The Mid-Autumn Festival in the ninth year of Yuanqing, the palace did not hold a palace banquet for the first time, which made the tense nerves of the major nobles stretched a little to the left and right, and the situation was slightly calmer after the abolition of the Kong family, which made people feel that it was only a short interval of wind and rain, and another more violent storm was brewing behind the calm waves.

At the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, most of the concubines did not have the intention of competing for beauty in the past, although they were all dressed up in gorgeous clothes, they all seemed rigid and silent, and only secretly watched the obvious confrontation between the arrogant Li Concubine and the unwilling Liang Zhaoyi, each sneering or indifferent.

The crown prince, who is in the first place among the princes, occupies the eye-catching seat, which shows more and more his pretending to be calm and uneasy, perhaps the meaning of secretly looking at too many eyes, so that the prince adds pressure, a few osmanthus mellow stomachs, frustration arises spontaneously, and gradually can't help but drink greedily, wine until half drunk, and actually choked.

"The prince is drunk, and he won't help him down to rest." On the main seat of the banquet, the Son of Heaven did not show half displeasure, and this was also said lightly, and when he saw the prince being helped out of the table by the eunuchs, the Son of Heaven raised a lamp to salute the Queen Mother, and received a few toasts from the princes, so that the atmosphere at the banquet was light.

Prince Qing, who is usually long-sleeved and good at dancing, is still the same, frequently raising the lamp, driving the taciturn Fu Wang to become active, and the brothers seem to be particularly fraternal, more and more set off the five princes who are sitting on the other side of the table on the left are out of place, this scene fell in the eyes of Concubine De, a shallow sneer, secretly thinking that King Fu felt that the time was coming, and he couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, revealing his demeanor, to say the word forbearance, or her son can carry it through.

When Concubine De's heart moved, she looked at her daughter-in-law.

At the women's table, the two princesses who were pregnant with Liujia had a lively conversation, it was the five princesses and the princess Fu.

After a while, the Queen Mother told the Son of Heaven not to be greedy for cups, so she left the table with her female dependents and went to another place to enjoy the moon and taste tea.

This made Aunt Ru go to Ci'an Palace to invite Wei Zhao to come, pull to sit beside her, listen to Wei Zhao's witty words, and the atmosphere in the banquet became more and more brisk, and the Queen Mother smiled.

Naturally, Wei Zhao's "special" status also made all the concubines speculate and have many calculations.

And at this banquet, without the queen mother and the concubines to cheer up, the Son of Heaven quickly seemed to be in high spirits, and simply let the princes enjoy themselves and leave the table by themselves.

However, after a long time, Gonggong Zhan returned and whispered a few words in the ears of the five princes, although it was not publicized, but when the five princes left the table, they still attracted the attention of many people.

The wine cup in King Qing's hand was still facing King Fu, but the corners of his eyes gradually rose, and his eyes flickered with the back of the five princes who were not in the lights and moonlight.

King Fu drank this wine by himself, raised his eyes to see the galaxy exposed among the flowers and leaves, and smiled lightly at the corner of his lips, as if he was unaware of King Qing's sudden distraction.

The eyes of the six princes were on fire, staring straight at the whereabouts of the five princes.

The Seventh Prince snorted coldly with disdain, his arm was suddenly raised, pretending to be half-drunk, and splashed the wine all over the body of the Sixth Prince, and the two princes immediately quarreled with each other and did not give an inch.

The eighth prince frowned imperceptibly, quietly stayed away from the "battlefield" of the sixth and seventh two, glanced at the seats of King Qing and King Fu, and paused to turn around and go to the seats of several younger brothers.

King Qing's half-brother Ten Princes' eyebrows were raised like a full bow: "Fifth brother, this was ordered by his father alone?" ”

The Nine Emperors paid attention to another matter: "There is no cousin present today, no matter how you look at it, the starling brother is a little unhappy." ”

The cousin in the mouth of the Nine Emperors refers to Yu Feng, and all the princes know that the eighth prince is good friends with the prince of Chu.

The tenth prince snorted secretly, and said in his heart that if the eighth child was not clinging to Yu Feng like kraft candy, how could he win the attention of his father, and he was really ill-intentioned!

Before the Eighth Prince sat down, he was disturbed by the two younger brothers, that is, he smiled back and simply went to talk to the Eleventh Prince, who had not yet established a mansion and was simple-minded.

The five princes were indeed edicted by the Son of Heaven alone.

About two moments later, he walked out of the imperial study, his pace was not in a hurry, but his eyebrows fluttered and he could not hide his joy.

The father and the emperor actually talked to him about government affairs just now, but he remembered the words of his mother, and did not show that he had already paid attention, but restrained his edge, and said it calmly, without revealing a drop of water, and the fifth prince was complacent about his proper response.

In the quiet imperial study, on the throne behind the imperial case, the Son of Heaven frowned tightly, holding a cinnabar-stained gold pen, but he did not get a batch for a long time, but waved his arm, and the pen fell on the gold brick, marking a blood-colored trace.

"The city is too deep, and the forbearance is too heavy, but it is exactly the same as Concubine De, and the true meaning is not obvious." The Son of Heaven muttered to himself, and the corners of his lips gradually pursed coldly: "Only the virtue of the concubine obeys, and it does not show that only the only one, and the performance of talent and virtue is just right...... Concubine De is indeed better at teaching children than the queen. ”

This was obviously not a word of praise, and the Son of Heaven's face was gloomy.

After sitting in silence for a long moment, the Son of Heaven got up, walked out of the study with his hands in his hands, and stood under the eaves of the porch, watching a full moon at the head.

Compared with Concubine De, although the ambition of the noble concubine Chen is obvious, but a little lost, and King Qing is not something that Chen can control, even if Qin Huaiyu is afraid, I am afraid that I will not be trusted much by the fourth, the fourth is suspicious, even if it is possible to reuse Qin and Chen to stabilize the throne to eliminate dissidents, the early shilling Qin and Chen are majestic, but once the goal is achieved, the two families will be suppressed, and the relatives will not be autocratic, but the shortcomings of the fourth are too suspicious, and they are ruthless and vicious, if he succeeds to the throne, maybe except for the ten princes, the rest of the princes will not be able to save their lives.

But the old five...... The Son of Heaven sneered, if the throne was passed on to him, it would be tantamount to handing over the authority of the country to Concubine De, even if Concubine De could be killed and martyred, it would not be possible to circumvent the dictatorship of the Yang family in the future.

Instead of trusting the Yang family, it is better to trust the Weiguo Mansion.

The second child is affectionate and righteous, but he is too lenient.

The Son of Heaven is still at a loss and undecided.

But obviously, the succession qualifications of the five princes have been written off.

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The day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, after the lunch break, I met with a round of housekeepers' daughters-in-law, who were about to go to Rongxi Hall to talk to the old princess.

Yijing almost didn't remember who Mama Jiang was for a while, but after being reminded by Xia Ke, she suddenly came to her senses.

It was the one who was threatened by Mama Song with the safety of her children, and in desperation, she killed Yinchai, and later surrendered to Yijing, and now she is still serving Aunt Zhang's mother.

Yijing remembered that after the Song family was removed, Mama Jiang reported that the Huang family had coerced and induced her to accept and spare, but in the past few years, the Huang family's power has been guarded, and the conditions do not allow her to act rashly, so she is also unable to do anything, on the surface it seems to be very regular, and there is nothing to do, so Mama Jiang has been lurking, so that Yijing left her behind.

"How are Mama Jiang's children now?" Yi Jing asked Xia Ke first.

Xia Ke said with a smile: "Still in Jizhou Zhuangzi, the daughter has already married, the slave maid also reported the death of the concubine two years ago, the man is a tenant in the Zhuangzi, with the protection of the palace, although he is not rich and noble, he can also be self-sufficient, Mama Jiang is very pleased, her son runs errands with the head of the village, and it is also somewhat decent at the bottom." ”

Yi Jing bowed slightly: "Over the years, Mama Jiang has not taken the initiative to contact, this time she suddenly found Sanshun, there should be something important." ”

Lamei stepped forward and replied: "No, the princess is really like a god." ”

It turned out that Huang's nurse Mama Lan finally couldn't hold it back and began to take revenge on Aunt Zhang, the thorn in her eye.

It's against Aunt Xue.

A few years ago, Aunt Zhang was sent to Zhuangzi to "think" because of a dispute with the second lady Li, and there was only one Mama Jiang to serve by her side, which was not as good as being pampered in the Guogong Mansion, and the master and servant were cold, although some servants in Zhuangzi watched people cook and sneered at Aunt Zhang, but there were also some who were still respectful and humble, and did not underestimate and treat Aunt Zhang because of her trouble, among them, there was a daughter-in-law surnamed Li, who was quite straightforward and righteous, and treated Aunt Zhang's master and servant very kindly.

Aunt Zhang was pardoned and returned to the house because of Erlang's marriage, but she still remembered the love of the Li family, and it took a lot of effort to finally transfer the Li family to the Weiguo Mansion.

Mama Lan secretly figured out the details of the Li family, and knew that she was friendly with Mama Jiang, so she forced Mama Jiang to buy the Li family and exchange it for the Huang family's avoidance soup for Aunt Xue.

"It's really a two-pronged solution." Yi Jing smiled coldly and looked at Xia Ke: "Do you understand Mama Lan's plan?" ”

Aunt Xue has been serving the Shunzi Soup, which was originally instructed by Wei Guogong, and of course this matter will be handed over to the Huang family.

Xia Ke pondered for a while, and said bluntly: "If Aunt Xue is pregnant, she will inevitably be held accountable, and if she continues to investigate, the Li family will not escape the blame, as long as she insists that it is Aunt Xue's instructions, Aunt Xue will not only be pregnant and difficult to protect, but will also be punished for this, but Aunt Xue will naturally cry out for injustice, if Grandpa Guo investigates further, it is not difficult to find out where the Li family came from, and Aunt Zhang will also be implicated. promised to arrange a place for the Li family, and the Li family had no worries. ”

Yijing also thinks so.

Lamei hurriedly uncovered the mystery: "Mama Jiang said that Mama Lan asked her to instruct the Li family, even if she was sold, it would not be a big deal, as long as the Li family insisted that she was bought by Aunt Xue and Aunt Zhang, in addition to these two people, Mama Lan would definitely persuade the Duchess of Guo to properly arrange the Li family." ”

"The slave maid thinks that this must be Mama Lan's own assertion, and the Duchess of the Kingdom should not act rashly, and besides, whether it is Aunt Zhang or Aunt Xue, it is not a threat to Madame, and Madame does not need to do anything else." Xia Ke analyzed: "But once the matter is completed, of course the Duchess will not ignore it, even in order to clean up the mess for Mama Lan, she has to settle the Li family, because once the matter is leaked, Grandpa Guo will definitely not believe that Madame has nothing to do with it, so Mama Lan has nothing to fear." ”

Yi Jing smiled: "You are right, Madame should not instruct Mama Lan, but it's just that if she doesn't know anything about this matter, it is not necessarily true, maybe behind Mama Lan's own assertions, Madame's hints and connivance are inseparable, but Mama Lan herself didn't notice it." ”

Huang's neglect has nothing to do with the two aunts, the two aunts are indeed not a threat, but this does not mean that the Huang family can be calm about the existence of the two aunts, if it is still like the past, she is respected in the Weiguo Mansion like a fish in water, maybe she will not care about the maid-born aunt, but will maintain the virtuous and tolerant "bearing" to the end, but the Huang family is no longer as good as it was at the beginning, she can not interfere in the size of the Weiguo Mansion, and the Weiguo Gong treats her even more blindly, there is no such main room, and the Huang family is in such a situation, Aunt Zhang, who is unruly and domineering and has a son and a daughter, will be jealous and hateful, and Aunt Xue, who is quite pitied by the Duke of Weiguo, is like a thorn in the eye.

Therefore, she secretly connived that Mama Lan and Aunt Zhang competed against each other, and it was very likely that she secretly guided Mama Lan to find out the friendship between the Li family and Aunt Zhang.

Yi Jing resolutely did not believe that Aunt Zhang could have such ability, and she could put her cronies by the Huang family's side as eyes and ears, which must be the result of Huang's acquiescence.

If the matter is leaked, the sacrifice is only a Lan Mama, she is the Huang family's nurse, at most she will be sent out to be raised, and she will never be severely punished.

Naturally, the Weiguo Mansion will not dispose of the Huang family because of the concubine.

At most, it's just a little more taboo, and for the Huang family, it's not a big deal, because even if she upholds virtue at this time, the eldest princess and Wei Guogong's taboo will not be any less.

"Tell Mama Jiang that you don't need to contact us again for these things in the future." Yi Jing groaned slightly, and said to Xia Ke: "I can't be empty, you go for a trip, send some tonic medicinal materials to the Guogong Mansion, and greet my sister-in-law on my behalf, so naturally you should also greet my grandmother for me...... How to deal with this matter, how to act in the future, let Mama Jiang obey her grandmother's wishes. ”

This is to "hand" Mama Jiang over to the eldest princess, of course Xia Ke understood what the princess meant, and smiled and bent his knees.