Chapter 66: The Birthday Banquet
Thinking of Jin's reminder, Zong Zhengya walked over, took the queen's arm, and knelt down, "Queen Mother, don't you want Ya'er?"
Although Zong Zhengya is young, she has long been under the influence of the queen, and she knows that this harem is sinister, and the queen is extremely strict with her, but she knows that she is for her good, and she has long been used to it, on the contrary, she does not resent her.
She also knows that if there is no queen, even if she is the eldest princess, it will not be easy to survive in this palace, and everything she can have now is because of what the queen brought her, not her father.
"Queen mother, queen mother, don't abandon Ya'er, okay, Ya'er doesn't have a queen mother, she will be bullied by others, Ya'er doesn't want to leave her mother, does the queen mother really dislike Ya'er?"
The queen was a little touched when she heard her cry, and when she saw her little face that was already crying, she finally couldn't bear it, picked her up, and cried and said, "The queen mother doesn't want Ya'er, don't be afraid, the queen mother is here."
"Ya'er likes the queen mother, Ya'er don't leave the queen mother"
"Okay, don't leave"
Jin Mo watched their mother and son hug each other and cry bitterly, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and shed a few tears, "Niangniang, eldest princess, this is fine, Niangniang for the eldest princess, use more meals." ”
Hui Lin hurriedly put the re-presented meal on the table.
The queen wiped her tears, "Yes, this palace has to eat more, and this palace has to live for Ya'er." ”
She was originally made by the emperor's words, her heart was like ashes, and she couldn't arouse interest and energy in these struggles in the harem, she only thought about how the emperor was with her, but forgot her daughter.
If she is gone, I am afraid that the child she worked so hard to conceive and give birth to in October will be eaten in this harem, and there will be no scum left, just for her own flesh and blood, she will have to think of living a few more days, at least she has to arrange a good future for her.
Zichen Palace
"Father-in-law Su, the emperor is here" Meng Wentian walked over and asked.
Su Shunxian hurriedly came over, "Lord Meng, the emperor is not here today." ”
Meng Wentian smiled bitterly, "I should have thought of it a long time ago, but I didn't believe it, I wanted to come and see, forget it, I'll go there to find him." ”
"Yes, Master Meng has to be comforted."
"I'll do my best," Meng Wentian waved his hand and left.
Changle Palace
Zong Zhengjin stood in this hall, silently pondering.
"It's Jin'er's birthday in a few days, what gift does Jin'er want?"
"Can I have everything?"
"Well, the mother concubine will do her best to do it for Jin'er. To read the latest chapter of the book, search for 800"
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These conversations are vivid, it was the last birthday that his mother spent with him, and at that time he seemed to have asked for a set of four treasures of the study, because he wanted to study hard to make his mother happy.
It's a pity that she never had a chance to see it.
Meng Wentian stood outside the hall, knelt down in this direction, and solemnly kowtowed three times.
Shrouded in moonlight, he could faintly see his figure standing in front of the window, standing alone, lonely and lonely, but he could not take a step forward.
This Changle Palace is where his mother, Concubine Xi, lived for only five years, but after her death, it was burned to ashes because of an inexplicable fire, and it has been abandoned for a long time.
The emperor ascended the throne for the emperor to take back his power, after collecting military power, he ordered people to rebuild here, every grass and tree is imitated at that time, even the rosewood carved hibiscus mirror heart screen used by Concubine Xi Niangniang, the emperor is ordered to re-do it, one thing and one product, all are restored to the appearance of the time.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to fall out with the Queen Mother for the first time and was infamous as "unfilial", but unfortunately he has always done his own thing and doesn't care.
The emperor is in an extremely bad mood every few days every year, and he is used to coming here to sit, or to remember, or to reminisce, maybe this can make him feel better. If it weren't for a special thing, the emperor would just be afraid that he would be eager to slash the enemy at this time, and he would cut it with a thousand knives.
After a long time, Zong Zhengjin finally came out, and it was not surprising that he saw the person standing here like a pine at a glance, "You trespassed into my harem again." ”
"Wechen is guilty, the emperor will punish him tomorrow," Meng Wentian raised the wine jug in his hand, "Let's have a drink with Wechen today." ”
"If you don't get drunk, you won't return."
"If you don't get drunk, you won't return."
Cining Palace
"The emperor is going there again" The queen mother glanced at the sky outside and said indifferently.
Liu Mo answered, "Yes, I've been there for some time." ”
"Hmph, so what" The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "She finally lost to the mourning family, not only her son, but also her bones, and her son could only go there to worship." ”
Even though Liu Mo knew that the Queen Mother had good means and was ruthless, she still disagreed with and was quite embarrassed in the face of Concubine Xi's matter.
At the beginning, she was just a big palace maid next to the Queen Mother, but in the palace, there was no slave who did not praise Concubine Xi when she mentioned Concubine Xi, including her.
When such a beautiful and pure woman enters the palace, she is destined to enjoy the favor of the emperor and the resentment of the concubines, and in the end she will inevitably die.
She guessed the ending, but she didn't guess that she died in such a tragic way, she was poisonous, she died of heart failure, and after her death, there were no bones, and a fire burned away the traces left by her coming, and there was no trace left.
In this world, the only thing that can prove the existence of that woman is her only blood-related child, there are no bones, and there is no historical record.
She remembered that when the emperor learned that Concubine Xi had committed suicide in order to prove her innocence, she hurried there, a fire was spreading, and the palace people were in a hurry to put out the fire and water it, but the emperor ignored everyone's obstruction, and wanted to go in to save people, hoarse, the scene at that time was vivid, and she actually wanted to tell him that such a beautiful woman had already died.
She thought that the emperor also loved that woman, so he wanted to do his best to spoil her and love her, and built and modified the Changle Palace for her to create a grand scene in the south of the Yangtze River, because she was a southerner, and it was rare to see plum blossoms, and when she smelled it, she collected all the rare treasures in the world and held them in front of her, just to make her smile.
However, such a grace that was too obvious attracted the deep jealousy of all the concubines, and even the queen who was still a sworn enemy at the time and the queen mother who was still a virtuous concubine joined hands in an alliance, and with the acquiescence and assistance of Concubine Yu and other concubines, they framed the plan, which made the emperor angry and grounded him.
Everything after that, because of time and opportunity, with the joint efforts of everyone, finally let such a beauty disappear and disappear from the world.
Wanshou Festival is not a traditional festival of Chu and Zhou, and the time also changes with the different birthdays of each emperor who ascends the throne, what remains unchanged is that each time it lasts for three days, and the emperor will decide which of the three days is the birthday when he announced the time, so as to prevent someone from stealing the emperor's birthday and preventing someone from doing witchcraft on the emperor.
During the 10,000 Festival, slaughtering is prohibited, the killing of criminal offenders is officially prohibited, and the wearing of plain clothing is uniformly forbidden, and all must be bright clothing.
On the first day, the emperor will ascend the city tower, the courtiers congratulate, and rejoice with the people of the world, on the second day, worship the temple, thank the ancestors, reflect on their own mistakes, and kneel to thank their parents for their nurturing grace, and on the evening of the third day, a banquet will be held, and the palace concubines will perform and give gifts to the emperor.
On the first and second days, Zong Zhengjin was busy in the previous dynasty and did not come to the harem, and everyone was looking forward to the third day.
Taihe Temple
"Concubine Zhen has arrived," the eunuch's shrill voice sounded at the moment when Su Jingxi stepped into the hall.
This time, Su Jingxi came a little earlier, because there were not many people in the hall, or it took too long to dress up, and the more later, the more the finale tasted inside.
"The concubine is see the concubine," all of those present are lower than her, and they need to salute.
Su Jingxi glanced at Du Wanru's body, stayed for a moment, and smiled lightly, "Sisters, don't need to be polite, get up quickly." ”
"Sister Yang Concubine came early today," Su Jingxi took a seat, and said while looking at Yang Concubine in the first position.
Concubine Yang was obviously stunned, and then a little shy, "Yes, my sister has nothing to do in the palace, so she came early." ”
"Concubine Shun Niangniang has been doing well lately" Su Jingxi asked casually, she didn't mean to embarrass her.
Concubine Yang has been a slave for a long time, and she has learned to observe words and emotions very early, and she also knows what she means, so she smiled and said, "Concubine Shun is in good health." ”
Su Jingxi nodded, and said no more.
Other people have already come to the conversation, so I won't repeat them one by one.
"Sister Zhen came early today, but my sister is lagging behind," Xiang Jieyu said with a smile after she called.
There are words in the words, and everyone here is not stupid, so they can naturally hear it, this is ironic that she came to stammer early because it was the emperor's birthday, otherwise who wouldn't know that she Su Jingxi is a typical unsociable.
Su Jingxi has long been accustomed to answering the words of these women in the harem in her heart several times, at least she has to understand the implicit meaning of the words, "Yes, today is the emperor's birthday, my sister is very happy and excited, so I want to come here earlier, but when I don't want to come, the other sisters didn't come much." ”
Although this sentence includes many future concubines, and there are a lot of people who are offended by one sentence, at least including Xiang Jieyu, at least others will think that she has always had no brains.
Sure enough, Xiang Jieyu looked at her with a little disdain in her eyes, "Not only my sister is happy, but my concubine is also very happy." ”
I have to give the words back, I can't make the emperor think that his birthday, and the people who come after him are not excited or happy.
"Yes, on the emperor's birthday, the sisters are very happy in their hearts, and Sister Zhen is afraid that she is overjoyed," Concubine Shun walked in and made a rare joke.
Greet each other and shout.
Although Su Jingxi didn't know why she wanted to help her speak, she reacted quickly, and said, "It's still Concubine Shun who understands the concubine." ”
Concubine Shun smiled slowly and sat down without saying a word.
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