Chapter 150

Princess Pingle was favored by everyone as soon as she was born.

Ye Qian is okay, she has to lie in bed all day because of confinement, and only occasionally hugs her daughter, Xiao Yanfeng, Wei Ji, and An Mei can't put it down, Xiao Yanfeng only looked forward to such a child in his two lives, and held the little ball in his arms, Looking at her thin eyebrows and small mouth, her heart was so soft that her heart was a mess, "Ah Xi, Ah Xi, Daddy's baby, grow up quickly, call Daddy when you grow up."

Wei Ji also hugged under the guidance of An Mei, When Xiao Yanfeng was born, he only dared to eavesdrop on his voice, and didn't even look at it, and now this little Ah Xi is lying in his arms, so small, so soft, he doesn't dare to use force, Carefully hugged her, and looked at her eyebrows with great pity.

The child is too young, the bones are still soft, and they can't always hold it, The three of them are always by her little bedside, watching her sleep quietly they feel cute, watching her spit bubbles also feels beautiful, watching her cry is distressed to go home, if you are glanced at by her big black and clear eyes, the heart can turn into a puddle of water.

Ye Qian was a little sad, there were a lot of taboos in the confinement, and nothing else, this didn't make the bath the most difficult, but Xiao Yanfeng usually followed her, but she refused to be accommodating in this matter, for fear that she would catch a cold and fall ill. She couldn't sneak up on him if she wanted to go to the early court, Bai Zhen and Lu Fei had been ordered by Xiao Yanfeng, and they had completely "betrayed" her, and looked at her strictly, saying that it was now a cold winter moon, and she might be frozen if there was a cool breeze somewhere.

Ye Qian scratched her head a few times in annoyance, gritted her teeth and held back, it was easy to stay up until the full moon, Princess Pingle is the emperor's beloved daughter, and the full moon banquet is also going to be held, Ye Qian has been blessed by the emperor, and she can bathe from today onwards.

"Thank you, Lord Longne!" Ye Qian said viciously, and couldn't wait to rush into the clean room. She hated that she was too dirty, so she first took a rough wash in the bathtub before entering the large pool. She hadn't taken a bath for a month, and God knows that she had been soaking in this pool in her dreams, and as soon as her whole body entered, she sighed comfortably.

If Bai Zhen hadn't come over to report that many ladies had arrived, she would still be reluctant to come out.

The two girls helped, wiped her long hair with a cotton towel until it was half dry, and dried it with a small smoker cage, with the fragrance of plum blossoms on her hair, Bai Zhen recently learned some new tricks, combed her with a complex peony bun, Emei swiped, red lips faded, Ye Qian looked at herself in the mirror, it was really clean.

Ye Qian was late, but no one dared to complain, seeing that the sixteen-year-old little queen was radiant, with light pink on her white and tender cheeks, obviously recuperating well after giving birth to the princess, some people were jealous, and some people sympathized: What the emperor needs most is a son, but now the queen has given birth to a daughter, and I don't know how long this honor will last, look at it, in a few days, someone will mention the draft again.

Ye Qian accepted the congratulations of the ladies, and there was also Mrs. Meng of Jiping Marquis, although she was her mother, but on this occasion she could not exempt her mother alone, and when the ladies were seated and the banquet was halfway through, she invited Meng to her bedroom. As soon as I entered, I found that my father Jipinghou was also there, and he was holding Axi like a treasure, Xiao Yanfeng was still in the front hall, and Jipinghou couldn't help but sneak over first.

"Qianqian is here." Ji Pinghou smiled: "Ah Xi is really well-behaved and cute, exactly the same as Qianqian when she was a child. Although sixteen years have passed, he still remembers the appearance of his little daughter when she was just born, and she is so delicate and soft.

Meng Shi leaned over and looked at it carefully, "Well, the eyebrows and the bridge of the nose are like the emperor, and the eyes and mouth are like Qianqian." She took Ye Qian's hand and looked up and down carefully, "Qianqian's confinement is good, did she suffer when she gave birth to Axi?" "This kind of pain is something that every mother has to experience, even if she is a queen, she can't avoid it.

"It's not bitter, don't worry." Ye Qian shook her head, it hurt for most of the day, she gained such a beautiful daughter, relatively speaking, that little bit of bitterness is nothing at all.

Jipinghou hugged Ah Xi and refused to let go, and Meng Shi didn't rob him, pulled his daughter to the soft couch on the side, sat down and told her carefully, how to take care of her own body, how to take care of Ah Xi.

Ye Qian had no experience, she listened very carefully, and when she heard Meng Shi speak slowly, she couldn't wait to take a note and write it down.

Meng Shi smiled and patted her hands, "Don't be nervous, Ah Xi has several nurses, all of them are experienced, if there is one inappropriate, others will definitely point it out." "This is Xiao Yanfeng's rule, Princess Pingle can't leave only one person by her side, no matter when, at least two people must be guarded, that is, to prevent one person from hurting her, and the two people can at least supervise each other, but the nurse who can be invited to the palace to take the little princess is innocent for many generations.

The mother and daughter sat and talked for a while, and then returned to the banquet, Ye Qian is the master, even if she is a high queen, she can't leave the ladies there. Jipinghou was reluctant to leave, anyway, he was not the main master, it didn't matter if he was there, as long as the emperor was outside, he wanted to accompany Xiao Axi here.

Princess Pingle and Ye Shuo were a little similar when they were children, no one hugged them and didn't cry, looking at them with innocent and clear eyes, Ji Pinghou remembered that Ye Qian was a child, but she was squeamisher than her, and people who were not familiar with it couldn't hold it, otherwise they would definitely cry. "It's still Ah Xi, my grandfather doesn't make any trouble at all, don't you like my grandfather?"

His index finger lightly touched Princess Pingle's little hand, but she might as well have grabbed it all of a sudden, and the small hand grabbed his index finger and brought it to his mouth.

"Oh, that's unacceptable." Ji Pinghou's fingers retracted and said with a smile: "Ah Xi is good, you can't eat it." ”

Princess Pingle couldn't eat her mouth, her big black eyes looked at Ji Pinghou fixedly, as if asking him why he didn't give himself food, Ji Pinghou was distracted by her, and her fingers were pulled to her mouth again, Ji Pinghou quickly shrank back, Princess Pingle didn't cry or make trouble, and happily played a game of tug-of-war with her grandfather.

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After the full moon banquet of Princess Pingle, at the end of the seventeenth day of the first month, the official opening of the government, some courtiers once again mentioned the matter of the draft, in the royal family, it is the top priority, not to mention that the emperor does not even have a son now, and there is only one queen in the harem who has just given birth to a princess, and she must fill the harem and give birth to the prince as soon as possible.

Someone started it, and immediately many people agreed. These people have been waiting for a long time, it is rare for the queen to give birth to a princess, she always has to recuperate for a period of time, and I don't know when she gives birth to a child, this is a great opportunity, if you can send your daughter to the palace, not to mention whether you can get the emperor's favor, as long as you take this opportunity to give birth to a boy and a girl, then there will be a great creation.

Xiao Yanfeng naturally knows what these people think, in his previous life, he insisted on refusing to accept a concubine, Ye Qian has never had children, and he has also fought with these people, but now that he has Princess Pingle, he is in a very good mood, and he decided not to fight with these people, let's play tricks on them, don't let them suffer a little, they will never know how to converge.

There are more and more people in the court who admonish the emperor's draft, these people are also very smart, they don't punish the public, they just admonish, and they haven't made mistakes, the emperor can't do anything to them, maybe the emperor can't stand it and accept the newcomer.

Xiao Yanfeng was so annoyed that he decided to hold a banquet with the queen in the imperial garden on the day of the Shangsi Festival, and invited the daughters of each family to attend.

The nobles in Kyoto suddenly blew up their nests, and the emperor is going to choose a concubine! Those who admonished the draft were naturally excited, and after making a fuss for so long, the emperor finally couldn't stand it, and those who didn't admonish were also moved, if they took this opportunity to let their daughter enter the palace and have another prince, then their own family would be proud.

However, the emperor said that the imperial garden is not that big, so only the daughters of officials above the fifth grade are invited.

Kyoto is the center of power in Daqi, and there are many officials above the fifth grade, and everyone has gone to the door to trust the relationship, all wanting to get the post of this Shangshi Festival banquet.

Soon, Ye Qian sent out twenty posts to the first twenty ladies who came to Fengyi Palace to ask for peace, this post is anonymous, which means that these twenty ladies can also give it to those who want it more, however, there is a strange thing about this post, that is, every lady who comes to the banquet must be accompanied by a brother who also has no marriage contract in the family.

Shangsi Festival is also called Daughter's Day, which is a festival for young boys and girls to go out and travel together, and it is reasonable to be accompanied by an undecided brother. So, this slightly strange point is overlooked.

There are only 20 posts in total, and there are more than five officials to be married, but there are far more than this number, and the nobles in Kyoto almost fell out for these 20 invitations.

No matter what kind of price they pay, these people are full of confidence, this is the first time the emperor has chosen a concubine, even if he will not leave all twenty, at least ten or eight will be selected, after all, the harem is now empty and only the queen is alone.

These people spent a lot of effort in order for their daughter to shine at the banquet, and even the spice shops, jewelry shops, silk shops, and garment shops in Kyoto were inexplicably booming for a while.

On the day of the Shangsi Festival, twenty fat and thin ladies accompanied by their elder brother entered the imperial garden.

March in Kyoto is still a little cold, Ye Qian wore a dress with makeup and satin embroidered folded branches and large sleeves, and when she arrived at the garden, the ladies all changed into thin spring clothes, and some even wore light blue water silk, beautiful, elegant, but her face was a little blue.

Ye Qian said with a smile: "The emperor is busy with government affairs, and he will come over after a while, so let's play a game first." Well, the tradition of the Shangsi Festival is the meandering water, and it just so happens that there is also a stream in the imperial garden, so let's play the meandering water today. ”

On the day of the 3rd day of March, everyone sits on both sides of the winding stream and floats their wine glasses downstream, and whoever stops in front of them will have a drink and write a poem. Some of the ladies who came were not good at writing poetry, and they suddenly became worried, thinking that even if they were not in the limelight, they must not make a fool of themselves, and when they sat down later, they should pick the place that was not too crooked, so that the chance of the wine glass stopping in front of them would be reduced.

Ye Qian beckoned, and a palace maid came over with twenty white jade wine glasses, but the cups were dry, and there was no wine.

Ye Qian looked at the twenty flower-like girls, "I don't like to compose poems, so it's okay, each girl writes down where she came from, puts it in the wine glass, and puts it down from the upstream, while the sons sit downstream, each takes a wine glass, and then cooperates with the girl recorded on the note in the wine glass, and the two perform a section together, regardless of anything, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, just try to cooperate with the tacit understanding." ”

This game is novel and interesting, some girls are eager to try, and some girls are already blushing with shame when they think of working with men.

No matter what everyone thought, no one dared to raise objections to the queen's order, and the girls came to the bookcase set up on the side, the pen and ink had been prepared, the rice paper was cut into a small strip, and the girls wrote their origins on it, what Zhao Shangshu Mansion and Liu Shilang Mansion, rolled the small note into a ball and put it in the wine glass.

The girls took the wine glasses and led the palace maid to the upper reaches of the stream, while the princes went downstream, and each of them found a place to sit downstream, waiting for the wine glasses that floated downstream.

When the palace maids brought all the girls and the prince with the wine glass, the first prince took out a note from the wine glass and read aloud: "Zhao Shangshufu." A girl wearing a plum red embroidered magnolia dress stood up, and the boy bowed, "Under Zheng Jiawen, please give Miss Zhao more advice." ”

Miss Zhao saluted, peeked at Zheng Gongzi, her face flushed a hint of crimson, and the two stepped aside and discussed in a low voice what to perform later.

When the note in the twenty wine glasses was finished, Xiao Yanfeng also arrived, he walked directly to Ye Qian and sat down, held her hand, and whispered something.

The handsome emperor rode through the street on the day of the wedding, it has become a legend in Kyoto, this meeting, all the girls were stunned, some of the spring hearts rippled, some glanced at the emperor and the queen tightly clasped hands, thoughtful, some determined to wait a while to show their housekeeping skills, must let the emperor notice themselves.

After watching the performances of twenty pairs of men and women with a smile, Ye Qian asked Xiao Yanfeng, "Your Majesty, what do you think of their performances?" "I have to say that these ladies are really versatile, some are men playing the piano and she dances, some are men inscribed and she paints, and some are piano and flute ensembles, not to mention, it's really a feast for the eyes.

"Qianqian has been sitting for so long, are you tired?" Xiao Yanfeng only had Ye Qian in his eyes, and in his opinion, these women performed for most of the day, which made their little queen tired.

"I'm not tired." Ye Qian looked at the ladies below who were waiting for the emperor to speak, and said in a low voice: "Brother Yan, let's say something." ”

Xiao Yanfeng's phoenix eyes swept over everyone, and the smile on his face disappeared, "The performance is good, the girl's wine glass fell into the hands of a certain son, this is a fate given by God, today is the Shangsi Festival, so let's do it, I will give you a marriage, you cooperated so tacitly when you performed just now, you must be able to sing harmoniously after getting married." ”

Everyone was shocked, they didn't expect this to be the result at all, and some of the ladies blushed and quietly looked at the son who had just worked with on the other side. Others turned pale and bowed their heads and refused to speak.

Ye Qian smiled: "Very good, I think they are talented and beautiful, and they are also a good match." ”

The Shangshi Festival banquet in Kyoto, where everyone was fighting for their heads, turned out to be such an ending, some people were happy and some were worried, except for a pair who happened to be brothers and sisters, the other nineteen pairs were married on the spot. Some girls were already tempted, which just matched her heart, and some were more miserable, and they happened to be their father's political enemies when they married.

In any case, the emperor's marriage cannot be disobeyed, everyone really lost their money this time, and since then, they have never dared to mention the draft.