In the imperial garden, the cinnamon is fragrant, the color shines brilliantly, the music and singing are tactful, the silk and bamboo are faint, this night the west wind is lingering, the branch rises and falls, a plate of jade cicadas shines out of the clouds, and the clear light is heavy for thousands of miles.

"Jing girl, come to mourn the family, I haven't seen you for a long time." The Queen Mother sat in the chief, and when she was talking to the eldest princess on the side, she saw the figure of the beautiful scenery in a trance, and hurriedly shouted.

In this way, the harem concubines and the noblewomen of the clan, and even the surrounding Yipin Lady followed the voice of the Queen Mother, looking at the young woman who was wearing a neon gold silk peony dress and was getting out of the table of several noble women, like a pearl fainting, beautiful jade shining, and a smiling face.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, since the end of the orderly palace banquet, the beautiful scenery entered the imperial garden, and was entangled by the friends in the boudoir who had not been seen for a long time.

The tea banquet of the moon is not as restrained as the dinner, the queen mother with the eldest princess and the old princess in the chief, surrounded by the queen, the concubine, the princess Kang and other nobles, and there are Mrs. Jianninghou, Mrs. Weiguo, Mrs. Kong, Mrs. Zhen and other noblewomen, all of them are elders, now they all look at the beautiful scenery with loving eyes, only feel a warmth under the hood, surround her tightly, do not dare to slack off, smile in the past, stand beside the old princess, and first give a blessing to the queen mother: "The queen mother, I am the presiding judge today, The little ladies were busy pleasing me, and it was easy to get out, and they were trying to find a quiet place to relax for a while. ”

"You can't be partial, if you are unjust, the mourning family will punish you." The Queen Mother looked at Yijing's radiant complexion, knowing that she was living well after marriage, she was happy, and made a few jokes about Yijing before letting her go.

Mrs. Shizi of Zhenguo Mansion saw Yijing walking in the shade of osmanthus to the west, but left the table quietly, followed forward, and waited for a quieter and quieter place, only to call Jing'er to stay, Yijing had to stand still, helplessly glanced at Liuniang more than ten steps away, turned around and smiled to greet people.

"Are you really here to hide from Qingjing?" Mrs. Xie picked up Yijing, who wanted to see the salute again, and pointed to a gazebo not far away: "There is no one there, Jing'er would like to sit and talk with her aunt?" ”

Today's moon viewing banquet, although the male guests and female relatives are not mixed, but only separated by the red felt dance array, and the banquet people are tired of sitting, or stretch their muscles, or have the need to "change clothes", they have to move around, of course, there is no real "no one's place" in the imperial garden, but there are indeed no guests in the pavilion, just a few palace maids standing around.

Yijing knew what Mrs. Xie's "initiative to show goodwill" was, and it was not easy to refuse, so Mrs. Xie took her arm, went to the empty pavilion, and finally mentioned the topic: "I don't treat Jing'er as an outsider, and some words should not have been mentioned at the palace banquet, but in my heart, my aunt always felt uncomfortable...... I won't tell you, my Sanniang did something ugly at the beginning, she shouldn't have it, and Zhou'er also didn't, she originally said a good thing, but how did she know that her sister-in-law was confused, and she thought about it for the sake of Zhou'er...... Alas, my aunt really feels ashamed of you. ”

The elders "deigned" to apologize, Yijing naturally couldn't be indifferent, but she felt that Mrs. Xie was too eager, even for the sake of her daughter's marriage, when it was not good to speak, she chose to have a banquet in the palace, and simply said directly: "Aunt don't worry, I have long forgotten about this matter, and the son of the world has never thought it is wrong, but my aunt also knows that I am good friends with Wei Shiniang, and when my daughter's family gossips, she mentioned to me the fourth brother in the family, everything else is good, but I can't read books, I love to have fun with a bunch of gentlemen, for this matter, Wei Xiang has not been punished." ”

Yijing really felt that Wei Shilang was not a good match, and when the new system was implemented, he was afraid that he would not even be able to get an official position in the future, so he could only rely on his father and brother to support him.

Mrs. Xie sighed: "I also know about this, only the Zhenguo Mansion looks like there is a knighthood, in fact, it has long become an empty shelf, Wei Xiang only has two sons, Da Lang has already entered the office, and he will always carry hands and feet in the future, I don't want anything else, I can't watch Siniang marry into a cold family, if the son is really promising, I don't want to marry a helpless in-law." ”

This is also true, Xie Siniang's marriage is really a little high or low, Mrs. Xie inquired that although Wei Shilang is not talented, he is the youngest son of the family, and he is quite favored by Mrs. Wei, and the eldest son of Wei Xiang is not a narrow and small person, so he will not worry about his siblings, even if he will not be promoted to the office in the future, he will not let his younger brother have no food and clothing, the Wei family is also a big family, the family property is very rich, and the daughter is married, as long as she serves her in-laws, has children, and is in the inner house, she will not suffer in the future.

This "motherly heart" is incomprehensible for the time being, but since Mrs. Xie opened her mouth, she thought that Yu Feng once said that looking at the face of the old princess, she couldn't completely ignore the Zhenguo Mansion, so she happily agreed: "Mrs. Wei happens to be there today, and I will introduce the fourth sister to Eleven Niang later, and my aunt can rest assured, Eleven Niang and I were originally confidants in the doir, and I will treat the fourth sister like me." ”

Mrs. Xie was really surprised to see Yijing so happy, she didn't expect Yijing to agree on this marriage, as long as she gave an attitude, so that Mrs. Wei understood that the Guogong Mansion did not dislike the Zhenguo Mansion because of that incident, and there was room for turning around.

Yijing finally got out again, and saw that there was no shadow of Liuniang in the shade of osmanthus flowers, so he had to turn around and go to the crowd, and he was suspicious that the sixth sister didn't know where to go to find inspiration, and he was hit on the shoulder, and he was almost not photographed and stumbled, and when he turned around, he saw that it was indeed the lord of Pingle.

"Why is the big red man alone now, I saw you sneaky from afar, and I thought I was going to play a trick with Yu Feng for a private meeting under the moon." The county lord of Pingle still spoke rough and direct, causing several noble ladies to look at this side in a daze, and they blushed and snickered.

Yijing was very helpless, and hurriedly pulled the second sister who was waiting for the word boudoir but was full of nonsense to go to a secluded place, and before she could speak, she was pulled by Pingle again, and said angrily: "It's really boring to listen to these family girls pulling the fat gouache, clothes and jewelry, let's go to the Shengshang side and talk to Wei Yuan, I heard that he is the presiding judge of the Lang monarchs today, my third brother is bent on winning the championship, asking for a talented woman as his wife, I, who is a sister, must also do my best to intercede for him, otherwise with the ink in his stomach, let alone win the championship, The top ten are not played. ”

King Kang's youngest son has not yet been married, and he has not been crowned the king of the county, and he is sixteen this year, and he is young and frivolous.

Yijing hated to hold a laurel tree to get rid of Pingle's "enthusiasm", and persuaded with a smile: "Although today is not as restrained as in previous years, it is not decent to go to the male guest so clearly, let alone cheat in front of the saint, second sister, you spare me, or you pull An Hui to go, why didn't you see her today?" ”

was diverted by this topic, and the county lord of Pingle immediately forgot about Wei Yuan: "Speaking of An Hui, don't you be dragged around by your second aunt, just in front of a few Shangshu ladies and have nothing to say, I listened to it, even I can hear the meaning of your second aunt's words, it is to beat other people's daughters, it's really funny, even if today's banquet, the queen mother and the queen's original intention is to let talented and beautiful people achieve good stories, and there is no such thing as your second aunt, thinking of killing all the beauties?" Does she have so many sons? ”

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It seems that Xiao Xie is really not very optimistic about Jiang Yue in his heart, and Jiang Yue has a long way to go.

Huang Jiangyue was really anxious at this time, today she went to the banquet with Mrs. Hou, and felt that she became the focus as soon as she arrived, and the eyes of those noblewomen with deep meaning made her spine cold, and she was always careful and concerned about a dinner party, and she didn't even dare to turn her face sideways, let alone wait and see where Yu Zhou was.

Instead, he took a picture with Xiao Xie, and his fierce gaze made Huang Jiangyue's heart feel cold, and her sideburns were soaked.

When she arrived at the Imperial Garden, the queen personally took Mrs. Jianning Hou into the seat, and praised Jiang Yue a few words with a pleasant face, and asked Yichen to take her to sit on the table of the noble lady, Huang Jiangyue eased her tension a little, because of the people sitting around, Wei Shiniang, Peng Sanniang, and Zhuo Nianyu were all good with Yijing, and they would not alienate Huang Jiangyue if they didn't look at the face of the monk and see the face of the Buddha, and they would not embarrass her, Jiang Yue was also at ease, and there was an active atmosphere in the Weiguo Mansion, which was very lively for a while.

When Yijing and Princess Nanyang passed by, they were seen by the sharp-eyed Wei Shiniang and immediately caught, which attracted several little ladies around her, flattering with gossips, as if the stars were holding the moon, which made Jiang Yue's heart feel pantothenic, and heard that Yijing was today's "chief judge", more like a boulder pressed down on her head - she knew that in Yijing's mind, she was still worried about the fraud at the Fanglin banquet, and because of the last private meeting with Su Erlang, she despised her more and more , don't you take the opportunity to make things difficult?

Huang Jiangyue's mood fell to the bottom.

Because of the miscalculation of today's situation, although it is said that it is in the imperial garden, there is a chance to move around, but Jianning Houfu is "in the limelight", and even the sixth sister who has been married does not dare to take one more step and say a word, only to sit with her husband and concubines, not to mention her boudoir? If you rashly "have a private meeting" with Yu Zhou and fall into people's eyes, your reputation will be completely ruined.

I had to look for another opportunity.

Yijing's side, finally got rid of Pingle, persuaded her not to look for Wei Yuan even if she was "cheating", just quietly inform Yu Feng, don't alarm the saint, watching Pingle bypass the red felt with great interest, carrying an inner waiter, probably asking Yu Feng's seat, Yijing through the dancer's red sleeves and green waist, can also see the "vibration" caused by the sudden intrusion into Pingle on the male guest seat opposite, Yijing wiped his forehead, and turned back to his seat.

At the moment, her identity is different, of course, the seat is in the clan seat, surrounded by the princess, princess and side concubines, as soon as she sat down, Princess Kang asked where Pingle went, I heard that I went to the male guest, but I was not surprised, as if I had expected it, Yijing became more and more curious in her heart, like Princess Kang, such a dignified and virtuous mother, how did she raise Pingle such a flying and free girl who was not bound by dogma?

Concubine Qin also sat in this column, glanced at Yijing coldly, and opened her mouth to say: "Concubine Kong, weren't you still asking Ah Jing just now, the main lord finally sat down, why didn't you pay attention to her?" ”

The third prince's concubine Kong was talking and laughing with the fourth prince's concubine Bai, looking at a few noble ladies who were waving on the bookcase that had been placed with pen and ink, she was slightly stunned when she heard the words, and glanced at Concubine Qin casually, and then stared at Yijing with a substantial gaze: "Yes, I've been thinking about Ah Jing for some time, but you are too busy to see anyone." The corners of his lips are raised, not like a smile but like a joke.

Don't look at the Kong family is just a side concubine, but with a Kong surname, he has always been flying and domineering, probably in front of the third prince and the queen mother, and because he has seen Qianpan, he is more and more sure of those rumors in the past, only regard Yijing as a rival in love, and he wants to stab Qianpan with a stab for a while, the sentence "The prince's mansion has bought a new servant, and it looks like it is seven or eight points similar to A Jing, and I feel that Nahan" has come to my mouth, and suddenly remembered the warning of the three princes - if you dare to mention half of Qianpan's appearance in public, the queen mother can't let you go!

Concubine Kong swallowed sarcastic words dangerously, but snorted coldly inexplicably.

Yijing was helpless, knowing that she was jealous and hateful, Concubine Kong, she could still understand, I didn't know that the fourth princess Qin was born again-when the Qin family was in the boudoir, although she was cold and arrogant, she didn't see anyone and stabbed her, since she married the fourth prince, her temperament has become more and more weird, and she regards all women in the world as enemies, and she doesn't know how unsatisfactory her life is, so she has developed such a jealous woman.

"Ah Jing, after the palace banquet, the prince's mansion will also organize an autumn banquet, I should have handed over the invitation, but I was afraid that you would not appreciate your face, so I wanted to take advantage of the invitation in person today, so you will tell the truth, and you are willing to come."