Xiangfu birthday banquet, there is the Son of Heaven reward in front, since it is necessary to celebrate the banquet to invite guests and friends, the banquet is set up for three days, and it is in the city gate to give porridge to benefit the people, and it is in the Buddhist nunnery to give gifts, before the main banquet, there are many people who have not been invited to the door, naturally they are some cold doors, and the Xiangfu has no contact with the door, to get a loose post, in order to show his face on the flowing water seat in the first two days, and get an opportunity to interact with the minister's officials and servants, and strive to be promoted.

After nearly ten days of hustle and bustle, no one doubted that Qin Xiangtian was gracious, although the Qin detention case had just subsided, and he was not involved in anything.

But this is also in the eyes of ordinary people.

Mrs. Qin, who was in charge of the banquet, was very anxious, and because of the many invitations from Quan Xun, she had to be sent by the other party to "confess the crime" - under the pretext, it was just that, such as the elderly in the family were sick and could not go to the invitation; or there are many trivial things, and it is regrettable to be absent; Some people even sent congratulatory gifts neatly, without even leaving a word of explanation.

There are many wine banquets in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and they have never faced such a situation.

Mrs. Qin didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly informed Youcheng and Weng Dad.

This inquiry, it turned out that those who did not come under the pretext of excuse were all people who had old friendships with the Weiguo Mansion, which vaguely indicated that the Patriotic Mansion did not seem to go to the banquet.

But until the opening of the two-day flowing water banquet, the Weiguo Mansion did not send anyone to "apologize", nor did it first go to the congratulatory gift to say that they could not come to congratulate the courtesy, and even many in-laws of the Weiguo Mansion did not say that they would not come to invite, the Qin family naturally thought that the letter of the secret investigation was chasing after the wind and shadows, gossips, and the Weiguo Mansion was also the in-laws of the Qin Mansion, if it was really impossible to go to the banquet, there must be an explanation, such as the eldest princess is still sick, and the Weiguo Gong is busy with official business.

The people who only thought that the "guilty of the crime" in advance were just because Qin was afraid of the incident, and Qin Xiang didn't care about it, but he asked his family to record these people who did not come to invite them in a thin way, and only waited for the aftermath to settle the matter, so as to give these rats who seek benefits and avoid harm.

It wasn't until the day of the banquet that Mrs. Qin knew how serious the matter was.

When it came to Sizheng, there was only one hour to leave the table, not to mention that none of the female relatives of the Weiguo Mansion came to the door, even the Zhou and Cai families did not say that the Guogong Mansion of those who would "commit crimes" in the future did not even see anyone, not to mention the Chen Xiangfu, the Chu Wangfu, and even the in-laws of the King of Chu, the Qin Xiang's old subordinates Yin Duyu, who had been quite "friendly" with the Xiangfu since the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, were also nowhere to be seen.

The guests of the main banquet have all sent invitations in advance, except for those who do not say it, the Qin family naturally thought that the other party would come to invite, the seats were prepared according to the number, but they could reach the front, and they were half empty, how could this meeting not make Mrs. Qin anxious.

Of course, at this time, she knew that she was deliberately embarrassed by the Weiguo Mansion, so she didn't even abide by the social conventions, if she didn't come, she wouldn't come, she was absent along with her relatives and friends, and she didn't say hello if she didn't know it, even if you sent an invitation, and there was no law forcing me to go to the banquet, if you didn't come, what could Qin Xiang do?

Mrs. Qin only hates the Huang family - others are okay, as long as she attends, she represents the Weiguo Mansion, and her face is better.

The Huang family was wronged, it was not that she didn't want to come, and it wasn't until the day of the banquet that she dressed up, and was waiting for the eldest princess to send someone to inform her to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and there was no sign of the three poles on the day.

The eldest princess didn't bother to argue with her, so she only dropped a sentence: "If you want to go, I won't stop you, just prepare the letter yourself." ”

The Huang family is full of yellow lotus, she is already destitute at this time, how can she have the surplus wealth in a hurry to prepare a congratulatory gift to the prime minister's house? I had to give up.

Let's say that Mrs. Qin, there is indeed not much energy wasted on cursing the Huang family, which is useless, and she secretly cursed two sentences in her heart, so she devoted herself to quickly covering up the scene, and concentrated the congratulators as much as possible, and for the time being, she could not take into account the height of the lintels of each house, in short, so as not to let people see the desertion of the empty seats.

Fortunately, there are many old relatives and friends in the Prime Minister's Mansion itself, but it didn't end up on the day of the main banquet.

Compared with others, Mrs. Qin's main concern is naturally the father and son of King Xian, but the family is the prince of the clan, and the invitation of the Prime Minister is to be sent.

But if Qin Zi was still waiting to be a side concubine with the King of Chu, if the King of Chu was not even absent from the birthday banquet of Qin Xiang, Mrs. Qin would naturally feel even more frightened.

Even if there is the Son of Heaven as the master, the next incident can put Concubine Su to death, but if the King of Chu resists, even if he succumbs to self-preservation in the future, if he is really wronged by the first general, how can Mrs. Qin be willing?

She could barely hold it back, so she had to send her henchmen to the main gate to inquire - was there too many guests, so that the cars and congestion of the Chu Palace's palace were in the back - which made the henchmen also slander for a while, and the lady was busy and dizzy? And then there are a cloud of guests, and all the places are properly arranged, not to mention that once the royal car is unimpeded, it is the public waiting mansion, and there is no reason to be congested behind.

Not in the middle of summer, Jinyang's May is really a good climate with cold and warm, but Mrs. Qin has been busy with hot and cold alternately around her body this day, and she is quite exhausted, but finally before the banquet, she heard that Concubine Chu is coming, and she is hand in hand with Concubine Shou, and accompanied by the county lord of Pingle, Mrs. Qin finally breathed a sigh of relief, got out of a bunch of relatives and friends, and gathered the concubines, daughters, and nieces to go to the Hanging Flower Gate to greet her.

Others are just that, Qin Er's wife and Banniang's mother and daughter are especially excited - because Qin Xiang has already made it clear that he wants to marry Banniang into the clan, although the descendants of Concubine Shou have no title, but Banniang's "fiancé" Yu Yuan's father Yu Liu is now a general in Yulin, a real power figure, no more than the original idle clan, and Yu Yuan also gave birth to a talent, Banniang is very satisfied, and hopes that this marriage can be successful, although I also heard that Concubine Shou is very resistant, but the second wife did not give up, their family can have the support of the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven is also very willing to promote this marriage, Strive for Yu Liu's hand, this matter may not be unsuccessful, the second wife intends to make friends with Yu Yuan's foreign Jiangzhou Bo Tao family, and secretly will become in-laws, expecting Tao to persuade the old stubborn Shou Taifei, this time when she heard that Shou Taifei was coming, the second wife thought that success was in sight.

Along the way, I didn't want to tell the eldest sister-in-law: "Since the old princess is here, the daughter-in-law of Princess Chu will also follow her, Princess Chu is the most treacherous, and the sister-in-law is bound to prevent her from instigating Concubine Shou and slandering Banniang, and later, Princess Chu will have to be excused to break up." ”

Mrs. Qin also calculated, the Weiguo Mansion is going to tear the skin with her own family, and Concubine Su will not allow Ziruo to be in the position and side concubines, but since the old princess is coming, it must be Ziruo's well-behaved work, and it is best to achieve this pile today, just right, Wei, Yang, Peng, and Zhuo The four mothers all came to invite today, they can be regarded as Concubine Su's handkerchiefs, and then let the eldest daughter lead Concubine Su and those few places, and accompany the old princess, in front of a woman on call, find a way to lead the topic to Ziruo, As long as the old princess said in public that Huanxizi wanted her to be the side concubine of the king of Chu, it could be regarded as the intention of the Chu Palace, and her own family became her good intentions, and she was allowed by the empress dowager, who would talk about the troubles in the past?

Even if the son temporarily occupies the concubine position, he can finally be recognized by the family again, the king of Chu is a prince, and the side concubines also have grades, which are ten times stronger than the concubine who had no name and no share.

In the future, we can only plan slowly.

Planned all the way, who knew that the ladies of the Qin family arrived at the Weeping Flower Gate, and it was easy to look forward to the old princess and her party, and Mrs. Qin almost stumbled and stumbled.

What about Concubine Su? Concubine Su didn't appear, and the one who followed the old princess seemed to be her daughter, Ziruo who was dressed up to attend!

Although this scene was haunted by Mrs. Qin's dream, but when she really appeared in front of her, she was inevitably frightened, this was Daddy Weng's birthday banquet, Ziruo was still the daughter of the clan at this time, and the maid of the palace attended like this...... But as soon as the panicked Mrs. Qin touched Qin Ziruo's calm and smiling gaze, she was inexplicably relieved.

To say that, Ziruo girl was indeed immersed in the grievances of the brother-in-law of the Son of Heaven for a long time, until Chen Guifei was added to the palace and was very favored and pregnant, and then Qin Concubine was degraded, Qin was convicted, Qin Xiang was impeached by a group of courtiers led by Wei Guogong, and was almost implicated. simply took advantage of this Qin Xiang's birthday banquet and asked her to attend with her, in front of everyone, the old princess transferred from the middle and persuaded the Qin family to forgive Ziruo, at least let everyone see that the old princess did have a lot of "pity" for Ziruo, and with this foreshadowing, it was also possible to persuade the empress dowager.

Although Qin Ziruo felt that this matter was a bit upside down, the old princess's attitude was too enthusiastic, which made Qin Ziruo no longer hypocritical.

She thought about it, in this way, it is not a quick knife to cut the mess, the old princess took her to attend the banquet is already an attitude, everyone has witnessed it, even if Concubine Su and the Weiguo Mansion can't embarrass the old princess in public, the Son of Heaven intends to show grace to his grandfather this time, and the Queen Mother will also scruple about it, similar to raw rice cooked rice, not without it.

gritted his teeth - even if he would be talked about, it was his grandfather's birthday banquet, the guests would finally have scruples, and the embarrassment was limited, only embarrassing, in order to achieve a big event, what was a little grievance? His own attendance, and then through public opinion, I am not afraid that it will not evolve into "The concubine of Chu is very happy with Ziruo, so she pleaded for mercy, Qin Xiang was helpless, so she forgave it, and the concubine expressed in public that she was willing to accept Qin's Qiniang as the side concubine of the king of Chu, which is also a good story of keeping the clouds open and seeing the moon."

is Yu Feng, because of the old princess, she will not be stubborn and bear the name of unfilial piety.

Concubine Su has nothing to worry about - her days are numbered.

Yes, Qin Ziruo came so dignified and generous.

Mrs. Qin quickly calmed down, and after leading her family to meet her, she welcomed the old princess to the flower garden to set up a banquet, and she couldn't avoid a topic: "Why don't you see the princess?" Of course, turning a blind eye to his daughter, from the position of the Prime Minister's house, he had to treat it as a stranger for the time being.

The old princess's voice was like a bell: "Jing'er lives in her mother's house, Shangyuan doesn't want to come, she didn't come today." ”

Even Qin Ziruo, who was holding the old princess's arm, almost didn't stumble - what do you mean? The Patriotic Mansion was unexpectedly absent? Concubine Su didn't come?

At this time, Mrs. Qin's mother and daughter realized a question at the same time - is the king of Chu coming?

But the old princess's voice really made the two of them jealous, for fear that an unpleasant answer would attract everyone's attention, so they didn't dare to ask again.

Soon, they arrived at the banquet hall where the ladies gathered.

When the old princess saw Mrs. Wei, her eyes lit up, and she didn't care about Mrs. Qin, she took Concubine Shou and went over there, took two steps, and didn't forget to turn back and confess to Qin Ziruo - it was still like a bell, and it happened that everyone sitting here was an ordinary wife, and when she saw the two concubines coming, she also stopped laughing and talking, got up and kept silent, and heard the old princess's words clearly: "Ziruo, this is your home, you don't need to follow me, you can joke with your sisters and friends in the boudoir." ”

For a while, everyone's eyes were focused on the "maidservant" of the palace in gorgeous clothes, Qin Ziruo.

Mrs. Qin stumbled a little now, and almost didn't overthrow a certain female dependent, causing another riot.

This scenario is not imagined at all, is it?

But Qin Banniang also stepped forward to make trouble, and really saved Ziruo, and sat down nearby.

This seat is not so "unattainable", it is indeed the old prime minister's house, so although the ladies on the table were surprised, they did not resist the Qin sisters.

Mrs. Wei was stunned when she saw this scene, and only after a long time did she ask: "Why don't you see the princess?" ”

Mrs. Qin behind her was wet with cold sweat.

This time, it was preempted by Concubine Shou -

As soon as the words came out, there was silence, and many of the nearby ladies looked at each other, their hearts were boiling, but they couldn't speak.

I was secretly thinking, today's Qin Xiang's birthday banquet, is this the rhythm of someone smashing the field?