help me dress up, and from time to time she nagged a few words, saying that I had seen less sunlight recently, and I didn't have any joy on my face to add some rouge.

I smiled lightly, motioned for Ming'er to take a mopping smoke cage lotus water skirt, and asked Zhiqiu to simply wrap a smoke hibiscus bun for me......

Looking at the woman in the mirror who was as clear as water and delicate as smoke, I suddenly smiled, heh, I really detached from my soul, hehe......

Xu I laughed too suddenly, Jingyi and the three looked at me inexplicably, and after a moment she sighed lightly and instructed Ming'er: "Go to the garden to fold a brightly colored flower to wear with Rui'er, this is too plain, if the Queen Mother sees it, she is afraid that there will be trouble again." ”

Ming'er was about to go out, and I said, "Ming'er, then fold a purple hibiscus!" ”

When Ming'er came, she held a purple and a pink and two double-petaled Shuzhong hibiscus in her hand, which was decorated in her hair, but against my slightly pale complexion, she had a warm color, and she was also very energetic.

Zhiqiu carefully embellished some gems and beads in my hair, and she did not lose her identity when she was light and graceful.

Today's family banquet is set in the Danxia Pavilion by the Dragon Leap Pond, and the princes and princesses have already arrived when they go. On weekdays, the concubines of the harem rarely had the opportunity to see Bao Yuan, and they also came in full costume.

Seeing Li Yanniang's peach and willow green from a distance, I couldn't help but feel a little disgust in my heart, and even the corners of my mouth unconsciously pulled a sneer. My heart is actually uneven, and I am a little annoyed with myself, and I want to go to a less crowded place with me, but I don't want to be held from behind by someone who is cold at my wrist.

"Rui'er, you're here!" Bao Yuan's relaxed voice sounded in his ears, but when he looked back, he saw his bright black eyes.

"Concubine, I've seen the emperor." I was about to salute, but was stopped by Bao Yuan, he said quietly: "It's not in the queen mother's place, why bother with these false courtesies, go sit over there with me." ”

couldn't resist him, let him lead him to Danxia Pavilion.

After a while, I heard him whisper softly: "My stamen comes from among the flowers, just like the fairy in this month......"

Hearing this, he didn't feel that the roots of his ears were hot, and he glanced at him and said, "Is the fairy in the moon good?" ”

Bao Yuan was stunned for a moment, shook his head and smiled: "Yes, although Chang'e is beautiful, she is alone in Guanghan, how can she be as happy as me and Rui'er hand in hand." I think she must envy you, but you can live and fly with your beloved. ”

"Phew" I smacked him lightly and said, "Who is with you, you can think for yourself!" ”

"Hehehe......" Bao Yuan smiled evilly, leaned close to my ear and said: "I have always been 'guarding like jade', and the lady should not be wronged as a husband." ”

"Phew, shameless," I gritted my teeth and chuckled, the depression that had lingered in my heart for a few days dissipated a lot, and I really owed him.

Bao Yuan laughed loudly, causing everyone to look back, and I wanted to feel embarrassed, so I had to lower my head and follow him into the building.

Later, the Queen Mother arrived, everyone sat around and had a small meal and reunited, Ren Cao grew up beside the Queen Mother since he was a child, and Baoyuan was the closest, so the laughter was also the most relaxed, at this moment he was dancing to the Queen Mother to tell the recent folk anecdotes.

"Rencao, you are not young this year, but you have a suitable marriage partner?"

"Queen Mother, how can a son have such a good fortune as an imperial brother, not in a hurry." When it comes to marriage, Rencao is a little embarrassed.

"You can't say that, men should get married and women should get married, and then they start a family, and the men's family is not qualitative, and they really grow up when they become a family." The Queen Mother didn't want to leave it at that.

"Yes, Rencao, you should choose a lovely girl to be the concubine, you see that I am the father of three children, you are still alone, and the queen mother is often worried about this matter." Bao Yuan also helped on the side.

"Brother Huang, it's not that the younger brother doesn't want to set up a concubine, but he has never met the right person, and the younger brother has always been very envious of the emperor and Mrs. Hua Rui, although he doesn't dare to ask for a fairy couple like you, but he also wants a husband and a wife."

"Fairy couple?" Bao Yuan whispered, looked at me and raised his eyebrows, his eyes showing a look of urgency.

I would care that he meant that I was jealous, and I smiled at him and said to Ren Cao: "If you want to come to the prince's marriage, it is not as good as the people, and the queen mother needs to make the decision in this matter!" ”

Hearing this, Jing Yi echoed: "I think the Queen Mother has a good candidate, Ren Cao, why don't you go and ask the Queen Mother for a favor and choose a good lady for you?" He smiled and smiled.

Ren Cao was embarrassed, but he had to step forward and salute the Queen Mother: "The marriage of the sons and daughters is all decided by the Queen Mother." ”

"Okay, well, since this matter is handed over to the mourning family, the mourning family will not let you down, there are many ladies of the right age who want to come to the court, and how to look and be virtuous really needs to be understood in detail. If this is not the case, Chang'er, tomorrow you will issue a decree, just say that the mourning family wants some young women to accompany the joke recently, and all the female children who have reached the age of 14 in the family of officials above the fourth rank in the court are ordered to enter the palace to live and accompany the mourning family. ”

"Yes, Queen Mother, the child will make an order tomorrow." Bao Yuan stroked his palms and smiled: "Take this opportunity to pick a good lady for Ren Cao, and teach him not to run around in the future." ”

When everyone heard this, they laughed, and so far the matter of choosing a concubine for Ren Cao was decided.

The next day, I heard that Bao Yuan ordered to summon the ladies of the official families above the fourth rank in the court to enter the palace on August 18 to accompany the queen mother.

Under the grace of the decree, the court and the middle of the country were shocked by a thousand waves, and everyone speculated, but they didn't want to deduce that the reason why the queen mother used the excuse of young girls to accompany them was because she apologized for Mrs. Hua Rui's exclusive favor in the special room, and she was spoiled and coquettish, so she intended to choose everyone's ladies to enrich the harem.

When Zhiqiu told me the news he had inquired about, I finished copying the last chapter of the scriptures, closed the book and said: "What the outside world says is what it is, even if you really want to choose a concubine for the emperor, it is not something I can stop, we just don't know what to do." "But I also have doubts in my heart, is the Queen Mother really just choosing a concubine for benevolence?

On August 18, all the ladies entered the palace, it is reported that there are 16 people in the palace, temporarily living in the nearest Baizilou from the Qinghe Palace, and the Queen Mother specially asked Jinyan to be responsible for the daily care there.

After the autumn, the weather turned cooler, the Queen Mother handed over the Buddhist scriptures have been copied all, bored to see Ming'er's new kite is very delicate, looking at the bright autumn sun outside the window, suddenly I want to run freely between the heaven and earth.

made up his mind, changed into ordinary palace clothes, took Ming'er, and went to the Little Red Mansion.

In the east racecourse of the front garden of the Taiqing Palace, the concubines are not allowed to enter without a purpose, so it is a quiet place in this palace.

The area there is empty and green grass, and the Maha Bridge can be seen across the Dragon Leap Pond in the distance, and the Little Red Mansion can be seen as far as the eye can see, which is a good place to fly kites.

I haven't been running like this for a long time, as if the many annoyances in the chest have been swept away, looking at Ming'er running around on the grass with a beautiful kite but not high, I laughed and said, "Silly girl, are you flying a kite or walking a kite?" ”

Ming'er looked back and pouted: "Sister, it's all because there are rules for everything in this palace, and you have restrained people so much that your hands and feet are wooden, you forgot that I used to release it when I was in the music room, so you won't let it go and always ask me to teach you." I was stunned for a moment, and then I understood that what she said thought was before I took Fei Rui'er's body!

I stepped forward to take the spool in her hand, and asked her to throw the kite high with the wind, and between a few pulls and a few releases, the beautiful kite flickered up in the wind, and Ming'er cheered and jumped up, and took the spool in my hand without falling.

The kite flew higher and higher, and I sat on the ground, enjoying this rare leisurely time.

Not far away, the posture of the small red building stood quietly as if time had stopped, thinking of the words and laughter between the original and Baoyuan Prancing Horse, and the many troubles and hidden worries later, I couldn't help but sigh lightly in my heart: "Qin Se is in the palace, and the years are quiet...... After all, the harem concubines are a luxury. ”

When he was in a trance, he heard Ming'er's "ah" startled, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the beautiful kite broke free from the spool and went away with the wind, and fell on a tall willow tree by the Dragon Leap Pond.

The leaves on the tree are dense, the wicker is thin and soft, the kite and the willow branch are twisted together, no matter whether Ming'er hits the stone or pulls the branch, it can't be picked up, and he is annoyed but hears the voice of a strange man behind him: "I'll help you get it!" ”

When he turned around, he saw that the person who came was a young man of twenty-four or five years old, who was dressed in clothes that was neither an internal prison nor a guard, and he was shocked, only to hear Ming'er boldly ask: "Who are you, how dare you trespass into the inner palace?" ”

The man didn't answer, looked at me, walked under the tree and looked up, and said, "You also entered the palace to choose the general's wife, right?" ”

Looking around at no one, I was a little frightened in my heart, if this person had bad intentions, then Ming'er and I would be more than lucky. But now, if the loud cry for help attracts Yu Linwei, then it is a capital crime that is difficult to refute if the concubine has a private meeting with a man outside the palace.

was hesitating to herself, but seeing that Ming'er wanted to come forward to question again, she hurriedly pulled her behind her, signaling her not to reveal our identity, so as to wait for the opportunity to slip away.

I saw the man leap into the tree, and the beautiful kite had fallen firmly in his hand at Ming'er's low cry, and when he jumped down the tree, he handed the kite to me.

Ming'er hurriedly reached out to pick it up, but he didn't let go, and looked at me steadily, as if he wanted me to pick it up in person.

I didn't like this person to be rude and rude, so I whispered to Ming'er: "Let's go back!" ”

"Sister, the kite?"

"Don't."

was about to turn around and leave, but heard the man say, "Do you know Miss Begonia of General Wu's family?" ”

glanced back at him speechlessly, and felt that this person was abruptly different from ordinary people.

Seeing my cold attitude, Xu raised his hand and handed the kite to Ming'er, saying, "Which family are you the daughter of?" Ming'er looked at me at a loss, and didn't dare to pick up the kite.

"Haha, I'm sorry to say, right? I know it's not in order. The man stuffed the kite into Ming'er's arms, looked up blankly, and said, "So what, if Miss you meet Begonia, help me give her a word, and say, 'I will beg my father to call the shots and marry her.'" Tell her to try not to let herself be chosen. ”

Ming'er whispered in my ear: "Sister, isn't this person crazy?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, let's go." Taking advantage of this man's uncertainty, I pulled Ming'er up to leave, but I didn't want the man to dodge and block the two of us in the way.

"What the hell are you going to do?" Suddenly I was a little annoyed, and I mustered up the courage to shout.

"Miss Kan is also a famous lady, don't you know how to write the word 'repay gratitude'?"

"Joke, I don't know you, where did the kindness come from?"

"Miss Fang Cai's kite was picked up from below."

"You ......" It seems that he really met a scoundrel today.

"I didn't mean to embarrass Miss below, it's just that you haven't promised to help me bring a message to Begonia." This person is really a tendon, and it seems that he can't get out of it if he doesn't agree.

"Okay, I promise you. So now you can let us go, right? I casually agreed, pulling Ming'er to leave.

"Miss, please." The man stepped aside and made way for the way out.

I was about to leave, but I heard the man say again: "Actually, when I saw Miss just now, I was not so anxious in my heart, and there must be a lot of girls as beautiful as Miss among the alternative girls, and it will not be easy for Begonia to be selected...... I don't know, can you please promise me one more thing? ”

"You ......" I really have never seen such a rude and unsighted person, I can't help but get angry, and I even forget to be afraid.

"Please Miss work hard, and I will definitely choose the general's wife. Thank you in advance. The man said to himself, and even bowed down to me deeply.

"You...... Unreasonable. I was angry and walked away, but the man was no longer entangled.

Ming'er and I hurriedly walked slowly, and finally crossed the Maha Bridge, and felt a little at ease.

When I looked back, the man was gone. Who the hell is he? How did he get into the inner palace? And why did he care so much about the woman called Begonia? ”

So many questions made people have a headache, and they simply closed their doors when they returned to the Changchun Palace. Later, I simply forgot about today's events, and naturally I didn't look for the "Begonia" lady, let alone help her bring her lover's entrustment.

It wasn't until that day that Bao Yuan happily told me that the Queen Mother had chosen a lady for Ren Cao, the granddaughter of the old general of Wuzhang Wu in Shannan Jiedu, surnamed Huo Boudo, when I remembered the rough man I met in front of the Little Red Mansion that day, and the person he asked me to talk to was the begonia in Bao Yuan's mouth.

Now that I think about it, I am afraid that he was also in a hurry at the beginning, and he is just an infatuated sad person. Thinking of this, I felt some sympathy for the man, and I no longer remembered the anger of that day.

However, since she is the person that the Queen Mother likes, she must be an outstanding character, and there is such an infatuated man who thinks about her in her heart, I have an indescribable curiosity about this new lady, but I also have a heart for benevolence.

Later, I heard from Bao Yuan that this Miss Begonia is not only beautiful, but also both civil and military, and she and Rencao are also love at first sight. After the wedding, the love of husband and wife was spread in the palace for a while.

In fact, the queen mother is satisfied with this marriage, and the most important thing is that because Haitang's grandfather is the old general Wu Zhang, who was crowned with the seal of the Shannan Jiedu envoy, and chose her as Mrs. Rencao, her intention is nothing more than to use the fate of her in-laws to help Bao Yuan balance the forces of the DPRK and China, and the queen mother's scheming and strategy are really not comparable to ordinary women, so far, I am more cautious in front of the queen mother.