In a blink of an eye, before the winter solstice, Mingzhu followed the practice of previous years, and asked people to prepare the winter solstice ceremony and the reward in the house, send out what should be given, and distribute what should be distributed, and returned to his mother's house with Zhuang Zhuang, and personally sent the gift to his mother's family.

Back to the palace, the will of the palace followed, Empress Dowager Min said that she and the Empress Dowager were in poor health, no energy to prepare for the banquet, but the winter solstice banquet could not be set up, the emperor has not yet married, no one presides, so she asked the Empress Dowager to let Mingzhu and several princesses prepare for this banquet together.

Mingzhu saw Yi Zhi, and did not agree easily, smiled and asked people to serve tea to the eunuch who passed the decree, and asked: "The Queen Mother is not in good health, when did that happen?" Why haven't we heard anything? ”

The eunuch Zhang Fusheng has been mixed in Zhaoyang Palace for many years, and he didn't get into this position until the beginning of this year, so he cherished it very much, and answered the question without leaking: "If you go back to the princess, it's a matter of the past few days, the queen mother has a headache and can't sleep, because she doesn't want to cause trouble to everyone, so she didn't spread the news." Originally, I thought that in the next few days, it should be okay, but unfortunately it is not good, and the Queen Mother is very anxious.

The winter solstice has to be sacrificed to the heavens, and the temple is worshipped, there is nothing wrong with it, she thinks about it, among the princesses, although the princess Qi is old and safe, after all, it is separated by a layer, and it is not as close as her own flesh and blood. King Fu's step-concubine is a step-concubine, young, nothing has happened, the princess is widowed, some things are inconvenient to come forward, the remaining princesses are young and have not seen many big scenes, so they can only invite the princess and the princess to be the main princess, and the rest of the princesses are supplemented, so it is necessary to do this properly and grandly. ”

It sounded like she had no reason to refuse. Mingzhu thought for a moment and felt that although the other party had bad intentions, she could handle it. took the edict and sent the eunuch away, and then asked someone to send a prayer post to the princess, asking the princess when it was convenient, and she went over to visit.

The steward soon came back to deliver the message, and the acting princess said that she had been at home all the time, and Mingzhu could go whenever she wanted.

Mingzhu immediately went to the palace of the king, and the princess took her in, and said straight to the point: "This winter solstice banquet is not easy to do, not to mention that the situation is complicated now, and many things are extremely difficult to do, let's just say that so many people are arranged to hold this banquet together at once, and each has its own ideas, it is extremely difficult to do." ”

The acting princess is mainly aimed at the lord of Wusun, although King Fu tosses, but the step-concubine of King Fu has no foundation, and she can't make trouble if she wants to; Princess Huayang and Mingzhu are in a group, Xu Meier has already run away, so only the county lord of Wusun is left. Yu Wenyou got close to the Empress Dowager Min and the little emperor, and he was almost the spokesperson of their mother and son, and the lord of Wusun listened to him very much, so he must have to toss it hard.

Mingzhu said: "That's not afraid, as long as a few of us join forces, there is no way for her to make a lot of trouble, she is a Wusun person, she doesn't know much about our customs and habits, and she is also famous for setting her up." No one in the clan listened to her. ”

Princess Dai frowned and said, "So, what if it is the Queen Mother standing behind her?" It is a matter of course to do it well, and it is our fault if it is not done well, and you and I are the first to bear the brunt. ”

Although the acting princess pursues the principle of being a low-key person and no one can offend, but the child is still young, orphans and widows, it is impossible to be alone, so after many considerations, she still relied on the big ship of Yuwenchu, so that she inevitably offended Zhaoyang Palace fiercely, this time she has a strong premonition, she will definitely be unlucky. With her understanding of the Mingzhu couple, it is impossible for them to ignore her, but they are afraid that the two of them will also take care of themselves.

"Let's invite the other princesses over first, and then enter the palace together after discussing it." Mingzhu asked people to come up with pen and ink, write a post with the princess on the spot, and privately explained to the steward who sent the post to the Huayang Palace, and asked the princess of Huayang to come over in advance.

The next day, Princess Huayang really came to the palace of the king as soon as possible, and discussed several important aspects of the winter solstice banquet with Mingzhu and the princess, and roughly set the rules and bottom line. King Fu's step-concubine and Wusun County Lord entered the door one after the other, and King Fu's step-concubine was one year younger than Mingzhu, because there were many concubines of King Fu, and the side concubines had become the climate, she had a very bad life, the corners of her mouth drooped down slightly, and she was dressed in twilight, looking a few years older than Mingzhu and Princess Huayang.

The county lord of Wusun still had an expression that everyone owed her money, and seeing that Mingzhu and Princess Huayang had drunk most of the tea in their cups, they knew that the two of them had been here for a while. Thinking that everyone was so snub to her, she was very angry in her heart, so she coldly hooked the corners of her lips: "The two sisters-in-law came so early. I wanted to come earlier, but I was afraid that the fourth sister-in-law would think I was uninteresting and disturbed the purity. I should have come earlier, but now I don't know how to be polite. ”

This sounds very bad, as if she is blaming the princess for treating her differently, the step-concubine of King Fu lowered her head and drank tea, without saying a word, Princess Huayang couldn't help it, and said sarcastically: "The ninth brother and sister are right, we came early, just waiting for you alone, if you don't come again, we will have people take eight sedan chairs to carry you!" ”

Lord Wusun looked at Princess Huayang and said lightly: "I always thought that the seventh sister-in-law's eight-lift sedan chair would only be for the sixth sister-in-law to sit alone." ”

This is scolding Princess Huayang for being Mingzhu's lackey again. I took a bite early in the morning, and the one who took a bite really deserved to be Yu Wenyou's wife, who likes to bite people like mad dogs. Princess Huayang sneered: "The ninth brother and sister are right, you are from Wusun, and it is very likely that you will not be used to our eight-lift sedan chair, for fear of throwing you upside down, even if there are eight-lift sedan chairs in the future, I will not dare to sit for you." ”

The county lord of Wusun was very angry, he was going to get up and leave angrily, but he saw that Mingzhu and the others were sitting firmly, and no one had any intention of persuading, thinking that if he left, he would not be able to finish what Yu Wencong asked her to do, so he forcibly endured that evil breath, turned his head and complained to the step-concubine of King Fu: "Second sister-in-law, you are the eldest sister-in-law, you should have the final say here, they bully me like this, you have to say something, right?" ”

Concubine Fu was still drinking tea with her head down, looking absent-minded, but Princess Huayang knew that she was pretending, so she said mischievously: "Second sister-in-law, the ninth brother and sister are talking to you, please help her make the decision and scold us." ”

The step-concubine of King Fu raised her head in surprise: "Huh? What the? I was thinking about it just now, and I didn't hear what you said, what a sin. Can the nine siblings say it again? ”